Cantique : of the Christ mystery is God

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never image unshown,
His the Him is Son hath Christ hath known. invisible, the God;
God mystery of Christ man made is seen,
But

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image God’s view. to Word embodiment brings God’s explanation is is He
And full of very own the true;
God’s Christ is God,
He

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bear. of testimony God Him,
God’s Image invisible,
Effulgence in fair;
God’s He God’s ever glory of dwells fulness doth

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known. Church Him thru man on to is man the The Christ,
For He made now may is Church unshown;
No see myst’ry the of earth He is now,
But

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dwelleth Christ’s is expression in is Himself her may man true,
And Christ Church bodily;
She see. duplication His full,
In her The

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Body, The found her
The spread;
Christ’s self Head. very is His is Christ,
She Church the in she, His increase has and the image to of Christ

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the now the in God
Is Thus, in Church of Spirit the Son;
The Spirit one. the triune Son is,
And with the and is her Father the

of the Christ mystery is God