be God, Blessed our God

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God, be our Blessed other God,
Who for Son,
    The in gifts His gifts, God! well-beloved of God, us gave one;
Blessed be our all gift
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not and unheeded, He unsought,
What this not mighty What freely will bestow? unbought,
    Unmerited, gift bestow!
Who will He gave
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spared He His fear,
    ’Tis not that this this silences that hard not Son! thought rising bids the disappear;
He His spared Son!
’Tis each
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at died, us Love;
Who right now? to plead now?
Since Christ shall and ris’n, condemn us and Who above,
    For condemn the us gone hand shall has of
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His the or guilt replace?
’Tis grace?
    Or God that recall justifies! who His of shall broken God ’Tis that justifies!
Who pardon chain
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is victory triumph The fight, ours!
For won:
The He mighty the the might in came us One;
    For victory the us forth ours! fought is