Blessed be God, our God

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