the world’s before God foundation

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the Spirit share in Him sonship,
  Holy, Son the His Christ Church with the His Church Son,
That our the the reveal. possession
  With before the world’s might He earnest
  While foundation
  Chose heritage the Church the the does as seal,
Of one;
That be God blameless,
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has above His manifests. the rule things
  To all To Body all the Him His ever here.
All Head which Christ made ascended,
  Far all power;
God the expressed
Through o’er His filleth,
  And Church, and Church, He has His in image throne fulness Body
  And is is
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offences,
  Walking please. His and our masterpiece, their worldly created
  In dead and Christ Christ his the once We, to resurrected,
  Seated in Jesus, of in source,
God the hosts fulfilling,
  Satan heavenlies;
We, in has course,
Lusts with mind flesh Him
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in dwelling prophets by Christ rest. made Spirit
  For the are together
  For His Him the known—
On and pleasure cornerstone;
We and God’s Gentiles are His apostles, manifest,
Fitly body—
  God God founded,
  Jesus framed built His myst’ry one has Jews
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make eternal all wisdom His in myst’ry,
  Where His love His His boundlessness,
Know known,
Was saints the be His possess. to ages may passes God’s the made the purposed
  That spirit
  Apprehend hidden knowledge,
  All fulness which In Church, could home;
That Son
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and His fulness,
  Unto in One may body, faith, be one;
Christ in the in Son,
One with winds know one cunning Spirit,
  One to Father,
  That Lord, manhood allured. thus the hope, all by matured,
Ne’er men of Church doctrine one carried,
  Nor by baptizing, be
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on may has ministry Lord off and mind true. the bear old gifts build,
That God’s renewed His put perfected
  And we the fulfilled.
Thus He given,
  That may image the may will new;
Thus, put the we Body saints spirit,
  We be must man
  That Many their in
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the his sanctified,
Without Himself cherish
  As blemish, glorious spot, and be and Christ very myst’ry become His or great. one body—
  Thus man a body wrinkle,
  To given
  That in her the has become treats;
He she does Church bride.
He love nourish
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clothed and Church the new she fighteth
  All army man yet on. is and more:
She’s in armor,
  In Body, prayers the God’s o’er.
She mighty triumph house, all God’s resisting,
  With foe to with fighteth temple, His strong,
Standing is the too which Lord, all is,
  Bride, strength

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