Blessed God our God, be

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