| In the bosom of the Father,
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| Ere the ages had begun,
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| Thou wast in the Father’s glory,
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| God’s unique begotten Son.
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| When to us the Father gave Thee,
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| Thou in person wast the same,
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| All the fulness of the Father
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| In the Spirit to proclaim.
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| By Thy death and resurrection,
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| Thou wast made God’s firstborn Son;
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| By Thy life to us imparting,
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| Was Thy duplication done.
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| We, in Thee regenerated,
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| Many sons to God became;
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| Truly as Thy many brethren,
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| We are as Thyself the same.
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| Once Thou wast the only grain, Lord,
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| Falling to the earth to die,
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| That thru death and resurrection
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| Thou in life may multiply.
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| We were brought forth in Thy nature
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| And the many grains became;
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| As one loaf we all are blended,
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| All Thy fulness to proclaim.
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| We’re Thy total reproduction,
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| Thy dear Body and Thy Bride,
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| Thine expression and Thy fulness,
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| For Thee ever to abide.
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| We are Thy continuation,
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| Thy life-increase and Thy spread,
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| Thy full growth and Thy rich surplus,
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| One with Thee, our glorious Head.
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| Lord Thy human shell was broken.
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| Life and glory Thou released |
| That thine own incorporation
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| With thy chosen be increased.
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| We with Thee incorporated
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| Thou in us and we in Thee
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| Here we eat the hidden manna
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| New Jerusalem to be. |