The Church's One Foundation
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The church’s one foundation is Jesus Christ, her Lord;
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she is his new creation by water and the Word.
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From heaven he came and sought her to be his holy bride;
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with his own blood he bought her, and for her life he died.
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Elect from every nation, yet one o’er all the earth;
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her charter of salvation: one Lord, one faith, one birth.
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One holy name she blesses, partakes one holy food,
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and to one hope she presses, with every grace endued.
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Though with a scornful wonder the world see her oppressed,
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by schisms rent asunder, by heresies distressed,
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yet saints their watch are keeping; their cry goes up: “How long?”
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and soon the night of weeping shall be the morn of song.
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The Church shall never perish, Her dear Lord to defend,
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To guide, sustain, and cherish, Is with her to the end:
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Though there be those who hate her, And false sons in her pale,
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Against or foe or traitor, She ever shall prevail.
