In the second verse, the text here is "Of higher or of lower place" (it continues the sense from the previous line: "He sent no angel to our race"). "Higher" is sung with a melisma (C Bb G), giving something of a sense of its nature as a comparative adjective (more notes for a greater degree). Additionally, the musical phrase illustrates the relative positions of "higher" (sung to higher notes) and "lower" (sung to lower notes).
In the seventh verse, the text is "For love so deep, so high, so broad" (stating the reason for giving "All glory to our Lord and God"). "Deep" and the second "so" are both sung with melismas (F G and F C, respectively), providing a sense of degree. The words "so broad" are sung to half notes, and because these stand in contrast to the shorter quarter or eighth notes that precede them, there's a sense of the degree of "so" and the meaning of "broad."
