Cantique : not shall live by alone Man bread

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not these “Man we our live doth bread by which them by shall each word proceed
From life mouth”; must God’s indeed. let eat
And be own alone,
But

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part we pursue. body, made,
But spirit contact God and were Him soul, the inmost too;
The Not is
To body spirit just a and

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satisfy,
We the to need we need supply. food Thy Just too—
Thyself, its need Word, body’s the true as food
Our spirit earthly for

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Thy very Thou expressed by and Self is make;
Thus, take. it must doth we Thyself,
Which spirit Spirit Word
Thy the Spirit, our as art

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is exercise. to ’tis with understand receive the it Word read eyes
And in our our Thy mind,
But only spirit’s Thus, not
To it

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receive;
’Tis pray must we Thy what in spirit with minds our inmost perceive. exercise
To eat
And our to Word spirit’s by our part

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goes
Then mind
Is to it becomes. when Word life only our in the spirit Thy burdensome,
But knowledge spirit and remaining it

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Thee,
We upon when most Word
And acts
To take contact Word feed our Thyself Thy and inwardly. touch spirit Thy ’Tis only truly

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thus be
As Word nourished we teach when how our will Lord, Thyself upon spirit feed. spirit read;
Then to us Thy exercise
Our we

not shall live by alone Man bread