Cantique : Chapter one of Genesis

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emphasis,
Showing He Christ one of step Genesis:
Life by God’s subjectively,
Step in Chapter is grows me. one

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earth became and light and mine. no void a did I once waste,
Death judged, had faced.
God as were darkness Just shine;
Hollowness

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the corruption, Spirit disease.
Yet more! sin, o’er
The brooded filled had Satan’s fall no abyss: the chaos seas
With

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had new dispelled day! God’s air then which cleared!
Darkness night! longer was I own spoke: by God feared
Was light.
A the No once

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from shine
His see began divided light dark aright;
God to became mine.
I light. As discernment the to began

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from waters expanse heavenly,
Separated Then the fit,
Earthly hence did things split;
An them between be. He they’d

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dry be third death designed
That no confined.
In must lives and our day be;
No waters On the the more land more sea! God

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life. commands: good exalt!
Separated strife
We the as all God from enjoy water we death’s halt!
Christ, our land, Christ

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in us tree.
We but a inwardly;
Grass, our as then He’ll pervade. then begin herb, Growing being fruitful blade;
Soon

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fourth to more Then set;
Bearers to light definite.
Richer these, lights generate. life He radiate,
Higher day the

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when on is we light rise! see
Ruling the darkness moon fills skies,
Waxing day greater Sun, the triumphantly;
Yet the

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her meant light to on image ’Tis Christ perfectly. His relies.
In reflects be,
She she Christ typifies;
For the Church

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when moon stars are spirit, placed,
Strong of the saints. grace;
Shining precious full Lastly, He overcoming seems in faint,
These

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a appear!
Lord, here:
Sun Thee. and stars we’d picture and What moon and that prayer life in is light of be
Full glorious our

Chapter one of Genesis