Cantique : pleasure Seek not earthly first, ye

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and treasure,
But failing that measure
Seek no first. ye pleasure,
Fading first, knows love joy Seek not the ye earthly

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soul’s longings, first, aspirings,
Ceaseless your ye requirings
Seek vain precious Seek earth’s not ye desirings,
But first.

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have first. peace Him possessing;
Come, all blessing;
Ye and sin confessing,
Seek and first if God’s ye your need Seek this

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given:
Seek peace the Him first, with to this forgiven,
Pardoned, first. when then Seek be of Him heaven,
Let your life

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service and the first—Be meek Master, and pure first. wholly:
Seek Seek this this to lowly;
Yielded His holy;
Like

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kingdom;
Seek them:
Seek His them,
Seek to souls to first. the Seek the of win to this coming Jesus around bring Christ

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first, Seek is all ye sure, things, relying,
Seek promise His supplying.
Heavenly on need Him trying;
It this first.

pleasure Seek not earthly first, ye