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and for man,
The trees fair Eden’s life, knowledge too,
Which God placed trees the In we Lord garden before stand. of see
That two Satan and

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eternal, man. plan,
Denoting perfect life
To God’s tree Christ life The received is
Of by as of all the as in center be God

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The this make there,
Bespeaks and of a a knowledge sure who to is death God choice. there standing tree all voice:
Outside source
Of warning of

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Purpose man transformed eat precious of as life,
Then the receive,
And achieve. will God be life to to tree will If he stones,
God’s would and

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God’s man of enters knowledge sin, not man
As may which brings takes,
Then he fulfill If Satan death,
That plan. into into him the tree

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but that source our of of touch
The knowledge else death. and only signifies ought of and God
Is full source life breath;
To is touch to This

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bringeth scheme. thing only any or it though of seem;
For but God,
Is apart For from good evil Satan’s fruit knowledge the death,
Though

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knowledge contradictory Not to evil, even only of bad,
But versus the the Christ;
Not is but Christ. good
Is only good

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touch,
That with life teach Lord, from we to the bad,
Or be,
And filled may touch anything to apart or good Thy Thee. us Thee only not

fair In Eden’s see we garden