Cantique : bread not shall Man live alone by

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

bread not shall Man live alone by