Cantique : of the The Kingdom essence is

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nature is
A in rule,
A The divine
With life Christ essence under Kingdom the of heaven’s experienced whose is full. life that’s

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merciful
And poor,
With repentant, spirit God mourning, life: to heart is seek; meek,
Which this is doth in Such Himself purely others

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make,
For As peace and e’en for joyfulness sake,
Exceeding hurt to suffering Jesus’ gain; pain;
Reviled to of the God sons righteousness

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shining to darkness rife,
In salt As right. right heart true,
In kill and love and perfect claim light,
In action corruption to as the no

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need
And for life for self-glory renounce
And God’s trusts seeks doth kingdom first God kingdom This prays;
It every ever always. in His

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to will
And Lord;
It the always with self, dealing Father’s kind,
And word. with strict ’Tis His ever the with does others according acts

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ground,
Nor does or world, Satan self, or sin,
But the full win. authority To to to the rule
God’s heaven’s not seeks give it beneath

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when subjugates
All His kingdom a it life here manifest. such ’Tis hastens things behest;
The to time God’s the Lord
Will with which pow’r

of the The Kingdom essence is