Cantique : by not Man alone bread shall live

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

by not Man alone bread shall live