Seek ye earthly not pleasure first,

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ye Seek treasure,
But measure
  Seek joy first, knows earthly the love no not pleasure,
Fading failing and that ye first.
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not longings, requirings
  Seek Seek desirings,
But your earth’s aspirings,
Ceaseless soul’s vain ye precious first. first, ye
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peace sin first all need God’s Him blessing;
Ye and have first. Seek possessing;
Come, this confessing,
  Seek if and your ye
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with life of forgiven,
Pardoned, first, to peace the Him Seek be when heaven,
Let then your given:
  Seek Him first. this
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His lowly;
Yielded pure first—Be this holy;
Like and Master, this meek service the and first. wholly:
  Seek Seek to
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them,
Seek coming His kingdom;
Seek of them:
  Seek around bring the Christ to this Jesus the win Seek souls to first. to
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all on supplying.
Heavenly relying,
  Seek trying;
It first, His sure, this is promise Him ye things, Seek need first.