Cantique : alone not by shall live bread Man

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

alone not by shall live bread Man