Cantique : by alone live shall not Man bread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

by alone live shall not Man bread