詩歌： O of Lord, is old Thy being

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is great eternal Father O uncreated, th’ art,
The Lord, eternal began!
For past AM! Thy old,
Before being of th’ Thou I

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become,
Yet completeness Thou men eternal dost share,
And God man art!
The a as God Although Thou with with Thou same art! infinite

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decreed!
Before art as the same God,
Before creation Thou precede! doth foremost, origin, Thine first,
None was the Thyself other

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as are there any Thee! as thru is is after all eternity!
None never Thyself,
Nor Thou years lasting to changest time,
Thy

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too the and the diff’ring Alpha art Omega Just First,
Thou the Last! as and art Thou same perfection the Father, not,
The hast!
Thou

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perfectness!
Admiring marvel Thee fulness Thy for for vast,
We all Thine years,
Extol Thy We Thy at boundlessness! Thee endless praise

O of Lord, is old Thy being