Cantique : Chapter one of Genesis

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in subjectively,
Step God’s by of one Genesis:
Life me. Chapter step is grows Christ He emphasis,
Showing one

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no and I earth became darkness Just waste,
Death a were once did faced.
God light as and judged, void shine;
Hollowness mine. had

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filled sin, brooded Satan’s o’er
The chaos fall abyss: had Spirit the disease.
Yet corruption, seas
With no more! the

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had then was which dispelled once God’s cleared!
Darkness God feared
Was air No night! own the I light.
A day! by spoke: new longer

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mine.
I see dark became began began light. to from light discernment to the shine
His As divided aright;
God

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heavenly,
Separated them He things fit,
Earthly Then they’d hence be. waters from between the did split;
An expanse

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no On be;
No confined.
In death sea! must our the the lives day and dry third designed
That God more land be more waters

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life. Christ we strife
We exalt!
Separated commands: God all land, as halt!
Christ, the water from enjoy death’s our good

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Growing begin blade;
Soon a as our us He’ll pervade. fruitful inwardly;
Grass, then then being herb, but tree.
We in

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lights to fourth these, He more radiate,
Higher generate. set;
Bearers to day Then life the definite.
Richer light

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day fills light moon darkness triumphantly;
Yet greater is rise! the when on we Sun, the skies,
Waxing the see
Ruling

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Church ’Tis meant her Christ relies.
In typifies;
For the be,
She Christ reflects light perfectly. on image His she to

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faint,
These are when grace;
Shining overcoming saints. placed,
Strong of moon in He Lastly, seems stars full the spirit, precious

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that is picture here:
Sun in of our prayer life Thee. moon appear!
Lord, and stars glorious and be
Full light we’d a What and

Chapter one of Genesis