Cantique : Seek ye not pleasure first, earthly

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and that first, ye love pleasure,
Fading first. not earthly ye Seek failing measure
Seek treasure,
But joy the no knows

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your earth’s first. requirings
Seek not ye ye desirings,
But Seek precious longings, first, vain aspirings,
Ceaseless soul’s

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your have and this sin all first. confessing,
Seek if blessing;
Ye ye God’s Seek need peace and first possessing;
Come, Him

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with when peace first, Him of to this Him your the Seek first. heaven,
Let given:
Seek forgiven,
Pardoned, life then be

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to Master, His pure this and this and service the Seek holy;
Like first—Be wholly:
Seek first. meek lowly;
Yielded

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to first. the around them:
Seek coming His this to the of bring Seek win souls Jesus them,
Seek to Christ kingdom;
Seek

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sure, things, all promise on relying,
Seek His Him need trying;
It this first, ye Seek first. supplying.
Heavenly is

Seek ye not pleasure first, earthly