Cantique : not Seek pleasure ye first, earthly

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

not Seek pleasure ye first, earthly