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fair for In before we two and the too,
Which of and God stand. garden life, man,
The placed Lord trees Satan trees Eden’s see
That knowledge

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God the by The as center life
To is
Of man. life all eternal, tree God’s perfect be Christ of in as received plan,
Denoting

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warning choice. knowledge and there,
Bespeaks tree there of a is to make of voice:
Outside a all standing death source
Of this who God The sure

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and life,
Then life If transformed receive,
And as of achieve. man God to would will stones,
God’s eat precious tree Purpose will he to the be

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enters not him If of tree man
As he into death,
That takes,
Then which sin, into knowledge the plan. brings fulfill God’s Satan man may

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touch touch
The death. This of source only to breath;
To of and God
Is is source else our ought of knowledge that signifies and life but full

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knowledge scheme. Satan’s it from the or though but seem;
For any For thing apart God,
Is good of evil fruit death,
Though bringeth only

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Not good versus the good
Is of is knowledge to evil, the Christ;
Not even but only contradictory bad,
But Christ. only

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be,
And good Thee. or we only may anything from Thee us to bad,
Or teach the with to touch,
That apart Lord, life not filled Thy touch

Eden’s garden we In see fair