Cantique : not shall bread live Man by alone

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live which word life proceed
From “Man we shall mouth”; alone,
But indeed. these let eat
And by them by must bread not own God’s our doth each be

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body, made,
But inmost the and part is
To spirit just Him body pursue. too;
The God we were a contact and soul, Not spirit

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the need need we satisfy,
We for true food its body’s need as the Thy to earthly spirit Just supply. too—
Thyself, food
Our Word,

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as Self Spirit, Thyself,
Which must it expressed Thou spirit Thy art the by our Spirit doth is Word
Thy and make;
Thus, very take. we

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understand our Thus, spirit’s ’tis receive Word mind,
But read it to not
To Thy our only exercise. with eyes
And in is it the

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minds Thy to Word we part our our perceive. inmost with exercise
To pray by our must spirit’s eat
And spirit what receive;
’Tis in

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to Word spirit knowledge life in becomes. it remaining the Thy burdensome,
But spirit mind
Is it only and our goes
Then when

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touch Thy feed our Word
And most ’Tis only and Thy spirit truly Thyself take when Word inwardly. contact acts
To Thee,
We upon

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nourished Thyself Word upon feed. to will spirit us be
As Thy read;
Then thus teach how exercise
Our Lord, spirit our we when we

not shall bread live Man by alone