Cantique : ye first, earthly pleasure Seek not

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ye first, earthly pleasure Seek not