The Law Commands, and Makes Us Know

Verse 1

The Law commands and makes us know What duties to our God we owe; But 'tis the gospel must reveal Where lies our strength to do His will.

Verse 2

The Law discovers guilt and sin And shows how vile our hearts have been; The gospel only can express Forgiving love and cleansing grace.

Verse 3

What curses doth the Law denounce Against the man that fails but once! But in the gospel Christ appears, Pard'ning the guilt of num'rous years.

Verse 4

My soul, no more attempt to draw Thy life and comfort from the Law. Fly to the hope the Gospel gives; The man that trusts the promise lives.