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.

2 The Law discovers Guilt and Sin,
And shews how vile our Hearts have been,
Only the Gospel can express
Forgiving Love and cleansing Grace.

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.

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.