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| Text: | The Law of God Is Good and Wise |
| Author: | Matthias Loy |
| Tune: | ERHALT UNS, HERR |
1 The Law of God is good and wise
And sets His will before our eyes,
Shows us the way of righteousness,
And dooms to death when we transgress.
2 Its light of holiness imparts
The knowledge of our sinful hearts
That we may see our lost estate
And seek deliv'rance ere too late.
3 To those who help in Christ have found
And would in works of love abound
It shows what deeds are His delight
And should be done as good and right.
4 When men the offered help disdain
And wilfully in sin remain,
Its terror in their ear resounds
And keeps their wickedness in bounds.
5 The Law is good; but since the Fall
Its holiness condemns us all;
It dooms us for our sin to die
And has no power to justify.
6 To Jesus we for refuge flee,
Who from the curse has set us free,
And humbly worship at His throne,
Saved by His grace through faith alone.
Amen.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | The Law of God is good and wise |
| Title: | The Law of God Is Good and Wise |
| Author: | Matthias Loy (1863) |
| Meter: | L.M. |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1941 |
| Scripture: | |
| Topic: | The Word: Law and Gospel |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | ERHALT UNS, HERR |
| Meter: | L.M. |
| Key: | e minor |
| Source: | "Geistliche Lieder," Wittenberg, 1543 |
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