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1 | A Poem On Law and Gospel | Matt 5:48 | DocTrinsograce | 150018 | ||
The law supposing I have all, Does ever for perfection call; The gospel suits my total want, And all the law can seek does grant. The law could promise life to me, If my obedience perfect be; But grace does promise life upon My Lord's obedience alone. The law says, Do, and life you'll win; But grace says, Live, for all is done; The former cannot ease my grief, The latter yields me full relief. The law will not abate a mite, The gospel all the sum will quit; There God in thret'nings is array'd But here in promises display'd. The law excludes not boasting vain, But rather feeds it to my bane; But gospel grace allows no boasts, Save in the King, the Lord of Hosts. The law brings terror to molest, The gospel gives the weary rest; The one does flags of death display, The other shows the living way. The law's a house of bondage sore, The gospel opens prison doors; The first me hamer'd in its net, The last at freedom kindly set. An angry God the law reveal'd The gospel shows him reconciled; By that I know he was displeased, By this I see his wrath appeased. The law still shows a fiery face, The gospel shows a throne of grace; There justice rides alone in state, But here she takes the mercy-seat. Lo! in the law Jehovah dwells, But Jesus is conceal'd; Whereas the gospel's nothing else But Jesus Christ reveal'd. --Ralph Erskine, 1745 |
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