4 To see the law by Christ fulfill'd,
And hear his pard'ning voice,
Will change a slave into a child,
And duty into choice.
5 "What shall I do," was once the word,
"That I may worthier grow?"
"What shall I render to the Lord ?"
Is my enquiry now.
6 I've seen how great my mis'ry is,
And mourn'd my helpless case;
I've found in Christ a righteousness,
And praise him for his grace.
HYMN 1. Fourth Part. L. M.
The good old way.
HE righteousness, th' atoning blood
Of Jesus is the way to God;
O! may we then no longer stray,
But come to Christ, the good old way.
2 The prophets and apostles too
Pursu'd this path while here below;
We therefore will, without dismay,
Thus walk in Christ, the good old way.
3 With faith and love, and holy care,
In this dear way, I'll persevere;
And when I die, triumphant say,
This is the right, the good old way.
HYMN 2. First Part. L. M.
Summary of the Law.
HUS saith the first, the great command.
"Let all thy inward pow'rs unite
"To love thy Maker and thy God,
"With utmost vigour and delight.
2 "Then shall thy neighbour, next in place,
"Share thine affections and esteem;
"And let thy kindness to thyself “Measure, and rule thy love to him." 3 The substance this, that Moses spoke, This did the prophets preach and prove: For want of this the law is broke;
The law demands a perfect love.
4 But O how base our passions are!
This holy law we can't fulfil:
Regenerate our souls, O Lord!
Or we shall ne'er perform thy will.
HYMN 2. Second Part. S. M.
Spirituality and perfection of the Law.
HE law of God is just,
A strict and holy way;
And he, that would escape the curse,
Must all the law obey.
2 Not one vain thought must rise,
Not one unclean desire;
He must be holy, just, and wise,
Who keeps the law entire.
3 If in one point he fail,
In thought or word or deed,
The curses of the law prevail
And rest upon his head.
4 I tremble and confess;
O God! I am accurs'd;
Guilty, I fall before thy face,
And own thy sentence just.
5 But does the curse still rest
Upon my guilty head?-
No-Jesus-let his name be blest!
Hath borne it in my stead.
6 He hath fulfill'd the law;
Obtain'd my peace with God:
Hence doth my soul her comforts draw,
And leave her heavy load.
HYMN 2. Third Part. C. M.
Conviction of sin by the law.
1 LORD, how secure my conscience was,
And felt no inward dread!
I was alive without the law,
And thought my sins were dead.
2 My hopes of heav'n were firm and bright;
But since the precept came
With a convincing pow'r and light,
I find how vile I am.
3 My guilt appear'd but small before,
Till, terribly I saw,
How perfect, holy, just, and pure,
Was thine eternal law.
4 Then felt my soul the heavy load,
My sins reviv'd again;
I had provok'd a dreadful God,
And all my hopes were slain.
5 My God, I cry with ev'ry breath
For grace and pow'r to save;
To break the yoke of sin and death,
And thus redeem the slave.
HYMN 2. Fourth Part. C. M.
Conviction of misery by the law.
AIN are the hopes the sons of men On their own works have built: Their hearts by nature are unclean, And all their actions guilt.
2 Let Jew and Gentile stop their mouths,
Without a murm'ring word,
And the whole race of Adam stand
Guilty before the Lord.
3 In vain we ask God's righteous law
To justify us now;
Since to convince, and to condemn,
Is all the law can do.
4 Jesus, how glorious is thy grace,
When in thy name we trust!
Our faith receives a righteousness
That makes the sinner just.
HYMN 3. First Part. L. M.
Primitive state of man.
ADAM in Paradise was plac'd,
Our, nat❜ral and our fed'ral head;
With holiness and wisdom grac❜d,
In his Creator's image made.
2 Bless'd with the joys of innocence,
Upright and happy, firm he stood;
Till he debas'd himself to sense,
And ate of the forbidden food.
3 His soul at first, a holy flame,
Was kindled by his Maker's breath;
But stung by sin, it soon became
The seat of darkness, strife, and death.
HYMN 3. Second Part. C. M.
Original sin.
TOW back with humble shame we look
On our original;
How is our nature dash'd and broke
In our first father's fall!
2 To all that's good, averse and blind, But prone to all that's ill;
What dreadful darkness veils our mind! How obstinate our will!
3 Conceiv'd in sin, O wretched state! Before we draw our breath,
The first young pulse begins to beat
Depravity and death.
4 Wild and unwholesome as the root,
Will all the branches be:
How can we hope for living fruit
From such a deadly tree?
5 What mortal pow'r from things unclean
Can pure productions bring?
Who can command a vital stream
From an infected spring?
6 Yet, mighty God, thy wondrous love
Can make our nature clean;
While Christ and grace prevail above
The tempter, death, and sin.
7 The second Adam can restore
The ruins of the first;
Hosanna to that sov'reign pow'r,
That new-creates our dust!
HYMN 3. Third Part. C. M.
Depravity and inability of sinners.
SIN, like a venomous disease,
Infects our vital blood;
The only help is sov'reign grace,
The sole physician, God.
2 Our beauty and our strength are fled,
And we draw near to death;
But Christ, the Lord, recalls the dead
With his almighty breath.
3 Madness, by nature, reigns within;
The passions burn and rage;
Till God's own Son, with skill divine,
The inward fire assuage.
4 We lick the dust, we grasp the wind,
And solid good despise:
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