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Hymn 2. First Part. L.M.
The Law. (cont.)

2	"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.
The law is spiritual.

1	THE 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;

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HYMN 2. Second Part. S.M.
The law is spiritual. (cont.)

6	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 heaven 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.

1	VAIN 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.