1
The law of God is holy, good,
To practise good it doth command;
Its purpose is to clearly show
That we cannot meet God’s demand.
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The law of God is holy,
D
good,
To practise good it
D7
doth com
G
mand;
Its purpose is to clearly
C
show
That we can
G
not meet
D7
God's de
G
mand.
2
Yet in our mind there is a law
Which always tries the good to do;
But in our members is a law
Which always doth this law subdue.
Yet in our mind there is a law
Which always tries the good to do;
But in our members is a law
Which always doth this law subdue.
G
Yet in our mind there is a
D
law
Which always tries the
D7
good to
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do;
But in our members is a
C
law
Which always
G
doth this
D7
law
G
subdue.
3
The law within our mind is good,
’Tis of our human life obtained
At our creation from the Lord,
That good behavior be maintained.
The law within our mind is good,
’Tis of our human life obtained
At our creation from the Lord,
That good behavior be maintained.
G
The law within our mind is
D
good,
’Tis of our human
D7
life
G
obtained
At our creation from the Lord,
That good
G
behavior
D7
be
G
maintained.
4
The law within our members is
The evil of satanic life;
Into our members at the fall
It came thru Satan’s subtle strife.
The law within our members is
The evil of satanic life;
Into our members at the fall
It came thru Satan's subtle strife.
G
The law within our members
D
is
The evil of
D7
satanic
G
life;
Into our members at the
C
fall
It came thru
G
Satan's
D7
subtle
G
strife.
5
This evil law of Satan is
The law of sin, in us its seat;
’Tis stronger than the law of good
And always brings it to defeat.
This evil law of Satan is
The law of sin, in us its seat;
’Tis stronger than the law of good
And always brings it to defeat.
G
This evil law of Satan
D
is
The law of sin, in
D7
us its
G
seat;
’Tis stronger than the law of
C
good
And always
G
brings it
D7
to
G
defeat.
6
But in our spirit is a law,
Which is the Spirit’s law of life;
’Tis of the very life of God
Which we from our rebirth derive.
But in our spirit is a law,
Which is the Spirit's law of life;
’Tis of the very life of God
Which we from our rebirth derive.
G
But in our spirit is a
D
law,
Which is the Spirit's
D7
law of
G
life;
’Tis of the very life of
C
God
Which we from
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our
D7
rebirth
G
derive.
7
This law divine the strongest is,
Transcending all the others o’er;
From sin’s law freeing, it fulfills
The full requirement of God’s law.
This law divine the strongest is,
Transcending all the others o'er;
From sin's law freeing, it fulfills
The full requirement of God's law.
G
This law divine the strongest
D
is,
Transcending all the
D7
others
G
o'er;
From sin's law freeing, it
C
fulfills
The full
G D7
requirement of
G
God's law.
8
We then must always set our mind
Upon the spirit deep within,
And not upon the things of flesh,
The body ruined by the sin.
We then must always set our mind
Upon the spirit deep within,
And not upon the things of flesh,
The body ruined by the sin.
G
We then must always set our
D
mind
Upon the spirit
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deep
G
within,
And not upon the things of
C
flesh,
The body
G
ruined by
D7
the sin.
9
To set the mind upon the flesh
Is sin and death and darkest night;
The mind upon the spirit set
Is life and peace and full of light.
To set the mind upon the flesh
Is sin and death and darkest night;
The mind upon the spirit set
Is life and peace and full of light.
G
To set the mind upon the
D
flesh
Is sin and death and
D7
darkest
G
night;
The mind upon the spirit
C
set
Is life and
G
peace and
D7
full of
G
light.
10
This is the way of true release!
This is the way of victory!
Lord, may we in the spirit live,
And by the Spirit walk with Thee.
This is the way of true release!
This is the way of victory!
Lord, may we in the spirit live,
And by the Spirit walk with Thee.
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This is the way of true
D
release!
This is the way of
D7 G
victory!
Lord, may we in the spirit
C
live,
And by the
G
Spirit
D7
walk with
G
Thee.
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