1
The law of letters God defines,
It is His testimony true;
It shows how loving, holy, just,
Is God, with whom we have to do.
G
The law of letters
D
God de
G
fines,
It is His
D
testi
A7
mony
D
true;
It
C
shows how
G
loving, holy, just,
Is
C
God, with
G
whom we
D
have to
G
do.
2
According to His nature shown
God’s law requires that we must live,
That He our souls may justify
And unto us His blessing give.
According to His nature shown
God's law requires that we must live,
That He our souls may justify
And unto us His blessing give.
G
According to His
D
nature
G
shown
God's law
D
requires that
A7
we must
D
live,
That
C
He our
G
souls may justify
And
C
unto
G
us His
D
blessing
G
give.
3
The law can never give us life,
Nor any strength to us supply,
But doth its full demands exact
And all our weakness show thereby.
The law can never give us life,
Nor any strength to us supply,
But doth its full demands exact
And all our weakness show thereby.
G
The law can never
D
give us
G
life,
Nor any strength
D
to us
A7
supply,
But
C
doth its
G
full demands exact
And
C
all our
G
weakness
D
show
G
thereby.
4
It was not for God’s final plan,
But for man’s sin was introduced,
That man by breaking it might know
Himself, his sin to him adduced.
It was not for God's final plan,
But for man's sin was introduced,
That man by breaking it might know
Himself, his sin to him adduced.
G
It was not for God's
D
final
G
plan,
But for man's
D
sin was
A7 D
introduced,
That
C
man by
G
breaking it might know
C
Himself, his
G
sin to
D
him
G
adduced.
5
’Tis by the law all mouths are stopped
And all are shut up under sin;
It brings us to the Christ of God
That God may bless us all in Him.
’Tis by the law all mouths are stopped
And all are shut up under sin;
It brings us to the Christ of God
That God may bless us all in Him.
G
’Tis by the law all
D
mouths are
G
stopped
And all are
D
shut up
A7
under
D
sin;
It
C
brings us
G
to the Christ of God
That
C
God may
G
bless us
D
all in
G
Him.
6
The law is but a type of Christ,
Who God’s full testimony is,
Who fully has expressed His love,
His holiness and righteousness.
The law is but a type of Christ,
Who God's full testimony is,
Who fully has expressed His love,
His holiness and righteousness.
G
The law is but a
D
type of
G
Christ,
Who God's full
D A7
testimony
D
is,
Who
C
fully
G
has expressed His love,
His
C G
holiness and
D G
righteousness.
7
’Tis Christ, God’s testimony real,
Who doth with life divine supply,
That with the law’s demands we may
Be more than able to comply.
’Tis Christ, God's testimony real,
Who doth with life divine supply,
That with the law's demands we may
Be more than able to comply.
G
’Tis Christ, God's
D
testimony
G
real,
Who doth with
D
life
A7
divine
D
supply,
That
C
with the
G
law's demands we may
Be
C
more than
G
able
D
to
G
comply.
8
God’s living testimony, He;
By whom God’s potent life we share;
Thru Him we’re dead unto the law,
And in His Spirit fruit we bear.
God's living testimony, He;
By whom God's potent life we share;
Thru Him we're dead unto the law,
And in His Spirit fruit we bear.
G
God's living
D
testimony,
G
He;
By whom God's
D
potent
A7
life we
D
share;
Thru
C
Him we're
G
dead unto the law,
And
C
in His
G
Spirit
D
fruit we
G
bear.
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