Lutheran Hymnody
The Hymns
LAW AND GOSPEL
295
The Law of God Is Good and Wise
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Erhalt uns, Herr
Ps. 19: 8
Matthias Loy, 1863
“Geistliche Lieder”
Wittenberg, 1543
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The Law is good; but since the Fall
Its holiness condemns us all;
It dooms us for our sin to die
And has no pow’r to justify.
6
To Jesus we for refuge flee,
Who from the curse has set us free,
And humbly worship at His throne,
Saved by His grace through faith alone.
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