| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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