49    L.M.     J. Berridge
The Law and Gospel. Rom. 8. 3, 4; 10. 5-15

1 The law demands a weighty debt,
  And not a single mite will bate;
  But gospel sings of Jesus’ blood,
  And says it made the payment good.

2 The law provokes men oft to ill,
  And churlish hearts makes harder still;
  But gospel acts a kinder part,
  And melts a most obdurate heart.

3 “Run, run, and work,” the law commands,
  Yet finds me neither feet nor hands;
  But sweeter news the gospel brings;
  It bids me fly, and lends me wings.

4 [Such needful wings, O Lord, impart,
  To brace my feet and brace my heart;
  Good wings of faith and wings of love
  Will make a cripple sprightly move.]

5 With these a lumpish soul may fly,
  And soar aloft, and reach the sky;
  Nor faint nor falter in the race,
  But cheerly work, and sing of grace.