The Three Uses of the Law in Verse

The law is good; but since the fall

Its holiness condemns us all;

It dooms us for our sin to die

And has no power to justify.

When men the offered help disdain

And willfully in sin remain,

Its terror in their ear resounds

And keeps their wickedness in bounds.

To those who help in Christ have found

And would in works of love abound

It shows what deeds are his delight

And should be done as good and right.