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To see the law by Christ fulfilled, to hear His pardoning voice
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Can change a slave into a child and duty into choice

No strength of nature can suffice to serve the Lord aright
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And what she has she misapplies for want of clearer light


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How long, how long beneath the law I lay
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How long, how long I struggled to obey



Then to abstain from outward sin was more than I could do
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Now If I feel its power within, I feel I hate it too




Then all my servile works were done, a righteousness to raise
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Now, freely chosen in the Son, I freely choose His ways
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Now, freely chosen in the Son, I freely choose His ways



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How long, how long beneath the law I lay
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How long,    how long I struggled to obey
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How long, how long in bondage and distress
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How long, how long I tried without success...
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I tried without success...


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How long,   how long beneath the law I lay
      D#m  C#        D#m            C#
How long,   how long I struggled to obey
A#m    C#          D#m           A#m     C#
How long,   how long    in bondage and distress
       C#          F#          A#m      C#
How long,   how long I tried without success...
 D#m       F#     C#  
I tried without success...
 D#m       F#     C#  
I tried without success...


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How long,   how long
      A#m  C#      F#     C#     F#
How long,   how long
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How long,   how long
A#m         C#          F#  C#
How long,   how long