Saturday, November 28, 2009

Better news the gospel brings

“To run and work the law commands,
Yet gives me neither feet nor hands;
But better news the gospel brings:
It bids me fly and gives me wings.”

- Attributed to John Bunyan, quoted by Jason C. Mayer in The End of The Law(Nashville, TN: B & H Publishing, 2009), 2.

(HT: Of First Importance)

Another version of the quote, attributed to John Berridge, is as follows:

Run, John., 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.

(Source: The Salt-Cellars, Vol. 1, page 234, by C.H. Spurgeon)

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