Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believes.
Romans 10:4
Words: Sebastien Besnault, 1736 (Debilis cessent elementa legis). Translated from Latin to English in Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861.
Music: St. Michael melody by Louis Bourgeois in the French Genevan Psalter, 1551; adapted by William Crotch in his Psalm Tunes, 1836 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good picture of Besnault (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
The ancient law departs,
And all its terrors cease;
For Jesus makes with faithful hearts
A covenant of peace.
The light of light divine,
True brightness undefiled,
He bears for us the shame of sin,
A holy, spotless child.
His infant body now
Begins our pains to feel;
Those precious drops of blood that flow
For death the victim seal.
Today the name is Thine,
At which we bend the knee;
They call Thee Jesus, child divine!
Our Jesus deign to be.