his laws, that occasion might be given the Israelites of meriting more abundantly, and of acquiring various degrees of happiness. The Pharisees also added many things of their own to the Divine law, that by that will-worship the value of their merits might be increased. In this therefore, Gentilism and Judaism so far agreed, that they placed both the expiation of sins, and the obtaining of happiness in something which should be performed by themselves, while they were totally ignorant of Messiah’s