in the library would do skilled literary work; yet all equally would be “not their own, but bought with a price.” So in the Gospel, then, and now. All functions of Christians are alike expressions of the one will of Him who has purchased, and who “calls.” Meanwhile, this bondservant-apostle, because “under authority,” carries authority. His MASTER has spoken to him, that he may speak. He writes to the Romans as man, as friend, but also as the “vessel of choice, to bear the Name” (Acts 9:15) of Jesus