life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.” Briefly summarized that law signifies: 1. A new principle of life, a vital force, a spontaneous and automatic impulse which irresistibly overcomes the corruption of our fallen nature and bears the fruits of righteousness just as naturally as the living vine bears its fruit, or as a living man bears himself and his burdens too. 2. The life of Jesus Christ. This is not a mere human life, not even the new life of the converted soul,