the plain, fatally exempt from fear. Of whom it is rightly said; Ver. 10. Or will he break the clods of the valleys after thee? xvii. 32. The Lord had, in truth, already entered the minds of some, who believed Him to be truly the Redeemer of mankind. But yet, when they departed not from their former observance, when they kept to the harsh preaching of the letter, the illustrious preacher says to them; If ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. Gal. 5:2. What else then did he, who in the