had been granted. The interpretation which we give to this text cannot be fully justified without an elaborate analysis of the Epistle from which it is taken; but no other meaning seems to be in harmony with the general purpose of the Apostle, which is to check a tendency of the Jewish community whom he was addressing (4:1; 7:1, &c.), to exaggerate the importance of the Mosaic law. He insists that the salvation brought by Christ is attainable by all men, Jews or Gentile, provided only each does his