As a covenant, the law brings men to Christ for deliverance from its tyranny. Christ returns them to the law as their rule : that, while they are delivered from its dominion, ("that being dead wherein they were held,") they " might serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter." ' And thus they show their gratitude to him for his perfect obedience to it as a covenant in their stead, by their uniform obedience to it as a rule in his service.
