before the Law, and during the time of the Law, to by the force of nature, but not even the Jews by the the benefit of his death, but those only unto whom liberated, or to arise therefrom, although free will, at- the Law, and that the Gentiles, who followed not after the merit of his passion is communicated. For as in truth men, if they were not born propagated of the were so far the servants of sin, and under the power the whole world. [Chap. 2.] the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort, when But, though he died for all, yet do not all receive that he might both redeem the Jews who were under of the devil and of death, that not the Gentiles only many of the holy fathers announced and promised that blessed fulness of the time was come, sent unto men Jesus Christ, his own Son who had been, both receive the adoption of sons. Him God hath proposed 84 ROMAN CATHOLICISM sins ; and not for our sins only, but also for those of justice, might attain to justice, and that all men might as a propitiator, through faith in his blood, for our tenuated as it was in its powers, and bent down, was by seed of Adam, would not be born unjust seeing that, very letter itself of the Law of Moses, were able to be by that propagation, they contract through him, when Whence it came to pass that the heavenly Father, no means extinguished in them. [Session 6, Chap. 1.]