As I said Ath. loc.
cit., therefore, for
the purpose of securing leisure to worship God in order
that they might, both servant and beast of burden, devote a very small
share to Him and be at rest, the observance of the Sabbath was devised
for the carnal that were still childish and in the bonds of the
elements of the world Gal. iv. 3., and unable to
conceive of anything beyond the body and the letter. But when
the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth His Only-begotten Son,
made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the
law that we might receive the adoption of sons Ibid. 4,
5.. For to as many of us as
received Him, He gave power to become sons of God, even to them that
believe on Him St. John i. 12.. So
that we are no longer servants but sons Gal. iv. 7.: no longer under the law but under
grace: no longer do we serve God in part from fear, but we are
bound to dedicate to Him the whole span of our life, and cause that
servant, I mean wrath and desire, to cease from sin and bid it devote
itself to the service of God, always directing our whole desire towards
God and arming our wrath against the enemies of God: and likewise
we hinder that beast of burden, that is the body, from the servitude of
sin, and urge it forwards to assist to the uttermost the divine
precepts.