“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and _keep His commandments_: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.” Eccl. 12:13, 14. “So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by _the law of liberty_.” James 2:12. NOTE.—The law which is here called “the law of liberty,” is the law which says, “Do not commit adultery” and “Do not kill,” for these commandments had just been quoted in the verse immediately preceding. In verse 8, this same law is styled “the royal law;” that is, the kingly law. This is the law by which men are to be judged. 4. What system was established on account of man’s transgression of the law of God? The sacrificial system, with its rites and ceremonies pointing to Christ. 5. Why did the patriarch Job offer burnt offerings? “And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them. And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and _offered burnt offerings_ according to the number of them all: for Job said, _It may be that my sons have sinned_, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.” Job 1:4, 5. 6. How early was this sacrificial system known? “By faith _Abel_ offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts.” Heb. 11:4. See Gen. 4:3-5; 8:20. 7. By whom was the ten commandment law proclaimed? “And _the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire_: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice. And _He declared unto you His covenant, which He commanded you to perform, even ten commandments_; and He wrote them upon two tables of stone.” Deut. 4:12, 13. 8. How was the ceremonial law made known to Israel? “And the Lord called unto Moses, ... saying, _Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them_, If any man of you bring _an offering_,” etc. Lev. 1:1, 2. “_This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat-offering, and of the sin-offering, and of the trespass-offering, and of the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace-offering_; which the Lord commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that He commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai.” Lev. 7:37, 38. 9. Were the ten commandments a distinct and complete law by themselves?