Isagoge in canonicas septem epistolas, qua (ut in Paulinis) compositionis oeconomia, et germana dispositio monstratur

wished to express this.

3 Thirdly, and this does not seem Apostolic, that in chapter 2, speaking of the law, he calls it the law of liberty, while the Apostle Paul calls it rather the minister of servitude, death, wrath, and sin. I answer that this is not done with the same intent. For Paul, acting against the Jews, rightly calls it so, since they urged it as necessary for salvation, and by the law they understood the ceremonies themselves, since they were imposing circumcision and similar things from the law, not moral things. On the contrary, James speaks of the moral law, therefore he commands everyone to speak and act in this way, as if to be judged by the law of liberty. And the law of liberty is indeed Christ’s, whose doctrine primarily requires good morals; it is the law of liberty because it does not bind us to external ceremonies, but serves God with a joyful spirit and voluntarily in every kind of good