...and I know of no resting-places so precious and so quiet as these. Paul calls circumcision a seal. " And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had, being yet uncircumcised," Rom. iv. 11. Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness...

...sign. And circumcision in the flesh is no more than a sign likewise: for it is said,, that Abraham received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had, being yet uncircumcised, Rom. iv. 11. For true circumcision is performed by God himself; as it is written,...

...righteousness. Even so Abraham" believed in th« Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness," Gen xv. 6. " And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of faith," — that he might be the father of all them that believe, — that righteousness might be imputed...

...justified by faith," before he was baptized : and that his baptism was a profession of his faith, " and a seal of the righteousness of the " faith, which he had yet being unbaptized."3 But if he had not truly believed, would his baptism have conveyed justification ? The...

...righteousness." (This was a little before God established his covenant with him, and is related, Gen. xv. 6.J '; And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of...not circumcised, that righteousness might be imputed to them also : and the father of circumcision, (ie of them that are circumcised,) to .them who are...

...made and sealed with Abraham, was, to constitute him the father of believers. " Faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness' ' — "in uncircumcision....seal of the righteousness of the faith, which he had, being yet uncircumcised : that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not...

...without which they wijl be utterly ineffectual to you. THE NATURE OF THE SACRAMENTS. -Rom. ir. 1 1 . — And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of...of the faith, which he had yet being uncircumcised. THIS text discovers the nature of a sacrament, in the description the apostle gives us of circumcision,...

...for righteousness, was so reckoned not when he was in circumcision, but in wtcireumcision; and that he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the...of the faith which he had, yet being uncircumcised. Thirdly, the apostle when asserting justification /'"•• faith, without the deeds of the law (Rom....

...uncireumcision. And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal, (not of Mr. M.'s external covenant, but) of the righteousness of the faith ^which he had, yet...being uncircumcised ; that he might be the father, (not of those graceless men, that enter into Mr. M.'s graceless covenant, but) of all them that believe...

...uncircumcision. And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal, (not of Mr. M.'s external covenant, but) of the righteousness of the faith which he had, yet...being uncircumcised ; that he might be the father, (not of those, graceless men, that enter into Mr. M.'s graceless covenant, but) of ail them that believe...