...is not of Moses, but of the fathers." John vii. 22. The original law is in Gen. xvii. 11 — 14. " cension, they thee. And he that is eight days old, shall be circumcised among you. Every man-child in your generations,...

...1,2. jjam) Thoushalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee, in their generations. This is my covenant which ye shall keep between me and you, and thy seed after thee: every man-child among you g, 10. shall be circumcised. Thus the father of the Hebrew nation was consecrated...

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...and who were not to be circumcised. Such were the converts to Christianity. Gen. xvii. 10 — 14 : " This is my covenant, which ye shall keep between me and you, and thy seed after thee; every man-child among you shall be circumcised, and ye shall circumcise the flesh of your fore-skin, and...

...and his seed after him the promise of his mercy, he himself ordained a sacrament to confirm the same: "This is my covenant which ye shall keep between me and you, and thy seed after thee: let every man-child among you be circumcised." (Gen. xvii.) Thus God ordained the sacrament of circumcision....

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...was the seui connected with the covenant,tha\. the one is sometimes put for the other; Gen. xvii. 1O. '"This is my covenant which ye shall keep between...: Every man child among you shall be circumcised." It is explained in the next verse— "and it shall be a token between me and you, and he that is eight...

...thing was, to appoint a token, or seal of this gracious covenant ; that all who were interested in its my covenant, which ye shall keep between me and you,...; every man child among you shall be circumcised. It shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you." To ascertain the precise meaning of circumcision,...

...Abraham, Thou ehalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee, in their generations. This is my covenant, which ye shall keep between me and you, and thy seed after thee ; Every man-child among you shall be circumcised.. And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin ; and...

...Circumcision was instituted by God as a token of his covenant with Abraham :* " Ye shall cireumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be a token of the covenant between me and you." Hence Peter calls it,f " The covenant," speaking (by a common figure) of the sign...