I. * Rom. iv. 11. And he received

the sign of circumcision, a seal of th© righteousness of the faith which he had, yet being nncircumcised : that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not cir- cur.Kised ; that righteousness might be imputed unto them aho. Gen. xvii. 7. And I will estabhsh i.iy cove- nant between me and thee, and thy seed alter thee, in their generations, for an everlasting covenant ; to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. Ver. 10. [Set bchzo in IctUrf.']
b Mat. xxviii. 1 9. Go ye ihere-
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«ent Christ and his benefits, and to confirm our interest in iiim "" ; as also to put a visible difference between those that belong unto the church and the rest of tlie world '^ ; and solemnly to engage them to the service of God in Christ, according to his word ^.