A39697:149
Vindiciæ legis & fœderis
Vindiciæ legis & fœderis: or, A reply to Mr. Philip Cary's Solemn call Wherein he pretends to answer all the arguments of Mr. Allen, Mr. Baxter, Mr. Sydenham, Mr. Sedgwick, Mr. Roberts, and Dr. Burthogge, for the right of believers infants to baptism, by proving the law at Sinai, and the covenant of circumcision with Abraham, were the very same with Adam's covenant of works, and that because the gospel-covenant is absolute. By John Flavel minister of the gospel in Dartmouth
London: printed for M. Wolton, 1690
A REPLY TO Mr. Philip Cary's Solemn Call. › Section 2 › Argument 4: Argument IV.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
That Circumcision is a part of the Ceremonial Law, which was dedicated with Blood, and therefore could be no •art of the Moral Law or Ten Commandments, which was (say you) the Covenant of Works; and yet that it is of •he same nature; and that it's clear […] is no other than a Covenant of ⟨p. 58⟩Works. Don't you there distinguish and confound all again? blame and check Mr. Sedgwick without Cause, and commit a greater Absurdity presently than you charged him with? Don't you question whether that Covenant that was typically sealed by Blood, was sealed by Christs Blood? Pray, Sir, consider where-ever God commands typical Blood to be applied, it relates to Christs Blood Spiritually applied, or to nothing.
That Circumcision is a part of the Ceremonial Law, which was dedicated with Blood, and therefore could be no •art of the Moral Law or Ten Commandments, which was (say you) the Co•enant of Works; and yet that it is of •he same nature; and that it's clear 〈…〉 is no other than a Covenant of ⟨p. 58⟩Works. Don't you there distinguish and confound all again? blame and check Mr. Sedgwick without Cause, and commit a greater Absurdity presently than you charged him with? Don't you question whether that Covenant that was typically sealed by Blood, was sealed by Christs Blood? Pray, Sir, consider where-ever God commands typical Blood to be applyed, it relates to Christs Blood Spiritually apply'd, or to nothing.
Are not you forced in defence of your erroneous Thesis, to say with Bellarmine, That Circumcision was extraordinary in its Institution, and applied as a Seal to none but Abraham himself? it excluded even Isaac the Type of Christ, and Jacob a Prince with God. O what will not Men venture upon in defence of their darling Opinions!