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Lastly, before I close with this, take what Mr. Danvers says,¹ If it should be taken (saith he) for granted, that Circumcision was a Seal of the New Covenant belonging to all the Children of Israel; then would not the baptizing of the Children of Believers answer it, neither amount to so great a Privilege, nor be equivalent to it for these Reasons:

Lastly, before I close with this, take what Mr. Danvers says,¹ If it should be taken (saith he) for granted, that Circumcision was a Seal of the New Covenant belonging to all the Children of Israel; then would not the baptizing of the Children of Believers answer it, neither amount to so great a Priviledg, nor be equivalent to it for these Reasons:

1. 1Danvers on Bapt. p. 180.

1st, There were all the Families and Tribes of Israel (and all proselyted Strangers) with their Children, without distinction of good or bad, to be circumcised: But here only one of a City, and two of a Tribe; for Believers are but thin sown, and the Children of Unbelievers and wicked Men are to receive no such benefit in the Judgment of many. And,¹ 2dly, You would be very short in another respect, as being at an utter uncertainty when you have a right Subject; for if the Parent is an Hypocrite, or no elect Person, which is out of your reach to understand, you cannot know whether the Child be fit for Baptism; for the Seed of a wicked Man you must not meddle with by any means; whereas there was not the least doubt or scruple in Israel as to the Subject, for the Father being one of Abraham's Seed and circumcised, it was an infallible mark they were right. And, 3dly, neither can the Child when he is grown up have any certain knowledge that ⟨p. 124⟩