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4. You say, Abraham's Heart was circumcised, before the Flesh of his Fore-skin; but you intimate his Children's Flesh was circumcised before their Hearts were circumcised. In the same manner, you say, our Ancestors the Gentiles, were first Fruits unto Christ, and were regenerated before baptized; but their Seed are baptized before they are regenerated. To Abraham, you say, it was a Seal of the Covenant of Grace he had, and of the Righteousness of his Faith before circumcised; but to his Seed it was a Sign of the Righteousness of Faith they were bound to receive for Justification, after they were circumcised: and so you speak of Believers Seed in respect of Baptism.

4. You say, Abraham's Heart was circumcised, before the Flesh of his Fore-skin; but you intimate his Childrens Flesh was circumcised before their Hearts were circumcised. In the same manner, you say, our Ancestors the Gentiles, were first Fruits unto Christ, and were regenerated before baptized; but their Seed are baptized before they are regenerated. To Abraham, you say, it was a Seal of the Covenant of Grace he had, and of the Righteousness of his Faith before circumcised; but to his Seed it was a Sign of the Righteousness of Faith they were bound to receive for Justification, after they were circumcised: and so you speak of Believers Seed in respect of Baptism.

Answ. 1. I answer; Abraham only received Circumcision as a Seal of the Righteousness of his Faith, &c. But prove that Circumcision did bind all his Children to receive by Faith Justification: 'tis a bold Assertion. I have proved, that Circumcision did not appertain to the Covenant of Grace, but to the external or fleshly Covenant God made ⟨p. 83⟩with Abraham, and in him with the whole Nation of the Jews: and therefore 'tis positively affirmed by the Apostle, That such that were circumcised were bound to keep the whole Law, Gal. 5. 3. not to receive by Faith Justification. Your Parallel between Circumcision and Baptism ('tis true) well futes with the Human Contrivance of those that first invented Infant-Baptism, who would thereby fain make the Gospel-Church National, as the Jewish Church was, and confirm the old Church-Right and Church-Membership, which is taken away, and a new Church-state erected, which doth not consist of Believers, and their Carnal Seed, as such, but only of the Spiritual Seed of Abraham, who are Believers or living Stones, who are built up a Spiritual House,