Circumcifion,a typeofChrill femblance ofChria, (as j Cor. i I. 3 ) in order td the female : fo was it fit they fhould have the thing and remony ofCircurncifion, and the female onely thever- tue andefficacy, Junius. 3. The part mutt bee the partgenerative. Gen. 17.13, My Covenant fhall bee in yourfleA; and ver. Circumcife the foreJkin C fyour flefh. The veryplace fhewes that Circumcifion aymed toremedy thecorruption and uncleanneffe of mans na- ture, whereofit admonifhed Abrahamand his potteri- ty. Forneither Abrahamnor anyofhis werechofen into the Covenant, becaufe they were cleaner or holier then other ; but that they might be holier. Gods eleaion is free,whomakes choyceofthem that need Circumcifion as well as any other. 4. The time, the eight day : Becaufe i. the Lord had a mercifull refpeci to the ten- derneffeofinfants, 2. not to diftinguifh, but thatthofe infants alfo were within the Covenant, that dyed with- in that time: 3. becaufe whatfoever was borne ofmanor butt was Legally impure , and in their blood till the eight day, and therefore no beat} mutt beoffered to the Lord till the eight day, Exod. 23. 19. and ch.34.26. No nor memofother nations fervants or other muff be cir- curncifed but upon theeightday from their comming in, 4. this precifiobfervatien ofthe eight day was not with- out a myftery, either poynting to the refurre6tion of Chrift on the eighth day, or leading beyond theweeke of this prefent life (in which wecannot beperfe6tly cir- , eumcifed)unto that eight day in the life to come, when all ourcorruption fhall becut away, and perfeEtly and at once abolifhed. 5. The end ofCircumcifion was to fealeupGods Covenant made with Abraham. This Covenant had threeclaufes, i . of themultiplying ofhis feed in Chrift : z. ofthe inheritance of the land of Ca- sotioz,being a type ofHeaven. 3. ofthe bleffedfeed, the Melliab that was to come ofhim typified in Ifaac,, an fo Was Circtimciflon a feale of the righteoufnea 6P' Faith, Rom. 4. i ii Ci
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