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Every man child among you shall be circumcised,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Every man child among you shall be circumcised,","proofs":["Genesis 17:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"Genesis 17:10","osis":["Gen.17.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And had servants the same?","answer":"Yes. Abraham circumcised his son and all that were bought with his money the same day,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Abraham circumcised his son and all that were bought with his money the same day,","proofs":["Genesis 17:23"],"refs":[{"printed":"Genesis 17:23","osis":["Gen.17.23"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Was this in itself a privilege?","answer":"No. For it was a part of that hand writing of ordinances that was against us,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For it was a part of that hand writing of ordinances that was against us,","proofs":["Colossians 2:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"Colossians 2:14","osis":["Col.2.14"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And is it now abolished?","answer":"Yes. For Christ hath took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For Christ hath took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross,","proofs":["Colossians 2:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"Colossians 2:14","osis":["Col.2.14"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Doth not baptism come in the room of circumcision?","answer":"No. For Christ was both circumcised and baptized,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For Christ was both circumcised and baptized,","proofs":["Luke 2:21"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 2:21","osis":["Luke.2.21"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Had the apostles a fair opportunity to mention such a substitution had it taken place?","answer":"Yes. For some said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses ye cannot be saved,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For some said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses ye cannot be saved,","proofs":["Acts 15:1"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 15:1","osis":["Acts.15.1"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And did they mention it?","answer":"No. They only made a decree,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"They only made a decree,","proofs":["Acts 15:19, 28"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 15:19, 28","osis":["Acts.15.19","Acts.15.28"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Was not the covenant made with Abraham, the covenant of grace?","answer":"No. But a mixed covenant, consisting partly of temporal blessings,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"But a mixed covenant, consisting partly of temporal blessings,","proofs":["Genesis 17:2–14"],"refs":[{"printed":"Genesis 17:2–14","osis":["Gen.17.2-Gen.17.14"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"But as far as it was a covenant of grace, did it not belong to all Abraham’s natural seed?","answer":"No. Not because they are the seed of Abraham are they all children,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Not because they are the seed of Abraham are they all children,","proofs":["Romans 9:7"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 9:7","osis":["Rom.9.7"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But is it not said for an everlasting covenant to be a God to thee and to thy seed after thee?","answer":"Yes. But the children of the promise are counted for the seed,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"But the children of the promise are counted for the seed,","proofs":["Romans 9:8"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 9:8","osis":["Rom.9.8"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Are all others then, whether infants or adults, excluded?","answer":"Yes. For they are, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For they are, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel,","proofs":["Ephesians 2:12"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ephesians 2:12","osis":["Eph.2.12"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Was not circumcision a seal of the covenant?","answer":"No. But a token of it,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"But a token of it,","proofs":["Genesis 17:11"],"refs":[{"printed":"Genesis 17:11","osis":["Gen.17.11"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Was it a seal to Abraham?","answer":"Yes. And to him only a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"And to him only a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised,","proofs":["Romans 4:11"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 4:11","osis":["Rom.4.11"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Are not the children of believers included in the covenant?","answer":"No. They which are the children of the flesh, are not the seed of God,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"They which are the children of the flesh, are not the seed of God,","proofs":["Romans 9:8"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 9:8","osis":["Rom.9.8"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Must they therefore be Christ’s in order to be the right seed?","answer":"Yes. If ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heir; according to the promise,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"If ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heir; according to the promise,","proofs":["Galatians 3:29"],"refs":[{"printed":"Galatians 3:29","osis":["Gal.3.29"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Were not children brought to Christ to be baptized?","answer":"No. But that he should put his hands on them and pray,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"But that he should put his hands on them and pray,","proofs":["Matthew 19:13"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 19:13","osis":["Matt.19.13"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And does even this appear to have been an unusual thing?","answer":"Yes. For the disciples rebuked them,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For the disciples rebuked them,","proofs":["Matthew 19:13"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 19:13","osis":["Matt.19.13"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But does not the apostle say, the promise is to you and to your children?","answer":"Yes. But he adds, even to as many as the Lord our God shall call,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"But he adds, even to as many as the Lord our God shall call,","proofs":["Acts 2:39"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 2:39","osis":["Acts.2.39"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Might not infants be included in the household of Crispus which was baptized?","answer":"No. For we read that he believed with all his house,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For we read that he believed with all his house,","proofs":["Acts 18:8"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 18:8","osis":["Acts.18.8"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Or in that of the jailer?","answer":"No. For he rejoiced, believing in God with all his house,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For he rejoiced, believing in God with all his house,","proofs":["Acts 16:34"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 16:34","osis":["Acts.16.34"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Or in that of Stephanas?","answer":"No. For they had addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For they had addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 16:15"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 16:15","osis":["1Cor.16.15"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Or in that of Lydia?","answer":"No. For the apostles entered into the house of Lydia, and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them and departed,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For the apostles entered into the house of Lydia, and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them and departed,","proofs":["Acts 16:40"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 16:40","osis":["Acts.16.40"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Are not infants members of the gospel church as they were once of the Jewish?","answer":"No. For it consists of such as are sanctified in Christ Jesus, and called to be saints,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For it consists of such as are sanctified in Christ Jesus, and called to be saints,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 1:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 1:2","osis":["1Cor.1.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"May they not be disciples?","answer":"No. For we are made and not born disciples,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For we are made and not born disciples,","proofs":["John 4:1"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 4:1","osis":["John.4.1"]}],"note":"Christ did not make them disciples by baptizing them, but first made them disciples and then baptized them."}],"items":[]},{"question":"But are they not said to be holy?","answer":"Yes. In the same sense as the unbelieving husband or wife,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"In the same sense as the unbelieving husband or wife,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 7:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 7:14","osis":["1Cor.7.14"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Does not that passage, of such is the kingdom of heaven, favour infant baptism?","answer":"No. For Christ explains it, by adding, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall not enter therein,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For Christ explains it, by adding, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall not enter therein,","proofs":["Mark 10:15"],"refs":[{"printed":"Mark 10:15","osis":["Mark.10.15"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Nor that, if the root is holy so also are the branches?","answer":"No. For that which is born of the flesh is flesh,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For that which is born of the flesh is flesh,","proofs":["John 3:6"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 3:6","osis":["John.3.6"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Should we in this and all other controversies be guided by the word of God?","answer":"Yes. In all things I have said unto thee be thou circumspect,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"In all things I have said unto thee be thou circumspect,","proofs":["Exodus 23:13"],"refs":[{"printed":"Exodus 23:13","osis":["Exod.23.13"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And not pay an undue regard to the customs or opinions of men?","answer":"No. Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, nor observe their judgments. I am the Lord your God,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, nor observe their judgments. I am the Lord your God,","proofs":["Ezekiel 20:18–19"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ezekiel 20:18–19","osis":["Ezek.20.18-Ezek.20.19"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}],"text":null}