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As Circumcision was a Seal of the righteousness of Faith [or of the Covenant] as well when Ishmael received it, as when Abraham received it.","proofs":["Genesis 17"]},{"text":"God is everlastingly true; and these are really Seals whosoever recelves them. Many persons take the same Physick; the operation is not the same, the Physick is the same. And if we might call the Tree of Life a Seal, it retains the nature of a sign, though Adam never tasted of it. The Rain-bow is a Covenant, though there be thousands in the world that never knew it was a Covenant. And it is the use and proper work of our Sacraments to commemorate and seal. 2. Sacraments are visible Doctrines, Ier. 2. 31. O Generation, see ye the word of the Lord. In the Sacraments are written in small Characters, what at large are found in the works of God. And Faith acts upon these Symbols upon a doctrinal notion, as they are teaching Ordinances. They testifie, as a sign Christs Love, as a Seal Gods faithfulness. 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This is my Covenant which ye shall keep between me and you, and thy seed after thee, every man-child among you shall be Circumcised.","proofs":["Genesis 17:7, 10"]}]},{"document":"vincent1673","id":"95","url":"/api/v1/documents/vincent1673/entries/95","segments":[{"text":"1. That the Infants of Christians have the Promise of the Covenant of Grace made with Abraham is evident, because that Covenant was an everlasting Covenant, I will establish my Covenant for an everlasting Covenant to be a God to thee and thy seed after thee;","proofs":["Genesis 17:7"]}]},{"document":"lye1672","id":"92","url":"/api/v1/documents/lye1672/entries/92","segments":[{"text":"1. Represented to Believers.","proofs":["Genesis 17:10"]}]},{"document":"lye1672","id":"95","url":"/api/v1/documents/lye1672/entries/95","segments":[{"text":"2. 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