The apostle also saith, ' In whom (viz. in Christ) also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ ; buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him,' &c. Col. 2, 11 12. To be circumcised in Christ, and to be baptised into Christ, Rom. 6, 3, are expressions of similar import. Abraham became interested in Christ by the covenant which was sealed by circumcision, and we now are circumcised in Christ, because we are received into the Abrahamic covenant, when by baptism we are buried with Christ. In Abraham's covenant Christ is the principal object, and equally so he is under the gospel and in baptism. Christ's blood is the blood of the covenant, by which the prisoners are sent out of the pit wherein is no water. Zach. 9, 11.

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