...regeneration, fyc. The apostle tells us what was signified both by circumcision and baptism, Col. ii. 11, I2. " In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made- -without hands, in putting off the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ, buried with him in baptism; wherein also you are risen...

...serve sin. • , The other is Col. 2. 10, 11, 12. Ye are complete m him, ie Christ, in whom ye also are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the sins if the flesh by the circumcision of Christ, buried with him in baptism, wherein also yt are risen...

...baptism, he always is, and is. represented to be, entirely passive. " Arise, and be baptized." fire circumcised with the circumcision made without hands,'...circumcision of Christ, buried with him in baptism." (ii. 1L 12.) The force of his language is, " Ye are circumcised, being baptized.'" Mr. J. observes...

...In Christ, says St. Paul to his Colossian converts, dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily : and ye are complete in him, which is the head of all...principality and power. In whom also ye are circumcised with 1 Isaiah liii. * Luke x. 18. the circumcision made without hands, in putting off" the body of the sins...

...sacraments of the old and new law. " Ye are complete," saith he to his Colossians, " in Christ, who is the " head of all principality and power. In whom...circumcised with the circumcision made " without hands, by the circumcision of Christ, " buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are " risen with him,...

...duces the phrase of being buried with Christ in his epistle to the Colossians, chap. ii. 11 — 13. " Putting off the body of the sins of- the flesh by the circumcision of Christ ; buried with him jin baptism, wherein also you are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath...

...whonvhe addressed had also been '•' circumcised in him with the circumcision " made without hands, putting off the body of " the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of " Christ;" the whole harmony of the passage is preserved, and its meaning, relieved from this forced and remote...

...principality and power. In whom ai_ •oyc are circumcised with the ctrcumcision not made with handsi in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ.1' The next verse tt- connected with the one.novr cited, and shews h'ow all this takes place,...

...heart to holiness, which is so indispensable a requisite in true religion; and which St. Paul calls, " the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh." * Without this inward circumcision of the .heart the outward circumcision of the body was...

...n shall consume him." Job xx. 26. " The mighty shall be taken away without hand." Job xxxi v. 20. " In whom also ye are circumcised w;ith the circumcision made without hands" Col. n. 11. Thus also " a temple hot made by hands." So Milton : "To blood unshed the rivers shall...