Lynd spelled out the issue in hand, what he wanted to
present to the members of his association, and, I am sure, to
the wider public:
In this annual letter we call your attention to the subject of
the new covenant. It is the opinion of many that the
covenant made with Abraham was the covenant of grace
[that is, the new covenant], and that circumcision was the
sign and seal of this covenant, confirming its blessings to
Abraham and his posterity, and that baptism now
supersedes the rite of circumcision, and is the sign and seal
of spiritual blessings. How far this is true or false, will be
seen when the Scriptures are allowed to speak for
themselves. |
