Circumcision; this was one of the rites in which they gloried; and it was useful if, by directing their thoughts to that inward purity and consecration to God which it signified, it led them more faithfully to obey God. If it did not, it did them no good; they would be treated no better than if they had not been circumcised. The observance of ordinances is useful if it leads men more faithfully to obey God; if it does not, it does them no good; and dependence upon such observances for salvation if continued, will ruin them.

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