This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1858 Excerpt: ...the word " uncireumeised" was in the Hebrew langnage generally used in a purely fignrative sense; and phrases like " uncireumcised of heart" or " of ear," prove that the rite here discussed was indeed conceived as a type of some of those inward virtues which constitute the chief end of religion. The blood of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1858 Excerpt: ...the word " uncireumeised" was in the Hebrew langnage generally used in a purely fignrative sense; and phrases like " uncireumcised of heart" or " of ear," prove that the rite here discussed was indeed conceived as a type of some of those inward virtues which constitute the chief end of religion. The blood of cireumcision confirmed the personal covenant; hence the boy was, on the day when that rite was performed, called "a bridegroom of blood" (Exod. iv. 25); and the resected foreskin which was considered unelean, typified both the abnegation of lascivionsnese, and, like the offering of the firstlings, the acknowledgment of God's sovereignty. Thus a custom of the basest sensuality was converted into a rite of morality; worship of nature into reverence of God; and hierarehy into theoeracy. Therefore, to sum up our opinion on cireumeision, Mosaism was compelled to retain it on account of the ignominy with which its neglect was regarded by neighbouring nations, and, in consequence, by the Hebrews themselves; but it reformed it from a physical expedient or superstitious rite into a symbol of holiness and of alliance between God and man. From these considerations alone all the precepts regarding cireumeision receive their true light. It was to be performed on the eighth day, or after seven complete days, because every action by which man rises to God and sanctifies himself is connected with that saered number; it took place, therefore, at the earliest period of the child's existence, when first he was strong enough to endure the pain, because the whole life should, from its beginning, be devoted to God, whilst almost all the other nations practised it at a much later age (except some tribes of the Arabs, who postpone it onl...
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