...the dead " by the glory of the Father, even so we also " should walk in newness of life."* " Ye are " buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye " are..." operation of God, who hath raised him from " the dead."f Baptism, beside the significant ceremony, was accompanied with an express declaration of faith...

...with our Saviour in his crucifix»», his death, his resurrection, &c. Thus Col. ii. n, 12, Sec. " Ye are circumcised ' with the circumcision made without...sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of ' Christ : buried with him in baptism, ' wherein also you are risen with him through the faith of the operation...

...God J. And thus believers are addressed, as being buried with Christ in baptism, wherein also they are risen with him,, through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead*. Now the whole imagery of baptism, as we are taught by St. Peter, is borrowed from the Ark and the deluge....

...baptism: for the apostle m:i one no more spiritual than the other. He says to the Colossians, " In Christ ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh;" and this he calls "the circumcision of Christ." In explication of this sentiment he adds,...

...love God bears all his creatures, which would cause existence to cease when no longer a blessing. ii. 12. " Buried with Him in baptism, wherein also ye...operation of God, who hath raised Him from the dead. 13. And you, being dead in your sins, and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath He quickened together...

...giving faith, appears by verse 11. which introduces these words, where the apostle says, " In whom ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without...sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ." This phrase, made without hands, in scripture, always denotes < ind's immediate power, above the course...

...is created in righteousness and true holiness." It is a raising from the dead. Colos. ii. 12, 13. " Wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith...operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead." Yea, it is a more glorious work of power than mere creation, or raising a dead body to life, in that...

...speaks figuratively of baptism, as a laying aside the works of the flesh : ye are circumcised ivith the circumcision made without hands, in putting off...the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ, buried with him in baptism, which in a manner cleanses (4) Chrysosr. op. Etlit. de Montsaucon. Tom....

...cited passage, means when he addresses the believing Colossians, as. being circumcised1, in Christ with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off' the body of the sins of' the flesh, by the circumctsion of Christ, he also means, where he addresses them, as being buried with him'in a baptism,...

...also " ye are circumcised with the circumcision made " without hands, by the circumcision of Christ, " buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are "..." of God, who hath raised him from the dead : and " you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumci" sion of your flesh, hath he quickened together with...