Anf-01 vi.ii.ix Pg 19
Jer. ix. 25, 26.
But thou wilt say, “Yea, verily the people are circumcised for a seal.” But so also is every Syrian and Arab, and all the priests of idols: are these then also within the bond of His covenant?1566 1566 Dressel and Hilgenfeld read, “their covenant,” as does Cod. Sin.; we have followed Hefele.
Yea, the Egyptians also practise circumcision. Learn then, my children, concerning all things richly,1567 1567 Cod. Sin. has “children of love,” omitting “richly,” and inserting it before “looking forward.”
that Abraham, the first who enjoined circumcision, looking forward in spirit to Jesus, practised that rite, having received the mysteries1568