Superadded to the foregoing seals of the covenant, is the _passover_; a divine rite of the nature of a sacrifice, instituted in memory of Israel’s deliverance out of Egypt, representing and sealing spiritual blessings. “As to the _guests_, says Witsius, they were, first, all native _Israelites_, who were not excluded by legal uncleanness. For _all the congregation of Israel_ is commanded to solemnize the passover. And, next, the _Proselytes_ circumcised and become Jews; whether bondmen born in the house or bought with money, &c. Exod. xii. 48. _When a_ stranger _will sojourn with thee, and keep the passover to the Lord, let_ all his males _be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it, and he shall be as one that is born in the land_.” On this passage in Exodus, Dr. Jennings observes these two things; “_First_, That when a man thus became a Proselyte, _all his males_ were to be circumcised _as well as himself_, whereby his _children_ were admitted into the visible church of God, _in his right_, as their father. _Secondly_, That upon this, he should be _entitled to all the privileges_ and immunities of the Jewish church and nation as well as be subject to the whole law: He should be as one born in the land.” In short; not only men and women, but also young children partook of this ordinance, _as soon as they were capable_ of answering the revealed design of it, for—no _positive_ rule was given them on this head, like that of circumcision. It is manifest that since the injunction respected not only individuals of such a description, but also families _as such_, every member without exception had a _legal right_ to the ordinance; and nothing prevented _infants_ from a participation, but what lay in the _natural_ incapacity to answer the design of it.