I. SIGN. This Word is taken for any thing that serves to express or represent another thing ; as, when the Lord gave to Gen. ix. 12, 13.Noah the Rainbow, as a Sign of his Covenant ; and when he appointed Abraham the Use of Circumcision, as the Seal of Gen. xvii. 11. Gen. i. 14.the Covenant he made with him and his Posterity. The Sun and the Moon are appointed by God for Signs and Seasons.
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