within the covenantal framework I outline above. The reason the sign of the covenant may be applied to infants before there is any faith on their part is not because of a lower view of baptism or a weaker view of the necessity of saving faith. It is because God’s covenant promise of righteousness by faith for all those who believe has always been for their descendants as well. Just as God made the covenant with Abraham and his offspring, so it is important to see that when God promises to circumcise