Liber I, cap. 28. De Obsignatione Fœderis Gratiæ ExternaThe two editions number this verse differently. Which numbering Milton was following here has not yet been checked:
Latin {¶8} Act. xviii. 24, 25, 26. 2 — …e baptismo quod quidem legitur, tantummodo plenius erudierunt, Act. xviii. 24, 25, 26. 2do. Sigilla fœdus non faciunt, sed declarant: unde et Abrahamo jam ante credenti et justificato sigill…
English (Sumner, 1825) {¶8} Acts xviii. 24—26. — …wanting to him, without requiring that he should be baptized, Acts xviii. 24—26. Secondly, the seal does not constitute the covenant, but is only an evidence of it; whence Abraham, after th…