David Monfort, V.D.M., in Original Sermons by Presbyterian Ministers in the Mississippi Valley (Cincinnati: M'Millan & Clopper, 1833), Sermon IX, "Christian Confidence and Security," p. 161

This subject shows us clearly who, and who only are in covenant with God. They are such as subscribe unto the Lord and name themselves by the name of Jacob. By faith they are one with Christ. They are Christ's property,…