Let Us See by What Means We May Obtain the Divine Blessing. - ANF09. The Gospel of Peter, The Diatessaron of Tatian, The Apocalypse of Peter, the Vision of Paul, The Apocalypse of the Virgin and Sedrach, The Testament of Abraham, The Acts of Xanthippe and Polyxena, The Narrative of Zosimus, The Apology of Aristides, The Epistles of Clement (complete text), Origen’s Commentary on John, Books 1–10, and Commentary on Matthew, Books 1, 2, and 10

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Let Us See by What Means We May Obtain the Divine Blessing.
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Chapter XXXI.—Let Us See by What Means We May Obtain the Divine Blessing.

Let us cleave then to His blessing, and consider what are the means⁴¹⁴⁹

⁴¹⁴⁹ Literally, “what are the ways of His blessing.”
of possessing it. Let us think⁴¹⁵⁰

⁴¹⁵⁰ Literally, “unroll.”
over the things which have taken place from the beginning. For what reason was our father Abraham blessed? Was it not because he wrought righteousness and truth through faith? Isaac,⁴¹⁵¹

⁴¹⁵¹ Comp. James ii. 21.
with perfect confidence, as if knowing what was to happen,⁴¹⁵²

⁴¹⁵² Some translate, “knowing what was to come.”
cheerfully yielded himself as a sacrifice.⁴¹⁵³

⁴¹⁵³ Gen. xxii. 6–10.
Jacob, through reason⁴¹⁵⁴

⁴¹⁵⁴ So Jacobson: Wotton reads, “fleeing from his brother.”
of his brother, went forth with humility from his own land, and came to Laban and served him; and there was given to him the sceptre of the twelve tribes of Israel.
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