Anf-01 ix.vii.xxxiv Pg 10
Gen. xxvii. 28, 29.
If any one, then, does not accept these things as referring to the appointed kingdom, he must fall into much contradiction and contrariety, as is the case with the Jews, who are involved in absolute perplexity. For not only did not the nations in this life serve this Jacob; but even after he had received the blessing, he himself going forth [from his home], served his uncle Laban the Syrian for twenty years;4739 4739
Anf-03 v.iv.iv.xxiv Pg 27
Gen. xxvii. 28.
are there not in his words examples of both kinds of blessing? Indeed, the very form of the blessing is in this instance worthy of notice. For in relation to Jacob, who is the type of the later and more excellent people, that is to say ourselves,3460 3460 Nostri, i.e., Christians. [Not Montanist, but Catholic.]
first comes the promise of the heavenly dew, and afterwards that about the fatness of the earth. So are we first invited to heavenly blessings when we are separated from the world, and afterwards we thus find ourselves in the way of obtaining also earthly blessings. And your own gospel likewise has it in this wise: “Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and these things shall be added unto you.”3461 3461
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, Chapter 27
VERSE (28) - De 11:11,12; 32:2; 33:13,28 2Sa 1:21 1Ki 17:1 Ps 65:9-13; 133:3
