Epistle, Chapter

 1     54, III|       from Lazarus, then laid in Abraham's bosom, and established
 2     60, II |         away from the banquet of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and
 3     62, IV |       most high God, and blessed Abraham. And that Melchizedek bore
 4     62, IV |       and bread; that he blessed Abraham. For who is more a priest
 5     62, IV |       blood? And with respect to Abraham, that blessing going before
 6     62, IV |   belonged to our people. For if Abraham believed in God, and it
 7     62, IV |   already is blessed in faithful Abraham, and is set forth as justified;
 8     62, IV |      Paul proves, when he says, "Abraham believed God, and it was
 9     62, IV |        these are the children of Abraham. But the Scripture, foreseeing
10     62, IV |      faith, pronounced before to Abraham that all nations should
11     62, IV |        are blessed with faithful Abraham." Whence in the Gospel we
12     62, IV |        we find that "children of Abraham are raised from stones,
13     62, IV | forasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham." ln Genesis, therefore,
14     62, IV |       benediction, in respect of Abraham by Melchizedek the priest,