Let US cleave then to His blessing, and con- sider what are the means ^ of possessing it. Let us think ^ 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, with perfect confidence, as if knowing what was to happen,*? cheerfully yielded himself •as a sacrifice.'" Jacob, through reason" of his brother, went forth with humility from his own land, and came to Laban and served him ; and