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commandments thou art cursed thereby ? For when He saith, " All those who walk therein, if they its do not keep what is written therein, accursed shall they be," He saith it to thee. But us, who believe in Christ, the Son of God, the grace of God hath chosen, saying, "He who believeth and is baptized shall be saved." 1 105. CONCERNING THE BELIEF OF ABRAHAM And thou dost not understand that they were justified by faith Abraham, and David and all the Prophets, one after the other, who prophesied concerning the " coming of the Son of God. And Abraham said, Wilt Thou in my days, O Lord, cast Thy word upon the " And God said unto him, " By no means. ground ? His time hath not yet come, but I will shew thee a similitude of His coming. Get thee over the Jordan, and dip thyself in the water as thou goest over, and arrive at the city of Salem, where thou shalt meet Melchizedek, and I will command him to show thee the sign and similitude of Him." And Abraham did this and he found Melchizedek, and he gave him the 2 mystery of the bread and wine, that same which is celebrated in our Passover for our salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. This was the desire and the joy of Abraham as he went round the altar which Melchizedek had made, carrying branch and palm on the day of the Sabbath. See how he rejoiced in his belief, and see how he was justified by his belief, O blind Jew, who though having eyes seest not, and having ears hearest not, even as the Prophet Isaiah saith con- " Their eyes are blind, and their hearts cerning you, are covered with darkness, so that they may not understand and God may not show compassion unto them." 3 1 Mark xvi, 16. * Genesis xiv, 18 200 Compare Isaiah vi, 10 ; xliv, 1 8.