Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

48 THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.
"poor, it is He Who helpeth you, it is He Who
"shall make you to rise up from your graves, and
"it is He Who will reward every man, according
"to his work. He is the God of might and power,
"and everything is in His hand; we are His ser-
"vants and the people whom He hath created in
"the palm of His hand. We cannot go before him
"that loveth us and we cannot be behind him that
"hateth us. O fear ye God Almighty, your God,
"and acknowledge Him with all your hearts and
"with all your souls, for He is the Maker of the
"heavens, and of the earth, and of all that is be-
"twixt them, and each of them hath been created
"by His marvellous power, yea the very world
"[lieth] in the. palm of His hand. And it is meet
"that we should serve [Him] and do His will, for
"it is He Who hath created us, and He killeth us,
"and maketh us to live after we are dead; and He
"pleadeth our cause for whatsoever offence we
"have committed, and it is meet that we should
"not serve any God besides Himself and that we
"should worship Him in His Word and in His
"mercy, by which everything existeth. His Persons
Idolatry to "being three, and His Godhead one. And as for
be abolished.
"me I will now break in pieces the idols which ye
"were wont to worship instead of God Almighty,
"and which ye set up and called by the names of
"the stars, and which became the abodes of Satans
"who held converse with you from inside them, and
"who spake unto you in such a way as to please
"you in order that they might destroy you; and these