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SPEECHES OF ALEXANDER. 49<br />

"things provoked God your Creator' to wrath.<br />

"And now if these idols are able to deliver you,<br />

"let them deliver themselves now that we are about<br />

"to break them in pieces, and to destroy them,<br />

"and to give them over to ruin; for behold, God<br />

"hath given me power to dash them in pieces and<br />

"to destroy them. Understand ye, then, for what<br />

"purpose I am sent unto you, therefore submit<br />

"yourselves unto my decrees. By the decree of God<br />

"Almighty, Who is to be praised, and Who is the<br />

"Creator of myself and of you, [p. 26] let there be<br />

"shewn to me none of the hypocrisy which is shewn<br />

"to others, for He is my helper, and my strength,<br />

"and my refuge. And behold, God Almighty hath God's gifts<br />

"filled me with understanding, and He hath putd°er.<br />

"strength in my heart, and victory in all my doings.<br />

"And He hath revealed unto me the hidden things<br />

"of His mysteries which He hath not revealed unto<br />

"others, and He hath made all the mighty ones<br />

"of the earth to bow down humbly beneath the<br />

"sole of my foot, and He hath made [me] to know<br />

"what is in the deepest depths of the sea, so that He<br />

"might make me king over the whole world by<br />

"His power, and that I might rule over [all] the<br />

"peoples of the world and make them to be [my]<br />

"servants. He hath made the mighty one to be<br />

"of no account, and He hath exalted him of low<br />

"degree. And through the knowledge of my God<br />

"I will gather together, and I will destroy those idolaters to<br />

be rooted<br />

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