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ALEXANDER'S EPISTLE TO ALL KINGS. 5/<br />

"by his error until ye committed sin against<br />

"God; and he led you astray by his counsels and<br />

"darkened your hearts by his lust, and he led into<br />

"error your fathers , and they were destroyed by<br />

"the subjection in which ye are, and the first<br />

"generation perished' by his hands. Now God<br />

"Almighty, Whose honour is great, hath given me<br />

"glory, and He hath bestowed upon me the gift<br />

"of His grace, and He hath placed wisdom in my<br />

"heart, and He hath given me victory over all<br />

"these things. And I know Him, for I know Him<br />

"and I magnify Him, and He is exalted above the<br />

"heavens. The things which we were wont to<br />

"worship instead of Him were of the work of the<br />

"Devil in [his] hatred of man, in whose hand<br />

"there is neither advantage nor power, for he can-<br />

"not redeem us by what is good, neither can he<br />

"ward off from us what is evil; but we know that<br />

"God Almighty is not thus. It was Satan who led satan first<br />

"the nations into error, and he made it pleasant tL human<br />

"for those [who trusted] on him to provoke the""'<br />

"glorious God to wrath, and he took away from<br />

"them their understanding. And now I call upon<br />

"you to come to the [p. 31] glorious and most High<br />

"God, and to perform His will and pleasure, and<br />

"to turn from your evil [ways] to the knowledge<br />

"of Him, which alone can give you benefit. Be-<br />

"hold now, my letter hath come to you by the<br />

refused except the serpent who took him between two of his<br />

teeth, and so introduced him. Maracci, Alcoran, p. 24.<br />

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