Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

300 THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.
"cerning it that I was afraid of it, but to it am
"I bound. And I shall come [thereby] to the gate
"throueh which I must sfo in to the king-dom of
"God Almighty, Who hath made the heavens
"and all that therein is, and the Sun, and the
Alexander's "Moou, Who hath made His throne to be borne
RahTman." "upon thc shoulders of the angels, and before
"Whom beasts, each having a different kind of
"face and form, with seven wings and multitudes
"of eyes, stand and minister, and Who hath set
"His throne upon them, and Who hath made for
"Himself veils which eye is not able to pierce to
"hide Himself from each one of them. And He
"hath made the earth also, even as He hath made
"the heavens, and the Sun, and the Moon, and
"He hath created the day and the night, each in
"its own season, and the air, and the stars; He
"created them aforetime, and as He willed [their
& "being] even so is He their preserver. All created
"things and all life are held in His hand as they
"abide in their places, and He both giveth them
"strength and vanquisheth them with the death
"which He hath created together with them, and
"which He hath appointed for them. He is the
"Source of all life, and life returneth unto Him;
"as it came in the beginning through Him, even
"so is the end thereof throuo-h Him. He filleth
"this world with death and sorrow, even as He
"hath filled [it] with life and days, and nothing
"existeth in the heavens, [p. 174] or in the earth,
"and nothing in which is life existeth without Him,