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THE PRECEPTS OF ALEXANDER. 3O9<br />

"may look for the blessing of thy prayers until<br />

"we straightway find it, and may fight a good fight<br />

"in this world."<br />

THE PRECEPTS WHICH ALEXANDER GAVE UNTO HIS<br />

DISCIPLES AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH.<br />

[Then <strong>Alexander</strong>] spake unto [his disciples,<br />

saying], "Hearken unto me, O my children and<br />

"friends, and I will give you commandments by<br />

"the permission of God Almighty, and I will in-<br />

"struct your souls what to do for God Almighty<br />

"Who dieth not, for there is no punishment like<br />

"unto His punishment, and there is no mercy like<br />

"unto His; no rebel can resist His punishment, for The pre-<br />

"it hath existed from everlasting. Whosoever dying Aiex-<br />

"among you would know His abiding place, let^"'*^'"'<br />

"him perfect his work and take good heed unto<br />

"his soul, and let him watch to do that which is<br />

"good, and let him sell his days, which are fleeting,<br />

"and buy for himself the life which endureth for<br />

"ever. Whosoever among you hath, before this<br />

"day, feared the path of death, from to-day and<br />

"henceforth let him be afraid of the length of his<br />

"life which must pass before the coming of death.<br />

"Whosoever' involveth his hands in sin straightway<br />

"is dead, but whosoever hath sorrowed for his<br />

"soul hath thereby brought to it the life [p. i8o]<br />

"which never cometh to an end. Before the<br />

"judgment of God hath taken place no man what-<br />

"soever can enter into life and into the place of<br />

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