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ALEXANDER'S ADDRESS TO HIS DISCIPLES. 317
"of wind. And men,' and women, and young
"men, and young women, and birds, and beasts,
"and everything which [moved] upon the face of
"the earth perished; and this happened because
"of the sins which they had committed, and because
"they had not regarded His grace, and had sinned
"against Him Who had dealt graciously with them,
"and because they had sinned against their own
"souls, and because of the greatness of the sin
"which they had wrought.
"But as for Noah, the righteous man, whom
"God created, He sanctified him, and declared
"innocent both him and all his people who were
"with him, and He received [p. 184] his prayer
"and his offering, and made him a wise man and
"a strong man, and the heir of all nations; and
"from him, moreover, were all men throughout
"the earth descended.
"And after Noah, did not Abraham who had God's deai-
"subjected himself unto God, now all
ings with
wicked nations Abraham.
"know His name, return to Him an acceptable
"thing, and prepare himself to sacrifice his first-
"born? And when Abraham desired to act with
"sincerity God blessed him with an indestructible
"blessing, and He made him the father of all
"nations and put him among the company of the
"prophets and saints. And did not God make
"the son of His friend Abraham, and Jacob His
"chosen one, and David His prophet and his^
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