Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

ALEXANDER'S ADDRESS TO HIS DISCIPLES. 325
"to Pharaoh when thou didst take counsel [with
"him] concerning the slaughter of the children of God an-
"Israel, who are the seed of My friend. And dost'"'" •'°'-
"thou not know for what sin I sent affliction upon
"thee? Who is able to bring back yesterday?
"Who can bind with a cord the sun? Who can
"tell the number of the winds? Who is able to
"contend against My royal Majesty? Where didst
"thou dwell when I raised up the heavens in the
"air without a pillar [to support them].''' And Job
"wept and said, 'O Lord God Almighty, one word
"[let me speak]. Sin hath gone forth from the
"mouth of the sinner, and behold, my jaws shall
"be in the dust until Thy good pleasure shall raise
"up my soul.'
"And was it not God Who wrought what He God's deai-
"wrought with David the son of Jesse, who was of^jd.
"His prophet and His chosen one, in subjection
"to Whom He placed the mountains, and the birds,
"and the iron, and all the angels which cannot be
"counted, and to whom He gave kingdom and
"honour, and to whom He said, 'I have found in
"thee the one whom I can love'?' And again
"God said, 'I have found David, [p. 189] My
"servant, who will perform My will'.' And doth
"He not speak in the words of the prophet con-
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' I Samuel xiii. 14.
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n\\ao : A-ne = H^I-nC • h'-A- i.^^? •• Psalm Ixxxix.
20: Acts xiii. 22.
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