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GOD'S DEALINGS WITH SOLOMON. 33<br />

"the earth to submit unto him, and they brought<br />

"gifts unto him. And the king of Persia sent unto<br />

"him seven hundred loads of gold and precious<br />

"stones, besides costly stuffs of great price which<br />

"could not be counted. Now he had under his<br />

"dominion seventy cities of Amalek, wherein were<br />

"so many inhabitants that Solomon only knew the<br />

"number thereof And these he destroyed, for he<br />

"destroyed many great, and mighty, and powerful<br />

"nations with calamities, and with the waters of<br />

"the flood, and with earthquakes, and with dust,<br />

"and with stones. And he sent upon them fire<br />

"and brimstone, and great calamities befel them,<br />

"and he sent upon them his anger and the strength<br />

"of his vengeance; and he rained upon them<br />

"water out of heaven which made the seed to<br />

"sprout in the earth so that he might not make<br />

"to perish good by evil. Have ye not seen this<br />

"thing when ye shave your heads?<br />

"And when ye arrive in the darkness ye shall <strong>Alexander</strong>'s<br />

"put on iron armour, and ye shall dwell in thirsty '"°''*'^''^'<br />

"places, and ye shall abide in the deserts, and ye<br />

"shall dwell with lions, and be nigh unto savage<br />

"beasts and wild animals; and when this happeneth<br />

"put ye on' the strength which shall deliver you,<br />

"and nothing shall profit you more than this. And<br />

"when [these things] shall be [joined] unto the<br />

"might of alms and faith in Almighty God, the<br />

"Merciful and Wise, ye shall be perfect' in every<br />

' The MS. has KA'flh'^ ' ' Read ^Jlfl>-V-<br />

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