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488 THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.<br />

"will tell thee. The doing of a good deed will<br />

"rejoice the heart; and the hearing of an evil<br />

"thing will cause it sorrow; and whosoever hath<br />

"in him the Spirit of God Almighty will distinguish<br />

"the thing which he hath heard with the under-<br />

"standing of his mind, and he will flee from the<br />

"evil and draw nigh unto the good."<br />

CHAPTER XH.<br />

"Now Hearing is the first door of the heart, and<br />

"the sight of the eyes is also the first door of the<br />

"heart. Whatsoever a man seeth he setteth in<br />

"[p. 299] his heart, both the good which rejoiceth<br />

Speech of "the soul, and [the evil] which disturbeth the heart.<br />

Ghost. The "He, who feigneth to be terrified at sorrow and<br />

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^''°°''"who sheweth himself Mad at sadness, is fair of<br />

of the heart. o '<br />

"form, but hideous in appearance and ugly in<br />

"features; he is gracious in shape but depraved<br />

"in deeds. And this is an appearance which a<br />

"man who dwelleth in the Holy Ghost will discern<br />

"in his mind, and he will flee from every evil<br />

"thing which God Almighty hateth, and he will<br />

"embrace every good thing which God Almighty<br />

"loveth."<br />

CHAPTER XIII.<br />

The second "Aud thc second door of the heart is the Sight<br />

heart." "of the eye. And when a man in whom is the<br />

"Holy Spirit hath seen and heard, he will have<br />

"the power of discernment, together with the fear<br />

"of God Almighty; for the power of discernment

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