Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

A CHRISTIAN ROMANCE. 489
"and the fear of God Almighty are brethren.
"Whosoever feareth with all his heart and with
"all his mind will observe what He wisheth, and
"will do that which is pleasing unto God Almighty."
CHAPTER XIV.
"And the third door of the heart is the sense The third
"of Smell of the nose. Now when a man smelleth heart."
"a good smell and a bad smell he distinguisheth by
"his power of smelling that which is not pleasant
"[unto him]. The smell of lust stirreth up the
"mind and the heart to work iniquity, and so also
"the good smell of burnt sacrifices moveth the
"heart to tears and to repentance, and blessed is
"the smell wherein is the fear of God Almighty.
"And if a man hath this sense of smell, whether
"[p. 300] he smelleth with his understanding the
"smell of food, or whether he smelleth the smell
"of healing medicines, which benefit both his soul
"and body, he will discern it with his mind and
"with the understanding of the intelligence which
"is upon him, and will inhale the sweet^ smell of
"the burnt sacrifices of repentance, and will turn
"aside from the baleful smell of the tavern and of
"the marriage chamber. The smell, then, is the third
"door of the heart; blessed is the man in whom
"is the smell of the Holy Spirit."
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