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492<br />

THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.<br />

"making hindrances pretexts for not praying, and<br />

"he abideth not [p. 302] in one place so that he<br />

"might learn how to work that which is good and<br />

"wise, and he fleeth' from everything which God Al-<br />

"mighty loveth. And, moreover, whosoever draweth<br />

"nigh unto God Almighty, draweth nigh unto fair<br />

"doctrine and unto Him Who will instruct and<br />

"chastise in love. A man may wander in prayer<br />

"and stand up without sloth or weariness, and<br />

"with contrition of heart and with the weeping<br />

"of the eyes; but when once He Who hath<br />

"made him to understand how ^to forsake all evil<br />

"wandering hath come, he will advance towards the<br />

"doing of works that are good. Motion, then, is<br />

"the sixth door of the heart, but it is the under-<br />

"standing which giveth orders to them all.<br />

The Holy "Blessed is the man who hath forsaken the<br />

hons Alex- "works of evil and who submitteth himself to that<br />

ander.<br />

"whlch is good, for it is he who shall become a<br />

"habitation of the Holy Ghost. Now he who is<br />

"a dwelling-place' for the DeviP is he who dwelleth<br />

"in iniquity, and the Spirit and the angels of light<br />

"depart from him, and the Devil and his fiends and<br />

"demons draw nigh unto him, and they prepare a<br />

"habitation for the Devil their chief. And he for<br />

"whom they have made ready causeth a man to<br />

"make haste to become haughty, and to the dealing<br />

"of blows, and to apostasy, and fury, and murmuring,<br />

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