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A CHRISTIAN ROMANCE. 497<br />

And <strong>Alexander</strong> answered and said, "O God, let<br />

"me speak in Thy presence; and treat not me,<br />

"Thy servant, [p. 306] with disdain. Wilt Thou,<br />

"in very truth, put on the flesh of Adam? And<br />

"yet, O God, Thy word cannot be a lie. How<br />

"can the flesh of Adam embrace' Thy Divinity?"<br />

And the Spirit of his God, which was on him,<br />

answered and said unto him, "Gainsay not the<br />

"word which thou art unable to understand, and<br />

"plunge not into the sea in which thou art not<br />

"able to swim, and mount not above the winds<br />

"without wings lest thou fall into a deep gulf; but<br />

"collect thy mind and make praise to ascend unto<br />

"Him Who created and Who made thee. Now The Hoiy<br />

"by reason of the purity of thy body hast thoues Aiexan-<br />

"asked Me this difficult question, but I am the''"'''<br />

"dwelling-place of the pure. And since thou wishest<br />

"to know about My coming, I tell thee openly that<br />

"I will not come with the Majesty of My Divinity,<br />

"but as the Word of the Father, and as the Son<br />

"which was before the world. Through Me the<br />

"Father made and created all the world, and<br />

"together with My Father I set in order the<br />

"mountains and all the hills, and all difficult paths<br />

"did My Father make through Me for I, am His<br />

"Wisdom, and His Word, and His Son. And,<br />

"moreover, I am He Who speaketh in thy heart<br />

"—the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete—and [I spake]<br />

"unto all the holy prophets who are like unto thee.<br />

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