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THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.<br />

The Trinity. "The hcavens and the earth are full of the spirit<br />

"of My Father, and our Divinity is One; but all<br />

"those whom We created' praise Us and worship<br />

"Us in three Names, and the angels cry out 'Holy'<br />

"three times. For this reason will I come in the<br />

"flesh of Adam, so that [men] may believe in Our<br />

"Trinity. Those who believe and are baptized in<br />

"this Name shall become children of My Father,<br />

"and on those who have kept themselves pure<br />

"[p. 307] shall the Spirit' of My Father dwell, and<br />

"they shall be pure in soul and body. Take now<br />

"a type and a sign [of these things] from the<br />

"Book of Moses, where for thyself thou mayest<br />

"read that it saith to thee, 'The God of Abraham<br />

"and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob is<br />

"One.'-' The God of Abraham when it saith. He<br />

"shall be called father, for Abraham was the father<br />

"of Isaac; and the God of Isaac when it saith,<br />

"He shall be called my son, for Isaac was the son<br />

"of Abraham; and the God of Jacob when it saith,<br />

"He shall be called the Holy Spirit, for Jacob<br />

"was Abraham's grandson. And if thou wilt under-<br />

"stand the matter it is thus. The holy men Isaac<br />

The power "and Jacob came forth from Abraham, and he is<br />

"the type of which I spake [when I said]. We came<br />

"forth from the Father, and I am the Son, His<br />

"Word, and it was I through Whom He created the<br />

"universe by His Word. But do not conceive that<br />

' Read H«{.mCi ' " Read ao'^i.ti '•<br />

^ Deuteronomy vi. 4.

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