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A CHRISTIAN ROMANCE. 505<br />

no image or idol [remained] wherever he could<br />

see, and none opposed him in war, or in word,<br />

or in wisdom, or in belief; for the Spirit of God<br />

was upon him; and he did not make war upon<br />

those who had placed' their confidence in God<br />

Almighty, but only on the wicked, and idolaters,<br />

and diviners, and soothsayers.<br />

CHAPTER XXII.<br />

[This is] the book of wisdom which <strong>Alexander</strong> <strong>Alexander</strong>'s<br />

-, r 1 r 1 1 counsel t(<br />

wrote as a word of remembrance tor those who poaterity.<br />

were [to come] after him. He said, "I will utter<br />

"words of counsel unto those who will hearken unto<br />

"me. 'Hear ye My voice, O ye who love My<br />

"law,' saith God Almighty, 'and if ye keep My<br />

"words and do [them], ye shall eat the blessing<br />

"of the earth, and your memorial shall be from<br />

"generation to generation, and your seed [shall<br />

"endure] for ever.'" As light is preferred and loved<br />

"more than darkness, even so is he who ob-<br />

"serveth the will of God Almighty; and as honey<br />

"is [p. 313] sweeter than wormwood, even so God<br />

"Almighty reproveth whomsoever He loveth. O<br />

"man, from thy youth up, love God Almighty, and<br />

"hate the Devil, the Evil one, and his wicked<br />

"works; now the works of God Almighty are<br />

"light. Hearken now, the works of darkness are<br />

"theft and fornication, and when [God] seeth him<br />

"that doeth them He punisheth him and abomina-<br />

Read ^V'fl4-<br />

' ^ Compare Isaiah i. 1 9.<br />

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