Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

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THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.
Alexander's "Lcave mc, for my pain, and my misery, and my
answer.
"i^igtress, and my exhaustion are sufficient for me.
"And why dost thou tell me 'that I ought to flee
'"from the hand of God Almighty?' Woe be to
"the sinner if he flee not by means of repentance
"in the days of his life, for he knoweth not the
"day of his death. Whither can a man flee from
"God Almighty? If I mount up into heaven, God
"is there, if I go down into the abyss, He is its
"Creator, and if I flee to the ends of heaven and
"[p. 340] earth [He is there]; no man can escape
"from His hand. Now a man may escape by
"repentance and by drawing nigh unto God Al-
"mighty; listen then unto me, and I will tell thee
"how. The days shall come when a man shall be
"saved by three things, by faith, by baptism, and
"by repentance; and there shall be in the days
"of him that shall come a Kine Who shall be a
"lover of repentance, and a receiver of sinners,
"and a raiser of the dead. And in those days
"blessed are those who have given themselves by
"good works and repentance to Him that cometh
"before the face of God Almighty to judge both
"the living and the dead, and to reward every
"man according to his works. Now the livina are
"the angels and the righteous, and the dead are
"the fiends, and the devils, and the sinners. And
"He will do what is just at His righteous judgment
"seat, and He will reward those who have endured
"patiently, according to their forbearance, with a
"kingdom which passeth not away, and with royal