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552<br />

THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.<br />

"through the spirit of life in the punishment of<br />

"infernal torment. And what meanest thou by<br />

"thy words 'spirit of life,' and 'sinners shall not<br />

"have life but the judgment of everlasting punish-<br />

"ment.?"'<br />

CHAPTER XXXIII.<br />

<strong>Alexander</strong> Thcn <strong>Alexander</strong> the king, being filled with the<br />

KdTsTt/^ Holy Spirit, answered and said unto Komsat his<br />

friend, "Tell me why thou didst not thus con-<br />

"tradict me when my body was alive, and why<br />

"thou hast become obstinate and unbelieving, and<br />

"why thou makest enquiries unbelievingly, and<br />

"why thou proclaimest that which thou canst not<br />

"do?" [p. 352] And Komsat answered and said,<br />

"Master, scorn not to answer the question which<br />

"I have asked of thee, for to enquire after wisdom<br />

"is better than all the treasures of eold and of<br />

"silver." <strong>Alexander</strong> the king answered and said<br />

unto him, "Of a truth wisdom is better, for it is<br />

"profitable to those who preserve it both in heaven<br />

"and upon earth. Now as concerning [the words]<br />

" 'Spirit of life,' and 'judgment of everlasting punish-<br />

"ment,' [they mean] even what I have before told<br />

"thee that they mean; but now I will tell thee again,<br />

<strong>Alexander</strong> "and let that which I shall say unto thee enter<br />

expLins^fte "into thy heart. All the dead shall rise, both<br />

resurrection. „jj^g Hghteous aud slnners, with the spirit of life<br />

''which cannot die a second time; but the sinners<br />

"shall go to the judgment of everlasting punish-<br />

"ment, and the righteous shall enter into the

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