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I have enacted that this day, on which you arrived, shall be kept as a great day and it will be celebrated annually throughout my life time.

It happens also that it is the anniversary of my naval victory over Antigonus. Therefore I shall be glad to feast with you to-day.

Everything that you may have occasion to use,' he said, 'shall be prepared for you in a befitting manner and for me also with you.'

And he replied, 'If we consider that we ourselves are afflicted by the misfortunes which fall upon our relatives and if their sufferings become our own--then the strength of kinship is apparent at once, for it is only when such feeling is shown that we shall win honour and esteem in their eyes. For help, when it is linked with kindliness, is of itself a bond which is altogether indissoluble. And in the day of their prosperity we must not crave their possessions, but must pray God to bestow all manner of good upon them.'

For you are devoted to the study of those things which can benefit the soul, and spend much time upon it. I shall attempt to narrate whatever other events are worth recording, that by perusing them you may secure the highest reward for your zeal.

But I shall presently take opportunity to discuss this, after we have begun with the general theory, as I am in the habit of doing, and I will then proceed to their story, giving glory to the all-wise God.

For in the day when God created man, he implanted in him his passions and inclinations, and also, at the very same time, set the mind on a throne amidst the senses to be his sacred guide in all things; and to the mind he gave the Law, by the which if a man order himself, he shall reign over a kingdom that is temperate, and just, and virtuous, and brave.

But it will be still greater folly, I think, on your part if with idle vapouring about truth you shall proceed to defy even me to your own punishment.

But you shall not mock at me thus, neither will I break the sacred oaths of my ancestors to keep the Law, not even though you tear out mine eyes and bum out mine entrails.

Neither shalt thou sully the pure mouth of mine old age and my lifelong constancy to the Law. Clean shall my fathers receive me, unafraid of thy torments even to the death.

Be assured then that you shall be given positions of importance and authority in my service if you will reject the ancestral law of your polity.

'Alas! miserable creatures that we are and foolish above measure! When the king invites us and appeals to us on terms of kind treatment shall we not obey him?

Why do we encourage ourselves with vain desires and dare a disobedience that is to cost us our lives? Shall we not, O men my brothers, fear the dread instruments and weigh well his threats of the tortures, and abandon these empty vaunts and this fatal bragging?

Let us take pity on our own youth and have compassion on our mother's age; and let us lay to heart that if we disobey we shall die.

For we through this our evil entreatment and our endurance of it shall win the prize of virtue; but thou for our cruel murder shalt suffer at the hands of divine justice sufficient torment by fire for ever.'

And at the point of death he said, 'We, O most abominable tyrant, suffer thus for our upbringing and our virtue that are of God; but thou for thy impiety and thy cruelty shall endure torments without end.'

But the mother, speaking in the Hebrew tongue, as I shall tell later on, encouraged the boy, and he said to the guards, 'Loose me, that I may speak to the king and to all his friends with him.'

For which things the divine justice delivers thee unto a more rapid and an eternal fire and torments which shall not leave hold on thee to all eternity.

After this our passion, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob shall receive us, and all our forefathers shall praise us.'

After this our passion, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob shall receive us, and all our forefathers shall praise us.'

Alas, for my sons, that some were yet unwed, and those that were wedded had begotten no children; I shall never see children of yours, nor shall I be called by the name of grandparent.

Alas, for my sons, that some were yet unwed, and those that were wedded had begotten no children; I shall never see children of yours, nor shall I be called by the name of grandparent.

"Yea even though thou pass through the fire, the flame shall not hurt thee."

He confirmed the words of Ezekiel, "Shall these dry bones live?" For he forgat not the song that Moses taught, which teaches, "I will slay and I will make alive. This is your life and the blessedness of your days."'

For which cause the judgement of God pursued, and shall pursue, the accursed wretch.

The Lord is on my head like a crown, and I shall not be without Him.

And I shall be no stranger, for with the Lord Most High and Merciful there is no grudging.

And because I shall love Him that, is the Son, I shall become a son;

And because I shall love Him that, is the Son, I shall become a son;

That which is the older shall not be altered by those that are younger than itself.

For who is there that shall put on thy grace, and be hurt?

Freely I have received thy grace, I shall live thereby:

A cloud of darkness shall fall on their eyes; and an air of thick gloom shall darken them:

A cloud of darkness shall fall on their eyes; and an air of thick gloom shall darken them:

And they shall have no light to see: they may not take hold upon me.

And He is as a garland on my head and I shall not be moved; even if everything should be shaken, I stand firm;

And if all things visible should perish, I shall not die; because the Lord is with me and I am with Him. Hallelujah.

And the Most High shall be known in His Saints, to announce to those that have songs of the coming of the Lord;

The seers shall come before Him and they shall be seen before Him,

The seers shall come before Him and they shall be seen before Him,

And they shall praise the Lord for His love: because He is near and beholdeth.

And hatred shall be taken from the earth, and along with jealousy it shall be drowned:

And hatred shall be taken from the earth, and along with jealousy it shall be drowned:

They who make songs shall sing the grace of the Lord Most High;

And they shall bring their songs, and their heart shall be like the day: and like the excellent beauty of the Lord their pleasant song:

And they shall bring their songs, and their heart shall be like the day: and like the excellent beauty of the Lord their pleasant song:

And there shall neither be anything that breathes without knowledge, nor any that is dumb:

Who then shall rise up against my handiwork, or who is there that is not subject to them?

And my righteousness goeth before them and they shall not be deprived of my name, for it is with them.

And ye shall be found incorrupt in all ages to the name of your Father. Hallelujah.

And all those who have conquered shall be written in His book.

For their book is victory which is yours. And she (Victory) sees you before her and wills that you shall be saved. Hallelujah.

And put it on thy head and be glad; and recline on His rest, and glory shall go before thee,

Joy is of the saints! and who shall put it on, but they alone?

Grace is of the elect! and who shall receive it except those who trust in it from the beginning?

Love is of the elect? And who shall put it on except those who have possessed it from the beginning?

And I shall see him no more: because thy face was with me, which saved me by thy grace.

Thou didst set me a lamp at my right hand and at my left: and in me there shall be nothing that is not bright:

For His harp is in my hands, and the Odes of His rest shall not be silent.

He has richly blessed me and my head is with Him: and the sword shall not divide me from Him, nor the scimitar;

The Lord is my hope: in Him I shall not be confounded.

Hear ye me and be redeemed. For the grace of God I am telling among you: and by my means you shall be redeemed and become blessed.

I am your judge; and they who have put me on shall not be injured: but they shall possess the new world that is incorrupt:

I am your judge; and they who have put me on shall not be injured: but they shall possess the new world that is incorrupt:

And those who walk on them without blemish shall not be afraid.

Put on, therefore, the name of the Most High, and know Him, and you shall cross without danger, for the rivers will be subject to you.

And His children shall be known to Him. Therefore we will sing in His love:

And I became of no account to those who did not take hold of me; and I shall be with those who love me.

Because my word shall not be void:

And bring us out from the bonds of darkness: and open to us the door by which we shall come out to thee.