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408 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. Lord I have loved the beauty of thine house, and the place -where thine honour dwelleth.' And not only individually, but all together with one breath and one soul, let us with veneration exclaim, « Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised in the city of our God, even upon his holy hill.' For he, indeed, is truly great, and great is his habitation, sublime, and spacious, and comely in beauty beyond the sons of men. Great is the Lord who only doeth wonderful things, and things past finding out, glorious and stupendous things which cannot be numbered. Great is he who changeth the seasons arid times, who setteth up and debaseth kings, who raiseth the poor from the ground, and exalteth the beggar from the dunghill. He hath thrust down the mighty from their seats, and hath exalted the humble from the earth. He hath filled the hungry with good things, and hath broken in pieces the arms of the proud.' He has confirmed the record of ancient events, not only to the faithful, but to the unbelievers. * He that worketh miracles, he that doeth mighty deeds ; He, that Lord of the universe, the Creator of the whole world, the omnipotent one and only God. In obedience to him we ' sing a new song, who alone doeth wonderful things, because his mercy endureth for ever; that smiteth mighty kings and slayeth strong kings, because his mercy endureth for ever ; for the Lord hath remembered us in our humiliation, and hath deli vered us from our enemies.' And may we never cease to cele brate the Father of all with these praises. Him also, we would extol, and bear his name constantly upon our lips, the second cause of our mercies, the instructor in divine knowledge, teacher of true religion, destroyer of the impious, slayer of tyrants, the reformer of the world, and the Saviour of us when our condition was desperate, our Lord Jesus. For he alone as the only allgracious Son of the allgracious Father, according to the pur pose of his Father's benevolence, readily and freely assuming the nature of us who lay prostrate in the depths of destruction, like an excellent physician, who, l for the sake of saving those who are labouring under disease, examines their sufferings, han dles their foul ulcers, and from others miseries produces grief