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the Lord stretched out his hand and said, Come unto me, all my saints who have my image and likeness. Ye who have been condemned by the tree, and the devil, and death, now see the devil and death condemned by the tree. Immediately all the saints were assembled together under the hand of the Lord. And the Lord took hold of the right hand of Adam and said to him, Peace be unto thee with all thy children, my just ones. And Adam, falling down at the knees of the Lord, with tearful entreaty besought him with a loud voice and said, I will exalt thee, O Lord, because thou hast received me, and hast not suffered mine enemies to rejoice over me. O Lord God, I have cried unto thee, and thou, O Lord, hast healed me; thou hast brought out my soul from the underworld, thou hast saved me from them that go down into the pit. Praise ye the Lord, all his saints, and confess to the remembrance of his holiness; because wrath is in his indignation, and life in his good pleasure. In like manner also all the saints of God, falling on their knees before the feet of the Lord, with one voice said, Thou hast come, O Redeemer of the world: As thou hast predicted by the law and thy prophets, thou hast fulfilled in deed. Thou hast redeemed