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 * Who ascended  and  descended  on  the  ladder of  Jacob, ||Gen.  xxviii.
 * Who didst  wrestle  with  Jacob,  and  touch him  on  the  thigh,  ||Gen.  xxxii.
 * Who didst  deliver  Jacob  from  all  evils,  ||Gen.  xlviii.
 * Who, passing  over  the  houses  of  the Israelites,  didst  strike  the  first-born  of the  Egyptians,  ||Exod.  xii.
 * Who leddest  the  Israelites  out  of  Egypt by  the  Red  Sea  and  the  desert  into  the land  of  promise,  ||Exod.  xiv.  &amp;c.
 * Who gavest  the  law  of  God  to  Moses,  ||Acts  vii.
 * Who didst  withstand  Balaam  with  his ass,  as  he  was  going  to  curse  the  Israelites, ||Num.  xxii.
 * Prince of  the  host  of  the  Lord,  who  wast sent  to  the  aid  of  Josue,  ||Jos.  v.
 * Who, for  the  sin  of  David,  didst  strike seventy  thousand  men  of  the  people with  pestilence,  ||2 Kings  xxiv.
 * Who broughtest  food  to  Daniel  into  the  den  of  lions, ||  Dan.  xiv.
 * Who in  one  night  didst  slay,  in  the  camp  of  the  Assyrians,  a hundred  and  eighty-five  thousand,  ||4 Kings  xix. ||
 * Who severely  punished  Heliodorus  when  he  would  have  plundered  the  treasures of  the  temple,  ||2 Mach.  iii.
 * Who didst  encourage  Joseph,  when  afraid to  marry  the  Virgin  Mary,  ||Matt.  i.
 * Who didst  announce  the  birth  of  Christ  to the  shepherds,  ||Luke  ii.
 * Who sang  with  joy  at  our  Saviour’s  birth, Glory  to  God,  and  peace  to  men,  ||Ibid.
 * Who didst  forewarn  Joseph  to  fly  into Egypt  with  the  child  Jesus  and  his  mother. ||Matt.  ii.
 * Who ministered  to  Christ  in  the  desert, when  he  had  put  the  tempter  to  flight,  ||Matt.  iv.
 * Who didst  comfort  Christ  in  his  agony,  ||Luke.  xxii.
 * Who didst  roll  back  the  stone  from  the sepulchre  of  Christ,  ||Matt,  xxviii.
 * Who, sitting  in  white  at  the  sepulchre  of Christ,  didst  proclaim  to  the  women that  Christ  was  risen,  ||John  xx.
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 * Who severely  punished  Heliodorus  when  he  would  have  plundered  the  treasures of  the  temple,  ||2 Mach.  iii.
 * Who didst  encourage  Joseph,  when  afraid to  marry  the  Virgin  Mary,  ||Matt.  i.
 * Who didst  announce  the  birth  of  Christ  to the  shepherds,  ||Luke  ii.
 * Who sang  with  joy  at  our  Saviour’s  birth, Glory  to  God,  and  peace  to  men,  ||Ibid.
 * Who didst  forewarn  Joseph  to  fly  into Egypt  with  the  child  Jesus  and  his  mother. ||Matt.  ii.
 * Who ministered  to  Christ  in  the  desert, when  he  had  put  the  tempter  to  flight,  ||Matt.  iv.
 * Who didst  comfort  Christ  in  his  agony,  ||Luke.  xxii.
 * Who didst  roll  back  the  stone  from  the sepulchre  of  Christ,  ||Matt,  xxviii.
 * Who, sitting  in  white  at  the  sepulchre  of Christ,  didst  proclaim  to  the  women that  Christ  was  risen,  ||John  xx.
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 * Who ministered  to  Christ  in  the  desert, when  he  had  put  the  tempter  to  flight,  ||Matt.  iv.
 * Who didst  comfort  Christ  in  his  agony,  ||Luke.  xxii.
 * Who didst  roll  back  the  stone  from  the sepulchre  of  Christ,  ||Matt,  xxviii.
 * Who, sitting  in  white  at  the  sepulchre  of Christ,  didst  proclaim  to  the  women that  Christ  was  risen,  ||John  xx.
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 * Who didst  roll  back  the  stone  from  the sepulchre  of  Christ,  ||Matt,  xxviii.
 * Who, sitting  in  white  at  the  sepulchre  of Christ,  didst  proclaim  to  the  women that  Christ  was  risen,  ||John  xx.
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