In like manner after this the prophet Micah cried and said, Who is God like thee, O Lord, taking away iniquities and passing over sins? And now thou restrainest thy wrath for a testimony, for thou takest pleasure in mercy; and thou turnest away, and hast compassion on us, and forgivest all our iniquities, and hast sunk all our sins in the multitude of death, as thou swarest unto our fathers in ancient days.[1] And all the saints answered and said, This is our God for ever and ever, and He shall rule us for evermore.[2] Amen. Alleluia. So also all the prophets, rehearsing sacred utterances from their praises, and all the saints, crying, Amen, Alleluia, followed the Lord.
CHAPTER IX. (XXV.)
Now the Lord held Adam by the hand, and gave him over to Michael the Archangel. And all the saints followed Michael the Archangel, and he introduced them all to the glorious grace of Paradise. And there met them two men, very ancient of days. And the saints asked them, Who are ye that have not yet been dead with us in the underworld, and
