The churchhistory of Ethiopia Author:Michael Geddes Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Zera Jacob'/ Letter to the Habaffin Monks at Jerufalem. In the name of the Father, and Son, and Holy The Em- Gboffi, one God, whom 1 adore with all my pwo... more »rZci heart, and on -whom I rely with all my jT™ s flrengtb, and with all my mind, to whom I the Hataf- am bound with the tye of facred Worjhip, Jin Monies which is not to be broken. ?/ tun, THIS Letter n written in this Book of Canons by us Zera Jacob, wbofe Name, (Ince yve took the Government upon us, is Conftantine, in the $tb year after the God of Ifrael in the multitude of his mercies ivas pleaded to place us on the Throne of'the Kingdom of'Ethiopia,£ g in Seava, ivhicla is called Teglet. Let this come to the hands of my beloved, the College of Saints who refede at Jerulalem the Holy In the peace of the Lord. Amen. 1 do proclaim you very happy, for having in the fir ft place obeyed the word of the Gofyeljivhich faith, He that forfaketh not his father and mother, wife and children, ef. for which reajon you have left the world, and have taken upon you the Yoke jf Monkery j the word of the "Prophet bath likewife bound you, -which faith, I will not go into the tabernacle of mine houfe, nor climb up to my bed; neither will I give fleep to mine eyes, nor flumber to mine eyelids, until I find the houfe of the Lord, the habitatian of the God of Jacob. Whereupon you determined to repair to Jerufalem, the City of the Great King, not being discouraged from going; thither, either by the Incom- tnoditiesof the Journey,or the heat by day, or the cold by night,nor by the dangers of Robbers 5 where when you arrived,what was j aid by the Prophet was fulfilled in you: Let us therefore go into his houfe3and worfliip in the place where the face of our Lord flood J for to you it is given to kifs the place whi...« less