The Flood Prayer in the Lutheran Baptismal Liturgy

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> Compare the Great Flood Prayer to this passage from 3 Maccabees:
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> 3 Maccabees 2:4ff
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> You destroyed those in who in the past committed injustice, among whom were even giants, who trusted in their strength and boldness, whom you destroyed by bringing upon them a boundless flood....
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> Flood Prayer: According to Your strict judgment, You condemned the unbelieving world through the flood, yet according to Your mercy You preserved believing Noah and his family, eight souls in all...
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> 3 Maccabees 2:6ff
> You made known your mighty power by inflicting many and varied punishments on the audacious pharaoh who had enslaved your holy people Israel. And when *he* pursued them with chariots and a mass of troops, you overwhelmed him in the depths of the sea, but carried through safely those who *had put their confidence in you, the Ruler over the whole creation.
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> Flood Prayer: You drowned hard-hearted Pharaoh and all his in the Red Sea, yet led Your people Israel through the water on dry ground.
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