“And as a spirit passed before my face, the hair of my flesh stood up. But when the mind is suspended in contemplation, when, exceeding the narrow limits of the flesh, with all the power of her ken, she strains to find something of the freedom of interior security, she cannot for long rest standing above herself, becau…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book V
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15Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
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13In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
14Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
— Job 4:15 —
16It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
17Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?