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Wisdom of Solomon 17:15

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He says this when, in Egypt, the enemies of the people of God were surrounded by the horror of darkness, so that neither those awake nor those asleep had any rest. For either those sleeping were disturbed by terrifying visions, or those awake were tormented by excessive fear; nor was there any opportunity given to the…
Rabanus Maurus, 9th c. — Commentary on Wisdom, PL 109
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15Were partly vexed with monstrous apparitions, and partly fainted, their heart failing them: for a sudden fear, and not looked for, came upon them.

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13And the expectation from within, being less, counteth the ignorance more than the cause which bringeth the torment.

14But they sleeping the same sleep that night, which was indeed intolerable, and which came upon them out of the bottoms of inevitable hell,

Wisdom of Solomon 17:15

16So then whosoever there fell down was straitly kept, shut up in a prison without iron bars,

17For whether he were husbandman, or shepherd, or a labourer in the field, he was overtaken, and endured that necessity, which could not be avoided: for they were all bound with one chain of darkness.

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