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And the expectation from within, being less, counteth the ignorance more than the cause which bringeth the torment.
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But they, sleeping the same sleep that night which was indeed intolerable and which came upon them out of the bottoms of inevitable hell,
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were partly vexed by monstrous apparitions and partly fainted, their heart failing them; for a sudden fear, and not looked for, came upon them.
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So then whosoever there fell down was securely kept, shut up in a prison without iron bars.
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For whether he were husbandman or shepherd or a laborer 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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Whether it were a whistling wind, or a melodious noise of birds among the spreading branches, or a pleasing fall of water running violently,
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or a terrible sound of stones cast down, or a running that could not be seen of skipping beasts, or a roaring voice of most savage wild beasts, or a rebounding echo from the hollow mountains, these things made them swoon from fear.
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For the whole world shined with clear light, and none were hindered in their labor.
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Over them only was spread a heavy night, an image of that darkness which should afterward receive them. But yet were they unto themselves more grievous than the darkness.