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But there appeared to them a sudden fire, very dreadful: and being struck with the fear of that face, which was not seen, they thought the things which they saw to be worse:
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And the delusions of their magic art were put down, and their boasting of wisdom was reproachfully rebuked.
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For they who promised to drive away fears and troubles from a sick soul, were sick themselves of a fear worthy to be laughed at.
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For though no terrible thing disturbed them: yet being scared with the passing by of beasts, and hissing of serpents, they died for fear: and denying that they saw the air, which could by no means be avoided.
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For whereas wickedness is fearful, it beareth witness of its condemnation: for a troubled conscience always forecasteth grievous things.
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For fear is nothing else but a yielding up of the succours from thought.
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And while there is less expectation from within, the greater doth it count the ignorance of that cause which bringeth the torment.
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But they that during that night, in which nothing could be done, and which came upon them from the lowest and deepest hell, slept the same sleep.
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Were sometimes molested with the fear of monsters, sometimes fainted away, their soul failing them: for a sudden and unlooked for fear was come upon them.
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Moreover if any of them had fallen down, he was kept shut up in prison without irons.
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For if any one were a husbandman, or a shepherd, or a labourer in the field, and was suddenly overtaken, he endured a necessity from which he could not fly.