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  • adjective being eight more than eighty

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  • [848] I am afflicted, and at the point of death, so David confesseth of himself, Psal.lxxxviii. v. 15, v. 9.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • The Psalms were collected and divided into five books in the time of the second temple, for Ps.lxxxviii. was published, according to Philo – Judaeus, while king Jehoiachin was still a prisoner in Babylon; and Ps.lxxxix. when the same king obtained his liberty: I do not think Philo would have made the statement unless either it had been the received opinion in his time, or else had been told him by trustworthy persons.

    Theologico-Political Treatise 2007

  • The Tenth Book treateth of Sir Tristram, and other marvellous adventures, and containeth lxxxviii chapters.

    Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table 2003

  • Then you shall have Edom, Ammon, Amalek, and Ashur altogether of one mind, Ps. lxxxviii.

    The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968

  • So it was with Heman, Ps. lxxxviii.; his life was a life of perpetual mortification and walking with God, yet terrors and wounds were his portion all his days.

    Of the Mortification of Sin in Believers 1616-1683 1967

  • The last principle; of the usefulness of mortification -- The vigour and comfort of our spiritual lives depend on our mortification -- In what sense -- Not absolutely and necessarily; Ps. lxxxviii.,

    Of the Mortification of Sin in Believers 1616-1683 1967

  • Chrysostom adds a fifth miracle (Hom. lxxxviii in Matth.), saying that "the darkness in this case lasted for three hours, whereas an eclipse of the sun lasts but a short time, for it is soon over, as those know who have seen one."

    Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas

  • Philo-Judæus upon the date of Psalm lxxxviii, and there are other places in the same book, where he almost echoes the words of the

    Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria Norman Bentwich 1927

  • [97] Baker, p. lxxxviii, places _Endymion_ as early as Sept. 1579.

    John Lyly John Dover Wilson 1925

  • Matthews, Brander: The Function of Slang, Harper’s Magazine, vol. lxxxviii, p. 304.

    Bibliography. 12. Slang Henry Louis 1921

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