Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10226 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

esau'sesau

Apostrophes added or expanded, mostly possessives: gods → god's. Approve one at a time: some places are plurals.

Puritas changed it: 282 times in 138 works
Consistency: 53.2% (282 of 530)
Reach if approved: ~557 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 530 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (282 changes in 138 works, 53.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 282)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

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… well as their hands are ordered by God. Iacob was in Laban's and in Esau'sEsau hands; both hated him but neither could hurt him. David was in Sauls hand …
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… well as their hands are ordered by God. Iacob was in Laban's and in Esau'sEsau hands; both hated him but neither could hurt him. David was in Sauls hand …
John Flavel · Two Treatises · p. 108 · Open in the reader
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… goodneſs, yet it is worth your obſerving, that Iſaac would not vouchſafe to call Eſau'sEsau Portion a bleſſing, yet he gives him the fatneſs of the earth; the worlds …
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… goodneſs, yet it is worth your obſerving, that Iſaac would not vouchſafe to call Eſau'sEsau Portion a bleſſing, yet he gives him the fatneſs of the earth; the worlds …
William Gearing · Gods Sovereignty Displayed from Job 9:12 · p. 84 · Open in the reader
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… Sem's than his elder brother Ham's, Abraham's than the whole World beſides, Jacob's than Eſau'sEsau, Judah's than the whole twelve Patriarchs; and the like paſſages which directly drive down …
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… Sem's than his elder brother Ham's, Abraham's than the whole World beſides, Jacob's than Eſau'sEsau, Judah's than the whole twelve Patriarchs; and the like paſſages which directly drive down …
Henry Hammond · Sermons · p. 53 · Open in the reader
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… sanctified a… unholy thing, and hath done despight unto the Spirit of grace? So Esau'sEsau despising his Birthright, Heb. 12.15. Lest there be any Fornicator, or prophane person, as Esau …
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… sanctified a… unholy thing, and hath done despight unto the Spirit of grace? So Esau'sEsau despising his Birthright, Heb. 12.15. Lest there be any Fornicator, or prophane person, as Esau …
Thomas Manton · Sermons on 2 Thessalonians 2 · p. 199 · Open in the reader
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… ſilencing of that corruption which is boiling and ſtirring in the heart; you know Eſau'sEsau heart was filled with a great deal of revenge againſt Jacob, yet when Jacob …
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… ſilencing of that corruption which is boiling and ſtirring in the heart; you know Eſau'sEsau heart was filled with a great deal of revenge againſt Jacob, yet when Jacob …
Timothy Armitage · Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions · p. 151 · Open in the reader
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… that have lived upon them while they are almost starved, and they evidently see Esau'sEsau rough hand going along with Iacob's smooth voyce.
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… that have lived upon them while they are almost starved, and they evidently see Esau'sEsau rough hand going along with Iacob's smooth voyce.
Edward Bowles · Plain English · p. 15 · Open in the reader
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… neglect of the ſeaſons of grace in hell, will then be as unprofitable, as Eſau'sEsau teares when he had loſt his birth-right. There is therefore a juſt and …
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… neglect of the ſeaſons of grace in hell, will then be as unprofitable, as Eſau'sEsau teares when he had loſt his birth-right. There is therefore a juſt and …
Anthony Burgess · An Expository Comment on 2 Corinthians 1 · p. 290 · Open in the reader
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… the Two's deportment was moſt deſerving: One would eaſily conclude the bleſſing to be Eſau'sEsau: But ſee the Event! He that carries himſelf unworthily, carries away the bleſſing; He …
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… the Two's deportment was moſt deſerving: One would eaſily conclude the bleſſing to be Eſau'sEsau: But ſee the Event! He that carries himſelf unworthily, carries away the bleſſing; He …
Elisha Coles · A Practical Discourse of Gods Sovereignty · p. 45 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (248)

34 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 214 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Short Explanation of Hebrews A20414

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HE expoundeth this bitter root, in the example of fornication, and prophanitie, lyke Esau'sEsau. THEN, 1. Fornication and prophanitie, are the bitter roots of other evills, and able to …
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HE expoundeth this bitter root, in the example of fornication, and prophanitie, lyke Esau'sEsau. THEN, 1. Fornication and prophanitie, are the bitter roots of other evills, and able to …
David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · p. 295 · Open in the reader
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… to hazard vpon the sinful satisfaction of their own lusts, at anie tyme ▪ THEN, 1. Esau'sEsau judgement should be a terrour to al men, to keep them from presuming deliberatelie …
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… to hazard vpon the sinful satisfaction of their own lusts, at anie tyme ▪ THEN, 1. Esau'sEsau judgement should be a terrour to al men, to keep them from presuming deliberatelie …
David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · p. 295 · Open in the reader
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… presumptuous sinners, with giving over the man to his own ways, and finall impenitencie. 2. Esau'sEsau example showeth, howe justlie they may bee depryved of the Blessing, annexed to anie …
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… presumptuous sinners, with giving over the man to his own ways, and finall impenitencie. 2. Esau'sEsau example showeth, howe justlie they may bee depryved of the Blessing, annexed to anie …
David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · p. 295 · Open in the reader

The Principles of the Protestant Religion Maintained A23636

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… therefore hurts not our caſe, that he ſaith (ibid.) that this doth not infer Eſau'sEsau perſonal Reprobation as to his eternal ſtate; it is enough that there was a …
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… therefore hurts not our caſe, that he ſaith (ibid.) that this doth not infer Eſau'sEsau perſonal Reprobation as to his eternal ſtate; it is enough that there was a …
Cotton Mather · The Principles of the Protestant Religion Maintained · p. 77 · Open in the reader

Evangelical Repentance Unto Salvation A27606

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… of Repentance, becauſe he was rejected. Whether we underſtand it of Iſaack's, or of Eſau'sEsau Repentance, it is much at one: If we underſtand it of Eſau'sEsau Repentance, finding …
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… of Repentance, becauſe he was rejected. Whether we underſtand it of Iſaack's, or of Eſau'sEsau Repentance, it is much at one: If we underſtand it of Eſau'sEsau Repentance, finding …
Thomas Beverley · Evangelical Repentance Unto Salvation · p. 12 · Open in the reader

the Time of Finding A33242

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… ſought it carefully with tears. There are three things in the Hiſtory, which aggravate Eſau'sEsau prophaneneſs, as to be ſinful above meaſure.
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… ſought it carefully with tears. There are three things in the Hiſtory, which aggravate Eſau'sEsau prophaneneſs, as to be ſinful above meaſure.
John Canne · the Time of Finding · p. 25 · Open in the reader
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… then Eſau and the Revolters of this age are like one another. Neither ſince Eſau'sEsau time till now, have any generation of men ſo MATCHT HIM in prophaneſs: and …
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… then Eſau and the Revolters of this age are like one another. Neither ſince Eſau'sEsau time till now, have any generation of men ſo MATCHT HIM in prophaneſs: and …
John Canne · the Time of Finding · p. 27 · Open in the reader
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… things they glory in, and brag of. I might have mentioned the greedineſs of Eſau'sEsau appetite to the diſh; that red, that red there, Gen. 25.20. The doubling of the …
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… things they glory in, and brag of. I might have mentioned the greedineſs of Eſau'sEsau appetite to the diſh; that red, that red there, Gen. 25.20. The doubling of the …
John Canne · the Time of Finding · p. 30 · Open in the reader
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… profit ſhall this Birth-right doe to me? But theſe men could not plead Eſau'sEsau neceſſity, they were not ready to ſtarve, but had enough; and therefore their ſin …
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… profit ſhall this Birth-right doe to me? But theſe men could not plead Eſau'sEsau neceſſity, they were not ready to ſtarve, but had enough; and therefore their ſin …
John Canne · the Time of Finding · p. 31 · Open in the reader
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… worldly Advantages, corrupt their conſciences, they have had not a little profered them, of Eſau'sEsau Pottage and Balaams Reward. But 3. This is true, we pray againſt the Antichristian Miniſtery …
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… worldly Advantages, corrupt their conſciences, they have had not a little profered them, of Eſau'sEsau Pottage and Balaams Reward. But 3. This is true, we pray againſt the Antichristian Miniſtery …
John Canne · the Time of Finding · p. 74 · Open in the reader

A Practical Discourse of Gods Sovereignty A33748

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… and to whom it belong'd of natural Right, Gen: 27. 19, 34, 38. In the ſudden turning of Eſau'sEsau heart to love Iacob, whom he had inveterately hated; and came with full purpoſe …
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… and to whom it belong'd of natural Right, Gen: 27. 19, 34, 38. In the ſudden turning of Eſau'sEsau heart to love Iacob, whom he had inveterately hated; and came with full purpoſe …
Elisha Coles · A Practical Discourse of Gods Sovereignty · p. 9 · Open in the reader
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… deſtroy one another, who came leagued to deſtroy His people, 2 Chron. 20. 1, 22, 23 verſes. In deſtroying Eſau'sEsau mount Irrepairably, and for ever; when as Iſrael, whoſe land alſo was full of …
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… deſtroy one another, who came leagued to deſtroy His people, 2 Chron. 20. 1, 22, 23 verſes. In deſtroying Eſau'sEsau mount Irrepairably, and for ever; when as Iſrael, whoſe land alſo was full of …
Elisha Coles · A Practical Discourse of Gods Sovereignty · p. 9 · Open in the reader

The History of the Old Testament Methodized A34874

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… Jacob's holding his Brother by the heel when he was born. And 3ly, By Eſau'sEsau ſelling his Birthright to Jacob. And laſtly, By Eſau'sEsau profaneneſs and Jacob's Piety, and …
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… Jacob's holding his Brother by the heel when he was born. And 3ly, By Eſau'sEsau ſelling his Birthright to Jacob. And laſtly, By Eſau'sEsau profaneneſs and Jacob's Piety, and …
Samuel Cradock · The History of the Old Testament Methodized · p. 41 · Open in the reader
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… Eliphaz and Zophar of the Poſterity of Eſau, [Gen. 36.10. Theſe are the Names of Eſau'sEsau Sons, Eliphaz the Son Adah, the wife of Eſau.] Bildad of Abraham's Race by …
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… Eliphaz and Zophar of the Poſterity of Eſau, [Gen. 36.10. Theſe are the Names of Eſau'sEsau Sons, Eliphaz the Son Adah, the wife of Eſau.] Bildad of Abraham's Race by …
Samuel Cradock · The History of the Old Testament Methodized · p. 84 · Open in the reader
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… the elder ſhould ſerve the younger was fulfilled, though that other Propheſie, Gen. 47.40. that Eſau'sEsau poſterity ſhould break the yoke from off his neck, was alſo afterwards accompliſhed in …
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… the elder ſhould ſerve the younger was fulfilled, though that other Propheſie, Gen. 47.40. that Eſau'sEsau poſterity ſhould break the yoke from off his neck, was alſo afterwards accompliſhed in …
Samuel Cradock · The History of the Old Testament Methodized · p. 418 · Open in the reader

Answer to Granthams Book A41319

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… how came the Apoſtle to mention what is written in Malachy, concerning Jacob and Eſau'sEsau Poſterity?
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… how came the Apoſtle to mention what is written in Malachy, concerning Jacob and Eſau'sEsau Poſterity?
Martin Finch · Answer to Granthams Book · p. 157 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Psalm 119 A51842

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… dwelt in walled Towns. Iacob's Family grew up by degrees into a Nation, but Esau'sEsau presently multiplyed into many Dukes and Princes. And as they grew up, they grew …
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… dwelt in walled Towns. Iacob's Family grew up by degrees into a Nation, but Esau'sEsau presently multiplyed into many Dukes and Princes. And as they grew up, they grew …
Thomas Manton · Sermons on Psalm 119 · p. 882 · Open in the reader

Sermons Volume 2 A51846

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… Father, to those blessed things which he hath provided for us in Heaven! 'Twas Esau'sEsau Profaneness, to sell his Birth-right, Heb. 12.16. So all the fears and sorrows of …
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… Father, to those blessed things which he hath provided for us in Heaven! 'Twas Esau'sEsau Profaneness, to sell his Birth-right, Heb. 12.16. So all the fears and sorrows of …
Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 2 · p. 170 · Open in the reader

Antidote Against Arminianism A52800

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… ſame Womb, and were born at the ſame time (for Jacob took hold of Eſau'sEsau Heel) ſo the contrary Diſpoſal of theſe two doth more illuſtrate the free Predeſtination …
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… ſame Womb, and were born at the ſame time (for Jacob took hold of Eſau'sEsau Heel) ſo the contrary Diſpoſal of theſe two doth more illuſtrate the free Predeſtination …
Christopher Ness · Antidote Against Arminianism · p. 27 · Open in the reader
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… feel thee, for the Voi… may be Jacob's, yet the rough Hand may be Eſau'sEsau. W… may bleſs our ſelves with Thoughts of embracin beautiful Rachel (as Jacob did …
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… feel thee, for the Voi… may be Jacob's, yet the rough Hand may be Eſau'sEsau. W… may bleſs our ſelves with Thoughts of embracin beautiful Rachel (as Jacob did …
Christopher Ness · Antidote Against Arminianism · p. 116 · Open in the reader

A Crystal Mirror A52803

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… ſaith, in v. 35. Thy Brother came in ſubtilty, and hath taken away thy Bleſſing. Eſau'sEsau Gloſs or Alluſion may be read (word for word) thus: My Brother may well …
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… ſaith, in v. 35. Thy Brother came in ſubtilty, and hath taken away thy Bleſſing. Eſau'sEsau Gloſs or Alluſion may be read (word for word) thus: My Brother may well …
Christopher Ness · A Crystal Mirror · p. 59 · Open in the reader

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

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2. Upon that wonder at the Birth, that Jacob took hold of Eſau'sEsau Heel.
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2. Upon that wonder at the Birth, that Jacob took hold of Eſau'sEsau Heel.
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 231 · Open in the reader
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2. Eſau'sEsau weeping (the Apoſtle intimates) was but an Hypocritical Repentance, they were Tears only of …
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2. Eſau'sEsau weeping (the Apoſtle intimates) was but an Hypocritical Repentance, they were Tears only of …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 241 · Open in the reader
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2. From Eſau'sEsau aſſault before him; Laban leaves him, and Eſau meets him, both of them with …
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2. From Eſau'sEsau aſſault before him; Laban leaves him, and Eſau meets him, both of them with …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 279 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Genesis A56630

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Jacob's and Eſau'sEsau Mother.] Now Jacob is put firſt; as being lately declared Iſaac's Heir, and Heir …
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Jacob's and Eſau'sEsau Mother.] Now Jacob is put firſt; as being lately declared Iſaac's Heir, and Heir …
Simon Patrick · Commentary on Genesis · p. 409 · Open in the reader

Anti-Paedobaptism Part 3 A62864

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… of all such who will say, they were all in a saving estate? Even Esau'sEsau Birthright was more than right to Isaac's temporall estate as born of Isaac, it …
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… of all such who will say, they were all in a saving estate? Even Esau'sEsau Birthright was more than right to Isaac's temporall estate as born of Isaac, it …
John Tombes · Anti-Paedobaptism Part 3 · p. 339 · Open in the reader
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… not meant of the covenant of saving grace ex…ernally onely, but also internally. Esau'sEsau birth-right was more than right to Isaac's temporall estate as born of Isaac …
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… not meant of the covenant of saving grace ex…ernally onely, but also internally. Esau'sEsau birth-right was more than right to Isaac's temporall estate as born of Isaac …
John Tombes · Anti-Paedobaptism Part 3 · p. 339 · Open in the reader

The Nonsuch Professor in his Meridian Splendor A74686

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Whileſt the rough Eſau'sEsau of the time hunt after the Veniſon, the ſmooth Jacobs carry away the bleſſing …
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Whileſt the rough Eſau'sEsau of the time hunt after the Veniſon, the ſmooth Jacobs carry away the bleſſing …
William Secker · The Nonsuch Professor in his Meridian Splendor · p. 298 · Open in the reader

Loves Intercourse Between the Lamb and His Bride A85763

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… the ſame in like manner delectable in ſmell to the Lords Noſtrils, John. 12. 2. as Eſau'sEsau garment on Jacob's back was to old Iſaac, whereas on the contrary the ſinfull …
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… the ſame in like manner delectable in ſmell to the Lords Noſtrils, John. 12. 2. as Eſau'sEsau garment on Jacob's back was to old Iſaac, whereas on the contrary the ſinfull …
William Guild · Loves Intercourse Between the Lamb and His Bride · p. 10 · Open in the reader
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… his Church in teſtimony of his love to her is not worldly traſh, like Eſau'sEsau portion, and the wicked's, Pſalm. 73. but ſaving grace and the growth thereof, and therefore …
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… his Church in teſtimony of his love to her is not worldly traſh, like Eſau'sEsau portion, and the wicked's, Pſalm. 73. but ſaving grace and the growth thereof, and therefore …
William Guild · Loves Intercourse Between the Lamb and His Bride · p. 64 · Open in the reader
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… our ſelves, or like Chriſts Righteouſneſſe which is imputed to us, and is like Eſau'sEsau veſture, that ſweet ſmelling garment, wherewith being clothed we get our fathers bleſſing.
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… our ſelves, or like Chriſts Righteouſneſſe which is imputed to us, and is like Eſau'sEsau veſture, that ſweet ſmelling garment, wherewith being clothed we get our fathers bleſſing.
William Guild · Loves Intercourse Between the Lamb and His Bride · p. 66 · Open in the reader
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… death and mediation the Church becomes a ſweet odour to God, like Jacob in Eſau'sEsau veſture. Alſo ſhe may be ſaid to be perfumed with Myrrh and Frankincenſe: Myrrh …
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… death and mediation the Church becomes a ſweet odour to God, like Jacob in Eſau'sEsau veſture. Alſo ſhe may be ſaid to be perfumed with Myrrh and Frankincenſe: Myrrh …
William Guild · Loves Intercourse Between the Lamb and His Bride · p. 154 · Open in the reader

Honors that Religion Does Unto the Fruitful Mothers in Israel N01462

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… not then ſo fair a Troop to ſhow; yet they with their Father were Eſau'sEsau humble Servants. Together they were ready to Proſtrate and lye at his feet. Humility …
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… not then ſo fair a Troop to ſhow; yet they with their Father were Eſau'sEsau humble Servants. Together they were ready to Proſtrate and lye at his feet. Humility …
Benjamin Colman · Honors that Religion Does Unto the Fruitful Mothers in Israel · p. 19 · Open in the reader
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… and the Reſpect of a Junior. And juſt now he was eſpecially Oblig'd by Eſau'sEsau Kindneſs, and full of Gratitude both to GOD and Him.
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… and the Reſpect of a Junior. And juſt now he was eſpecially Oblig'd by Eſau'sEsau Kindneſs, and full of Gratitude both to GOD and Him.
Benjamin Colman · Honors that Religion Does Unto the Fruitful Mothers in Israel · p. 21 · Open in the reader