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noughtnaught

Everything else the mechanical classes do not explain: shew → show, then → than.

Puritas changed it
5,932 times in 1,990 works
Consistency
97.3% (5,932 of 6,094)
Reach if approved
~6,404 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: nought
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
6,095 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (5,932 changes in 1,990 works, 97.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 5,932)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … But vnlesse that bee proued, all that followeth is iust noughtnaught. For noughtnaught and noughtnaught and noughtnaught maketh noughtnaught; as in Ciphering they vse to say.
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    … But vnlesse that bee proued, all that followeth is iust noughtnaught. For noughtnaught and noughtnaught and noughtnaught maketh noughtnaught; as in Ciphering they vse to say.

    Thomas Gataker · A Just Defense of Certain Passages · p. 213 · Open in the reader

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    … you blow forth your words ſo cloſeli into your chalice as though you intended noughtnaught els but to deceiueth people. And they ſil…y ſoules, being al…o gether …
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    … you blow forth your words ſo cloſeli into your chalice as though you intended noughtnaught els but to deceiueth people. And they ſil…y ſoules, being al…o gether …

    Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. cxlviii · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … are vpheld and preſerued. By it may all things bee deſtroyed and brought to noughtnaught. The moſt ſtable and inuiolable courſe that is ſet to any creature, by it …
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    … are vpheld and preſerued. By it may all things bee deſtroyed and brought to noughtnaught. The moſt ſtable and inuiolable courſe that is ſet to any creature, by it …

    William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 292 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … spirits: your conclusion is nothing else but an. Anabaptistical florish: your argument is very noughtnaught & fancie: your argument is as weake as a staffe of reede: your argument is …
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    … spirits: your conclusion is nothing else but an. Anabaptistical florish: your argument is very noughtnaught & fancie: your argument is as weake as a staffe of reede: your argument is …

    Job Throckmorton · Some Laid Open in his Colors · p. 15 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … wiſdome of this world, nor of the Princes of this world that come to noughtnaught; But we ſpeak the wiſdome of God in a Myſtery.
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    … wiſdome of this world, nor of the Princes of this world that come to noughtnaught; But we ſpeak the wiſdome of God in a Myſtery.

    William Erbery · The Great Mystery of Godliness · Open in the reader

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    … with the Prophet. I haue laboured in vaine, I haue spent my strength for noughtnaught. Or as the Apostle▪ I haue fished all night, and caught nothing: yet at …
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    … with the Prophet. I haue laboured in vaine, I haue spent my strength for noughtnaught. Or as the Apostle▪ I haue fished all night, and caught nothing: yet at …

    Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 312 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … and that the very substance thereof is gone farre away, and that therein is noughtnaught resiant nowe that is elemental, besides the onely names of elementes, and emptie fourmes …
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    … and that the very substance thereof is gone farre away, and that therein is noughtnaught resiant nowe that is elemental, besides the onely names of elementes, and emptie fourmes …

    John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … but in Peter, therefore there is the whole authoritie of Peter. The argument is noughtnaught, the beginning of vnitie proueth not authoritie. 4. this worde vnitie doth import, that as …
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    … but in Peter, therefore there is the whole authoritie of Peter. The argument is noughtnaught, the beginning of vnitie proueth not authoritie. 4. this worde vnitie doth import, that as …

    William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 266 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (162)

135 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 60 are listed here. 27 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Purple Island A00977

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    NoughtNaught feared he fierce Oceans watry ire,
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    NoughtNaught feared he fierce Oceans watry ire,

    Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 6 · Open in the reader

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    NoughtNaught ha's he left me, but my pipe alone,
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    NoughtNaught ha's he left me, but my pipe alone,

    Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 8 · Open in the reader

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    NoughtNaught have I of a judge, but an impartiall eare.
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    NoughtNaught have I of a judge, but an impartiall eare.

    Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 45 · Open in the reader

Davids Heinous Sin, Hearty Repentance, Heavy Punishment A01341

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    (NoughtNaught is so hard, but vincible by paines)
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    (NoughtNaught is so hard, but vincible by paines)

    Thomas Fuller · Davids Heinous Sin, Hearty Repentance, Heavy Punishment · Open in the reader

The Happiness of the Church A01956

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    Must alwayes Giue, Take, Beg, Much, Litle, NoughtNaught. Men cannot brooke poore friends. This inconstant charitie is hatefull; as our English phrase …
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    Must alwayes Giue, Take, Beg, Much, Litle, NoughtNaught. Men cannot brooke poore friends. This inconstant charitie is hatefull; as our English phrase …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 156 · Open in the reader

The Nobles A03850

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    NoughtNaught ſouwerer then a ſhrub, when once hee ſpringth alofte.
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    NoughtNaught ſouwerer then a ſhrub, when once hee ſpringth alofte.

    Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

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    NoughtNaught proper haue we. All alyke begonne.
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    NoughtNaught proper haue we. All alyke begonne.

    Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

Songs of Zion A06194

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    NoughtNaught in the earth is like to thee,
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    NoughtNaught in the earth is like to thee,

    William Loe · Songs of Zion · p. 87 · Open in the reader

Epigrams A08687

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    That NoughtNaught in Nature Empty do…h remaine?
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    That NoughtNaught in Nature Empty do…h remaine?

    John Owen · Epigrams · Open in the reader

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    And what God made of NoughtNaught, wee NoughtNaught may call.
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    And what God made of NoughtNaught, wee NoughtNaught may call.

    John Owen · Epigrams · Open in the reader

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    For, more than Loue, Thee NoughtNaught I owe,
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    For, more than Loue, Thee NoughtNaught I owe,

    John Owen · Epigrams · Open in the reader

A Tragedy of Abrahams Sacrifice A10192

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    NoughtNaught hast thou sayd but I the same auow.
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    NoughtNaught hast thou sayd but I the same auow.

    Theodore Beza · A Tragedy of Abrahams Sacrifice · p. 3 · Open in the reader

Englands Hallelujah A14379

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    Your Muse, NoughtNaught-els, that I do know, could doe it.
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    Your Muse, NoughtNaught-els, that I do know, could doe it.

    John Vicars · Englands Hallelujah · Open in the reader

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    NoughtNaught shall suffice, till they Vs quite deuoure,
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    NoughtNaught shall suffice, till they Vs quite deuoure,

    John Vicars · Englands Hallelujah · Open in the reader

The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama A15137

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    NoughtNaught halfe ſo ſweet, ſayes ſhe, as Hymens tedes,
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    NoughtNaught halfe ſo ſweet, ſayes ſhe, as Hymens tedes,

    Nathaniel Whiting · The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama · p. 115 · Open in the reader

Britains Remembrancer A15627

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    NoughtNaught in them, but what moved to be sad.
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    NoughtNaught in them, but what moved to be sad.

    George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader

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    NoughtNaught, but her count…y fashion, she hath worne:
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    NoughtNaught, but her count…y fashion, she hath worne:

    George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · p. 178 · Open in the reader

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    NoughtNaught else but stir their fury, and be rent
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    NoughtNaught else but stir their fury, and be rent

    George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · p. 243 · Open in the reader

Emblems Ancient and Modern A15631

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    NoughtNaught but a raw-bon'd Carcaſſe lapt in clay.
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    NoughtNaught but a raw-bon'd Carcaſſe lapt in clay.

    George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete A15639

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    NoughtNaught I ere saw, faire enow,
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    NoughtNaught I ere saw, faire enow,

    George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader

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    NoughtNaught but after-sorrowing.
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    NoughtNaught but after-sorrowing.

    George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader

The Shepherds Hunting A15656

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    NoughtNaught such is my skill I wis,
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    NoughtNaught such is my skill I wis,

    George Wither · The Shepherds Hunting · Open in the reader

A Spiritual Hymn A16534

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    On all hands, NoughtNaught, when farre and neare
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    On all hands, NoughtNaught, when farre and neare

    Robert Boyd · A Spiritual Hymn · Open in the reader

A Preparative to Contention A18015

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    … to purge them! Then (I ſay) they reſolue thus with the buier, foreign, that is, NoughtNaught, noughtnaught: deare, deare. Howbeeit, as the faithfull Paſtour dooth acknowledge the grace and mercies …
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    … to purge them! Then (I ſay) they reſolue thus with the buier, foreign, that is, NoughtNaught, noughtnaught: deare, deare. Howbeeit, as the faithfull Paſtour dooth acknowledge the grace and mercies …

    John Carpenter · A Preparative to Contention · p. 303 · Open in the reader

A Manual for True Catholics A19583

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    NoughtNaught aboue thee can debaſe thee.
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    NoughtNaught aboue thee can debaſe thee.

    William Crashaw · A Manual for True Catholics · p. 4 · Open in the reader

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    NoughtNaught without giues thee dimenſion,
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    NoughtNaught without giues thee dimenſion,

    William Crashaw · A Manual for True Catholics · p. 4 · Open in the reader

Philargyry of Great Britain A19665

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    NoughtNaught can him let
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    NoughtNaught can him let

    Robert Crowley · Philargyry of Great Britain · Open in the reader

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    NoughtNaught but fyne meate
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    NoughtNaught but fyne meate

    Robert Crowley · Philargyry of Great Britain · Open in the reader

The Opening of the Words of the Prophet Joel A19666

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    NoughtNaught can incline
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    NoughtNaught can incline

    Robert Crowley · The Opening of the Words of the Prophet Joel · Open in the reader

A Useful Case of Conscience A28174

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    … men of hatefull Vitious dispositions comes to preferment and are espoused by a State. NoughtNaught they were while alone, but worse now when they have crept into the bed …
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    … men of hatefull Vitious dispositions comes to preferment and are espoused by a State. NoughtNaught they were while alone, but worse now when they have crept into the bed …

    Hugh Binning · A Useful Case of Conscience · p. 51 · Open in the reader

Several Poems A29149

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    NoughtNaught but his life for this could ſatisfie;
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    NoughtNaught but his life for this could ſatisfie;

    Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 154 · Open in the reader

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    NoughtNaught but the ſervor of his ardent beams
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    NoughtNaught but the ſervor of his ardent beams

    Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 242 · Open in the reader

The Acceptable Sacrifice A30118

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    … made the Prophet Isaiah, after long Preaching, cry out, That he had laboured for NoughtNaught, and in Vain: And this made him cry to God, to Rent the Heavens …
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    … made the Prophet Isaiah, after long Preaching, cry out, That he had laboured for NoughtNaught, and in Vain: And this made him cry to God, to Rent the Heavens …

    John Bunyan · The Acceptable Sacrifice · p. 36 · Open in the reader

Self-Conflict A31368

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    But he makes clear: NoughtNaught hurts a peaceful mind.
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    But he makes clear: NoughtNaught hurts a peaceful mind.

    Jacob Cats · Self-Conflict · Open in the reader

The Lives of Sundry Eminent Persons A33330

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    NoughtNaught but a Pepper-Corn: By this she shows
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    NoughtNaught but a Pepper-Corn: By this she shows

    Samuel Clarke · The Lives of Sundry Eminent Persons · p. 43 · Open in the reader

A Practical Discourse of Gods Sovereignty A33748

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    … Groundleſs, and blindfold opinion, which layes the ſtreſs of Salvation on a thing of NoughtNaught: (For, what elſe is the Will of a frail and Mutable Man?) To forſake …
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    … Groundleſs, and blindfold opinion, which layes the ſtreſs of Salvation on a thing of NoughtNaught: (For, what elſe is the Will of a frail and Mutable Man?) To forſake …

    Elisha Coles · A Practical Discourse of Gods Sovereignty · p. 99 · Open in the reader

The History of Joseph A35338

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    NoughtNaught but my life acquits me, and each day
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    NoughtNaught but my life acquits me, and each day

    Daniel Cudmore · The History of Joseph · p. 77 · Open in the reader

The Civil Right of Tithes A38604

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    … as We neglect or obſerve Here this Sacred, National, Engliſh Rule of our Doings. NoughtNaught elſe is the ground of Property, of Any property, that renders theft poſſible, or …
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    … as We neglect or obſerve Here this Sacred, National, Engliſh Rule of our Doings. NoughtNaught elſe is the ground of Property, of Any property, that renders theft poſſible, or …

    Christopher Elderfield · The Civil Right of Tithes · p. 317 · Open in the reader

Husbandry Spiritualized A39665

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    If there were NOUGHTNAUGHT besides that pay,
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    If there were NOUGHTNAUGHT besides that pay,

    John Flavel · Husbandry Spiritualized · p. 23 · Open in the reader

The History of the Worthies of England A40672

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    … the Bishop fell instantly blind, and so continued to the day of his death. NoughtNaught else have I to observe of our English Bells, save that in the memory …
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    … the Bishop fell instantly blind, and so continued to the day of his death. NoughtNaught else have I to observe of our English Bells, save that in the memory …

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 84 · Open in the reader

Sermons Volume 2 A44439

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    … They are ſo Fooliſh, that the Lord complains in Iſa. 52.3. They ſell themſelves for NoughtNaught; either they ſtay not till the Devil comes to cheapen them, but Sin before …
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    … They are ſo Fooliſh, that the Lord complains in Iſa. 52.3. They ſell themſelves for NoughtNaught; either they ſtay not till the Devil comes to cheapen them, but Sin before …

    Ezekiel Hopkins · Sermons Volume 2 · p. 177 · Open in the reader

Paraphrase Upon the Books of the Psalms A45442

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    V. 12. NoughtNaught] foreign signifies wealth, or any kinde of valuable possession, and so fitly follows foreign i. e …
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    V. 12. NoughtNaught] foreign signifies wealth, or any kinde of valuable possession, and so fitly follows foreign i. e …

    Henry Hammond · Paraphrase Upon the Books of the Psalms · p. 232 · Open in the reader

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    for NoughtNaught pag. 232. col. 2
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    for NoughtNaught pag. 232. col. 2

    Henry Hammond · Paraphrase Upon the Books of the Psalms · Open in the reader

The Banqueting House A47401

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    NoughtNaught didst thou think was good enough
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    NoughtNaught didst thou think was good enough

    Benjamin Keach · The Banqueting House · p. 4 · Open in the reader

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    NoughtNaught will dissolve the Adamant
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    NoughtNaught will dissolve the Adamant

    Benjamin Keach · The Banqueting House · p. 51 · Open in the reader

The Glorious Lover A47509

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    NoughtNaught is ſo contrary to God as that,
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    NoughtNaught is ſo contrary to God as that,

    Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 164 · Open in the reader

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    NoughtNaught can I hear of now but rumors ſtrange,
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    NoughtNaught can I hear of now but rumors ſtrange,

    Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 205 · Open in the reader

Zion in Distress A47607

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    NoughtNaught but my Ruine her can ſatiate,
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    NoughtNaught but my Ruine her can ſatiate,

    Benjamin Keach · Zion in Distress · p. 101 · Open in the reader

Spiritual Melody A47611

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    NoughtNaught didſt thou think was good enough
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    NoughtNaught didſt thou think was good enough

    Benjamin Keach · Spiritual Melody · p. 4 · Open in the reader

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    NoughtNaught can exceed our precious Souls,
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    NoughtNaught can exceed our precious Souls,

    Benjamin Keach · Spiritual Melody · p. 19 · Open in the reader

Truth Prevailing Against the Fiercest Opposition A48462

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    … Romans 10. But why doſt thou judge thy brother, or why doſt thou SET AT NOUGHTNAUGHT thy brother? and whether ſuch that uſe them can expect to ſtand with comfort …
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    … Romans 10. But why doſt thou judge thy brother, or why doſt thou SET AT NOUGHTNAUGHT thy brother? and whether ſuch that uſe them can expect to ſtand with comfort …

    Thomas Lamb · Truth Prevailing Against the Fiercest Opposition · p. 124 · Open in the reader

The Art of Logic and Rhetoric A49581

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    NoughtNaught swifter then ill news which bears this name,
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    NoughtNaught swifter then ill news which bears this name,

    Petrus Ramus · The Art of Logic and Rhetoric · p. 72 · Open in the reader

Select Observations of Roman Emperors A50048

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    NoughtNaught but black dust from Colliers sacks can come. A vicious man will be lewd …
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    NoughtNaught but black dust from Colliers sacks can come. A vicious man will be lewd …

    Edward Leigh · Select Observations of Roman Emperors · p. 426 · Open in the reader

Historical Vindication Part 1 and 2 A56162

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    … contrary to the points of the Great Charter, to be void and holden for NoughtNaught: and if any Statute be made to the contrary, it ſhall be holden for …
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    … contrary to the points of the Great Charter, to be void and holden for NoughtNaught: and if any Statute be made to the contrary, it ſhall be holden for …

    William Prynne · Historical Vindication Part 1 and 2 · p. 90 · Open in the reader

A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic A56191

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    NoughtNaught this a prayer, unto her can import,
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    NoughtNaught this a prayer, unto her can import,

    William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 7 · Open in the reader

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    NoughtNaught elſe but Cuckoo, Cuckoo, in the ſpring
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    NoughtNaught elſe but Cuckoo, Cuckoo, in the ſpring

    William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 22 · Open in the reader

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    NoughtNaught of the Paſchall Lambe (which typified
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    NoughtNaught of the Paſchall Lambe (which typified

    William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 39 · Open in the reader

The Parable of the Pilgrim A56683

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    … theſe few words alwayes in your mind and ſometimes upon your tongue, I AM NOUGHTNAUGHT, I have noughtnaught, I deſire noughtnaught, but only to be in ſafety with Jeſus …
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    … theſe few words alwayes in your mind and ſometimes upon your tongue, I AM NOUGHTNAUGHT, I have noughtnaught, I deſire noughtnaught, but only to be in ſafety with Jeſus …

    Simon Patrick · The Parable of the Pilgrim · p. 25 · Open in the reader

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    … and ſo throw it away ſaying, I will have none of it: I AM NOUGHTNAUGHT, I HAVE NOUGHTNAUGHT; Do not think to pleaſe me with this diſſembled ſweetneſs, for …
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    … and ſo throw it away ſaying, I will have none of it: I AM NOUGHTNAUGHT, I HAVE NOUGHTNAUGHT; Do not think to pleaſe me with this diſſembled ſweetneſs, for …

    Simon Patrick · The Parable of the Pilgrim · p. 195 · Open in the reader

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    … it away ſaying, I will have none of it: I AM NOUGHTNAUGHT, I HAVE NOUGHTNAUGHT; Do not think to pleaſe me with this diſſembled ſweetneſs, for that which I …
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    … it away ſaying, I will have none of it: I AM NOUGHTNAUGHT, I HAVE NOUGHTNAUGHT; Do not think to pleaſe me with this diſſembled ſweetneſs, for that which I …

    Simon Patrick · The Parable of the Pilgrim · p. 195 · Open in the reader