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beleevedbelieved

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

Puritas changed it
6,613 times in 1,120 works
Consistency
99.1% (6,613 of 6,671)
Reach if approved
~7,012 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: believed
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
6,674 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (6,613 changes in 1,120 works, 99.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 6,613)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
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    … as had ben bſed before in circumciſing of children, when the fathers of families beleevedbelieved, & had received circumciſion themſelues. Gen. 17, chap. and 21, 4. Exod. 12, 48, 49.
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    … as had ben bſed before in circumciſing of children, when the fathers of families beleevedbelieved, & had received circumciſion themſelues. Gen. 17, chap. and 21, 4. Exod. 12, 48, 49.

    Francis Johnson · A Christian Plea · p. 7 · Open in the reader

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    5 Fifthly, to weane them from this world. If theſe things bee knowne and beleevedbelieved of us, wee ſhall find them ſo to our exceeding comſort; and though ſometimes …
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    5 Fifthly, to weane them from this world. If theſe things bee knowne and beleevedbelieved of us, wee ſhall find them ſo to our exceeding comſort; and though ſometimes …

    Paul Baynes · Brief Directions Unto a Godly Life · p. 229 · Open in the reader

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    … the Iewes beleevedbelieved Moses, then would they also haue beleevedbelieved Christ. But if they beleevedbelieved not his writings, they could not beleeve Christ his preaching: how truely may we …
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    … the Iewes beleevedbelieved Moses, then would they also haue beleevedbelieved Christ. But if they beleevedbelieved not his writings, they could not beleeve Christ his preaching: how truely may we …

    Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · p. 103 · Open in the reader

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    … an inconceiuable and vnexplicable mysterie, worthy with wonder and astonishment to bee by vs beleevedbelieved, how (to wit) Christs body so remotely distant as heauen is from the earth …
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    … an inconceiuable and vnexplicable mysterie, worthy with wonder and astonishment to bee by vs beleevedbelieved, how (to wit) Christs body so remotely distant as heauen is from the earth …

    Thomas Gataker · Discussion of the Popish Doctrine of Transubstantiation · p. 181 · Open in the reader

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    Who aggravated his crime? Did Nicodemus, or any of the Lawyers that beleevedbelieved in Chriſt? No: none but his owne conſcience.
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    Who aggravated his crime? Did Nicodemus, or any of the Lawyers that beleevedbelieved in Chriſt? No: none but his owne conſcience.

    William Gouge · Recover from Apostasy · p. 27 · Open in the reader

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    … cōditiō, which was that he should beleeve in him: for iff Adam had not beleevedbelieved, he muſt have bene condemned, & iff all the world had not beleevedbelieved, al the …
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    … cōditiō, which was that he should beleeve in him: for iff Adam had not beleevedbelieved, he muſt have bene condemned, & iff all the world had not beleevedbelieved, al the …

    Thomas Helwys · Gods Decree is Not the Cause of Any Mans Sin or Condemnation · Open in the reader

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    … of faith; for how ſhall they call on him in whom they have not beleevedbelieved?
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    … of faith; for how ſhall they call on him in whom they have not beleevedbelieved?

    Thomas Hooker · The Christians Two Chief Lessons · p. 251 · Open in the reader

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    … ſinnes this fats the ſoule, and this is the fore-runner of confuſion, ſome beleevedbelieved and ſome beleevedbelieved not, why their hearts were fatted up, they had no will …
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    … ſinnes this fats the ſoule, and this is the fore-runner of confuſion, ſome beleevedbelieved and ſome beleevedbelieved not, why their hearts were fatted up, they had no will …

    Thomas Hooker · The Unbelievers Preparing for Christ · p. 26 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (58)

52 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 42 are listed here. 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Plea for Grace A09277

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    … Evident and may be Knowne, how farre forth they are Inevident and must be BeleevedBelieved. Briefly thus, All things in Scripture may be knowne by the plainnesse of the …
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    … Evident and may be Knowne, how farre forth they are Inevident and must be BeleevedBelieved. Briefly thus, All things in Scripture may be knowne by the plainnesse of the …

    William Pemble · A Plea for Grace · p. 185 · Open in the reader

Light from Heaven A12186

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    BeleevedBelieved on in the World.
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    BeleevedBelieved on in the World.

    Richard Sibbes · Light from Heaven · p. 3 · Open in the reader

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    … the Mysterie of Godlinesse; but he insists in particular Graces; Preached to the Gentiles, BeleevedBelieved on in the World: these are Mysteries.
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    … the Mysterie of Godlinesse; but he insists in particular Graces; Preached to the Gentiles, BeleevedBelieved on in the World: these are Mysteries.

    Richard Sibbes · Light from Heaven · p. 12 · Open in the reader

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    BeleevedBelieved on in the world.
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    BeleevedBelieved on in the world.

    Richard Sibbes · Light from Heaven · p. 137 · Open in the reader

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    After preached to the Gentiles, he joynes, BeleevedBelieved on in the World; to shew, that Faith comes by hearing. Indeed, preaching is …
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    After preached to the Gentiles, he joynes, BeleevedBelieved on in the World; to shew, that Faith comes by hearing. Indeed, preaching is …

    Richard Sibbes · Light from Heaven · p. 137 · Open in the reader

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    BeleevedBelieved on in the world.
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    BeleevedBelieved on in the world.

    Richard Sibbes · Light from Heaven · p. 144 · Open in the reader

The Returning Backslider A12190

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    … in the fleſh, Iuſtified in the Spirit, Seene of Angels; Preached unto the Gentiles: BeleevedBelieved on in the world: received up into Glory. Amongſt which Myſteries, this may well …
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    … in the fleſh, Iuſtified in the Spirit, Seene of Angels; Preached unto the Gentiles: BeleevedBelieved on in the world: received up into Glory. Amongſt which Myſteries, this may well …

    Richard Sibbes · The Returning Backslider · p. 1 · Open in the reader

A Ready Way to Remember the Scriptures A19692

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    Chap, 13 Faſted, 2. Elymas, 8. Iohn, 13. Antioch, 14. David, 34. Gentiles, 46. BeleevedBelieved, Verſ. 48.
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    Chap, 13 Faſted, 2. Elymas, 8. Iohn, 13. Antioch, 14. David, 34. Gentiles, 46. BeleevedBelieved, Verſ. 48.

    Ezekiel Culverwell · A Ready Way to Remember the Scriptures · p. 79 · Open in the reader

Eighty Sermons A20637

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    … and dured for a while, as S. Matthew expreſſes Chriſts words; Received it, and BeleevedBelieved it for a while, as S. Luke expreſſes them, and then depart from the …
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    … and dured for a while, as S. Matthew expreſſes Chriſts words; Received it, and BeleevedBelieved it for a while, as S. Luke expreſſes them, and then depart from the …

    John Donne · Eighty Sermons · p. 209 · Open in the reader

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    … I will guide thee with mine eye. And when you have done all this, BeleevedBelieved aright, and lived according to that beliefe, and died according to that life, in …
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    … I will guide thee with mine eye. And when you have done all this, BeleevedBelieved aright, and lived according to that beliefe, and died according to that life, in …

    John Donne · Eighty Sermons · p. 609 · Open in the reader

The Bibles Abstract and Epitome A27502

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    F…w Men BeleevedBelieved in Christ, Pharisees and Rulers not mentioned,
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    F…w Men BeleevedBelieved in Christ, Pharisees and Rulers not mentioned,

    Richard Bernard · The Bibles Abstract and Epitome · p. 21 · Open in the reader

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    BeleevedBelieved not that his wife should beare a son, as he was told by the …
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    BeleevedBelieved not that his wife should beare a son, as he was told by the …

    Richard Bernard · The Bibles Abstract and Epitome · p. 71 · Open in the reader

The Mighty Christ the Saints Help A29348

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    … raiſed Lazarus, many of the Jews which had ſeene the things which Jeſus did, BeleevedBelieved on him, Joh. 11.45. When Chriſt came into the Ship, and the winde ceaſed, they …
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    … raiſed Lazarus, many of the Jews which had ſeene the things which Jeſus did, BeleevedBelieved on him, Joh. 11.45. When Chriſt came into the Ship, and the winde ceaſed, they …

    Richard Breviter · The Mighty Christ the Saints Help · p. 76 · Open in the reader

Quakerism the Path-Way to Paganism A29753

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    … manifest, that not only the Matter and Things revealed, whether as Truths to be BeleevedBelieved, or as Lawes to be Obeyed, are immediatly of God; but also the very …
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    … manifest, that not only the Matter and Things revealed, whether as Truths to be BeleevedBelieved, or as Lawes to be Obeyed, are immediatly of God; but also the very …

    John Brown · Quakerism the Path-Way to Paganism · p. 52 · Open in the reader

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    … to the Light within for its authority; and no more is Scripture, to be BeleevedBelieved and Obeyed as Scripture, but what the Light within saith is to be beleevedbelieved …
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    … to the Light within for its authority; and no more is Scripture, to be BeleevedBelieved and Obeyed as Scripture, but what the Light within saith is to be beleevedbelieved …

    John Brown · Quakerism the Path-Way to Paganism · p. 59 · Open in the reader

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    … that is, of the writings of Moses and the Prophets, could not to b… BeleevedBelieved, such a testimony with a miracle, would be Ineffectual. Shall we then think, that …
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    … that is, of the writings of Moses and the Prophets, could not to b… BeleevedBelieved, such a testimony with a miracle, would be Ineffectual. Shall we then think, that …

    John Brown · Quakerism the Path-Way to Paganism · p. 69 · Open in the reader

An Exposition of Pauls Epistles A35951

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    BeleevedBelieved on] Doct. 6. Its no small part of this Mystery, that the efficacy of the …
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    BeleevedBelieved on] Doct. 6. Its no small part of this Mystery, that the efficacy of the …

    David Dickson · An Exposition of Pauls Epistles · p. 164 · Open in the reader

Westminster Annotations A36467

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    kept my saying] BeleevedBelieved and obeyed them.
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    kept my saying] BeleevedBelieved and obeyed them.

    John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

Christs Alarm to Drowsy Saints A41106

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    … is in Chriſts hands, as the Apoſtle ſayes. We are Miniſters by whom ye BeleevedBelieved, even as the Lord gave to every man, 1 Cor. 3. 5. that is, when wee preached …
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    … is in Chriſts hands, as the Apoſtle ſayes. We are Miniſters by whom ye BeleevedBelieved, even as the Lord gave to every man, 1 Cor. 3. 5. that is, when wee preached …

    William Fenner · Christs Alarm to Drowsy Saints · p. 149 · Open in the reader

An Exposition of Genesis A44894

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    … feared Iehohovah, and they beleevedbelieved Iehovah and in Moses his servant. Sam the same. — BeleevedBelieved God and Moses. Sept. Syr. Ar. Vulg. — Beleeve in the word of the Lord …
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    … feared Iehohovah, and they beleevedbelieved Iehovah and in Moses his servant. Sam the same. — BeleevedBelieved God and Moses. Sept. Syr. Ar. Vulg. — Beleeve in the word of the Lord …

    George Hughes · An Exposition of Genesis · p. 821 · Open in the reader

Annotations Upon the New Testament A50050

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    BeleevedBelieved him] That is, allowed, and with earnest affection embraced it.
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    BeleevedBelieved him] That is, allowed, and with earnest affection embraced it.

    Edward Leigh · Annotations Upon the New Testament · p. 56 · Open in the reader

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    … all, the Jews were his people in a speciall manner, Psal. 85.1. Received him not] BeleevedBelieved not. Calvin. That is, they obeyed not his word, they would not be taught …
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    … all, the Jews were his people in a speciall manner, Psal. 85.1. Received him not] BeleevedBelieved not. Calvin. That is, they obeyed not his word, they would not be taught …

    Edward Leigh · Annotations Upon the New Testament · Open in the reader

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    And his Disciples beleevedbelieved on him] BeleevedBelieved that his doctrine which he was about to deliver was true, divine, and heavenly …
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    And his Disciples beleevedbelieved on him] BeleevedBelieved that his doctrine which he was about to deliver was true, divine, and heavenly …

    Edward Leigh · Annotations Upon the New Testament · Open in the reader

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    Vers. 45. BeleevedBelieved on him] By beleeving here nothing else ought to bee unstood but a docilitie …
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    Vers. 45. BeleevedBelieved on him] By beleeving here nothing else ought to bee unstood but a docilitie …

    Edward Leigh · Annotations Upon the New Testament · p. 156 · Open in the reader

Commentary on the Epistles and Revelation of John A63065

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    Verſe 13. After that ye beleevedbelieved] They 1. Heard. 2. BeleevedBelieved. 3. Were ſealed, i. e. full aſſured. Aſſurance is Gods ſeal, faith is our ſeal …
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    Verſe 13. After that ye beleevedbelieved] They 1. Heard. 2. BeleevedBelieved. 3. Were ſealed, i. e. full aſſured. Aſſurance is Gods ſeal, faith is our ſeal …

    John Trapp · Commentary on the Epistles and Revelation of John · p. 211 · Open in the reader

Commentary on the Gospels and Acts A63067

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    BeleevedBelieved that there shall be, &c.]
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    BeleevedBelieved that there shall be, &c.]

    John Trapp · Commentary on the Gospels and Acts · p. 45 · Open in the reader

Law-Power A66997

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    … blood will never paſſe over. Have any of the rulers, or of the Phariſees BeleevedBelieved on Him? But this people, which knoweth not the Law are curſed; They were …
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    … blood will never paſſe over. Have any of the rulers, or of the Phariſees BeleevedBelieved on Him? But this people, which knoweth not the Law are curſed; They were …

    Hezekiah Woodward · Law-Power · p. 24 · Open in the reader

Instructions About Right Believing A75538

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    … the way, & the onely Way & Meanes to get Him; But becauſe thou haſt not BeleevedBelieved, thou haſt not gon this Way, nor uſed this Meanes rightly: Therefore thou muſt …
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    … the way, & the onely Way & Meanes to get Him; But becauſe thou haſt not BeleevedBelieved, thou haſt not gon this Way, nor uſed this Meanes rightly: Therefore thou muſt …

    Henry Archer · Instructions About Right Believing · p. 33 · Open in the reader

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    … by that meanes was cured; which tipyfied, that what Perſon ſoever, Came to Chriſt & BeleevedBelieved on Him, ſhould be Saved; for allthough, the Serpent helped none (as it is …
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    … by that meanes was cured; which tipyfied, that what Perſon ſoever, Came to Chriſt & BeleevedBelieved on Him, ſhould be Saved; for allthough, the Serpent helped none (as it is …

    Henry Archer · Instructions About Right Believing · p. 40 · Open in the reader

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    … this Place: And this Vſe belongs, Firſt to ſuch of you, as yet never BeleevedBelieved: Secondly to ſuch as have, and doe in ſome meaſure Beleeve.
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    … this Place: And this Vſe belongs, Firſt to ſuch of you, as yet never BeleevedBelieved: Secondly to ſuch as have, and doe in ſome meaſure Beleeve.

    Henry Archer · Instructions About Right Believing · p. 70 · Open in the reader

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    Firſt to you that yet never BeleevedBelieved; That is never entertained Chriſt in all his Offices, and never gave up your …
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    Firſt to you that yet never BeleevedBelieved; That is never entertained Chriſt in all his Offices, and never gave up your …

    Henry Archer · Instructions About Right Believing · p. 70 · Open in the reader

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    Secondly, This ſerves alſo for Exhortation, To You that have BeleevedBelieved: Gett more Faith, and exerciſe Faith more, So ſhall your Wants be ſupplyed, and …
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    Secondly, This ſerves alſo for Exhortation, To You that have BeleevedBelieved: Gett more Faith, and exerciſe Faith more, So ſhall your Wants be ſupplyed, and …

    Henry Archer · Instructions About Right Believing · p. 74 · Open in the reader

The Works of William Bridge Volume 3 A77358

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    … and the more I Beleeve, the more I can Repent: Heretofore, the more I BeleevedBelieved, the leſſe I Repented, my Beleeving was my Security; but now I ſee theſe …
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    … and the more I Beleeve, the more I can Repent: Heretofore, the more I BeleevedBelieved, the leſſe I Repented, my Beleeving was my Security; but now I ſee theſe …

    William Bridge · The Works of William Bridge Volume 3 · p. 44 · Open in the reader

Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Creed A77667

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    … a Breviate of thoſe things, which of a Chriſtian man are Credenda, to be BeleevedBelieved: as the Ten Commandements, a Breviate of things that are Agenda, to be done …
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    … a Breviate of thoſe things, which of a Chriſtian man are Credenda, to be BeleevedBelieved: as the Ten Commandements, a Breviate of things that are Agenda, to be done …

    Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Creed · p. 3 · Open in the reader

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    … in One, is a Truth not ſo much to be known, as to be BeleevedBelieved; For if it could be perfectly knowne, It would not perhaps bee ſo fit …
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    … in One, is a Truth not ſo much to be known, as to be BeleevedBelieved; For if it could be perfectly knowne, It would not perhaps bee ſo fit …

    Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Creed · p. 30 · Open in the reader

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    … Gentiles; and yet the Myſtery, not more hard to Beleeve, then neceſſary to be BeleevedBelieved: indeed ſo neceſſary, that there is properly no Antichriſtian, but hee that denyes it …
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    … Gentiles; and yet the Myſtery, not more hard to Beleeve, then neceſſary to be BeleevedBelieved: indeed ſo neceſſary, that there is properly no Antichriſtian, but hee that denyes it …

    Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Creed · p. 52 · Open in the reader

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    Dead.] And now having BeleevedBelieved, that Chriſt was Crucified; our next Beliefe is, that hee was Dead: and yet …
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    Dead.] And now having BeleevedBelieved, that Chriſt was Crucified; our next Beliefe is, that hee was Dead: and yet …

    Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Creed · p. 80 · Open in the reader

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    If we ſhould not beleeve the Forgiveneſſe of ſinnes; Why have wee BeleevedBelieved, that Chriſt was Crucified? For, why was hee Crucified but to pay the penalty …
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    If we ſhould not beleeve the Forgiveneſſe of ſinnes; Why have wee BeleevedBelieved, that Chriſt was Crucified? For, why was hee Crucified but to pay the penalty …

    Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Creed · p. 187 · Open in the reader

A Way to Zion Sought out and Found for Believers A87749

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    … fully knowne: And the Geneva Translation readeth it, That the preaching might be fully BELEEVEDBELIEVED; and I hope it will be granted there were beleevers both when the man …
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    … fully knowne: And the Geneva Translation readeth it, That the preaching might be fully BELEEVEDBELIEVED; and I hope it will be granted there were beleevers both when the man …

    Daniel King · A Way to Zion Sought out and Found for Believers · p. 187 · Open in the reader

The Greatness of the Mystery of Godliness A94169

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    BeleevedBelieved on in the World.
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    BeleevedBelieved on in the World.

    Cuthbert Sydenham · The Greatness of the Mystery of Godliness · p. 5 · Open in the reader

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    BeleevedBelieved on in the World, &c.
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    BeleevedBelieved on in the World, &c.

    Cuthbert Sydenham · The Greatness of the Mystery of Godliness · p. 209 · Open in the reader

Commentary on John A94796

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    Verſe 45. BeleevedBelieved on him] And ſo God had this honour, and Chriſt his end in this …
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    Verſe 45. BeleevedBelieved on him] And ſo God had this honour, and Chriſt his end in this …

    John Trapp · Commentary on John · p. 67 · Open in the reader