Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11345 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

prestpressed

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

Puritas changed it: 1,907 times in 928 works
Consistency: 95.4% (1,907 of 1,997)
Reach if approved: ~2,098 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: pressed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,997 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,907 changes in 928 works, 95.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,907)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

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… maner, but he doeth not occupie him selfe abroad, because al other Bees are prestpressed to do him seruice, in whatsoeuer it pleaseth him to commaund. And like as …
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… maner, but he doeth not occupie him selfe abroad, because al other Bees are prestpressed to do him seruice, in whatsoeuer it pleaseth him to commaund. And like as …
Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · p. 338 · Open in the reader
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… world; to whom hee hath beene ſo ſeruiceable, as if he had beene a preſtpressed Souldier for them, forgetting his faith and allegiance to his owne Soueraigne. If he …
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… world; to whom hee hath beene ſo ſeruiceable, as if he had beene a preſtpressed Souldier for them, forgetting his faith and allegiance to his owne Soueraigne. If he …
Richard Bernard · The Isle of Man · p. 168 · Open in the reader
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… the fountaine of all blessings, and blessednes, doubts not to stile those blessed, who prestpressed with much evill, yet haue more comfort, and though yet imperfect, shall in time …
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… the fountaine of all blessings, and blessednes, doubts not to stile those blessed, who prestpressed with much evill, yet haue more comfort, and though yet imperfect, shall in time …
Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · p. 20 · Open in the reader
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But howſoeuer Papiſts being preſtpressed by our vnanſwerable arguments, to auoid them, doe vſe the forenamed diſtinctions of ſatisfying …
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But howſoeuer Papiſts being preſtpressed by our vnanſwerable arguments, to auoid them, doe vſe the forenamed diſtinctions of ſatisfying …
William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 150 · Open in the reader
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… troubled with the filth as well as guilt of ſinne, and his will is preſtpressed to goodneſſe for its beauty.
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… troubled with the filth as well as guilt of ſinne, and his will is preſtpressed to goodneſſe for its beauty.
Robert Harris · Two Sermons 2 · p. 14 · Open in the reader
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… after warde Chylpericus, gouernynge that regyon the ſpace of .iij. years. Petrus Elſacius a preſtpressed and elect Byſhopp of Cameryk, was dubbed a knyght and marryed leonor the counteſſe …
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… after warde Chylpericus, gouernynge that regyon the ſpace of .iij. years. Petrus Elſacius a preſtpressed and elect Byſhopp of Cameryk, was dubbed a knyght and marryed leonor the counteſſe …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · p. 70 · Open in the reader
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As Instruments and organis prestpressed, thy will for to obay:
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As Instruments and organis prestpressed, thy will for to obay:
Alexander Hume · Hymns or Sacred Songs · p. 8 · Open in the reader
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… mightie Lorde he is, whiche maketh his people wage battaile, and to ſtande euer preſtpressed in warlike araye and readineſſe, whenſoeuer the Trumpet ſhall ſounde: to the ende, thei …
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… mightie Lorde he is, whiche maketh his people wage battaile, and to ſtande euer preſtpressed in warlike araye and readineſſe, whenſoeuer the Trumpet ſhall ſounde: to the ende, thei …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 54 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (90)

58 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 51 are listed here. 32 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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PrestPressed down in captive chains, and pent in earthly mold.
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PrestPressed down in captive chains, and pent in earthly mold.
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 81 · Open in the reader
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PrestPressed down with grief, and patient miserie;
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PrestPressed down with grief, and patient miserie;
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 11 · Open in the reader

Brief Chronicle Concerning Examination and Death of John Oldcastle A02633

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… the aultre / is this. That after the sacramentall wordes be ones spoken by a PrestPressed in his Masse / the materyall breade that was before breade / is turned into Christes …
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… the aultre / is this. That after the sacramentall wordes be ones spoken by a PrestPressed in his Masse / the materyall breade that was before breade / is turned into Christes …
John Bale · Brief Chronicle Concerning Examination and Death of John Oldcastle · Open in the reader
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… him the doctours / whether yt were onlye Christes bodye after the consecracyon of a PrestPressed and no bread or not?
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… him the doctours / whether yt were onlye Christes bodye after the consecracyon of a PrestPressed and no bread or not?
John Bale · Brief Chronicle Concerning Examination and Death of John Oldcastle · p. 28 · Open in the reader
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… the aultre / is this. That after the sacramentall wordes be ones spoken by a PrestPressed in his masse / the materyall breade that was before breade / is turned into Christes …
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… the aultre / is this. That after the sacramentall wordes be ones spoken by a PrestPressed in his masse / the materyall breade that was before breade / is turned into Christes …
John Bale · Brief Chronicle Concerning Examination and Death of John Oldcastle · Open in the reader
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… euery Christen manne lyuynge here bodylye vpon earth / ought to be shryuen to a PrestPressed ordayned by the churche / yf he maye come to him. Syr what saye ye …
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… euery Christen manne lyuynge here bodylye vpon earth / ought to be shryuen to a PrestPressed ordayned by the churche / yf he maye come to him. Syr what saye ye …
John Bale · Brief Chronicle Concerning Examination and Death of John Oldcastle · p. 34 · Open in the reader
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… dyseases and can helpe vs. I denye not in this the goynge to a PrestPressed / yf he be a manne of good lyfe and lernynge. For the lawes of …
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… dyseases and can helpe vs. I denye not in this the goynge to a PrestPressed / yf he be a manne of good lyfe and lernynge. For the lawes of …
John Bale · Brief Chronicle Concerning Examination and Death of John Oldcastle · p. 34 · Open in the reader

Exhortation of an English Christian unto his Beloved Country A02788

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… turne it / Prou. xxi. Take me not here that I condempne anye Bysshoppe or PrestPressed that is godlye / doynge those holye offices that the scripture hath commaunded them / as …
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… turne it / Prou. xxi. Take me not here that I condempne anye Bysshoppe or PrestPressed that is godlye / doynge those holye offices that the scripture hath commaunded them / as …
John Bale · Exhortation of an English Christian unto his Beloved Country · Open in the reader
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I can not thynke that anye Christen Bysshop or PrestPressed will be offended with ought that I haue written here / but rather preferre it …
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I can not thynke that anye Christen Bysshop or PrestPressed will be offended with ought that I haue written here / but rather preferre it …
John Bale · Exhortation of an English Christian unto his Beloved Country · p. 28 · Open in the reader

A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted A02886

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… the …athanycall Synagoge of Antichrist. Nadab and Abihu the sonnes of Aaron the hyghe PrestPressed / were consumed in the Lordes wrathe / for offerynge s…raunge fyre vncommaunded. Accursed is …
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… the …athanycall Synagoge of Antichrist. Nadab and Abihu the sonnes of Aaron the hyghe PrestPressed / were consumed in the Lordes wrathe / for offerynge s…raunge fyre vncommaunded. Accursed is …
John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · Open in the reader

A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin A02947

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… hys heretyques fynde one Pope of Rome, nor one falſe Byſſhopp, nor one ſcyſmatyk PreſtPressed, fryre, monke, nor chanō, of ſo manye as be in the cronycles. He can …
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… hys heretyques fynde one Pope of Rome, nor one falſe Byſſhopp, nor one ſcyſmatyk PreſtPressed, fryre, monke, nor chanō, of ſo manye as be in the cronycles. He can …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader

Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny A07225

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Good-wife PrestPressed.
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Good-wife PrestPressed.
John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 363 · Open in the reader
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SHe was the wife of one PrestPressed, dwelling not far from Launceston in Erecester D…oces. She told the Bishop, that …
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SHe was the wife of one PrestPressed, dwelling not far from Launceston in Erecester D…oces. She told the Bishop, that …
John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 363 · Open in the reader

The Old Faith an Evident Probation out of the Holy Scripture A17216

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… hys anoynted (though the erroure was greate) Amonge whom no doute was ſpecially the PreſtPressed zacharias the father of Jhon Baptyſt Elizabeth his wyfe, and godly Simeon Whan zacharias …
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… hys anoynted (though the erroure was greate) Amonge whom no doute was ſpecially the PreſtPressed zacharias the father of Jhon Baptyſt Elizabeth his wyfe, and godly Simeon Whan zacharias …
Henrich Bullinger · The Old Faith an Evident Probation out of the Holy Scripture · Open in the reader
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… the father & foregoer of all prophetes, euen greate Moſes his brother Aarō, the holy PreſtPressed Eleazar and Phinees, The excellent dukes alſo & Judges, Joſue, Gedeon; and other moo, Euen …
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… the father & foregoer of all prophetes, euen greate Moſes his brother Aarō, the holy PreſtPressed Eleazar and Phinees, The excellent dukes alſo & Judges, Joſue, Gedeon; and other moo, Euen …
Henrich Bullinger · The Old Faith an Evident Probation out of the Holy Scripture · Open in the reader

The Institutes of the Christian Religion A17662

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… newe ordre in Christe, that one shoulde be bothe the sacrificed hoste, and the PrestPressed: bicause there neither coulde be founde any other meete satisfaction for synnes, nor any …
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… newe ordre in Christe, that one shoulde be bothe the sacrificed hoste, and the PrestPressed: bicause there neither coulde be founde any other meete satisfaction for synnes, nor any …
John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · p. 94 · Open in the reader
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They obiect, that the PrestPressed doth by some marke differ from the people. As though the Lorde did not …
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They obiect, that the PrestPressed doth by some marke differ from the people. As though the Lorde did not …
John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader
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… offring of a Sacrifice whiche should suffice for the forgeuenesse of synnes. This chefe PrestPressed was Christ: he himselfe shed hys owne blood: he himselfe was the Sacrifice: for …
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… offring of a Sacrifice whiche should suffice for the forgeuenesse of synnes. This chefe PrestPressed was Christ: he himselfe shed hys owne blood: he himselfe was the Sacrifice: for …
John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader
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… intolerable blasphemie & dishonor done to Christ. For he was consecrate of his Father a PrestPressed and Bishop, not for a tyme as we reade that they were ordeined in …
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… intolerable blasphemie & dishonor done to Christ. For he was consecrate of his Father a PrestPressed and Bishop, not for a tyme as we reade that they were ordeined in …
John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · p. 142 · Open in the reader
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… y^e this dout withslādeth not, but y^t they may cal y^e absolutiō of the PrestPressed a Sacramēt. For they might answere by y^e mouth of Augustine, that sanctificatiō is …
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… y^e this dout withslādeth not, but y^t they may cal y^e absolutiō of the PrestPressed a Sacramēt. For they might answere by y^e mouth of Augustine, that sanctificatiō is …
John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · p. 153 · Open in the reader

The Life and Funeral Sermon of the Reverent Thomas Brand A25469

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The Covenant for them, ſo Improv'd and PreſtPressed,
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The Covenant for them, ſo Improv'd and PreſtPressed,
Samuel Annesley · The Life and Funeral Sermon of the Reverent Thomas Brand · Open in the reader

The Saints Everlasting Rest A27017

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Chap. 12. An advice to some, more especially to help others to this Rest: PrestPressed largely on Ministers and Parents. p. 501
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Chap. 12. An advice to some, more especially to help others to this Rest: PrestPressed largely on Ministers and Parents. p. 501
Richard Baxter · The Saints Everlasting Rest · Open in the reader

Several Poems A29149

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PreſtPressed for this Service▪ by the Kings Command:
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PreſtPressed for this Service▪ by the Kings Command:
Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 76 · Open in the reader
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PreſtPressed to accompliſh what he would have done;
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PreſtPressed to accompliſh what he would have done;
Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 168 · Open in the reader

A General Martyrology A33309

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PrestPressed towards the Prize, forgetting what was past.
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PrestPressed towards the Prize, forgetting what was past.
Samuel Clarke · A General Martyrology · Open in the reader

Paradoxes Problems Essays Characters A36301

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PrestPressed the Sea's back with wealth snatch from the shore
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PrestPressed the Sea's back with wealth snatch from the shore
John Donne · Paradoxes Problems Essays Characters · p. 99 · Open in the reader

A Fathers Testament A39813

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PrestPressed down with earthy Yoke, their dullard sight
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PrestPressed down with earthy Yoke, their dullard sight
Phineas Fletcher · A Fathers Testament · p. 226 · Open in the reader

One Hundred Select Sermons A44565

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… Almighty were in him. Heman, His wrath lay hard upon him. Paul, He was PreſtPressed above meaſure and ſo of the reſt.
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… Almighty were in him. Heman, His wrath lay hard upon him. Paul, He was PreſtPressed above meaſure and ſo of the reſt.
Thomas Horton · One Hundred Select Sermons · p. 187 · Open in the reader

Legacy to His Friends A46665

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… cleave to my Conscience another day? though I went to this expe-expedition a PrestPressed-Souldier? another says, for his part he sees no way but death, therefore he …
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… cleave to my Conscience another day? though I went to this expe-expedition a PrestPressed-Souldier? another says, for his part he sees no way but death, therefore he …
James Janeway · Legacy to His Friends · p. 2 · Open in the reader

A Cloud of Witnesses A51699

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PrestPressed.
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PrestPressed.
Thomas Mall · A Cloud of Witnesses · p. 249 · Open in the reader
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This Agnes Priest, or PrestPressed, was the sole Devonshire Martyr (saith Dr. Fuller) under the reign of Queen Mary …
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This Agnes Priest, or PrestPressed, was the sole Devonshire Martyr (saith Dr. Fuller) under the reign of Queen Mary …
Thomas Mall · A Cloud of Witnesses · p. 251 · Open in the reader

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

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… had two Sons: 1. The Prophane, but Penitent, that in the State of Sin, when PreſtPressed to Duty, do obſtinately ſay, [I will not,] as Jerem. 44.16. But afterward God gives …
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… had two Sons: 1. The Prophane, but Penitent, that in the State of Sin, when PreſtPressed to Duty, do obſtinately ſay, [I will not,] as Jerem. 44.16. But afterward God gives …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 171 · Open in the reader

A Token for Mariners A58039

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… blood cleave to my Conſcience another day? though I went to this expedition a PreſtPressed Souldier? another ſays, for his part he ſees no way but death, therefore he …
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… blood cleave to my Conſcience another day? though I went to this expedition a PreſtPressed Souldier? another ſays, for his part he ſees no way but death, therefore he …
James Janeway · A Token for Mariners · p. 2 · Open in the reader

Works A62040

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… as a sacrifice to God, in obedience to his command. The Sinners soul is PrestPressed to this War, in which there is no discharge; This night thy soul shall …
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… as a sacrifice to God, in obedience to his command. The Sinners soul is PrestPressed to this War, in which there is no discharge; This night thy soul shall …
George Swinnock · Works · p. 615 · Open in the reader

Commentary on the Minor Prophets A63068

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Verſe 13. Gird your ſelves and lament ye Prieſts] Be you PreſtPressed, and firſt in the practiſe of humiliation: Be you an example of the believers …
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Verſe 13. Gird your ſelves and lament ye Prieſts] Be you PreſtPressed, and firſt in the practiſe of humiliation: Be you an example of the believers …
John Trapp · Commentary on the Minor Prophets · p. 189 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

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And yet notwithstanding being PrestPressed by the sayd byshoppe and Doctor Draycot, with many argumentes of Christes omnipotency, as …
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And yet notwithstanding being PrestPressed by the sayd byshoppe and Doctor Draycot, with many argumentes of Christes omnipotency, as …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1952 · Open in the reader
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… this woman (as I haue nowe learned) she was the wife of one called PrestPressed, dwelling in the Dioces of Exeter, not farre from Launceston.
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… this woman (as I haue nowe learned) she was the wife of one called PrestPressed, dwelling in the Dioces of Exeter, not farre from Launceston.
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2052 · Open in the reader
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… Dioces of Exceter, in Queene Maryes dayes, dwelled a poore man, whose name was PrestPressed, his wife beyng an honest woman, very simple, but of good zeale and vpright …
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… Dioces of Exceter, in Queene Maryes dayes, dwelled a poore man, whose name was PrestPressed, his wife beyng an honest woman, very simple, but of good zeale and vpright …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2149 · Open in the reader
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Wife of one PrestPressed burned at Exeter for the Gospell of Christ. 2149.
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Wife of one PrestPressed burned at Exeter for the Gospell of Christ. 2149.
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · Open in the reader

The Vocation of John Bale to the Bishopric A68157

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… a spirituall man / as a byshop / ā Abbot / a Mōke / a Fryre / or a PrestPressed to father. With y^t I greatly marueled / not so much of his vnshamefast talke …
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… a spirituall man / as a byshop / ā Abbot / a Mōke / a Fryre / or a PrestPressed to father. With y^t I greatly marueled / not so much of his vnshamefast talke …
John Bale · The Vocation of John Bale to the Bishopric · p. 18 · Open in the reader

The Bible Battles A68550

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CHAP. VIII. Of PreſtPressed men, and Voluntaries.
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CHAP. VIII. Of PreſtPressed men, and Voluntaries.
Richard Bernard · The Bible Battles · Open in the reader

The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America A77237

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PreſtPressed for this ſervice, by the Kings command;
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PreſtPressed for this ſervice, by the Kings command;
Anne Bradstreet · The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America · p. 72 · Open in the reader
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PreſtPressed to accompliſh what he would have done;
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PreſtPressed to accompliſh what he would have done;
Anne Bradstreet · The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America · p. 158 · Open in the reader

The Works of Jeremiah Burroughs 8 A77976

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Dr PreſtPressed…s Saints Submiſſion, and Satans Overthrow.
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Dr PreſtPressed…s Saints Submiſſion, and Satans Overthrow.
Jeremiah Burroughs · The Works of Jeremiah Burroughs 8 · Open in the reader

The Morning Exercise Methodized A81247

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… know, ſheweth no mercy to one that will not plead, he is to be PreſtPressed to death.
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… know, ſheweth no mercy to one that will not plead, he is to be PreſtPressed to death.
Thomas Case · The Morning Exercise Methodized · p. 403 · Open in the reader

The Use and Practice of Faith A88814

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… a warfare, ſayes Job. Our firſt Sacrament is a military Sacrament; we take Chriſts PreſtPressed-money to fight manfully againſt the Fleſh, the World, and the Devil: and he …
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… a warfare, ſayes Job. Our firſt Sacrament is a military Sacrament; we take Chriſts PreſtPressed-money to fight manfully againſt the Fleſh, the World, and the Devil: and he …
Matthew Lawrence · The Use and Practice of Faith · p. 163 · Open in the reader

A Treatise of Self-Denial A90811

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… that thou commeſt forth in ſeaſon, for when ſhould Self-Denial bee Preacht and PreſtPressed, but when men that ſay they are Chriſtians, ſavour the things that are of …
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… that thou commeſt forth in ſeaſon, for when ſhould Self-Denial bee Preacht and PreſtPressed, but when men that ſay they are Chriſtians, ſavour the things that are of …
Theophilus Polwheile · A Treatise of Self-Denial · Open in the reader
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… come. Chriſt requires and looks for willing Diſciples, that they ſhould bee Voluntaries, not PrestPressed-men, that they ſhould come after him upon choice, and not upon conſtraint.
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… come. Chriſt requires and looks for willing Diſciples, that they ſhould bee Voluntaries, not PrestPressed-men, that they ſhould come after him upon choice, and not upon conſtraint.
Theophilus Polwheile · A Treatise of Self-Denial · p. 8 · Open in the reader

The Doctrine of the Three Sacred Persons A95611

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PreſtPressed to obey
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PreſtPressed to obey
Faithful Teate · The Doctrine of the Three Sacred Persons · p. 5 · Open in the reader

The Militant Christian B20767

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… those Soldiers that offer themselves willingly, unto his hard service; He cares not for PrestPressed-Soldiers. The Lord Jesus hath no Press-Master belonging to his Army: He beats …
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… those Soldiers that offer themselves willingly, unto his hard service; He cares not for PrestPressed-Soldiers. The Lord Jesus hath no Press-Master belonging to his Army: He beats …
Stephen Coven · The Militant Christian · p. 94 · Open in the reader

A Complete Body of Divinity N02384

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… this alſo goes in to make it neceſſary, that there ſhould be an High PreſtPressed. For the neceſſity is not abſolute but by p…thetical. If God had ſeen …
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… this alſo goes in to make it neceſſary, that there ſhould be an High PreſtPressed. For the neceſſity is not abſolute but by p…thetical. If God had ſeen …
Samuel Willard · A Complete Body of Divinity · p. 339 · Open in the reader