Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11421 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ignoraunceignorance

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Puritas changed it: 1,037 times in 250 works
Consistency: 96.0% (1,037 of 1,080)
Reach if approved: ~1,135 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: ignorance
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,080 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,037 changes in 250 works, 96.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,037)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

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Can we then pretende ignoraunceignorance any more? Beholde, verie nature doth teache all men, which be not deſtitute of …
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Can we then pretende ignoraunceignorance any more? Beholde, verie nature doth teache all men, which be not deſtitute of …
Christopher Goodman · How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects · p. 85 · Open in the reader
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… was almost decayed, the knowledge of the tongues as Greeke and Hebrew buried in ignoraunceignorance, & though some rubbishe of the latine tongue were left, yet it was rustye, corrupte …
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… was almost decayed, the knowledge of the tongues as Greeke and Hebrew buried in ignoraunceignorance, & though some rubbishe of the latine tongue were left, yet it was rustye, corrupte …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · p. 115 · Open in the reader
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… of the gentylles where Chriſt was firſt preached by thapoſtels. What is in Aſya? ignoraunceignorance of God / what in Affrika? abnegation of Chriſte / what in thoſe moſt notable Churches …
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… of the gentylles where Chriſt was firſt preached by thapoſtels. What is in Aſya? ignoraunceignorance of God / what in Affrika? abnegation of Chriſte / what in thoſe moſt notable Churches …
John Knox · A Godly Letter to the Faithful in London · Open in the reader
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Besekyng you excuse myne ignoraunceignorance
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Besekyng you excuse myne ignoraunceignorance
David Lindsay · The Complaint and Testament of a Popinjay · Open in the reader
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Loe, thus Sainct Paul reprehendeth the errour and ignoraunceignorance of them, which ſpeake much of the lawe, and repete it in daily ſermons …
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Loe, thus Sainct Paul reprehendeth the errour and ignoraunceignorance of them, which ſpeake much of the lawe, and repete it in daily ſermons …
Martin Luther · Collected Sermons · p. 211 · Open in the reader
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… fathers now / make not a trade of perſecuting: gentle fathers keep the people in ignoraunceignorance no longer: good fathers now / maintain the dumbe miniſterie no longer. Be the deſtruction …
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… fathers now / make not a trade of perſecuting: gentle fathers keep the people in ignoraunceignorance no longer: good fathers now / maintain the dumbe miniſterie no longer. Be the deſtruction …
Martin Marprelate · Work for a Cooper 2 · p. 33 · Open in the reader
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… go ye to: let all that which is past, be imputed either to your ignoraunceignorance, or to the wrathful vengeāce of God for your vnbeliefe sake, because ye knewe …
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… go ye to: let all that which is past, be imputed either to your ignoraunceignorance, or to the wrathful vengeāce of God for your vnbeliefe sake, because ye knewe …
John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader
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… hymselfe of rewarde, and thruste hymselfe intoo eternall chraldome. See therefore what commeth of ignoraunceignorance the Mother of Popyshe deuotion, and of all errour and superstition, false Doctrine, and …
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… hymselfe of rewarde, and thruste hymselfe intoo eternall chraldome. See therefore what commeth of ignoraunceignorance the Mother of Popyshe deuotion, and of all errour and superstition, false Doctrine, and …
William Fulke · Sermon Preached 17 March 1577 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (43)

38 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew A01136

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… vnbeliefe, which although be as yet ouerspread with a certayne darkened myste of foggy IgnoraunceIgnorance, and is tost to and fro, with many wandering cloudes & doubtfull vapoures, yet because …
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… vnbeliefe, which although be as yet ouerspread with a certayne darkened myste of foggy IgnoraunceIgnorance, and is tost to and fro, with many wandering cloudes & doubtfull vapoures, yet because …
John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader

Against a Rank Papist A02621

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IgnoraunceIgnorance of this papist 52. 72. 92. 120. 146.
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IgnoraunceIgnorance of this papist 52. 72. 92. 120. 146.
John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · Open in the reader

Commentary on Peter and Jude A06502

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… awaie theſe euil deſires. Here thou ſeeſt how he imputeth all theſe miſcheeues vnto IgnoraunceIgnorance, as vnto the Spring, out of whom thei procede and flowe. For where perfect …
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… awaie theſe euil deſires. Here thou ſeeſt how he imputeth all theſe miſcheeues vnto IgnoraunceIgnorance, as vnto the Spring, out of whom thei procede and flowe. For where perfect …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 22 · Open in the reader

An Invective Against Swearing A06866

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In concilio t…lerano we reade on thys manner, IgnoraunceIgnorance the mother of all errours is moost of all to be exchewed in the …
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In concilio t…lerano we reade on thys manner, IgnoraunceIgnorance the mother of all errours is moost of all to be exchewed in the …
Thomas Becon · An Invective Against Swearing · p. lxxxii · Open in the reader

Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels A06932

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… forgeuenes in them that beare rule? In Concilio Toletano, wee reade on this manner: IgnoraunceIgnorance the mother of all errours, is moste of all to be eschewed in the …
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… forgeuenes in them that beare rule? In Concilio Toletano, wee reade on this manner: IgnoraunceIgnorance the mother of all errours, is moste of all to be eschewed in the …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader

Exposition of Galatians A10111

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… worſhip God alone, and in ſuch ſort as himſelfe hath preſcribed. But liue in IgnoraunceIgnorance, and ſtraite thou rangeſt inordinately, and ſerueſt ſtraunge gods euen as the children of …
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… worſhip God alone, and in ſuch ſort as himſelfe hath preſcribed. But liue in IgnoraunceIgnorance, and ſtraite thou rangeſt inordinately, and ſerueſt ſtraunge gods euen as the children of …
John Prime · Exposition of Galatians · p. 156 · Open in the reader

Exposition Upon Matthew 27(1) A14133

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IgnoraunceIgnorance excuſeth nat. fo. C.vi. ſ. ii
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IgnoraunceIgnorance excuſeth nat. fo. C.vi. ſ. ii
William Tyndale · Exposition Upon Matthew 27(1) · Open in the reader

The Christian Disputations A14461

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IgnoraunceIgnorance excuſeth …. 289.
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IgnoraunceIgnorance excuſeth …. 289.
Pierre Viret · The Christian Disputations · Open in the reader

A Christian Instruction Containing the Law and the Gospel A14463

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It dothe partely procéede of IgnoraunceIgnorance and blyndeneſſe that ſynne hathe engendred in the vnderſtandyng of man, which is the …
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It dothe partely procéede of IgnoraunceIgnorance and blyndeneſſe that ſynne hathe engendred in the vnderſtandyng of man, which is the …
Pierre Viret · A Christian Instruction Containing the Law and the Gospel · p. 445 · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

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2 To encrease IgnoraunceIgnorance, for the abuse of former knowledge, as happened to them spoken of. 2. Thess. 2, 11. and …
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2 To encrease IgnoraunceIgnorance, for the abuse of former knowledge, as happened to them spoken of. 2. Thess. 2, 11. and …
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 32 · Open in the reader
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To giue light of Diuine knowledge to such as were wholy blinde before, through IgnoraunceIgnorance. Acts 26, 18. To open the eyes of the blinde.
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To giue light of Diuine knowledge to such as were wholy blinde before, through IgnoraunceIgnorance. Acts 26, 18. To open the eyes of the blinde.
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 343 · Open in the reader

The Art of Rhetoric A15530

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… clowdye, for as the clowdes kepe the Sunne shinynge from vs, so dothe his IgnoraunceIgnorance kepe him blindefolde from the true vnderstandinge of thinges. And as when the eyes …
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… clowdye, for as the clowdes kepe the Sunne shinynge from vs, so dothe his IgnoraunceIgnorance kepe him blindefolde from the true vnderstandinge of thinges. And as when the eyes …
Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · Open in the reader

An ABC for Laymen A15621

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IgnoraunceIgnorance.
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IgnoraunceIgnorance.
Clergy George Wither · An ABC for Laymen · p. 75 · Open in the reader

Harmony of the Gospels A16078

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Ignorance. IgnoraunceIgnorance of God a greeuous euill. 16. 3.
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Ignorance. IgnoraunceIgnorance of God a greeuous euill. 16. 3.
John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · Open in the reader

Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion A17183

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IgnoraunceIgnorance is ſaid to bée of two ſortes, the one is naturall and verie ignoraunceignorance …
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IgnoraunceIgnorance is ſaid to bée of two ſortes, the one is naturall and verie ignoraunceignorance …
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 509 · Open in the reader

The Whole Sum of Christian Religion A17244

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… owne ſnares, or ſullieth them with their owne vncleannes. which is, firſt, a deepe IgnoraunceIgnorance (and that very wilfull) of God the Father, the Sonne, and the holy ghoſt …
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… owne ſnares, or ſullieth them with their owne vncleannes. which is, firſt, a deepe IgnoraunceIgnorance (and that very wilfull) of God the Father, the Sonne, and the holy ghoſt …
Edmund Bunny · The Whole Sum of Christian Religion · Open in the reader
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… but fictions of their owne deuiſe. The Roote is, and needes muſt be, the IgnoraunceIgnorance of God; the Father, the Sonne, & the holy Ghoſt. Which what it is, as …
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… but fictions of their owne deuiſe. The Roote is, and needes muſt be, the IgnoraunceIgnorance of God; the Father, the Sonne, & the holy Ghoſt. Which what it is, as …
Edmund Bunny · The Whole Sum of Christian Religion · Open in the reader

A Treasury of Similes A18271

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8 As the light of Godly knowledge increaſeth vertue: So the darkeneſſe of IgnoraunceIgnorance, is a hinderance to all goodneſſe.
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8 As the light of Godly knowledge increaſeth vertue: So the darkeneſſe of IgnoraunceIgnorance, is a hinderance to all goodneſſe.
Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 405 · Open in the reader

The Mystery of Witchcraft Discovering the Truth of Nature A19295

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1. IgnoraunceIgnorance.
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1. IgnoraunceIgnorance.
Thomas Cooper · The Mystery of Witchcraft Discovering the Truth of Nature · p. 329 · Open in the reader

Confutation of Unwritten Verities A19566

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… neuer knewe / yea thinges cleane contrarye to hys euident and manifest teaching. Such grosse IgnoraunceIgnorance (I would to God it were but IgnoraunceIgnorance in dede) …s entered into their …
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… neuer knewe / yea thinges cleane contrarye to hys euident and manifest teaching. Such grosse IgnoraunceIgnorance (I would to God it were but IgnoraunceIgnorance in dede) …s entered into their …
Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Confutation of Unwritten Verities · Open in the reader
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… euident and manifest teaching. Such grosse IgnoraunceIgnorance (I would to God it were but IgnoraunceIgnorance in dede) …s entered into their heades / and such arrogaunt boldnes possesseth their harts …
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… euident and manifest teaching. Such grosse IgnoraunceIgnorance (I would to God it were but IgnoraunceIgnorance in dede) …s entered into their heades / and such arrogaunt boldnes possesseth their harts …
Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Confutation of Unwritten Verities · Open in the reader
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… so wel learned / onely the writers of the holi scripturs excepted / but either of IgnoraunceIgnorance / or of neglygence / there escaped some faultes in his writinges and doinges. Yea the …
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… so wel learned / onely the writers of the holi scripturs excepted / but either of IgnoraunceIgnorance / or of neglygence / there escaped some faultes in his writinges and doinges. Yea the …
Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Confutation of Unwritten Verities · Open in the reader

Friar John Francis of France A19668

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… ſelues and vpon vs, and vpon all our poſterity, the palpable Egyptian darknes of IgnoraunceIgnorance, the mother, nurſſe, and continuall foſterer of all errour and wiched life? God forbidde …
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… ſelues and vpon vs, and vpon all our poſterity, the palpable Egyptian darknes of IgnoraunceIgnorance, the mother, nurſſe, and continuall foſterer of all errour and wiched life? God forbidde …
Robert Crowley · Friar John Francis of France · Open in the reader

A Sparing Restraint of Many Lavish Untruths A20303

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… blinde? Who could abide to heare it spoken, they made it their common Prouerb, IgnoraunceIgnorance is the mother of deuotion. Did they preach the acceptable yeare of the Lorde …
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… blinde? Who could abide to heare it spoken, they made it their common Prouerb, IgnoraunceIgnorance is the mother of deuotion. Did they preach the acceptable yeare of the Lorde …
Edward Dering · A Sparing Restraint of Many Lavish Untruths · p. 59 · Open in the reader

Twenty-Seven Lectures Upon Hebrews A20304

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… do all cry. Without faith in the Gospel preached, you can neuer be saued: IgnoraunceIgnorance is abhomination before God: and yet the Pope who taketh the word from vs …
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… do all cry. Without faith in the Gospel preached, you can neuer be saued: IgnoraunceIgnorance is abhomination before God: and yet the Pope who taketh the word from vs …
Edward Dering · Twenty-Seven Lectures Upon Hebrews · p. 323 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Proverbs 9-10 A20544

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Who ſo. IgnoraunceIgnorance is not a cauſe that ſhould ſtay men from Doct. hearing the word of …
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Who ſo. IgnoraunceIgnorance is not a cauſe that ſhould ſtay men from Doct. hearing the word of …
John Dod · Exposition of Proverbs 9-10 · p. 12 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Philemon A22481

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… and highly to be eſteemed. But many, except they ſhould be honored for their IgnoraunceIgnorance, Superſtition, Frowardneſſe, Maliciouſneſſe, Waywardneſſe, Couetouſneſſe, Drunkenneſſe, Licentiouſneſſe, and Selfe-will, there is nothing elſe …
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… and highly to be eſteemed. But many, except they ſhould be honored for their IgnoraunceIgnorance, Superſtition, Frowardneſſe, Maliciouſneſſe, Waywardneſſe, Couetouſneſſe, Drunkenneſſe, Licentiouſneſſe, and Selfe-will, there is nothing elſe …
William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · p. 180 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

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… scriptures, saying: searche the scriptures. I remember a like thing well spoken of Hierome: IgnoraunceIgnorance of the scriptures, is the mother and cause of all errours. And in an …
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… scriptures, saying: searche the scriptures. I remember a like thing well spoken of Hierome: IgnoraunceIgnorance of the scriptures, is the mother and cause of all errours. And in an …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1721 · Open in the reader
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IgnoraunceIgnorance of the trueth will not excuse any man. 1775
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IgnoraunceIgnorance of the trueth will not excuse any man. 1775
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · Open in the reader

Whole Works A68831

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IgnoraunceIgnorance of Scripture whence. 278. a. excuſeth not. 245. b. promoted Popery. 182. a. made vs ſeruauntes to …
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IgnoraunceIgnorance of Scripture whence. 278. a. excuſeth not. 245. b. promoted Popery. 182. a. made vs ſeruauntes to …
William Tyndale · Whole Works · Open in the reader
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IgnoraunceIgnorance of More. 406. a. of the Apoſtles. 26. a
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IgnoraunceIgnorance of More. 406. a. of the Apoſtles. 26. a
William Tyndale · Whole Works · Open in the reader
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IgnoraunceIgnorance made vs worſhyppe ſtockes and ſtones. 341
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IgnoraunceIgnorance made vs worſhyppe ſtockes and ſtones. 341
William Tyndale · Whole Works · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

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Our ovvne vvilfull IgnoraunceIgnorance maketh vs bold to carpe at Gods doings. 785. b 23.
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Our ovvne vvilfull IgnoraunceIgnorance maketh vs bold to carpe at Gods doings. 785. b 23.
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader

Sermons Upon Romans 11:2-8 A72114

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… see the right way, so much the more were they most miserablye blinded in IgnoraunceIgnorance, Infidelitie, and Hardnesse of heart; and the neerer they perswaded them-selues to bee …
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… see the right way, so much the more were they most miserablye blinded in IgnoraunceIgnorance, Infidelitie, and Hardnesse of heart; and the neerer they perswaded them-selues to bee …
John Frewen · Sermons Upon Romans 11:2-8 · Open in the reader
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… and of eternall life, but grow and go forward from euill to worse; in IgnoraunceIgnorance, Infidelity, and hardnesse of heart, in pride and all maner of prophanenesse, euen vntill …
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… and of eternall life, but grow and go forward from euill to worse; in IgnoraunceIgnorance, Infidelity, and hardnesse of heart, in pride and all maner of prophanenesse, euen vntill …
John Frewen · Sermons Upon Romans 11:2-8 · Open in the reader

Certain Points of Religion A72174

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… weak faith, not making them to feele the power of the death of Chriſte. IgnoraunceIgnorance is ſo deepely ſetled in mens mindes, that let a man be neuer ſo …
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… weak faith, not making them to feele the power of the death of Chriſte. IgnoraunceIgnorance is ſo deepely ſetled in mens mindes, that let a man be neuer ſo …
George Gifford · Certain Points of Religion · Open in the reader

God Wooing His Church B07428

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… ambition, and couetouſneſſe, and treaſon, and all abhominations, and in the ende, eternall damnation. IgnoraunceIgnorance is the mother, but not of true deuotion which pleaſeth God. Knowledge and Ignorance …
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… ambition, and couetouſneſſe, and treaſon, and all abhominations, and in the ende, eternall damnation. IgnoraunceIgnorance is the mother, but not of true deuotion which pleaſeth God. Knowledge and Ignorance …
William Burton · God Wooing His Church · p. 123 · Open in the reader

Answer to Thomas More B16147

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… of god / in whom the deuel wrought hys will and blynded hys hert with IgnoraunceIgnorance. In which ignoraunceignorance and blyndnesse he grue / as he grue in age and fell …
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… of god / in whom the deuel wrought hys will and blynded hys hert with IgnoraunceIgnorance. In which ignoraunceignorance and blyndnesse he grue / as he grue in age and fell …
William Tyndale · Answer to Thomas More · Open in the reader