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yoakeyoke

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

Puritas changed it: 1,438 times in 560 works
Consistency: 95.4% (1,438 of 1,507)
Reach if approved: ~1,583 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: yoke
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,507 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,438 changes in 560 works, 95.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,438)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of the Gospell. The righteousnesse of the lawe of God is so heauie a yoakeyoke by reason of the infirmitie of mans flesh, as no man is able too …
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… of the Gospell. The righteousnesse of the lawe of God is so heauie a yoakeyoke by reason of the infirmitie of mans flesh, as no man is able too …
Thomas Lever · The Right Way from Danger of Sin and Vengeance · Open in the reader
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… his affections he doth not ſavour them, he counteth of His Commandements as a yoakeyoke intollerable, and maketh a tuſh at ſincere obedience: ſo for the Saints, the righteous …
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… his affections he doth not ſavour them, he counteth of His Commandements as a yoakeyoke intollerable, and maketh a tuſh at ſincere obedience: ſo for the Saints, the righteous …
Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Colossians 1 and 2 · p. 122 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and threatned with pouertie. The vaine youthes of this world hauing ſhaken off the yoakeyoke of obedience and deſpiſed wiſdome, fall in loue with naughtie women, with whom they …
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… and threatned with pouertie. The vaine youthes of this world hauing ſhaken off the yoakeyoke of obedience and deſpiſed wiſdome, fall in loue with naughtie women, with whom they …
Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 257 · Open in the reader
Printed
… bands of loue, and I am vnto them as thoſe that lift vp the yoakeyoke put vpon their cheekes: that I might reach meate vnto them.
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… bands of loue, and I am vnto them as thoſe that lift vp the yoakeyoke put vpon their cheekes: that I might reach meate vnto them.
Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 221 · Open in the reader
Printed
… night: The morning comes, and (without preuention) night followes. You shall shake off the yoakeyoke of Israell, but put on you the yoakeyoke of Persia: The Edomites were long …
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… night: The morning comes, and (without preuention) night followes. You shall shake off the yoakeyoke of Israell, but put on you the yoakeyoke of Persia: The Edomites were long …
Thomas Adams · The Gallants Burden · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
Sixthly, light, vaine, and fooliſh behauiour, which breedes contempt, and ſhakes off the yoakeyoke of obedience.
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Sixthly, light, vaine, and fooliſh behauiour, which breedes contempt, and ſhakes off the yoakeyoke of obedience.
Thomas Granger · The Tree of Good and Evil · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
… beinge puffed vp with this y^t they had brought the Emperour to this seruile yoakeyoke, began to attempt further matters: but Henry reuēged this dishonour sone after by the …
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… beinge puffed vp with this y^t they had brought the Emperour to this seruile yoakeyoke, began to attempt further matters: but Henry reuēged this dishonour sone after by the …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · p. 84 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in mothers milke, againſt Lawe of GOD and nature: Doe thou ſtill beare the yoakeyoke of the Lord in all ſteadines and ſtedfaſtnes as moſt comfortably thou doeſt to …
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… in mothers milke, againſt Lawe of GOD and nature: Doe thou ſtill beare the yoakeyoke of the Lord in all ſteadines and ſtedfaſtnes as moſt comfortably thou doeſt to …
William Hubbock · Great Britains Resurrection · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (69)

44 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 39 are listed here. 25 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Of Justification By Faith A09274

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… of death and Condemnation] [Killing Letter] that it (workes wrath) that it is a [YoakeYoke of Bondage a [Testament bringing forth Childeren vnto Bondage]. But vnto the Gospell, that …
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… of death and Condemnation] [Killing Letter] that it (workes wrath) that it is a [YoakeYoke of Bondage a [Testament bringing forth Childeren vnto Bondage]. But vnto the Gospell, that …
William Pemble · Of Justification By Faith · p. 151 · Open in the reader
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… Churches haue happily recouered their Liberty by breaking asunder those cordes, & casting away that YoakeYoke of false doctrine of Superstitions, …r…moniall will-worships, wherewith not Christ, but Anti …
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… Churches haue happily recouered their Liberty by breaking asunder those cordes, & casting away that YoakeYoke of false doctrine of Superstitions, …r…moniall will-worships, wherewith not Christ, but Anti …
William Pemble · Of Justification By Faith · p. 174 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and be not entangled againe with the yoakeyoke of bondage.) But what is this YoakeYoke of Bondage? Is it onely the obseruation of the Ceremoniall Law? No. That was …
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… and be not entangled againe with the yoakeyoke of bondage.) But what is this YoakeYoke of Bondage? Is it onely the obseruation of the Ceremoniall Law? No. That was …
William Pemble · Of Justification By Faith · p. 178 · Open in the reader

The Breastplate of Faith and Love A09950

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YoakeYoke.
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YoakeYoke.
John Preston · The Breastplate of Faith and Love · Open in the reader
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YoakeYoke of Satan easie to many that weare it.
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YoakeYoke of Satan easie to many that weare it.
John Preston · The Breastplate of Faith and Love · Open in the reader

Lord Bishops None of the Lords Bishops A10190

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… England, never look for Parliament more, but prepare thy necke for the Prelates Iron YoakeYoke. Woe to thee, ô Scotland, i…case thy Prelates return by a forcible reentry …
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… England, never look for Parliament more, but prepare thy necke for the Prelates Iron YoakeYoke. Woe to thee, ô Scotland, i…case thy Prelates return by a forcible reentry …
William Prynne · Lord Bishops None of the Lords Bishops · Open in the reader

The Unloveliness of Love-Locks A10199

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… bee the ornament of our Lips; the Word of God our Earings, and the YoakeYoke of Christ our Necke-bracelets: Let vs submit our Heads to Christ, and then …
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… bee the ornament of our Lips; the Word of God our Earings, and the YoakeYoke of Christ our Necke-bracelets: Let vs submit our Heads to Christ, and then …
William Prynne · The Unloveliness of Love-Locks · Open in the reader

Three Treatises A10659

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… Father, Mother, Wife, Children, his owne life for Christ; must take as well His YoakeYoke, as His Crowne; as well His Sufferings, as His Salvation; as well His Grace …
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… Father, Mother, Wife, Children, his owne life for Christ; must take as well His YoakeYoke, as His Crowne; as well His Sufferings, as His Salvation; as well His Grace …
Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · p. 465 · Open in the reader

Evangelical Sacrifices A12182

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… with Ephraim, They loved to tread out the Corne, but not to weare the YoakeYoke. Now the Oxe that weares no yoakeyoke, it is no trouble to tread out …
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… with Ephraim, They loved to tread out the Corne, but not to weare the YoakeYoke. Now the Oxe that weares no yoakeyoke, it is no trouble to tread out …
Richard Sibbes · Evangelical Sacrifices · p. 175 · Open in the reader

Sermons in One Volume A12406

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… ſtage. This name pleaſeth them well: but beſide this, a wife is called a YoakeYoke-fellow, to ſhewe that ſhe ſhould helpe her husband to beare his yoak, that …
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… ſtage. This name pleaſeth them well: but beſide this, a wife is called a YoakeYoke-fellow, to ſhewe that ſhe ſhould helpe her husband to beare his yoak, that …
Henry Smith · Sermons in One Volume · p. 47 · Open in the reader

Three Questions A13836

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… abrogated; and therefore Chriſt calls us to another burthen, an eaſie one; Take my YoakeYoke upon you, for my yoakeyoke is eaſie, and my burthen light, Mat. 11.29 30. This is …
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… abrogated; and therefore Chriſt calls us to another burthen, an eaſie one; Take my YoakeYoke upon you, for my yoakeyoke is eaſie, and my burthen light, Mat. 11.29 30. This is …
Samuel Torshell · Three Questions · p. 227 · Open in the reader
Printed
… were not able to beare, the Goſpell is a light Burthen, and an eaſie YoakeYoke.
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… were not able to beare, the Goſpell is a light Burthen, and an eaſie YoakeYoke.
Samuel Torshell · Three Questions · p. 254 · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

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Zeale. 556 def YoakeYoke. 554 dist
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Zeale. 556 def YoakeYoke. 554 dist
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · Open in the reader
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YoakeYoke. sig: pro
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YoakeYoke. sig: pro
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 554 · Open in the reader
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… good for a man to beare the YoakeYoke from his youth. This is the YoakeYoke of Tribulation.
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… good for a man to beare the YoakeYoke from his youth. This is the YoakeYoke of Tribulation.
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 554 · Open in the reader
Printed
4 The cruell bondage, wherein Tyrants keepe Gods people▪ Esay 9, 4. Thou hast broken the YoakeYoke of their burden. This is the yoakeyoke of oppression.
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4 The cruell bondage, wherein Tyrants keepe Gods people▪ Esay 9, 4. Thou hast broken the YoakeYoke of their burden. This is the yoakeyoke of oppression.
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 554 · Open in the reader
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… of Moses, with a strict condition of performing it perfectly. Acts 15▪ 10. To lay a YoakeYoke vpon them, whith neither our Fathers, nor we, were able to beare. This is …
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… of Moses, with a strict condition of performing it perfectly. Acts 15▪ 10. To lay a YoakeYoke vpon them, whith neither our Fathers, nor we, were able to beare. This is …
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 555 · Open in the reader

Of the Head Cornerstone A17242

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… workemanship in the making of her, as best might frame her to bee a YoakeYoke-fellow meetest for him. He made her his, by making deliuery of her vnto …
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… workemanship in the making of her, as best might frame her to bee a YoakeYoke-fellow meetest for him. He made her his, by making deliuery of her vnto …
Edmund Bunny · Of the Head Cornerstone · p. 10 · Open in the reader

A Short Explanation of Hebrews A20414

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… outward manner of handeling, as they were legalized; that is, straytlie vrged, by the YoakeYoke of the Lawe: vvee are Evangelized; that is, smoothlie entreated, vnder the Gospell; GOD …
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… outward manner of handeling, as they were legalized; that is, straytlie vrged, by the YoakeYoke of the Lawe: vvee are Evangelized; that is, smoothlie entreated, vnder the Gospell; GOD …
David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · p. 125 · Open in the reader
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… to bee layde downe, is nowe payed. 4. The Difficultie, and Impossibilitie, of bearing the YoakeYoke of GOD'S externall Worship, is remooved; and CHRIST'S easie YoakeYoke, in place thereof, is …
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… to bee layde downe, is nowe payed. 4. The Difficultie, and Impossibilitie, of bearing the YoakeYoke of GOD'S externall Worship, is remooved; and CHRIST'S easie YoakeYoke, in place thereof, is …
David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · p. 173 · Open in the reader
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… Impossibilitie, of bearing the YoakeYoke of GOD'S externall Worship, is remooved; and CHRIST'S easie YoakeYoke, in place thereof, is come. In a worde, What-so-ever was then wanting …
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… Impossibilitie, of bearing the YoakeYoke of GOD'S externall Worship, is remooved; and CHRIST'S easie YoakeYoke, in place thereof, is come. In a worde, What-so-ever was then wanting …
David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · p. 173 · Open in the reader
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… vs to liue amongst them, is, in short to loose from our Neckes, the YoakeYoke of the Second Table of GOD'S Law, vnder pretence to keepe the First Table …
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… vs to liue amongst them, is, in short to loose from our Neckes, the YoakeYoke of the Second Table of GOD'S Law, vnder pretence to keepe the First Table …
David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · p. 278 · Open in the reader
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… that Olde Covenant, and are entered into the Newe; vvhich freeth vs from that YoakeYoke, which the ISRAELITES could never beare. 16. VVithout Christ, we stand alone, and none to …
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… that Olde Covenant, and are entered into the Newe; vvhich freeth vs from that YoakeYoke, which the ISRAELITES could never beare. 16. VVithout Christ, we stand alone, and none to …
David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · p. 303 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Philemon A22481

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… faith which worketh by Loue. Heere alſo he coupleth Faith with Loue in one YoakeYoke, declaring that Faith is effectuall in the duties of Loue. So the Apoſtle Iohn …
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… faith which worketh by Loue. Heere alſo he coupleth Faith with Loue in one YoakeYoke, declaring that Faith is effectuall in the duties of Loue. So the Apoſtle Iohn …
William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · p. 99 · Open in the reader

Concerning Things Indifferent in Religious Worship Part 1 A29126

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… Liberty, wherewith Chriſt hath made you free, and, be not again entangled with the YoakeYoke of Bondage; where, that I may prevent an Objection, I will grant, that by …
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… Liberty, wherewith Chriſt hath made you free, and, be not again entangled with the YoakeYoke of Bondage; where, that I may prevent an Objection, I will grant, that by …
Edward Bagshaw · Concerning Things Indifferent in Religious Worship Part 1 · p. 3 · Open in the reader
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… of Bondage; where, that I may prevent an Objection, I will grant, that by YoakeYoke of Bondage, he underſtands Circumciſion and other Jewiſh Ceremonies; but from thence I will …
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… of Bondage; where, that I may prevent an Objection, I will grant, that by YoakeYoke of Bondage, he underſtands Circumciſion and other Jewiſh Ceremonies; but from thence I will …
Edward Bagshaw · Concerning Things Indifferent in Religious Worship Part 1 · p. 3 · Open in the reader

The Tales and Jests of Hugh Peters A54514

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The Second, he had bought a YoakeYoke of Oxen, and he must go try them, therefore he likewise desired to be …
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The Second, he had bought a YoakeYoke of Oxen, and he must go try them, therefore he likewise desired to be …
Hugh Peters · The Tales and Jests of Hugh Peters · p. 30 · Open in the reader

Diotrephes Catechized A56155

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… wherwith Christ hath made us f…ee and he not againe intangled with any YoakeYoke of Bondage, which Christ Himself hath not imposed on us by a cleare and …
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… wherwith Christ hath made us f…ee and he not againe intangled with any YoakeYoke of Bondage, which Christ Himself hath not imposed on us by a cleare and …
William Prynne · Diotrephes Catechized · p. 16 · Open in the reader
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… not imposed on us by a cleare and evident institution in his word: Christs YoakeYoke is easie, and his burthen light, to which all people must with cheerefulnesse submit …
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… not imposed on us by a cleare and evident institution in his word: Christs YoakeYoke is easie, and his burthen light, to which all people must with cheerefulnesse submit …
William Prynne · Diotrephes Catechized · p. 16 · Open in the reader

The Canterburians Self-Conviction A68103

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… owne greatneſſe, yet now, being fully aſſured of their conſtant affection to beare his YoakeYoke, he hath this laſt age beene as buſie as lay in his power, in …
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… owne greatneſſe, yet now, being fully aſſured of their conſtant affection to beare his YoakeYoke, he hath this laſt age beene as buſie as lay in his power, in …
Robert Baillie · The Canterburians Self-Conviction · p. 9 · Open in the reader
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Who wakened the late King of Pole, to preſent the YoakeYoke of tirannie to the necke of his ancient Subiects in Swaine?
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Who wakened the late King of Pole, to preſent the YoakeYoke of tirannie to the necke of his ancient Subiects in Swaine?
Robert Baillie · The Canterburians Self-Conviction · p. 10 · Open in the reader
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… then quickly thruſt upon us with this peremptour alternative, either quietly to beare that YoakeYoke, or preſently to be baniſhed the Land.
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… then quickly thruſt upon us with this peremptour alternative, either quietly to beare that YoakeYoke, or preſently to be baniſhed the Land.
Robert Baillie · The Canterburians Self-Conviction · p. 16 · Open in the reader

A Reply to a Relation A69024

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… taught, and left them, without which (they say) they cannot be freed from the YoakeYoke of Antichristian or humane Ordinance (for we use but their words) and how dangerous …
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… taught, and left them, without which (they say) they cannot be freed from the YoakeYoke of Antichristian or humane Ordinance (for we use but their words) and how dangerous …
Henry Burton · A Reply to a Relation · p. 16 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Job 22-26 A81199

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YoakeYoke of Chriſt why called eaſie. 346
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YoakeYoke of Chriſt why called eaſie. 346
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 22-26 · Open in the reader

Gangrena Part 3 A83515

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… as coming from the Devill, and being the great bondage of England, the Norman YoakeYoke, as the Reader may eaſily ſee by theſe words. That which is the greateſt …
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… as coming from the Devill, and being the great bondage of England, the Norman YoakeYoke, as the Reader may eaſily ſee by theſe words. That which is the greateſt …
Thomas Edwards · Gangrena Part 3 · p. 193 · Open in the reader

Mixture of Scholastical Divinity with Practical A87510

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… poterit morbus animae, quamlibet inveteratus, ſaith Bernard in the but now cited place. The YoakeYoke (ſaith the Prophet) ſhall be deſtroyed, becauſe of the anoynting, Eſay. 10.27. Where ſome by …
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… poterit morbus animae, quamlibet inveteratus, ſaith Bernard in the but now cited place. The YoakeYoke (ſaith the Prophet) ſhall be deſtroyed, becauſe of the anoynting, Eſay. 10.27. Where ſome by …
Henry Jeanes · Mixture of Scholastical Divinity with Practical · p. 290 · Open in the reader

Exceptions Many and Just Against Two Injurious Petitions A88103

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… Shillings, and the loweſt ſometime but one Shilling, and a man might buy a YoakeYoke of Oxen for a marke which whether we refer it to the Plenty of …
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… Shillings, and the loweſt ſometime but one Shilling, and a man might buy a YoakeYoke of Oxen for a marke which whether we refer it to the Plenty of …
John Ley · Exceptions Many and Just Against Two Injurious Petitions · Open in the reader

The Kings Chronicle in Two Sections A97343

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… and cannot endure yoaks, nothing that tends to ſervitude, THY FATHER PƲT AN HEAVY YOAKEYOKE ƲPON ƲS: He made it GREEVOƲS, now therefore make our yoke SOMEWHAT eaſier, and …
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… and cannot endure yoaks, nothing that tends to ſervitude, THY FATHER PƲT AN HEAVY YOAKEYOKE ƲPON ƲS: He made it GREEVOƲS, now therefore make our yoke SOMEWHAT eaſier, and …
Hezekiah Woodward · The Kings Chronicle in Two Sections · p. 29 · Open in the reader
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… notwithſtanding all this, the Reader, conſulting with the Records of Time, finds not any YoakeYoke upon the people at ſuch a time; no ſervices done by them, but what …
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… notwithſtanding all this, the Reader, conſulting with the Records of Time, finds not any YoakeYoke upon the people at ſuch a time; no ſervices done by them, but what …
Hezekiah Woodward · The Kings Chronicle in Two Sections · p. 33 · Open in the reader