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commaundcommand

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

Puritas changed it: 1,864 times in 497 works
Consistency: 97.4% (1,864 of 1,913)
Reach if approved: ~2,010 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: command
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,913 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,864 changes in 497 works, 97.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,864)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

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… holy Doctors haue long since condemned and abhorred, as most absurd, that God should commaundcommand that, vnder paine of damnation, which is impossible to be done.
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… holy Doctors haue long since condemned and abhorred, as most absurd, that God should commaundcommand that, vnder paine of damnation, which is impossible to be done.
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 325 · Open in the reader
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… to fetch the pedigree of Stageplaies from him, for whose honour and at whose commaundcommand at first they came in, who was directly and euidently honoured in them, and …
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… to fetch the pedigree of Stageplaies from him, for whose honour and at whose commaundcommand at first they came in, who was directly and euidently honoured in them, and …
Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 215 · Open in the reader
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… the externall vſe of theſe things, either for Princes to make politick lawes to commaundcommand the vſe or to reſtraine the vſe of them, or for the Church to …
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… the externall vſe of theſe things, either for Princes to make politick lawes to commaundcommand the vſe or to reſtraine the vſe of them, or for the Church to …
George Gifford · Short Reply to the Donatists · p. 84 · Open in the reader
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… should make the Church not to be the spouse of Christ. If a man commaundcommand his wife (saith he) to do a thinge / and ther be violent force to …
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… should make the Church not to be the spouse of Christ. If a man commaundcommand his wife (saith he) to do a thinge / and ther be violent force to …
John Greenwood · Answer to Giffords Defense of Read Prayers · p. 38 · Open in the reader
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… that we may not thinke any thing lawfull to be done, because our superiours commaundcommand it, but we must examine all their commaundements whether they be consonant to the …
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… that we may not thinke any thing lawfull to be done, because our superiours commaundcommand it, but we must examine all their commaundements whether they be consonant to the …
Francis Hastings · Defense of the Watch-Word Against the Ward-Word · p. 150 · Open in the reader
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… your members which are on earth . If we now ſhall not onely (contrary to commaundcommand) preſerue the life (which may be imputed to a kinde of nicenes and pitie …
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… your members which are on earth . If we now ſhall not onely (contrary to commaundcommand) preſerue the life (which may be imputed to a kinde of nicenes and pitie …
Samuel Hieron · Three Sermons · p. 16 · Open in the reader
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… vndertake y^t patronage of eche rightful cauſe: but worſhyp falſe and fayned ſuperſtitions, and commaundcommand thē to be reuerenced of others. wherwith alſo I remember, that euery excellenteſt nation …
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… vndertake y^t patronage of eche rightful cauſe: but worſhyp falſe and fayned ſuperſtitions, and commaundcommand thē to be reuerenced of others. wherwith alſo I remember, that euery excellenteſt nation …
Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader
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… furiously: then, loe saith Canutus, what a goodly God I am; and behold my commaundcommand▪ conuincing his flatterers. Oh that some strong West-winde would ridde our Land of …
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… furiously: then, loe saith Canutus, what a goodly God I am; and behold my commaundcommand▪ conuincing his flatterers. Oh that some strong West-winde would ridde our Land of …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 69 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (49)

43 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 41 are listed here. 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Godly and Learned Treatises A00635

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4. CommaundCommand.
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4. CommaundCommand.
Dudley Fenner · Godly and Learned Treatises · p. 111 · Open in the reader

The Devils Banket Described A00888

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Thus the CommaundCommand makes things burdensome, and Prohibition desirable. The wicked would not so eagerly catch at …
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Thus the CommaundCommand makes things burdensome, and Prohibition desirable. The wicked would not so eagerly catch at …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 99 · Open in the reader

Works A02178

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… is no knowledge, but ignorance, or doubting, as to doubt in Gods prouidence, Mat. 4. CommaundCommand that these stones may be bread, &c.
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… is no knowledge, but ignorance, or doubting, as to doubt in Gods prouidence, Mat. 4. CommaundCommand that these stones may be bread, &c.
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 832 · Open in the reader

The Pomander of Prayer A07044

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… thīgs, which when my soule would fly vnto thee, doo cry oute vppō it. CommaundCommand thē all, O lorde to holde their peace, & speak not vnto me As for …
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… thīgs, which when my soule would fly vnto thee, doo cry oute vppō it. CommaundCommand thē all, O lorde to holde their peace, & speak not vnto me As for …
Thomas Becon · The Pomander of Prayer · Open in the reader

Satans Sophistry Answered A09462

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CommaundCommand] That is, as if Satan should haue said to Christ, Bid this, or do …
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CommaundCommand] That is, as if Satan should haue said to Christ, Bid this, or do …
William Perkins · Satans Sophistry Answered · p. 38 · Open in the reader

A Looking Glass for All Lordly Prelates A10189

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… from fornication, and from bloud, and things strangled Acts 25. 28, 29. And Paul himselfe, without expresse CommaundCommand from God, would not enjoyne or single vnmarried life to any, but only advise …
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… from fornication, and from bloud, and things strangled Acts 25. 28, 29. And Paul himselfe, without expresse CommaundCommand from God, would not enjoyne or single vnmarried life to any, but only advise …
William Prynne · A Looking Glass for All Lordly Prelates · p. 99 · Open in the reader

A Quench-Coal A10197

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… them goe scotfree for these their forgeries & corruptiōs; If not all done by their CommaundCommand and privity, yet doubtles by their connivance, negligence and subsequent consents. And is it …
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… them goe scotfree for these their forgeries & corruptiōs; If not all done by their CommaundCommand and privity, yet doubtles by their connivance, negligence and subsequent consents. And is it …
William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 21 · Open in the reader
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Ergo it ought there to be placed & railed in, before, or without the Kings CommaundCommand, is no good Argument: yea the contrary holds good.
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Ergo it ought there to be placed & railed in, before, or without the Kings CommaundCommand, is no good Argument: yea the contrary holds good.
William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 176 · Open in the reader
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… Table ought not so to beplaced or railed in but by his Magesteyes expresse CommaundCommand, & that by some publike Act and writing under his great Seale, as is evident …
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… Table ought not so to beplaced or railed in but by his Magesteyes expresse CommaundCommand, & that by some publike Act and writing under his great Seale, as is evident …
William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 176 · Open in the reader
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… Chaplaines, that all these things are done with his approbation, & by his priuate direction & CommaundCommand, but will one day call them, and these erronious superstitious Popish writers to an …
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… Chaplaines, that all these things are done with his approbation, & by his priuate direction & CommaundCommand, but will one day call them, and these erronious superstitious Popish writers to an …
William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 193 · Open in the reader
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… sing a publike Palinodie, suitable to these his Royall Declarations, published by his speciall CommaundCommand, from whence his justice, honor, piety & constancy will neuer doubtles suffer him to receed …
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… sing a publike Palinodie, suitable to these his Royall Declarations, published by his speciall CommaundCommand, from whence his justice, honor, piety & constancy will neuer doubtles suffer him to receed …
William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 193 · Open in the reader

The Description of Fleshly Lusts A10391

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I am, and ever will be at Your Ladyſhips CommaundCommand in the worke of the Lord, WILLIAM HOLBROOKE.
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I am, and ever will be at Your Ladyſhips CommaundCommand in the worke of the Lord, WILLIAM HOLBROOKE.
John Randall · The Description of Fleshly Lusts · Open in the reader

Three Treatises A10659

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… Command, but He furnisheth us with His owne Grace and Spirit to fulfill the CommaundCommand, and when He bids us come unto Him, He doth likewise draw us unto …
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… Command, but He furnisheth us with His owne Grace and Spirit to fulfill the CommaundCommand, and when He bids us come unto Him, He doth likewise draw us unto …
Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · p. 512 · Open in the reader

Twenty-Five Lectures Upon the Lords Last Sermon and Conference A11006

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… to render an account to him of our doing. But to come to the CommaundCommand: The meaning is, as the Lord would ſay, As ye would proteſt before the …
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… to render an account to him of our doing. But to come to the CommaundCommand: The meaning is, as the Lord would ſay, As ye would proteſt before the …
Robert Rollock · Twenty-Five Lectures Upon the Lords Last Sermon and Conference · p. 35 · Open in the reader

The Necessary Use of the Christian Sabbath A12801

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… gathered againe, and bleſſing of their doctrine by conuerſion of ſoules. Fiftly, by Apoſtolicall CommaundCommand, & Conſtitution, to be obſerued by Chriſtian Churches. Sixtly, by Chriſts CommaundCommand, not to be …
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… gathered againe, and bleſſing of their doctrine by conuerſion of ſoules. Fiftly, by Apoſtolicall CommaundCommand, & Conſtitution, to be obſerued by Chriſtian Churches. Sixtly, by Chriſts CommaundCommand, not to be …
John Sprint · The Necessary Use of the Christian Sabbath · Open in the reader
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… Fiftly, by Apoſtolicall CommaundCommand, & Conſtitution, to be obſerued by Chriſtian Churches. Sixtly, by Chriſts CommaundCommand, not to be profaned of anie faithfull Chriſtian. Seuenthly, by Apoſtles ſolemne practice of …
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… Fiftly, by Apoſtolicall CommaundCommand, & Conſtitution, to be obſerued by Chriſtian Churches. Sixtly, by Chriſts CommaundCommand, not to be profaned of anie faithfull Chriſtian. Seuenthly, by Apoſtles ſolemne practice of …
John Sprint · The Necessary Use of the Christian Sabbath · Open in the reader
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… of the Sabboath: the word is called foreign. In the word is to be noted. 1. CommaundCommand, and 2. Propriety: and therefore Reuel. 1. 10. it is called foreign. the Lords day: as beeing Lord …
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… of the Sabboath: the word is called foreign. In the word is to be noted. 1. CommaundCommand, and 2. Propriety: and therefore Reuel. 1. 10. it is called foreign. the Lords day: as beeing Lord …
John Sprint · The Necessary Use of the Christian Sabbath · p. 16 · Open in the reader

Christs Combat and Conquest A13530

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1 Facilitie, CommaundCommand.
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1 Facilitie, CommaundCommand.
Thomas Taylor · Christs Combat and Conquest · Open in the reader
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… things: 1. the ground of it, If thou be the sonne of God. 2. the inference, CommaundCommand these stones to be made bread, which is on a good ground to entice …
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… things: 1. the ground of it, If thou be the sonne of God. 2. the inference, CommaundCommand these stones to be made bread, which is on a good ground to entice …
Thomas Taylor · Christs Combat and Conquest · p. 79 · Open in the reader
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CommaundCommand these stones to be made bread.]
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CommaundCommand these stones to be made bread.]
Thomas Taylor · Christs Combat and Conquest · p. 104 · Open in the reader

The Sum of Christian Religion 2 A14216

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… his words, leaſt he reproue thee, and thou bee found a liar. And 1. Timoth. 1. CommaundCommand ſome that they teach none other doctrine.
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… his words, leaſt he reproue thee, and thou bee found a liar. And 1. Timoth. 1. CommaundCommand ſome that they teach none other doctrine.
Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 902 · Open in the reader

Harmony of the Gospels A16078

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… that deceiuer sayd, while he was yet aliue: within three daies I will rise. 64. CommaundCommand therefore that the sepulchre be made sure vntill the thirde daye, least his disciples …
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… that deceiuer sayd, while he was yet aliue: within three daies I will rise. 64. CommaundCommand therefore that the sepulchre be made sure vntill the thirde daye, least his disciples …
John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 768 · Open in the reader

The Mystery of the Lords Supper A17049

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… In the inſtitutiō of Chriſt, there are two things chiefly to be conſidered: a CommaundCommand: and a Promiſe. The CommaundCommand is this, where he ſaith, Take, eate. The CommaundCommand …
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… In the inſtitutiō of Chriſt, there are two things chiefly to be conſidered: a CommaundCommand: and a Promiſe. The CommaundCommand is this, where he ſaith, Take, eate. The CommaundCommand …
Robert Bruce · The Mystery of the Lords Supper · p. 23 · Open in the reader
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… there are two things chiefly to be conſidered: a CommaundCommand: and a Promiſe. The CommaundCommand is this, where he ſaith, Take, eate. The CommaundCommand requireth obedience. There is a …
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… there are two things chiefly to be conſidered: a CommaundCommand: and a Promiſe. The CommaundCommand is this, where he ſaith, Take, eate. The CommaundCommand requireth obedience. There is a …
Robert Bruce · The Mystery of the Lords Supper · p. 23 · Open in the reader
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… CommaundCommand: and a Promiſe. The CommaundCommand is this, where he ſaith, Take, eate. The CommaundCommand requireth obedience. There is a Promiſe alſo in the inſtitution, and it is contained …
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… CommaundCommand: and a Promiſe. The CommaundCommand is this, where he ſaith, Take, eate. The CommaundCommand requireth obedience. There is a Promiſe alſo in the inſtitution, and it is contained …
Robert Bruce · The Mystery of the Lords Supper · p. 23 · Open in the reader
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… contained in theſe words, This is my body. The Promiſe craueth faith: as the CommaundCommand craueth obedience; ſo the Promiſe craueth beliefe. Therefore come not vnto the Sacrament, except …
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… contained in theſe words, This is my body. The Promiſe craueth faith: as the CommaundCommand craueth obedience; ſo the Promiſe craueth beliefe. Therefore come not vnto the Sacrament, except …
Robert Bruce · The Mystery of the Lords Supper · p. 23 · Open in the reader

Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion A17183

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6 CommaundCommand them that are ric… in this world that they be not high minded, neither …
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6 CommaundCommand them that are ric… in this world that they be not high minded, neither …
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

For God and the King A17300

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… the Ministers. Indeed it saith, Wee further wi…l, that publication of this our CommaundCommand bee made by order from the Bishops, &c. Now the publication of the CommaundCommand …
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… the Ministers. Indeed it saith, Wee further wi…l, that publication of this our CommaundCommand bee made by order from the Bishops, &c. Now the publication of the CommaundCommand …
Henry Burton · For God and the King · p. 55 · Open in the reader
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… CommaundCommand bee made by order from the Bishops, &c. Now the publication of the CommaundCommand differs from the reading of the Booke. The commaundement may be published, and yet …
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… CommaundCommand bee made by order from the Bishops, &c. Now the publication of the CommaundCommand differs from the reading of the Booke. The commaundement may be published, and yet …
Henry Burton · For God and the King · p. 55 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

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CommaundCommand.
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CommaundCommand.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader
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Howe we ought to bethinke ourselues when God doth CommaundCommand vs any thing.
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Howe we ought to bethinke ourselues when God doth CommaundCommand vs any thing.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader
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The reason of these words of God spoken with authoritie, I CommaundCommand thee to do so.
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The reason of these words of God spoken with authoritie, I CommaundCommand thee to do so.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader
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If God doeth enioyne and CommaundCommand a thing to be done, it must be done without gainsaying.
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If God doeth enioyne and CommaundCommand a thing to be done, it must be done without gainsaying.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

A Stay Against Straying A17914

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… Scriptures commaundcommand the hearing of Gods Word, promiſe them a bleſſing which keepe it; CommaundCommand men to obey the Magiſtrate; follow after peace, prevent offences; Then they warrant and …
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… Scriptures commaundcommand the hearing of Gods Word, promiſe them a bleſſing which keepe it; CommaundCommand men to obey the Magiſtrate; follow after peace, prevent offences; Then they warrant and …
John Canne · A Stay Against Straying · p. 139 · Open in the reader

Against Human Ceremonies in Gods Worship A19142

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… We must preserve the life of our Brother, that is the generall of the 6. CommaundCommand, by the same precept, all the particulars of wayes and meanes which are the …
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… We must preserve the life of our Brother, that is the generall of the 6. CommaundCommand, by the same precept, all the particulars of wayes and meanes which are the …
William Ames · Against Human Ceremonies in Gods Worship · p. 52 · Open in the reader

A Short Explanation of Hebrews A20414

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… so deare, but Fayth in GOD will make a man quyte it, at GOD'S CommaundCommand. 2. The LORD counteth that to bee done, which a man is about to doe …
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… so deare, but Fayth in GOD will make a man quyte it, at GOD'S CommaundCommand. 2. The LORD counteth that to bee done, which a man is about to doe …
David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · p. 262 · Open in the reader

The Unbishoping of Timothy and Titus A68614

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… or Deacons, or to conſecrate Altars or Churches; For in holy writ, by Gods CommaundCommand, Moſes onely erected the Altar in the Tabernacle of the Lord, hee onely annointed …
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… or Deacons, or to conſecrate Altars or Churches; For in holy writ, by Gods CommaundCommand, Moſes onely erected the Altar in the Tabernacle of the Lord, hee onely annointed …
William Prynne · The Unbishoping of Timothy and Titus · p. 84 · Open in the reader
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… an Act of Iuriſdiction, but of ſimple office, which Preſbyters may performe without any CommaundCommand or Iuriſdiction.
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… an Act of Iuriſdiction, but of ſimple office, which Preſbyters may performe without any CommaundCommand or Iuriſdiction.
William Prynne · The Unbishoping of Timothy and Titus · p. 111 · Open in the reader
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… not a title of Dominion, Soveraingty, Juriſdiction, Glory, Power, Preheminency, Pompe, State, Authority, and CommaundCommand, (as our Biſhops, who now preſume to monopolize it to themſelves alone, though common …
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… not a title of Dominion, Soveraingty, Juriſdiction, Glory, Power, Preheminency, Pompe, State, Authority, and CommaundCommand, (as our Biſhops, who now preſume to monopolize it to themſelves alone, though common …
William Prynne · The Unbishoping of Timothy and Titus · p. 127 · Open in the reader

Of the Prelates Intolerable Usurpations B15410

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… the causes which mooved him to dissolve the last Parliament, published by his speciall CommaundCommand, An. 1628. p. 21. 42. wherein hee called God to record, that hee will never give way …
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… the causes which mooved him to dissolve the last Parliament, published by his speciall CommaundCommand, An. 1628. p. 21. 42. wherein hee called God to record, that hee will never give way …
William Prynne · Of the Prelates Intolerable Usurpations · p. 205 · Open in the reader
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… points of religion at their Tables, and Feasts? contrary, not onely to Gods expresse CommaundCommand. Deut. 6.6.7.8.9. c. 11.18.19.20. Col. 3.16. 1. Tim. 4.4.5. contrary to our Saviours and his Apostles expresse examples, who …
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… points of religion at their Tables, and Feasts? contrary, not onely to Gods expresse CommaundCommand. Deut. 6.6.7.8.9. c. 11.18.19.20. Col. 3.16. 1. Tim. 4.4.5. contrary to our Saviours and his Apostles expresse examples, who …
William Prynne · Of the Prelates Intolerable Usurpations · p. 309 · Open in the reader