himselfehimself
A final e dropped: selfe → self, beene → been, hee → he.
- Puritas changed it
- 178,649 times in 3,299 works
- Consistency
- 99.9% (178,649 of 178,688)
- Reach if approved
- ~187,770 places (estimated)
- MorphAdorner
- Agrees: himself
- Matches
- Exact word, any case
- In our text
- 178,707 times in the 7,099 works compared
- Other readings
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- Taken into joins
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Where Puritas made the change (8 of 178,649)
- PrintedAnd Philemon his theeviſh ſervant might prove himſelfehimself to be honeſt, becauſe his name was Oneſimus: and the three Ptolomies, whereof the …With ruleAnd Philemon his theeviſh ſervant might prove himſelfehimself to be honeſt, becauſe his name was Oneſimus: and the three Ptolomies, whereof the …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 483 · Open in the reader
- Printed… the truth? why doe you contradict one the other to make Gratian agree to himselfehimself? the truth is, you have a Woulfe by the eares, you can neither safely …With rule… the truth? why doe you contradict one the other to make Gratian agree to himselfehimself? the truth is, you have a Woulfe by the eares, you can neither safely …
Daniel Featley · Transubstantiation Exploded · p. 138 · Open in the reader
- Printed… the circle of our happineſſe did paue that way to heauen, and was faine himſelfehimself with his owne feet to tread it, before hee could enter into his glory.With rule… the circle of our happineſſe did paue that way to heauen, and was faine himſelfehimself with his owne feet to tread it, before hee could enter into his glory.
Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 126 · Open in the reader
- Printed… hands to conferre grace vpon others, euen the graces of God; for ſometimes God himſelfehimself beſtoweth his graces vpon whom hee will, when he will, and how hee will.With rule… hands to conferre grace vpon others, euen the graces of God; for ſometimes God himſelfehimself beſtoweth his graces vpon whom hee will, when he will, and how hee will.
John Foorthe · The Apostles Catechism · p. 37 · Open in the reader
- PrintedI wil not, here, dallie vpon these words (intrude himselfehimself) which in no case can ever be lawfull, and may never bee iustly said …With ruleI wil not, here, dallie vpon these words (intrude himselfehimself) which in no case can ever be lawfull, and may never bee iustly said …
Patrick Forbes · Defense of the Lawful Calling of Ministers of Reformed Churches · p. 2 · Open in the reader
- Printed… all his mind? No: if a man haue neuer ſo little a peece of himſelfehimself inclyning to corruption, although with all the reſt hee endeuour himſelfehimself to accompliſh the …With rule… all his mind? No: if a man haue neuer ſo little a peece of himſelfehimself inclyning to corruption, although with all the reſt hee endeuour himſelfehimself to accompliſh the …
John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 171 · Open in the reader
- Printed… was carried, he thought it was not best for him in policie to set himselfehimself altogether against the kinges affection, though hee bare the kinge good will, and wished …With rule… was carried, he thought it was not best for him in policie to set himselfehimself altogether against the kinges affection, though hee bare the kinge good will, and wished …
William Fulke · Sermon 26 February 1580 · p. 56 · Open in the reader
- Printed… number to receyue, or els that the preest coulde not consecrate nor say Masse, himselfehimself, or shew any note in a Communion booke, that the people shoulde take the …With rule… number to receyue, or els that the preest coulde not consecrate nor say Masse, himselfehimself, or shew any note in a Communion booke, that the people shoulde take the …
William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 48 · Open in the reader
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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (39)
38 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.
A Reformed Catholic A09453
- Printed… of scripture, Hebr. 1. 3. where it is saide, that Christ hath purged our sinnes BY HIMSELFEHIMSELF: where the last clause cuts the throat of all humane satisfactions and merits: and …With rule… of scripture, Hebr. 1. 3. where it is saide, that Christ hath purged our sinnes BY HIMSELFEHIMSELF: where the last clause cuts the throat of all humane satisfactions and merits: and …
William Perkins · A Reformed Catholic · p. 280 · Open in the reader
The True Gain More in Worth Than All the Goods in the World A09472
- Printed… Iustified freely by the redēption THAT IS IN CHRIST IESVS. Ro. 3. 24. He hath by HIMSELFEHIMSELF purged our sinnes. Hebr. 1. 3. He was made sinne for vs that we should be …With rule… Iustified freely by the redēption THAT IS IN CHRIST IESVS. Ro. 3. 24. He hath by HIMSELFEHIMSELF purged our sinnes. Hebr. 1. 3. He was made sinne for vs that we should be …
William Perkins · The True Gain More in Worth Than All the Goods in the World · Open in the reader
Theological and Scholastical Positions Concerning Usury A09891
- Printed20 Firſt, to ſhew what care HE HIMSELFEHIMSELF hath over them, who are commonly and vſually neglected of men.With rule20 Firſt, to ſhew what care HE HIMSELFEHIMSELF hath over them, who are commonly and vſually neglected of men.
Gabriel Powel · Theological and Scholastical Positions Concerning Usury · p. 44 · Open in the reader
Queries Propounded to the Bowers A10179
- Printed… this text for bowing at, or to the name IESUS, but onely to IESUS HIMSELFEHIMSELF, when we shall all joyntly appeare before his Tribunall. The rather, because St. Cyril …With rule… this text for bowing at, or to the name IESUS, but onely to IESUS HIMSELFEHIMSELF, when we shall all joyntly appeare before his Tribunall. The rather, because St. Cyril …
William Prynne · Queries Propounded to the Bowers · Open in the reader
A Quench-Coal A10197
- Printed… enter into the Church, and in his entrance AFTER WHAT SORT HE SHOULD BOW HIMSELFEHIMSELF TO THE ALTAR; And how to the Maister of the house.With rule… enter into the Church, and in his entrance AFTER WHAT SORT HE SHOULD BOW HIMSELFEHIMSELF TO THE ALTAR; And how to the Maister of the house.
William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 263 · Open in the reader
Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649
- Printed… saith, THEY SHALL BE HOLY (Lev. 21. 6.) and transgresseth a prohibition, HE SHALL NOT DEFILE HIMSELFEHIMSELF, &c. (Lev. 21. 4.) and a commandement doth not put away (or cause a man to …With rule… saith, THEY SHALL BE HOLY (Lev. 21. 6.) and transgresseth a prohibition, HE SHALL NOT DEFILE HIMSELFEHIMSELF, &c. (Lev. 21. 4.) and a commandement doth not put away (or cause a man to …
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 91 · Open in the reader
A Revelation of the Holy Apocalypse A17001
- Printed… Marke for this, S. Paul; THE SINFVL MAN; THE WHOLE ENEMIE: HE THAT EXALTETH HIMSELFEHIMSELF ABOVE ALL, THAT IS CALLED GOD; OR WORSHIPPED: A NEWE ANTIOCHVS EPIMANES: SETTING FORTH …With rule… Marke for this, S. Paul; THE SINFVL MAN; THE WHOLE ENEMIE: HE THAT EXALTETH HIMSELFEHIMSELF ABOVE ALL, THAT IS CALLED GOD; OR WORSHIPPED: A NEWE ANTIOCHVS EPIMANES: SETTING FORTH …
Hugh Broughton · A Revelation of the Holy Apocalypse · p. 62 · Open in the reader
- Printed… ABOVE ALL, THAT IS CALLED GOD; OR WORSHIPPED: A NEWE ANTIOCHVS EPIMANES: SETTING FORTH HIMSELFEHIMSELF IN THE TEMPLE OF GOD, AS IF HE WERE GOD. THIS, AND POPE OR …With rule… ABOVE ALL, THAT IS CALLED GOD; OR WORSHIPPED: A NEWE ANTIOCHVS EPIMANES: SETTING FORTH HIMSELFEHIMSELF IN THE TEMPLE OF GOD, AS IF HE WERE GOD. THIS, AND POPE OR …
Hugh Broughton · A Revelation of the Holy Apocalypse · p. 62 · Open in the reader
- Printed… GOD: AND NOT SETTING THE IDOLL OF IVPITER OLIMPIVS IN THE TEMPLE: BVT VAVNTING HIMSELFEHIMSELF, AS IF HE WERE GOD: to expound ſcriptures; to looſe or faſten ſin: to …With rule… GOD: AND NOT SETTING THE IDOLL OF IVPITER OLIMPIVS IN THE TEMPLE: BVT VAVNTING HIMSELFEHIMSELF, AS IF HE WERE GOD: to expound ſcriptures; to looſe or faſten ſin: to …
Hugh Broughton · A Revelation of the Holy Apocalypse · p. 95 · Open in the reader
Baptismal Regeneration of Elect Infants Professed by the Church of England A17267
- Printed… ſanctified from the womb; on ſome after: but becauſe the LORD DELIGHTETH TO PRESENT HIMSELFEHIMSELF GRATIOVS IN HIS OWNE ORDINANCE; we may conceiue that in the right vſe of …With rule… ſanctified from the womb; on ſome after: but becauſe the LORD DELIGHTETH TO PRESENT HIMSELFEHIMSELF GRATIOVS IN HIS OWNE ORDINANCE; we may conceiue that in the right vſe of …
Cornelius Burges · Baptismal Regeneration of Elect Infants Professed by the Church of England · p. 33 · Open in the reader
- Printed… we to conceive ſo? Is it not this▪ BECAVSE THE LORD DELIGHTETH TO PRESENT HIMSELFEHIMSELF GRATIOVS IN HIS OWNE ORDINANCE? or is it this BY VIRTVE OF HIS PROMISE …With rule… we to conceive ſo? Is it not this▪ BECAVSE THE LORD DELIGHTETH TO PRESENT HIMSELFEHIMSELF GRATIOVS IN HIS OWNE ORDINANCE? or is it this BY VIRTVE OF HIS PROMISE …
Cornelius Burges · Baptismal Regeneration of Elect Infants Professed by the Church of England · p. 35 · Open in the reader
The Light of Faith A17419
- PrintedHIMSELFEHIMSELF, that heWith ruleHIMSELFEHIMSELF, that he
Richard Byfield · The Light of Faith · p. 349 · Open in the reader
A Short Explanation of Hebrews A20414
- Printed… or disobedience, which wee giue to His Speaches, resolveth, directlie, and immediatelie, vpon GOD HIMSELFEHIMSELF. For, vvhat is it else, to heare, and belieue, and obey GOD; but, To …With rule… or disobedience, which wee giue to His Speaches, resolveth, directlie, and immediatelie, vpon GOD HIMSELFEHIMSELF. For, vvhat is it else, to heare, and belieue, and obey GOD; but, To …
David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · Open in the reader
- Printed… them, to bee made by anie other, after Him: But, hath made ONE Offering, HIMSELFEHIMSELF, for them, which satisfieth for ever: so as the Father craveth no more offering …With rule… them, to bee made by anie other, after Him: But, hath made ONE Offering, HIMSELFEHIMSELF, for them, which satisfieth for ever: so as the Father craveth no more offering …
David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · p. 213 · Open in the reader
The Resurrection Revealed A44277
- Printed… immediately APPEARE. A certaine noble-man went into a farre Country to RECEIVE FOR HIMSELFEHIMSELF A KINGDOME, and TO RETURNE, and he called his ten Servants, and delivered to …With rule… immediately APPEARE. A certaine noble-man went into a farre Country to RECEIVE FOR HIMSELFEHIMSELF A KINGDOME, and TO RETURNE, and he called his ten Servants, and delivered to …
Nathanael Homes · The Resurrection Revealed · p. 104 · Open in the reader
- Printed… ſhal judge his people, (or ſhal plead the cauſe of his people) and REPENT HIMSELFEHIMSELF for his SERVANTS, when he ſeeth that their POWER IS GONE, and there is …With rule… ſhal judge his people, (or ſhal plead the cauſe of his people) and REPENT HIMSELFEHIMSELF for his SERVANTS, when he ſeeth that their POWER IS GONE, and there is …
Nathanael Homes · The Resurrection Revealed · p. 153 · Open in the reader
- Printed… c. And that giving the morning ſtarre ſignifies Chriſts giving the FULL FRVITION OF HIMSELFEHIMSELF. We ſhall further give the explication of this Scripture in the application thereof. Which …With rule… c. And that giving the morning ſtarre ſignifies Chriſts giving the FULL FRVITION OF HIMSELFEHIMSELF. We ſhall further give the explication of this Scripture in the application thereof. Which …
Nathanael Homes · The Resurrection Revealed · p. 402 · Open in the reader
Canterburys Doom A56144
- Printed… Mr. Jo. Fox Records) preſcribed every Scholler there AFTER WHAT SORT HE SHOVLD BOW HIMSELFEHIMSELF TO THE ALTAR: there being no other ancient preſident extant in any of our …With rule… Mr. Jo. Fox Records) preſcribed every Scholler there AFTER WHAT SORT HE SHOVLD BOW HIMSELFEHIMSELF TO THE ALTAR: there being no other ancient preſident extant in any of our …
William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · p. 72 · Open in the reader
- Printed… Doth the Miniſter eſpecially exhort the Pariſhoners TO MAKE CONFESSJON OF THEIR SINNES TO HIMSELFEHIMSELF, or ſome other learned grave and diſcreet Miniſter, ESPECIALLY IN LENT, againſt the holy …With rule… Doth the Miniſter eſpecially exhort the Pariſhoners TO MAKE CONFESSJON OF THEIR SINNES TO HIMSELFEHIMSELF, or ſome other learned grave and diſcreet Miniſter, ESPECIALLY IN LENT, againſt the holy …
William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · p. 194 · Open in the reader
Four Serious Questions Concerning Excommunication A56165
- Printed… by overmuch rigor, or indiscretion, Matth. 12 20. Rom 14. Seeing every Communicant is bound to examine HIMSELFEHIMSELF, which he best knowes, (not others peremptorily to examine him) 1 Cor. 11. 27. 28, 29. 2 Cor. 13 5. Gal. 6. 4. 5. And …With rule… by overmuch rigor, or indiscretion, Matth. 12 20. Rom 14. Seeing every Communicant is bound to examine HIMSELFEHIMSELF, which he best knowes, (not others peremptorily to examine him) 1 Cor. 11. 27. 28, 29. 2 Cor. 13 5. Gal. 6. 4. 5. And …
William Prynne · Four Serious Questions Concerning Excommunication · Open in the reader
- Printed… receiving: The Apostle resolves the contrary; that hee eates and drinkes damnation only to HIMSELFEHIMSELF, not to the Minister, or the other Communicants; that he shall only beare his …With rule… receiving: The Apostle resolves the contrary; that hee eates and drinkes damnation only to HIMSELFEHIMSELF, not to the Minister, or the other Communicants; that he shall only beare his …
William Prynne · Four Serious Questions Concerning Excommunication · Open in the reader
The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms A56211
- Printed… DEPRIUE HIM OF ALL KINGLY DIGNITIE AND WORSHIP, AND OF ANY KINGLY WORSHIP IN HIMSELFEHIMSELF. AND WE DEPOSE HIM BY OUR SENTENCE DEFINITIUE, forbiding expresly to all Archbishops, Bishops …With rule… DEPRIUE HIM OF ALL KINGLY DIGNITIE AND WORSHIP, AND OF ANY KINGLY WORSHIP IN HIMSELFEHIMSELF. AND WE DEPOSE HIM BY OUR SENTENCE DEFINITIUE, forbiding expresly to all Archbishops, Bishops …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 62 · Open in the reader
- Printed… premeditated) and illegall assaults of such Messengers of the King; yea, OF THE PRINCE HIMSELFEHIMSELF THVS FARRE, to ward his blowes, to hold his hands and the like: not …With rule… premeditated) and illegall assaults of such Messengers of the King; yea, OF THE PRINCE HIMSELFEHIMSELF THVS FARRE, to ward his blowes, to hold his hands and the like: not …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 79 · Open in the reader
- Printed… DEPOSING A TYRANT ALTHOVGH THEY HAD PERPETUALLY SUB…ECTED THEMSELVS TO HIM BEFORE, BECAUSE HIMSELFEHIMSELF HATH DESERVED IT, in not carrying himselfehimself faithfully in the Government of the people …With rule… DEPOSING A TYRANT ALTHOVGH THEY HAD PERPETUALLY SUB…ECTED THEMSELVS TO HIM BEFORE, BECAUSE HIMSELFEHIMSELF HATH DESERVED IT, in not carrying himselfehimself faithfully in the Government of the people …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 187 · Open in the reader
Christ Dying and Drawing Sinners to Himself A57963
- PrintedCHRIST DYING AND DRAWING SINNERS TO HIMSELFEHIMSELF.With ruleCHRIST DYING AND DRAWING SINNERS TO HIMSELFEHIMSELF.
Samuel Rutherford · Christ Dying and Drawing Sinners to Himself · Open in the reader
Works of Joseph Hall A68126
- Printed… RIGHT NOBLE AND WORTHY SONNE IN LAW, I. H. HVMBLY DEDICATES HIS LABOVR, DEVOTETH HIMSELFEHIMSELF, Wiſheth all Happineſſe.With rule… RIGHT NOBLE AND WORTHY SONNE IN LAW, I. H. HVMBLY DEDICATES HIS LABOVR, DEVOTETH HIMSELFEHIMSELF, Wiſheth all Happineſſe.
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 163 · Open in the reader
- PrintedHIS WEAKE AND VNWORTHY SERVANT HVMBLY DESIRES TO CONSECRATE HIMSELFEHIMSELF AND HIS POORE LABOVRS: BESEECHING HIM TO ACCEPT AND BLESSE THEM TO THE PVBLIKE …With ruleHIS WEAKE AND VNWORTHY SERVANT HVMBLY DESIRES TO CONSECRATE HIMSELFEHIMSELF AND HIS POORE LABOVRS: BESEECHING HIM TO ACCEPT AND BLESSE THEM TO THE PVBLIKE …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · Open in the reader
Christ the Universal Peacemaker A85431
- Printed… the other (the latter) in like manner he ſpeakes, having ſlaine that enmity IN HIMSELFEHIMSELF, v. 16. as the Greeke beares, and the margent varies it.With rule… the other (the latter) in like manner he ſpeakes, having ſlaine that enmity IN HIMSELFEHIMSELF, v. 16. as the Greeke beares, and the margent varies it.
Thomas Goodwin · Christ the Universal Peacemaker · p. 8 · Open in the reader
The Mischief of Mixed Communions A86500
- Printed… That he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation (or judgment) to HIMSELFEHIMSELF, not to others. An¦ſwer We anſwer, firſt, It ſhould ſeem that men for …With rule… That he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation (or judgment) to HIMSELFEHIMSELF, not to others. An¦ſwer We anſwer, firſt, It ſhould ſeem that men for …
Nathanael Homes · The Mischief of Mixed Communions · p. 20 · Open in the reader
The Sovereign Power of Parliaments Part 4 A91185
- Printed… IN DEPOSING A TYRANT ALTHOVGH THEY HAD PERPETUALLY SUBIECTED THEMSELVS TO HIM BEFORE, BECAUSE HIMSELFEHIMSELF HATH DESERVED IT, in not carrying himſelfehimself faithfully in the Government of the people …With rule… IN DEPOSING A TYRANT ALTHOVGH THEY HAD PERPETUALLY SUBIECTED THEMSELVS TO HIM BEFORE, BECAUSE HIMSELFEHIMSELF HATH DESERVED IT, in not carrying himſelfehimself faithfully in the Government of the people …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments Part 4 · p. 187 · Open in the reader
The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms Part 3 A91298
- Printed… premeditated) and illegall aſſaults of ſuch Meſſengers of the King; yea, OF THE PRINCE HIMSELFEHIMSELF THVS FARRE, to ward his blowes, to hold his hands and the like: not …With rule… premeditated) and illegall aſſaults of ſuch Meſſengers of the King; yea, OF THE PRINCE HIMSELFEHIMSELF THVS FARRE, to ward his blowes, to hold his hands and the like: not …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms Part 3 · p. 79 · Open in the reader
Truth Triumphing Over Falsehood A91309
- Printed… Law without the free aſſent of the Clergy, &c. That he may not by HIMSELFEHIMSELF define or direct ſuch matters, nor make any Lawes therein: That the King hath …With rule… Law without the free aſſent of the Clergy, &c. That he may not by HIMSELFEHIMSELF define or direct ſuch matters, nor make any Lawes therein: That the King hath …
William Prynne · Truth Triumphing Over Falsehood · p. 111 · Open in the reader
- Printed… miſtake not) in theſe paſſages is, that the Prince or chiefe civill Majeſtrate of HIMSELFEHIMSELF, without a Parliament, or without the aſſiſtance and conſent of his Nobles, Commons, Clergy …With rule… miſtake not) in theſe paſſages is, that the Prince or chiefe civill Majeſtrate of HIMSELFEHIMSELF, without a Parliament, or without the aſſiſtance and conſent of his Nobles, Commons, Clergy …
William Prynne · Truth Triumphing Over Falsehood · p. 112 · Open in the reader
- Printed… tranſlate, and the phraſe will beare it) let every one of you lay BY HIMSELFEHIMSELF in ſtore, as God hath proſpered him; that there be no gatherings when I …With rule… tranſlate, and the phraſe will beare it) let every one of you lay BY HIMSELFEHIMSELF in ſtore, as God hath proſpered him; that there be no gatherings when I …
William Prynne · Truth Triumphing Over Falsehood · p. 134 · Open in the reader
- Printed… of the Week, [or wekely] Let every one of you lay a part BY HIMSELFEHIMSELF [not contribute publiquely in the Church] in ſtore as God hath proſpered him; that …With rule… of the Week, [or wekely] Let every one of you lay a part BY HIMSELFEHIMSELF [not contribute publiquely in the Church] in ſtore as God hath proſpered him; that …
William Prynne · Truth Triumphing Over Falsehood · p. 135 · Open in the reader
Vindication of Four Serious Questions A91314
- Printed… cribe to it) that every unworthy Communicant eats and dr…es judgement onely TO HIMSELFEHIMSELF, 1 Cor. 11. 27. 29.) not to the Miniſte… or any other, with whom he ſhall Communicate in …With rule… cribe to it) that every unworthy Communicant eats and dr…es judgement onely TO HIMSELFEHIMSELF, 1 Cor. 11. 27. 29.) not to the Miniſte… or any other, with whom he ſhall Communicate in …
William Prynne · Vindication of Four Serious Questions · p. 27 · Open in the reader
- Printed… tearms, that he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth & drinketh damnation or judgment TO HIMSELFEHIMSELF (not to the Miniſter or other Communicants,) and drawes guilt, judgements onely upon himſelfehimself …With rule… tearms, that he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth & drinketh damnation or judgment TO HIMSELFEHIMSELF (not to the Miniſter or other Communicants,) and drawes guilt, judgements onely upon himſelfehimself …
William Prynne · Vindication of Four Serious Questions · p. 32 · Open in the reader
The Kings Chronicle in Two Sections A97343
- Printed… DID EVILL, ſayes the Text, and renders a reaſon withall, BECAƲSE HE PREPARED NOT HIMSELFEHIMSELF TO SEEKE THE LORD. And he did evill, this is to be noted, with …With rule… DID EVILL, ſayes the Text, and renders a reaſon withall, BECAƲSE HE PREPARED NOT HIMSELFEHIMSELF TO SEEKE THE LORD. And he did evill, this is to be noted, with …
Hezekiah Woodward · The Kings Chronicle in Two Sections · p. 43 · Open in the reader