Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1189 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

meanesmeans

A final e dropped: selfe → self, beene → been, hee → he.

Puritas changed it: 74,911 times in 3,289 works
Consistency: 99.9% (74,911 of 74,951)
Reach if approved: ~78,794 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: means
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 74,991 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (74,911 changes in 3,289 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 74,911)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

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… cruelty to trouble men or women for their conſcience? to compell people by violent meanesmeans, to communicate with that ſervice which in their heart they abhorre? ſuppoſing it to …
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… cruelty to trouble men or women for their conſcience? to compell people by violent meanesmeans, to communicate with that ſervice which in their heart they abhorre? ſuppoſing it to …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 466 · Open in the reader
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… not perfect. Mark. 9.24. 1. Theſ. 3.10. Alſo by this, not only the thing, but the neceſſarie meanesmeans to the thing is commanded and forbiden. Pro. 31.5. & 8.
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… not perfect. Mark. 9.24. 1. Theſ. 3.10. Alſo by this, not only the thing, but the neceſſarie meanesmeans to the thing is commanded and forbiden. Pro. 31.5. & 8.
Dudley Fenner · Godly and Learned Treatises · p. 82 · Open in the reader
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… and til he grow hungry againe, his adulatory pipes goe not so hotely. His meanesmeans come by obseruance, and though hee waite not at table, he serues for a …
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… and til he grow hungry againe, his adulatory pipes goe not so hotely. His meanesmeans come by obseruance, and though hee waite not at table, he serues for a …
Thomas Adams · Diseases of the Soul · p. 67 · Open in the reader
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… therefore of the Apoſtles proceeding teacheth us this leſſon, what way and by what meanesmeans it is, that wee come to the knowledge of the mighty power and outſtreched …
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… therefore of the Apoſtles proceeding teacheth us this leſſon, what way and by what meanesmeans it is, that wee come to the knowledge of the mighty power and outſtreched …
John Forbes · A Fruitful Sermon · p. 82 · Open in the reader
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… vpon them) left him. The block was ſo high, that he could by no meanesmeans ſit there upon, but that his head muſt hang downward: where he lay, (none …
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… vpon them) left him. The block was ſo high, that he could by no meanesmeans ſit there upon, but that his head muſt hang downward: where he lay, (none …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 335 · Open in the reader
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… same, aud prouing by experience, that the frequenting of this sacrament, is the chiefest meanesmeans to come to all grace zeale, feeling, and life in spirituall matters. And on …
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… same, aud prouing by experience, that the frequenting of this sacrament, is the chiefest meanesmeans to come to all grace zeale, feeling, and life in spirituall matters. And on …
William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · Open in the reader
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… man and the woman? Last of all, where Sander saith, there is no other meanesmeans taught in the Gospell, howe Christ may be present in flesh, or his flesh …
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… man and the woman? Last of all, where Sander saith, there is no other meanesmeans taught in the Gospell, howe Christ may be present in flesh, or his flesh …
William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 479 · Open in the reader
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… meanesmeans were in the meane, and that's the best.
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… meanesmeans were in the meane, and that's the best.
Thomas Fuller · Davids Heinous Sin, Hearty Repentance, Heavy Punishment · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (40)

39 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 36 are listed here. 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Gods Three Arrows A01974

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I. MEanesMeans muſt be uſed for preſervation of the living. After that three thouſand of thoſe …
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I. MEanesMeans muſt be uſed for preſervation of the living. After that three thouſand of thoſe …
William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · p. 107 · Open in the reader
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II. MEanesMeans muſt be uſed in moſt desperate diſtreſſes. This is eſpecially to be underſtood of …
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II. MEanesMeans muſt be uſed in moſt desperate diſtreſſes. This is eſpecially to be underſtood of …
William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · p. 109 · Open in the reader
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MEanesMeans of removing famine are ſuch as theſe.
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MEanesMeans of removing famine are ſuch as theſe.
William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · p. 143 · Open in the reader
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MEanesMeans of famine are ſuch as theſe.
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MEanesMeans of famine are ſuch as theſe.
William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · p. 154 · Open in the reader
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MEANESMEANS.
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MEANESMEANS.
William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · Open in the reader

A Plea for Grace A09277

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MEanesMeans of common faith 229
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MEanesMeans of common faith 229
William Pemble · A Plea for Grace · Open in the reader

A Golden Chain A09339

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CHAP. 19. CONCERNING THE OVTWARD MEANESMEANS of executing the decree of election, and of the Decalogue.
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CHAP. 19. CONCERNING THE OVTWARD MEANESMEANS of executing the decree of election, and of the Decalogue.
William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 36 · Open in the reader

A Reformed Catholic A09453

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… of our Lord Iesus Christ betweene me and thy iudgement, and BY NO OTHER MEANESMEANS I contend with thee. And if he shall say vnto thee, that thou art …
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… of our Lord Iesus Christ betweene me and thy iudgement, and BY NO OTHER MEANESMEANS I contend with thee. And if he shall say vnto thee, that thou art …
William Perkins · A Reformed Catholic · p. 311 · Open in the reader

Seven Treatises A10945

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THE THIRD TREATISE OF THIS BOOKE, NAMELY, OF THE MEANESMEANS WHEREBY A GODLY LIFE is holpen and continued.
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THE THIRD TREATISE OF THIS BOOKE, NAMELY, OF THE MEANESMEANS WHEREBY A GODLY LIFE is holpen and continued.
Richard Rogers · Seven Treatises · p. 211 · Open in the reader

Gods Effectual Calling A11015

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OF THE MEANESMEANS WHEREby God from the beginning hath reuealed both his couenants vnto Mankind.
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OF THE MEANESMEANS WHEREby God from the beginning hath reuealed both his couenants vnto Mankind.
Robert Rollock · Gods Effectual Calling · p. 238 · Open in the reader

The Doctrine and Use of Repentance A12982

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MEanesMeans of repentance are to bee vſed, though God ſometimes giue it without meanesmeans. Page 156 157
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MEanesMeans of repentance are to bee vſed, though God ſometimes giue it without meanesmeans. Page 156 157
Richard Stock · The Doctrine and Use of Repentance · Open in the reader

The Practice of Repentance A13551

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4. MEanesMeans of Repentance in respect of others.
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4. MEanesMeans of Repentance in respect of others.
Thomas Taylor · The Practice of Repentance · p. 304 · Open in the reader

Pauls Complaint Against his Natural Corruption A13570

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PAVLS COMPLAINT AGAINST HIS NATVRALL CORRVPTION WITH THE MEANESMEANS HOW TO BEE DELIVERED FROM the power of the ſame.
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PAVLS COMPLAINT AGAINST HIS NATVRALL CORRVPTION WITH THE MEANESMEANS HOW TO BEE DELIVERED FROM the power of the ſame.
Willem Teellinck · Pauls Complaint Against his Natural Corruption · Open in the reader
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PAVL HIS COMPLAINT AGAINST HIS NATVRALL CORRVPTION, WITH THE MEANESMEANS HOW TO be deliuered from the power of the ſame.
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PAVL HIS COMPLAINT AGAINST HIS NATVRALL CORRVPTION, WITH THE MEANESMEANS HOW TO be deliuered from the power of the ſame.
Willem Teellinck · Pauls Complaint Against his Natural Corruption · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Christian Wisdom A13851

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CHRISTIAN WISDOME, OR THE EXCELLENCY FAME AND RIGHT MEANESMEANS OF TRVE WISDOME. As it was briefly delivered in a Sermon in S^t MARIES …
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CHRISTIAN WISDOME, OR THE EXCELLENCY FAME AND RIGHT MEANESMEANS OF TRVE WISDOME. As it was briefly delivered in a Sermon in S^t MARIES …
Henry Tozer · Christian Wisdom · Open in the reader

The Drunkards Character A15845

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MEanesMeans must be used, 664. to sinne against mercy, the abundance of meanesmeans, and many warnings …
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MEanesMeans must be used, 664. to sinne against mercy, the abundance of meanesmeans, and many warnings …
Richard Younge · The Drunkards Character · Open in the reader

Sin Stigmatized A15847

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MEanesMeans muſt be uſed, 664. to ſinne againſt mercy, the abundance of meanesmeans, and many warnings …
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MEanesMeans muſt be uſed, 664. to ſinne againſt mercy, the abundance of meanesmeans, and many warnings …
Richard Younge · Sin Stigmatized · Open in the reader

A Guide to Godliness A20762

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THE FIFTH BOOKE OF A GODLY LIFE, CONTAINING IN IT THE HELPES AND MEANESMEANS WHICH INABLE VS VNTO IT.
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THE FIFTH BOOKE OF A GODLY LIFE, CONTAINING IN IT THE HELPES AND MEANESMEANS WHICH INABLE VS VNTO IT.
John Downame · A Guide to Godliness · p. 448 · Open in the reader

Patience and its Perfect Work under Sudden and Sore Trials A41527

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… ſhall not enlarge on this further: For when an Apoſtle ſhall ſingle forth a MEANESMEANS, And that One ſingle One, whereby to obtain any eminent Grace one needs, that …
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… ſhall not enlarge on this further: For when an Apoſtle ſhall ſingle forth a MEANESMEANS, And that One ſingle One, whereby to obtain any eminent Grace one needs, that …
Thomas Goodwin · Patience and its Perfect Work under Sudden and Sore Trials · p. 153 · Open in the reader

The Doctrine of the Saints Perseverance A53688

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3. EXTERNALL MEANESMEANS
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3. EXTERNALL MEANESMEANS
John Owen · The Doctrine of the Saints Perseverance · Open in the reader

The Popish Royal Favorite A56192

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… the KING OF GREAT BRITTAINE, is by OATH BOVND NOT TO INDEAVOUR BY ANY MEANESMEANS AT ALL TO HAVE HIS SAID QVEENE TO RENOVNCE THE CATHOLIKE APOSTOLIKE AND ROMISH …
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… the KING OF GREAT BRITTAINE, is by OATH BOVND NOT TO INDEAVOUR BY ANY MEANESMEANS AT ALL TO HAVE HIS SAID QVEENE TO RENOVNCE THE CATHOLIKE APOSTOLIKE AND ROMISH …
William Prynne · The Popish Royal Favorite · p. 53 · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms A56211

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… his liberty EVERY ONE IS BOVND TO SVCCOR VS BY ALL DVE AND POSSIBLE MEANESMEANS. In the mean time we will give order, that God and the countrey may …
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… his liberty EVERY ONE IS BOVND TO SVCCOR VS BY ALL DVE AND POSSIBLE MEANESMEANS. In the mean time we will give order, that God and the countrey may …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 147 · Open in the reader

A Reply to a Relation A69024

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… The GREAT WITNESSE: but, a great meanesmeans, not The great meanesmeans, nor the GREAT MEANESMEANS put in Capitall Letters: much lesse doe you say, as the Apostle, That preaching …
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… The GREAT WITNESSE: but, a great meanesmeans, not The great meanesmeans, nor the GREAT MEANESMEANS put in Capitall Letters: much lesse doe you say, as the Apostle, That preaching …
Henry Burton · A Reply to a Relation · p. 187 · Open in the reader

Comfort for Believers About their Sins and Troubles A75536

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FIRST MEANESMEANS.
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FIRST MEANESMEANS.
Henry Archer · Comfort for Believers About their Sins and Troubles · p. 9 · Open in the reader
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SECOND MEANESMEANS.
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SECOND MEANESMEANS.
Henry Archer · Comfort for Believers About their Sins and Troubles · p. 10 · Open in the reader
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FOURTH MEANESMEANS.
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FOURTH MEANESMEANS.
Henry Archer · Comfort for Believers About their Sins and Troubles · p. 30 · Open in the reader
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… be perplext with Sinne or Sorrow. 8. THE SECOND Part of the Text. Is the MEANESMEANS, To fence Beleevers hearts againſt Trouble: Which are partly Implied, and partly Expreſſed. 9. FIRST …
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… be perplext with Sinne or Sorrow. 8. THE SECOND Part of the Text. Is the MEANESMEANS, To fence Beleevers hearts againſt Trouble: Which are partly Implied, and partly Expreſſed. 9. FIRST …
Henry Archer · Comfort for Believers About their Sins and Troubles · Open in the reader
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… Expreſſed. 9. FIRST MEANESMEANS Implied, Is that Beleevers put themſelves under the Command. ibid. SECOND MEANESMEANS Implied, Is that Beleevers gather up and preſent to their judgments Grounds of Comforts …
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… Expreſſed. 9. FIRST MEANESMEANS Implied, Is that Beleevers put themſelves under the Command. ibid. SECOND MEANESMEANS Implied, Is that Beleevers gather up and preſent to their judgments Grounds of Comforts …
Henry Archer · Comfort for Believers About their Sins and Troubles · Open in the reader

Instructions About Right Believing A75538

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The all & onely MEANESMEANS of, and that GOD requires for, the Obtaining of CHRIST, and Salvation by CHRIST …
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The all & onely MEANESMEANS of, and that GOD requires for, the Obtaining of CHRIST, and Salvation by CHRIST …
Henry Archer · Instructions About Right Believing · p. 16 · Open in the reader

The Saints Dignity and Duty A86531

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CULPABLE IGNORANCE, OR THE Danger of Ignorance UNDER MEANESMEANS.
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CULPABLE IGNORANCE, OR THE Danger of Ignorance UNDER MEANESMEANS.
Thomas Hooker · The Saints Dignity and Duty · Open in the reader

Historical Vindication Part 2 A91269

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… Anſwer to the Roman Emperours by the ſaid Meſſengers, THAT HE WOULD BY NO MEANESMEANS RENDER THEM TRIBUTE, NEITHER WOULD HE SUBMIT HIMSELF TO THEIR JUDGEMENT CONCERNING IT, NOR …
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… Anſwer to the Roman Emperours by the ſaid Meſſengers, THAT HE WOULD BY NO MEANESMEANS RENDER THEM TRIBUTE, NEITHER WOULD HE SUBMIT HIMSELF TO THEIR JUDGEMENT CONCERNING IT, NOR …
William Prynne · Historical Vindication Part 2 · p. 39 · Open in the reader

Suspension Suspended A91293

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… words; To give thanks to God for all his benefits, and eſpecially for▪ ALL MEANESMEANS OF GRACE, THE WORD AND SACRAMENTS▪ And for this Sacrament in particular, by which …
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… words; To give thanks to God for all his benefits, and eſpecially for▪ ALL MEANESMEANS OF GRACE, THE WORD AND SACRAMENTS▪ And for this Sacrament in particular, by which …
William Prynne · Suspension Suspended · p. 31 · Open in the reader
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… confirme them when we have them; whence it is generally tearmed by Divines, A MEANESMEANS OF GRACE; therefore we muſt frequently reſort unto it in obedience to Gods command …
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… confirme them when we have them; whence it is generally tearmed by Divines, A MEANESMEANS OF GRACE; therefore we muſt frequently reſort unto it in obedience to Gods command …
William Prynne · Suspension Suspended · p. 36 · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms Part 3 A91298

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… his liberty, EVERY ONE IS BOVND TO SVCCOR VS BY ALL DVE AND POSSIBLE MEANESMEANS. In the mean time we will give order, that God and the countrey may …
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… his liberty, EVERY ONE IS BOVND TO SVCCOR VS BY ALL DVE AND POSSIBLE MEANESMEANS. In the mean time we will give order, that God and the countrey may …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms Part 3 · p. 147 · Open in the reader

Relation of the Prosecution of Nathaniel Fiennes A91306

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… City and Forces into his charge as Governour, and BY ALL POSSIBLE WAYES AND MEANESMEANS TO PROVIDE FOR THE DEFENCE AND SECURITIE OF THE SAME, AND TO MANTAIN THE …
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… City and Forces into his charge as Governour, and BY ALL POSSIBLE WAYES AND MEANESMEANS TO PROVIDE FOR THE DEFENCE AND SECURITIE OF THE SAME, AND TO MANTAIN THE …
William Prynne · Relation of the Prosecution of Nathaniel Fiennes · p. 94 · Open in the reader

Of the Prelates Intolerable Usurpations B15410

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… may after every such accusation and presentment, AND NOT OTHERWISE, NOR BY ANY OTHER MEANESMEANS, be cited, convented, arrested, taken or apprehended by the said Ordinaries, or any other …
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… may after every such accusation and presentment, AND NOT OTHERWISE, NOR BY ANY OTHER MEANESMEANS, be cited, convented, arrested, taken or apprehended by the said Ordinaries, or any other …
William Prynne · Of the Prelates Intolerable Usurpations · p. 140 · Open in the reader