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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1197 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

fearefear

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

Puritas changed it
70,703 times in 3,082 works
Consistency
99.9% (70,703 of 70,758)
Reach if approved
~74,365 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: fear
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
70,776 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (70,703 changes in 3,082 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 70,703)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
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    4 To awake our fearefear: as Behold hee commeth with the clouds, and every eye ſhall ſee him, and …
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    4 To awake our fearefear: as Behold hee commeth with the clouds, and every eye ſhall ſee him, and …

    Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 398 · Open in the reader

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    … euill out of the middest of thee, that all the Izraelites may heare and fearefear. Pſal. 101. 7. He that worketh deceypte, ſhall not dwell within myne houſe: hee that ſpeaketh …
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    … euill out of the middest of thee, that all the Izraelites may heare and fearefear. Pſal. 101. 7. He that worketh deceypte, ſhall not dwell within myne houſe: hee that ſpeaketh …

    Dudley Fenner · The Arts of Logic and Rhetoric · Open in the reader

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    … deliuer his purſe or money, or money taken, but without putting the perſon in fearefear by aſſault and violence (as where one is indited Quod vi & armis, apud B …
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    … deliuer his purſe or money, or money taken, but without putting the perſon in fearefear by aſſault and violence (as where one is indited Quod vi & armis, apud B …

    Henry Finch · Law · p. 217 · Open in the reader

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    … fearefear: therefore that we might for ever liue in him, he puts such a fearefear into our hearts, which might wedge us fast, and bind our inconstant hearts in …
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    … fearefear: therefore that we might for ever liue in him, he puts such a fearefear into our hearts, which might wedge us fast, and bind our inconstant hearts in …

    Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · p. 151 · Open in the reader

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    … these bookes, of Scripture, which are called Canonik, have I learned to yeeld this fearefear and honour, that I firmelie believe no Author of them to have erred ought …
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    … these bookes, of Scripture, which are called Canonik, have I learned to yeeld this fearefear and honour, that I firmelie believe no Author of them to have erred ought …

    Patrick Forbes · Defense of the Lawful Calling of Ministers of Reformed Churches · p. 12 · Open in the reader

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    … our ſelfe. That is to ſay, We ſhould loue we ſhould hate, we ſhould fearefear, wee ſhould hope for nothing, but in GOD and to his glory. Wee ſhoulde …
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    … our ſelfe. That is to ſay, We ſhould loue we ſhould hate, we ſhould fearefear, wee ſhould hope for nothing, but in GOD and to his glory. Wee ſhoulde …

    John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 129 · Open in the reader

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    … the people, were faine to dwell abroade in the fieldes, vnder tentes & pauilions for fearefear their houses would fall on their heade, it is recorded in Chronicles, & worthy to …
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    … the people, were faine to dwell abroade in the fieldes, vnder tentes & pauilions for fearefear their houses would fall on their heade, it is recorded in Chronicles, & worthy to …

    William Fulke · A Goodly Gallery · p. 20 · Open in the reader

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    2 S. Ambrose sheweth his fearefear also of Purgatory by this prayer. Quod si etiam in illo adhuc saeculo aliquid …
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    2 S. Ambrose sheweth his fearefear also of Purgatory by this prayer. Quod si etiam in illo adhuc saeculo aliquid …

    William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 158 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (55)

55 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 54 are listed here. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Works A02178

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    A TREATISE OF GODS FEAREFEAR.
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    A TREATISE OF GODS FEAREFEAR.

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 194 · Open in the reader

The Sacrifice of Thankfulness A02367

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    FEAREFEAR.
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    FEAREFEAR.

    Thomas Adams · The Sacrifice of Thankfulness · p. 5 · Open in the reader

A Remedy Against Sorrow and Fear A03597

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    A REMEDIE AGAINST SORROW AND FEAREFEAR, delivered in a funerall Sermon,
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    A REMEDIE AGAINST SORROW AND FEAREFEAR, delivered in a funerall Sermon,

    Richard Hooker · A Remedy Against Sorrow and Fear · Open in the reader

The Governance of Virtue A06832

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    FEareFear not them which kill the body, and be not able to kill the soule …
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    FEareFear not them which kill the body, and be not able to kill the soule …

    Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · Open in the reader

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    FEareFear not them whiche kil the bodye, but are not able to kil the soule …
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    FEareFear not them whiche kil the bodye, but are not able to kil the soule …

    Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · Open in the reader

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    FEareFear not litle flocke, for it is your Fathers plesure to geue you a kingdom.
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    FEareFear not litle flocke, for it is your Fathers plesure to geue you a kingdom.

    Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · Open in the reader

Contemplative Pictures with Wholesome Precepts Part 1 A09046

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    FEareFear this God, beleeue him to bee, know him rightly, behold him inuiſibly, conceiue him …
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    FEareFear this God, beleeue him to bee, know him rightly, behold him inuiſibly, conceiue him …

    Richard Bernard · Contemplative Pictures with Wholesome Precepts Part 1 · p. 12 · Open in the reader

The Resolved Christian Exhorting to Resolution A09887

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    FEareFear not for al this, for where ſinne aboundeth, there grace aboundeth much more. Where …
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    FEareFear not for al this, for where ſinne aboundeth, there grace aboundeth much more. Where …

    Gabriel Powel · The Resolved Christian Exhorting to Resolution · p. 181 · Open in the reader

The Consolations of David Applied to Queen Elizabeth A10110

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    16 The Prophet anſwereth. FEAREFEAR NOT: For they which be WITH VS (to witte God and his ſtrength) are …
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    16 The Prophet anſwereth. FEAREFEAR NOT: For they which be WITH VS (to witte God and his ſtrength) are …

    John Prime · The Consolations of David Applied to Queen Elizabeth · Open in the reader

Exposition of Galatians A10111

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    … the Law and the Goſpell appeareth, which he deliuered to be in two wordes: FEAREFEAR and LOVE. Wee loue good woorkes vnder the Goſpell, according to the rule of …
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    … the Law and the Goſpell appeareth, which he deliuered to be in two wordes: FEAREFEAR and LOVE. Wee loue good woorkes vnder the Goſpell, according to the rule of …

    John Prime · Exposition of Galatians · p. 118 · Open in the reader

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    But can you not chuſe but fearefear? Then fearefear THE FEAREFEAR OF IACOB, the Lord of hoſtes and the God of heauen. If I bee …
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    But can you not chuſe but fearefear? Then fearefear THE FEAREFEAR OF IACOB, the Lord of hoſtes and the God of heauen. If I bee …

    John Prime · Exposition of Galatians · p. 305 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Genesis and Exodus A15408

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    Vers. 3. FEareFear not to goe downe into Egypt, &c. There were divers causes why Iacob feared …
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    Vers. 3. FEareFear not to goe downe into Egypt, &c. There were divers causes why Iacob feared …

    Andrew Willet · Commentary on Genesis and Exodus · p. 368 · Open in the reader

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    Vers. 21. FEareFear not, I will nourish you. Thus we are taught by Ioseph to love our …
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    Vers. 21. FEareFear not, I will nourish you. Thus we are taught by Ioseph to love our …

    Andrew Willet · Commentary on Genesis and Exodus · p. 406 · Open in the reader

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    Vers. 21. FEareFear not, I will nourish you, &c. Ioseph here sheweth his unfained reconciliation, in that …
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    Vers. 21. FEareFear not, I will nourish you, &c. Ioseph here sheweth his unfained reconciliation, in that …

    Andrew Willet · Commentary on Genesis and Exodus · p. 408 · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

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    FEareFear not; who loues the word of Grace,
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    FEareFear not; who loues the word of Grace,

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · Open in the reader

An ABC for Laymen A15621

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    FEareFear the Lord and the king, and meddle not with them that are seditious, for …
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    FEareFear the Lord and the king, and meddle not with them that are seditious, for …

    Clergy George Wither · An ABC for Laymen · p. 123 · Open in the reader

Abuses Stripped and Whipped A15623

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    OF FEAREFEAR.
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    OF FEAREFEAR.

    George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion A17183

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    1 FEareFear not, I am the firſt and the laſt, &c. 836
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    1 FEareFear not, I am the firſt and the laſt, &c. 836

    Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

The Cure of the Fear of Death A17386

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    THE CVRE OF THE FEAREFEAR OF DEATH.
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    THE CVRE OF THE FEAREFEAR OF DEATH.

    Nicholas Byfield · The Cure of the Fear of Death · Open in the reader

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    THE CVRE OF THE FEAREFEAR OF DEATH.
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    THE CVRE OF THE FEAREFEAR OF DEATH.

    Nicholas Byfield · The Cure of the Fear of Death · p. 1 · Open in the reader

The Marrow of the Oracles of God A17397

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    THE CVRE OF THE FEAREFEAR OF DEATH.
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    THE CVRE OF THE FEAREFEAR OF DEATH.

    Nicholas Byfield · The Marrow of the Oracles of God · Open in the reader

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    THE CVRE OF THE FEAREFEAR OF DEATH.
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    THE CVRE OF THE FEAREFEAR OF DEATH.

    Nicholas Byfield · The Marrow of the Oracles of God · p. 653 · Open in the reader

Sermon on the History of Melchizedek A17696

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    … Abram heard theſe words: I AM THINE EXCEEDING GREAT REWARD. I AM THY DEFENCE: FEAREFEAR NOT, FOR I AM THE ALMIGHTIE GOD WHICH HATH BROƲGHT THEE OƲT OF CHALDE …
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    … Abram heard theſe words: I AM THINE EXCEEDING GREAT REWARD. I AM THY DEFENCE: FEAREFEAR NOT, FOR I AM THE ALMIGHTIE GOD WHICH HATH BROƲGHT THEE OƲT OF CHALDE …

    John Calvin · Sermon on the History of Melchizedek · p. 95 · Open in the reader

Four Sermons A18963

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    The two firſt, OF GODLY FEAREFEAR: On Hebrewes 4. Verſe 1.
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    The two firſt, OF GODLY FEAREFEAR: On Hebrewes 4. Verſe 1.

    Robert Cleaver · Four Sermons · Open in the reader

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    THE FIRST SERMON: OF GODLY FEAREFEAR.
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    THE FIRST SERMON: OF GODLY FEAREFEAR.

    Robert Cleaver · Four Sermons · p. 1 · Open in the reader

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    THE SECOND SERMON: OF GODLY FEAREFEAR.
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    THE SECOND SERMON: OF GODLY FEAREFEAR.

    Robert Cleaver · Four Sermons · p. 15 · Open in the reader

A Wedding-Ring Fitted A19626

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    … FITTED TO THE FINGER OF EVERY PAIRE THAT HAVE OR SHALL MEETE IN THE FEAREFEAR OF GOD: OR, THAT DIVINE CIRCLE OF HEAVENLY LOVE, WHEREIN man and wife ſhould …
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    … FITTED TO THE FINGER OF EVERY PAIRE THAT HAVE OR SHALL MEETE IN THE FEAREFEAR OF GOD: OR, THAT DIVINE CIRCLE OF HEAVENLY LOVE, WHEREIN man and wife ſhould …

    William Crompton · A Wedding-Ring Fitted · Open in the reader

The Right Christianly Departure of Earl of Hanaw A20739

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    FEareFear, Honour and loue thy GOD from thy hart: haue his Commaundements continually before thine …
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    FEareFear, Honour and loue thy GOD from thy hart: haue his Commaundements continually before thine …

    Johannes Appelius · The Right Christianly Departure of Earl of Hanaw · Open in the reader

The Bibles Abstract and Epitome A27502

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    FEareFear is a time…ous apprehension of an evill to come, being nothing else but …
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    FEareFear is a time…ous apprehension of an evill to come, being nothing else but …

    Richard Bernard · The Bibles Abstract and Epitome · p. 104 · Open in the reader

A Cordial Against the Fear of Death A44069

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    A CORDIALL AGAINST THE FEAREFEAR of DEATH.
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    A CORDIALL AGAINST THE FEAREFEAR of DEATH.

    Thomas Hodges · A Cordial Against the Fear of Death · Open in the reader

The Resurrection Revealed A44277

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    … DAY, that the Lord ſhall give thee REST-FROM THY SORROW, and from the FEAREFEAR, and from thy hard BONDAGE, wherein thou waſt made to ſerve; That thou ſhalt …
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    … DAY, that the Lord ſhall give thee REST-FROM THY SORROW, and from the FEAREFEAR, and from thy hard BONDAGE, wherein thou waſt made to ſerve; That thou ſhalt …

    Nathanael Homes · The Resurrection Revealed · p. 187 · Open in the reader

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    … verſ. 4. And I will ſet up ſhepherds that ſhall feed them. And they ſhall FEAREFEAR NO MORE, nor be DISMAYED, neither ſhall they be LACKING, ſaith the Lord. verſe …
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    … verſ. 4. And I will ſet up ſhepherds that ſhall feed them. And they ſhall FEAREFEAR NO MORE, nor be DISMAYED, neither ſhall they be LACKING, ſaith the Lord. verſe …

    Nathanael Homes · The Resurrection Revealed · p. 226 · Open in the reader

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    … them to their place, &c. And the Lord ſhall give them REST FROM SORROW FEAREFEAR AND HARD BONDAGE. Obſerve both to what perſons, and what time theſe high expreſsions …
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    … them to their place, &c. And the Lord ſhall give them REST FROM SORROW FEAREFEAR AND HARD BONDAGE. Obſerve both to what perſons, and what time theſe high expreſsions …

    Nathanael Homes · The Resurrection Revealed · p. 511 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Revelation A55917

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    … world both from this prophane ſecurity, as alſo from their prepoſterous fearefear, bids them, FEAREFEAR GOD, not the Beaſt: for it is not the Beaſt but God that can …
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    … world both from this prophane ſecurity, as alſo from their prepoſterous fearefear, bids them, FEAREFEAR GOD, not the Beaſt: for it is not the Beaſt but God that can …

    David Pareus · Commentary on Revelation · p. 341 · Open in the reader

The Sword of Christian Magistracy A56215

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    … very end, That all Iſrael and all the people might heare of it, AND FEAREFEAR, and doe no more preſumptuouſly, and DOE NO MORE any ſuch wickedneſſe as this …
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    … very end, That all Iſrael and all the people might heare of it, AND FEAREFEAR, and doe no more preſumptuouſly, and DOE NO MORE any ſuch wickedneſſe as this …

    William Prynne · The Sword of Christian Magistracy · p. 105 · Open in the reader

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    … John 5. 12. 16. and Jude the like, ver. 5. 17. who concludes thus, verſe 23. And others SAVE WITH FEAREFEAR, PULLING THEM OUT OF THE FIRE: So Revel. 20. 14, 15. cap. 22. 15, 19, 20. & Matth. 25. 31. to the end, we …
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    … John 5. 12. 16. and Jude the like, ver. 5. 17. who concludes thus, verſe 23. And others SAVE WITH FEAREFEAR, PULLING THEM OUT OF THE FIRE: So Revel. 20. 14, 15. cap. 22. 15, 19, 20. & Matth. 25. 31. to the end, we …

    William Prynne · The Sword of Christian Magistracy · p. 118 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

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    FEareFear not my immoderate ſtudies. I haue a body that controls me enough in theſe …
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    FEareFear not my immoderate ſtudies. I haue a body that controls me enough in theſe …

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 302 · Open in the reader

Godly Private Prayers for Householders to Meditate Upon A69200

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    FEAREFEAR GOD, And keepe his Commaundements.
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    FEAREFEAR GOD, And keepe his Commaundements.

    Edward Dering · Godly Private Prayers for Householders to Meditate Upon · Open in the reader

The Portraiture of the Image of God in Man A73382

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    FEareFear, is a diſtreſſe and griefe of the ſovle, troubled by the imagination of ſome …
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    FEareFear, is a diſtreſſe and griefe of the ſovle, troubled by the imagination of ſome …

    John Weemes · The Portraiture of the Image of God in Man · p. 217 · Open in the reader

Thunder from Heaven Against Backsliders and Apostates A75734

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    Verſe 17. FEAREFEAR, and the PIT, and the SNARE are upon thee, &c] Theſe words. I take …
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    Verſe 17. FEAREFEAR, and the PIT, and the SNARE are upon thee, &c] Theſe words. I take …

    William Aspinwall · Thunder from Heaven Against Backsliders and Apostates · p. 24 · Open in the reader

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    … doth relate unto the firſt and ancient form of Government, which the Prophet calls FEAREFEAR: and here he makes his pauſe, or full point, to intimate, that this ſhaking …
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    … doth relate unto the firſt and ancient form of Government, which the Prophet calls FEAREFEAR: and here he makes his pauſe, or full point, to intimate, that this ſhaking …

    William Aspinwall · Thunder from Heaven Against Backsliders and Apostates · p. 26 · Open in the reader

Of Peace and Contentment of Mind A81837

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    FEareFear is a feeling beforehand of an evill to come, yet uncertaine, as leaſt in …
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    FEareFear is a feeling beforehand of an evill to come, yet uncertaine, as leaſt in …

    Peter du Moulin Jr · Of Peace and Contentment of Mind · p. 313 · Open in the reader

Fear of Losing the Old Light A85014

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    FEAREFEAR OF LOSING THE OLD LIGHT.
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    FEAREFEAR OF LOSING THE OLD LIGHT.

    Thomas Fuller · Fear of Losing the Old Light · Open in the reader

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    FEAREFEAR OF LOSING THE OLD LIGHT.
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    FEAREFEAR OF LOSING THE OLD LIGHT.

    Thomas Fuller · Fear of Losing the Old Light · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Sermon Preached before Thomas Foot A86504

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    … houſe of AARON now ſay, that his mercy endureth for ever. Let them that FEAREFEAR the Lord ſay, that his mercy endureth for ever. If Gods people praiſe, the …
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    … houſe of AARON now ſay, that his mercy endureth for ever. Let them that FEAREFEAR the Lord ſay, that his mercy endureth for ever. If Gods people praiſe, the …

    Nathanael Homes · Sermon Preached before Thomas Foot · p. 21 · Open in the reader

A Counterplea to the Cowards Apology A91166

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    … EXECVTING OF ANY VVRONG IVDGEMENT, or other criminous. or unlawfull deedes, ſaying, THAT FOR FEAREFEAR THEY DVRST NONE OTHERVVISE DOE, for ſuch excuſe after that Day. SHALL STAND HIM …
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    … EXECVTING OF ANY VVRONG IVDGEMENT, or other criminous. or unlawfull deedes, ſaying, THAT FOR FEAREFEAR THEY DVRST NONE OTHERVVISE DOE, for ſuch excuſe after that Day. SHALL STAND HIM …

    William Prynne · A Counterplea to the Cowards Apology · p. 1 · Open in the reader

The Cause Use Cure of Fear A96884

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    Of FEAREFEAR.
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    Of FEAREFEAR.

    Hezekiah Woodward · The Cause Use Cure of Fear · Open in the reader

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    Of FEAREFEAR.
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    Of FEAREFEAR.

    Hezekiah Woodward · The Cause Use Cure of Fear · p. 1 · Open in the reader

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    … this and ſin; I muſt doe this, and why? Becauſe I have ſet my FEAREFEAR upon GOD; and knowing the TERROR of the LORD, I muſt perſwade men. In …
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    … this and ſin; I muſt doe this, and why? Becauſe I have ſet my FEAREFEAR upon GOD; and knowing the TERROR of the LORD, I muſt perſwade men. In …

    Hezekiah Woodward · The Cause Use Cure of Fear · p. 1 · Open in the reader

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    … will deliver them out of them all: For they LOVE God heartily, ſo they FEAREFEAR HIM, ſo they TRUST IN HIM, ſo they OBEY HIM, even from the heart …
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    … will deliver them out of them all: For they LOVE God heartily, ſo they FEAREFEAR HIM, ſo they TRUST IN HIM, ſo they OBEY HIM, even from the heart …

    Hezekiah Woodward · The Cause Use Cure of Fear · p. 19 · Open in the reader

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    … but your headſhip hath an Hea… That is over you and me both, I FEAREFEAR HIM. Cannot I thruſt thee into priſon? Yes, if God will give you leave …
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    … but your headſhip hath an Hea… That is over you and me both, I FEAREFEAR HIM. Cannot I thruſt thee into priſon? Yes, if God will give you leave …

    Hezekiah Woodward · The Cause Use Cure of Fear · p. 42 · Open in the reader

Epistles Volume 1 B13860

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    FEareFear not my immoderate studies. I haue a body that controls mee enough in these …
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    FEareFear not my immoderate studies. I haue a body that controls mee enough in these …

    Joseph Hall · Epistles Volume 1 · p. 145 · Open in the reader

The Nature and Use of Things Indifferent B15350

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    … meant of the fearefear of puniſhment? Nay, let him remember, that GOD will ſend FEAREFEAR vpon the wicked, where no fearefear is: that ſuch as obſerue not Gods commandements …
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    … meant of the fearefear of puniſhment? Nay, let him remember, that GOD will ſend FEAREFEAR vpon the wicked, where no fearefear is: that ſuch as obſerue not Gods commandements …

    Gabriel Powel · The Nature and Use of Things Indifferent · p. 141 · Open in the reader

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    … why wee are put out, is not FOR RESPECT of our ſelues, but FOR FEAREFEAR of ſinning against God; and (pag. 58) Except you meane NOT the cauſe of the …
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    … why wee are put out, is not FOR RESPECT of our ſelues, but FOR FEAREFEAR of ſinning against God; and (pag. 58) Except you meane NOT the cauſe of the …

    Gabriel Powel · The Nature and Use of Things Indifferent · p. 190 · Open in the reader