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beleivebelieve

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

Puritas changed it: 1,349 times in 399 works
Consistency: 96.1% (1,349 of 1,403)
Reach if approved: ~1,474 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: believe
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,403 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,349 changes in 399 works, 96.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,349)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

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… know our Faith. Oft times those that are excellent Christians, they doubt whether they beleivebelieve or no: but aske them, whether they love God, and his truth, and children …
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… know our Faith. Oft times those that are excellent Christians, they doubt whether they beleivebelieve or no: but aske them, whether they love God, and his truth, and children …
Richard Sibbes · A Glance of Heaven · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… we do fully agree with the Nōconformiſts, & are perſuaded, that no man can rightly beleivebelieve, that his ſervice is well pleaſing unto God, unleſſe it be performed, both for …
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… we do fully agree with the Nōconformiſts, & are perſuaded, that no man can rightly beleivebelieve, that his ſervice is well pleaſing unto God, unleſſe it be performed, both for …
John Canne · A Necessity of Separation from the Church of England · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
… such a War was improbable for many state reasons (which induces the Defendor to beleivebelieve that there was no Commission granted at that time) which presumptions excusant a dolo …
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… such a War was improbable for many state reasons (which induces the Defendor to beleivebelieve that there was no Commission granted at that time) which presumptions excusant a dolo …
Archibald Argyll · Defenses Against the Grand Indictment of High Treason · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ends of Chriſtian Society: Otherwiſe men would be bound to deſtroy that which they beleivebelieve, and to do the moſt unjuſt and unreaſonable things. But the greater difficulty lies …
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… ends of Chriſtian Society: Otherwiſe men would be bound to deſtroy that which they beleivebelieve, and to do the moſt unjuſt and unreaſonable things. But the greater difficulty lies …
Richard Baxter · A Second True Defense of the Nonconformists · p. 5 · Open in the reader
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… they were not given to him by his Father. Ye have seen me and beleivebelieve not, How so? why All that the Father giveth me shall come unto me …
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… they were not given to him by his Father. Ye have seen me and beleivebelieve not, How so? why All that the Father giveth me shall come unto me …
John Brinsley · Three Links of a Golden Chain · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Articles of Faith: that they are bound in conſcience, upon paine of Damnation to beleivebelieve, whatſoever he ſhal ſay in his Chaire is infallible: what a baſe bondage is …
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… Articles of Faith: that they are bound in conſcience, upon paine of Damnation to beleivebelieve, whatſoever he ſhal ſay in his Chaire is infallible: what a baſe bondage is …
Jeremiah Burroughs · The Excellency of Holy Courage in Evil Times · p. 201 · Open in the reader
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… whither there be not ſome ſin or other that they harbour with allowance; for beleivebelieve it, one ſin will fill the heart with bitterneſs, vexation, and galling perplexity. Sin …
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… whither there be not ſome ſin or other that they harbour with allowance; for beleivebelieve it, one ſin will fill the heart with bitterneſs, vexation, and galling perplexity. Sin …
Thomas Cheesman · The Saints Only Way to True Blessedness · p. 11 · Open in the reader
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… contented with this: would you have a man content with his ſinne? I cannot beleivebelieve it, thus, becauſe they ſee ſuch deadneſſe and untowardneſſe of heart therefore they conceive …
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… contented with this: would you have a man content with his ſinne? I cannot beleivebelieve it, thus, becauſe they ſee ſuch deadneſſe and untowardneſſe of heart therefore they conceive …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Humiliation · p. 190 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (54)

41 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 38 are listed here. 13 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Reply to a Book A19884

Printed
… when our Saviour Chriſt aſked the blind men, that came unto him for cure, BeleiveBelieve yee that I am able to doe this? They ſaid unto him: Yea Lord …
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… when our Saviour Chriſt aſked the blind men, that came unto him for cure, BeleiveBelieve yee that I am able to doe this? They ſaid unto him: Yea Lord …
John Davenport · Reply to a Book · p. 302 · Open in the reader
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… in Covenant. 2. when Chriſt aſked the blind men, that came unto him for cure. BeleiveBelieve yee that I am able to doe this? In them, yea, was a ſufficient …
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… in Covenant. 2. when Chriſt aſked the blind men, that came unto him for cure. BeleiveBelieve yee that I am able to doe this? In them, yea, was a ſufficient …
John Davenport · Reply to a Book · p. 302 · Open in the reader

The Last Conflicts and Death of Thomas Peacock A29132

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… put your trust in him. If you ask me, how may I? it followeth, BeleiveBelieve his Prophets, and you shall prosper. You may remember that Christ did pray for …
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… put your trust in him. If you ask me, how may I? it followeth, BeleiveBelieve his Prophets, and you shall prosper. You may remember that Christ did pray for …
Robert Bolton · The Last Conflicts and Death of Thomas Peacock · p. 30 · Open in the reader

Letter Concerning Gods Decrees A29133

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… Conditional, i.e. That God chooſes Peter, &c. becauſe he foreſees that he will BeleiveBelieve and Perſevere to the end. But I, who can as little underſtand how God …
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… Conditional, i.e. That God chooſes Peter, &c. becauſe he foreſees that he will BeleiveBelieve and Perſevere to the end. But I, who can as little underſtand how God …
Edward Bagshaw · Letter Concerning Gods Decrees · p. 9 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Revelation 13 A34679

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… ſay, thoſe were in thoſe dayes in which God was neere to his Church. BeleiveBelieve it, the Lord is as neere to his Church now (though not in miracles …
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… ſay, thoſe were in thoſe dayes in which God was neere to his Church. BeleiveBelieve it, the Lord is as neere to his Church now (though not in miracles …
John Cotton · Exposition of Revelation 13 · p. 125 · Open in the reader

Meditations Upon Baxters Review A41327

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BeleiveBelieve it Sir, we that are of the low form in the School, can find …
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BeleiveBelieve it Sir, we that are of the low form in the School, can find …
Giles Firmin · Meditations Upon Baxters Review · p. 6 · Open in the reader

Sermons of Christ A42017

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… Let not your hearts be troubled, ye beleivebelieve in God, beleivebelieve alſo in me. BeleiveBelieve in me, there's eaſe, there's reſt, there's refreſhing, there's deliverance, there's ſalvation for you …
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… Let not your hearts be troubled, ye beleivebelieve in God, beleivebelieve alſo in me. BeleiveBelieve in me, there's eaſe, there's reſt, there's refreſhing, there's deliverance, there's ſalvation for you …
William Greenhill · Sermons of Christ · p. 154 · Open in the reader
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… in me, there's eaſe, there's reſt, there's refreſhing, there's deliverance, there's ſalvation for you: BeleiveBelieve in me: and in the 1 Joh: 3. latter end; This is his Commandement that we …
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… in me, there's eaſe, there's reſt, there's refreſhing, there's deliverance, there's ſalvation for you: BeleiveBelieve in me: and in the 1 Joh: 3. latter end; This is his Commandement that we …
William Greenhill · Sermons of Christ · p. 154 · Open in the reader

One Hundred Select Sermons A44565

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… yet it is that which the Servants of God do not always ſo readily BeleiveBelieve, and entertain in their minds: There is a baſe and ſecret Jealouſy, which is …
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… yet it is that which the Servants of God do not always ſo readily BeleiveBelieve, and entertain in their minds: There is a baſe and ſecret Jealouſy, which is …
Thomas Horton · One Hundred Select Sermons · p. 211 · Open in the reader

Answer to Stillingfleets Mischief of Separation A44665

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BeleiveBelieve him, in the substance of what he said, to speak-according to his present …
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BeleiveBelieve him, in the substance of what he said, to speak-according to his present …
John Howe · Answer to Stillingfleets Mischief of Separation · p. 43 · Open in the reader

Letter to a Person Who Took Offense at Stillingfleets Sermon A44682

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BeleiveBelieve him, in the substance of what he said, to speak according to his present …
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BeleiveBelieve him, in the substance of what he said, to speak according to his present …
John Howe · Letter to a Person Who Took Offense at Stillingfleets Sermon · p. 43 · Open in the reader

The Life and Death of Vavasor Powell A48398

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… my Soul for 1. I obſerved out of Heb. 12.16. Encouragement to ſuffer, alſo inquiries into BeleiveBelieve…s building upon the true Foundation, from Math. 7.24. withal, many comforts from Chriſts carriage …
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… my Soul for 1. I obſerved out of Heb. 12.16. Encouragement to ſuffer, alſo inquiries into BeleiveBelieve…s building upon the true Foundation, from Math. 7.24. withal, many comforts from Chriſts carriage …
Edward Bagshaw · The Life and Death of Vavasor Powell · p. 85 · Open in the reader

Truth Prevailing Against the Fiercest Opposition A48462

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… come under it, but with care and fear, therefore he muſt examine, whether he BELEIVEBELIEVE WITH ALL HIS HEART.
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… come under it, but with care and fear, therefore he muſt examine, whether he BELEIVEBELIEVE WITH ALL HIS HEART.
Thomas Lamb · Truth Prevailing Against the Fiercest Opposition · p. 107 · Open in the reader

Works A62040

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BeleiveBelieve it, thy death may be nearer then thou dreamest, the glass of thy life …
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BeleiveBelieve it, thy death may be nearer then thou dreamest, the glass of thy life …
George Swinnock · Works · p. 754 · Open in the reader
Printed
… pray, and read, and hear, and confer, and mourn that thou mayst know God. BeleiveBelieve it, it is a jewel that will pay thee well for all thy pains …
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… pray, and read, and hear, and confer, and mourn that thou mayst know God. BeleiveBelieve it, it is a jewel that will pay thee well for all thy pains …
George Swinnock · Works · p. 808 · Open in the reader

The Fading of the Flesh and Flourishing of Faith A62047

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… their laſt caſt for eternity, that your practices be anſwerable to ſuch principles. For, BeleiveBelieve me, it will be a dreadful thing another day, for your lives to give …
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… their laſt caſt for eternity, that your practices be anſwerable to ſuch principles. For, BeleiveBelieve me, it will be a dreadful thing another day, for your lives to give …
George Swinnock · The Fading of the Flesh and Flourishing of Faith · Open in the reader
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… could not ſtand before ſin (it laid them both low) and how wilt thou? BeleiveBelieve it, thoſe that have been Lions in peace, have carried themſelves like Harts in …
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… could not ſtand before ſin (it laid them both low) and how wilt thou? BeleiveBelieve it, thoſe that have been Lions in peace, have carried themſelves like Harts in …
George Swinnock · The Fading of the Flesh and Flourishing of Faith · p. 49 · Open in the reader

The Pastors Farewell A62052

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… Chriſt had cauſed Jacob to halt, then the place was turned into a Peniel. BeleiveBelieve me there is no ſuch joy in the World as the people of God …
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… Chriſt had cauſed Jacob to halt, then the place was turned into a Peniel. BeleiveBelieve me there is no ſuch joy in the World as the people of God …
George Swinnock · The Pastors Farewell · p. 67 · Open in the reader

The True Touchstone Which Shows Grace and Nature A64954

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… and is at the Right Hand of God, to make Interceſſion for them that BeleiveBelieve in him; and from Heaven where he now is, He ſhall be at laſt …
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… and is at the Right Hand of God, to make Interceſſion for them that BeleiveBelieve in him; and from Heaven where he now is, He ſhall be at laſt …
Nathanael Vincent · The True Touchstone Which Shows Grace and Nature · p. 211 · Open in the reader
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… is a New Covenant which God has made with his people who Repent and BeleiveBelieve, into which Covenant he has alſo taken their Infant Seed, and therein he has …
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… is a New Covenant which God has made with his people who Repent and BeleiveBelieve, into which Covenant he has alſo taken their Infant Seed, and therein he has …
Nathanael Vincent · The True Touchstone Which Shows Grace and Nature · p. 212 · Open in the reader

The World Conquered A74977

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BeleiveBelieve more, nouriſh and cheriſh and exerciſe Faith more; lean on the rock of ages …
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BeleiveBelieve more, nouriſh and cheriſh and exerciſe Faith more; lean on the rock of ages …
Richard Alleine · The World Conquered · p. 60 · Open in the reader

The Gospel-Covenant A77775

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… infirmity, was pleaſed to propound unto us another condition, ſaying unto us, only beleivebelieve; BeleiveBelieve on my ſon, truſt on my grace, and thou ſhalt be ſaved; herein the …
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… infirmity, was pleaſed to propound unto us another condition, ſaying unto us, only beleivebelieve; BeleiveBelieve on my ſon, truſt on my grace, and thou ſhalt be ſaved; herein the …
Peter Bulkly · The Gospel-Covenant · p. 338 · Open in the reader

The Vindication of the Royal Commission of King Jesus A80583

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Minor is evident, Mar. 16.16. BeleiveBelieve, and be Dipped. Acts 8.11.36.37.38. …6.15.33.34. Gal. 3.26.27. Ephes. 4.5.
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Minor is evident, Mar. 16.16. BeleiveBelieve, and be Dipped. Acts 8.11.36.37.38. …6.15.33.34. Gal. 3.26.27. Ephes. 4.5.
Francis Cornwell · The Vindication of the Royal Commission of King Jesus · p. 2 · Open in the reader

Comfort and Counsel for Dejected Souls A81871

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… thou art ſtill in Aegypt, becauſe thou art not freed from fightings, and feares. BeleiveBelieve (O ſoule) thou mayeſt be in the land of promiſe, and yet be troubled …
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… thou art ſtill in Aegypt, becauſe thou art not freed from fightings, and feares. BeleiveBelieve (O ſoule) thou mayeſt be in the land of promiſe, and yet be troubled …
John Durant · Comfort and Counsel for Dejected Souls · p. 77 · Open in the reader

The Valley of Vision A86450

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BeleiveBelieve
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BeleiveBelieve
Richard Holdsworth · The Valley of Vision · Open in the reader

God a Rich Supply of All Good A86499

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… and raiſing him from the dead. Therefore much more can he ſupply us that BeleiveBelieve.
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… and raiſing him from the dead. Therefore much more can he ſupply us that BeleiveBelieve.
Nathanael Homes · God a Rich Supply of All Good · p. 6 · Open in the reader

A Christians Duty and Safety in Evil Times A88578

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… becauſe in the times of the new Teſtament many falſe Teachers will appear, 1 John 4.1. BeleiveBelieve not every Spirit, but try the Spirits whether they are of God, becauſe many …
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… becauſe in the times of the new Teſtament many falſe Teachers will appear, 1 John 4.1. BeleiveBelieve not every Spirit, but try the Spirits whether they are of God, becauſe many …
Christopher Love · A Christians Duty and Safety in Evil Times · p. 74 · Open in the reader
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… I doe to bee ſaved? 2. A full and ſatisfactory Anſwer to this Q…aere, BeleiveBelieve on the Lord Ieſus Chriſt, and thou ſhalt bee ſaved.
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… I doe to bee ſaved? 2. A full and ſatisfactory Anſwer to this Q…aere, BeleiveBelieve on the Lord Ieſus Chriſt, and thou ſhalt bee ſaved.
Christopher Love · A Christians Duty and Safety in Evil Times · p. 101 · Open in the reader
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… ſhall receive the gift of the Holy-ghoſt. Paul and Silas give this Anſwer, BeleiveBelieve, and be Saved. Peter gives this Anſwer, Repent, and be Saved. There is much …
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… ſhall receive the gift of the Holy-ghoſt. Paul and Silas give this Anſwer, BeleiveBelieve, and be Saved. Peter gives this Anſwer, Repent, and be Saved. There is much …
Christopher Love · A Christians Duty and Safety in Evil Times · p. 123 · Open in the reader
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… Faith which is not joyned with Repentance, is but a preſumptuous confidence. Paul ſaith, BeleiveBelieve and be Saved, to let you know that that Repentance, w^ch is not joined …
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… Faith which is not joyned with Repentance, is but a preſumptuous confidence. Paul ſaith, BeleiveBelieve and be Saved, to let you know that that Repentance, w^ch is not joined …
Christopher Love · A Christians Duty and Safety in Evil Times · p. 123 · Open in the reader
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… all. But remember you muſt Repent and be Saved, with Peter, and you muſt BeleiveBelieve and be Saved with Paul.
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… all. But remember you muſt Repent and be Saved, with Peter, and you muſt BeleiveBelieve and be Saved with Paul.
Christopher Love · A Christians Duty and Safety in Evil Times · p. 123 · Open in the reader

The Sinners Hope A90059

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… to ſpoyle Servants or Workmen. Let not the World be the worſe for it. BeleiveBelieve God is ſerved, and may be enjoyed in thoſe buſineſſes. Many have many troublous …
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… to ſpoyle Servants or Workmen. Let not the World be the worſe for it. BeleiveBelieve God is ſerved, and may be enjoyed in thoſe buſineſſes. Many have many troublous …
Henry Newcome · The Sinners Hope · p. 139 · Open in the reader

The Christian Mans Calling A94156

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… giveth like a King, like a God, will help thee to this hearty chearfulneſs. BeleiveBelieve before thou prayeſt, that thy hand of prayer ſhall not knock at Heavens gate …
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… giveth like a King, like a God, will help thee to this hearty chearfulneſs. BeleiveBelieve before thou prayeſt, that thy hand of prayer ſhall not knock at Heavens gate …
George Swinnock · The Christian Mans Calling · p. 156 · Open in the reader
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… Be not angry when a Prophet ſmites thee in the Name of the Lord; BeleiveBelieve it, he that hates thy ſins moſt, loveth thee beſt. If thou favour thy …
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… Be not angry when a Prophet ſmites thee in the Name of the Lord; BeleiveBelieve it, he that hates thy ſins moſt, loveth thee beſt. If thou favour thy …
George Swinnock · The Christian Mans Calling · p. 232 · Open in the reader
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(BeleiveBelieve me) it ſhall ſafely come;
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(BeleiveBelieve me) it ſhall ſafely come;
George Swinnock · The Christian Mans Calling · p. 311 · Open in the reader
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… Friend called him to the Ale-houſe, wouldſt thou think that a ſufficient plea? BeleiveBelieve it, thy defence is far worſe when thou omitteſt the ſervice of God for …
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… Friend called him to the Ale-houſe, wouldſt thou think that a ſufficient plea? BeleiveBelieve it, thy defence is far worſe when thou omitteſt the ſervice of God for …
George Swinnock · The Christian Mans Calling · p. 481 · Open in the reader

The Lords Table Not for All Comers A96898

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… Copper becomes Gold, which is never rejected, but when it would looke like Gold. BeleiveBelieve it you doe, a beleiver can no more be without Holineſſe, than can a …
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… Copper becomes Gold, which is never rejected, but when it would looke like Gold. BeleiveBelieve it you doe, a beleiver can no more be without Holineſſe, than can a …
Hezekiah Woodward · The Lords Table Not for All Comers · p. 47 · Open in the reader

A Looking Glass B10018

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… beſt at laſt, 10. Say they beleivebelieve, yet beleivebelieve not. Say they deſire to beleivebelieve, BeleiveBelieve, yet deſire more faith, 11. Uſe no means but by conſtraint, Uſe means and reſt …
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… beſt at laſt, 10. Say they beleivebelieve, yet beleivebelieve not. Say they deſire to beleivebelieve, BeleiveBelieve, yet deſire more faith, 11. Uſe no means but by conſtraint, Uſe means and reſt …
Samuel Shaw · A Looking Glass · Open in the reader