Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1222 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sayesay

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

Puritas changed it: 10,853 times in 512 works
Consistency: 99.5% (10,853 of 10,906)
Reach if approved: ~11,459 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: say
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 10,906 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (10,853 changes in 512 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 10,853)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

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… forgive ſinne, as is cleere, Mark. 2. 7. and Luke 5. 21. therefore doeth the Lord him ſelfe ſayesay, Eſa. 43. 25. I, even I am he that putteth away thy iniquities for myne owne …
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… forgive ſinne, as is cleere, Mark. 2. 7. and Luke 5. 21. therefore doeth the Lord him ſelfe ſayesay, Eſa. 43. 25. I, even I am he that putteth away thy iniquities for myne owne …
John Forbes · The Doctrine of Justification · p. 76 · Open in the reader
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… shoulde haue vnderstandynge of all thynges that he purposeth to doo, as who shoulde sayesay, he woulde haue men as cunnynge as hym selfe, or as thowghe he shoulde …
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… shoulde haue vnderstandynge of all thynges that he purposeth to doo, as who shoulde sayesay, he woulde haue men as cunnynge as hym selfe, or as thowghe he shoulde …
William Fulke · Anti-Prognostication · Open in the reader
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… worship mee in vaine, that teache the doctrine and precepts of men. First you sayesay, the Apostles were men, whose traditions the Church must receiue: yea sir, but they …
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… worship mee in vaine, that teache the doctrine and precepts of men. First you sayesay, the Apostles were men, whose traditions the Church must receiue: yea sir, but they …
William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 127 · Open in the reader
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… ye ſhall plainlye perceiue that it doth nothing at all helpe a man to ſayesay he hath faith, when he hath no good déeds: if this kinde of faith …
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… ye ſhall plainlye perceiue that it doth nothing at all helpe a man to ſayesay he hath faith, when he hath no good déeds: if this kinde of faith …
George Gifford · A Godly Zealous and Profitable Sermon Upon James 2 · Open in the reader
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… ſworde, famine, and peſtilēce. Wherfore ſerue ye the kinge of Babell and lyue. Beholde, ſayesay they, (who thinke it in no caſe lawfull to withſtande vngodlie Rulers) This wicked …
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… ſworde, famine, and peſtilēce. Wherfore ſerue ye the kinge of Babell and lyue. Beholde, ſayesay they, (who thinke it in no caſe lawfull to withſtande vngodlie Rulers) This wicked …
Christopher Goodman · How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects · p. 131 · Open in the reader
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If by the sufferings of the godly sinnes may be expiate (sayesay the same men cited by Bellarmine) then it would not be absurd for them …
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If by the sufferings of the godly sinnes may be expiate (sayesay the same men cited by Bellarmine) then it would not be absurd for them …
William Guild · The Elf-Fire of Purgatory · p. 22 · Open in the reader
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Marry so they sayesay, ye fellawes of the newe lerynge.
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Marry so they sayesay, ye fellawes of the newe lerynge.
John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader
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… no wise speake, but out of that spirit▪ y^t their cōiurers, confessours, I should sayesay, haue put into him. He mai make no lauws but at their spiritual appointment …
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… no wise speake, but out of that spirit▪ y^t their cōiurers, confessours, I should sayesay, haue put into him. He mai make no lauws but at their spiritual appointment …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (53)

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

A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew A01136

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… lowe. &c. And the voyce proceeding yet forwarde, and demaunding what he should cry: SayeSay vnto the cities of Iudah (sayth he) Behold your God, behold the Lord God …
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… lowe. &c. And the voyce proceeding yet forwarde, and demaunding what he should cry: SayeSay vnto the cities of Iudah (sayth he) Behold your God, behold the Lord God …
John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader
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… ioy, tel and declare this, shew it forth to the endes of the earth. SayeSay ye, the Lord hath redeemed his seruaunt Iacob. And within a litle after: It …
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… ioy, tel and declare this, shew it forth to the endes of the earth. SayeSay ye, the Lord hath redeemed his seruaunt Iacob. And within a litle after: It …
John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader

The Acts of English Votaries A02573

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… greuousslye were they vexed with them cō mynge hytherwarde, specyallye at a vyllage called SayeSay, within the coūtye of Angeu in fraunce. In the which was buylded immedyatlye after …
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… greuousslye were they vexed with them cō mynge hytherwarde, specyallye at a vyllage called SayeSay, within the coūtye of Angeu in fraunce. In the which was buylded immedyatlye after …
John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · p. 24 · Open in the reader
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Cetus aput SayeSay uexauit eos mulierum,
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Cetus aput SayeSay uexauit eos mulierum,
John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · p. 24 · Open in the reader

Against a Rank Papist A02621

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… pray yow, not to make Christ your mockynge stocke, for your owne ease hereafter. SayeSay not that he exhorted men to your sodometrouse vowes, Math. xix. for if ye …
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… pray yow, not to make Christ your mockynge stocke, for your owne ease hereafter. SayeSay not that he exhorted men to your sodometrouse vowes, Math. xix. for if ye …
John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · p. cxii · Open in the reader

Brief Comedy Concerning the Temptation of Jesus Christ by Satan A02658

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SayeSay that ye ded it, vpon a good intent.
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SayeSay that ye ded it, vpon a good intent.
John Bale · Brief Comedy Concerning the Temptation of Jesus Christ by Satan · Open in the reader

Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites A02738

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SayeSay fourth your mynde good mother,
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SayeSay fourth your mynde good mother,
John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader

Comedy Concerning the Corruption of Laws of Nature Moses and Christ A02749

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SayeSay forth your mynde good mother
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SayeSay forth your mynde good mother
John Bale · Comedy Concerning the Corruption of Laws of Nature Moses and Christ · Open in the reader
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SayeSay dyrge, and synge tre…alles
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SayeSay dyrge, and synge tre…alles
John Bale · Comedy Concerning the Corruption of Laws of Nature Moses and Christ · Open in the reader

A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted A02886

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… from the other. But maye sayesay. Thu and I are both one mannis children. SayeSay wele by me / and I shall do as moche forthe. By this text folowinge …
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… from the other. But maye sayesay. Thu and I are both one mannis children. SayeSay wele by me / and I shall do as moche forthe. By this text folowinge …
John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · p. 11 · Open in the reader

A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man A02906

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SayeSay fourth good Abraham, for yll dost thu non intende.
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SayeSay fourth good Abraham, for yll dost thu non intende.
John Bale · A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man · Open in the reader

The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty A05142

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… and thi belly. Learne to eat with in thy teather. Pul downe thy sayle. SayeSay downe proud hert. Mayntayn no greater port, then thou art able to bear out …
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… and thi belly. Learne to eat with in thy teather. Pul downe thy sayle. SayeSay downe proud hert. Mayntayn no greater port, then thou art able to bear out …
Hugh Latimer · The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty · Open in the reader

The Tragical Death of David Beaton A05559

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… hereticke doste sayesay that we shoulde not praye to sanctes, but to God onely. SayeSay whether thou haste sayed this or no, say shortly.
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… hereticke doste sayesay that we shoulde not praye to sanctes, but to God onely. SayeSay whether thou haste sayed this or no, say shortly.
David Lindsay · The Tragical Death of David Beaton · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ecclesiastes A06504

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¶SayeSay not thou, why is it that the daies of olde time were better then …
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¶SayeSay not thou, why is it that the daies of olde time were better then …
Martin Luther · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · Open in the reader

Sermon on John 20 A06520

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SayeSay not therfore. Where ſhall I fynde it? where ſhall I ſeke it? Muſte I …
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SayeSay not therfore. Where ſhall I fynde it? where ſhall I ſeke it? Muſte I …
Martin Luther · Sermon on John 20 · Open in the reader

A Christmas Banket A06698

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… that he dyd not spare his owne sōne for to redeme the vnkind seruauntes. SayeSay not vnto me, I haue synned to much, howe can I be saued? Thou …
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… that he dyd not spare his owne sōne for to redeme the vnkind seruauntes. SayeSay not vnto me, I haue synned to much, howe can I be saued? Thou …
Thomas Becon · A Christmas Banket · Open in the reader

A Comfortable Epistle to Gods Faithful People in England A06710

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… that sayde: Though he kylleth me / yet wil I put my trust in hym. SayeSay with the Psalmographe / the Lorde is my light & my s…luaciō / whom then shall …
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… that sayde: Though he kylleth me / yet wil I put my trust in hym. SayeSay with the Psalmographe / the Lorde is my light & my s…luaciō / whom then shall …
Thomas Becon · A Comfortable Epistle to Gods Faithful People in England · Open in the reader

An Invective Against Swearing A06866

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¶SayeSay not but that ye are warned. ¶Gyue the glory to God alone.
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¶SayeSay not but that ye are warned. ¶Gyue the glory to God alone.
Thomas Becon · An Invective Against Swearing · p. xcvi · Open in the reader
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SayeSay not but that ye are warned. fol. xii
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SayeSay not but that ye are warned. fol. xii
Thomas Becon · An Invective Against Swearing · Open in the reader

A New Dialogue Between the Angel of God and the Shepherds in the Field A06897

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SayeSay on we praye the hertely
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SayeSay on we praye the hertely
Thomas Becon · A New Dialogue Between the Angel of God and the Shepherds in the Field · Open in the reader

The Jewel of Joy A06898

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SayeSay on, we besech the.
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SayeSay on, we besech the.
Thomas Becon · The Jewel of Joy · Open in the reader

Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels A06932

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… also defende their euill, as the Iewes in this our Gospell do, and sayesay: SayeSay we not well, that thou art a Samaritane, and hast a deuill? This is …
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… also defende their euill, as the Iewes in this our Gospell do, and sayesay: SayeSay we not well, that thou art a Samaritane, and hast a deuill? This is …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader

The Sick Mans Salve A07163

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SayeSay on, in the name of God.
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SayeSay on, in the name of God.
Thomas Becon · The Sick Mans Salve · p. 37 · Open in the reader

Meditations Upon Eight Psalms A09772

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… and death, but thy God hath redeemed thee with a more then ſufficient ranſom: SayeSay rather with that poore vnthrift, I goe to my father: hee will receiue thee …
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… and death, but thy God hath redeemed thee with a more then ſufficient ranſom: SayeSay rather with that poore vnthrift, I goe to my father: hee will receiue thee …
Theodore Beza · Meditations Upon Eight Psalms · Open in the reader

The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ A11012

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verse 13 Saying, SayeSay, His Diſciples came by night, and ſtole him awaye while wee ſlept.
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verse 13 Saying, SayeSay, His Diſciples came by night, and ſtole him awaye while wee ſlept.
Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 347 · Open in the reader
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… Lord, I loue thee. Therefore, if the Lord ſayesay vnto thee Loueſt thou mee? SayeSay, Lord, loue mee, that I may loue thee. And if euer thou wouldeſt diſcharge …
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… Lord, I loue thee. Therefore, if the Lord ſayesay vnto thee Loueſt thou mee? SayeSay, Lord, loue mee, that I may loue thee. And if euer thou wouldeſt diſcharge …
Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 498 · Open in the reader

Defense of our Days over the Days of our Forefathers A13966

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… to all ages and countries: hath with his verdit (as it were) plainly condemned. SayeSay not ſaith he: what is the matter, or howe chaunceth it, that the former …
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… to all ages and countries: hath with his verdit (as it were) plainly condemned. SayeSay not ſaith he: what is the matter, or howe chaunceth it, that the former …
Francis Trigge · Defense of our Days over the Days of our Forefathers · p. 1 · Open in the reader

The Practice of Prelates A14151

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SayeSay not but that ye be warned.
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SayeSay not but that ye be warned.
William Tyndale · The Practice of Prelates · Open in the reader

Commentary on Romans A14353

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But the righteouſnes which is of faith ſpeaketh on this wyſe: SayeSay not in thine hart, who ſhall aſcend into heauen, that is to bring Chriſt …
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But the righteouſnes which is of faith ſpeaketh on this wyſe: SayeSay not in thine hart, who ſhall aſcend into heauen, that is to bring Chriſt …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentary on Romans · Open in the reader

The Balm of Gilead Prepared for the Sick A16535

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… come vnto thee: but sayesay in a word, and thy servant shall bee healed: SayeSay in a word that is, send a word, and it shall heale him.
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… come vnto thee: but sayesay in a word, and thy servant shall bee healed: SayeSay in a word that is, send a word, and it shall heale him.
Zacharie Boyd · The Balm of Gilead Prepared for the Sick · p. 148 · Open in the reader

Sermon of Repentance A16590

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… propitiation, thē recant, except you wyll become ydolaters, making your workes God, and Chriſte? SayeSay as Dauid teacheth: not to vs lorde, not to vs, but to thy name …
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… propitiation, thē recant, except you wyll become ydolaters, making your workes God, and Chriſte? SayeSay as Dauid teacheth: not to vs lorde, not to vs, but to thy name …
John Bradford · Sermon of Repentance · Open in the reader

Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion A17183

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8 SayeSay not thou in thine hearte: Mine owne ſtrength, & the power, &c. 471
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8 SayeSay not thou in thine hearte: Mine owne ſtrength, & the power, &c. 471
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader
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… was, ſhould bée ignoraunt of the lawe, whiche in Deuteronomie, is heard to ſay: SayeSay not thou in thy hart, mine owne ſtrēgth, and the power of mine owne …
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… was, ſhould bée ignoraunt of the lawe, whiche in Deuteronomie, is heard to ſay: SayeSay not thou in thy hart, mine owne ſtrēgth, and the power of mine owne …
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 471 · Open in the reader
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… glorie, if it were not for our ſinns? The wiſe man in Eccleſiaſticus, ſaith: SayeSay not thou, it is the Lordes faulte that I haue ſinned: for thou ſhalt …
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… glorie, if it were not for our ſinns? The wiſe man in Eccleſiaſticus, ſaith: SayeSay not thou, it is the Lordes faulte that I haue ſinned: for thou ſhalt …
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 491 · Open in the reader
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… that I haue ſinned: for thou ſhalt not do the thing that God hateth. SayeSay not thou: he hath cauſed mee to doe wronge: for hee hath no neede …
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… that I haue ſinned: for thou ſhalt not do the thing that God hateth. SayeSay not thou: he hath cauſed mee to doe wronge: for hee hath no neede …
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 491 · Open in the reader

The Old Faith an Evident Probation out of the Holy Scripture A17216

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… Lorde haue ſpoken it. In the .xxxv. Cha. of Eſaye it is wrytten thus. SayeSay vnto them that are of a feble hart. Be ſtronge and feare not, beholde …
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… Lorde haue ſpoken it. In the .xxxv. Cha. of Eſaye it is wrytten thus. SayeSay vnto them that are of a feble hart. Be ſtronge and feare not, beholde …
Henrich Bullinger · The Old Faith an Evident Probation out of the Holy Scripture · Open in the reader

The Institutes of the Christian Religion A17662

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… that they are three: and he will crye out that you name thre gods. SayeSay that there is in one essence a Trinitie of persons, then shal you in …
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… that they are three: and he will crye out that you name thre gods. SayeSay that there is in one essence a Trinitie of persons, then shal you in …
John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

The Life of a Christian Man A17689

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… be one, vnto whom he hath vouchsaued to geue the honoure of his lykenes. SayeSay thou arte not bounde to hym, by any benefite that he hath done the …
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… be one, vnto whom he hath vouchsaued to geue the honoure of his lykenes. SayeSay thou arte not bounde to hym, by any benefite that he hath done the …
John Calvin · The Life of a Christian Man · Open in the reader

A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 A18080

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… the donatian hereticke he ſaith: Let not theſe vvordes be heatd betvvene vs, I SayeSay: yovv SayeSay: let vs heare this, Thus ſaithe the lord, and by and by …
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… the donatian hereticke he ſaith: Let not theſe vvordes be heatd betvvene vs, I SayeSay: yovv SayeSay: let vs heare this, Thus ſaithe the lord, and by and by …
Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 · p. XXI · Open in the reader
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… hereticke he ſaith: Let not theſe vvordes be heatd betvvene vs, I SayeSay: yovv SayeSay: let vs heare this, Thus ſaithe the lord, and by and by ſpeaking off …
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… hereticke he ſaith: Let not theſe vvordes be heatd betvvene vs, I SayeSay: yovv SayeSay: let vs heare this, Thus ſaithe the lord, and by and by ſpeaking off …
Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 · p. XXI · Open in the reader

A Confutation of Standishs Treatise A19466

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… that thinge which can not be therin? Wyll ye belye the worde of god? SayeSay ye not your ſelfe in another place afore / that it is an abhominable vice …
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… that thinge which can not be therin? Wyll ye belye the worde of god? SayeSay ye not your ſelfe in another place afore / that it is an abhominable vice …
Miles Coverdale · A Confutation of Standishs Treatise · Open in the reader

Philargyry of Great Britain A19665

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SayeSay on, quoth he
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SayeSay on, quoth he
Robert Crowley · Philargyry of Great Britain · Open in the reader
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SayeSay on quoth he
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SayeSay on quoth he
Robert Crowley · Philargyry of Great Britain · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

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… Wherefore agree with thy aduersary: y^t is, make thy life agreable to Gods word. SayeSay in thy harte without dissimulation, that thou askest God and all the world forgeuenes …
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… Wherefore agree with thy aduersary: y^t is, make thy life agreable to Gods word. SayeSay in thy harte without dissimulation, that thou askest God and all the world forgeuenes …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1991 · Open in the reader
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SayeSay what you canne, For it auayleth me to sayesay nothing to you. For I …
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SayeSay what you canne, For it auayleth me to sayesay nothing to you. For I …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1995 · Open in the reader
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… wordes of mine take place in you: but you goe about to reproue me. SayeSay what you will for me.
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… wordes of mine take place in you: but you goe about to reproue me. SayeSay what you will for me.
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1995 · Open in the reader

Book of Christian Questions and Answers A68610

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Queſt. SayeSay you then that there ſhalbee oddes in the punishements of the damned ſort?
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Queſt. SayeSay you then that there ſhalbee oddes in the punishements of the damned ſort?
Theodore Beza · Book of Christian Questions and Answers · Open in the reader