Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1235 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

massemass

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

Puritas changed it: 13,429 times in 1,443 works
Consistency: 99.6% (13,429 of 13,472)
Reach if approved: ~14,157 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: mass
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 13,474 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (13,429 changes in 1,443 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 13,429)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… it bee but an atomus, he would blow (like an Alchymist) to a great massemass. But at last, it either settles in a narrow roome, or vanisheth into fome.
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… it bee but an atomus, he would blow (like an Alchymist) to a great massemass. But at last, it either settles in a narrow roome, or vanisheth into fome.
Thomas Adams · Diseases of the Soul · p. 60 · Open in the reader
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… and contrarie to the confession of Faith, then published, the condemni…g of the MasseMass, baptising conforme to the manner of the popish Kirk, and the abrogating and annulling …
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… and contrarie to the confession of Faith, then published, the condemni…g of the MasseMass, baptising conforme to the manner of the popish Kirk, and the abrogating and annulling …
David Calderwood · An Answer to Forbes Peaceable Warning · Open in the reader
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I haue taken vpō me to dissolue this massemass at astrologie, and that by goddes helpe I wyll doo to the vttermoste of …
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I haue taken vpō me to dissolue this massemass at astrologie, and that by goddes helpe I wyll doo to the vttermoste of …
William Fulke · Anti-Prognostication · Open in the reader
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… hath acknowledged, that many errours haue crept into the church, yea euen into the MasseMass, but the reformation of them pertaineth to him alone, & the general councel. But what …
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… hath acknowledged, that many errours haue crept into the church, yea euen into the MasseMass, but the reformation of them pertaineth to him alone, & the general councel. But what …
William Fulke · Sermon Preached 12 November 1570 · Open in the reader
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… againe and againe? What doe they leſſe therefore when they teach, that in the MaſſeMass they offer Chriſt to his father, to be a ſacrifice to take away ſinne …
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… againe and againe? What doe they leſſe therefore when they teach, that in the MaſſeMass they offer Chriſt to his father, to be a ſacrifice to take away ſinne …
George Gifford · Treatise Against the Priesthood and Sacrifice of the Church of Rome · p. 22 · Open in the reader
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… the poore siley old woman to be a witch, and the Idolatro…s, & adulterous massemass-priest to be a coniurer. Thus much may suffice to shew what persons y …
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… the poore siley old woman to be a witch, and the Idolatro…s, & adulterous massemass-priest to be a coniurer. Thus much may suffice to shew what persons y …
George Gifford · Discourse of the Subtle Practices of Devils · Open in the reader
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… decaying, no failing, there is alwaies a full ſpring-tide without ebbe. That infinite maſſemass of glory which thou ſhalt receive at the laſt day thou ſhalt keepe for …
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… decaying, no failing, there is alwaies a full ſpring-tide without ebbe. That infinite maſſemass of glory which thou ſhalt receive at the laſt day thou ſhalt keepe for …
Thomas Goodwin · The Happiness of the Saints in Glory · p. 86 · Open in the reader
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Sith their owne Wicelius profeſſeth himſelfe ſcandalized at the allowed concubines of MaſſeMass-Prieſts; and the Germans in their grievances put up this for one, That the …
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Sith their owne Wicelius profeſſeth himſelfe ſcandalized at the allowed concubines of MaſſeMass-Prieſts; and the Germans in their grievances put up this for one, That the …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 489 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (43)

43 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 41 are listed here. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Foot out of the Snare A01576

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THE EXPOSITION OF THE MASSEMASS.
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THE EXPOSITION OF THE MASSEMASS.
John Gee · The Foot out of the Snare · p. 94 · Open in the reader

A Compend of the Controversies of Religion A02349

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CHAP. XIX. OF THE MASSEMASS.
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CHAP. XIX. OF THE MASSEMASS.
William Guild · A Compend of the Controversies of Religion · p. 179 · Open in the reader

A Weighing and Considering of the Interim A07412

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OF THE MASSEMASS.
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OF THE MASSEMASS.
Philipp Melanchthon · A Weighing and Considering of the Interim · Open in the reader

The Players Scourge A10187

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… which having baptized or new guilded over with this glorious pompous title, of CHRIST-MASSEMASS, (a name I am sure of their owne imposing, not knowne to the ancient …
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… which having baptized or new guilded over with this glorious pompous title, of CHRIST-MASSEMASS, (a name I am sure of their owne imposing, not knowne to the ancient …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 754 · Open in the reader
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… am sure of their owne imposing, not knowne to the ancient Fathers, as the MASSEMASS therein imports:) they transmitted it as a most sacred Relique or Tradition to dissolute …
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… am sure of their owne imposing, not knowne to the ancient Fathers, as the MASSEMASS therein imports:) they transmitted it as a most sacred Relique or Tradition to dissolute …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 754 · Open in the reader
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… take unto themselves more than at other seasons, may more truly bee stiled DIVELS-MASSEMASS, or SATVRNES-MASSEMASS (for such too many make it) than Christ-massemass; there being …
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… take unto themselves more than at other seasons, may more truly bee stiled DIVELS-MASSEMASS, or SATVRNES-MASSEMASS (for such too many make it) than Christ-massemass; there being …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 754 · Open in the reader
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… more than at other seasons, may more truly bee stiled DIVELS-MASSEMASS, or SATVRNES-MASSEMASS (for such too many make it) than Christ-massemass; there being farre more affinitie …
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… more than at other seasons, may more truly bee stiled DIVELS-MASSEMASS, or SATVRNES-MASSEMASS (for such too many make it) than Christ-massemass; there being farre more affinitie …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 754 · Open in the reader

A Quench-Coal A10197

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… NO SACRIFICING PREIST … New Preist… observe this well to which they haue subscribed) NO MASSEMASS, (let those who labour might and maine to usher it into the Church by …
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… NO SACRIFICING PREIST … New Preist… observe this well to which they haue subscribed) NO MASSEMASS, (let those who labour might and maine to usher it into the Church by …
William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 203 · Open in the reader
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… prayer established by it) there stiles it: The holy Comm…nion commonly called THE MASSEMASS (to witt by the Papists and ignorant people of those times, the MasseMass being …
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… prayer established by it) there stiles it: The holy Comm…nion commonly called THE MASSEMASS (to witt by the Papists and ignorant people of those times, the MasseMass being …
William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 205 · Open in the reader

Propositions and Principles of Divinity Disputed A10250

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PRINCIPLES TOVCHING THE POPISH MASSEMASS. LXI.
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PRINCIPLES TOVCHING THE POPISH MASSEMASS. LXI.
Theodore Beza · Propositions and Principles of Divinity Disputed · p. 185 · Open in the reader
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… OFFERTORI, COLLECT, and COMMVNION. And hence it is thought, that the name of the MASSEMASS was deriued, euen from the cuſtome that the faithfull had to ſend thoſe things …
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… OFFERTORI, COLLECT, and COMMVNION. And hence it is thought, that the name of the MASSEMASS was deriued, euen from the cuſtome that the faithfull had to ſend thoſe things …
Theodore Beza · Propositions and Principles of Divinity Disputed · p. 188 · Open in the reader

History of the First Ten Persecutions A13296

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… of GOD in their owne Vulgare Language. Hee added vnto the Liturgie of the MASSEMASS, GLORIA IN EXCELSIS.
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… of GOD in their owne Vulgare Language. Hee added vnto the Liturgie of the MASSEMASS, GLORIA IN EXCELSIS.
Patrick Simson · History of the First Ten Persecutions · p. 186 · Open in the reader

Ceremonies of the Monstrous Popish Mass A14460

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THE CAVTELES, CANON, AND CEREMONIES, OF THE MOST BLAſphemous, abhominable, and monſtrous Popiſh MASSEMASS. Togither, The MASSEMASS intituled OF THE BODY OF IESVS CHRIST. Fully and wholy ſet …
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THE CAVTELES, CANON, AND CEREMONIES, OF THE MOST BLAſphemous, abhominable, and monſtrous Popiſh MASSEMASS. Togither, The MASSEMASS intituled OF THE BODY OF IESVS CHRIST. Fully and wholy ſet …
Pierre Viret · Ceremonies of the Monstrous Popish Mass · Open in the reader
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… CANON, AND CEREMONIES, OF THE MOST BLAſphemous, abhominable, and monſtrous Popiſh MASSEMASS. Togither, The MASSEMASS intituled OF THE BODY OF IESVS CHRIST. Fully and wholy ſet downe, both in …
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… CANON, AND CEREMONIES, OF THE MOST BLAſphemous, abhominable, and monſtrous Popiſh MASSEMASS. Togither, The MASSEMASS intituled OF THE BODY OF IESVS CHRIST. Fully and wholy ſet downe, both in …
Pierre Viret · Ceremonies of the Monstrous Popish Mass · Open in the reader
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… ſet downe, both in Latine and Engliſhe, The Latine faithfully taken out of the MASSEMASS BOOKE after the Romiſh vſe. Imprinted at Lyons by Iohn Cambray, In the yeare …
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… ſet downe, both in Latine and Engliſhe, The Latine faithfully taken out of the MASSEMASS BOOKE after the Romiſh vſe. Imprinted at Lyons by Iohn Cambray, In the yeare …
Pierre Viret · Ceremonies of the Monstrous Popish Mass · Open in the reader
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THE MASSEMASS OF THE BODY OF IESVS CHRIST.
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THE MASSEMASS OF THE BODY OF IESVS CHRIST.
Pierre Viret · Ceremonies of the Monstrous Popish Mass · p. 72 · Open in the reader

Reply Against Gilbert Brown A14926

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THE SECOND PART OF THE REPLY AGAINST MAISTER GILBERT BROWNE PRIEST, CONCERNING THE MASSEMASS AND ANTICHRIST.
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THE SECOND PART OF THE REPLY AGAINST MAISTER GILBERT BROWNE PRIEST, CONCERNING THE MASSEMASS AND ANTICHRIST.
John Welch · Reply Against Gilbert Brown · Open in the reader
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… grace of God) ſhall be made manifeſt. And firſte concerning the word it ſelfe MASSEMASS, you are of ſik variety of opinions amongſt your ſelues concerning it, that ſome …
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… grace of God) ſhall be made manifeſt. And firſte concerning the word it ſelfe MASSEMASS, you are of ſik variety of opinions amongſt your ſelues concerning it, that ſome …
John Welch · Reply Against Gilbert Brown · p. 212 · Open in the reader

Work for a Mass-Priest A19247

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VVORKE FOR A MASSEMASS-PRIEST.
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VVORKE FOR A MASSEMASS-PRIEST.
Alexander Cooke · Work for a Mass-Priest · Open in the reader

More Work for a Mass-Priest A19248

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MORE WORKE FOR A MASSEMASS-PRIEST.
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MORE WORKE FOR A MASSEMASS-PRIEST.
Alexander Cooke · More Work for a Mass-Priest · Open in the reader
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MORE VVORKE FOR A MASSEMASS.
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MORE VVORKE FOR A MASSEMASS.
Alexander Cooke · More Work for a Mass-Priest · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Yet More Work for a Mass-Priest A19251

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YET MORE WORKE FOR A MASSEMASS-PRIEST.
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YET MORE WORKE FOR A MASSEMASS-PRIEST.
Alexander Cooke · Yet More Work for a Mass-Priest · Open in the reader
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YET MORE WORK FOR A MASSEMASS-PRIEST.
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YET MORE WORK FOR A MASSEMASS-PRIEST.
Alexander Cooke · Yet More Work for a Mass-Priest · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Work More Work and a Little More Work for a Mass-Priest A19252

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WORKE, MORE VVORKE, AND A LITTLE MORE WORKE FOR A MASSEMASS-PRIEST.
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WORKE, MORE VVORKE, AND A LITTLE MORE WORKE FOR A MASSEMASS-PRIEST.
Alexander Cooke · Work More Work and a Little More Work for a Mass-Priest · Open in the reader
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VVORKE AND MORE VVORKE FOR A MASSEMASS PRIEST.
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VVORKE AND MORE VVORKE FOR A MASSEMASS PRIEST.
Alexander Cooke · Work More Work and a Little More Work for a Mass-Priest · p. 1 · Open in the reader

The Anatomy of the Mass A36867

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THE ANATOMIE OF THE MASSEMASS.
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THE ANATOMIE OF THE MASSEMASS.
Peter du Moulin Jr · The Anatomy of the Mass · Open in the reader
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… by the Holy Scriptures, and by the teſtimony of the Ancient Church, that the MASSEMASS is contrary unto the Word of God, and farre from the way of Salvation.
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… by the Holy Scriptures, and by the teſtimony of the Ancient Church, that the MASSEMASS is contrary unto the Word of God, and farre from the way of Salvation.
Peter du Moulin Jr · The Anatomy of the Mass · Open in the reader
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THE ANATOMY OF THE MASSEMASS. FIRST BOOKE.
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THE ANATOMY OF THE MASSEMASS. FIRST BOOKE.
Peter du Moulin Jr · The Anatomy of the Mass · p. 1 · Open in the reader

The Appeal of Injured Innocence A40651

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… the Will and Word of God. Be it BIBLE, or THALMUD, or ALCORAN, or MASSEMASS-BOOK, or COMMON-PRAYER-BOOK, or DIRECTORY; any, many, all, or no Manner of …
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… the Will and Word of God. Be it BIBLE, or THALMUD, or ALCORAN, or MASSEMASS-BOOK, or COMMON-PRAYER-BOOK, or DIRECTORY; any, many, all, or no Manner of …
Thomas Fuller · The Appeal of Injured Innocence · p. 12 · Open in the reader

The Novelty of Popery Discovered A42313

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The Noveltie of the MASSEMASS, where-in the Priest onelie reccaveth.
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The Noveltie of the MASSEMASS, where-in the Priest onelie reccaveth.
William Guild · The Novelty of Popery Discovered · p. 121 · Open in the reader

Hidden Works of Darkness Brought to Public Light A56171

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… in which the preaching of Gods Word, and the Administration of the Sacraments, the MASSEMASS and all other Offices shall be freely and solemnly done, according to the use …
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… in which the preaching of Gods Word, and the Administration of the Sacraments, the MASSEMASS and all other Offices shall be freely and solemnly done, according to the use …
William Prynne · Hidden Works of Darkness Brought to Public Light · p. 70 · Open in the reader

A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic A56191

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MAſſeMass is a wonder; its a Sacrifice
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MAſſeMass is a wonder; its a Sacrifice
William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 72 · Open in the reader

The Popish Royal Favorite A56192

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… in which the preaching of Gods Word, and the Administration of the Sacraments, the MASSEMASS, and all other Offices shall be freely and solemnly done, according to the use …
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… in which the preaching of Gods Word, and the Administration of the Sacraments, the MASSEMASS, and all other Offices shall be freely and solemnly done, according to the use …
William Prynne · The Popish Royal Favorite · p. 52 · Open in the reader

Why Some do Not Conform to Common Prayer A56195

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… Catechiſm, Miſſal, Breviary; and the ſubſequent amendations of them, and inſtitution of A NEW MASSEMASS BOOK, by Pope Pius the 5. with the advice of Learned men, expreſſed in his …
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… Catechiſm, Miſſal, Breviary; and the ſubſequent amendations of them, and inſtitution of A NEW MASSEMASS BOOK, by Pope Pius the 5. with the advice of Learned men, expreſſed in his …
William Prynne · Why Some do Not Conform to Common Prayer · Open in the reader

Examination of Common Prayer A56208

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… Catechism, Miss… Breviary; and the subsequent emendations of the… and institution of A NEW MASSEMASS BOOK, …Pope Pius the 5. with the advice of learned m… expressed in his Bull …
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… Catechism, Miss… Breviary; and the subsequent emendations of the… and institution of A NEW MASSEMASS BOOK, …Pope Pius the 5. with the advice of learned m… expressed in his Bull …
William Prynne · Examination of Common Prayer · Open in the reader

A Parallel Comparison of the Liturgy with the Mass Book A77473

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A PARALLEL OR BRIEFE COMPARISON OF THE LJTƲRGJE WITH THE MASSEMASS-BOOK, The Breviarie, the Ceremoniall, and other Romiſh Ritualls.
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A PARALLEL OR BRIEFE COMPARISON OF THE LJTƲRGJE WITH THE MASSEMASS-BOOK, The Breviarie, the Ceremoniall, and other Romiſh Ritualls.
Robert Baillie · A Parallel Comparison of the Liturgy with the Mass Book · Open in the reader

An Antidote Against Popery B09202

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CHAP. XIX. Of the Sacrifice of the MASSEMASS. PAG. 215.
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CHAP. XIX. Of the Sacrifice of the MASSEMASS. PAG. 215.
William Guild · An Antidote Against Popery · Open in the reader
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… Titles which the Romanistes giue vnto the SACRAMENT, calling it a SACRIFICE, and the MASSEMASS, wee should not insist much in Logomachies, if by Sacrifice they vnderstood it onelie …
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… Titles which the Romanistes giue vnto the SACRAMENT, calling it a SACRIFICE, and the MASSEMASS, wee should not insist much in Logomachies, if by Sacrifice they vnderstood it onelie …
William Guild · An Antidote Against Popery · p. 215 · Open in the reader
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… it) Commemoratiue, Representatiue, and Eucharisticall. Neyther should wee bee contentious for the name of MASSEMASS, (seeing that this is not the custome of the Church of GOD) if that …
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… it) Commemoratiue, Representatiue, and Eucharisticall. Neyther should wee bee contentious for the name of MASSEMASS, (seeing that this is not the custome of the Church of GOD) if that …
William Guild · An Antidote Against Popery · p. 215 · Open in the reader
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Of the Sacrifice of the MASSEMASS. PAG. 136.
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Of the Sacrifice of the MASSEMASS. PAG. 136.
William Guild · An Antidote Against Popery · Open in the reader
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SECT. IV. Of the Sacrifice of the MASSEMASS, that it is properlie propitiatorie: which the Romanistes stryue to proue, by these places …
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SECT. IV. Of the Sacrifice of the MASSEMASS, that it is properlie propitiatorie: which the Romanistes stryue to proue, by these places …
William Guild · An Antidote Against Popery · p. 136 · Open in the reader