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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1256 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

righteousnesserighteousness

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

Puritas changed it
56,177 times in 2,685 works
Consistency
99.9% (56,177 of 56,208)
Reach if approved
~59,081 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: righteousness
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
56,229 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (56,177 changes in 2,685 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 56,177)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
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    … as a principall virtue, yea as a nurse and a staffe of godlinesse and righteousnesserighteousness; which consisteth in a sparing, a moderate vse at least, not of meate and …
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    … as a principall virtue, yea as a nurse and a staffe of godlinesse and righteousnesserighteousness; which consisteth in a sparing, a moderate vse at least, not of meate and …

    Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 236 · Open in the reader

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    … under her feet. So ſhe that feare God is clothed with the Sunne of righteouſneſſerighteousness, and tramples all ſublunary and earthly things under her feet, as too baſe and …
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    … under her feet. So ſhe that feare God is clothed with the Sunne of righteouſneſſerighteousness, and tramples all ſublunary and earthly things under her feet, as too baſe and …

    Stephen Geree · The Ornament of Women · p. 41 · Open in the reader

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    … daystarre arose in the Firmament of the Church, and afterwards causedst the Sunne of righteousnesserighteousness to arise vpon him, to shine in his heart in this life by grace …
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    … daystarre arose in the Firmament of the Church, and afterwards causedst the Sunne of righteousnesserighteousness to arise vpon him, to shine in his heart in this life by grace …

    Daniel Featley · The Handmaid to Private Devotion · p. 382 · Open in the reader

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    … have peace by reaſon of our obedience: We know that every one that doeth righteouſneſſerighteousness is born of God: We know we are paſſed from death to life, becauſe …
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    … have peace by reaſon of our obedience: We know that every one that doeth righteouſneſſerighteousness is born of God: We know we are paſſed from death to life, becauſe …

    William Fenner · The Souls Looking Glass 2 · p. 206 · Open in the reader

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    … sola causa …. Almost the only cause of all vnrighteousnesse, is (a too-well conceited) righteousnesserighteousness. We are easily induced to thinke our selues euery one, as Simon Magas, some …
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    … sola causa …. Almost the only cause of all vnrighteousnesse, is (a too-well conceited) righteousnesserighteousness. We are easily induced to thinke our selues euery one, as Simon Magas, some …

    Thomas Adams · A Divine Herbal Together with a Forest of Thorns · p. 54 · Open in the reader

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    … mée, to ſpeake that which I haue ſaide vnto thee thou enemie of all righteouſneſſerighteousness. By thine owne wordes doe I iudge thée, thou blinde and blaſphemous Doctour, for …
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    … mée, to ſpeake that which I haue ſaide vnto thee thou enemie of all righteouſneſſerighteousness. By thine owne wordes doe I iudge thée, thou blinde and blaſphemous Doctour, for …

    John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 185 · Open in the reader

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    … hym to bee saued. Also vppon the Episto. ad Roma. Home. ij. Speakyng of righteousnesserighteousness. Non enim sudoribus, & laboribus, illam comparabis, sed ex diuino gratiae don… quod ex supernis …
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    … hym to bee saued. Also vppon the Episto. ad Roma. Home. ij. Speakyng of righteousnesserighteousness. Non enim sudoribus, & laboribus, illam comparabis, sed ex diuino gratiae don… quod ex supernis …

    William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · Open in the reader

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    … cogitemus. Therefore it remaineth, that we ascribe not faith it selfe (from whence all righteousnesserighteousness taketh beginning, for which it is said vnto the Church in the Balat of …
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    … cogitemus. Therefore it remaineth, that we ascribe not faith it selfe (from whence all righteousnesserighteousness taketh beginning, for which it is said vnto the Church in the Balat of …

    William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 40 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (31)

29 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Sacred Doctrine of Divinity A00742

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    RIghteouſneſſeRighteousness is in Nature & Action. Righteouſnes in Nature is a right inclinatiō of al original …
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    RIghteouſneſſeRighteousness is in Nature & Action. Righteouſnes in Nature is a right inclinatiō of al original …

    Henry Finch · The Sacred Doctrine of Divinity · p. 19 · Open in the reader

A Child of Light Walking in Darkness A01898

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    … name wherewith hee ſhall be called, or made knowne to us; THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS, (that is,) that Jeſus Chriſt who is God, hath righteouſneſſerighteousness in him for us …
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    … name wherewith hee ſhall be called, or made knowne to us; THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS, (that is,) that Jeſus Chriſt who is God, hath righteouſneſſerighteousness in him for us …

    Thomas Goodwin · A Child of Light Walking in Darkness · p. 40 · Open in the reader

Three Questions A13836

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    RIghteouſneſſeRighteousness is by Faith; the Law is not Faith: Therefore RighteouſneſſeRighteousness is not by the …
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    RIghteouſneſſeRighteousness is by Faith; the Law is not Faith: Therefore RighteouſneſſeRighteousness is not by the …

    Samuel Torshell · Three Questions · p. 126 · Open in the reader

A Brief Explanation of the Whole Book of Proverbs A18960

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    RIghteouſneſſeRighteousness, &c.] That is, Gods fauour, grace & goodneſſe for righteouſneſſerighteousness, and by it doth protect …
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    RIghteouſneſſeRighteousness, &c.] That is, Gods fauour, grace & goodneſſe for righteouſneſſerighteousness, and by it doth protect …

    Robert Cleaver · A Brief Explanation of the Whole Book of Proverbs · p. 207 · Open in the reader

The Sum of Sacred Divinity A20766

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    RIghteouſneſſeRighteousness hath two parts, Pietie, and Iuſtice. Pietie, is of the immediate duties to God …
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    RIghteouſneſſeRighteousness hath two parts, Pietie, and Iuſtice. Pietie, is of the immediate duties to God …

    John Downame · The Sum of Sacred Divinity · Open in the reader

An Exposition of Pauls Epistles A35951

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    … Epistle, the Apostle undertakes to prove, THAT NO MAN CAN BE IUSTIFIED BY INHERENT RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS, BUT BY THE RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST ONLY, APPREHENDED BY FAITH ALONE, AND FREELY OF …
    With rule
    … Epistle, the Apostle undertakes to prove, THAT NO MAN CAN BE IUSTIFIED BY INHERENT RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS, BUT BY THE RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST ONLY, APPREHENDED BY FAITH ALONE, AND FREELY OF …

    David Dickson · An Exposition of Pauls Epistles · p. 1 · Open in the reader

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    … to prove, THAT NO MAN CAN BE IUSTIFIED BY INHERENT RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS, BUT BY THE RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST ONLY, APPREHENDED BY FAITH ALONE, AND FREELY OF HIS GRACE IMPUTED, BY …
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    … to prove, THAT NO MAN CAN BE IUSTIFIED BY INHERENT RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS, BUT BY THE RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST ONLY, APPREHENDED BY FAITH ALONE, AND FREELY OF HIS GRACE IMPUTED, BY …

    David Dickson · An Exposition of Pauls Epistles · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Westminster Annotations A36467

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    THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS] Or, The Lord is our righteousnesserighteousness. Isa. 45. 24. Heb. Jehovah tsidkenu. Chap. 33. 16.
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    THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS] Or, The Lord is our righteousnesserighteousness. Isa. 45. 24. Heb. Jehovah tsidkenu. Chap. 33. 16.

    John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

The Resurrection Revealed A44277

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    … the ſame Chapter hee calls THE NEW MAN WHICH AFTER GOD IS CREATED IN RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS and HOLINESSE: As alluding to the ſtate of innocent Adam. And therefore as the …
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    … the ſame Chapter hee calls THE NEW MAN WHICH AFTER GOD IS CREATED IN RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS and HOLINESSE: As alluding to the ſtate of innocent Adam. And therefore as the …

    Nathanael Homes · The Resurrection Revealed · p. 112 · Open in the reader

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    … for iron ſilver, &c. and I wil make thy OFFICERS PEACE, and thy EXACTORS RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS. v. 18. Violence ſhal be NO MORE heard in thy Land, but thou ſhalt call …
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    … for iron ſilver, &c. and I wil make thy OFFICERS PEACE, and thy EXACTORS RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS. v. 18. Violence ſhal be NO MORE heard in thy Land, but thou ſhalt call …

    Nathanael Homes · The Resurrection Revealed · p. 220 · Open in the reader

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    … ſafely. And this is his name whereby be ſhall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS. verſe 7. Therefore behold the dayes come, ſaith the Lord, that they ſhall no more …
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    … ſafely. And this is his name whereby be ſhall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS. verſe 7. Therefore behold the dayes come, ſaith the Lord, that they ſhall no more …

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

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    … prophets had often told them, calling him the RIGHTEOUS BRANCH; and THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS. There might be other reaſons of this compellation of their graces. As of calling …
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    … prophets had often told them, calling him the RIGHTEOUS BRANCH; and THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS. There might be other reaſons of this compellation of their graces. As of calling …

    Nathanael Homes · The Resurrection Revealed · p. 287 · Open in the reader

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    … there ſhall not onely be New Heavens, but alſo a NEW EARTH, wherein dwels RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS. Proving it out of Iſa. 65.17. (for thoſe words be repeats.) This is ſpoken to …
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    … there ſhall not onely be New Heavens, but alſo a NEW EARTH, wherein dwels RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS. Proving it out of Iſa. 65.17. (for thoſe words be repeats.) This is ſpoken to …

    Nathanael Homes · The Resurrection Revealed · p. 509 · Open in the reader

Treatise of the Divine Promises A47631

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    … of GOD in him, 2 Cor. 5.21. For this cause CHRIST is called The LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS, Ier. 23.6. & 33.16. CHRIST is made unto us righteousnesserighteousness, 1 Cor. 1.30. He is said to be the …
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    … of GOD in him, 2 Cor. 5.21. For this cause CHRIST is called The LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS, Ier. 23.6. & 33.16. CHRIST is made unto us righteousnesserighteousness, 1 Cor. 1.30. He is said to be the …

    Edward Leigh · Treatise of the Divine Promises · p. 288 · Open in the reader

The True Non-Conformist A51082

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    … us, Wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption, 1. Corin. 1. 30. He is the LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS, Ier. 23. 6. We are justified freely by Gods Grace, through the redemption that is in …
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    … us, Wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption, 1. Corin. 1. 30. He is the LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS, Ier. 23. 6. We are justified freely by Gods Grace, through the redemption that is in …

    Robert McWard · The True Non-Conformist · p. 315 · Open in the reader

Of Communion with God A53713

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    … own account He could not be subject to; it becomming him to fullfill ALL RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS; Math. 3. 15. as he spake in reference to a newly instituted Ceremony.
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    … own account He could not be subject to; it becomming him to fullfill ALL RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS; Math. 3. 15. as he spake in reference to a newly instituted Ceremony.

    John Owen · Of Communion with God · p. 177 · Open in the reader

A Gospel Plea for Maintenance of the Ministers A56170

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    … of their Kingdom as the Apoſtle interprets it, Hebr. 7.2. being by Interpretation KING OF RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS, and after that alſo, King of SALEM, which is KING OF PEACE; which Souldiers …
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    … of their Kingdom as the Apoſtle interprets it, Hebr. 7.2. being by Interpretation KING OF RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS, and after that alſo, King of SALEM, which is KING OF PEACE; which Souldiers …

    William Prynne · A Gospel Plea for Maintenance of the Ministers · p. 115 · Open in the reader

The Rising Sun A59622

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    THE RISING SUN: OR THE SUN of RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS, Shining upon the SONS of UNRIGHTEOUSNESSE. A Theological Sun-Dyal, Wherein Is to be …
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    THE RISING SUN: OR THE SUN of RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS, Shining upon the SONS of UNRIGHTEOUSNESSE. A Theological Sun-Dyal, Wherein Is to be …

    John Sheffield · The Rising Sun · Open in the reader

The Sum of Christian Religion A64611

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    RIghteouſneſſeRighteousness is derived from Right, which is the law it ſelfe; and conformity with the …
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    RIghteouſneſſeRighteousness is derived from Right, which is the law it ſelfe; and conformity with the …

    Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion · p. 380 · Open in the reader

The Retired Mans Meditations A65188

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    … the other to unveil him in his firſt appearance, as he is KING OF RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS, being in the witneſs they give herein, as two great lights in the firmament …
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    … the other to unveil him in his firſt appearance, as he is KING OF RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS, being in the witneſs they give herein, as two great lights in the firmament …

    Henry Vane · The Retired Mans Meditations · p. 127 · Open in the reader

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    … with God in the light received, to the yeelding themſelves obedient ſervants to this RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS, (made known to them, in order to lead them forward to higher attainments,) without …
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    … with God in the light received, to the yeelding themſelves obedient ſervants to this RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS, (made known to them, in order to lead them forward to higher attainments,) without …

    Henry Vane · The Retired Mans Meditations · p. 328 · Open in the reader

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    The ſecond Miniſtery then, in and by which, RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS or the Image of God in the ſecond Adam, is diſpenſed and given forth …
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    The ſecond Miniſtery then, in and by which, RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS or the Image of God in the ſecond Adam, is diſpenſed and given forth …

    Henry Vane · The Retired Mans Meditations · p. 329 · Open in the reader

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    … thy Counſellors as at the beginning, afterwards thou ſhalt be called the CITY OF RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS.
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    … thy Counſellors as at the beginning, afterwards thou ſhalt be called the CITY OF RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS.

    Henry Vane · The Retired Mans Meditations · p. 384 · Open in the reader

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    … them, as ſupreme Miniſters of natural right and juſtice, under Chriſt, the KING OF RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS, and in aſſociation with the innumerable company of holy Angels, Heb. 12. 22. who, in the …
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    … them, as ſupreme Miniſters of natural right and juſtice, under Chriſt, the KING OF RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS, and in aſſociation with the innumerable company of holy Angels, Heb. 12. 22. who, in the …

    Henry Vane · The Retired Mans Meditations · p. 411 · Open in the reader

The Key of the Revelation A89026

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    … Jerem. 23. 6. And this is the name whereby they ſhall call him: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS. And Zach. 6. 12. Behold the man his name is the BRANCH, it followeth, becauſe he …
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    … Jerem. 23. 6. And this is the name whereby they ſhall call him: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS. And Zach. 6. 12. Behold the man his name is the BRANCH, it followeth, becauſe he …

    Joseph Mede · The Key of the Revelation · p. 95 · Open in the reader

Solomons Choice A92778

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    … ſaid of England now as * one ſometime ſaid of France, THAT THERE IS MORE RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS IN HELL, THEN IN THIS KINGDOME. For there norighteous man is afflicted, nor any …
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    … ſaid of England now as * one ſometime ſaid of France, THAT THERE IS MORE RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS IN HELL, THEN IN THIS KINGDOME. For there norighteous man is afflicted, nor any …

    Lazarus Seaman · Solomons Choice · Open in the reader

The Churchs Thank-Offering to God Her King A96886

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    … is but one way to turn now, ye will TURN to the LORD our RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS ; That is a garment, which all the unclean ſpirits in the world cannot defile …
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    … is but one way to turn now, ye will TURN to the LORD our RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS ; That is a garment, which all the unclean ſpirits in the world cannot defile …

    Hezekiah Woodward · The Churchs Thank-Offering to God Her King · Open in the reader

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    … Righteous are not carefull, they can turne, as afore-ſaid to the LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS, and ſeeing there is no vvrong in their Hands: They can ſay, as David …
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    … Righteous are not carefull, they can turne, as afore-ſaid to the LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESSERIGHTEOUSNESS, and ſeeing there is no vvrong in their Hands: They can ſay, as David …

    Hezekiah Woodward · The Churchs Thank-Offering to God Her King · Open in the reader

The Perfection of Justification B10040

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    Reaſ. 3. The Apoſtle affirmeth, that if righteouſneſſErighteousness come by the law, then Chriſt is dead in vaine. And ſhall wee ſay …
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    Reaſ. 3. The Apoſtle affirmeth, that if righteouſneſſErighteousness come by the law, then Chriſt is dead in vaine. And ſhall wee ſay …

    John Simpson · The Perfection of Justification · p. 7 · Open in the reader