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feelefeel

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

Puritas changed it
12,328 times in 1,590 works
Consistency
99.6% (12,328 of 12,375)
Reach if approved
~13,004 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: feel
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
12,376 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (12,328 changes in 1,590 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 12,328)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
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    … borne, thou art my God euen from my mothers wombe. And then doe they feelefeel moſt ſenſibly & liuely thys theyr Election, when temptations and aduerſities doth aſſaile and aſſault …
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    … borne, thou art my God euen from my mothers wombe. And then doe they feelefeel moſt ſenſibly & liuely thys theyr Election, when temptations and aduerſities doth aſſaile and aſſault …

    Anthony Gilby · Of Election and Reprobation · Open in the reader

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    … walls muſt beare up the roofe; if the roofe decay, the walls will ſoone feelefeel it. The Athenians in their greateſt dangers were wont foreign, to caſt out the great …
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    … walls muſt beare up the roofe; if the roofe decay, the walls will ſoone feelefeel it. The Athenians in their greateſt dangers were wont foreign, to caſt out the great …

    Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 583 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … howſoeuer now they ſcorne my words and hold them for fables, ſhall one day feelefeel the truth of them, being laid waſt and deſolate.
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    … howſoeuer now they ſcorne my words and hold them for fables, ſhall one day feelefeel the truth of them, being laid waſt and deſolate.

    Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 201 · Open in the reader

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    … vs all, ſeeing there can indeed no ſolide ioy poſſeſſe our mindes, till we feelefeel the ſpirit of Adoption ſealing vp the certaintie of our electiō in our harts …
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    … vs all, ſeeing there can indeed no ſolide ioy poſſeſſe our mindes, till we feelefeel the ſpirit of Adoption ſealing vp the certaintie of our electiō in our harts …

    John Forbes · Letter to Merchants · p. 12 · Open in the reader

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    … belongeth onely to Gods Elect. Whereas on the contrary, if wee cannot finde, and feelefeel these things in any good measure begunne in vs, we cannot possibly haue this …
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    … belongeth onely to Gods Elect. Whereas on the contrary, if wee cannot finde, and feelefeel these things in any good measure begunne in vs, we cannot possibly haue this …

    John Frewen · Choice Grounds and Principles of our Christian Religion · p. 343 · Open in the reader

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    Summon the Sea, the waves that both do feelefeel,
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    Summon the Sea, the waves that both do feelefeel,

    Thomas Fuller · Davids Heinous Sin, Hearty Repentance, Heavy Punishment · Open in the reader

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    … at such times, though they haue spirituall life of grace in them, yet they feelefeel it not; ( Create in me, saith DAVID, O Lord, a new heart, as if …
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    … at such times, though they haue spirituall life of grace in them, yet they feelefeel it not; ( Create in me, saith DAVID, O Lord, a new heart, as if …

    Thomas Gataker · Two Sermons for the Direction for Christian Carriage · p. 53 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … deſperate laughter, in which if they were not become verye ſenſles blockes, they ſhoulde feelefeel many gripings at the hart, which would marre al their myrth, yea a worme …
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    … deſperate laughter, in which if they were not become verye ſenſles blockes, they ſhoulde feelefeel many gripings at the hart, which would marre al their myrth, yea a worme …

    George Gifford · Four Sermons Upon the Seven Chief Virtues · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (47)

42 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 38 are listed here. 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture A00593

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    … viz.) that regenerating grace and juſtifying faith cannot be utterly loſt, or totally extinct. FeeleFeel, I beſeech you now, what warmth it yeeldeth to our cold affections, and ſometimes …
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    … viz.) that regenerating grace and juſtifying faith cannot be utterly loſt, or totally extinct. FeeleFeel, I beſeech you now, what warmth it yeeldeth to our cold affections, and ſometimes …

    Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 24 · Open in the reader

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    … us on the purchaſing the eſtate of grace by the price of Chriſts bloud. FeeleFeel now (I beſeech you) in the ſecond place, what warmth it yeeldeth to a …
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    … us on the purchaſing the eſtate of grace by the price of Chriſts bloud. FeeleFeel now (I beſeech you) in the ſecond place, what warmth it yeeldeth to a …

    Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 25 · Open in the reader

Rejoinder to Bristows Reply A01324

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    … the wicked rich out of hand suffered torments. THAT EVERY MAN (saith he) MAIE FEELEFEEL BEFORE THE DAIE OF IVDGEMENT, WHAT HE MVST THEN LOOKE FOR. Bristowe leauing Allen …
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    … the wicked rich out of hand suffered torments. THAT EVERY MAN (saith he) MAIE FEELEFEEL BEFORE THE DAIE OF IVDGEMENT, WHAT HE MVST THEN LOOKE FOR. Bristowe leauing Allen …

    William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 255 · Open in the reader

Discussion of the Popish Doctrine of Transubstantiation A01532

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    … in his Disciples; who when they tooke him for a Spirit, he bad them, FeeleFeel, and see; for a spirit had not flesh and bones, as they saw hee …
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    … in his Disciples; who when they tooke him for a Spirit, he bad them, FeeleFeel, and see; for a spirit had not flesh and bones, as they saw hee …

    Thomas Gataker · Discussion of the Popish Doctrine of Transubstantiation · p. 193 · Open in the reader

The Godly Mans Journey to Heaven A05560

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    … not that fierie dragon long ago burnt vs all, alas, in our first parents? FeeleFeel we not euen to this day the fearefull hurt which we receiued by that …
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    … not that fierie dragon long ago burnt vs all, alas, in our first parents? FeeleFeel we not euen to this day the fearefull hurt which we receiued by that …

    David Lindsay · The Godly Mans Journey to Heaven · p. 10 · Open in the reader

Songs of Zion A06194

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    FeeleFeel god goe from my hart?
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    FeeleFeel god goe from my hart?

    William Loe · Songs of Zion · Open in the reader

Exposition Upon Select Psalms A11005

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    … thy grace may be diminiſhed, if thou communicate not the ſame liberally with others? FeeleFeel wee not that in experience, that this communicating ſerveth chiefely for this, to increaſe …
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    … thy grace may be diminiſhed, if thou communicate not the ſame liberally with others? FeeleFeel wee not that in experience, that this communicating ſerveth chiefely for this, to increaſe …

    Robert Rollock · Exposition Upon Select Psalms · p. 183 · Open in the reader

Exposition of 2 Thessalonians A11588

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    … eſteeme them his owne. 3 How you proclaime your ſelues the feede of the Serpent. 4 FeeleFeel in your ſelues (if ſhame would ſuffer to confeſſe) emptineſſe of Grace, horrours and …
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    … eſteeme them his owne. 3 How you proclaime your ſelues the feede of the Serpent. 4 FeeleFeel in your ſelues (if ſhame would ſuffer to confeſſe) emptineſſe of Grace, horrours and …

    William Sclater · Exposition of 2 Thessalonians · p. 29 · Open in the reader

Britains Remembrancer A15627

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    FeeleFeel wants, diseases, and all such like things,
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    FeeleFeel wants, diseases, and all such like things,

    George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader

Emblems Ancient and Modern A15631

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    FeeleFeel, Death, where Life they thought to finde.
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    FeeleFeel, Death, where Life they thought to finde.

    George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 40 · Open in the reader

Fidelia Newly Corrected and Augmented A15642

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    FeeleFeel the true heat of Loues vnquenched flame.
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    FeeleFeel the true heat of Loues vnquenched flame.

    George Wither · Fidelia Newly Corrected and Augmented · Open in the reader

Confession of the Christian Religion A15857

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    … or vnpalpable: ſeeing Chriſt being come in and ſeene of his diſciples, preſently ſaide, FeeleFeel or handle and ſee, for a ſpirit hath not fleſh and bones as ye …
    With rule
    … or vnpalpable: ſeeing Chriſt being come in and ſeene of his diſciples, preſently ſaide, FeeleFeel or handle and ſee, for a ſpirit hath not fleſh and bones as ye …

    Girolamo Zanchi · Confession of the Christian Religion · p. 395 · Open in the reader

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    For where Chriſt ſaith, FeeleFeel and ſee, for a ſpirite hath not fleſh and bones, as yee ſee me …
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    For where Chriſt ſaith, FeeleFeel and ſee, for a ſpirite hath not fleſh and bones, as yee ſee me …

    Girolamo Zanchi · Confession of the Christian Religion · p. 398 · Open in the reader

Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion A17183

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    … there ſhall you ſee him. And againe, he him ſelfe ſaythe to his diſciples, FeeleFeel me, and ſee: A ſpirite hath not fleſhe and bones as you ſee mee …
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    … there ſhall you ſee him. And againe, he him ſelfe ſaythe to his diſciples, FeeleFeel me, and ſee: A ſpirite hath not fleſhe and bones as you ſee mee …

    Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 1091 · Open in the reader

A Treasury of Similes A18271

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    … ſoules doo dwell in our bodies when we ſleepe, although in ſleeping, wee neither FeeleFeel them, nor any of their operations.
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    … ſoules doo dwell in our bodies when we ſleepe, although in ſleeping, wee neither FeeleFeel them, nor any of their operations.

    Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 278 · Open in the reader

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    1 LIke as we FeeleFeel the calamities and miſeries of warre, more then the fruites and pleaſures of peace …
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    1 LIke as we FeeleFeel the calamities and miſeries of warre, more then the fruites and pleaſures of peace …

    Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 279 · Open in the reader

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    … of aboundance and riches: Euen ſo we ought not much to maruaile, if wee FeeleFeel the ſtingings and prickes of ſinne, a great deale more, then the conſolations of …
    With rule
    … of aboundance and riches: Euen ſo we ought not much to maruaile, if wee FeeleFeel the ſtingings and prickes of ſinne, a great deale more, then the conſolations of …

    Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 279 · Open in the reader

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    … our carnall body, that is hurt, but that all the reſt of the members FeeleFeel ſmart by the ſame: Euen ſo ought wee to haue compaſſion one vpon an …
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    … our carnall body, that is hurt, but that all the reſt of the members FeeleFeel ſmart by the ſame: Euen ſo ought wee to haue compaſſion one vpon an …

    Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 305 · Open in the reader

An Anatomy of the World A20619

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    FeeleFeel this consuming wound, and ages darts.
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    FeeleFeel this consuming wound, and ages darts.

    John Donne · An Anatomy of the World · Open in the reader

The First Anniversary A20620

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    FeeleFeel this consuming wound, and ages darts.
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    FeeleFeel this consuming wound, and ages darts.

    John Donne · The First Anniversary · p. 24 · Open in the reader

The Triumph of a True Christian Described A21269

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    We muſt FeeleFeel ſinne cleauing to our ſoules, as an heauie burthen. p. 588
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    We muſt FeeleFeel ſinne cleauing to our ſoules, as an heauie burthen. p. 588

    Edward Elton · The Triumph of a True Christian Described · Open in the reader

Twenty-Nine Sermons A41140

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    Apprehend thy ſinnes to be as helliſh, and as damnable as thou canſt: FeeleFeel even the fire of hell in every one of them: but take heed of …
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    Apprehend thy ſinnes to be as helliſh, and as damnable as thou canſt: FeeleFeel even the fire of hell in every one of them: but take heed of …

    William Fenner · Twenty-Nine Sermons · p. 282 · Open in the reader

Several Sermons A45658

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    … is large) ſhall deliver himſelfe from the Grave. Death he muſt See, that is, FeeleFeel, as all ſenſes be a kinde of Feeling.
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    … is large) ſhall deliver himſelfe from the Grave. Death he muſt See, that is, FeeleFeel, as all ſenſes be a kinde of Feeling.

    Robert Harris · Several Sermons · p. 4 · Open in the reader

Balm for Bleeding England and Ireland A48917

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    … the ſoules of moſt men, they ſeeke not after full mercies, a perfect bleſſedneſſe. FeeleFeel your Pulſe: tell mee how your hearts beate: how nimble doe they worke out …
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    … the ſoules of moſt men, they ſeeke not after full mercies, a perfect bleſſedneſſe. FeeleFeel your Pulſe: tell mee how your hearts beate: how nimble doe they worke out …

    Nicholas Lockyer · Balm for Bleeding England and Ireland · p. 403 · Open in the reader

A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic A56191

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    FeeleFeel, taſte, their Sacred Hoſt ſtill Bread to be.
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    FeeleFeel, taſte, their Sacred Hoſt ſtill Bread to be.

    William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 42 · Open in the reader

The Clouds in Which Christ Comes A61470

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    That your selves, and these Kingdomes may FeeleFeel, Obey, Enjoy the Drawings of this Iesus, the Descents of his Spirit, is the …
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    That your selves, and these Kingdomes may FeeleFeel, Obey, Enjoy the Drawings of this Iesus, the Descents of his Spirit, is the …

    Peter Sterry · The Clouds in Which Christ Comes · Open in the reader

A Prophecy Written for the Year 1641 A66774

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    FeeleFeel wants, diſeaſes, and all ſuch like things,
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    FeeleFeel wants, diſeaſes, and all ſuch like things,

    George Wither · A Prophecy Written for the Year 1641 · p. 32 · Open in the reader

Commentaries A68840

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    24.39 FeeleFeel and ſee, for a ſpirite hath not fleſh. 209.
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    24.39 FeeleFeel and ſee, for a ſpirite hath not fleſh. 209.

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · Open in the reader

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    … whiche he vſed after his reſurrection, to teache that he had a true body. FeeleFeel (ſaith he) and ſee, for a ſpirite hath not fleſhe and bones, as ye …
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    … whiche he vſed after his reſurrection, to teache that he had a true body. FeeleFeel (ſaith he) and ſee, for a ſpirite hath not fleſhe and bones, as ye …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · p. 209 · Open in the reader

Collection of Poems A68914

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    FeeleFeel the true heate of Loues vnquenched flame.
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    FeeleFeel the true heate of Loues vnquenched flame.

    George Wither · Collection of Poems · Open in the reader

Poems A69225

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    FeeleFeel this conſuming wound, and ages darts.
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    FeeleFeel this conſuming wound, and ages darts.

    John Donne · Poems · p. 243 · Open in the reader

The Sacrifice of the Faithful 2 A85208

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    Apprehend thy ſinnes to be as helliſh, and as damnable as thou canſt: FeeleFeel even the fire of hell in every one of them: but take heed of …
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    Apprehend thy ſinnes to be as helliſh, and as damnable as thou canſt: FeeleFeel even the fire of hell in every one of them: but take heed of …

    William Fenner · The Sacrifice of the Faithful 2 · p. 45 · Open in the reader

Sweet and Soul-Persuading Inducements Leading Unto Christ A85737

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    … man, and is no man, a name that he lives, and yet is dead: FeeleFeel Chriſt therefore living in your underſtanding, by prizing the knowledge of Chriſt above all …
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    … man, and is no man, a name that he lives, and yet is dead: FeeleFeel Chriſt therefore living in your underſtanding, by prizing the knowledge of Chriſt above all …

    Alexander Grosse · Sweet and Soul-Persuading Inducements Leading Unto Christ · p. 284 · Open in the reader

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    … being filled with the knowledge of his will in all wiſedome and ſpirituall underſtanding: FeeleFeel Chriſt living in your will, in making your will free to chuſe and embrace …
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    … being filled with the knowledge of his will in all wiſedome and ſpirituall underſtanding: FeeleFeel Chriſt living in your will, in making your will free to chuſe and embrace …

    Alexander Grosse · Sweet and Soul-Persuading Inducements Leading Unto Christ · p. 284 · Open in the reader

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    … having more high, honourable, and ſweeter apprehenſions of Chriſt, then of all the creatures: FeeleFeel Chriſt living in your affections, by being rooted in Chriſt by a lively faith …
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    … having more high, honourable, and ſweeter apprehenſions of Chriſt, then of all the creatures: FeeleFeel Chriſt living in your affections, by being rooted in Chriſt by a lively faith …

    Alexander Grosse · Sweet and Soul-Persuading Inducements Leading Unto Christ · p. 284 · Open in the reader

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    … diſcerne Chriſt living in your bodily members, diſpoſing, and framing them to religious duties: FeeleFeel Chriſt living in all your ſervices, as the chiefe worker of them, and inabler …
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    … diſcerne Chriſt living in your bodily members, diſpoſing, and framing them to religious duties: FeeleFeel Chriſt living in all your ſervices, as the chiefe worker of them, and inabler …

    Alexander Grosse · Sweet and Soul-Persuading Inducements Leading Unto Christ · p. 284 · Open in the reader

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    … Spirit of Chriſt, in the name of Chriſt, and for the honour of Chriſt: FeeleFeel Chriſt living in the Word which you heare, making it an immortall ſeed to …
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    … Spirit of Chriſt, in the name of Chriſt, and for the honour of Chriſt: FeeleFeel Chriſt living in the Word which you heare, making it an immortall ſeed to …

    Alexander Grosse · Sweet and Soul-Persuading Inducements Leading Unto Christ · p. 284 · Open in the reader

Abners Funeral A87150

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    … is large) ſhall deliver himſelfe from the Grave, Death he muſt See, that is, FeeleFeel, as all ſenſes be a kinde of Feeling.
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    … is large) ſhall deliver himſelfe from the Grave, Death he muſt See, that is, FeeleFeel, as all ſenſes be a kinde of Feeling.

    Robert Harris · Abners Funeral · p. 4 · Open in the reader