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cheerefulnessecheerfulness

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

Puritas changed it: 607 times in 257 works
Consistency: 93.9% (607 of 646)
Reach if approved: ~679 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: cheerfulness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 646 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (607 changes in 257 works, 93.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 607)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of all transgressions, with an hearty desire of mercy, and forgiuenesse, with ioy and cheerefulnessecheerfulness of Spirit, arising from the assurance of Gods loue and fauour in Christ; and …
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… of all transgressions, with an hearty desire of mercy, and forgiuenesse, with ioy and cheerefulnessecheerfulness of Spirit, arising from the assurance of Gods loue and fauour in Christ; and …
John Frewen · Choice Grounds and Principles of our Christian Religion · p. 343 · Open in the reader
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… the will of him that ſent him. Did hee not then doe it with cheerefulneſſecheerfulness? For this alacritie doth Dauid pray, where hee deſireth God to quicken him.
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… the will of him that ſent him. Did hee not then doe it with cheerefulneſſecheerfulness? For this alacritie doth Dauid pray, where hee deſireth God to quicken him.
William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 90 · Open in the reader
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… and more enduring substance, they could sustaine themselves, and hold up their hearts in cheerefulnessecheerfulness under all this losse: For why? they set house to house, goods to goods …
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… and more enduring substance, they could sustaine themselves, and hold up their hearts in cheerefulnessecheerfulness under all this losse: For why? they set house to house, goods to goods …
Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 143 · Open in the reader
Printed
2. That a man muſt come withall cheerefulneſſecheerfulness to this banquet and not to feare it, as a man would doe poyſon.
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2. That a man muſt come withall cheerefulneſſecheerfulness to this banquet and not to feare it, as a man would doe poyſon.
Robert Hill · Christs Prayer Expounded · p. 6 · Open in the reader
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… this bee a little hidden, or if they finde not their accuſtomed life, and cheerefulneſſecheerfulness in Gods ſeruice, they beginne to thinke all is turned with them, and call …
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… this bee a little hidden, or if they finde not their accuſtomed life, and cheerefulneſſecheerfulness in Gods ſeruice, they beginne to thinke all is turned with them, and call …
Paul Baynes · A Help to True Happiness · p. 192 · Open in the reader
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11. It makes men give with cheerefulneſſecheerfulness, as they ought Rom. 12. 8. Thou canſt not chooſe, but diſpenſe and diſtribute that with …
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11. It makes men give with cheerefulneſſecheerfulness, as they ought Rom. 12. 8. Thou canſt not chooſe, but diſpenſe and diſtribute that with …
Richard Bernard · The Ready Way to Good Works · p. 215 · Open in the reader
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… what is our health, but the peace of our humours within? what is our cheerefulnessecheerfulness, and ioy, but the peace of conscience within? all the comfort wee haue in …
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… what is our health, but the peace of our humours within? what is our cheerefulnessecheerfulness, and ioy, but the peace of conscience within? all the comfort wee haue in …
John Preston · The Saints Daily Exercise · p. 137 · Open in the reader
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… vpon tryall ſay vnto them, Now you are fit, then they may come with cheerefulneſſecheerfulness; Gods Meſſenger vpon the conference had with them, hath bid them come, and therefore …
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… vpon tryall ſay vnto them, Now you are fit, then they may come with cheerefulneſſecheerfulness; Gods Meſſenger vpon the conference had with them, hath bid them come, and therefore …
John Randall · Twenty-Three Sermons · p. 233 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (39)

34 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 33 are listed here. 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture A00415

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CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness is whereby we readilie vpon the occaſion giuen, breake out into the praiſes of …
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CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness is whereby we readilie vpon the occaſion giuen, breake out into the praiſes of …
George Estey · Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture · Open in the reader

Exposition on John 5 A01972

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3 CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness.
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3 CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness.
William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… long vpon it: …et ſome poynts doe more euidently appeare in this: as firſt, CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness: No man loues himſelfe repiningly, accounting it as a taske laid vpon him.
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… long vpon it: …et ſome poynts doe more euidently appeare in this: as firſt, CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness: No man loues himſelfe repiningly, accounting it as a taske laid vpon him.
William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 55 · Open in the reader

Lectures Upon John 4 A03342

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See CheerefulnesseCheerfulness.
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See CheerefulnesseCheerfulness.
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
CheerefulnesseCheerfulness.
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CheerefulnesseCheerfulness.
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · Open in the reader

Twenty-Three Sermons A10398

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… be caſt into vtter darkeneſſe. Laſtly, our affections muſt be ſpirituall; our Mirth, and CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness, and Ioy, muſt not be any carnall Ioy, or corporall Reioycing, as at our …
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… be caſt into vtter darkeneſſe. Laſtly, our affections muſt be ſpirituall; our Mirth, and CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness, and Ioy, muſt not be any carnall Ioy, or corporall Reioycing, as at our …
John Randall · Twenty-Three Sermons · p. 38 · Open in the reader

Lifes Preservative Against Self-Killing A13280

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CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness is an excellent meanes of life; for, as Solomon ſaies, by ſorrow of heart …
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CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness is an excellent meanes of life; for, as Solomon ſaies, by ſorrow of heart …
John Sym · Lifes Preservative Against Self-Killing · p. 13 · Open in the reader
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The grounds of this CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness are two; Firſt, inward peace of conſcience, in the apprehenſion of Gods favour and …
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The grounds of this CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness are two; Firſt, inward peace of conſcience, in the apprehenſion of Gods favour and …
John Sym · Lifes Preservative Against Self-Killing · p. 13 · Open in the reader
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CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness a preſervative of naturall life. Page 13
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CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness a preſervative of naturall life. Page 13
John Sym · Lifes Preservative Against Self-Killing · Open in the reader

Opening of the Ten Commandments A15011

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3. CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness.
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3. CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness.
William Whately · Opening of the Ten Commandments · p. 179 · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

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… vs. 2. Mention of it. 3. Confessing God to be the Author and giuer of it. 4. CheerefulnesseCheerfulness, being glad of an occasion to praise him, and doing it gladly, with ioy.
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… vs. 2. Mention of it. 3. Confessing God to be the Author and giuer of it. 4. CheerefulnesseCheerfulness, being glad of an occasion to praise him, and doing it gladly, with ioy.
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 485 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Romans A15525

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… constrainedly, and by compulsion; not in body only, but in soule also: with Readynesse, 2. CheerefulnesseCheerfulness, 3. sincerity, 4. feruency and innocency of heart; for these are things wherin Gods seruice consisteth …
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… constrainedly, and by compulsion; not in body only, but in soule also: with Readynesse, 2. CheerefulnesseCheerfulness, 3. sincerity, 4. feruency and innocency of heart; for these are things wherin Gods seruice consisteth …
Thomas Wilson · Commentary on Romans · p. 34 · Open in the reader

A Commentary on 1 Peter 1-3 A17385

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4. CheerefulnesseCheerfulness in expressing our mercy to such as are in misery who are sometimes as …
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4. CheerefulnesseCheerfulness in expressing our mercy to such as are in misery who are sometimes as …
Nicholas Byfield · A Commentary on 1 Peter 1-3 · p. 683 · Open in the reader

An Exposition Upon Colossians A17389

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… must loue feruently: and this hath in it Speedinesse, Dilligence , (called Labour in loue ) CheerefulnesseCheerfulness , Earnestnesse and heate of affection (and this is to follow after Loue , and to …
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… must loue feruently: and this hath in it Speedinesse, Dilligence , (called Labour in loue ) CheerefulnesseCheerfulness , Earnestnesse and heate of affection (and this is to follow after Loue , and to …
Nicholas Byfield · An Exposition Upon Colossians · p. 38 · Open in the reader

The Light of Faith A17419

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1 CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness: hearty, anſwerable to our power and the opportunity of doing good, that it may …
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1 CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness: hearty, anſwerable to our power and the opportunity of doing good, that it may …
Richard Byfield · The Light of Faith · p. 187 · Open in the reader
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6 CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness and contentation with our eſtates, auoyding paſſion, frowardneſſe, Pro. 11. 29, & 16. 32. & 19. 11. & 25. 28. & 17. 22. Eccleſ. 9. 7. 8.
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6 CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness and contentation with our eſtates, auoyding paſſion, frowardneſſe, Pro. 11. 29, & 16. 32. & 19. 11. & 25. 28. & 17. 22. Eccleſ. 9. 7. 8.
Richard Byfield · The Light of Faith · p. 236 · Open in the reader

Eighty Sermons A20637

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CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness and Joy commended 816. B
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CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness and Joy commended 816. B
John Donne · Eighty Sermons · Open in the reader

The Plea of the Poor A20764

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Sect 10. CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness in the countenance.
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Sect 10. CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness in the countenance.
John Downame · The Plea of the Poor · p. 16 · Open in the reader
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Sect. 11. CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness in words.
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Sect. 11. CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness in words.
John Downame · The Plea of the Poor · p. 16 · Open in the reader
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Sect 12. CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness in the action. Firſt, when a man giueth ſpeedily.
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Sect 12. CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness in the action. Firſt, when a man giueth ſpeedily.
John Downame · The Plea of the Poor · p. 17 · Open in the reader
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Sect. 6. CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness in countenāce.
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Sect. 6. CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness in countenāce.
John Downame · The Plea of the Poor · p. 28 · Open in the reader
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Sect. 7. CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness in our words and ſpeeches.
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Sect. 7. CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness in our words and ſpeeches.
John Downame · The Plea of the Poor · p. 30 · Open in the reader

The Sum of Sacred Divinity A20766

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A ſecond affection is, CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness and ioy in that which is good, ſorrow and griefe of heart, and an …
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A ſecond affection is, CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness and ioy in that which is good, ſorrow and griefe of heart, and an …
John Downame · The Sum of Sacred Divinity · p. 125 · Open in the reader
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… and will earneſter, all things to bee done with a greater Affection, Loue, Approbation, CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness, Feare to offend, Sinceritie, Zeale, Watchfulneſſe, and continuance both in Profeſſion and Action. In …
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… and will earneſter, all things to bee done with a greater Affection, Loue, Approbation, CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness, Feare to offend, Sinceritie, Zeale, Watchfulneſſe, and continuance both in Profeſſion and Action. In …
John Downame · The Sum of Sacred Divinity · p. 140 · Open in the reader
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Secondly, CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness in well-doing. Wherevpon the Children of God are euery-where called, A free …
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Secondly, CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness in well-doing. Wherevpon the Children of God are euery-where called, A free …
John Downame · The Sum of Sacred Divinity · p. 463 · Open in the reader

Two Treatises A21041

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CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness.
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CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness.
Daniel Dyke · Two Treatises · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Philemon A22481

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CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness. See Willingneſſe.
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CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness. See Willingneſſe.
William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · Open in the reader

Of Domestical Duties A68107

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1. Humilitie, 2. Sinceritie, 3. CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness, 4. Conſtancie.
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1. Humilitie, 2. Sinceritie, 3. CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness, 4. Conſtancie.
William Gouge · Of Domestical Duties · p. 331 · Open in the reader
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III. CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness is more apparant then ſinceritie, and maketh ſubiection the more pleaſing not only to …
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III. CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness is more apparant then ſinceritie, and maketh ſubiection the more pleaſing not only to …
William Gouge · Of Domestical Duties · p. 334 · Open in the reader
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… of ones ſelfe which aboue others are moſt ſenſibly diſcerned in this patterne. 1. Tenderneſſe. 2. CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness.
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… of ones ſelfe which aboue others are moſt ſenſibly diſcerned in this patterne. 1. Tenderneſſe. 2. CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness.
William Gouge · Of Domestical Duties · p. 420 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

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… finde that hee delights in the miſerie, but in the proſperitie of his ſeruants. CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness pleaſes him better than a deiected and dull heauineſſe of heart. If wee can …
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… finde that hee delights in the miſerie, but in the proſperitie of his ſeruants. CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness pleaſes him better than a deiected and dull heauineſſe of heart. If wee can …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 137 · Open in the reader
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… vpon two of his owne ſeruants; his owne traine ſhall yeeld Porters to Gehezi: CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness is the iuſt praiſe of our beneficence: Bountifull minds are as zealous in ouer …
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… vpon two of his owne ſeruants; his owne traine ſhall yeeld Porters to Gehezi: CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness is the iuſt praiſe of our beneficence: Bountifull minds are as zealous in ouer …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 1388 · Open in the reader
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CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness: an excitation to Chriſtian cheerefulneſſecheerfulness, 306
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CheerefulneſſeCheerfulness: an excitation to Chriſtian cheerefulneſſecheerfulness, 306
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · Open in the reader