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grossegross

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

Puritas changed it
10,821 times in 2,111 works
Consistency
98.4% (10,821 of 10,996)
Reach if approved
~11,554 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: gross
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
10,996 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (10,821 changes in 2,111 works, 98.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 10,821)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
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    … be man-eating? and doest thou irreligiously vrge the minds of the faithfull to grossegross, and carnall imaginations? I oppose against your interpretation Saint Chrysostoms, who saith: To take …
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    … be man-eating? and doest thou irreligiously vrge the minds of the faithfull to grossegross, and carnall imaginations? I oppose against your interpretation Saint Chrysostoms, who saith: To take …

    Daniel Featley · The Grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome · p. 296 · Open in the reader

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    … breake bread: whereby they gather, it was miniſtred vnder one kinde. But this is groſſegross blindnes of theirs, that they can not ſee, that as in the Hebrew phraſe …
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    … breake bread: whereby they gather, it was miniſtred vnder one kinde. But this is groſſegross blindnes of theirs, that they can not ſee, that as in the Hebrew phraſe …

    Dudley Fenner · The Whole Doctrine of the Sacraments · Open in the reader

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    … to this and many other Scriptures, that it cannot be defended without manifest and grossegross impudence, and contradiction to Christ and his Spirit.
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    … to this and many other Scriptures, that it cannot be defended without manifest and grossegross impudence, and contradiction to Christ and his Spirit.

    Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · p. 155 · Open in the reader

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    … his brother (ſaith S. Iohn) is a manſteare. We ſee hereby that not onely groſſegross euils come into reckoning before the Lord, but euen hatred ſetled in the heart …
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    … his brother (ſaith S. Iohn) is a manſteare. We ſee hereby that not onely groſſegross euils come into reckoning before the Lord, but euen hatred ſetled in the heart …

    John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 71 · Open in the reader

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    … great difference in mending some ouersights which may escape the best men: & in your grossegross false translations, who at the first falsifie of a prepensed malice, and afterwardes alter …
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    … great difference in mending some ouersights which may escape the best men: & in your grossegross false translations, who at the first falsifie of a prepensed malice, and afterwardes alter …

    William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 144 · Open in the reader

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    … the trueth, bicause they were not appointed to continue alwayes, wherein he bewraieth his grossegross & beastly ignorance, that can not discerne betweene the nation of the Iewes, and the …
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    … the trueth, bicause they were not appointed to continue alwayes, wherein he bewraieth his grossegross & beastly ignorance, that can not discerne betweene the nation of the Iewes, and the …

    William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 41 · Open in the reader

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    … it in that kinde from the Creature that thou vsest in it? thou committest grossegross idolatry: thou makest an Idole of it. Doest thou expect it from Satan? that …
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    … it in that kinde from the Creature that thou vsest in it? thou committest grossegross idolatry: thou makest an Idole of it. Doest thou expect it from Satan? that …

    Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 317 · Open in the reader

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    … God, doeth not reuerence his glorious maieſtie: and yet ye ſée how ſuch blind & groſſegross hypocrites doo glory in their vaine babbling, euen when they know not what they …
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    … God, doeth not reuerence his glorious maieſtie: and yet ye ſée how ſuch blind & groſſegross hypocrites doo glory in their vaine babbling, euen when they know not what they …

    George Gifford · Eight Sermons on Ecclesiastes · p. 132 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (175)

138 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 47 are listed here. 37 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The History of the Holy War A01342

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    … with his navie. 10 8 3 Dieth in Sicily. 7 5 13 7 8 10 28 3 8 49 8 11 9 IV. GI…ELLINUS, Archbishop of Arles. 1 6 14 8 9 11 29 4 9 LEWIS the GrosseGross. 2 Tripolis, wonne by the Christians. 9 BOEMUND the second, S. …et a child, and living …
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    … with his navie. 10 8 3 Dieth in Sicily. 7 5 13 7 8 10 28 3 8 49 8 11 9 IV. GI…ELLINUS, Archbishop of Arles. 1 6 14 8 9 11 29 4 9 LEWIS the GrosseGross. 2 Tripolis, wonne by the Christians. 9 BOEMUND the second, S. …et a child, and living …

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Holy War · Open in the reader

Discussion of the Popish Doctrine of Transubstantiation A01532

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    … r. with p. 42. l. 8. for is r. is not p. 47. l 7. for Crosse r. GrosseGross. p. 51. l. 24. put out simply and p. 53. l. 7. for these r. in those p …
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    … r. with p. 42. l. 8. for is r. is not p. 47. l 7. for Crosse r. GrosseGross. p. 51. l. 24. put out simply and p. 53. l. 7. for these r. in those p …

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

Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Lords Prayer A02087

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    But is God then, Our Father in generall: and as it were in GrosseGross, and is he not the Father of every one of us in particular? I …
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    But is God then, Our Father in generall: and as it were in GrosseGross, and is he not the Father of every one of us in particular? I …

    Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Lords Prayer · p. 16 · Open in the reader

The Way to True Happiness A02723

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    … causes, so it produceth as bad an effect. The causes of it are two: 1. GrosseGross and deepe ignorance, for euer you shall obserue, the more ignorant any man is …
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    … causes, so it produceth as bad an effect. The causes of it are two: 1. GrosseGross and deepe ignorance, for euer you shall obserue, the more ignorant any man is …

    Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 151 · Open in the reader

A Friendly Trial of the Grounds Tending to Separation A02990

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    … fill up the church and ſtate with a world of ſcandals, injuries, and inconveniences. GroſſeGross, notorious, ſcandalous ſinners ſhould be excluded from the ſacrament, but yet according to the …
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    … fill up the church and ſtate with a world of ſcandals, injuries, and inconveniences. GroſſeGross, notorious, ſcandalous ſinners ſhould be excluded from the ſacrament, but yet according to the …

    John Ball · A Friendly Trial of the Grounds Tending to Separation · p. 187 · Open in the reader

Lectures Upon Psalm 51 A03343

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    GrosseGross sinnes harden the heart.
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    GrosseGross sinnes harden the heart.

    Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · Open in the reader

The Right Way from Danger of Sin and Vengeance A05400

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    GrosseGross idolaters do boldly and blindly imagine a presence of God in imagerie, or vnder …
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    GrosseGross idolaters do boldly and blindly imagine a presence of God in imagerie, or vnder …

    Thomas Lever · The Right Way from Danger of Sin and Vengeance · Open in the reader

The Relics of Rome A07146

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    … althoughe neuer so true, and agreable to the worde of GOD: Partelye againste oure GrosseGross Gospellers and pratlyng Protestantes, whiche doinge themselues nothynge prayse wrthye, enuye, slaunder and backby …
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    … althoughe neuer so true, and agreable to the worde of GOD: Partelye againste oure GrosseGross Gospellers and pratlyng Protestantes, whiche doinge themselues nothynge prayse wrthye, enuye, slaunder and backby …

    Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · Open in the reader

Antidote Against Popery A07344

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    … of them, let him looke into Pelanus Dan. part 2. p. 467: and Parker of the GroſſeGross, who ſheweth what whores, and Ganimedes by name, ſeuerall Popes haue had. Sergius had …
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    … of them, let him looke into Pelanus Dan. part 2. p. 467: and Parker of the GroſſeGross, who ſheweth what whores, and Ganimedes by name, ſeuerall Popes haue had. Sergius had …

    John Mayer · Antidote Against Popery · p. 70 · Open in the reader

The Grounds of Divinity A09026

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    … thy knowledge, whereby thou art as a Prophet to thy ſelfe, and to others. GroſſeGross Ignorance cannot ſtand with this Title: If thou béeſt a Chriſtian, then thou art …
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    … thy knowledge, whereby thou art as a Prophet to thy ſelfe, and to others. GroſſeGross Ignorance cannot ſtand with this Title: If thou béeſt a Chriſtian, then thou art …

    Elnathan Parr · The Grounds of Divinity · p. 202 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Romans 8-11 A09031

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    doctrine God by the death of his Sonne, which Hee did ſuffer on the GroſſeGross in our Nature, hath ſo taken away and aboliſhed ſinne, that it cannot rule …
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    doctrine God by the death of his Sonne, which Hee did ſuffer on the GroſſeGross in our Nature, hath ſo taken away and aboliſhed ſinne, that it cannot rule …

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 22 · Open in the reader

The Isle of Man A09156

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    This Tithing-man is GroſſeGross-vnderſtanding, like one purblinde, who cannot ſee a farre off, but only groſſegross tranſgreſſions …
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    This Tithing-man is GroſſeGross-vnderſtanding, like one purblinde, who cannot ſee a farre off, but only groſſegross tranſgreſſions …

    Richard Bernard · The Isle of Man · p. 42 · Open in the reader

The Damned Art of Witchcraft A09402

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    The Signe of the GrosseGross. 243
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    The Signe of the GrosseGross. 243

    William Perkins · The Damned Art of Witchcraft · Open in the reader

The Way to Heaven A09599

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    1. GrosseGross therefore and absurd is that Liberti…e opinion, That any may be saued in …
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    1. GrosseGross therefore and absurd is that Liberti…e opinion, That any may be saued in …

    John Phillips · The Way to Heaven · p. 16 · Open in the reader

A Quench-Coal A10197

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    … ment of it, but only of Christ himselfe, or of the Altar of the GrosseGross; p. 416. 417.
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    … ment of it, but only of Christ himselfe, or of the Altar of the GrosseGross; p. 416. 417.

    William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 293 · Open in the reader

The Unloveliness of Love-Locks A10199

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    … Countrey-men, Fellowes, Kinred, Neighbours, and Companions are? Certainely, if this bee not Affected, GrosseGross, and Wilfull Singularitie, there is no such thing as Singularitie, or breach of Ciuill …
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    … Countrey-men, Fellowes, Kinred, Neighbours, and Companions are? Certainely, if this bee not Affected, GrosseGross, and Wilfull Singularitie, there is no such thing as Singularitie, or breach of Ciuill …

    William Prynne · The Unloveliness of Love-Locks · p. 24 · Open in the reader

Seven Treatises A10945

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    1. GroſſeGross offenders.
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    1. GroſſeGross offenders.

    Richard Rogers · Seven Treatises · Open in the reader

The Christians Daily Walk in Holy Security and Peace A11818

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    Firſt, from GroſſeGross ignorance of the danger wherein a man lyeth becauſe of ſinne, whence followeth a …
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    Firſt, from GroſſeGross ignorance of the danger wherein a man lyeth becauſe of ſinne, whence followeth a …

    Henry Scudder · The Christians Daily Walk in Holy Security and Peace · p. 441 · Open in the reader

Christian Observations and Resolutions A13075

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    … that separateth vs not from the end, nor turneth vs out of the way. GrosseGross distractions are more dangerous, yet if true Grace bee …, we shall aduance our selues …
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    … that separateth vs not from the end, nor turneth vs out of the way. GrosseGross distractions are more dangerous, yet if true Grace bee …, we shall aduance our selues …

    William Struther · Christian Observations and Resolutions · p. 39 · Open in the reader

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    … best doe suffer, and that for God, and at the hands of good men: GrosseGross euils are soone discerned, and as they make a dittay and bring on punishment …
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    … best doe suffer, and that for God, and at the hands of good men: GrosseGross euils are soone discerned, and as they make a dittay and bring on punishment …

    William Struther · Christian Observations and Resolutions · p. 185 · Open in the reader

History of the First Ten Persecutions A13296

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    … in, either to confirme the sanctimonie of the monasticke life, the adoration of the GrosseGross, or some other grossegross superstition. Zosymas a Monke is commended by him for his …
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    … in, either to confirme the sanctimonie of the monasticke life, the adoration of the GrosseGross, or some other grossegross superstition. Zosymas a Monke is commended by him for his …

    Patrick Simson · History of the First Ten Persecutions · p. 24 · Open in the reader

Davids Learning A13538

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    … the Sabboth, their answere will bee, I would I had neuer done worse! &c. GrosseGross sinnes with them are but infirmities.
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    … the Sabboth, their answere will bee, I would I had neuer done worse! &c. GrosseGross sinnes with them are but infirmities.

    Thomas Taylor · Davids Learning · p. 46 · Open in the reader

The Rule of the Law Under the Gospel A13556

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    … the right rise of these palpable errours. And these I observe to be three. 1. GrosseGross ignorance: 2. swelling pride: 3. love of licentiousnesse, joyned with the hatred of holinesse, as we …
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    … the right rise of these palpable errours. And these I observe to be three. 1. GrosseGross ignorance: 2. swelling pride: 3. love of licentiousnesse, joyned with the hatred of holinesse, as we …

    Thomas Taylor · The Rule of the Law Under the Gospel · p. 59 · Open in the reader

Opening of the Ten Commandments A15011

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    2. GroſſeGross, plaine and palpable.
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    2. GroſſeGross, plaine and palpable.

    William Whately · Opening of the Ten Commandments · p. 58 · Open in the reader

The Four Principal Pillars of Papistry A15431

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    … necessitie to lie, sect. 13. Mendacium rotundum. Hee maketh a round lie. sect. 16. Crassa ignorantia, GrosseGross ignorance. lib. 3. cap. 7. sect. 3. Mendacium ridiculum & morione dignum, A ridiculous lie and fit for …
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    … necessitie to lie, sect. 13. Mendacium rotundum. Hee maketh a round lie. sect. 16. Crassa ignorantia, GrosseGross ignorance. lib. 3. cap. 7. sect. 3. Mendacium ridiculum & morione dignum, A ridiculous lie and fit for …

    Andrew Willet · The Four Principal Pillars of Papistry · p. 9 · Open in the reader

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    … A notable or lewd lie. Mendacium stupidū. A blockish lie. cap. 16. sect. 7. Crassa stupiditas, GrosseGross blockishnes, ibi. Stul…itia & hebetudo prorsus asinina, Asinine foolishnesse and dulnesse, cap. 19. sect. 11. These …
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    … A notable or lewd lie. Mendacium stupidū. A blockish lie. cap. 16. sect. 7. Crassa stupiditas, GrosseGross blockishnes, ibi. Stul…itia & hebetudo prorsus asinina, Asinine foolishnesse and dulnesse, cap. 19. sect. 11. These …

    Andrew Willet · The Four Principal Pillars of Papistry · p. 9 · Open in the reader

Saints by Calling A15527

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    6 GrosseGross, or subtile hypocrisie.
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    6 GrosseGross, or subtile hypocrisie.

    Thomas Wilson · Saints by Calling · Open in the reader

Abuses Stripped and Whipped A15623

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    Obscurity, GrosseGross-Fates, and want of Meanes,
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    Obscurity, GrosseGross-Fates, and want of Meanes,

    George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

Britains Remembrancer A15627

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    GrosseGross sins, the staine of t…at, least b…ur thee shall)
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    GrosseGross sins, the staine of t…at, least b…ur thee shall)

    George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · p. 90 · Open in the reader

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    GrosseGross Monopolies, doe appeare to be.
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    GrosseGross Monopolies, doe appeare to be.

    George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · p. 201 · Open in the reader

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    GrosseGross Darknesse, and the Death or those that be
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    GrosseGross Darknesse, and the Death or those that be

    George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · p. 258 · Open in the reader

The Shepherds Hunting A15656

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    GrosseGross conceits from muddy braines;
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    GrosseGross conceits from muddy braines;

    George Wither · The Shepherds Hunting · Open in the reader

Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God A16338

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    1. GrosseGross hypocrites, who deceiue others, but not their owne hearts, as Iudas.
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    1. GrosseGross hypocrites, who deceiue others, but not their owne hearts, as Iudas.

    Robert Bolton · Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God · p. 295 · Open in the reader

The Autumn Part from the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity A16554

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    … couetousnesse is commendable thrift, obstinacie noble resolution, and drunkennesse a point of good fellowship. GrosseGross wickednesse is easily seene, and preuented soone: but our chiefe aduersaries abound with spirituall …
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    … couetousnesse is commendable thrift, obstinacie noble resolution, and drunkennesse a point of good fellowship. GrosseGross wickednesse is easily seene, and preuented soone: but our chiefe aduersaries abound with spirituall …

    John Boys · The Autumn Part from the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity · p. 162 · Open in the reader

A Commentary on 1 Peter 1-3 A17385

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    1. GrosseGross offenders, Mal. 3.7. Rev. 21. & 22.
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    1. GrosseGross offenders, Mal. 3.7. Rev. 21. & 22.

    Nicholas Byfield · A Commentary on 1 Peter 1-3 · p. 129 · Open in the reader

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    1. GrosseGross errors in opinion.
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    1. GrosseGross errors in opinion.

    Nicholas Byfield · A Commentary on 1 Peter 1-3 · p. 142 · Open in the reader

The Doctrine of the Sabbath Vindicated A17418

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    ❧ A TABLE OF THE ABSVRD AND GROSSEGROSS POſitions, that lye ſcattered in this Treatiſe of the Sabbath, written by Maſter BREERWOOD.
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    ❧ A TABLE OF THE ABSVRD AND GROSSEGROSS POſitions, that lye ſcattered in this Treatiſe of the Sabbath, written by Maſter BREERWOOD.

    Richard Byfield · The Doctrine of the Sabbath Vindicated · Open in the reader

A Necessity of Separation from the Church of England A17912

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    … alive, and will not (I am perſwaded) willingly relate any thing but the truth. 4. GroſſeGross contradictions, in ſeeking to juſtifie againſt us, the very things, which by ſound arguments …
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    … alive, and will not (I am perſwaded) willingly relate any thing but the truth. 4. GroſſeGross contradictions, in ſeeking to juſtifie againſt us, the very things, which by ſound arguments …

    John Canne · A Necessity of Separation from the Church of England · Open in the reader

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    70. GroſſeGross Errours, practiſed in the Church of England. p. 243. 244
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    70. GroſſeGross Errours, practiſed in the Church of England. p. 243. 244

    John Canne · A Necessity of Separation from the Church of England · Open in the reader

More Work for a Mass-Priest A19248

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    67 Some of your Painters picture Chriſt and Simon of Gyrene carying the GroſſeGross of Chriſt ioyntly▪ but (as Ianſenius proueth well they caried it ſeuerally, Chriſt one …
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    67 Some of your Painters picture Chriſt and Simon of Gyrene carying the GroſſeGross of Chriſt ioyntly▪ but (as Ianſenius proueth well they caried it ſeuerally, Chriſt one …

    Alexander Cooke · More Work for a Mass-Priest · Open in the reader

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    68 Some of your Crircifixes repreſent Chriſt nailed vpon the GroſſeGross with three nailes, ſome with foure: of mo hoiles then foure, we neither reade …
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    68 Some of your Crircifixes repreſent Chriſt nailed vpon the GroſſeGross with three nailes, ſome with foure: of mo hoiles then foure, we neither reade …

    Alexander Cooke · More Work for a Mass-Priest · Open in the reader

Satan Transformed Into an Angel of Light A19294

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    … the Ignorant multitude, and wilfully seduced Papist; But euen in the Carnall Protestant, and GrosseGross Hypocrite, though they haue receiued the knowledge of the Truth; For do wee not …
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    … the Ignorant multitude, and wilfully seduced Papist; But euen in the Carnall Protestant, and GrosseGross Hypocrite, though they haue receiued the knowledge of the Truth; For do wee not …

    Thomas Cooper · Satan Transformed Into an Angel of Light · p. 17 · Open in the reader

The Mystery of Witchcraft Discovering the Truth of Nature A19295

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    … the Ignorant multitude, and wilfully seduced Papist; But euen in the Carnall Protestant, and GrosseGross Hypocrite, though they haue receiued the knowledge of the Truth; For do wee not …
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    … the Ignorant multitude, and wilfully seduced Papist; But euen in the Carnall Protestant, and GrosseGross Hypocrite, though they haue receiued the knowledge of the Truth; For do wee not …

    Thomas Cooper · The Mystery of Witchcraft Discovering the Truth of Nature · p. 17 · Open in the reader

Defense of the True Doctrine of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper A19571

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    THE GROSSEGROSS errour of the Papistes, is of the carnal eatyng and drynkyng of Christes fleshe …
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    THE GROSSEGROSS errour of the Papistes, is of the carnal eatyng and drynkyng of Christes fleshe …

    Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Defense of the True Doctrine of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper · Open in the reader

Coals from the Altar A20939

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    … is he that God hath ordained for a propitiation by the blood of the GroſſeGross, and there is no other name vnder Heauen, by which we can poſſibly be …
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    … is he that God hath ordained for a propitiation by the blood of the GroſſeGross, and there is no other name vnder Heauen, by which we can poſſibly be …

    Peter du Moulin Jr · Coals from the Altar · p. 44 · Open in the reader

Catholic Theology Plain Pure Peaceable A26883

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    … totally fall from ſpecial Grace; but that no ſuch are ever recovered: Though other GroſſeGross Sins, which are not ſuch a total Apoſtacy may be pardoned. Theſe cannot be …
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    … totally fall from ſpecial Grace; but that no ſuch are ever recovered: Though other GroſſeGross Sins, which are not ſuch a total Apoſtacy may be pardoned. Theſe cannot be …

    Richard Baxter · Catholic Theology Plain Pure Peaceable · p. 214 · Open in the reader

Diary of a Thankful Christian A27153

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    … enough of the old man in the new man to trouble the beſt man. GroſſeGross errors have been maintained by good men, to the prejudice of publick peace: Even …
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    … enough of the old man in the new man to trouble the beſt man. GroſſeGross errors have been maintained by good men, to the prejudice of publick peace: Even …

    John Beadle · Diary of a Thankful Christian · p. 124 · Open in the reader