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firstefirst

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

Puritas changed it
2,775 times in 264 works
Consistency
89.0% (2,775 of 3,117)
Reach if approved
~3,281 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: first
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
3,123 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,775 changes in 264 works, 89.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,775)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
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    But your laste refuge is, that the Apostle speaketh onely of the firstefirst entrance into Christianitie, which in antiquitie was by baptisme, confirmation, the complement of baptisme …
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    But your laste refuge is, that the Apostle speaketh onely of the firstefirst entrance into Christianitie, which in antiquitie was by baptisme, confirmation, the complement of baptisme …

    William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 170 · Open in the reader

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    … and their ſcholars (from that daye forward) growe into a S… nagoge of ſathā, firſtefirst gounded in pride and ambicion (as appeareth by their owne hiſtories) Bonifacius the thirde …
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    … and their ſcholars (from that daye forward) growe into a S… nagoge of ſathā, firſtefirst gounded in pride and ambicion (as appeareth by their owne hiſtories) Bonifacius the thirde …

    Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. lxxii · Open in the reader

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    … lord God with it frome henceforthe / nor yet his holy sainctes and creatures / consydre firstefirst that it is thy Christen dewtye to be no blasphemare. And nexte vnto this …
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    … lord God with it frome henceforthe / nor yet his holy sainctes and creatures / consydre firstefirst that it is thy Christen dewtye to be no blasphemare. And nexte vnto this …

    Miles Coverdale · A Christian Exhortation Unto Customable Swearers · p. 15 · Open in the reader

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    … and take on at adverſaries whoſe handes they will bee ſure, them ſelves have firſtefirst tyed faſt. Yea, whom they will bee ſure to have in their power to …
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    … and take on at adverſaries whoſe handes they will bee ſure, them ſelves have firſtefirst tyed faſt. Yea, whom they will bee ſure to have in their power to …

    Henry Jacob · Attestation of Many Learned Godly and Famous Divines · p. 196 · Open in the reader

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    … self in this their trouble, was iudged and estemed by his disciples at the firstefirst syght a spirite or phantastical body: so is the truth and syncere preachinge of …
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    … self in this their trouble, was iudged and estemed by his disciples at the firstefirst syght a spirite or phantastical body: so is the truth and syncere preachinge of …

    John Knox · A Faithful Admonition · p. 46 · Open in the reader

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    But we nowe leaue theese peticions, and wold be in panem nostrum at the firstefirst dashe, wee wold haue our dayly bread at the first chop, & so we haue …
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    But we nowe leaue theese peticions, and wold be in panem nostrum at the firstefirst dashe, wee wold haue our dayly bread at the first chop, & so we haue …

    Hugh Latimer · Sermon 9 October 1550 · Open in the reader

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    … then the ende and fruite of the ſame applyed in this Sacrament. Concerning the firſtefirst, although it be not here expreſſed, yet it is to be gathered hence by …
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    … then the ende and fruite of the ſame applyed in this Sacrament. Concerning the firſtefirst, although it be not here expreſſed, yet it is to be gathered hence by …

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

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    … fine forgers of fraude: of whom notwithstanding, if any man will demaunde for the firstefirst Originall of y• theyr doctrine, they wyll not be ashamed to fetche the pedigree …
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    … fine forgers of fraude: of whom notwithstanding, if any man will demaunde for the firstefirst Originall of y• theyr doctrine, they wyll not be ashamed to fetche the pedigree …

    John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (342)

330 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 60 are listed here. 12 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Arts of Logic and Rhetoric A00630

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    FirſteFirst.
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    FirſteFirst.

    Dudley Fenner · The Arts of Logic and Rhetoric · Open in the reader

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    … ought againſt thee. 24 Leaue there thy gifte before the altar, and goe thy wayes: FirsteFirst, he reconciled to thy brother, and then come & offer thy gifte
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    … ought againſt thee. 24 Leaue there thy gifte before the altar, and goe thy wayes: FirsteFirst, he reconciled to thy brother, and then come & offer thy gifte

    Dudley Fenner · The Arts of Logic and Rhetoric · Open in the reader

Brief Treatise Upon the First Table of the Law A00634

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    … it, Phi. 2. 12. 1. Pe. 1. 11. and 2. 17. Heb. 4. 1. This feare differeth from the feare of the wicked: FirſteFirst, in that it proceeding from faith, hath alwayes comfort with it, and ſure hope …
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    … it, Phi. 2. 12. 1. Pe. 1. 11. and 2. 17. Heb. 4. 1. This feare differeth from the feare of the wicked: FirſteFirst, in that it proceeding from faith, hath alwayes comfort with it, and ſure hope …

    Dudley Fenner · Brief Treatise Upon the First Table of the Law · Open in the reader

The Whole Doctrine of the Sacraments A00642

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    … beeing layde, let vs conſider the endes and fruites of the receyuing of Chriſt. FirſteFirst to Gods glorie, then our good.
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    … beeing layde, let vs conſider the endes and fruites of the receyuing of Chriſt. FirſteFirst to Gods glorie, then our good.

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

Answer to Epistle by Renat Benedict A00685

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    … our iudgement of it in few wordes, and what we do mislyke in it. FirsteFirst we mislyke the persone that sayeth it, and iudgeth him to be a blasphemer …
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    … our iudgement of it in few wordes, and what we do mislyke in it. FirsteFirst we mislyke the persone that sayeth it, and iudgeth him to be a blasphemer …

    David Fergusson · Answer to Epistle by Renat Benedict · p. 36 · Open in the reader

The Pope Confuted A01130

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    FirsteFirst, touching the omnipotency of Gods woorde: I were very wicked, if I woulde not …
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    FirsteFirst, touching the omnipotency of Gods woorde: I were very wicked, if I woulde not …

    John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · p. 81 · Open in the reader

Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines A01262

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    … we are now deliuered from the tirannie of all thē by Chriſt Ieſus crucified. FirſteFirst hee ouercame ſinne, when beeing the ſonne of God, in the ſhape of a …
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    … we are now deliuered from the tirannie of all thē by Chriſt Ieſus crucified. FirſteFirst hee ouercame ſinne, when beeing the ſonne of God, in the ſhape of a …

    John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 12 · Open in the reader

A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel A01304

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    … proue, namely that we are Heretikes, and Schismatikes. And so you committe double folie. FirsteFirst, in prouyng that so diligentely, whiche no manne will deny (whiche is, that a …
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    … proue, namely that we are Heretikes, and Schismatikes. And so you committe double folie. FirsteFirst, in prouyng that so diligentely, whiche no manne will deny (whiche is, that a …

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

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    … your popishe Sacramente, of auricular cōfession? or what likelihode hath it with the same? FirsteFirst the faithfull bringyng forthe certeine examples of their actions, acknowledge how they were seduced …
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    … your popishe Sacramente, of auricular cōfession? or what likelihode hath it with the same? FirsteFirst the faithfull bringyng forthe certeine examples of their actions, acknowledge how they were seduced …

    William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · p. 31 · Open in the reader

Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue A01309

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    FVLK. 5. FirsteFirst out of Scripture I iustifie it thus: Those dogmata against which the Apostle writeth …
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    FVLK. 5. FirsteFirst out of Scripture I iustifie it thus: Those dogmata against which the Apostle writeth …

    William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 81 · Open in the reader

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    … brother Abel. But that this is most false and absurd, we prooue many waies. FirsteFirst S. Augustine saith directly the contrarie: Tu dominaberis illius: nunquid Fratris? absit. cuius igitur …
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    … brother Abel. But that this is most false and absurd, we prooue many waies. FirsteFirst S. Augustine saith directly the contrarie: Tu dominaberis illius: nunquid Fratris? absit. cuius igitur …

    William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 316 · Open in the reader

Sermon 26 February 1580 A01312

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    … infinite: yet I will note it in two pointes onelie, out of this texte. FirsteFirst in the person with whome he dealeth, and secondly in the sinne wherevnto hee …
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    … infinite: yet I will note it in two pointes onelie, out of this texte. FirsteFirst in the person with whome he dealeth, and secondly in the sinne wherevnto hee …

    William Fulke · Sermon 26 February 1580 · p. 39 · Open in the reader

Prelections Upon Revelation A01320

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    … ghost setteth him out, that all his malice and subtill deceytes mighte bee perceyued. FirsteFirst he is called, that great Dragon, whiche is described before in the thirde Verse …
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    … ghost setteth him out, that all his malice and subtill deceytes mighte bee perceyued. FirsteFirst he is called, that great Dragon, whiche is described before in the thirde Verse …

    William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · p. 80 · Open in the reader

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    … was like to a stone most preciouse, euen a Iasper cleare as Cristall. &c. FirsteFirst wee must note, that nothinge can be founde in this worlde of suche beautie …
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    … was like to a stone most preciouse, euen a Iasper cleare as Cristall. &c. FirsteFirst wee must note, that nothinge can be founde in this worlde of suche beautie …

    William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · p. 141 · Open in the reader

A Retentive to Stay Good Christians A01325

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    … this aduaunce the singularitie of his Sea? For examples of Catholickes purging them selues, FirsteFirst he nameth Chrysostome in his Epistle to Innocentius the sixt of Rome, but setteth …
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    … this aduaunce the singularitie of his Sea? For examples of Catholickes purging them selues, FirsteFirst he nameth Chrysostome in his Epistle to Innocentius the sixt of Rome, but setteth …

    William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 44 · Open in the reader

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    FirsteFirst he sayeth, If Augustines sense were true, all the three other shoulde be voyde …
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    FirsteFirst he sayeth, If Augustines sense were true, all the three other shoulde be voyde …

    William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 200 · Open in the reader

Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester A01752

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    FirſteFirst for that he is verie man in al thinges, haueing a naturall bodye as …
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    FirſteFirst for that he is verie man in al thinges, haueing a naturall bodye as …

    Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. xxxvii · Open in the reader

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    … the large wythout …heke, and plaie your legerdemayne without beinge eſſpied of any man. FirſteFirst Iohn, the chiefe ſecretarie of God, writteth thus. The firſtefirst daye of the Sabuthe …
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    … the large wythout …heke, and plaie your legerdemayne without beinge eſſpied of any man. FirſteFirst Iohn, the chiefe ſecretarie of God, writteth thus. The firſtefirst daye of the Sabuthe …

    Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. li · Open in the reader

How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects A01880

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    … whither he be of God or not, whom we woulde choſe for our kinge. FirſteFirst (as was ſayd) if he be a man that hathe the feare of God …
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    … whither he be of God or not, whom we woulde choſe for our kinge. FirſteFirst (as was ſayd) if he be a man that hathe the feare of God …

    Christopher Goodman · How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects · p. 43 · Open in the reader

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    … becauſe they tend bothe to one effecte in this matter, we will admitte bothe. FirſteFirst, granting that their counſelle to quietnes and to abſtayne frō rebellion was good and …
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    … becauſe they tend bothe to one effecte in this matter, we will admitte bothe. FirſteFirst, granting that their counſelle to quietnes and to abſtayne frō rebellion was good and …

    Christopher Goodman · How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects · p. 125 · Open in the reader

Some Laid Open in his Colors A02200

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    … notable receipt for this shortnes of breath, if he woulde be ruled by me. FirsteFirst he must crosse the Thames no more towards Lambeth, for the moistues of the …
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    … notable receipt for this shortnes of breath, if he woulde be ruled by me. FirsteFirst he must crosse the Thames no more towards Lambeth, for the moistues of the …

    Job Throckmorton · Some Laid Open in his Colors · p. 115 · Open in the reader

Against a Rank Papist A02621

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    … resoluing the doubtes therin moued, I must be enforced to answere to. ii. spretes. FirsteFirst vnto yours, which (as apereth) is full of lenyte and gentylnesse, corresponding to your …
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    … resoluing the doubtes therin moued, I must be enforced to answere to. ii. spretes. FirsteFirst vnto yours, which (as apereth) is full of lenyte and gentylnesse, corresponding to your …

    John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · p. xvi · Open in the reader

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    FirsteFirst it is to be marked, to whome, o… at whose instaunce, thys boke was …
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    FirsteFirst it is to be marked, to whome, o… at whose instaunce, thys boke was …

    John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · Open in the reader

The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass A02831

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    FirsteFirst if I shall ask this Doctor, if Noie had any commandement to buyld the …
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    FirsteFirst if I shall ask this Doctor, if Noie had any commandement to buyld the …

    George Hay · The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass · Open in the reader

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    FirsteFirst ye should haue broght the wordes of the Text, and by them prouen, that …
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    FirsteFirst ye should haue broght the wordes of the Text, and by them prouen, that …

    George Hay · The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass · p. 57 · Open in the reader

The Image of Both Churches in Revelation A02872

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    7 By the iudgement of God is …he brought to vtter confusion. FirsteFirst ha… she a …al by the death of Christ, when the prince of this …
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    7 By the iudgement of God is …he brought to vtter confusion. FirsteFirst ha… she a …al by the death of Christ, when the prince of this …

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader

The Furious Outrages of France and the Horrible Slaughter A03723

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    FirsteFirst it was found that the same house belonged to a Priest a Canon of …
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    FirsteFirst it was found that the same house belonged to a Priest a Canon of …

    François Hotman · The Furious Outrages of France and the Horrible Slaughter · p. XlII · Open in the reader

Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England A04215

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    … in our Article omitted by mee, vvherein our practize is contrarie to our profeſſion. FirſteFirst, our Article requireth a viſible Church to bee an aſſembly of faithfull men: But …
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    … in our Article omitted by mee, vvherein our practize is contrarie to our profeſſion. FirſteFirst, our Article requireth a viſible Church to bee an aſſembly of faithfull men: But …

    Henry Jacob · Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 9 · Open in the reader

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    … derlared before, againſt your Firſt Reaſon. Your proofes, that the Samaritans brake not the FirsteFirst commandment are nothing. (1) That of Ezra. 4.1.2. that they ſought the Lord as the Jewes …
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    … derlared before, againſt your Firſt Reaſon. Your proofes, that the Samaritans brake not the FirsteFirst commandment are nothing. (1) That of Ezra. 4.1.2. that they ſought the Lord as the Jewes …

    Henry Jacob · Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 54 · Open in the reader

The Sufferings and Victory of Christ in the Work of Redemption A04221

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    … ſort as the Scripture telleth feared Gods wrath, & ye… felt it neuer a whit. FirſteFirst it is well yow graunt that Chriſt came ſo neere it that he feared …
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    … ſort as the Scripture telleth feared Gods wrath, & ye… felt it neuer a whit. FirſteFirst it is well yow graunt that Chriſt came ſo neere it that he feared …

    Henry Jacob · The Sufferings and Victory of Christ in the Work of Redemption · p. 59 · Open in the reader

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    … of Scripture that doe euince it, and chieflie that it is not properlie Hell. FirſteFirst that where Iacob ſayeth of Ioſeph whom he thought to be dead, Ered el …
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    … of Scripture that doe euince it, and chieflie that it is not properlie Hell. FirſteFirst that where Iacob ſayeth of Ioſeph whom he thought to be dead, Ered el …

    Henry Jacob · The Sufferings and Victory of Christ in the Work of Redemption · p. 120 · Open in the reader

Lectures Upon Exodus 20 A04902

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    FirſteFirst, that the Lorde might righteouſlye require that kynde of obedience at our handes, though …
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    FirſteFirst, that the Lorde might righteouſlye require that kynde of obedience at our handes, though …

    John Knewstubs · Lectures Upon Exodus 20 · p. 238 · Open in the reader

Letter to Lady Mary A04924

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    FIrſteFirst we confeſſe that it is an holy action, ordeyned of God, in the whiche …
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    FIrſteFirst we confeſſe that it is an holy action, ordeyned of God, in the whiche …

    John Knox · Letter to Lady Mary · Open in the reader

A Faithful Admonition A04926

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    1. FirsteFirst, that the disciples at the pre sence of Christe were more affrayed then they …
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    1. FirsteFirst, that the disciples at the pre sence of Christe were more affrayed then they …

    John Knox · A Faithful Admonition · p. 44 · Open in the reader

Twenty-Seven Sermons A05143

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    … be disposed to hide your synnes, I will tell you howe you shall hide …. FirsteFirst acknowleage theim, and than beleue in our sauior Christ, put him in trust withall …
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    … be disposed to hide your synnes, I will tell you howe you shall hide …. FirsteFirst acknowleage theim, and than beleue in our sauior Christ, put him in trust withall …

    Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · p. 46 · Open in the reader

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    … and the dead. Our sauiour Christ was reueled long before he came to suffre. FirsteFirst in paradise, when God spake of the womans sede, saith: Conteret caput serpentis, The …
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    … and the dead. Our sauiour Christ was reueled long before he came to suffre. FirsteFirst in paradise, when God spake of the womans sede, saith: Conteret caput serpentis, The …

    Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · p. 108 · Open in the reader

Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent A06500

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    … For they knowe that no munitions, no furniture of war can be so strong. FirsteFirst of all therefore, wey and consider why he calleth the Lord Righteous, and you …
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    … For they knowe that no munitions, no furniture of war can be so strong. FirsteFirst of all therefore, wey and consider why he calleth the Lord Righteous, and you …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent · p. 200 · Open in the reader

Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels A06932

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    … lenger the worse, as we maye see in the Gospell of this present Sonday. FirsteFirst the Iewes are angrye, because Christ begynneth to preache. Afterwarde they begin to speake …
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    … lenger the worse, as we maye see in the Gospell of this present Sonday. FirsteFirst the Iewes are angrye, because Christ begynneth to preache. Afterwarde they begin to speake …

    Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader

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    FirsteFirst the Iewes laye for their excuse Moises lawe, and all the ceremonies. For when …
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    FirsteFirst the Iewes laye for their excuse Moises lawe, and all the ceremonies. For when …

    Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader

The Relics of Rome A07146

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    … officiis, & Honorius in his treatise, de gēma animae: wherof thou mayest learne two thinges. FirsteFirst, that in the primatiue churche and …ong after, whē Christen religion was moste pure …
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    … officiis, & Honorius in his treatise, de gēma animae: wherof thou mayest learne two thinges. FirsteFirst, that in the primatiue churche and …ong after, whē Christen religion was moste pure …

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

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    … to be noted, saith Durand, that ye masse is ended three maner of wayes FirsteFirst of all by Ite missa est: and that is in solemne feastes, when Te …
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    … to be noted, saith Durand, that ye masse is ended three maner of wayes FirsteFirst of all by Ite missa est: and that is in solemne feastes, when Te …

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

The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises A07988

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    … deſcribed to proceed from God, and come to the ſeuen Churches by foure degrees: FirſteFirst, God giueth the ſame to Chriſt: Secondlie, Chriſt ſendeth his Angell, or Angelles bearing …
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    … deſcribed to proceed from God, and come to the ſeuen Churches by foure degrees: FirſteFirst, God giueth the ſame to Chriſt: Secondlie, Chriſt ſendeth his Angell, or Angelles bearing …

    John Napier · The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises · p. 75 · Open in the reader

Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies A09002

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    … is (then) no probabilitie for the Croſſe. is there probabilitie for any thinge elſe? FirſteFirst it is thought that by this ſigne of the ſonne of man, there are …
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    … is (then) no probabilitie for the Croſſe. is there probabilitie for any thinge elſe? FirſteFirst it is thought that by this ſigne of the ſonne of man, there are …

    Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · p. 129 · Open in the reader

Reformation Unjustly Charged as Enemies A09299

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    … vſe my weake and polluted hands: I do make it knowen vnto the worlde. FirſteFirst that I am accounted an enemye vnto our ſtate, for no other ſuſpition and …
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    … vſe my weake and polluted hands: I do make it knowen vnto the worlde. FirſteFirst that I am accounted an enemye vnto our ſtate, for no other ſuſpition and …

    John Penry · Reformation Unjustly Charged as Enemies · Open in the reader

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    … ſame 2. maner of wayes, and infringe the libertie of the church by as many. FirſteFirst they will bee Miniſters, and civill magiſtrates too, that is, they wilbee miniſters of …
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    … ſame 2. maner of wayes, and infringe the libertie of the church by as many. FirſteFirst they will bee Miniſters, and civill magiſtrates too, that is, they wilbee miniſters of …

    John Penry · Reformation Unjustly Charged as Enemies · Open in the reader

Against Sacrilege A09838

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    FirsteFirst, then to beginne with the punishmentes appoynted and threatned by Gods Lawe, againste the …
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    FirsteFirst, then to beginne with the punishmentes appoynted and threatned by Gods Lawe, againste the …

    Robert Pont · Against Sacrilege · Open in the reader

The True and Visible Marks of the Catholic Church A09876

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    … foundation of truth. But how I pray you do they define this catholike Churche. FirſteFirst by a certayne place, as thoſe that will haue catholicke and Roman to be …
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    … foundation of truth. But how I pray you do they define this catholike Churche. FirſteFirst by a certayne place, as thoſe that will haue catholicke and Roman to be …

    Theodore Beza · The True and Visible Marks of the Catholic Church · Open in the reader

Display of Popish Practices A09918

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    … dothe notwithſtandying that whiche is altogither rightuous. And this we proue by many reaſons. FirſteFirst bycauſe that the will of God is the ſoueraigne rule of Iuſtice: neyther is …
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    … dothe notwithſtandying that whiche is altogither rightuous. And this we proue by many reaſons. FirſteFirst bycauſe that the will of God is the ſoueraigne rule of Iuſtice: neyther is …

    Theodore Beza · Display of Popish Practices · p. 10 · Open in the reader

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    … puniſhe: But here thou arte deceiued two waies, and that with a deadly error. FirſteFirst, in that thou thinkeſt they do not ſinne, except it be ſo, that they …
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    … puniſhe: But here thou arte deceiued two waies, and that with a deadly error. FirſteFirst, in that thou thinkeſt they do not ſinne, except it be ſo, that they …

    Theodore Beza · Display of Popish Practices · p. 138 · Open in the reader

Christian Questions and Answers Part 2 A10170

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    FirſteFirst they differ in the ſignes (by which I vnderſtande the Sacramentall rytes them ſelues …
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    Theodore Beza · Christian Questions and Answers Part 2 · Open in the reader

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    This Sophiſticall ſtartinghole is confuted by foure reaſons. FirſteFirst, becauſe that Argument of Sainte Paule were not ſtrong enough, if the Sacramentes ſhoulde …
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    This Sophiſticall ſtartinghole is confuted by foure reaſons. FirſteFirst, becauſe that Argument of Sainte Paule were not ſtrong enough, if the Sacramentes ſhoulde …

    Theodore Beza · Christian Questions and Answers Part 2 · Open in the reader

Conferences Between Two Fathers and Martyrs A10777

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    … action off offering is not conteyned in thys pronowne (Thys) Goo thoroughe euerie worde. FirsteFirst / to take / is not to offer / to breake / is not to offer / to geue …
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    … action off offering is not conteyned in thys pronowne (Thys) Goo thoroughe euerie worde. FirsteFirst / to take / is not to offer / to breake / is not to offer / to geue …

    Nicholas Ridley · Conferences Between Two Fathers and Martyrs · p. 10 · Open in the reader

A Friendly Farewell A10780

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    … ben persecuted, murthered, & martyred for the trewe Gospell of Christ, in Quene Maries raigne. FirsteFirst to begin with this litell treatis of Doct. Nicholas Ridley, late Byshoppe of London …
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    Nicholas Ridley · A Friendly Farewell · Open in the reader

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    … onely of the Author is a sufficient commendation, though I bestow no prayse therof. FirsteFirst whan thou readist it by the name of a Fare well, thou maiest vnderstande …
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    Nicholas Ridley · A Friendly Farewell · Open in the reader

Exposition Upon Select Psalms A11005

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    … prayer which he vſed in the falling backe. whereof againe there are two parts: FirſteFirst, hee earneſtly craveth death: then he deſireth a deliverance from ſinne, and from the …
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    … prayer which he vſed in the falling backe. whereof againe there are two parts: FirſteFirst, hee earneſtly craveth death: then he deſireth a deliverance from ſinne, and from the …

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    … this onelie we are put in minde concerning them, that they ſerue our weakneſſe. FirſteFirst, in perrilles they confirme the faith of our deliverances; For, fra once wee haue …
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    … this onelie we are put in minde concerning them, that they ſerue our weakneſſe. FirſteFirst, in perrilles they confirme the faith of our deliverances; For, fra once wee haue …

    Robert Rollock · Exposition Upon Select Psalms · p. 437 · Open in the reader

Letter to the True Professors of Christs Gospel A11430

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    … beckes & duckes.) Thre euels moſte notable and to a Chriſtian conſcience intollerable are there. FirſteFirst their wicked ſacrifice / whiche their maſſeboke teſtefieth / to be Propiciatorie / to take awaye the …
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    … beckes & duckes.) Thre euels moſte notable and to a Chriſtian conſcience intollerable are there. FirſteFirst their wicked ſacrifice / whiche their maſſeboke teſtefieth / to be Propiciatorie / to take awaye the …

    Thomas Sampson · Letter to the True Professors of Christs Gospel · Open in the reader

Sermon 24 August 1578 A12991

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    In the thirde generall point are to be conſidered. FirſteFirst, an euident token of Cornelius his faith:
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    John Stockwood · Sermon 24 August 1578 · p. 3 · Open in the reader

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    The Doctrines whyche thys ſecond braunche miniſtreth vnto vs, are dyuerſe, but chieflye theſe: FirſteFirst, that with God there is no reſpect of perſons, but that out of al …
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    The Doctrines whyche thys ſecond braunche miniſtreth vnto vs, are dyuerſe, but chieflye theſe: FirſteFirst, that with God there is no reſpect of perſons, but that out of al …

    John Stockwood · Sermon 24 August 1578 · p. 39 · Open in the reader

The Amendment of Life A13339

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    … added by the Angell, ſaying: For hee ſhall ſaue his people from their ſinnes. FirſteFirst, he ſheweth that ſinne is the way to deſtruction and death euerlaſting, as the …
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    … added by the Angell, ſaying: For hee ſhall ſaue his people from their ſinnes. FirſteFirst, he ſheweth that ſinne is the way to deſtruction and death euerlaſting, as the …

    Jean Taffin · The Amendment of Life · p. 488 · Open in the reader