Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1384 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

mainemain

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

Puritas changed it: 8,725 times in 1,707 works
Consistency: 98.1% (8,725 of 8,888)
Reach if approved: ~9,340 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: main
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 8,889 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (8,725 changes in 1,707 works, 98.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 8,725)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

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… some in sleeping security; instantly the Night of death comes, & we haue neglected the mainemain chaunce: our Saluation is not finished like Courtiers, that hauing light to bring them …
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… some in sleeping security; instantly the Night of death comes, & we haue neglected the mainemain chaunce: our Saluation is not finished like Courtiers, that hauing light to bring them …
Thomas Adams · The Gallants Burden · p. 23 · Open in the reader
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… to confute them, which we make nowe to confute the Browniſts. This was the mainemain point of Donatiſme, and as it were the pith & ſubſtance therof: & it is one …
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… to confute them, which we make nowe to confute the Browniſts. This was the mainemain point of Donatiſme, and as it were the pith & ſubſtance therof: & it is one …
George Gifford · Plain Declaration that Brownists be Full Donatists · p. 37 · Open in the reader
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… if a man would dry vp a streame, he cannot do it in the mainemain; but goes first to the Springhead, stops vp that: the riuer will faile of …
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… if a man would dry vp a streame, he cannot do it in the mainemain; but goes first to the Springhead, stops vp that: the riuer will faile of …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 368 · Open in the reader
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… delight to the flesh, and tentations of weaker force, are brush'd away; but the mainemain affection to some olde impiety hath the roote in the heart vndigged vp. The …
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… delight to the flesh, and tentations of weaker force, are brush'd away; but the mainemain affection to some olde impiety hath the roote in the heart vndigged vp. The …
Thomas Adams · The Black Devil · p. 49 · Open in the reader
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… as it were vnder one ſight, lay forth the ſound doctrine of all the mainemain, & meane, principall, and ſecondarie pointes of our moſt holy faith, the iudgment of men …
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… as it were vnder one ſight, lay forth the ſound doctrine of all the mainemain, & meane, principall, and ſecondarie pointes of our moſt holy faith, the iudgment of men …
Henry Finch · The Sacred Doctrine of Divinity · Open in the reader
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… they not dareing to ſhew forth their faithfullneſſe to Chriſt, and this is the mainemain point, both in the confeſſion of Chriſt, the Prince of Paſtours, and of all …
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… they not dareing to ſhew forth their faithfullneſſe to Chriſt, and this is the mainemain point, both in the confeſſion of Chriſt, the Prince of Paſtours, and of all …
John Forbes · Four Sermons · p. 21 · Open in the reader
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… Pope Martin the 5. ſending for the Biſhop of Wincheſter the Cardinal, had leuied thrée mainemain armies, intending to ouercome all the Bohemians: one armie of th Saxons, vnder the …
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… Pope Martin the 5. ſending for the Biſhop of Wincheſter the Cardinal, had leuied thrée mainemain armies, intending to ouercome all the Bohemians: one armie of th Saxons, vnder the …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 380 · Open in the reader
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… agreement with the Temple? I will not abound in this discouery; there be three mainemain Idols among vs; Vaine P…easure, vaine Honor, and Riches: & it is to be …
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… agreement with the Temple? I will not abound in this discouery; there be three mainemain Idols among vs; Vaine P…easure, vaine Honor, and Riches: & it is to be …
Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 48 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (163)

106 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 57 are listed here. 57 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions A01379

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… building: and was but yesterday put to sea, is to day sunke in the MaineMain. We doe not eate, drinke, and sleepe, and take such refections of nature, vt …
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… building: and was but yesterday put to sea, is to day sunke in the MaineMain. We doe not eate, drinke, and sleepe, and take such refections of nature, vt …
Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 20 · Open in the reader

The Baptizing of the Eunuch A03272

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… Chriſt, I account my owne ſaluation but the Bay, the fruition of Chriſt the MaineMain. Theſe be two things I know which cannot bee ſundered in enioying, Chriſt and …
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… Chriſt, I account my owne ſaluation but the Bay, the fruition of Chriſt the MaineMain. Theſe be two things I know which cannot bee ſundered in enioying, Chriſt and …
Samuel Hieron · The Baptizing of the Eunuch · p. 31 · Open in the reader

The Bridegroom A03274

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… mens affections an occaſion of contention. They which haue agreed well together in the MaineMain, yet haue been exceedingly heated, and (as is ſaid of Paul and Barnabas ) ſtirred …
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… mens affections an occaſion of contention. They which haue agreed well together in the MaineMain, yet haue been exceedingly heated, and (as is ſaid of Paul and Barnabas ) ſtirred …
Samuel Hieron · The Bridegroom · p. 2 · Open in the reader

The Doctrines Trial A03292

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… theſe inferiour kindes of miſtakings, when they are ordinarie & encreaſed, grow dangerous, to the MaineMain. A little leauen doth leauen the whole lumpe: It is applyed by the Apoſtle …
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… theſe inferiour kindes of miſtakings, when they are ordinarie & encreaſed, grow dangerous, to the MaineMain. A little leauen doth leauen the whole lumpe: It is applyed by the Apoſtle …
Samuel Hieron · The Doctrines Trial · p. 6 · Open in the reader

Defense of a Treatise Touching the Suffering and Victory of Christ A04214

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… that Chriſtes Agonie touched him not at all on the Croſſe. So that our MaineMain argument which you would haue fruſtrated, ſtandeth firme and good ſtill: that ſeeing his …
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… that Chriſtes Agonie touched him not at all on the Croſſe. So that our MaineMain argument which you would haue fruſtrated, ſtandeth firme and good ſtill: that ſeeing his …
Henry Jacob · Defense of a Treatise Touching the Suffering and Victory of Christ · p. 135 · Open in the reader

The Looking Glass of the Holy War A05289

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… of …e greateſt of Gods enemies that this age affoorded, name… the Duke de MaineMain, for excellency in diſcipline he was …cond to none. For the ruin of this …
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… of …e greateſt of Gods enemies that this age affoorded, name… the Duke de MaineMain, for excellency in diſcipline he was …cond to none. For the ruin of this …
Alexander Leighton · The Looking Glass of the Holy War · p. 68 · Open in the reader
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… the breach, that upon the wall he was ſlain with a bullet. D. de MaineMain, at the ſiege of Montabon, viewing of his works, and comming too nigh the …
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… the breach, that upon the wall he was ſlain with a bullet. D. de MaineMain, at the ſiege of Montabon, viewing of his works, and comming too nigh the …
Alexander Leighton · The Looking Glass of the Holy War · p. 147 · Open in the reader
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… ſome of their battery. The like may be ſaid of Mountaban, where Duke de MaineMain had advanced his battery, made fit all neceſſaries for the very laſt aſſault; inſomuch …
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… ſome of their battery. The like may be ſaid of Mountaban, where Duke de MaineMain had advanced his battery, made fit all neceſſaries for the very laſt aſſault; inſomuch …
Alexander Leighton · The Looking Glass of the Holy War · p. 160 · Open in the reader

The Godly Mans Journey to Heaven A05560

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… father hath shewed on vs, that we should he called the sonnes of God. MaineMain sonnes indeed hath his Maiestie: yea, our God hath a verieworld of sonnes: blessed …
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… father hath shewed on vs, that we should he called the sonnes of God. MaineMain sonnes indeed hath his Maiestie: yea, our God hath a verieworld of sonnes: blessed …
David Lindsay · The Godly Mans Journey to Heaven · p. 139 · Open in the reader

Antichrist the Pope of Rome A06098

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… ſweet ſmelling Saint, Saint Iuniper: their Saint for the diſeaſes of the hand, Saint MaineMain, as if it were Saint Hand, and hee which was for the Gowt which …
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… ſweet ſmelling Saint, Saint Iuniper: their Saint for the diſeaſes of the hand, Saint MaineMain, as if it were Saint Hand, and hee which was for the Gowt which …
Thomas Beard · Antichrist the Pope of Rome · p. 341 · Open in the reader
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… or Saint Maure: or whether Saint Roche be Phyſitian for ſcabbed hands, or Saint MaineMain: whether the eyes be committed to the charge of Saint Ottilia or Saint Clare …
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… or Saint Maure: or whether Saint Roche be Phyſitian for ſcabbed hands, or Saint MaineMain: whether the eyes be committed to the charge of Saint Ottilia or Saint Clare …
Thomas Beard · Antichrist the Pope of Rome · p. 343 · Open in the reader
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… or other. As for the body, the very itch in the hands to Saint MaineMain, and ſcald in the head to Saint Tignan, and cough in the lungs, to …
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… or other. As for the body, the very itch in the hands to Saint MaineMain, and ſcald in the head to Saint Tignan, and cough in the lungs, to …
Thomas Beard · Antichrist the Pope of Rome · p. 344 · Open in the reader

Refutation of a Puritan-Papist A09885

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… Spaine ioyned with Fraunce vnder the conduct of the Dukes of Parma and Du MaineMain did not ſo much (b) preuaile in Fraunce as did the Biſhop of Rome …
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… Spaine ioyned with Fraunce vnder the conduct of the Dukes of Parma and Du MaineMain did not ſo much (b) preuaile in Fraunce as did the Biſhop of Rome …
Gabriel Powel · Refutation of a Puritan-Papist · p. 85 · Open in the reader
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Alſo in the time of Henry 4. the preſent king; the Dukes de MaineMain and Parma with Spaniſh forces taking the Rebells part, againſt their lawfull king, with …
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Alſo in the time of Henry 4. the preſent king; the Dukes de MaineMain and Parma with Spaniſh forces taking the Rebells part, againſt their lawfull king, with …
Gabriel Powel · Refutation of a Puritan-Papist · p. 92 · Open in the reader

Healths Sickness A10184

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… and that with such Zeale and earnestnesse of Spirit, as if it were a MaineMain, a Chiefe and Principall Article of their Faith. That Healthes are Lawfull, Good, and …
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… and that with such Zeale and earnestnesse of Spirit, as if it were a MaineMain, a Chiefe and Principall Article of their Faith. That Healthes are Lawfull, Good, and …
William Prynne · Healths Sickness · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Lord Bishops None of the Lords Bishops A10190

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… into many severall Seas of so many Prelates, yes all make up but one MaineMain Sea (as it were) one Catholicke Church. And this is that unity and Peace …
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… into many severall Seas of so many Prelates, yes all make up but one MaineMain Sea (as it were) one Catholicke Church. And this is that unity and Peace …
William Prynne · Lord Bishops None of the Lords Bishops · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

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… which at last draue them out of Granada, and tooke diuers Townes in the MaineMain of Africa from them, and in our dayes hath expelled the remainders of that …
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… which at last draue them out of Granada, and tooke diuers Townes in the MaineMain of Africa from them, and in our dayes hath expelled the remainders of that …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 533 · Open in the reader

A Gleaning in Gods Harvest A10384

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… with a reſtleſſe unwearied courſe, and ſeekes here and there till it finde the MaineMain from whence it ſtrayed. This for the ſecond enquiry concerning ſeeking, which implies the …
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… with a reſtleſſe unwearied courſe, and ſeekes here and there till it finde the MaineMain from whence it ſtrayed. This for the ſecond enquiry concerning ſeeking, which implies the …
Henry Ramsden · A Gleaning in Gods Harvest · p. 213 · Open in the reader

Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul A10663

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… of the Universe (for those are the three ends of Nature subordinate to the MaineMain, which is, the Glory of the Maker) so likewise are the works of Art …
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… of the Universe (for those are the three ends of Nature subordinate to the MaineMain, which is, the Glory of the Maker) so likewise are the works of Art …
Edward Reynolds · Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul · p. 430 · Open in the reader

Ten Sermons A11454

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… of the Bryars. Compell not men that haue beene long weather-beaten in the MaineMain, and are now arriued at the hauen of their businesse, to wither for their …
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… of the Bryars. Compell not men that haue beene long weather-beaten in the MaineMain, and are now arriued at the hauen of their businesse, to wither for their …
Robert Sanderson · Ten Sermons · p. 276 · Open in the reader

The Righteous Mans Plea to True Happiness A13019

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… cannot bee otherwiſe ſtrengthned, but only by meere practice: So that this is the MaineMain, viz. the ſetting upon the worke, not only meditating, and pondering upon it; and …
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… cannot bee otherwiſe ſtrengthned, but only by meere practice: So that this is the MaineMain, viz. the ſetting upon the worke, not only meditating, and pondering upon it; and …
John Stoughton · The Righteous Mans Plea to True Happiness · p. 137 · Open in the reader

The History of the Church Since the Days of Christ A13294

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… the Pope to giue him the office of Legat of Anignon. To Duke De MaineMain was giuen a faire and great armie in Dolpkin.
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… the Pope to giue him the office of Legat of Anignon. To Duke De MaineMain was giuen a faire and great armie in Dolpkin.
Patrick Simson · The History of the Church Since the Days of Christ · p. 246 · Open in the reader
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The Duke De MaineMain, on the other part being chiefe commaunder of the Leaguers armie, made a selection …
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The Duke De MaineMain, on the other part being chiefe commaunder of the Leaguers armie, made a selection …
Patrick Simson · The History of the Church Since the Days of Christ · p. 249 · Open in the reader
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The Duke de MaineMain lay about Arques, from the end of August vntill the midst of September, gayning …
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The Duke de MaineMain lay about Arques, from the end of August vntill the midst of September, gayning …
Patrick Simson · The History of the Church Since the Days of Christ · p. 252 · Open in the reader
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… the Leaguers were slaine and drowned, and foure hundred taken prisoners. The Duke de MaineMain fled towards Dreux, and when he was entred the towne, broke vp the bridge …
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… the Leaguers were slaine and drowned, and foure hundred taken prisoners. The Duke de MaineMain fled towards Dreux, and when he was entred the towne, broke vp the bridge …
Patrick Simson · The History of the Church Since the Days of Christ · p. 252 · Open in the reader
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The Duke de MaineMain having obtained promise of support from the Duke of Parma, returned from Beuxellis, whom …
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The Duke de MaineMain having obtained promise of support from the Duke of Parma, returned from Beuxellis, whom …
Patrick Simson · The History of the Church Since the Days of Christ · p. 254 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Titus A13535

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MaineMain differences betweene the law and Gospel.437
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MaineMain differences betweene the law and Gospel.437
Thomas Taylor · Commentary on Titus · Open in the reader

Balm from Gilead to Recover Conscience A14732

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Tell the Foxes and Polititians, that make the MaineMain the by, and the by the MaineMain, that an ill Conscience hanged Achitophell, ouerthrew …
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Tell the Foxes and Polititians, that make the MaineMain the by, and the by the MaineMain, that an ill Conscience hanged Achitophell, ouerthrew …
Samuel Ward · Balm from Gilead to Recover Conscience · p. 75 · Open in the reader
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… the Foxes and Polititians, that make the MaineMain the by, and the by the MaineMain, that an ill Conscience hanged Achitophell, ouerthrew Haman, Shebna, &c. Tell them it's the …
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… the Foxes and Polititians, that make the MaineMain the by, and the by the MaineMain, that an ill Conscience hanged Achitophell, ouerthrew Haman, Shebna, &c. Tell them it's the …
Samuel Ward · Balm from Gilead to Recover Conscience · p. 75 · Open in the reader

Abuses Stripped and Whipped A15623

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Knowing he may as well strike vp the MaineMain,
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Knowing he may as well strike vp the MaineMain,
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader
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With Ward the Pirat on the boisterous MaineMain,
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With Ward the Pirat on the boisterous MaineMain,
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader
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The MaineMain chiefe Root, the very spring and Ground.
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The MaineMain chiefe Root, the very spring and Ground.
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

Britains Remembrancer A15627

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O… some great Monster spewd out of the MaineMain.
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O… some great Monster spewd out of the MaineMain.
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · p. 109 · Open in the reader
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Thou di…st becom… the Mistresse of the MaineMain,
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Thou di…st becom… the Mistresse of the MaineMain,
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader

A Model of Divinity A15824

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… and beene conſtrained to winde in by bourds, but wee are gotten off the MaineMain; onely the ſhore is ſtill buttreſt with rockes on euery hand, the Currents ſwift …
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… and beene conſtrained to winde in by bourds, but wee are gotten off the MaineMain; onely the ſhore is ſtill buttreſt with rockes on euery hand, the Currents ſwift …
John Yates · A Model of Divinity · p. 89 · Open in the reader

The Victory of Patience A15848

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MaineMain evils have Crownes answerable,
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MaineMain evils have Crownes answerable,
Richard Younge · The Victory of Patience · Open in the reader

A New Discovery of Personal Tithes A17271

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… may appeare;) partly by Other Parts of the ſame Statute; and partly by the MaineMain End and Scope of the Whole.
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… may appeare;) partly by Other Parts of the ſame Statute; and partly by the MaineMain End and Scope of the Whole.
Cornelius Burges · A New Discovery of Personal Tithes · p. 43 · Open in the reader
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2. This appeares yet more cleerely by the MaineMain Scope and End of the Statute, as is manifeſt to euery man (though no …
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2. This appeares yet more cleerely by the MaineMain Scope and End of the Statute, as is manifeſt to euery man (though no …
Cornelius Burges · A New Discovery of Personal Tithes · p. 46 · Open in the reader

The Cry and Revenge of Blood A19288

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… selfe to our consideration such circumstances as occasioned and drew out this sinne. The MaineMain Roote, and ground whereof, was this.
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… selfe to our consideration such circumstances as occasioned and drew out this sinne. The MaineMain Roote, and ground whereof, was this.
Thomas Cooper · The Cry and Revenge of Blood · p. 25 · Open in the reader

A Guide to Godliness A20762

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THE SECOND BOOKE OF A GODLY LIFE, CONTAINING THE MAINEMAIN PARTS and principall duties of it, which we ought generally to performe at all …
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THE SECOND BOOKE OF A GODLY LIFE, CONTAINING THE MAINEMAIN PARTS and principall duties of it, which we ought generally to performe at all …
John Downame · A Guide to Godliness · p. 92 · Open in the reader

The Plea of the Poor A20764

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… That it is lawful for the wife to giue almes theſe cautions being obſeru'd. MaineMain grounds laid for the determining of the queſtion.
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… That it is lawful for the wife to giue almes theſe cautions being obſeru'd. MaineMain grounds laid for the determining of the queſtion.
John Downame · The Plea of the Poor · p. 107 · Open in the reader

The Earnest of our Inheritance A20804

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… all that be in authority, and whom it specially concerneth, to looke to the MaineMain chance, to take these Foxes that deuoure the Vines, to tye vp these mad …
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… all that be in authority, and whom it specially concerneth, to looke to the MaineMain chance, to take these Foxes that deuoure the Vines, to tye vp these mad …
Thomas Draxe · The Earnest of our Inheritance · p. 23 · Open in the reader

Two Treatises A21059

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The Text containes thee MaineMain Heads.
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The Text containes thee MaineMain Heads.
Jeremiah Dyke · Two Treatises · Open in the reader
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The ſecond MaineMain Head Ananias his inſolent injunction Whereout is obſerved,
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The ſecond MaineMain Head Ananias his inſolent injunction Whereout is obſerved,
Jeremiah Dyke · Two Treatises · Open in the reader

A Brief Description of the Whole World A26435

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… to the state of Genua; whither the Genoes do transport things out of the MaineMain; and are ruled by their Governours, as the Venetians do Candy.
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… to the state of Genua; whither the Genoes do transport things out of the MaineMain; and are ruled by their Governours, as the Venetians do Candy.
Archbishop George Abbot · A Brief Description of the Whole World · p. 214 · Open in the reader

The Theater of Gods Judgments A27163

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… young Iacobine Monke, called Frier Iaques Clement, at the instigation of the duke de MaineMain and others of the league, and that (wherein appeareth manifestly the hand of God …
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… young Iacobine Monke, called Frier Iaques Clement, at the instigation of the duke de MaineMain and others of the league, and that (wherein appeareth manifestly the hand of God …
Thomas Beard · The Theater of Gods Judgments · p. 200 · Open in the reader

A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government A29737

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… Right to the Dutchy of Normandy, and the Earledomes of Anjou, Poictou, Tourene, and MaineMain: in regard whereof, the King of France gives him three hundred thousand pounds (some …
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… Right to the Dutchy of Normandy, and the Earledomes of Anjou, Poictou, Tourene, and MaineMain: in regard whereof, the King of France gives him three hundred thousand pounds (some …
Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 118 · Open in the reader
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… of cloth of Tissue: One of which Iennets was snoe white, and had a MaineMain which reached to the ground. But this was a Present sent before any knowledge …
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… of cloth of Tissue: One of which Iennets was snoe white, and had a MaineMain which reached to the ground. But this was a Present sent before any knowledge …
Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 130 · Open in the reader

The Life of Justification Opened A29752

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… Disput, as then stated, & as now prosecuted; Yet all the Disputes & Differences about the MaineMain & Essentials of justification, as also about inferiour & subordinat Questions, in so far as they …
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… Disput, as then stated, & as now prosecuted; Yet all the Disputes & Differences about the MaineMain & Essentials of justification, as also about inferiour & subordinat Questions, in so far as they …
John Brown · The Life of Justification Opened · p. 3 · Open in the reader
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… subordinat Questions, in so far as they depend upon, or are influenced by the MaineMain, will be found to be, upon the matter, one & the same, whether managed of …
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… subordinat Questions, in so far as they depend upon, or are influenced by the MaineMain, will be found to be, upon the matter, one & the same, whether managed of …
John Brown · The Life of Justification Opened · p. 3 · Open in the reader

The Dead Yet Speaking A40646

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… fferent is the judgement of learned men concerning his finall estate. Heildebert bishop of MaineMain and our William of Malmesbury, say that he died homo novus, a reclaimed man …
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… fferent is the judgement of learned men concerning his finall estate. Heildebert bishop of MaineMain and our William of Malmesbury, say that he died homo novus, a reclaimed man …
Thomas Fuller · The Dead Yet Speaking · p. 6 · Open in the reader

The History of the Worthies of England A40672

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MaineMain Rakes, Cross Rakes, Brown henns, Buddles, and Soughs,
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MaineMain Rakes, Cross Rakes, Brown henns, Buddles, and Soughs,
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 229 · Open in the reader

The Dippers Dipped A41009

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… the Church, and Ecclesiasticall censures, be rightly executed; as Constantine, Theodosius, Arcadius, Marcianus, Charle-MaineMain; and many godly Kings took order in their times, that Ecclesiasticall judicature, and proceedings …
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… the Church, and Ecclesiasticall censures, be rightly executed; as Constantine, Theodosius, Arcadius, Marcianus, Charle-MaineMain; and many godly Kings took order in their times, that Ecclesiasticall judicature, and proceedings …
Daniel Featley · The Dippers Dipped · p. 195 · Open in the reader

Paradise Lost A50919

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Over this MaineMain from Hell to that new World
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Over this MaineMain from Hell to that new World
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

The Doctrine of the Saints Perseverance A53688

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… a Promise, we may get upon it, and it will bring us to the MaineMain, Christ himselfe, and the Spirit, and so into the bosome of the Father. It …
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… a Promise, we may get upon it, and it will bring us to the MaineMain, Christ himselfe, and the Spirit, and so into the bosome of the Father. It …
John Owen · The Doctrine of the Saints Perseverance · p. 116 · Open in the reader

Canterburys Doom A56144

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… as not much materiall in the Queſtion, is in our judgement here, the very MaineMain of the cauſe, and it is, whether Epiſcopacy be an Order or Degree? an …
With rule
… as not much materiall in the Queſtion, is in our judgement here, the very MaineMain of the cauſe, and it is, whether Epiſcopacy be an Order or Degree? an …
William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · p. 264 · Open in the reader

Fourteen Sermons A61882

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… of the Bryars. Compell not men that have been long weather-beaten in the MaineMain, and are now arrived at the Haven of their businesse, to wither for their …
With rule
… of the Bryars. Compell not men that have been long weather-beaten in the MaineMain, and are now arrived at the Haven of their businesse, to wither for their …
Robert Sanderson · Fourteen Sermons · p. 169 · Open in the reader