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diuorcedivorce

u and v used by position, not sound: haue → have, vnto → unto.

Puritas changed it: 477 times in 154 works
Consistency: 82.6% (477 of 577)
Reach if approved: ~606 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: divorce
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 577 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (477 changes in 154 works, 82.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 477)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

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… man and wife conioyned together; yet with ſome cautions, a man may deſire the diuorcedivorce of theſe twaine:
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… man and wife conioyned together; yet with ſome cautions, a man may deſire the diuorcedivorce of theſe twaine:
Robert Hill · The Pathway to Prayer and Piety · p. 117 · Open in the reader
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… earthly goods: and Pope Celeſtine, and Pope Innocent the third, in the queſtion of diuorcedivorce, in the caſe of hereſie: and Pope Pelagius, and Pope Gregory the firſt, in …
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… earthly goods: and Pope Celeſtine, and Pope Innocent the third, in the queſtion of diuorcedivorce, in the caſe of hereſie: and Pope Pelagius, and Pope Gregory the firſt, in …
Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 295 · Open in the reader
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… whole houſhold beſides. Now if ſhe be alſo put away by a bill of diuorcedivorce, and marrieth another, this muſt needs be an occaſion of greater variance and miſchiefe …
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… whole houſhold beſides. Now if ſhe be alſo put away by a bill of diuorcedivorce, and marrieth another, this muſt needs be an occaſion of greater variance and miſchiefe …
Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 300 · Open in the reader
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… after Images and strange Gods, denieth God her husband, and procureth the Bill of diuorcedivorce: see Hose 2. and Ierem. 3.8.
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… after Images and strange Gods, denieth God her husband, and procureth the Bill of diuorcedivorce: see Hose 2. and Ierem. 3.8.
William Perkins · Exposition of Jude · p. 37 · Open in the reader
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… knowne to be spirituall Adulterie: Now spirituall Adulterie is also knowne to make a diuorcedivorce betweene God and Soules, yea between God and Nations.
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… knowne to be spirituall Adulterie: Now spirituall Adulterie is also knowne to make a diuorcedivorce betweene God and Soules, yea between God and Nations.
Francis Rous · The Diseases of the Time · p. 138 · Open in the reader
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… hatred and injuries worke a contempt of the worlde in vs: This maketh a diuorcedivorce, and in end, a Death to the world.
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… hatred and injuries worke a contempt of the worlde in vs: This maketh a diuorcedivorce, and in end, a Death to the world.
William Struther · Christian Observations and Resolutions · p. 116 · Open in the reader
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What ſinne like vnto Idolatry? that maketh a diuorcedivorce betweene God and vs, diſſolueth the ſpirituall marriageknot, as Adultery doth the carnall: yet …
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What ſinne like vnto Idolatry? that maketh a diuorcedivorce betweene God and vs, diſſolueth the ſpirituall marriageknot, as Adultery doth the carnall: yet …
Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 145 · Open in the reader
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Our Magistrates ought (as thanks be to God they haue done) vtterly to diuorcedivorce themselues from that very Church it selfe, & therefore neede not M. Somes helpe to …
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Our Magistrates ought (as thanks be to God they haue done) vtterly to diuorcedivorce themselues from that very Church it selfe, & therefore neede not M. Somes helpe to …
Job Throckmorton · Some Laid Open in his Colors · p. 108 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (100)

85 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 37 are listed here. 15 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright A01115

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An. 1200. DiuorceDivorce was made betwixt king Iohn and his wife, becauſe they were in the 3. degrée …
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An. 1200. DiuorceDivorce was made betwixt king Iohn and his wife, becauſe they were in the 3. degrée …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 183 · Open in the reader

Works A02178

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… rest the seuenth. As much reason is this, that as Christ reasoneth how the DiuorceDivorce being a thing brought in vpon occasion, did not therefore bind the conscience of …
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… rest the seuenth. As much reason is this, that as Christ reasoneth how the DiuorceDivorce being a thing brought in vpon occasion, did not therefore bind the conscience of …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 812 · Open in the reader

The Christians Apparelling A04374

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… not only puts off ſin for euer, and ſo giues it a Bill of DiuorceDivorce, but ſo puts on Chriſt, as that hee marries himſelfe vnto him for euer …
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… not only puts off ſin for euer, and ſo giues it a Bill of DiuorceDivorce, but ſo puts on Chriſt, as that hee marries himſelfe vnto him for euer …
Robert Jenison · The Christians Apparelling · p. 453 · Open in the reader

A Retractive from the Romish Religion A06106

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… reacheth not to the ſpring head. Thus our Sauiour Chriſt controlleth the law of DiuorceDivorce Mat. 19. 8. though it was aged and of long continuance, euen two thouſand yeeres old …
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… reacheth not to the ſpring head. Thus our Sauiour Chriſt controlleth the law of DiuorceDivorce Mat. 19. 8. though it was aged and of long continuance, euen two thouſand yeeres old …
Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 370 · Open in the reader
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… fuit ab initio: It was not ſo from the beginning: where we ſee that DiuorceDivorce was old and full of yeeres, and yet farre from true antiquitie: for true …
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… fuit ab initio: It was not ſo from the beginning: where we ſee that DiuorceDivorce was old and full of yeeres, and yet farre from true antiquitie: for true …
Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 370 · Open in the reader

Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny A07225

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DiuorceDivorce of K. Henry the eighth, and Q. Katharine. 174
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DiuorceDivorce of K. Henry the eighth, and Q. Katharine. 174
John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · Open in the reader

Sermon 9 June 1572 A08819

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… heauenly. No leſſe vaynely and fondly do they deale in the whole matter of DiuorceDivorce: for whereas our ſauiour Chriſt maketh but one cauſe, and that is Fornication, they …
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… heauenly. No leſſe vaynely and fondly do they deale in the whole matter of DiuorceDivorce: for whereas our ſauiour Chriſt maketh but one cauſe, and that is Fornication, they …
Eusebius Pagit · Sermon 9 June 1572 · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount A09432

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DiuorceDivorce onely for Adulterie. 145. m. 146
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DiuorceDivorce onely for Adulterie. 145. m. 146
William Perkins · Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount · Open in the reader

The Diseases of the Time A11070

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… measure, and order. And farre bee it from any sound Christian to put a DiuorceDivorce betweene that incomparable payre, whose Marriage was in Heauen; Zeale and Discretion: or to …
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… measure, and order. And farre bee it from any sound Christian to put a DiuorceDivorce betweene that incomparable payre, whose Marriage was in Heauen; Zeale and Discretion: or to …
Francis Rous · The Diseases of the Time · p. 520 · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

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… F Descension into Hell. 96 def F Deuill. 99 Discretion. 101 def Disobediance to God. 102 def con DiuorceDivorce. 104
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… F Descension into Hell. 96 def F Deuill. 99 Discretion. 101 def Disobediance to God. 102 def con DiuorceDivorce. 104
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · Open in the reader
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to DiuorceDivorce sig:
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to DiuorceDivorce sig:
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 104 · Open in the reader
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bill of DiuorceDivorce. sig:
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bill of DiuorceDivorce. sig:
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 104 · Open in the reader
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… away your Wiues, but from the beginning it was not so. Therefore such Iewish DiuorceDivorce was euill morrally, but not ciuilly. DiuorceDivorce for adultery allowed by Christ. Math. 5, 33. Also …
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… away your Wiues, but from the beginning it was not so. Therefore such Iewish DiuorceDivorce was euill morrally, but not ciuilly. DiuorceDivorce for adultery allowed by Christ. Math. 5, 33. Also …
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 104 · Open in the reader
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… it was not so. Therefore such Iewish DiuorceDivorce was euill morrally, but not ciuilly. DiuorceDivorce for adultery allowed by Christ. Math. 5, 33. Also 19, 5. The Papists holde, that the bond of …
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… it was not so. Therefore such Iewish DiuorceDivorce was euill morrally, but not ciuilly. DiuorceDivorce for adultery allowed by Christ. Math. 5, 33. Also 19, 5. The Papists holde, that the bond of …
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 104 · Open in the reader

A Defense of the Sabbath Day A16567

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… vpon worſe conditiones then is our preſent caſe of neceſsity, as ſhall appeare: for DiuorceDivorce was permitted for the hardneſſe of the Iewes heartes: but our diſpenſation ſhall appeare …
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… vpon worſe conditiones then is our preſent caſe of neceſsity, as ſhall appeare: for DiuorceDivorce was permitted for the hardneſſe of the Iewes heartes: but our diſpenſation ſhall appeare …
Theophilus Brabourne · A Defense of the Sabbath Day · p. 585 · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount A18052

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… their wiues, foreuery cauſe, and that hee commanded to giue her a Bil of DiuorceDivorce, which made her free to marrie any other: but Chriſt, heere and elſe-where …
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… their wiues, foreuery cauſe, and that hee commanded to giue her a Bil of DiuorceDivorce, which made her free to marrie any other: but Chriſt, heere and elſe-where …
John Carter · Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount · p. 42 · Open in the reader
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… eſpecially, What GOD hath ioyned together, let no man put aſunder, a moſt impious DiuorceDivorce of theſe is commonly attempted, (attempted, I ſay, not made, that cannot be) to …
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… eſpecially, What GOD hath ioyned together, let no man put aſunder, a moſt impious DiuorceDivorce of theſe is commonly attempted, (attempted, I ſay, not made, that cannot be) to …
John Carter · Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount · p. 89 · Open in the reader

Five Sermons 1 A20641

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… ſome heare him ſay, There is no ſuch matter, there is no ſuch peremptory DiuorceDivorce, there is no ſuch abſolute ſale, there is no ſuch deſperate irremediablenes declard to …
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… ſome heare him ſay, There is no ſuch matter, there is no ſuch peremptory DiuorceDivorce, there is no ſuch abſolute ſale, there is no ſuch deſperate irremediablenes declard to …
John Donne · Five Sermons 1 · p. 2 · Open in the reader
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… by St. Ambroſe: As often as thy thoughts fall vpon a fearefulneſſe of a DiuorceDivorce from thy God, eſtabliſh thy ſelfe with that comfort, of a Mariage to thy …
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… by St. Ambroſe: As often as thy thoughts fall vpon a fearefulneſſe of a DiuorceDivorce from thy God, eſtabliſh thy ſelfe with that comfort, of a Mariage to thy …
John Donne · Five Sermons 1 · p. 28 · Open in the reader
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… vpon what doe yee ground this ielouſie and ſuſpition in God, that hee ſhould DiuorceDivorce you? Firſt, it is in the Originall, Sepher; that which is called a Bill …
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… vpon what doe yee ground this ielouſie and ſuſpition in God, that hee ſhould DiuorceDivorce you? Firſt, it is in the Originall, Sepher; that which is called a Bill …
John Donne · Five Sermons 1 · p. 33 · Open in the reader
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… Spirituall DiuorceDivorce for euer, of any ſoule formerly taken in Marriadge, this very word DiuorceDivorce, is but twice read in the Scriptures; once in this Text; and heere God …
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… Spirituall DiuorceDivorce for euer, of any ſoule formerly taken in Marriadge, this very word DiuorceDivorce, is but twice read in the Scriptures; once in this Text; and heere God …
John Donne · Five Sermons 1 · p. 33 · Open in the reader
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… to be put away, except the husband had expreſly giuen her a Bill of DiuorceDivorce; Hath thy Husband, thy God done ſo; Vbi eſt libellus? Conſider the bill, that …
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… to be put away, except the husband had expreſly giuen her a Bill of DiuorceDivorce; Hath thy Husband, thy God done ſo; Vbi eſt libellus? Conſider the bill, that …
John Donne · Five Sermons 1 · p. 37 · Open in the reader

Sermon Preached to the King 24 February 1625 A20650

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… some heare him say, There is no such matter, there is no such peremptory DiuorceDivorce, there is no such absolute sale, there is no such desperate irremediablenes declard to …
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… some heare him say, There is no such matter, there is no such peremptory DiuorceDivorce, there is no such absolute sale, there is no such desperate irremediablenes declard to …
John Donne · Sermon Preached to the King 24 February 1625 · p. 2 · Open in the reader
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… by St. Ambrose: As often as thy thoughts fall vpon a fearefulnesse of a DiuorceDivorce from thy God, establish thy selfe with that comfort, of a Mariage to thy …
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… by St. Ambrose: As often as thy thoughts fall vpon a fearefulnesse of a DiuorceDivorce from thy God, establish thy selfe with that comfort, of a Mariage to thy …
John Donne · Sermon Preached to the King 24 February 1625 · p. 28 · Open in the reader
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… vpon what doe yee ground this ielousie and suspition in God, that hee should DiuorceDivorce you? First, it is in the Originall, Sepher; that which is called a Bill …
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… vpon what doe yee ground this ielousie and suspition in God, that hee should DiuorceDivorce you? First, it is in the Originall, Sepher; that which is called a Bill …
John Donne · Sermon Preached to the King 24 February 1625 · p. 33 · Open in the reader
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… Spirituall DiuorceDivorce for euer, of any soule formerly taken in Marriadge, this very word DiuorceDivorce, is but twice read in the Scriptures; once in this Text; and heere God …
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… Spirituall DiuorceDivorce for euer, of any soule formerly taken in Marriadge, this very word DiuorceDivorce, is but twice read in the Scriptures; once in this Text; and heere God …
John Donne · Sermon Preached to the King 24 February 1625 · p. 33 · Open in the reader
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… to be put away, except the husband had expresly giuen her a Bill of DiuorceDivorce; Hath thy Husband; thy God done so; Vbi est libellus? Consider the bill, that …
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… to be put away, except the husband had expresly giuen her a Bill of DiuorceDivorce; Hath thy Husband; thy God done so; Vbi est libellus? Consider the bill, that …
John Donne · Sermon Preached to the King 24 February 1625 · p. 37 · Open in the reader

Two Treatises A21041

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… bounds, then ſhall wee not onely be well content, that God ſhould make a DiuorceDivorce betwixt it and vs, but we our ſelues will be readie, in caſe hee …
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… bounds, then ſhall wee not onely be well content, that God ſhould make a DiuorceDivorce betwixt it and vs, but we our ſelues will be readie, in caſe hee …
Daniel Dyke · Two Treatises · p. 126 · Open in the reader

Gods Holy Mind Touching Matters Moral A21266

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Quest. Doth not Idolatry, being spirituall adultery, giue iust cause of DiuorceDivorce?
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Quest. Doth not Idolatry, being spirituall adultery, giue iust cause of DiuorceDivorce?
Edward Elton · Gods Holy Mind Touching Matters Moral · p. 34 · Open in the reader
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… bond of Marriage. Now, no kinde of Idolatry breakes the knot of Marriage, therefore DiuorceDivorce may not be made for Idolatry.
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… bond of Marriage. Now, no kinde of Idolatry breakes the knot of Marriage, therefore DiuorceDivorce may not be made for Idolatry.
Edward Elton · Gods Holy Mind Touching Matters Moral · p. 34 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

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DiuorceDivorce of K. Henry the 8. decided by D. Cranmer. 1860, 1861 1862
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DiuorceDivorce of K. Henry the 8. decided by D. Cranmer. 1860, 1861 1862
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · Open in the reader

Of Domestical Duties A68107

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… the moſt capitall vices in that eſtate: a vice whereby way is made for DiuorceDivorce: as is cleare and euident by the determination of Chriſt himſelfe, concerning that point …
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… the moſt capitall vices in that eſtate: a vice whereby way is made for DiuorceDivorce: as is cleare and euident by the determination of Chriſt himſelfe, concerning that point …
William Gouge · Of Domestical Duties · p. 218 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

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… of the Mariages of perſons Eccleſiaſticall, that I ſhall not need to feare a DiuorceDivorce either from my Wife, or from the Truth, in that my Confident and iuſt …
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… of the Mariages of perſons Eccleſiaſticall, that I ſhall not need to feare a DiuorceDivorce either from my Wife, or from the Truth, in that my Confident and iuſt …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 752 · Open in the reader
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… of Blaſphemy. And if any one of our Clergie, after a legall and iuſt DiuorceDivorce long ſince, haue taken to him ſelfe that liberty which other Reformed Churches publikely …
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… of Blaſphemy. And if any one of our Clergie, after a legall and iuſt DiuorceDivorce long ſince, haue taken to him ſelfe that liberty which other Reformed Churches publikely …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 758 · Open in the reader
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… toleration of Mariage in the Greeke Church with Moſeſſes permiſsion of the Bill of DiuorceDivorce vnto the Iewes? As if Mariage had been onely tolerated, not allowed; as if …
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… toleration of Mariage in the Greeke Church with Moſeſſes permiſsion of the Bill of DiuorceDivorce vnto the Iewes? As if Mariage had been onely tolerated, not allowed; as if …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 766 · Open in the reader
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… the Iewes? As if Mariage had been onely tolerated, not allowed; as if vniuſt DiuorceDivorce were a fit match for lawfull Wedlocke; whiles he here talkes of Duritia cordis …
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… the Iewes? As if Mariage had been onely tolerated, not allowed; as if vniuſt DiuorceDivorce were a fit match for lawfull Wedlocke; whiles he here talkes of Duritia cordis …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 766 · Open in the reader
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DiuorceDivorce: Concerning matter of diuorcedivorce in caſe of apparent adultery: with aduice to the innocent …
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DiuorceDivorce: Concerning matter of diuorcedivorce in caſe of apparent adultery: with aduice to the innocent …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · Open in the reader