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mournemourn

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

Puritas changed it
4,739 times in 1,147 works
Consistency
97.7% (4,739 of 4,847)
Reach if approved
~5,093 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: mourn
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
4,847 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (4,739 changes in 1,147 works, 97.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 4,739)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … ſometimes to vprightneſſe, to cheerefulneſſe, to conſtancy, to loue, to feare; to ſuch as mournemourn, hunger, are heauy laden; to ſuch as pray, heare Gods Word, keepe his Commandements …
    With rule
    … ſometimes to vprightneſſe, to cheerefulneſſe, to conſtancy, to loue, to feare; to ſuch as mournemourn, hunger, are heauy laden; to ſuch as pray, heare Gods Word, keepe his Commandements …

    William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 278 · Open in the reader

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    … the blinde, and we grope as one without eyes, we rore like beares, and mournemourn lyke doues. So complaineth Ezechias in the bitternes of hys soule; Like a crane …
    With rule
    … the blinde, and we grope as one without eyes, we rore like beares, and mournemourn lyke doues. So complaineth Ezechias in the bitternes of hys soule; Like a crane …

    Richard Greenham · Comfort for All Those Afflicted in Conscience · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … publickly in the Congregation, as Ezra did; Humble your ſelves privatly, let your ſoules mournemourn in ſecret, weep as Chriſt over Jeruſalem: Weep, O Miniſters, over your congregations; weep …
    With rule
    … publickly in the Congregation, as Ezra did; Humble your ſelves privatly, let your ſoules mournemourn in ſecret, weep as Chriſt over Jeruſalem: Weep, O Miniſters, over your congregations; weep …

    Alexander Grosse · The Happiness of Enjoying and Use of Christ · p. 226 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … vnto all the people: This is the day ſanctified vnto the Lord your god, mournemourn not, neither weepe▪ (for all the people wept when they …oarde the wordes of …
    With rule
    … vnto all the people: This is the day ſanctified vnto the Lord your god, mournemourn not, neither weepe▪ (for all the people wept when they …oarde the wordes of …

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

  5. Printed
    … bitterlie: and becauſe this is a ſure …oken of ſaving grace, therefore they that mournemourn are compted bleſſed. This mourning hath alwayes ioyned with it an hunger & thirſt for …
    With rule
    … bitterlie: and becauſe this is a ſure …oken of ſaving grace, therefore they that mournemourn are compted bleſſed. This mourning hath alwayes ioyned with it an hunger & thirſt for …

    John Forbes · Letter to Merchants · p. 72 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … fauour at his iudgies handes. VVell then go too, what cause hast thou to mournemourn or bewaile his case? doest thou not perceiue that thou art contrary to thy …
    With rule
    … fauour at his iudgies handes. VVell then go too, what cause hast thou to mournemourn or bewaile his case? doest thou not perceiue that thou art contrary to thy …

    William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 235 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … her eyes, though not from ours. For wee have great cauſe to weepe and mournemourn, not for her, but for our ſelves. The greater her gaine is, the greater …
    With rule
    … her eyes, though not from ours. For wee have great cauſe to weepe and mournemourn, not for her, but for our ſelves. The greater her gaine is, the greater …

    Stephen Geree · The Ornament of Women · p. 86 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … they perceyuing this, be not able to quench theſe raging luſtes, yet do they mournemourn and dayly lament, calling for the grace of their heauenly father, which lamentations, ſighings …
    With rule
    … they perceyuing this, be not able to quench theſe raging luſtes, yet do they mournemourn and dayly lament, calling for the grace of their heauenly father, which lamentations, ſighings …

    Anthony Gilby · Of Election and Reprobation · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (108)

98 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 49 are listed here. 10 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Devils Banket Described A00888

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    … you put away this acceptable time, your damnation is neerer, then you feare it. MourneMourn now for your sinnes, whiles your mourning may helpe you. Tha…, is the Mourners …
    With rule
    … you put away this acceptable time, your damnation is neerer, then you feare it. MourneMourn now for your sinnes, whiles your mourning may helpe you. Tha…, is the Mourners …

    Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 252 · Open in the reader

The Saints Sacrifice A01981

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    7 MourneMourn for her miſery.
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    7 MourneMourn for her miſery.

    William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · p. 268 · Open in the reader

Sermon Preached 14 April 1623 A02266

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    … how old he was? his answer was, Few and euill haue my dayes been. MourneMourn and weepe then for these two, because our dayes are few, we must die …
    With rule
    … how old he was? his answer was, Few and euill haue my dayes been. MourneMourn and weepe then for these two, because our dayes are few, we must die …

    Walter Balcanquhall · Sermon Preached 14 April 1623 · p. 38 · Open in the reader

The Sacrifice of Thankfulness A02367

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    … languishing in the disconsolate fields. Goe thy way into the City to thine husband. MourneMourn not wretch for the losse of some worldly and perishing delight: sit not downe …
    With rule
    … languishing in the disconsolate fields. Goe thy way into the City to thine husband. MourneMourn not wretch for the losse of some worldly and perishing delight: sit not downe …

    Thomas Adams · The Sacrifice of Thankfulness · p. 7 · Open in the reader

The Christian Exercise of Fasting A03464

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    1. MourneMourn and weepe.
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    1. MourneMourn and weepe.

    Henry Holland · The Christian Exercise of Fasting · Open in the reader

The Court of Conscience A04629

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    … we to the bitter tree whereon it growes with watry eyes, and ſorrowfull ſpirits; MourneMourn not ſo much for the croſſe, as the cauſe of it: talke not ſo …
    With rule
    … we to the bitter tree whereon it growes with watry eyes, and ſorrowfull ſpirits; MourneMourn not ſo much for the croſſe, as the cauſe of it: talke not ſo …

    Thomas Barnes · The Court of Conscience · p. 12 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … our moane to them. Releeue we the wants of others, others will releeue ours; MourneMourn for others troubles, others will mournemourn for ours; Comfort we others in their ſorrowes …
    With rule
    … our moane to them. Releeue we the wants of others, others will releeue ours; MourneMourn for others troubles, others will mournemourn for ours; Comfort we others in their ſorrowes …

    Thomas Barnes · The Court of Conscience · p. 147 · Open in the reader

The Godly Mans Journey to Heaven A05560

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    MOurneMourn, mournemourn, ô my soule! when thou doest remember what I was from my God …
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    MOurneMourn, mournemourn, ô my soule! when thou doest remember what I was from my God …

    David Lindsay · The Godly Mans Journey to Heaven · p. 10 · Open in the reader

The Pomander of Prayer A07044

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    … cease. And if I hold my peace: I shalbe most bitterly vexed within me. MourneMourn o my soule, & lament as a widow for her first husbande, that she had …
    With rule
    … cease. And if I hold my peace: I shalbe most bitterly vexed within me. MourneMourn o my soule, & lament as a widow for her first husbande, that she had …

    Thomas Becon · The Pomander of Prayer · Open in the reader

Exposition of Romans 8-11 A09031

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    … bee thus guiltie and laugh? Remember what was the end of Diues his mirth. MourneMourn, mournemourn, for woe be to them which laugh, and bleſſed are they which weepe.
    With rule
    … bee thus guiltie and laugh? Remember what was the end of Diues his mirth. MourneMourn, mournemourn, for woe be to them which laugh, and bleſſed are they which weepe.

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 92 · Open in the reader

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    3 MourneMourn for infidelitie: euen for the leaſt motion to it: and the rather becauſe it …
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    3 MourneMourn for infidelitie: euen for the leaſt motion to it: and the rather becauſe it …

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 76 · Open in the reader

The Worthy Receiving the Lords Supper A09266

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    … looking upon him whom we have pierced, let us as we are commanded, Zach. 12.10▪ (MourneMourn for him as one mourneth for his onely son, and be in bitternesse for …
    With rule
    … looking upon him whom we have pierced, let us as we are commanded, Zach. 12.10▪ (MourneMourn for him as one mourneth for his onely son, and be in bitternesse for …

    William Pemble · The Worthy Receiving the Lords Supper · p. 13 · Open in the reader

A Golden Chain A09339

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    … and loued him. Secondly, his miseries, to be grieued with him for them. Rom. 12.15. MourneMourn with those that mournemourn. Esa. 24.16. And I said, My leannesse, my leannesse, woe is …
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    … and loued him. Secondly, his miseries, to be grieued with him for them. Rom. 12.15. MourneMourn with those that mournemourn. Esa. 24.16. And I said, My leannesse, my leannesse, woe is …

    William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 77 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Galatians 1-5 A09383

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    the practise of the godly to MourneMourn for other mens sinnes. 337. 27
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    the practise of the godly to MourneMourn for other mens sinnes. 337. 27

    William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · Open in the reader

A Lifeless Life A09981

  • Printed
    … continue in it; Pray for Ierusalem, let those prosper that love her peace, Psalm. 122. 6. MourneMourn apart, every familie apart: It is not enough to heare this, and to let …
    With rule
    … continue in it; Pray for Ierusalem, let those prosper that love her peace, Psalm. 122. 6. MourneMourn apart, every familie apart: It is not enough to heare this, and to let …

    John Preston · A Lifeless Life · p. 36 · Open in the reader

The Players Scourge A10187

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    … Weepe; all Christian Eares, to Glow, and Tingle; all Chast, and Gracious Hearts, to MourneMourn, and Bleede:) doe not all these (I say) proclaime and testifie to the world …
    With rule
    … Weepe; all Christian Eares, to Glow, and Tingle; all Chast, and Gracious Hearts, to MourneMourn, and Bleede:) doe not all these (I say) proclaime and testifie to the world …

    William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 65 · Open in the reader

The True Convert A10929

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    … King. Be glad you righteous, and ioyfull all yee that are vpright in heart. MourneMourn you therefore with them that mournemourn, reioyce with them that doe reioyce. &c. And …
    With rule
    … King. Be glad you righteous, and ioyfull all yee that are vpright in heart. MourneMourn you therefore with them that mournemourn, reioyce with them that doe reioyce. &c. And …

    Nehemiah Rogers · The True Convert · p. 303 · Open in the reader

Exposition of 2 Thessalonians A11588

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    … is a miſſe; who knowes whither the Lord may returne, and lea… bleſſing behinde. 3 MourneMourn for what thou canſt not mend; the abominations done amongſt vs. Perhaps thou ſhalt …
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    … is a miſſe; who knowes whither the Lord may returne, and lea… bleſſing behinde. 3 MourneMourn for what thou canſt not mend; the abominations done amongſt vs. Perhaps thou ſhalt …

    William Sclater · Exposition of 2 Thessalonians · p. 212 · Open in the reader

Beams of Divine Light A12166

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    MourneMourn.
    With rule
    MourneMourn.

    Richard Sibbes · Beams of Divine Light · Open in the reader

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    To MourneMourn for the sins of the times,
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    To MourneMourn for the sins of the times,

    Richard Sibbes · Beams of Divine Light · Open in the reader

Exposition on the Seven Psalms of Repentance A12260

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    … He that neuer mourned for the affliction, neuer reioyceth for the conſolation of Ioſeph. MourneMourn with them that mournemourn, and reioyce with them that reioyce, ſaith the Spirit.
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    … He that neuer mourned for the affliction, neuer reioyceth for the conſolation of Ioſeph. MourneMourn with them that mournemourn, and reioyce with them that reioyce, ſaith the Spirit.

    Archibald Simson · Exposition on the Seven Psalms of Repentance · p. 139 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … in euery place. Let our feaſting be turned into faſting, our laughter in teares. MourneMourn with Ieremiah for the deſolation of Sion.
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    … in euery place. Let our feaſting be turned into faſting, our laughter in teares. MourneMourn with Ieremiah for the deſolation of Sion.

    Archibald Simson · Exposition on the Seven Psalms of Repentance · p. 161 · Open in the reader

Davids Repentance A12516

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    … but a money matter; Yea (ſaith the Lord) becauſe of oaths the land ſhall MourneMourn; ſo for murder it ſhal mournemourn: well, let vs beware of this foule ſinne …
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    … but a money matter; Yea (ſaith the Lord) becauſe of oaths the land ſhall MourneMourn; ſo for murder it ſhal mournemourn: well, let vs beware of this foule ſinne …

    Samuel Smith · Davids Repentance · p. 443 · Open in the reader

Christs Victory Over the Dragon A13533

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    MourneMourn to see Gods Kingdome opposed, or not enlarged,
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    MourneMourn to see Gods Kingdome opposed, or not enlarged,

    Thomas Taylor · Christs Victory Over the Dragon · Open in the reader

The Pilgrims Profession A13550

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    … joy encreased; so as she was able …o comfort her mournfull husband & friends saying; MourneMourn not for me, but for your selues, for I shall very shortly be more …
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    … joy encreased; so as she was able …o comfort her mournfull husband & friends saying; MourneMourn not for me, but for your selues, for I shall very shortly be more …

    Thomas Taylor · The Pilgrims Profession · p. 186 · Open in the reader

The Practice of Repentance A13551

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    3 Wilfull and stubborne persons against the Ministery, and counsels of the word. Ier. 16.5. MourneMourn not for this people, for I haue taken my peace from it, euen my …
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    3 Wilfull and stubborne persons against the Ministery, and counsels of the word. Ier. 16.5. MourneMourn not for this people, for I haue taken my peace from it, euen my …

    Thomas Taylor · The Practice of Repentance · p. 233 · Open in the reader

Two Treatises A13560

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    … increaſed; ſo as ſhee was able to comfort her mournfull huſband and friends, ſaying; MourneMourn not for mee, but for your ſelues, for I ſhall very ſhortly be more …
    With rule
    … increaſed; ſo as ſhee was able to comfort her mournfull huſband and friends, ſaying; MourneMourn not for mee, but for your ſelues, for I ſhall very ſhortly be more …

    Thomas Taylor · Two Treatises · p. 185 · Open in the reader

Three Treatises A13561

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    … increased; so as she was able to comfort her mournfull husband and friends, saying; MourneMourn not for me, but for your selues, for I shall very shortly be more …
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    … increased; so as she was able to comfort her mournfull husband and friends, saying; MourneMourn not for me, but for your selues, for I shall very shortly be more …

    Thomas Taylor · Three Treatises · p. 188 · Open in the reader

Touchstone to Determine the True Catholic Faith A13969

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    … the people, said to all the people: This day is holy to the Lord: MourneMourn not, neither weepe. For all the people wept, when they had heard the words …
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    … the people, said to all the people: This day is holy to the Lord: MourneMourn not, neither weepe. For all the people wept, when they had heard the words …

    Francis Trigge · Touchstone to Determine the True Catholic Faith · p. 62 · Open in the reader

True Remedy Against Famine and Wars A14191

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    MourneMourn like a virgine) The Prophet hauing denounced against the Israelites those iudgements which their …
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    MourneMourn like a virgine) The Prophet hauing denounced against the Israelites those iudgements which their …

    John Udall · True Remedy Against Famine and Wars · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

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    … for our owne or for the sinnes of others. Mat. 5, 4. Blessed are they that MourneMourn.
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    … for our owne or for the sinnes of others. Mat. 5, 4. Blessed are they that MourneMourn.

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 325 · Open in the reader

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    … euilles that do befall our selues or others. Mat. 2, 18. Mourning, and weeping. Gen. 23, 2. To MourneMourn for Sarah.
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    … euilles that do befall our selues or others. Mat. 2, 18. Mourning, and weeping. Gen. 23, 2. To MourneMourn for Sarah.

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 325 · Open in the reader

Prince Henrys Obsequies A15651

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    And Ioyes, with Soft, MourneMourn not, I am a Starre,
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    And Ioyes, with Soft, MourneMourn not, I am a Starre,

    George Wither · Prince Henrys Obsequies · Open in the reader

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    MourneMourn English, Irish, Brittish, and mournemourn Scot,
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    MourneMourn English, Irish, Brittish, and mournemourn Scot,

    George Wither · Prince Henrys Obsequies · Open in the reader

The Saints Sufferings and Sinners Sorrows A15826

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    … to incurre Gods diſpleaſure, of all plagues the greateſt, greater than Hell it ſelfe. MourneMourn to have that taken off more than any judgement. Say not with Pharaoh, take …
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    … to incurre Gods diſpleaſure, of all plagues the greateſt, greater than Hell it ſelfe. MourneMourn to have that taken off more than any judgement. Say not with Pharaoh, take …

    John Yates · The Saints Sufferings and Sinners Sorrows · p. 226 · Open in the reader

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    … ſtubborne and unbroken, but verſe 5. bee thou bleſſed with a meeke and milde heart. MourneMourn till thou be meeked and tamed for the Lords uſe. Fourthly, raiſe up thy …
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    … ſtubborne and unbroken, but verſe 5. bee thou bleſſed with a meeke and milde heart. MourneMourn till thou be meeked and tamed for the Lords uſe. Fourthly, raiſe up thy …

    John Yates · The Saints Sufferings and Sinners Sorrows · p. 226 · Open in the reader

The Drunkards Character A15845

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    MourneMourn, in all ages the godly alone have mourned for the abominations of their time, 255.
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    MourneMourn, in all ages the godly alone have mourned for the abominations of their time, 255.

    Richard Younge · The Drunkards Character · Open in the reader

Sin Stigmatized A15847

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    MourneMourn, in all ages the godly alone have mourned for the abominations of their time, 255.
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    MourneMourn, in all ages the godly alone have mourned for the abominations of their time, 255.

    Richard Younge · Sin Stigmatized · Open in the reader

The Holy Exercise of Fasting A16525

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    … of mourning: for in the one place hee ſaith Faſt, and in the other MourneMourn, to ſhew what we muſt come vnto in the day of faſt, euen to …
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    … of mourning: for in the one place hee ſaith Faſt, and in the other MourneMourn, to ſhew what we muſt come vnto in the day of faſt, euen to …

    Nicholas Bownd · The Holy Exercise of Fasting · p. 69 · Open in the reader

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    … awake yee drunkards and weepe, and houle all yee drinkers of wine, and againe, MourneMourn like a virgine girded …ith ſackcloth, for the husband of her youth, and againe …
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    … awake yee drunkards and weepe, and houle all yee drinkers of wine, and againe, MourneMourn like a virgine girded …ith ſackcloth, for the husband of her youth, and againe …

    Nicholas Bownd · The Holy Exercise of Fasting · p. 176 · Open in the reader

The Last Battle of the Soul A16539

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    Let not sorrow ouerwhelme your hearts: MourneMourn not as these that haue none hope of the Resurrection: Let the meditations of …
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    Let not sorrow ouerwhelme your hearts: MourneMourn not as these that haue none hope of the Resurrection: Let the meditations of …

    Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 1145 · Open in the reader

The Fire of the Sanctuary Newly Uncovered A17270

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    … taken by the eares by ſtrangers: therefore beware of doggs, beware of euill workers. MourneMourn with Ieremy, in ſecret for their ſins; let them haue thy Prayers for their …
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    … taken by the eares by ſtrangers: therefore beware of doggs, beware of euill workers. MourneMourn with Ieremy, in ſecret for their ſins; let them haue thy Prayers for their …

    Cornelius Burges · The Fire of the Sanctuary Newly Uncovered · p. 341 · Open in the reader

A Ready Way to Remember the Scriptures A19692

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    Chap. 4 Warres, 1. Adulterers, 4. Devill, 7. MourneMourn, 9. Law, 11. If God will, Ʋerſ. 14.
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    Chap. 4 Warres, 1. Adulterers, 4. Devill, 7. MourneMourn, 9. Law, 11. If God will, Ʋerſ. 14.

    Ezekiel Culverwell · A Ready Way to Remember the Scriptures · p. 90 · Open in the reader

A Guide to Godliness A20762

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    … it not ouer, till hee call thee from it to pay thee thy wages. MourneMourn for thy ſinnes, till hee come and wipe away the teares from thine eyes …
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    … it not ouer, till hee call thee from it to pay thee thy wages. MourneMourn for thy ſinnes, till hee come and wipe away the teares from thine eyes …

    John Downame · A Guide to Godliness · p. 593 · Open in the reader

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    … faſtened him to the Croſſe, the ſpeare which pearced his bleſſed ſide and heart. MourneMourn then and lament thy ſinnes (O my ſoule) whereby thou haſt cauſed him to …
    With rule
    … faſtened him to the Croſſe, the ſpeare which pearced his bleſſed ſide and heart. MourneMourn then and lament thy ſinnes (O my ſoule) whereby thou haſt cauſed him to …

    John Downame · A Guide to Godliness · p. 593 · Open in the reader

The Crown and Glory of Christianity A29687

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    … other mens ſins. 139-145. He that would be holy muſt mournemourn over his own unholineſs. 299, 300, 301. MourneMourn over the loſs of holineſs. Page 466, 467, 468.
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    … other mens ſins. 139-145. He that would be holy muſt mournemourn over his own unholineſs. 299, 300, 301. MourneMourn over the loſs of holineſs. Page 466, 467, 468.

    Thomas Brooks · The Crown and Glory of Christianity · Open in the reader

A Treatise of Original Sin A30247

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    … ſaved, when alas all this while thou art deceived, and deceiving of thy ſelf; MourneMourn then under this native-pollution, that thou art ſo deceived in all things about …
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    … ſaved, when alas all this while thou art deceived, and deceiving of thy ſelf; MourneMourn then under this native-pollution, that thou art ſo deceived in all things about …

    Anthony Burgess · A Treatise of Original Sin · p. 216 · Open in the reader

Christ Inviting Sinners to Come to Him for Rest A30566

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    … the Lord, and the day of Vengeance of our God, to comfort all that MourneMourn, &c. Here we have a prophecy of Chriſt, and in this my Text, this …
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    … the Lord, and the day of Vengeance of our God, to comfort all that MourneMourn, &c. Here we have a prophecy of Chriſt, and in this my Text, this …

    Jeremiah Burroughs · Christ Inviting Sinners to Come to Him for Rest · p. 186 · Open in the reader

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    … God should make us slaves to that Nation, whose fashions we so eagerly follow? MourneMourn for the great prophanation of our Christian Sabbath-day: how can we expect that …
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    … God should make us slaves to that Nation, whose fashions we so eagerly follow? MourneMourn for the great prophanation of our Christian Sabbath-day: how can we expect that …

    Edmund Calamy · Englands Looking Glass · p. 30 · Open in the reader