Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1477 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

layelay

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

Puritas changed it: 1,391 times in 380 works
Consistency: 95.5% (1,391 of 1,456)
Reach if approved: ~1,531 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: say
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,457 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,391 changes in 380 works, 95.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,391)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

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Now to proceede to layelay open the right marke, that in deede hee ſhotte at, though when hee made …
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Now to proceede to layelay open the right marke, that in deede hee ſhotte at, though when hee made …
Francis Hastings · A Watch-Word to All Religious and True Hearted Englishmen · p. 92 · Open in the reader
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He was a pagane, layelay not that in our syght.
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He was a pagane, layelay not that in our syght.
John Bale · A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man · Open in the reader
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… iustice. And thus ye deny him to be the true God, who doth not layelay before the blindnes of yo^r reason all his workes, that they by her iudgement …
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… iustice. And thus ye deny him to be the true God, who doth not layelay before the blindnes of yo^r reason all his workes, that they by her iudgement …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 382 · Open in the reader
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… howe mocking, howe munkyng, I wolde saye, so euer they be. O ye woll layelay this to my charge, that Monachus and Solitarius, signifyeth all one. I graunte this …
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… howe mocking, howe munkyng, I wolde saye, so euer they be. O ye woll layelay this to my charge, that Monachus and Solitarius, signifyeth all one. I graunte this …
Hugh Latimer · Sermon Before Parliament Began · Open in the reader
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… lyttle before: And I wyll call for corne, and I will encrease it, and layelay no famine vpon you. &c. Nowe considering and conferring with this, the great famine …
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… lyttle before: And I wyll call for corne, and I will encrease it, and layelay no famine vpon you. &c. Nowe considering and conferring with this, the great famine …
John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader
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… this commaundement of Christe, Drinke ye all of this, beeing vnderstoode doth appertaine vnto layelay men, contrary to their Churches determination, is the expresse worde of the Deuill. And …
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… this commaundement of Christe, Drinke ye all of this, beeing vnderstoode doth appertaine vnto layelay men, contrary to their Churches determination, is the expresse worde of the Deuill. And …
William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 137 · Open in the reader
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… publike aſſembly, where I heare the miniſter preach the word, which dooth more fully layelay open and diſplay my ſinne and miſery: I am héereby driuen into déeper ſighing …
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… publike aſſembly, where I heare the miniſter preach the word, which dooth more fully layelay open and diſplay my ſinne and miſery: I am héereby driuen into déeper ſighing …
George Gifford · Short Treatise Against the Donatists of England · p. 24 · Open in the reader
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… wanted dewe auctoryte so lōge as yt was mynystred but of symple and poore layelay marryed men. Anon therfor he sent vnto Rome .ij. of those minysters called Eluanus …
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… wanted dewe auctoryte so lōge as yt was mynystred but of symple and poore layelay marryed men. Anon therfor he sent vnto Rome .ij. of those minysters called Eluanus …
John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · p. 14 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (65)

46 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 19 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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… commaunded them to bée caſt into Tiber, and then buried the bodie in a LayeLay mans ſepulchre. He raigned one yéere, and him ſuccéeded Rhemanus, & ſate 3. months, repealing the …
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… commaunded them to bée caſt into Tiber, and then buried the bodie in a LayeLay mans ſepulchre. He raigned one yéere, and him ſuccéeded Rhemanus, & ſate 3. months, repealing the …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 104 · Open in the reader
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… companion Walter Brute was apprehended for the teſtimony of the trueth. Hée was a LayeLay man, and a Graduate of Oxforde: the chiefe cauſe that ſtirred vp the zeale …
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… companion Walter Brute was apprehended for the teſtimony of the trueth. Hée was a LayeLay man, and a Graduate of Oxforde: the chiefe cauſe that ſtirred vp the zeale …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 287 · Open in the reader
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… himſelfe doth ſuſpend euery wicked prieſt from his miniſtery. That the Cleargie ſupplanteth the LayeLay people, &c.
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… himſelfe doth ſuſpend euery wicked prieſt from his miniſtery. That the Cleargie ſupplanteth the LayeLay people, &c.
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 328 · Open in the reader

Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines A01262

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… on y^e contrary part, there are no examples of anye which confeſſed themſelues to LayeLay men or Prieſtes: for this honour belongeth to GOD alone, whiche hath giuen vs …
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… on y^e contrary part, there are no examples of anye which confeſſed themſelues to LayeLay men or Prieſtes: for this honour belongeth to GOD alone, whiche hath giuen vs …
John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 174 · Open in the reader

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

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… in religion, are false, and teachers of falshood, which you with Gregorie say are LayeLay mens bookes; but what shall they teache saith Abacuc and Ieremie, but lies and …
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… in religion, are false, and teachers of falshood, which you with Gregorie say are LayeLay mens bookes; but what shall they teache saith Abacuc and Ieremie, but lies and …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 125 · Open in the reader
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… Lay man muste shriue the Prieste, as well as the Prieste muste shriue the LayeLay man. And the Priest muste confesse him selfe to the people, as well as …
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… Lay man muste shriue the Prieste, as well as the Prieste muste shriue the LayeLay man. And the Priest muste confesse him selfe to the people, as well as …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 388 · Open in the reader

Rejoinder to Bristows Reply A01324

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… without reprehension. Seeing therefore he putteth no difference in respect of matrimony, betweene a LayeLay man, and a Cleargie man, it is plaine, that it was as lawfull for …
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… without reprehension. Seeing therefore he putteth no difference in respect of matrimony, betweene a LayeLay man, and a Cleargie man, it is plaine, that it was as lawfull for …
William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 185 · Open in the reader

Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites A02738

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LayeLay handes vpon hym, & depryue hym of thys aparell.
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LayeLay handes vpon hym, & depryue hym of thys aparell.
John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader
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LayeLay on grene fagotes, to put hym to the more payne.
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LayeLay on grene fagotes, to put hym to the more payne.
John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader

Comedy Concerning the Corruption of Laws of Nature Moses and Christ A02749

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LayeLay handes vpon hym, & depryue hym of this apparell
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LayeLay handes vpon hym, & depryue hym of this apparell
John Bale · Comedy Concerning the Corruption of Laws of Nature Moses and Christ · Open in the reader
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LayeLay on greue faggottes, to put hym to more payne
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LayeLay on greue faggottes, to put hym to more payne
John Bale · Comedy Concerning the Corruption of Laws of Nature Moses and Christ · Open in the reader

The Image of Both Churches in Revelation A02872

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LayeLay out your mony on more for …he thing y^e fedeth not, spende no more …
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LayeLay out your mony on more for …he thing y^e fedeth not, spende no more …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader

A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin A02947

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LayeLay mēne toucheth the ſacrament. 84. b
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LayeLay mēne toucheth the ſacrament. 84. b
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader

The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty A05142

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… Non cō municabis peccatis alienis. Thou shalt not be partaker of other mennes faultes. LayeLay not thy handes rashely vpon anye, be not hastye in makynge of curates, in …
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… Non cō municabis peccatis alienis. Thou shalt not be partaker of other mennes faultes. LayeLay not thy handes rashely vpon anye, be not hastye in makynge of curates, in …
Hugh Latimer · The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty · Open in the reader

Twenty-Seven Sermons A05143

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… of the world, because in al places the world getteth many chyldren. Among the LayeLay people, the world ceaseth not to bring to passe, that as they be called …
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… of the world, because in al places the world getteth many chyldren. Among the LayeLay people, the world ceaseth not to bring to passe, that as they be called …
Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · p. 6 · Open in the reader

Collected Sermons A06521

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… they did merit heauen, when as they are nothing worth, neither profitable to others. LayeLay vppe theſe thinges in your hartes, and do alſo according to them. In all …
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… they did merit heauen, when as they are nothing worth, neither profitable to others. LayeLay vppe theſe thinges in your hartes, and do alſo according to them. In all …
Martin Luther · Collected Sermons · p. 13 · Open in the reader

Historical Table of the Bible A06660

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… b. Hys wyffe became a pyllar of ſalte. Geneſ. xix,e, Luk, xvij,d. LayeLay wyth hys two daugters. Geneſ, xix,f,g.
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… b. Hys wyffe became a pyllar of ſalte. Geneſ. xix,e, Luk, xvij,d. LayeLay wyth hys two daugters. Geneſ, xix,f,g.
Henrich Bullinger · Historical Table of the Bible · Open in the reader

The Fortress of the Faithful Against the Cruel Assaults of Poverty and Hunger A06772

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LayeLay thy care on the lorde, sayth Dauid, and he shal noryshe the. Also. S …
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LayeLay thy care on the lorde, sayth Dauid, and he shal noryshe the. Also. S …
Thomas Becon · The Fortress of the Faithful Against the Cruel Assaults of Poverty and Hunger · Open in the reader

The Jewel of Joy A06898

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… oure synnes in hys owne bloude If these sentenses were truely knowen of the LayeLay people and vnfaynedly beleued, they would sone geue ouer their popyshe sacrifices, and onely …
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… oure synnes in hys owne bloude If these sentenses were truely knowen of the LayeLay people and vnfaynedly beleued, they would sone geue ouer their popyshe sacrifices, and onely …
Thomas Becon · The Jewel of Joy · Open in the reader

Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels A06932

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… he may deliuer their lyues frō death, and nourrishe them in time of honger. LayeLay thy care on the lorde, and he shall nourrishe thee. All creatures depend vpon …
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… he may deliuer their lyues frō death, and nourrishe them in time of honger. LayeLay thy care on the lorde, and he shall nourrishe thee. All creatures depend vpon …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader

The Relics of Rome A07146

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… therfore can make hym, y^t made them, as theyr doctryne declareth, then can the LayeLay man lykewyse make theyr maker, and so maye the Laitie stryue with the spiritualtye …
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… therfore can make hym, y^t made them, as theyr doctryne declareth, then can the LayeLay man lykewyse make theyr maker, and so maye the Laitie stryue with the spiritualtye …
Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · Open in the reader
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… the paten therof, with their bare hands. Hereof came it to passe, y^t the LayeLay people were not suffered to touche the bare chalice, whē they came vnto the …
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… the paten therof, with their bare hands. Hereof came it to passe, y^t the LayeLay people were not suffered to touche the bare chalice, whē they came vnto the …
Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · Open in the reader
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… he cōsecrateth: for he could not consecrate, excepte he were ordered. And therefore a LayeLay man, be he neuer so holye, can do nothyng in thys matter, althoughe he …
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… he cōsecrateth: for he could not consecrate, excepte he were ordered. And therefore a LayeLay man, be he neuer so holye, can do nothyng in thys matter, althoughe he …
Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · Open in the reader
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… thoe that depriue holy Churche of any ryghte, or make of holy churche, any LayeLay fee, y^t is halowed or sanctified. And all thoe y^t withholde the rites of …
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… thoe that depriue holy Churche of any ryghte, or make of holy churche, any LayeLay fee, y^t is halowed or sanctified. And all thoe y^t withholde the rites of …
Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · p. 238 · Open in the reader

Four Great Liars Striving A09431

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LayeLay foundations.
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LayeLay foundations.
William Perkins · Four Great Liars Striving · Open in the reader

The True Catholic A13971

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… giue all glorie to God: and to worſhip him that made heauen and earth. LayeLay this rule to the Church of Rome, and euerie one maie ſee, howe farre …
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… giue all glorie to God: and to worſhip him that made heauen and earth. LayeLay this rule to the Church of Rome, and euerie one maie ſee, howe farre …
Francis Trigge · The True Catholic · p. 459 · Open in the reader

Exposition Upon Matthew 27(1) A14133

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LayeLay ought to haue the goſpell. fo. xxvii. ſ. i
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LayeLay ought to haue the goſpell. fo. xxvii. ſ. i
William Tyndale · Exposition Upon Matthew 27(1) · Open in the reader

The Observation and Keeping of the Sabbath Day A14213

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… the gathering together of his Church: or when as the miniſters are reproched. 1. Tim. 5. LayeLay not thy handes quickly vnto any man, neither be thou partaker of other mens …
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… the gathering together of his Church: or when as the miniſters are reproched. 1. Tim. 5. LayeLay not thy handes quickly vnto any man, neither be thou partaker of other mens …
Zacharias Ursinus · The Observation and Keeping of the Sabbath Day · Open in the reader

Harmony of the Gospels A16078

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Mathewe 6. Marke. Luke 12. 19. LayeLay not vppe treasures for your selues vppon the earth, where the moth and canker …
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Mathewe 6. Marke. Luke 12. 19. LayeLay not vppe treasures for your selues vppon the earth, where the moth and canker …
John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 200 · Open in the reader

Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion A17183

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… at the feete of Zephyrinus the biſhoppe, and all other, not Clearks onely, but LayeLay-men alſo, with great lamentation and exceeding ſorrowe prouoked all the congregation with earneſt …
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… at the feete of Zephyrinus the biſhoppe, and all other, not Clearks onely, but LayeLay-men alſo, with great lamentation and exceeding ſorrowe prouoked all the congregation with earneſt …
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 575 · Open in the reader
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… confeſſed them ſelues to the Prieſtes, the Prieſtes ſhoulde againe confeſſe themſelues vnto the LayeLay-men. For that is, to make confeſſion one to an other. For wee ſaye …
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… confeſſed them ſelues to the Prieſtes, the Prieſtes ſhoulde againe confeſſe themſelues vnto the LayeLay-men. For that is, to make confeſſion one to an other. For wee ſaye …
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 579 · Open in the reader

Questions of Religion A17219

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… But on the contrarie, there are no examples of any which confessed themselues to LayeLay men or Priestes: for this honor belongeth to God alone, which hathe giuen vs …
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… But on the contrarie, there are no examples of any which confessed themselues to LayeLay men or Priestes: for this honor belongeth to God alone, which hathe giuen vs …
Henrich Bullinger · Questions of Religion · p. 110 · Open in the reader

The Institutes of the Christian Religion A17662

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… For thus, when hee was reddy to dye, hee openly sayde to the people: LayeLay youre heartes vpon all the woordes that I doe testyfye to youe thys daye …
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… For thus, when hee was reddy to dye, hee openly sayde to the people: LayeLay youre heartes vpon all the woordes that I doe testyfye to youe thys daye …
John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · p. 43 · Open in the reader

Thirty-One Epigrams A19663

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Of LayeLay men that take tythes
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Of LayeLay men that take tythes
Robert Crowley · Thirty-One Epigrams · Open in the reader

The Subtle Sophistry of Watsons Sermons before Queen Mary A19670

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… not to layelay the offerings of brotherhood, except the ſame be ſeaſoned with peace. LayeLay downe ſayth he, thine offering before the aultar, and go thy way back agayne …
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… not to layelay the offerings of brotherhood, except the ſame be ſeaſoned with peace. LayeLay downe ſayth he, thine offering before the aultar, and go thy way back agayne …
Robert Crowley · The Subtle Sophistry of Watsons Sermons before Queen Mary · p. 202 · Open in the reader

The Voice of the Last Trumpet Blown A19671

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LayeLay it not out as doeth an whore
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LayeLay it not out as doeth an whore
Robert Crowley · The Voice of the Last Trumpet Blown · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

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… prayers, almes deeds, or any worke of charitie: these bee called oblations to God. LayeLay downe therefore thine oblation, begin to do none of these foresaid workesr before thou …
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… prayers, almes deeds, or any worke of charitie: these bee called oblations to God. LayeLay downe therefore thine oblation, begin to do none of these foresaid workesr before thou …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2142 · Open in the reader
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Scripture oughte not to bee withholden from the LayeLay people. 1116
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Scripture oughte not to bee withholden from the LayeLay people. 1116
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · Open in the reader

The Ancient Doctrine of the Church of England A88669

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… this is my body; but the former words, take, eate, are ſpoken to the LayeLay-people as well as Prieſts, therefore the words drinke you all of this, are …
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… this is my body; but the former words, take, eate, are ſpoken to the LayeLay-people as well as Prieſts, therefore the words drinke you all of this, are …
Humphrey Lynde · The Ancient Doctrine of the Church of England · p. 134 · Open in the reader
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… undoubtedly upon this, Drinke yee all of this, that is, as well Miniſters as LayeLay people, as Paſchaſius commenteth upon the words.
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… undoubtedly upon this, Drinke yee all of this, that is, as well Miniſters as LayeLay people, as Paſchaſius commenteth upon the words.
Humphrey Lynde · The Ancient Doctrine of the Church of England · p. 137 · Open in the reader
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… may confidently ſay Amen to them, but of private prayers made by private and LayeLay men extempore in an unknowne tongue.
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… may confidently ſay Amen to them, but of private prayers made by private and LayeLay men extempore in an unknowne tongue.
Humphrey Lynde · The Ancient Doctrine of the Church of England · p. 143 · Open in the reader
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… ſhould underſtand, but only that he that ſupplieth the place of the idiot or LayeLay-man in anſwering for the people, ſhould bee ſo farre able to underſtand, as …
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… ſhould underſtand, but only that he that ſupplieth the place of the idiot or LayeLay-man in anſwering for the people, ſhould bee ſo farre able to underſtand, as …
Humphrey Lynde · The Ancient Doctrine of the Church of England · p. 143 · Open in the reader

A Case for the Spectacles B14661

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… this is my body; but the former words, take, eate, are spoken to the LayeLay-people as well as Priests, therefore the words drinke you all of this, are …
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… this is my body; but the former words, take, eate, are spoken to the LayeLay-people as well as Priests, therefore the words drinke you all of this, are …
Humphrey Lynde · A Case for the Spectacles · p. 134 · Open in the reader
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… undoubtedly upon this, Drinke yee all of this, that is, as well Ministers as LayeLay people, as Paschasius commenteth upon the words.
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… undoubtedly upon this, Drinke yee all of this, that is, as well Ministers as LayeLay people, as Paschasius commenteth upon the words.
Humphrey Lynde · A Case for the Spectacles · p. 137 · Open in the reader
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… may confidently say Amen to them, but of private prayers made by private and LayeLay men extempore in an unknowne tongue.
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… may confidently say Amen to them, but of private prayers made by private and LayeLay men extempore in an unknowne tongue.
Humphrey Lynde · A Case for the Spectacles · p. 143 · Open in the reader
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… should understand, but only that he that supplieth the place of the idiot or LayeLay-man in answering for the people, should bee so farre able to understand, as …
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… should understand, but only that he that supplieth the place of the idiot or LayeLay-man in answering for the people, should bee so farre able to understand, as …
Humphrey Lynde · A Case for the Spectacles · p. 143 · Open in the reader