Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1590 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

fainefain

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

Puritas changed it: 5,452 times in 1,308 works
Consistency: 98.7% (5,452 of 5,523)
Reach if approved: ~5,803 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: fain
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 5,523 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (5,452 changes in 1,308 works, 98.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 5,452)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

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… you have beene better instructed by the Belgick inquisitors to devise some shift and fainefain a commodious sense to the testimonies of the Fathers, and blanch their words with …
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… you have beene better instructed by the Belgick inquisitors to devise some shift and fainefain a commodious sense to the testimonies of the Fathers, and blanch their words with …
Daniel Featley · Transubstantiation Exploded · p. 63 · Open in the reader
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… nature as I formerly taxed, and you prouoke and encourage many. The Marriners would fainefain saue Ionas; but when there is no remedy, they will rather loose one Ionas …
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… nature as I formerly taxed, and you prouoke and encourage many. The Marriners would fainefain saue Ionas; but when there is no remedy, they will rather loose one Ionas …
Thomas Adams · A Divine Herbal Together with a Forest of Thorns · p. 128 · Open in the reader
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… worde onely doe confeſſe, that wee can doe nothing without Chriſt, yet notwithſtanding they fainefain a certain power in vs, which of it ſelfe is not ſufficient to worke …
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… worde onely doe confeſſe, that wee can doe nothing without Chriſt, yet notwithſtanding they fainefain a certain power in vs, which of it ſelfe is not ſufficient to worke …
John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 265 · Open in the reader
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… the addition of water, if any necessarie occasion doe require it? But I would fainefain see the masse disciphered out of that description of Iustine, which Bristowe saith, is …
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… the addition of water, if any necessarie occasion doe require it? But I would fainefain see the masse disciphered out of that description of Iustine, which Bristowe saith, is …
William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 290 · Open in the reader
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… miserable man, that trusts himselfe vpon the keeping of that god, which himselfe is fainefain to keepe. Micah did not worship his siluer, till it was cast into the …
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… miserable man, that trusts himselfe vpon the keeping of that god, which himselfe is fainefain to keepe. Micah did not worship his siluer, till it was cast into the …
Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 51 · Open in the reader
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… but loſt, becauſe he can not get ſo great a victorie as hee would fainefain: let not this man be diſmaied, but let him goe forward, remembring what is …
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… but loſt, becauſe he can not get ſo great a victorie as hee would fainefain: let not this man be diſmaied, but let him goe forward, remembring what is …
George Gifford · Sermons Upon Divers Texts · p. 174 · Open in the reader
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… can into all euill: but according as men are apt and incliued, he is fainefain to deale as he may, with ſome one way, with ſome another. Such as …
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… can into all euill: but according as men are apt and incliued, he is fainefain to deale as he may, with ſome one way, with ſome another. Such as …
George Gifford · Two Sermons on 1 Peter 5:8-9 · Open in the reader
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… complain of their condition, onely they cannot finde ſweetneſſe in God, and ſo are fainefain to keepe themſelves to their huſks; but alas, to thee they are farre leſſe …
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… complain of their condition, onely they cannot finde ſweetneſſe in God, and ſo are fainefain to keepe themſelves to their huſks; but alas, to thee they are farre leſſe …
Thomas Goodwin · The Return of Prayers · p. 302 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (71)

61 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 53 are listed here. 10 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Sicelides a Piscatory A00979

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FaineFain would I know how my gin…e thriues and prospers. Ol…nda is fast …
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FaineFain would I know how my gin…e thriues and prospers. Ol…nda is fast …
Phineas Fletcher · Sicelides a Piscatory · Open in the reader

History of the Old Testament Volume 5 A02530

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… Thamar into the houſe of Amnon, force intertained her within; and droue her out. FaineFain would ſhe haue hid her ſhame where it was wrought, and may not bee …
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… Thamar into the houſe of Amnon, force intertained her within; and droue her out. FaineFain would ſhe haue hid her ſhame where it was wrought, and may not bee …
Joseph Hall · History of the Old Testament Volume 5 · p. 291 · Open in the reader

A Treatise of Faith A03064

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… if men ſhould water all the branches of a Tree, and not the root. FaineFain would they abound and ſhine in patience, meekneſſe, zeale, yet eſtabliſh and root not …
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… if men ſhould water all the branches of a Tree, and not the root. FaineFain would they abound and ſhine in patience, meekneſſe, zeale, yet eſtabliſh and root not …
John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 251 · Open in the reader

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

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… them. Only in him the guilt and corruption of ſinne it ſelfe was excepted. FaineFain you would wipe away that Argumēt of ours which ſticketh neerer to you the …
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… them. Only in him the guilt and corruption of ſinne it ſelfe was excepted. FaineFain you would wipe away that Argumēt of ours which ſticketh neerer to you the …
Henry Jacob · Defense of a Treatise Touching the Suffering and Victory of Christ · p. 99 · Open in the reader

A Spiritual Trumpet Sounded to Christian Warfare A04371

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… is an enemie to the Goſpell; to the proceedings, and the preuailing of it. FaineFain hee would haue ſuppreſſed it in the cradle and infancie of it, that it …
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… is an enemie to the Goſpell; to the proceedings, and the preuailing of it. FaineFain hee would haue ſuppreſſed it in the cradle and infancie of it, that it …
William Jemmat · A Spiritual Trumpet Sounded to Christian Warfare · p. 86 · Open in the reader
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… continueth paſſing to and fro, beaten and ouerthrowne ſo often as he is reſiſted. FaineFain he would return and re-enter into his old houſe, to take and keepe …
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… continueth paſſing to and fro, beaten and ouerthrowne ſo often as he is reſiſted. FaineFain he would return and re-enter into his old houſe, to take and keepe …
William Jemmat · A Spiritual Trumpet Sounded to Christian Warfare · p. 174 · Open in the reader

Journal of the Beginning of the English Plantation at Plymouth A09810

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… on his backe thorow a River, whom he had formerly in some sort abused. FaineFain they would haue had vs to lodge there all night: and wondered we would …
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… on his backe thorow a River, whom he had formerly in some sort abused. FaineFain they would haue had vs to lodge there all night: and wondered we would …
William Bradford · Journal of the Beginning of the English Plantation at Plymouth · p. 47 · Open in the reader

Of Nature and Grace A10112

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… to it, and laboreth ſtill more & more to root it out. This we graunt. FaineFain woulde we heare what you or any of yours cā ſay herein, without dallying …
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… to it, and laboreth ſtill more & more to root it out. This we graunt. FaineFain woulde we heare what you or any of yours cā ſay herein, without dallying …
John Prime · Of Nature and Grace · p. 145 · Open in the reader

A Strange Vineyard in Palestine A10926

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… the day of their calamity, and therefore is he ſo large in his comforts. FaineFain would the Deuill haue had perſwaded Chriſt that hee was none of Gods becauſe …
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… the day of their calamity, and therefore is he ſo large in his comforts. FaineFain would the Deuill haue had perſwaded Chriſt that hee was none of Gods becauſe …
Nehemiah Rogers · A Strange Vineyard in Palestine · p. 236 · Open in the reader

The Wild Vine A10928

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… the day of their calamity, and therefore is he ſo large in his comforts. FaineFain would the Deuill haue had perſwaded Chriſt that hee was none of Gods becauſe …
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… the day of their calamity, and therefore is he ſo large in his comforts. FaineFain would the Deuill haue had perſwaded Chriſt that hee was none of Gods becauſe …
Nehemiah Rogers · The Wild Vine · p. 236 · Open in the reader

The True Convert A10929

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… their death beds call for mercy, though in their life they plead their merit. FaineFain would I ſee any of the learned of them, when they are a going …
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… their death beds call for mercy, though in their life they plead their merit. FaineFain would I ſee any of the learned of them, when they are a going …
Nehemiah Rogers · The True Convert · p. 38 · Open in the reader

Twenty-Five Lectures Upon the Lords Last Sermon and Conference A11006

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… and hee ſawe him, and hee rejoyced: but hee ſawe him but afarre off. FaineFain vvoulde the Kinges, and the Prophets of olde, haue ſeene him.
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… and hee ſawe him, and hee rejoyced: but hee ſawe him but afarre off. FaineFain vvoulde the Kinges, and the Prophets of olde, haue ſeene him.
Robert Rollock · Twenty-Five Lectures Upon the Lords Last Sermon and Conference · p. 51 · Open in the reader

The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ A11012

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… rather to remooue out of this bodie, and to dwell with GOD, 2. Corint. Chap. 5. FaineFain woulde the godlie ſoule bee with GOD: and ſuppoſe it bee preſſed downe with …
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… rather to remooue out of this bodie, and to dwell with GOD, 2. Corint. Chap. 5. FaineFain woulde the godlie ſoule bee with GOD: and ſuppoſe it bee preſſed downe with …
Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 335 · Open in the reader

Virtues History A11081

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FaineFain would she after goe but tis too late,
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FaineFain would she after goe but tis too late,
Francis Rous · Virtues History · Open in the reader
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FaineFain would he passe, but burning loue denyes,
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FaineFain would he passe, but burning loue denyes,
Francis Rous · Virtues History · Open in the reader
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FaineFain would I bring thee to some lodging place,
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FaineFain would I bring thee to some lodging place,
Francis Rous · Virtues History · Open in the reader
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FaineFain would the Knight more of his tale expresse,
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FaineFain would the Knight more of his tale expresse,
Francis Rous · Virtues History · Open in the reader
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FaineFain would he in her armes his death-bed see,
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FaineFain would he in her armes his death-bed see,
Francis Rous · Virtues History · Open in the reader

The Admirable Convert A12506

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… ſuch men are from true repentance that are ſtrangers vnto this dutie of Confeſsion. FaineFain they would haue God to pardon their ſinnes, but they yet neuer framed any …
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… ſuch men are from true repentance that are ſtrangers vnto this dutie of Confeſsion. FaineFain they would haue God to pardon their ſinnes, but they yet neuer framed any …
Samuel Smith · The Admirable Convert · p. 272 · Open in the reader

The Ethiopian Eunuchs Conversion A12524

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… naturally, which is no ſmall argument to ſhew that their Religion cannot bee good. FaineFain we would haue ſome thing in our ſelues to commend vnto God, in liew …
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… naturally, which is no ſmall argument to ſhew that their Religion cannot bee good. FaineFain we would haue ſome thing in our ſelues to commend vnto God, in liew …
Samuel Smith · The Ethiopian Eunuchs Conversion · p. 485 · Open in the reader

The Life of Faith A14750

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… if men should water all the branches of a Tree and not the roote: FaineFain would they abound and shine in patience, meeknesse, zeale, yet establish and roote not …
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… if men should water all the branches of a Tree and not the roote: FaineFain would they abound and shine in patience, meeknesse, zeale, yet establish and roote not …
Samuel Ward · The Life of Faith · p. 82 · Open in the reader

The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama A15137

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FaineFain would he tell the cauſe of his diſaſters,
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FaineFain would he tell the cauſe of his diſaſters,
Nathaniel Whiting · The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama · p. 14 · Open in the reader

Abuses Stripped and Whipped A15623

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FaineFain would he think well, but hath not the powre;
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FaineFain would he think well, but hath not the powre;
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete A15639

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FaineFain would I tell, how much that shaddow pleasd me;
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FaineFain would I tell, how much that shaddow pleasd me;
George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader

The Shepherds Hunting A15656

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FaineFain I would, but I doe feare
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FaineFain I would, but I doe feare
George Wither · The Shepherds Hunting · Open in the reader

Withers Motto A15662

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FaineFain their beginnings, nobler then they were.
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FaineFain their beginnings, nobler then they were.
George Wither · Withers Motto · Open in the reader

Sermons on Jonah A16485

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… and made them glad to put vp such a one out of their bowels. FaineFain they were to be rid of him, because he did ouerbeare them: The Godhead …
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… and made them glad to put vp such a one out of their bowels. FaineFain they were to be rid of him, because he did ouerbeare them: The Godhead …
Archbishop George Abbot · Sermons on Jonah · p. 319 · Open in the reader

The Last Battle of the Soul A16539

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FaineFain would I haue grace so to doe: But out vpon mee, I haue taken …
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FaineFain would I haue grace so to doe: But out vpon mee, I haue taken …
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 192 · Open in the reader
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… brighter than the Sunne at Noone Day: Our sinnes cannot bee hidde from The… FaineFain would wee confesse them, but alas, for this hardnesse of hear… Smite, O LORD …
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… brighter than the Sunne at Noone Day: Our sinnes cannot bee hidde from The… FaineFain would wee confesse them, but alas, for this hardnesse of hear… Smite, O LORD …
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 732 · Open in the reader
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… in this bodie is like a Bird in a Cage looking through the wyres, FaineFain would it bee free of this sinfull captiuitie.
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… in this bodie is like a Bird in a Cage looking through the wyres, FaineFain would it bee free of this sinfull captiuitie.
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 1061 · Open in the reader

A Plea to an Appeal A17306

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… Salvation vndermined, our Church scandalized, and popish Arminianisme triumphing, even vpon the open Theater. FaineFain would I haue beene dealing with it, but both the consciousnes of my many …
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… Salvation vndermined, our Church scandalized, and popish Arminianisme triumphing, even vpon the open Theater. FaineFain would I haue beene dealing with it, but both the consciousnes of my many …
Henry Burton · A Plea to an Appeal · Open in the reader

Commentary on Isaiah A17640

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… ſhew themſelues to be no better then furious wild beaſts in rage and crueltie. FaineFain would they eſcape, but they are compelled in deſpite of them to heare God …
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… ſhew themſelues to be no better then furious wild beaſts in rage and crueltie. FaineFain would they eſcape, but they are compelled in deſpite of them to heare God …
John Calvin · Commentary on Isaiah · p. 301 · Open in the reader

Lectures on Jeremiah A17728

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… not polluted? As the papiſts yet ſpeak, Beleeue we not in the true God? FaineFain we multiplicities of gods? But in the meane while they rob God of his …
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… not polluted? As the papiſts yet ſpeak, Beleeue we not in the true God? FaineFain we multiplicities of gods? But in the meane while they rob God of his …
John Calvin · Lectures on Jeremiah · p. 99 · Open in the reader

Sermons upon the Fifth Chapter of the Song of Solomon A19422

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… we in our beginnings which are poore. And we ſcant perceiue who calleth vs. FaineFain wee wold follow God and come to heauen, but we are loath to foyle …
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… we in our beginnings which are poore. And we ſcant perceiue who calleth vs. FaineFain wee wold follow God and come to heauen, but we are loath to foyle …
Bartimaeus Andrewes · Sermons upon the Fifth Chapter of the Song of Solomon · p. 78 · Open in the reader

The Opening of the Words of the Prophet Joel A19666

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FaineFain for to flée,
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FaineFain for to flée,
Robert Crowley · The Opening of the Words of the Prophet Joel · Open in the reader

The Ruin of Rome A20217

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… way to be reuenged. For the more they ſtriue, the more they loſe dayly. FaineFain would they haue Poperie reſtored to his ancient credit and dignitie: and they deuiſe …
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… way to be reuenged. For the more they ſtriue, the more they loſe dayly. FaineFain would they haue Poperie reſtored to his ancient credit and dignitie: and they deuiſe …
Arthur Dent · The Ruin of Rome · p. 216 · Open in the reader

The Saints Everlasting Rest A27017

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… they be but words, which are a poor relief, when their sufferings are real: FaineFain we would ease or help them, but cannot: all we can do, is to …
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… they be but words, which are a poor relief, when their sufferings are real: FaineFain we would ease or help them, but cannot: all we can do, is to …
Richard Baxter · The Saints Everlasting Rest · p. 121 · Open in the reader
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… in my brest! and what a Heaven-ravished heart, should I carry within me! FaineFain would I believe; Lord help my unbelief.
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… in my brest! and what a Heaven-ravished heart, should I carry within me! FaineFain would I believe; Lord help my unbelief.
Richard Baxter · The Saints Everlasting Rest · p. 811 · Open in the reader

Divine Characters in Two Parts A35147

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… even at the worſt, he knows to be better then himſelf at his beſt: FaineFain he would have them to be what he reports them; and, is loath to …
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… even at the worſt, he knows to be better then himſelf at his beſt: FaineFain he would have them to be what he reports them; and, is loath to …
Samuel Crook · Divine Characters in Two Parts · p. 137 · Open in the reader
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… quidem jam mortui ſunt; verily theſe limmes are dead, as to any vivacious action. FaineFain they would go on in ſin as greedily as ever: but cannot; ſtrength and …
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… quidem jam mortui ſunt; verily theſe limmes are dead, as to any vivacious action. FaineFain they would go on in ſin as greedily as ever: but cannot; ſtrength and …
Samuel Crook · Divine Characters in Two Parts · p. 396 · Open in the reader

Willful Impenitency A41142

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… hee did get; but thou wouldſt not labour, but thou ſtoodeſt lazing and idling. FaineFain wouldſt thou be ſaved; fainefain eſcape Hell and damnation, and oh that this were …
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… hee did get; but thou wouldſt not labour, but thou ſtoodeſt lazing and idling. FaineFain wouldſt thou be ſaved; fainefain eſcape Hell and damnation, and oh that this were …
William Fenner · Willful Impenitency · p. 46 · Open in the reader

Canterburys Doom A56144

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… and he doth not; but wittingly and willingly he ſheds the blood of Saints: FaineFain would he cover this impious blood thirſtineſſe, by calling them Hugonists, Lollards and Heretiques …
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… and he doth not; but wittingly and willingly he ſheds the blood of Saints: FaineFain would he cover this impious blood thirſtineſſe, by calling them Hugonists, Lollards and Heretiques …
William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · p. 263 · Open in the reader

A Pattern of Free Grace A60543

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… ſuch men are from true repentance that are ſtrangers vnto this dutie of Confeſsion. FaineFain they would haue God to pardon their ſinnes, but they yet neuer framed any …
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… ſuch men are from true repentance that are ſtrangers vnto this dutie of Confeſsion. FaineFain they would haue God to pardon their ſinnes, but they yet neuer framed any …
Samuel Smith · A Pattern of Free Grace · p. 272 · Open in the reader

Saints Like Christ A62109

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… out to them: they are longing for more abilities to ſerve the Lord Jeſus. FaineFain would they do, as they in glory do, and they wait daily, earneaſtly exſpecting …
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… out to them: they are longing for more abilities to ſerve the Lord Jeſus. FaineFain would they do, as they in glory do, and they wait daily, earneaſtly exſpecting …
Joseph Symonds · Saints Like Christ · p. 90 · Open in the reader

A Key into the Language of America A66450

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FaineFain would it (Bee-like) suck by the ears, by the ey…
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FaineFain would it (Bee-like) suck by the ears, by the ey…
Roger Williams · A Key into the Language of America · p. 62 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

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… good; neither hath he leiſure to ioy in his owne bleſſings whileſt another proſpereth. FaineFain would hee ſee ſome mutinies, but dares not raiſe them; and ſuffers his lawleſſe …
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… good; neither hath he leiſure to ioy in his owne bleſſings whileſt another proſpereth. FaineFain would hee ſee ſome mutinies, but dares not raiſe them; and ſuffers his lawleſſe …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 190 · Open in the reader
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… priuate miſ-deuotion of ſome ſuperſtitious old wife, or ſome idle and ſilly Cloyſterer: FaineFain would out charity conceiue ſo; which is ſtill credulous, and (as the Apoſtle commands …
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… priuate miſ-deuotion of ſome ſuperſtitious old wife, or ſome idle and ſilly Cloyſterer: FaineFain would out charity conceiue ſo; which is ſtill credulous, and (as the Apoſtle commands …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 660 · Open in the reader
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… Prieſts are diſpenſed with by ſupreme authoritie Eccleſiaſticall? Forſooth, by the Pope of Rome. FaineFain would I learne when, vpon what termes, at what rate the Graecians purchaſed in …
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… Prieſts are diſpenſed with by ſupreme authoritie Eccleſiaſticall? Forſooth, by the Pope of Rome. FaineFain would I learne when, vpon what termes, at what rate the Graecians purchaſed in …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 766 · Open in the reader
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… if ſo ſtrange a promiſe from an vnknowne meſſenger found not a perfect aſſent: FaineFain would hee beleeue, but fainefain would hee haue good warrant for his faith. In …
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… if ſo ſtrange a promiſe from an vnknowne meſſenger found not a perfect aſſent: FaineFain would hee beleeue, but fainefain would hee haue good warrant for his faith. In …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 907 · Open in the reader
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… Tamar into the houſe of Amnon, force intertained her within; and droue her out. FaineFain would ſhe haue hid her ſhame where it was wrought, and may not bee …
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… Tamar into the houſe of Amnon, force intertained her within; and droue her out. FaineFain would ſhe haue hid her ſhame where it was wrought, and may not bee …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 1146 · Open in the reader

Sermon 8 February 1588 A68566

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FaineFain would you I ſee, haue the people not to giue eare vnto vs, and …
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FaineFain would you I ſee, haue the people not to giue eare vnto vs, and …
John Penry · Sermon 8 February 1588 · Open in the reader

Collection of Poems A68914

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FaineFain I would, but I doe feare
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FaineFain I would, but I doe feare
George Wither · Collection of Poems · Open in the reader

A Help Unto Devotion A72314

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… by which thou calleſt all that are weary and laden to come vnto thee. FaineFain I would (O Lord) approche into thy gratious preſence, and happy ſéeme I to …
With rule
… by which thou calleſt all that are weary and laden to come vnto thee. FaineFain I would (O Lord) approche into thy gratious preſence, and happy ſéeme I to …
Samuel Hieron · A Help Unto Devotion · p. 100 · Open in the reader