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quietnessequietness

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

Puritas changed it
2,165 times in 842 works
Consistency
97.5% (2,165 of 2,219)
Reach if approved
~2,332 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: quietness
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
2,219 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,165 changes in 842 works, 97.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,165)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
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    … his procurement, he may holde his peace, and vse their sinne to his owne quietnessequietness, except Scandale shoulde insue thereof, and then were he bounde to disclose the trueth …
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    … his procurement, he may holde his peace, and vse their sinne to his owne quietnessequietness, except Scandale shoulde insue thereof, and then were he bounde to disclose the trueth …

    William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · p. 55 · Open in the reader

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    … reioyſeinge in baniſment and impriſoneinge, in extreme age, the releyfeinge of werineſſe, cauſeynge all quietneſſequietness. Yea in death the geuer of lyfe, and in lyfe ioye euerlaſteinge.
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    … reioyſeinge in baniſment and impriſoneinge, in extreme age, the releyfeinge of werineſſe, cauſeynge all quietneſſequietness. Yea in death the geuer of lyfe, and in lyfe ioye euerlaſteinge.

    Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · Open in the reader

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    … or pricked. So patience enableth vs well to beare al… troubles, and with ſome quietneſſequietness to paſſe them ouer, and it keepeth the ſoule from being pierced: Yea, it …
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    … or pricked. So patience enableth vs well to beare al… troubles, and with ſome quietneſſequietness to paſſe them ouer, and it keepeth the ſoule from being pierced: Yea, it …

    William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 188 · Open in the reader

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    … the Adverſary, glorifie the Miniſtery, and fill your owne conſcience with much peace and quietneſſequietness, and give the Miniſter good and luſt occaſion to ſpeake to you in a …
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    … the Adverſary, glorifie the Miniſtery, and fill your owne conſcience with much peace and quietneſſequietness, and give the Miniſter good and luſt occaſion to ſpeake to you in a …

    Alexander Grosse · The Happiness of Enjoying and Use of Christ · p. 37 · Open in the reader

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    … a bande of men fled dastardlye into Angel castell: but after he perceyued that quietnessequietness was kept in the Citye, he maketh a league with Charles, sēding home to …
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    … a bande of men fled dastardlye into Angel castell: but after he perceyued that quietnessequietness was kept in the Citye, he maketh a league with Charles, sēding home to …

    John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · p. 172 · Open in the reader

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    … alwaies evill. I never heare him but he troubleth and disquieteth my minde. This quietnessequietness and peace that wicked men have, when Iob did meditate and consider of, he …
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    … alwaies evill. I never heare him but he troubleth and disquieteth my minde. This quietnessequietness and peace that wicked men have, when Iob did meditate and consider of, he …

    Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 376 · Open in the reader

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    … of ſelfe-love for the preſervation of a mans ſelfe, to deſire eaſe and quietneſſequietness; but hee cares not by whom, if God, or Chriſt, or Holineſſe, or Prayer …
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    … of ſelfe-love for the preſervation of a mans ſelfe, to deſire eaſe and quietneſſequietness; but hee cares not by whom, if God, or Chriſt, or Holineſſe, or Prayer …

    Thomas Hooker · The Souls Vocation · p. 185 · Open in the reader

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    … our ſelves and ſee whether we have it or no. Many have peace and quietneſſequietness (as hath been ſhewed alreadie) ariſing from falſe grounds: they have peace of conſcience …
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    … our ſelves and ſee whether we have it or no. Many have peace and quietneſſequietness (as hath been ſhewed alreadie) ariſing from falſe grounds: they have peace of conſcience …

    William Fenner · The Souls Looking Glass 2 · p. 152 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (54)

40 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 39 are listed here. 14 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture A00415

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    5 QuietneſſeQuietness of conſcience in the vſe of the creatures Eccle, 3, 12.
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    5 QuietneſſeQuietness of conſcience in the vſe of the creatures Eccle, 3, 12.

    George Estey · Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture · Open in the reader

The Souls Looking Glass 2 A00643

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    … is one ingredient, and Faith is another, and Tenderneſſe another, and Pureneſſe another, and QuietneſſeQuietness another, and the Bloud of Jeſus Chriſt another. It is like Aarons compoſition, which …
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    … is one ingredient, and Faith is another, and Tenderneſſe another, and Pureneſſe another, and QuietneſſeQuietness another, and the Bloud of Jeſus Chriſt another. It is like Aarons compoſition, which …

    William Fenner · The Souls Looking Glass 2 · p. 262 · Open in the reader

The Diseases of the Time A11070

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    … he must take it for orders sake, which commonly brings two Companions, Comelinesse and QuietnesseQuietness.
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    … he must take it for orders sake, which commonly brings two Companions, Comelinesse and QuietnesseQuietness.

    Francis Rous · The Diseases of the Time · p. 327 · Open in the reader

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    … otherside, behold a Phlegmatick; His Complexion preacheth to him, that Religion consists all in QuietnesseQuietness, and liuing peaceably among his Neighbours. Therfore he prayseth Moderation so much, that his …
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    … otherside, behold a Phlegmatick; His Complexion preacheth to him, that Religion consists all in QuietnesseQuietness, and liuing peaceably among his Neighbours. Therfore he prayseth Moderation so much, that his …

    Francis Rous · The Diseases of the Time · p. 448 · Open in the reader

Britains Remembrancer A15627

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    Of QuietnesseQuietness: accursed Avarice,
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    Of QuietnesseQuietness: accursed Avarice,

    George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader

A Commentary on 1 Peter 1-3 A17385

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    Of a meeke and quiet spirit.] QuietnesseQuietness is added to meeknesse, lest by mistaking the definition of meeknesse, they should not …
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    Of a meeke and quiet spirit.] QuietnesseQuietness is added to meeknesse, lest by mistaking the definition of meeknesse, they should not …

    Nicholas Byfield · A Commentary on 1 Peter 1-3 · p. 613 · Open in the reader

An Exposition Upon Colossians A17389

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    … are, 1. Tendernesse in all sorts of iniuries. 2. Curtesie. 3. True and hearty humility and lowlinesse. 4. QuietnesseQuietness and meeknesse, and tranquillity of heart. 5. Long suffering in respect of crosses.
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    … are, 1. Tendernesse in all sorts of iniuries. 2. Curtesie. 3. True and hearty humility and lowlinesse. 4. QuietnesseQuietness and meeknesse, and tranquillity of heart. 5. Long suffering in respect of crosses.

    Nicholas Byfield · An Exposition Upon Colossians · Open in the reader

Eighty Sermons A20637

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    … leſſe troubled with dignity, and priority, and precedency in this world, for Reſt and QuietneſſeQuietness conſiſt not in that.
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    … leſſe troubled with dignity, and priority, and precedency in this world, for Reſt and QuietneſſeQuietness conſiſt not in that.

    John Donne · Eighty Sermons · p. 748 · Open in the reader

Two Treatises A21059

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    … meates, and drinks, but in righteouſneſſe, peace, and joy in the holy Ghoſt, Rom. 14. 17. QuietneſſeQuietness and a dry morſell is better then an houſefull of good cheare with ſtrife …
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    … meates, and drinks, but in righteouſneſſe, peace, and joy in the holy Ghoſt, Rom. 14. 17. QuietneſſeQuietness and a dry morſell is better then an houſefull of good cheare with ſtrife …

    Jeremiah Dyke · Two Treatises · p. 190 · Open in the reader

The Bibles Abstract and Epitome A27502

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    Work of Justice, QuietnesseQuietness, and assurance for to come.
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    Work of Justice, QuietnesseQuietness, and assurance for to come.

    Richard Bernard · The Bibles Abstract and Epitome · p. 143 · Open in the reader

A Door of Hope A28659

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    1. Godlineſſe with QuietneſſeQuietness. Bonum ſpirituale, &c.
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    1. Godlineſſe with QuietneſſeQuietness. Bonum ſpirituale, &c.

    John Bond · A Door of Hope · p. 119 · Open in the reader

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    1. Bonum ſpirituale & Eccleſiaſticum] QuietneſſeQuietness with Godlineſſe. Follow peace with all men and Holineſſe, without which no man ſhall …
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    1. Bonum ſpirituale & Eccleſiaſticum] QuietneſſeQuietness with Godlineſſe. Follow peace with all men and Holineſſe, without which no man ſhall …

    John Bond · A Door of Hope · p. 119 · Open in the reader

The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment A30598

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    QuietneſſeQuietness in adverſity Page 105
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    QuietneſſeQuietness in adverſity Page 105

    Jeremiah Burroughs · The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment · Open in the reader

The Souls Looking Glass A41128

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    … is one ingredient, and Faith is another, and Tenderneſſe another, and Pureneſſe another, and QuietneſſeQuietness another, and the Bloud of Jeſus Chriſt another. It is like Aarons compoſition, which …
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    … is one ingredient, and Faith is another, and Tenderneſſe another, and Pureneſſe another, and QuietneſſeQuietness another, and the Bloud of Jeſus Chriſt another. It is like Aarons compoſition, which …

    William Fenner · The Souls Looking Glass · p. 172 · Open in the reader

History of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland A47584

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    … other Places needfull, That they, and every one of them, contain themselves in all QuietnesseQuietness, keep Peace and Civill Society amongst themselves in the mean time, while the States …
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    … other Places needfull, That they, and every one of them, contain themselves in all QuietnesseQuietness, keep Peace and Civill Society amongst themselves in the mean time, while the States …

    John Knox · History of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland · p. 307 · Open in the reader

The Signal Loyalty and Devotion of Gods True Saints Part 1 and 2 A56163

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    … kind of Rebellion in Word or Deed against the Civil Magistrates: But all Faithfulnesse, QuietnesseQuietness, Subjection, Humility, and whatsoever else becommeth a Subject; That I living here () in all …
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    … kind of Rebellion in Word or Deed against the Civil Magistrates: But all Faithfulnesse, QuietnesseQuietness, Subjection, Humility, and whatsoever else becommeth a Subject; That I living here () in all …

    William Prynne · The Signal Loyalty and Devotion of Gods True Saints Part 1 and 2 · p. 64 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Prov Ecc SoS Isa Jer Lam Eze Dan A63069

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    QuietneſſeQuietness and aſſurance for ever] Such as the world giveth not, ſuch as the wicked …
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    QuietneſſeQuietness and aſſurance for ever] Such as the world giveth not, ſuch as the wicked …

    John Trapp · Commentary on Prov Ecc SoS Isa Jer Lam Eze Dan · p. 116 · Open in the reader

The Sum of Christian Religion A64611

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    QuietneſſeQuietness. Two ſignifications of the word in Philoſophy. 183.
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    QuietneſſeQuietness. Two ſignifications of the word in Philoſophy. 183.

    Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion · Open in the reader

A Golden Topaz A65629

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    But let me tell ſuch, that QuietneſſeQuietness or unquietneſſe are no infallible cha\racters of a good or evill conſcience: poſſible …
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    But let me tell ſuch, that QuietneſſeQuietness or unquietneſſe are no infallible cha\racters of a good or evill conſcience: poſſible …

    Francis Whiddon · A Golden Topaz · p. 57 · Open in the reader

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    … in Chriſt, then is their peace and quietneſſequietness of the right kind, ſuch a QuietneſſeQuietness as neither doth nor can accuſe, them but gives a Comfortable teſtimonie of their …
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    … in Chriſt, then is their peace and quietneſſequietness of the right kind, ſuch a QuietneſſeQuietness as neither doth nor can accuſe, them but gives a Comfortable teſtimonie of their …

    Francis Whiddon · A Golden Topaz · p. 58 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

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    ;;QuietnesseQuietness, submission, or subjection, rebellious …, being tamed and …. Psal. 62. 1. My soul keeps silence. See Psal …
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    ;;QuietnesseQuietness, submission, or subjection, rebellious …, being tamed and …. Psal. 62. 1. My soul keeps silence. See Psal …

    Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 587 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

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    … I feare not leſt I ſhould ſeeme ouer-diuine, in caſting the Anchor of QuietneſſeQuietness ſo deepe as Heauen (the onely ſeat of conſtancy;) whiles it can finde no …
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    … I feare not leſt I ſhould ſeeme ouer-diuine, in caſting the Anchor of QuietneſſeQuietness ſo deepe as Heauen (the onely ſeat of conſtancy;) whiles it can finde no …

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 90 · Open in the reader

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    QuietneſſeQuietness: What and wherein it conſiſts. 73, 74
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    QuietneſſeQuietness: What and wherein it conſiſts. 73, 74

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · Open in the reader

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    Tranquility, vide QuietneſſeQuietness.
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    Tranquility, vide QuietneſſeQuietness.

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · Open in the reader

Christ All and in All A70945

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    6. The ſixth falſe Rule; QuietneſſeQuietness of conſcience. Many perſons judge themſelves to be in a whole condition, becauſe they …
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    6. The ſixth falſe Rule; QuietneſſeQuietness of conſcience. Many perſons judge themſelves to be in a whole condition, becauſe they …

    Ralph Robinson · Christ All and in All · Open in the reader

The Healing of Israels Breaches A77502

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    Thirdly, Following Holineſſe; Studie alſo QuietneſſeQuietness. So the Apoſtle exhorts his Theſſalonians, ſhewing them withall, how they ſhould find what …
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    Thirdly, Following Holineſſe; Studie alſo QuietneſſeQuietness. So the Apoſtle exhorts his Theſſalonians, ſhewing them withall, how they ſhould find what …

    John Brinsley · The Healing of Israels Breaches · p. 113 · Open in the reader

Christ the Fountain of Life A80611

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    … of Juſtification you heard hath theſe three effects or fruits in the heart; Peace, QuietneſſeQuietness, and Aſſurance for ever. Care to keepe our conſcience pacified in ſome meaſure, carefull …
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    … of Juſtification you heard hath theſe three effects or fruits in the heart; Peace, QuietneſſeQuietness, and Aſſurance for ever. Care to keepe our conſcience pacified in ſome meaſure, carefull …

    John Cotton · Christ the Fountain of Life · p. 109 · Open in the reader

Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature A91224

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    Of ſweeteſt QuietneſſeQuietness
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    Of ſweeteſt QuietneſſeQuietness

    William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 10 · Open in the reader

The Signal Loyalty and Devotion of Gods Saints Part 2 A91273

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    … kind of Rebellion in Word or Deed againſt the Civil Magiſtrates: But all Faithfulneſſe, QuietneſſeQuietness, Subjection, Humility, and whatſoever elſe becommeth a Subject; That I living her… in all …
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    … kind of Rebellion in Word or Deed againſt the Civil Magiſtrates: But all Faithfulneſſe, QuietneſſeQuietness, Subjection, Humility, and whatſoever elſe becommeth a Subject; That I living her… in all …

    William Prynne · The Signal Loyalty and Devotion of Gods Saints Part 2 · p. 64 · Open in the reader

The Signal Loyalty and Devotion of Gods Saints A91279

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    … of Rebel…ion in Word or Deed againſt the Civil Magiſtrates: But all Faithfulneſſe, QuietneſſeQuietness, Subjection, Humility, and whatſoever elſe becommeth a Subject; That I living here in all …
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    … of Rebel…ion in Word or Deed againſt the Civil Magiſtrates: But all Faithfulneſſe, QuietneſſeQuietness, Subjection, Humility, and whatſoever elſe becommeth a Subject; That I living here in all …

    William Prynne · The Signal Loyalty and Devotion of Gods Saints · p. 64 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Proverbs 1-3 A95065

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    4. Doct. QuietneſſeQuietness alſo is the portion of Gods ſervants. When he giveth quietneſſequietness, who then can …
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    4. Doct. QuietneſſeQuietness alſo is the portion of Gods ſervants. When he giveth quietneſſequietness, who then can …

    Francis Taylor · Exposition of Proverbs 1-3 · p. 217 · Open in the reader

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    … portion of Gods ſervants. When he giveth quietneſſequietness, who then can make troubles, Job 34.29. 1. QuietneſſeQuietness outwardly, if God ſee it fit for them. O that thou hadſt hearkened to …
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    … portion of Gods ſervants. When he giveth quietneſſequietness, who then can make troubles, Job 34.29. 1. QuietneſſeQuietness outwardly, if God ſee it fit for them. O that thou hadſt hearkened to …

    Francis Taylor · Exposition of Proverbs 1-3 · p. 217 · Open in the reader

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    2. QuietneſſeQuietness inwardly. Being juſtified by faith, we have peace with God, Rom. 5.1. QuietneſſeQuietness in life …
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    2. QuietneſſeQuietness inwardly. Being juſtified by faith, we have peace with God, Rom. 5.1. QuietneſſeQuietness in life …

    Francis Taylor · Exposition of Proverbs 1-3 · p. 217 · Open in the reader

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    2. QuietneſſeQuietness inwardly. Being juſtified by faith, we have peace with God, Rom. 5.1. QuietneſſeQuietness in life. The meek ſhall inherit the earth, and ſhall delight themſelves in the …
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    2. QuietneſſeQuietness inwardly. Being juſtified by faith, we have peace with God, Rom. 5.1. QuietneſſeQuietness in life. The meek ſhall inherit the earth, and ſhall delight themſelves in the …

    Francis Taylor · Exposition of Proverbs 1-3 · p. 217 · Open in the reader

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    … ſhall inherit the earth, and ſhall delight themſelves in the abundance of peace, Pſal. 37.11. QuietneſſeQuietness in death. Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; for the end of …
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    … ſhall inherit the earth, and ſhall delight themſelves in the abundance of peace, Pſal. 37.11. QuietneſſeQuietness in death. Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; for the end of …

    Francis Taylor · Exposition of Proverbs 1-3 · p. 217 · Open in the reader

The Churchs Thank-Offering to God Her King A96886

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    Thus in QuietneſſeQuietness and confidence is her ſtrength . She can now, according to her Lords command, Be …
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    Thus in QuietneſſeQuietness and confidence is her ſtrength . She can now, according to her Lords command, Be …

    Hezekiah Woodward · The Churchs Thank-Offering to God Her King · p. 24 · Open in the reader

Good Conscience B01215

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    … meats, and drinks, but in righteouſnes, peace, and ioy in the holy Ghoſt, Rom. 14. 17. QuietneſſeQuietness and a dry morſell is better then an houſe full of good cheare with …
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    … meats, and drinks, but in righteouſnes, peace, and ioy in the holy Ghoſt, Rom. 14. 17. QuietneſſeQuietness and a dry morſell is better then an houſe full of good cheare with …

    Jeremiah Dyke · Good Conscience · p. 220 · Open in the reader

A Sum of Moral Philosophy B15223

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    3 QuietnesseQuietness of minde.
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    3 QuietnesseQuietness of minde.

    William Pemble · A Sum of Moral Philosophy · p. 4 · Open in the reader

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    3 QuietnesseQuietness of mind
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    3 QuietnesseQuietness of mind

    William Pemble · A Sum of Moral Philosophy · p. 5 · Open in the reader