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chaineschains

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

Puritas changed it
2,047 times in 829 works
Consistency
90.4% (2,047 of 2,264)
Reach if approved
~2,379 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: chains
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
2,264 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,047 changes in 829 works, 90.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,047)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
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    With losse of life shake off base captiue chaineschains,
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    With losse of life shake off base captiue chaineschains,

    Phineas Fletcher · Sicelides a Piscatory · Open in the reader

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    … owne; they are as sure as temptation can make them. What Iailor laies more chaineschains vpon the shackled malefactor, that loues his prison, and would not change? The Pirate …
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    … owne; they are as sure as temptation can make them. What Iailor laies more chaineschains vpon the shackled malefactor, that loues his prison, and would not change? The Pirate …

    Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 54 · Open in the reader

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    … vnto eternall ſlauery. Whereupon it followeth, thoſe vices being euen as the cordes and chaineschains by which hee leadeth his captiues, that he which will be ſtrong indeed through …
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    … vnto eternall ſlauery. Whereupon it followeth, thoſe vices being euen as the cordes and chaineschains by which hee leadeth his captiues, that he which will be ſtrong indeed through …

    George Gifford · Treatise of True Fortitude · Open in the reader

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    … Eccl. 4. 5.) This hath beene oft obſerved of ſuch as have beene hanged alive in chaineschains.
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    … Eccl. 4. 5.) This hath beene oft obſerved of ſuch as have beene hanged alive in chaineschains.

    William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · p. 137 · Open in the reader

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    … the hony combe. More beautifull, saith Salomon, then the rowes of Iewells: or then chaineschains of Gold. More fragr…t, saith hee also; then an Orchard of Pomegranats: or …
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    … the hony combe. More beautifull, saith Salomon, then the rowes of Iewells: or then chaineschains of Gold. More fragr…t, saith hee also; then an Orchard of Pomegranats: or …

    Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Lords Prayer · p. 95 · Open in the reader

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    … them to God, our prayers would take, mens chaineschains would off, Ob. true ſpirituall chaineschains: Why if ſo, were it not worth the while? Anſ. what, may wee eaſe …
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    … them to God, our prayers would take, mens chaineschains would off, Ob. true ſpirituall chaineschains: Why if ſo, were it not worth the while? Anſ. what, may wee eaſe …

    Robert Harris · Peters Enlargement · p. 6 · Open in the reader

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    … taking ſo the growth of faith, that ſuch as he cannot hold in the chaineschains of ſinne, he might make their liues dead, weariſome, vnprofitable by doubting and diſcomfort.
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    … taking ſo the growth of faith, that ſuch as he cannot hold in the chaineschains of ſinne, he might make their liues dead, weariſome, vnprofitable by doubting and diſcomfort.

    John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 170 · Open in the reader

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    … religion. When Paul was in bonds, hee would not have them aſhamed of his chaineschains; this is a thing marvellous frequent. The Papiſts have a fooliſh dreame, that their …
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    … religion. When Paul was in bonds, hee would not have them aſhamed of his chaineschains; this is a thing marvellous frequent. The Papiſts have a fooliſh dreame, that their …

    Thomas Hooker · The Christians Two Chief Lessons · p. 76 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (217)

129 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 60 are listed here. 88 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture A00593

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    … of Kedar, Pillars of Marble, ſet in ſockets of fine gold, rowes of Jewels, ChainesChains, and here in my text, Borders of gold, and Studs of ſilver.
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    … of Kedar, Pillars of Marble, ſet in ſockets of fine gold, rowes of Jewels, ChainesChains, and here in my text, Borders of gold, and Studs of ſilver.

    Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 409 · Open in the reader

Peters Enlargement A02706

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    … had a ſtrong heart, that can thus ſleepe, thus wake, that can looke vpon ChainesChains, vpon Priſons, vpon Tyrants, vpon Torments, vpon Angels; (good and bad) and never breake …
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    … had a ſtrong heart, that can thus ſleepe, thus wake, that can looke vpon ChainesChains, vpon Priſons, vpon Tyrants, vpon Torments, vpon Angels; (good and bad) and never breake …

    Robert Harris · Peters Enlargement · p. 11 · Open in the reader

Three Sermons A03614

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    … the whole ſway: as a priſoner in chaineschains, ſo carnall hearts keepe truth in ChainesChains: and no more then he doth know he would know. Luke 4.42. And when it …
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    … the whole ſway: as a priſoner in chaineschains, ſo carnall hearts keepe truth in ChainesChains: and no more then he doth know he would know. Luke 4.42. And when it …

    Thomas Hooker · Three Sermons · p. 18 · Open in the reader

Life and Death A03695

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    … the habitation of the Lord, and Iuda, with her King and inhabitants, lead in ChainesChains of bondage to Babylon. The words (particularly) and thoſe of the fiue verſes immediately …
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    … the habitation of the Lord, and Iuda, with her King and inhabitants, lead in ChainesChains of bondage to Babylon. The words (particularly) and thoſe of the fiue verſes immediately …

    Robert Horne · Life and Death · p. 160 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Peter and Jude A06502

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    … noble Creatures, which were farre perfecter and wiſer then wee, but bindyng theim in ChainesChains of darkeneſſe, caſte them into Hell. This is that ſeuere Iudgement and dreadfull damnation …
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    … noble Creatures, which were farre perfecter and wiſer then wee, but bindyng theim in ChainesChains of darkeneſſe, caſte them into Hell. This is that ſeuere Iudgement and dreadfull damnation …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · Open in the reader

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    … Iudgement and dreadfull damnation, wherein the priſoners appoincted to the ſame, are kept in ChainesChains, and can not by any meanes eſcape out of the handes of God, but …
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    … Iudgement and dreadfull damnation, wherein the priſoners appoincted to the ſame, are kept in ChainesChains, and can not by any meanes eſcape out of the handes of God, but …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · Open in the reader

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    … againſt God, and denied hym that is their Creatour, are kepte faſte fettered in ChainesChains of darkeneſſe vnto damnation, whoſe Iudgement (as he ſaied afore) ceaſſeth not, neither dooeth …
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    … againſt God, and denied hym that is their Creatour, are kepte faſte fettered in ChainesChains of darkeneſſe vnto damnation, whoſe Iudgement (as he ſaied afore) ceaſſeth not, neither dooeth …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · Open in the reader

Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny A07225

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    … homeward one mile. After, three of them were indicted of fellony, and hanged in ChainesChains; one at Douer Court, called N…cholas M…sh, Robert King in Dedham, Robert …
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    … homeward one mile. After, three of them were indicted of fellony, and hanged in ChainesChains; one at Douer Court, called N…cholas M…sh, Robert King in Dedham, Robert …

    John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 182 · Open in the reader

Of Justification By Faith A09274

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    … we are holden captiue vnder the power of Satan: Now Christ hath broken these ChainesChains and opened these prison doores, hauing (deliuered us from the power of darknesse) and …
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    … we are holden captiue vnder the power of Satan: Now Christ hath broken these ChainesChains and opened these prison doores, hauing (deliuered us from the power of darknesse) and …

    William Pemble · Of Justification By Faith · p. 71 · Open in the reader

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    If the filthinesse of sinne be washed away, the ChainesChains of sinne broken, the Diseases and hurts of Sinne healed, the Death of Sinne …
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    If the filthinesse of sinne be washed away, the ChainesChains of sinne broken, the Diseases and hurts of Sinne healed, the Death of Sinne …

    William Pemble · Of Justification By Faith · p. 72 · Open in the reader

Description of Spiritual Life and Death A09963

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    I answer, they may have excellencies, as a dead man may have Iewels and ChainesChains about him, yet they are dead: they have them, but yet they are as …
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    I answer, they may have excellencies, as a dead man may have Iewels and ChainesChains about him, yet they are dead: they have them, but yet they are as …

    John Preston · Description of Spiritual Life and Death · p. 10 · Open in the reader

The Players Scourge A10187

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    … best beloved, …lie (Play-houses) the most filthy Dens of the Devill, lest the ChainesChains of that wicked one hold you captive. But if the minde be to be …
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    … best beloved, …lie (Play-houses) the most filthy Dens of the Devill, lest the ChainesChains of that wicked one hold you captive. But if the minde be to be …

    William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 329 · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

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    … two and two in a ranke, armed and furnished with Halberds, Maces, Battle-axes, ChainesChains, and these Canes: some crying to giue way, wherewith and the noise of those …
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    … two and two in a ranke, armed and furnished with Halberds, Maces, Battle-axes, ChainesChains, and these Canes: some crying to giue way, wherewith and the noise of those …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 368 · Open in the reader

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    … and these Canes: some crying to giue way, wherewith and the noise of those ChainesChains, and Canes both men and dogges, with mute silence giue place. In the middest …
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    … and these Canes: some crying to giue way, wherewith and the noise of those ChainesChains, and Canes both men and dogges, with mute silence giue place. In the middest …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 368 · Open in the reader

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    … before the King with a Scepter or Mace, whereon hanged two Crownes with three ChainesChains: the Crownes were of knit-worke, wrought artificially with diuers coloured feathers, the chaineschains …
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    … before the King with a Scepter or Mace, whereon hanged two Crownes with three ChainesChains: the Crownes were of knit-worke, wrought artificially with diuers coloured feathers, the chaineschains …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 649 · Open in the reader

The Overthrow of Stage Plays A10335

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    … being sett to keepe the entrie, when hee sawe Nero attired and bound with ChainesChains, as the argument required, hee ranne to him to helpe him; thinking (poore freshwater …
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    … being sett to keepe the entrie, when hee sawe Nero attired and bound with ChainesChains, as the argument required, hee ranne to him to helpe him; thinking (poore freshwater …

    John Rainolds · The Overthrow of Stage Plays · p. 4 · Open in the reader

Twenty-Three Sermons A10398

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    … Gods wrath, faſt held in the Fetters of an accuſing Conſocience, linked in the ChainesChains of eternall death and condemnation: But when God releaſeth him, he deliuers him from …
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    … Gods wrath, faſt held in the Fetters of an accuſing Conſocience, linked in the ChainesChains of eternall death and condemnation: But when God releaſeth him, he deliuers him from …

    John Randall · Twenty-Three Sermons · p. 160 · Open in the reader

The True Convert A10929

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    … his people are compared to the ornaments of the body, as Bracelets, Abilements, Rings, ChainesChains, and the like; but his giuing of his word and ſtatutes vnto them, is …
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    … his people are compared to the ornaments of the body, as Bracelets, Abilements, Rings, ChainesChains, and the like; but his giuing of his word and ſtatutes vnto them, is …

    Nehemiah Rogers · The True Convert · p. 96 · Open in the reader

Beams of Divine Light A12166

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    ChainesChains.
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    ChainesChains.

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

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    Sin as ChainesChains,
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    Sin as ChainesChains,

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

Samsons Seven Locks of Hair Compared to the Seven Spiritual Virtues A12262

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    Lockes, ſacred Lockes, no, adamantine ChainesChains;
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    Lockes, ſacred Lockes, no, adamantine ChainesChains;

    Archibald Simson · Samsons Seven Locks of Hair Compared to the Seven Spiritual Virtues · Open in the reader

The Life of Faith in Death Exemplified A14753

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    Babilas dying in Prison, willed his ChainesChains should be buried with him; Now (saith he) will God wipe away all teares …
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    Babilas dying in Prison, willed his ChainesChains should be buried with him; Now (saith he) will God wipe away all teares …

    Samuel Ward · The Life of Faith in Death Exemplified · p. 15 · Open in the reader

The Hymns and Songs of the Church A15647

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    And there my heauy ChainesChains vpon me laid.
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    And there my heauy ChainesChains vpon me laid.

    George Wither · The Hymns and Songs of the Church · p. 85 · Open in the reader

Comforting Afflicted Consciences A16330

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    … may bee multiplyed, and enlarged in our enlargement, from the state of darkenesse, and ChainesChains of the Divell, by,
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    … may bee multiplyed, and enlarged in our enlargement, from the state of darkenesse, and ChainesChains of the Divell, by,

    Robert Bolton · Comforting Afflicted Consciences · p. 462 · Open in the reader

The Anatomy of Conscience A16503

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    … aboue all men that are in the world, for though Kings are bound in ChainesChains, and Nobles in linkes of Iron, yet Conſcience can no man binde; they may …
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    … aboue all men that are in the world, for though Kings are bound in ChainesChains, and Nobles in linkes of Iron, yet Conſcience can no man binde; they may …

    Immanuel Bourne · The Anatomy of Conscience · p. 11 · Open in the reader

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    … looſe, ſhee ſetteth as much at liberty, as the Angell did Peter from his ChainesChains: and if it concerne a matter of fact, her ſentence being paſt, vpon euidence …
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    … looſe, ſhee ſetteth as much at liberty, as the Angell did Peter from his ChainesChains: and if it concerne a matter of fact, her ſentence being paſt, vpon euidence …

    Immanuel Bourne · The Anatomy of Conscience · p. 12 · Open in the reader

Of the Head Cornerstone A17242

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    … the excellency and honor of it) it was fastened to this Garment by certaine ChainesChains of Gold, both towardes the shoulders aboue, and towardes the sides beneath: but aboue …
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    … the excellency and honor of it) it was fastened to this Garment by certaine ChainesChains of Gold, both towardes the shoulders aboue, and towardes the sides beneath: but aboue …

    Edmund Bunny · Of the Head Cornerstone · p. 138 · Open in the reader

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    … of Ashur, who tooke Manasses, and put him in Fetters, and bound him with ChainesChains, and so carried him to Babel. But when as so they dealt with the …
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    … of Ashur, who tooke Manasses, and put him in Fetters, and bound him with ChainesChains, and so carried him to Babel. But when as so they dealt with the …

    Edmund Bunny · Of the Head Cornerstone · p. 473 · Open in the reader

The Plain Mans Spiritual Plow A18014

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    … as anſwerable to Pieties Plough) their Yokes, their Necke-bowes, their Keyes, and their ChainesChains or Ropes. Their yoke is not that which the true chriſtians beare with great …
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    … as anſwerable to Pieties Plough) their Yokes, their Necke-bowes, their Keyes, and their ChainesChains or Ropes. Their yoke is not that which the true chriſtians beare with great …

    John Carpenter · The Plain Mans Spiritual Plow · p. 220 · Open in the reader

A Treasury of Similes A18271

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    … theſe inſtruments, coales, and fornace, muſt needs be had to make thoſe Iewels; as ChainesChains, Earings, and Bracelets of Gold, withall: So in the Church of God, where are …
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    … theſe inſtruments, coales, and fornace, muſt needs be had to make thoſe Iewels; as ChainesChains, Earings, and Bracelets of Gold, withall: So in the Church of God, where are …

    Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 89 · Open in the reader

A Brief Explanation of the Whole Book of Proverbs A18960

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    … there is gold, great ſtore of it, in Mynes, in Coyne, in Plate, in ChainesChains, and Ornaments, & diuerſly vſed, & much deſired, and ſet by, and a multitude of precious …
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    … there is gold, great ſtore of it, in Mynes, in Coyne, in Plate, in ChainesChains, and Ornaments, & diuerſly vſed, & much deſired, and ſet by, and a multitude of precious …

    Robert Cleaver · A Brief Explanation of the Whole Book of Proverbs · p. 309 · Open in the reader

The Sum of Sacred Divinity A20766

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    … King: through whoſe wiues inordinate luſt and forged complaint, hee is vniuſtly throwne into ChainesChains, and in Priſon findeth fauour with his Keeper, committing into his hands the charge …
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    … King: through whoſe wiues inordinate luſt and forged complaint, hee is vniuſtly throwne into ChainesChains, and in Priſon findeth fauour with his Keeper, committing into his hands the charge …

    John Downame · The Sum of Sacred Divinity · p. 104 · Open in the reader

Meditations Upon the Misery of Mankind A20947

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    … of Ieruſalem; who reproued their pride, their vnſhamefac't lookes, their rowling eies, their attire, ChainesChains, Iewels, Bracelets, and other their vaine-glorious faſhions. It will happen to you (ſaith …
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    … of Ieruſalem; who reproued their pride, their vnſhamefac't lookes, their rowling eies, their attire, ChainesChains, Iewels, Bracelets, and other their vaine-glorious faſhions. It will happen to you (ſaith …

    Peter du Moulin Jr · Meditations Upon the Misery of Mankind · p. 45 · Open in the reader

The Mischief and Misery of Scandals A21049

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    … of heart, and this hardneſſe of heart wil be as quaternions of Souldiers, as ChainesChains, and Keepers, Lockes, Barres, Bolts, and Fetters, to reſerue a man ſure for damnation …
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    … of heart, and this hardneſſe of heart wil be as quaternions of Souldiers, as ChainesChains, and Keepers, Lockes, Barres, Bolts, and Fetters, to reſerue a man ſure for damnation …

    Jeremiah Dyke · The Mischief and Misery of Scandals · p. 91 · Open in the reader

Two Treatises A21059

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    … of heart, and this hardneſſe of heart will be as quarternions of Souldiers, as ChainesChains, and Keepers, Lockes, Barres, Boults, and Fetters, to reſerue a man ſure for damnation …
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    … of heart, and this hardneſſe of heart will be as quarternions of Souldiers, as ChainesChains, and Keepers, Lockes, Barres, Boults, and Fetters, to reſerue a man ſure for damnation …

    Jeremiah Dyke · Two Treatises · p. 91 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Philemon A22481

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    … but the word of God is not bound. Whiles he pleaded his cauſe in ChainesChains, hee had Almoſt caught Agrippa in the Chaine of the Gospell, and wonne him …
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    … but the word of God is not bound. Whiles he pleaded his cauſe in ChainesChains, hee had Almoſt caught Agrippa in the Chaine of the Gospell, and wonne him …

    William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · Open in the reader

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    … ſee this euidently in the example of Paul, albeit he were in bondes and ChainesChains, yet he pleadeth his cauſe, with ſuch grauitie of ſpeech, with ſuch power of …
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    … ſee this euidently in the example of Paul, albeit he were in bondes and ChainesChains, yet he pleadeth his cauſe, with ſuch grauitie of ſpeech, with ſuch power of …

    William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · p. 1 · Open in the reader

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    … which the godly are caſt, is better then the Pallace of a Prince. The ChainesChains that are borne and worne, for keeping faith and a good conſcience, are greater …
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    … which the godly are caſt, is better then the Pallace of a Prince. The ChainesChains that are borne and worne, for keeping faith and a good conſcience, are greater …

    William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · p. 18 · Open in the reader

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    … for Chriſts ſake, is ſo farre from putting them to ſhame that are in ChainesChains, and ought to be ſo farre from offending any, that rather it commendeth their …
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    … for Chriſts ſake, is ſo farre from putting them to ſhame that are in ChainesChains, and ought to be ſo farre from offending any, that rather it commendeth their …

    William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · p. 178 · Open in the reader

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    … the fleſh like the man poſſeſſed, would we not ſeek to binde him with ChainesChains, and ſay he were mad and out of his wits? So likewiſe, if we …
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    … the fleſh like the man poſſeſſed, would we not ſeek to binde him with ChainesChains, and ſay he were mad and out of his wits? So likewiſe, if we …

    William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · p. 342 · Open in the reader

Analytical Exposition of Peters Epistles A25280

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    This is gathered from that: ChainesChains.
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    This is gathered from that: ChainesChains.

    William Ames · Analytical Exposition of Peters Epistles · p. 200 · Open in the reader

The Bibles Abstract and Epitome A27502

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    ChainesChains for the Necke, Prov 1. 9.
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    ChainesChains for the Necke, Prov 1. 9.

    Richard Bernard · The Bibles Abstract and Epitome · p. 16 · Open in the reader

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    … tormenting of the wicked and ungodly: And are such as are reserved in everlasting ChainesChains.
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    … tormenting of the wicked and ungodly: And are such as are reserved in everlasting ChainesChains.

    Richard Bernard · The Bibles Abstract and Epitome · p. 160 · Open in the reader

A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government A29737

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    … long of beaten gold, hollow within, and filled with Amber-greece; also two large ChainesChains of Amber-greece… Two Carkanets of Amber-greece, a velvet Cappe with gold Buttons …
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    … long of beaten gold, hollow within, and filled with Amber-greece; also two large ChainesChains of Amber-greece… Two Carkanets of Amber-greece, a velvet Cappe with gold Buttons …

    Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 130 · Open in the reader

Come and Welcome to Jesus Christ A30130

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    … that are to follow Christ in Chains; I say, to come after him in ChainesChains, Thus saith the Lord, the labor of Egypt, and the Merchandize of Ethiopia, and …
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    … that are to follow Christ in Chains; I say, to come after him in ChainesChains, Thus saith the Lord, the labor of Egypt, and the Merchandize of Ethiopia, and …

    John Bunyan · Come and Welcome to Jesus Christ · p. 59 · Open in the reader

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    … over unto thee, and they shall be thine: They shall come after thee; in ChainesChains shall they come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make …
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    … over unto thee, and they shall be thine: They shall come after thee; in ChainesChains shall they come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make …

    John Bunyan · Come and Welcome to Jesus Christ · p. 59 · Open in the reader

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    … there is none else to save. Isa. 45, 14. Surely they that come after Christ in ChainesChains, come to him in great difficulty, because their steps, by their chaineschains, are straightened.
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    … there is none else to save. Isa. 45, 14. Surely they that come after Christ in ChainesChains, come to him in great difficulty, because their steps, by their chaineschains, are straightened.

    John Bunyan · Come and Welcome to Jesus Christ · p. 59 · Open in the reader

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    And what ChainesChains so heavy, as those that discourage thee; thy Chain which is made up of …
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    And what ChainesChains so heavy, as those that discourage thee; thy Chain which is made up of …

    John Bunyan · Come and Welcome to Jesus Christ · p. 60 · Open in the reader

The Scripture Directory for Church Officers and People A30242

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    … an intereſt in Chriſt. He is tormented to ſee men delivered out of his ChainesChains. He is troubled that others have good, though he hath no advantage by it …
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    … an intereſt in Chriſt. He is tormented to ſee men delivered out of his ChainesChains. He is troubled that others have good, though he hath no advantage by it …

    Anthony Burgess · The Scripture Directory for Church Officers and People · p. 26 · Open in the reader

The Marrow of Ecclesiastical History A33335

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    … was very charitable, in so much as in a hard time he sold his ChainesChains, Rings, and Jewels to relieve those that were in want. He was so humble …
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    … was very charitable, in so much as in a hard time he sold his ChainesChains, Rings, and Jewels to relieve those that were in want. He was so humble …

    Samuel Clarke · The Marrow of Ecclesiastical History · p. 515 · Open in the reader

A Mirror both for Saints and Sinners A33339

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    … want, by reason of extraordinary expence, and excessive charges about him, she sold her ChainesChains, Rings, and richest Attire: she emptied her cupboard of Plate, her Chabinet of chiefest …
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    … want, by reason of extraordinary expence, and excessive charges about him, she sold her ChainesChains, Rings, and richest Attire: she emptied her cupboard of Plate, her Chabinet of chiefest …

    Samuel Clarke · A Mirror both for Saints and Sinners · p. 305 · Open in the reader

A Brief Exposition of the Book of the Song of Solomon A34663

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    ChainesChains of gold are wholſome lawes, binding like chaineschains, to keep the worſhip of God …
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    ChainesChains of gold are wholſome lawes, binding like chaineschains, to keep the worſhip of God …

    John Cotton · A Brief Exposition of the Book of the Song of Solomon · p. 37 · Open in the reader

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    With one chaine of thy necke.] ChainesChains ſignified Lawes binding as ChainesChains. Now the Church of Antioch ſending up Paul and …
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    With one chaine of thy necke.] ChainesChains ſignified Lawes binding as ChainesChains. Now the Church of Antioch ſending up Paul and …

    John Cotton · A Brief Exposition of the Book of the Song of Solomon · p. 120 · Open in the reader

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    With one chaine of thy necke.] ChainesChains ſignified Lawes binding as ChainesChains. Now the Church of Antioch ſending up Paul and Barnabas to Jeruſalem, about the …
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    With one chaine of thy necke.] ChainesChains ſignified Lawes binding as ChainesChains. Now the Church of Antioch ſending up Paul and Barnabas to Jeruſalem, about the …

    John Cotton · A Brief Exposition of the Book of the Song of Solomon · p. 120 · Open in the reader

The Tombstone A34759

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    … two-edged Sword in the hand of the Saints; which binds Heathen Kings in ChainesChains, and Nobles in fetters of Iron: That is, the Goſpel brings Heathen Princes and …
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    … two-edged Sword in the hand of the Saints; which binds Heathen Kings in ChainesChains, and Nobles in fetters of Iron: That is, the Goſpel brings Heathen Princes and …

    John Carter · The Tombstone · p. 68 · Open in the reader

The Apostolical History A34868

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    … at which time ſleeping between two Souldiers to whom he was bound with two ChainesChains, and the Souldiers keeping watch before the door, an Angel came to him, and …
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    … at which time ſleeping between two Souldiers to whom he was bound with two ChainesChains, and the Souldiers keeping watch before the door, an Angel came to him, and …

    Samuel Cradock · The Apostolical History · p. 69 · Open in the reader

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    … which he appeared ſhone in the priſon, who raiſing him up and cauſing his ChainesChains to fall off from his hands, He commands him to make himſelf ready to …
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    … which he appeared ſhone in the priſon, who raiſing him up and cauſing his ChainesChains to fall off from his hands, He commands him to make himſelf ready to …

    Samuel Cradock · The Apostolical History · p. 69 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Job 15-17 A35473

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    … ſhall make him afrayd, they ſhall prevaile upon him, as a King put in ChainesChains, or into a hoop of Iron; ſome labour much for the maintaining of this …
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    … ſhall make him afrayd, they ſhall prevaile upon him, as a King put in ChainesChains, or into a hoop of Iron; ſome labour much for the maintaining of this …

    Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 15-17 · p. 123 · Open in the reader

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    … in round Iron Cages, as Tamerlane carryed Bajazet the Turkiſh Emperour; or bound in ChainesChains, as it is Propheſied in the 149. Pſalme. It was the uſe of thoſe times …
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    … in round Iron Cages, as Tamerlane carryed Bajazet the Turkiſh Emperour; or bound in ChainesChains, as it is Propheſied in the 149. Pſalme. It was the uſe of thoſe times …

    Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 15-17 · p. 123 · Open in the reader

The Dead Yet Speaking A40646

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    Was, too too strong for threats or ChainesChains to binde:
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    Was, too too strong for threats or ChainesChains to binde:

    Thomas Fuller · The Dead Yet Speaking · p. 204 · Open in the reader