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ordaineordain

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

Puritas changed it
2,110 times in 607 works
Consistency
97.2% (2,110 of 2,169)
Reach if approved
~2,283 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: ordain
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
2,173 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,110 changes in 607 works, 97.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,110)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
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    12. O Iehoua, thou wilt ordaineordain peace for vs: Alſo our affaires thou haſt wrought for vs.
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    12. O Iehoua, thou wilt ordaineordain peace for vs: Alſo our affaires thou haſt wrought for vs.

    Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 129 · Open in the reader

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    … vsed Oyle and Chrisma in the ministratiō of diuers Sacramentes, which christ hymselfe did ordaineordain and sainctifie the night before his passion as witnesseth S. Cypriane. And his Apostles …
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    … vsed Oyle and Chrisma in the ministratiō of diuers Sacramentes, which christ hymselfe did ordaineordain and sainctifie the night before his passion as witnesseth S. Cypriane. And his Apostles …

    William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · p. 39 · Open in the reader

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    … they can giue no commaundements of their owne. That Chriſt hath giuen power to ordaineordain miniſters, and to execute the cenſures Eccleſiaſticall, you doo not call into queſtion: the …
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    … they can giue no commaundements of their owne. That Chriſt hath giuen power to ordaineordain miniſters, and to execute the cenſures Eccleſiaſticall, you doo not call into queſtion: the …

    George Gifford · Short Reply to the Donatists · p. 85 · Open in the reader

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    … hath otherwise disposed it. Ephes. 4. it is saide, that Christ when he ascended did ordaineordain diuers offices, some to be Apostles, and some Prophets, and some Euangelists, and some …
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    … hath otherwise disposed it. Ephes. 4. it is saide, that Christ when he ascended did ordaineordain diuers offices, some to be Apostles, and some Prophets, and some Euangelists, and some …

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 225 · Open in the reader

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    … it as the Lords ordinance; though it be not certainly knowne when Chriſt did ordaineordain it. But it is probable that he gaue commandement concerning the ſame, within thoſe …
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    … it as the Lords ordinance; though it be not certainly knowne when Chriſt did ordaineordain it. But it is probable that he gaue commandement concerning the ſame, within thoſe …

    James Balmford · Concerning the Lords Day, State of the Church of Rome, Execution of Priests · p. 25 · Open in the reader

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    … instrumentall cause. None but Christ alone who is the head of the Church can ordaineordain or institute one, none but a lawfull minister, that is, who hath gifts from …
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    … instrumentall cause. None but Christ alone who is the head of the Church can ordaineordain or institute one, none but a lawfull minister, that is, who hath gifts from …

    John Jackson · The Key of Knowledge · Open in the reader

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    … vnto God. And as Saint Auguſtine well confeſſeth, when he ſaith, We doe not ordaineordain Prieſts, nor offer ſacrifices to the Martyrs, becauſe it is vnfit, vndue, and vnlawfull …
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    … vnto God. And as Saint Auguſtine well confeſſeth, when he ſaith, We doe not ordaineordain Prieſts, nor offer ſacrifices to the Martyrs, becauſe it is vnfit, vndue, and vnlawfull …

    Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 219 · Open in the reader

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    … of the temple, are pertakers of the temple. Euen so also did the Lord ordaineordain, that they whiche preache the gospell shoulde lyue of the gospell. Againe he saith …
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    … of the temple, are pertakers of the temple. Euen so also did the Lord ordaineordain, that they whiche preache the gospell shoulde lyue of the gospell. Againe he saith …

    Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (59)

44 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 37 are listed here. 15 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies A01760

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    … a Hereticke and Wolfe. But I would learne, why may not the Presbytery validly OrdaineOrdain, either by themselves, or by any one Presbyter with commission and power from them …
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    … a Hereticke and Wolfe. But I would learne, why may not the Presbytery validly OrdaineOrdain, either by themselves, or by any one Presbyter with commission and power from them …

    George Gillespie · Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies · p. 173 · Open in the reader

Lord Bishops None of the Lords Bishops A10190

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    … Ordayned none for money; for offering whereof Simon Magus was accursed; but our Prelates OrdaineOrdain tag and rag for money, so as the ordinary Fees come to 3, 4, 5, or 6 pounds …
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    … Ordayned none for money; for offering whereof Simon Magus was accursed; but our Prelates OrdaineOrdain tag and rag for money, so as the ordinary Fees come to 3, 4, 5, or 6 pounds …

    William Prynne · Lord Bishops None of the Lords Bishops · Open in the reader

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    … joyned with him. But if they had been Bishops, whom he is sayd to OrdaineOrdain, the word should rather have been teleiosai, or so to Consecrate, then katastesai, to …
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    … joyned with him. But if they had been Bishops, whom he is sayd to OrdaineOrdain, the word should rather have been teleiosai, or so to Consecrate, then katastesai, to …

    William Prynne · Lord Bishops None of the Lords Bishops · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

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    to OrdaineOrdain sig:
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    to OrdaineOrdain sig:

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 346 · Open in the reader

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    to OrdaineOrdain a body. sig:
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    to OrdaineOrdain a body. sig:

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 212 · Open in the reader

A Censure of Simony A17294

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    … of Chalcedon: Si quis Episcopus per pecuniam Ordinationem fecerit, &c. If any Bishop shall OrdaineOrdain for money, and shall purchase the grace of the Holy Ghost at a price …
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    … of Chalcedon: Si quis Episcopus per pecuniam Ordinationem fecerit, &c. If any Bishop shall OrdaineOrdain for money, and shall purchase the grace of the Holy Ghost at a price …

    Henry Burton · A Censure of Simony · p. 51 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Isaiah A17640

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    … we ſhal haue an happy and bleſſed eſtate. The verbe Shaphat, which ſignifies to OrdaineOrdain among the Hebrewes, is as much to ſay, as to Establiſh: as if he …
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    … we ſhal haue an happy and bleſſed eſtate. The verbe Shaphat, which ſignifies to OrdaineOrdain among the Hebrewes, is as much to ſay, as to Establiſh: as if he …

    John Calvin · Commentary on Isaiah · p. 253 · Open in the reader

A Dissuasive from the Errors of the time A29432

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    … Over-ſeers, and therefore we think it not lawfull when a Church is to OrdaineOrdain Officers, to call in by way of authority or power the Miniſters of other …
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    … Over-ſeers, and therefore we think it not lawfull when a Church is to OrdaineOrdain Officers, to call in by way of authority or power the Miniſters of other …

    Robert Baillie · A Dissuasive from the Errors of the time · p. 136 · Open in the reader

The History of the Indulgence A29750

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    … by his Letter the 7. of Iun. 1669. did by their Act of the 27. of Iuly 1669. OrdaineOrdain all such outted Ministers, as should be allowed to exercise the Ministrie, to keep …
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    … by his Letter the 7. of Iun. 1669. did by their Act of the 27. of Iuly 1669. OrdaineOrdain all such outted Ministers, as should be allowed to exercise the Ministrie, to keep …

    John Brown · The History of the Indulgence · p. 33 · Open in the reader

Defense from the Imputation of Self Contradiction by Daniel Cawdry A34675

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    … part of Church power to the Body of the Church (pag. 45.) to wit, to OrdaineOrdain, and in some cases) to excommunicate all their Church Officers: which are the highest …
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    … part of Church power to the Body of the Church (pag. 45.) to wit, to OrdaineOrdain, and in some cases) to excommunicate all their Church Officers: which are the highest …

    John Cotton · Defense from the Imputation of Self Contradiction by Daniel Cawdry · p. 11 · Open in the reader

Are Ministers Bound to Baptize Children of Parents who Say They Believe A41333

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    … not intended to have been Ordained. 3. I did endeavour to have some Ministers to OrdaineOrdain me, two yeares before I could obtaine it, because of troubles. 4. The reason why …
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    … not intended to have been Ordained. 3. I did endeavour to have some Ministers to OrdaineOrdain me, two yeares before I could obtaine it, because of troubles. 4. The reason why …

    Giles Firmin · Are Ministers Bound to Baptize Children of Parents who Say They Believe · Open in the reader

Paradise Lost A50919

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    OrdaineOrdain them Lawes; part such as appertaine
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    OrdaineOrdain them Lawes; part such as appertaine

    John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

Warrantableness of the Preaching of Unordained Persons A55393

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    … argue thus; Those that may act in making Decrees in a Synod, they may OrdaineOrdain; But Believers (who are not Officers) may act in a Synod, &c. Acts 15. 2, 22, 23.
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    … argue thus; Those that may act in making Decrees in a Synod, they may OrdaineOrdain; But Believers (who are not Officers) may act in a Synod, &c. Acts 15. 2, 22, 23.

    Matthew Poole · Warrantableness of the Preaching of Unordained Persons · p. 155 · Open in the reader

The Antipathy of the English Lordly Prelacy A56127

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    … strong effectuall arguments in this wise. The Apostle Paul commandeth Titus, That he should OrdaineOrdain and constitute a Bishop in every City, such one as was the husband of …
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    … strong effectuall arguments in this wise. The Apostle Paul commandeth Titus, That he should OrdaineOrdain and constitute a Bishop in every City, such one as was the husband of …

    William Prynne · The Antipathy of the English Lordly Prelacy · p. 393 · Open in the reader

A Brief Memento 3 A56138

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    … Members with freedom and safety in the Houses, all you Vote, Act, Order, or OrdaineOrdain, by the Armies own Doctrine in their Remonstrance of Aug. 18. and the Declaration and …
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    … Members with freedom and safety in the Houses, all you Vote, Act, Order, or OrdaineOrdain, by the Armies own Doctrine in their Remonstrance of Aug. 18. and the Declaration and …

    William Prynne · A Brief Memento 3 · p. 11 · Open in the reader

A Brief Memento A56140

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    … Members with freedome and ſafety in the Houſes al you Vote: Act, Order or OrdaineOrdain, by the Armies owne Doctrine in their Remonſtrance of Auguſt 18 and the Declaration and …
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    … Members with freedome and ſafety in the Houſes al you Vote: Act, Order or OrdaineOrdain, by the Armies owne Doctrine in their Remonſtrance of Auguſt 18 and the Declaration and …

    William Prynne · A Brief Memento · p. 11 · Open in the reader

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    … vote, order, or ordain to bevailed. And therefore what ever you vote, Order, or OrdaineOrdain concerning the Treaty, the depoſing or executing the King, the Diſinheriting or Baniſhing the …
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    … vote, order, or ordain to bevailed. And therefore what ever you vote, Order, or OrdaineOrdain concerning the Treaty, the depoſing or executing the King, the Diſinheriting or Baniſhing the …

    William Prynne · A Brief Memento · p. 11 · Open in the reader

The Popish Royal Favorite A56192

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    … reason after we have maturely consulted upon this businesse, we haue ordained and doe OrdaineOrdain, and haue taken and doe take from henceforth all R…man Catholikes being our …
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    … reason after we have maturely consulted upon this businesse, we haue ordained and doe OrdaineOrdain, and haue taken and doe take from henceforth all R…man Catholikes being our …

    William Prynne · The Popish Royal Favorite · p. 46 · Open in the reader

The Bloody Tenant of Persecution for the Cause of Conscience A66445

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    … according to her priviledge, which these Authours maintaine against the Magistrates prohibition) proceeds to OrdaineOrdain her officer: The Magistrate chargeth the Church to have made an unfit and unworthy …
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    … according to her priviledge, which these Authours maintaine against the Magistrates prohibition) proceeds to OrdaineOrdain her officer: The Magistrate chargeth the Church to have made an unfit and unworthy …

    Roger Williams · The Bloody Tenant of Persecution for the Cause of Conscience · p. 124 · Open in the reader

A Little Stone Found to be Counterfeit A66932

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    … compleated hath ſufficiencie within it ſelf to exerciſe all the Ordinances of Chriſt, to OrdaineOrdain, to Excommunicate, without the larger Elderſhips, then larger Elderſhips are uſeleſſe; But every particular …
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    … compleated hath ſufficiencie within it ſelf to exerciſe all the Ordinances of Chriſt, to OrdaineOrdain, to Excommunicate, without the larger Elderſhips, then larger Elderſhips are uſeleſſe; But every particular …

    James Wood · A Little Stone Found to be Counterfeit · p. 325 · Open in the reader

The Diocesans Trial A69545

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    The first objection is taken from comparing those two Scriptures, Titus 1.5 Act. 14.23. OrdaineOrdain Elders City by City. They ordained Elders Church by Church. Hence it is thus …
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    The first objection is taken from comparing those two Scriptures, Titus 1.5 Act. 14.23. OrdaineOrdain Elders City by City. They ordained Elders Church by Church. Hence it is thus …

    Paul Baynes · The Diocesans Trial · p. 1 · Open in the reader

The Poor Mans Case A80410

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    … againſt all reaſon and humanity for the Iriſh Rebells had ſo much mercy to OrdaineOrdain that no Uſury ſhould incurre in time of Warre, nor would the late Oxford …
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    … againſt all reaſon and humanity for the Iriſh Rebells had ſo much mercy to OrdaineOrdain that no Uſury ſhould incurre in time of Warre, nor would the late Oxford …

    John Cook · The Poor Mans Case · p. 33 · Open in the reader

A Serious Review of Presbyters Reordination by Bishops A80852

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    … Ordinations of the Protestants are by meere lay persons, who have no power to OrdaineOrdain, and therefore are void and null; and so by the nullity of the Ministry …
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    … Ordinations of the Protestants are by meere lay persons, who have no power to OrdaineOrdain, and therefore are void and null; and so by the nullity of the Ministry …

    Zachary Crofton · A Serious Review of Presbyters Reordination by Bishops · p. 8 · Open in the reader

Reasons Against Independent Government of Particular Congregations A83501

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    … Crete, either to have had Miniſters without Ordination, or elſe left the People to OrdaineOrdain them.
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    … Crete, either to have had Miniſters without Ordination, or elſe left the People to OrdaineOrdain them.

    Thomas Edwards · Reasons Against Independent Government of Particular Congregations · p. 3 · Open in the reader

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    … fall out (according to their principles of a Church) that theſe viſible Saints cannot OrdaineOrdain Officers, as having no gifts of prayer for publicke, eſpecially not able to conceive …
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    … fall out (according to their principles of a Church) that theſe viſible Saints cannot OrdaineOrdain Officers, as having no gifts of prayer for publicke, eſpecially not able to conceive …

    Thomas Edwards · Reasons Against Independent Government of Particular Congregations · p. 6 · Open in the reader

Separation Examined A85314

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    Whether the People have power to OrdaineOrdain? p. 70
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    Whether the People have power to OrdaineOrdain? p. 70

    Giles Firmin · Separation Examined · Open in the reader

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    … alſo, as in Cyprians time; neither was Cyprian ſurely the firſt Biſhop that did OrdaineOrdain, for there were Biſhops before him; yea, beſides this Ordination by Biſhops, we finde …
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    … alſo, as in Cyprians time; neither was Cyprian ſurely the firſt Biſhop that did OrdaineOrdain, for there were Biſhops before him; yea, beſides this Ordination by Biſhops, we finde …

    Giles Firmin · Separation Examined · p. 13 · Open in the reader

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    … that is, to make it cleare to them, that private men have power to OrdaineOrdain: I have ſeene it my ſelfe, when two private men have impoſed their hands …
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    … that is, to make it cleare to them, that private men have power to OrdaineOrdain: I have ſeene it my ſelfe, when two private men have impoſed their hands …

    Giles Firmin · Separation Examined · p. 16 · Open in the reader

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    … baptiſed, and can warrant your Act, and prove that you have the power to OrdaineOrdain, then we will liſten to you.
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    … baptiſed, and can warrant your Act, and prove that you have the power to OrdaineOrdain, then we will liſten to you.

    Giles Firmin · Separation Examined · p. 26 · Open in the reader

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    1 Tit. 5. OrdaineOrdain Elders in every City. I doe not finde that our Divines oppoſe this place …
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    1 Tit. 5. OrdaineOrdain Elders in every City. I doe not finde that our Divines oppoſe this place …

    Giles Firmin · Separation Examined · p. 54 · Open in the reader

An Apology for the Discipline of the Ancient Church A89681

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    … liberty to elect, yet they ſtoutly, and with open mouth decry their power to OrdaineOrdain: and you allow the Church you ſpeak of to do both. If you make …
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    … liberty to elect, yet they ſtoutly, and with open mouth decry their power to OrdaineOrdain: and you allow the Church you ſpeak of to do both. If you make …

    William Nicholson · An Apology for the Discipline of the Ancient Church · p. 13 · Open in the reader

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    That they were to OrdaineOrdain is every whit as plaine in Titus; for, for that intent he was left …
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    That they were to OrdaineOrdain is every whit as plaine in Titus; for, for that intent he was left …

    William Nicholson · An Apology for the Discipline of the Ancient Church · p. 30 · Open in the reader

Beams of Former Light A89788

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    … and information of all Chriſtian people in their duties in this particular, wee doe OrdaineOrdain and Decree, That every Parſon, Vicar, Curate, or Preacher, upon ſome Sunday in every …
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    … and information of all Chriſtian people in their duties in this particular, wee doe OrdaineOrdain and Decree, That every Parſon, Vicar, Curate, or Preacher, upon ſome Sunday in every …

    Philip Nye · Beams of Former Light · p. 49 · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms Part 3 A91298

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    … doubtleſſe no Treaſon Rebellion, nor any offence in point of Law:) and alſo to OrdaineOrdain and Stabliſh, that the ſaid Duke of Gloceſter, Earles of Darby, Arundell, Warwicke and …
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    … doubtleſſe no Treaſon Rebellion, nor any offence in point of Law:) and alſo to OrdaineOrdain and Stabliſh, that the ſaid Duke of Gloceſter, Earles of Darby, Arundell, Warwicke and …

    William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms Part 3 · p. 38 · Open in the reader

Episcopal Government A91955

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    Timothy and Titus are commanded to OrdaineOrdain Elders.
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    Timothy and Titus are commanded to OrdaineOrdain Elders.

    Robert Rollock · Episcopal Government · p. 30 · Open in the reader

Gods Ark Overtopping the Worlds Waves A95888

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    … and to remove all offences, and things illegall in the Worſhip of God; doe OrdaineOrdain, That all repreſentations of any of the perſons of the Trinitie, or of any …
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    … and to remove all offences, and things illegall in the Worſhip of God; doe OrdaineOrdain, That all repreſentations of any of the perſons of the Trinitie, or of any …

    John Vicars · Gods Ark Overtopping the Worlds Waves · p. 222 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Romans 13-16 B15167

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    OrdaineOrdain, what it implies. 7
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    OrdaineOrdain, what it implies. 7

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 13-16 · Open in the reader