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meekemeek

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

Puritas changed it
2,064 times in 669 works
Consistency
97.5% (2,064 of 2,115)
Reach if approved
~2,222 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: meek
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
2,115 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,064 changes in 669 works, 97.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,064)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
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    … their madneſſe ſhall in the end be manifeſted, and the patient abiding of the meekemeek ſhall not alway be forgotten Paul ſaith, Let him not be a yong Scholler …
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    … their madneſſe ſhall in the end be manifeſted, and the patient abiding of the meekemeek ſhall not alway be forgotten Paul ſaith, Let him not be a yong Scholler …

    Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 331 · Open in the reader

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    … true members of Christ, wee must learne of him, for hee was humble and meekemeek, wee must be holy as he is holy, else wee haue no parte in …
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    … true members of Christ, wee must learne of him, for hee was humble and meekemeek, wee must be holy as he is holy, else wee haue no parte in …

    William Guild · A Young Mans Inquisition · p. 172 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … depend vpon the ordinance of God, and to ſubmit to the meanes, with that meekemeek and quiet ſpirit, which is a thing in the ſight of God much ſet …
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    … depend vpon the ordinance of God, and to ſubmit to the meanes, with that meekemeek and quiet ſpirit, which is a thing in the ſight of God much ſet …

    Samuel Hieron · The Baptizing of the Eunuch · p. 1 · Open in the reader

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    … out for the soules of the aire to devoure, and the flesh of his meekemeek ones for the beasts of the field to feed vpon; being conscious to himselfe …
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    … out for the soules of the aire to devoure, and the flesh of his meekemeek ones for the beasts of the field to feed vpon; being conscious to himselfe …

    Richard Hooker · Sermon of the Certainty and Perpetuity of Faith in the Elect · p. 6 · Open in the reader

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    … him ſelf equall with God, as louing him ſelfe more then God, was founde meekemeek, humble, faithfull and reuerent towardes his Father at all times, 1. Pet. 2. 22. 25. yet ſo as …
    With rule
    … him ſelf equall with God, as louing him ſelfe more then God, was founde meekemeek, humble, faithfull and reuerent towardes his Father at all times, 1. Pet. 2. 22. 25. yet ſo as …

    Dudley Fenner · Brief Treatise Upon the First Table of the Law · Open in the reader

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    … out by vndefiled innocencie: sinnes forgiuen: the mouth of the enemie stopped vp, through meekemeek taciturnitie: victorie obteined by yeelding: finally, death by dying vanquished, and life euerlasting purchased.
    With rule
    … out by vndefiled innocencie: sinnes forgiuen: the mouth of the enemie stopped vp, through meekemeek taciturnitie: victorie obteined by yeelding: finally, death by dying vanquished, and life euerlasting purchased.

    John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader

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    … venit tibi Rex tuus mitis, aſino inſidens, &c. Behold thy King commeth vnto thee meekemeek, and ſitting vpon an Aſſe, and a Colt the fole of an Aſſe. Mat. 21.5.
    With rule
    … venit tibi Rex tuus mitis, aſino inſidens, &c. Behold thy King commeth vnto thee meekemeek, and ſitting vpon an Aſſe, and a Colt the fole of an Aſſe. Mat. 21.5.

    John Gee · Hold Fast · p. 53 · Open in the reader

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    … for ye ſpace of .xl. yeres in the wildernes: he geueth thē the good meekemeek and louinge captaine Moyſes to guyde them, Aaron to preache his wyll vnto them …
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    … for ye ſpace of .xl. yeres in the wildernes: he geueth thē the good meekemeek and louinge captaine Moyſes to guyde them, Aaron to preache his wyll vnto them …

    Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (51)

44 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 38 are listed here. 7 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Handmaid to Private Devotion A00587

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    1 MEekeMeek patience to endure God's good pleasure: Of which see the Admonitions for Good-Fridaie …
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    1 MEekeMeek patience to endure God's good pleasure: Of which see the Admonitions for Good-Fridaie …

    Daniel Featley · The Handmaid to Private Devotion · p. 560 · Open in the reader

Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions A01379

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    … of Israel, they had Moses; a man of meekemeek spirit, and mighty in wonders. MeekeMeek, because hee had to doe with a teatchy and froward people: mighty in wonders …
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    … of Israel, they had Moses; a man of meekemeek spirit, and mighty in wonders. MeekeMeek, because hee had to doe with a teatchy and froward people: mighty in wonders …

    Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 36 · Open in the reader

Exposition on John 5 A01972

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    … husbands. In the preſence of their husbands, their ſpeeches and words muſt be, 1 Few. 2 MeekeMeek and Gentle. Fewneſſe of words; that they ſtriue not to haue all the talke …
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    … husbands. In the preſence of their husbands, their ſpeeches and words muſt be, 1 Few. 2 MeekeMeek and Gentle. Fewneſſe of words; that they ſtriue not to haue all the talke …

    William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 22 · Open in the reader

The Way to True Happiness A02723

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    In this fifth verse, we haue to obserue: 1. Our Sauiours proposition: MeekeMeek men are blessed: 2. The proofe thereof; for they shall inherit the earth: For the …
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    In this fifth verse, we haue to obserue: 1. Our Sauiours proposition: MeekeMeek men are blessed: 2. The proofe thereof; for they shall inherit the earth: For the …

    Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 89 · Open in the reader

Lectures Upon John 4 A03342

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    … and sober, Let women adorne themselues in modest apparell with shamefastnesse and sobriety, 1. Tim. 2. 9. 2 MeekeMeek and quiet, Let womens adorning bee, the ornament of a meekemeek and quiet spirit …
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    … and sober, Let women adorne themselues in modest apparell with shamefastnesse and sobriety, 1. Tim. 2. 9. 2 MeekeMeek and quiet, Let womens adorning bee, the ornament of a meekemeek and quiet spirit …

    Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 226 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Zechariah 1-9 A09272

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    3. Humilitie, [lowly] foreign afflictus, humiliatus, pauper, Mat. 21.5. and the Seventie foreign Humilis, Manſuetus, MeekeMeek. The firſt Interpretation of the word reſpects the Povertie and Meaneneſſe of Chriſts outward …
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    3. Humilitie, [lowly] foreign afflictus, humiliatus, pauper, Mat. 21.5. and the Seventie foreign Humilis, Manſuetus, MeekeMeek. The firſt Interpretation of the word reſpects the Povertie and Meaneneſſe of Chriſts outward …

    William Pemble · Exposition of Zechariah 1-9 · p. 141 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Galatians 1-5 A09383

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    … good that comes thereby. A soft, meekemeek, and milde answer, turneth away wrath, Prou. 15. 1. MeekeMeek, and gentle behauiour, heapeth coles of fire vpon our enemies head, Rom. 12. 20. A soft …
    With rule
    … good that comes thereby. A soft, meekemeek, and milde answer, turneth away wrath, Prou. 15. 1. MeekeMeek, and gentle behauiour, heapeth coles of fire vpon our enemies head, Rom. 12. 20. A soft …

    William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 465 · Open in the reader

The Saints Qualification A10010

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    … is a double good, and that is profitable to man, as to be Iust, MeekeMeek, Gentle, Patient, ready to doe good; in a word, all goodnesse of this kinde …
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    … is a double good, and that is profitable to man, as to be Iust, MeekeMeek, Gentle, Patient, ready to doe good; in a word, all goodnesse of this kinde …

    John Preston · The Saints Qualification · p. 214 · Open in the reader

Survey and Censure of Mr Cozens A10177

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    3 Blessed are the MeekeMeek, for they shall receiue the inheritance of the Earth.
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    3 Blessed are the MeekeMeek, for they shall receiue the inheritance of the Earth.

    William Prynne · Survey and Censure of Mr Cozens · p. 61 · Open in the reader

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    3 Blessed are the MeekeMeek, for they shall receiue the inherita…ce of the Earth.
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    3 Blessed are the MeekeMeek, for they shall receiue the inherita…ce of the Earth.

    William Prynne · Survey and Censure of Mr Cozens · p. 61 · Open in the reader

The Players Scourge A10187

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    … vnsuitable vnto Christians; who are, or should bee, Men of a Quiet, Peaceable, Gentle, MeekeMeek, and tender-hearted Disposition, being Kinde, and Louing one towards another, and forgiuing one …
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    … vnsuitable vnto Christians; who are, or should bee, Men of a Quiet, Peaceable, Gentle, MeekeMeek, and tender-hearted Disposition, being Kinde, and Louing one towards another, and forgiuing one …

    William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 73 · Open in the reader

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    … vnseemely, and vnlawfull to them; as being opposite, and Repugna…t to their Peaceable, MeekeMeek, and Courteous constitution. Secondly, such Barbarous, Bloody, Tyrannicall, Fierce, and Cruell Spectacles, and Enterludes …
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    … vnseemely, and vnlawfull to them; as being opposite, and Repugna…t to their Peaceable, MeekeMeek, and Courteous constitution. Secondly, such Barbarous, Bloody, Tyrannicall, Fierce, and Cruell Spectacles, and Enterludes …

    William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 73 · Open in the reader

The True Convert A10929

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    God dealeth with ſinners in quiet and MeekeMeek tearmes 328. Meeknes muſt be ſhewed by all, to all. 330. Motiues to Meekneſſe. 331. The Meeknes …
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    God dealeth with ſinners in quiet and MeekeMeek tearmes 328. Meeknes muſt be ſhewed by all, to all. 330. Motiues to Meekneſſe. 331. The Meeknes …

    Nehemiah Rogers · The True Convert · Open in the reader

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    MeekeMeek Apollogie, verſ. 31.32. which hath in it a
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    MeekeMeek Apollogie, verſ. 31.32. which hath in it a

    Nehemiah Rogers · The True Convert · Open in the reader

Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649

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    … for affliction often causeth meeknesse. Therefore also Ghnani, that is, afflicted, is translated. Praus, MeekeMeek, Matth. 21. 5. from Zach. 9. 9.
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    … for affliction often causeth meeknesse. Therefore also Ghnani, that is, afflicted, is translated. Praus, MeekeMeek, Matth. 21. 5. from Zach. 9. 9.

    Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 15 · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

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    … suffer wronges peaceably, studying how to ouercome euill with good. Math. 5, 5. Blessed are the MeekeMeek. Rom. 12, 19, 20, 21. Num. 12, 3. But Moses was a MeekeMeek Man.
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    … suffer wronges peaceably, studying how to ouercome euill with good. Math. 5, 5. Blessed are the MeekeMeek. Rom. 12, 19, 20, 21. Num. 12, 3. But Moses was a MeekeMeek Man.

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 315 · Open in the reader

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    … euill with good. Math. 5, 5. Blessed are the MeekeMeek. Rom. 12, 19, 20, 21. Num. 12, 3. But Moses was a MeekeMeek Man.
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    … euill with good. Math. 5, 5. Blessed are the MeekeMeek. Rom. 12, 19, 20, 21. Num. 12, 3. But Moses was a MeekeMeek Man.

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 315 · Open in the reader

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    … the direction and wisedome of the word. Psalm. 25, 8. He will teach the humble and MeekeMeek. Psalm: 147. 6.
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    … the direction and wisedome of the word. Psalm. 25, 8. He will teach the humble and MeekeMeek. Psalm: 147. 6.

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 315 · Open in the reader

An Exposition Upon Colossians A17389

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    … our carriage towards men. It is the Word that makes vs 1. New creatures 2. Humble 3. MeekeMeek, Psalm. 45.4. where it is called the word of meekenesse, not because it requires it …
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    … our carriage towards men. It is the Word that makes vs 1. New creatures 2. Humble 3. MeekeMeek, Psalm. 45.4. where it is called the word of meekenesse, not because it requires it …

    Nicholas Byfield · An Exposition Upon Colossians · p. 91 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

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    … man of thy mercie; for so is it word for word. But the word MeekeMeek, may be taken after the same maner that the holy scripture calleth Gods children …
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    … man of thy mercie; for so is it word for word. But the word MeekeMeek, may be taken after the same maner that the holy scripture calleth Gods children …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 1198 · Open in the reader

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    MeekeMeek.
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    MeekeMeek.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

Gospel Holiness A34880

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    MeekeMeek, Meekneſſe.
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    MeekeMeek, Meekneſſe.

    Walter Cradock · Gospel Holiness · Open in the reader

Exposition of Job 32-24 A35535

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    … wide open to receive and take in the truth of promiſes, counſels and reproofes. MeekeMeek words meeken the ſpirit. 'Tis hard to refuſe what we perceive ſpoken in love …
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    … wide open to receive and take in the truth of promiſes, counſels and reproofes. MeekeMeek words meeken the ſpirit. 'Tis hard to refuſe what we perceive ſpoken in love …

    Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 32-24 · p. 143 · Open in the reader

Of Domestical Duties A68107

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    Reproofes therefore muſt be Rare. MeekeMeek.
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    Reproofes therefore muſt be Rare. MeekeMeek.

    William Gouge · Of Domestical Duties · p. 382 · Open in the reader

Godly Private Prayers for Christian Families A73805

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    … liuely reſemblance and effects of it holy nature in mee, as to be Holy, MeekeMeek, Peaceable, Sincere, and the like: ſo I may not challenge the truth thereof in …
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    … liuely reſemblance and effects of it holy nature in mee, as to be Holy, MeekeMeek, Peaceable, Sincere, and the like: ſo I may not challenge the truth thereof in …

    Edward Dering · Godly Private Prayers for Christian Families · p. 302 · Open in the reader

The Works of William Bridge Volume 2 A77357

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    … for their Faith: They had other graces, wherein they did excell: Moſes was a MeekeMeek man, he is not recorded there, and commended for his meekneſſe, but for his …
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    … for their Faith: They had other graces, wherein they did excell: Moſes was a MeekeMeek man, he is not recorded there, and commended for his meekneſſe, but for his …

    William Bridge · The Works of William Bridge Volume 2 · p. 180 · Open in the reader

The Royal Robe A78141

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    … judgement: and the meekemeek he will teach his way: he will ſave all the MeekeMeek of the earth, he will beautifiie the meekemeek with Salvation; and therefore put on …
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    … judgement: and the meekemeek he will teach his way: he will ſave all the MeekeMeek of the earth, he will beautifiie the meekemeek with Salvation; and therefore put on …

    James Barker · The Royal Robe · p. 7 · Open in the reader

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    The MeekeMeek (ſaith Beza) are the gentle, mild, and courteous, oppoſ'd to ſuch as are wild …
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    The MeekeMeek (ſaith Beza) are the gentle, mild, and courteous, oppoſ'd to ſuch as are wild …

    James Barker · The Royal Robe · p. 12 · Open in the reader

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    He is MeekeMeek (ſaith Melanchthon) that poſſeſſes his ſoul in patience, contents himſelf, and leaves vengeance unto …
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    He is MeekeMeek (ſaith Melanchthon) that poſſeſſes his ſoul in patience, contents himſelf, and leaves vengeance unto …

    James Barker · The Royal Robe · p. 13 · Open in the reader

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    He is MeekeMeek (ſaith Ambro. Cath.) who bridleth his affections that he is not Angry; or being …
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    He is MeekeMeek (ſaith Ambro. Cath.) who bridleth his affections that he is not Angry; or being …

    James Barker · The Royal Robe · p. 13 · Open in the reader

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    He is MeekeMeek (ſaith Hierom) who is ſo farre from doing hurt, that he thinks none.
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    He is MeekeMeek (ſaith Hierom) who is ſo farre from doing hurt, that he thinks none.

    James Barker · The Royal Robe · p. 13 · Open in the reader

The Good Man a Public Good A78423

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    … wiſe men oppoſed to ſcornfull men. It ſeems more congruous, he ſhould have ſaid, MeekeMeek or humble men turne away wrath; ſo the oppoſition had been fairer and clearer …
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    … wiſe men oppoſed to ſcornfull men. It ſeems more congruous, he ſhould have ſaid, MeekeMeek or humble men turne away wrath; ſo the oppoſition had been fairer and clearer …

    Daniel Cawdry · The Good Man a Public Good · p. 4 · Open in the reader

The Pursuit of Peace A80849

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    … live in peace: The wisdome which is from above, and so peaceable, is first MeekeMeek, gentle, and easie to be intreated.
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    … live in peace: The wisdome which is from above, and so peaceable, is first MeekeMeek, gentle, and easie to be intreated.

    Zachary Crofton · The Pursuit of Peace · p. 49 · Open in the reader

England Faithfully Watched A88417

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    … nothing in reverſion, and yet ſuch beggerly creatures Chriſt uſeth to ſit downe in. MeekeMeek ſitting upon an Aſse, Math. 21.5. An Aſſe is the pooreſt and the deſpiſedſt thing …
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    … nothing in reverſion, and yet ſuch beggerly creatures Chriſt uſeth to ſit downe in. MeekeMeek ſitting upon an Aſse, Math. 21.5. An Aſſe is the pooreſt and the deſpiſedſt thing …

    Nicholas Lockyer · England Faithfully Watched · p. 483 · Open in the reader

Christ and Moses Excellency A90893

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    Aſſuring Promiſes. Mat. 18.4. and 23.12. Iſa: 57.15. Lu: 14.11. and 18.14. See MeekeMeek and Poor.
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    Aſſuring Promiſes. Mat. 18.4. and 23.12. Iſa: 57.15. Lu: 14.11. and 18.14. See MeekeMeek and Poor.

    Vavasor Powell · Christ and Moses Excellency · p. 358 · Open in the reader

Sermon 25 June 1645 A92145

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    … good conſcience is rather to bee choſen, then a thouſand yards of windie credit. MeekeMeek Jeſus Chriſt and his Apoſtles uſed not ſuch a ſtile of language, nor is …
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    … good conſcience is rather to bee choſen, then a thouſand yards of windie credit. MeekeMeek Jeſus Chriſt and his Apoſtles uſed not ſuch a ſtile of language, nor is …

    Samuel Rutherford · Sermon 25 June 1645 · p. 31 · Open in the reader

The Bloody Tenant Yet more Bloody A96610

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    Yea how farre different from the MeekeMeek Spirit of the Lambe of God, who came not to deſtroy Mens lives, but …
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    Yea how farre different from the MeekeMeek Spirit of the Lambe of God, who came not to deſtroy Mens lives, but …

    Roger Williams · The Bloody Tenant Yet more Bloody · p. 197 · Open in the reader

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    … upon the Heads and Conſciences of all Men, are ready (not in an holy MeekeMeek and Chriſtian way but) in a Phariſaicall, Biſhop-like and Pope-like way, to …
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    … upon the Heads and Conſciences of all Men, are ready (not in an holy MeekeMeek and Chriſtian way but) in a Phariſaicall, Biſhop-like and Pope-like way, to …

    Roger Williams · The Bloody Tenant Yet more Bloody · p. 198 · Open in the reader