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reproofesreproofs

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

Puritas changed it
832 times in 359 works
Consistency
93.6% (832 of 888)
Reach if approved
~933 places (estimated)
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Agrees: reproofs
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
888 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (832 changes in 359 works, 93.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 832)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
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    … and fill the Church with other like themſelues. To what end ſerue thoſe warnings, reproofesreproofs, excommunications, and corrections which Chriſt hath appointed, if every mans nakedneſſe ſhould be covered …
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    … and fill the Church with other like themſelues. To what end ſerue thoſe warnings, reproofesreproofs, excommunications, and corrections which Chriſt hath appointed, if every mans nakedneſſe ſhould be covered …

    Sebastian Benefield · Eight Sermons at the University of Oxford · p. 63 · Open in the reader

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    … to be reprooued for euery known sinne: This is manifest from the end of reproofesreproofs, which is, the gaining of our brother, that he perish not in his sinne …
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    … to be reprooued for euery known sinne: This is manifest from the end of reproofesreproofs, which is, the gaining of our brother, that he perish not in his sinne …

    William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 473 · Open in the reader

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    … guilty of all those vices, those abuses which they condemne in any: Therefore their reproofesreproofs are vaine and fruitlesse. Thirdly, because Players are alwayes peccant in the manner of …
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    … guilty of all those vices, those abuses which they condemne in any: Therefore their reproofesreproofs are vaine and fruitlesse. Thirdly, because Players are alwayes peccant in the manner of …

    William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 124 · Open in the reader

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    … not heare one of many to ſay, what haue I done? I graunt that reproofesreproofs muſt be kindly, not arrogantly miniſtred, that it may beſeeme the reprouers. They therefore …
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    … not heare one of many to ſay, what haue I done? I graunt that reproofesreproofs muſt be kindly, not arrogantly miniſtred, that it may beſeeme the reprouers. They therefore …

    Richard Rogers · Samuels Encounter with Saul · p. 18 · Open in the reader

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    … said of God, hee will not be alwayes chiding, Psame 103.9.) These Preachers use their reproofesreproofs so commonly, till their Physicke turnes naturall, and will not worke with their people.
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    … said of God, hee will not be alwayes chiding, Psame 103.9.) These Preachers use their reproofesreproofs so commonly, till their Physicke turnes naturall, and will not worke with their people.

    Thomas Fuller · Josephs Party-Colored Coat · p. 32 · Open in the reader

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    … judgers, and such busie-bodies (as they terme them) and so reiect all wholesome reproofesreproofs, and carrie a bitter heart against the reprouers. Only those that are sound-har …
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    … judgers, and such busie-bodies (as they terme them) and so reiect all wholesome reproofesreproofs, and carrie a bitter heart against the reprouers. Only those that are sound-har …

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 389 · Open in the reader

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    … delivered, and affirmed in the holy Scripture, that are neither precepts, nor promises, nor reproofesreproofs or threatnings. 2. There is the word of precept or commandement. 3. There is the word …
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    … delivered, and affirmed in the holy Scripture, that are neither precepts, nor promises, nor reproofesreproofs or threatnings. 2. There is the word of precept or commandement. 3. There is the word …

    Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 238 · Open in the reader

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    … it, becauſe it was not mixed with faith, there is the cauſe; be the reproofesreproofs and threatnings never ſo fierce, that it would almoſt affright the heart of a …
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    … it, becauſe it was not mixed with faith, there is the cauſe; be the reproofesreproofs and threatnings never ſo fierce, that it would almoſt affright the heart of a …

    Thomas Hooker · The Souls Vocation · p. 356 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (56)

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

Lectures Upon John 4 A03342

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    … plainely with them, and to reproue them, when so they sinne against him, Pro. 6. 23. ReproofesReproofs of instruction▪ are the way of life. See it in that speech, Reu. 2. 15. Whom …
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    … plainely with them, and to reproue them, when so they sinne against him, Pro. 6. 23. ReproofesReproofs of instruction▪ are the way of life. See it in that speech, Reu. 2. 15. Whom …

    Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 105 · Open in the reader

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    … them, dealeth (they thinke) too particularly in his Ministry; in all his Doctrines and ReproofesReproofs he pointeth at them.
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    … them, dealeth (they thinke) too particularly in his Ministry; in all his Doctrines and ReproofesReproofs he pointeth at them.

    Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 373 · Open in the reader

Lectures Upon Psalm 51 A03343

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    … righteous smite me, for that is a benefit: and Solomon when he said Pro. 6.23. ReproofesReproofs of instruction, are the way of life. 3. O that men were so willing as …
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    … righteous smite me, for that is a benefit: and Solomon when he said Pro. 6.23. ReproofesReproofs of instruction, are the way of life. 3. O that men were so willing as …

    Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 56 · Open in the reader

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    … their children a knowledge and conscience of the sinne for which they correct them. ReproofesReproofs (or corrections) for instruction (saith Solomon, Pro. 6.23.) are the way of life. Without instruction …
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    … their children a knowledge and conscience of the sinne for which they correct them. ReproofesReproofs (or corrections) for instruction (saith Solomon, Pro. 6.23.) are the way of life. Without instruction …

    Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 295 · Open in the reader

The Unbelievers Preparing for Christ A03617

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    … it is with the ſoule, with a ſtony heart; the Word, the Sacraments, Admonitions, ReproofesReproofs, Counſells, Exhortations, they enter not into it, they prevaile not with it, but it …
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    … it is with the ſoule, with a ſtony heart; the Word, the Sacraments, Admonitions, ReproofesReproofs, Counſells, Exhortations, they enter not into it, they prevaile not with it, but it …

    Thomas Hooker · The Unbelievers Preparing for Christ · p. 143 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Galatians 1-5 A09383

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    … which may not easily be vndone. According to his example, we are in all ReproofesReproofs, to shewe loue, and to keepe loue: to shewe loue to the partie reprooued …
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    … which may not easily be vndone. According to his example, we are in all ReproofesReproofs, to shewe loue, and to keepe loue: to shewe loue to the partie reprooued …

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

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    ReproofesReproofs must not be deferred. 460. 22.
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    ReproofesReproofs must not be deferred. 460. 22.

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

The Government of the Tongue A09391

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    Meekenesse and gentlenesse shewes it selfe in Salutations, Answeres and ReproofesReproofs.
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    Meekenesse and gentlenesse shewes it selfe in Salutations, Answeres and ReproofesReproofs.

    William Perkins · The Government of the Tongue · p. 32 · Open in the reader

The Diseases of the Time A11070

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    … like the Plague, by comming abroad infect farther & become Documents of Vice and not ReproofesReproofs. And I wish there were not another sort of Diseases like the same Sicknesse …
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    … like the Plague, by comming abroad infect farther & become Documents of Vice and not ReproofesReproofs. And I wish there were not another sort of Diseases like the same Sicknesse …

    Francis Rous · The Diseases of the Time · Open in the reader

Exposition of 1 Thessalonians A11591

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    … at and giuen way vnto, in caſe we thinke to hold peace with them. ReproofesReproofs, are gall and worme-wood, til ſuch time as their hearts are reconciled to …
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    … at and giuen way vnto, in caſe we thinke to hold peace with them. ReproofesReproofs, are gall and worme-wood, til ſuch time as their hearts are reconciled to …

    William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · p. 238 · Open in the reader

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    … parts of our office, which the meekeſt temper beſt beſeemes; ſuppoſe inſtruction and exhortation. ReproofesReproofs of open ſinnes, PAVL will haue ſo carried, that others alſo may feare. The …
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    … parts of our office, which the meekeſt temper beſt beſeemes; ſuppoſe inſtruction and exhortation. ReproofesReproofs of open ſinnes, PAVL will haue ſo carried, that others alſo may feare. The …

    William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · p. 257 · Open in the reader

The Returning Backslider A12190

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    ReproofesReproofs for ſin patiently endured is an evidence of the pardon of our ſins, page 315, 316.
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    ReproofesReproofs for ſin patiently endured is an evidence of the pardon of our ſins, page 315, 316.

    Richard Sibbes · The Returning Backslider · Open in the reader

Balm from Gilead to Recover Conscience A14732

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    … easily shaken by a vapour from within: whence it is that the Approofes and ReproofesReproofs of it, are so powerfull and terrible, the one chearing more then any Cordiall …
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    … easily shaken by a vapour from within: whence it is that the Approofes and ReproofesReproofs of it, are so powerfull and terrible, the one chearing more then any Cordiall …

    Samuel Ward · Balm from Gilead to Recover Conscience · p. 18 · Open in the reader

Britains Remembrancer A15627

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    ReproofesReproofs, Contempts, and Close Imprisonments;
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    ReproofesReproofs, Contempts, and Close Imprisonments;

    George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader

The Fire of the Sanctuary Newly Uncovered A17270

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    … mildly. pag. 243. if of reſolution and purpoſe, more ſharply. pag. 247. Two Cautions about ſharpe ReproofesReproofs. pag. 248. Publicke ReproofesReproofs to bee often iterated. pag. 253,
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    … mildly. pag. 243. if of reſolution and purpoſe, more ſharply. pag. 247. Two Cautions about ſharpe ReproofesReproofs. pag. 248. Publicke ReproofesReproofs to bee often iterated. pag. 253,

    Cornelius Burges · The Fire of the Sanctuary Newly Uncovered · Open in the reader

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    … of reſolution and purpoſe, more ſharply. pag. 247. Two Cautions about ſharpe ReproofesReproofs. pag. 248. Publicke ReproofesReproofs to bee often iterated. pag. 253,
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    … of reſolution and purpoſe, more ſharply. pag. 247. Two Cautions about ſharpe ReproofesReproofs. pag. 248. Publicke ReproofesReproofs to bee often iterated. pag. 253,

    Cornelius Burges · The Fire of the Sanctuary Newly Uncovered · Open in the reader

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    … Followeth which is the Circumſtance of Place: I ſpake before, of Priuate, and Publicke ReproofesReproofs; yet that diſcourſe differeth from that I am now vpon. There, I ſhewed what …
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    … Followeth which is the Circumſtance of Place: I ſpake before, of Priuate, and Publicke ReproofesReproofs; yet that diſcourſe differeth from that I am now vpon. There, I ſhewed what …

    Cornelius Burges · The Fire of the Sanctuary Newly Uncovered · p. 439 · Open in the reader

The Light of Faith A17419

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    … mque intereſt exa…i… omnia, vt conſcientia fert, animuſ que , facias, an de induſtria. ReproofesReproofs which come from a man as hee acted a part in a play, are …
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    … mque intereſt exa…i… omnia, vt conſcientia fert, animuſ que , facias, an de induſtria. ReproofesReproofs which come from a man as hee acted a part in a play, are …

    Richard Byfield · The Light of Faith · p. 112 · Open in the reader

Eighty Sermons A20637

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    Beloved, ReproofesReproofs upon others without charity, rather to defame them, then amend them, ReproofesReproofs upon thy …
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    Beloved, ReproofesReproofs upon others without charity, rather to defame them, then amend them, ReproofesReproofs upon thy …

    John Donne · Eighty Sermons · p. 351 · Open in the reader

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    Beloved, ReproofesReproofs upon others without charity, rather to defame them, then amend them, ReproofesReproofs upon thy ſelfe, without ſhewing mercy to thine own ſoule, diffidences, and jealouſies, and …
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    Beloved, ReproofesReproofs upon others without charity, rather to defame them, then amend them, ReproofesReproofs upon thy ſelfe, without ſhewing mercy to thine own ſoule, diffidences, and jealouſies, and …

    John Donne · Eighty Sermons · p. 351 · Open in the reader

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    … thy ſin, or hates thee irremediably, irreconciliably, irrecoverably, irreparably for thy ſin, Theſe are ReproofesReproofs, but they are Abſente ſpiritu, In the abſence of the holy Ghoſt, before he …
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    … thy ſin, or hates thee irremediably, irreconciliably, irrecoverably, irreparably for thy ſin, Theſe are ReproofesReproofs, but they are Abſente ſpiritu, In the abſence of the holy Ghoſt, before he …

    John Donne · Eighty Sermons · p. 351 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Philemon A22481

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    … in their hearts, that wee loue them, and that all our Doctrines, Inſtructions, and ReproofesReproofs, proceede onely from this Fountaine, before wee can mooue them to Attention, Reuerence, and …
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    … in their hearts, that wee loue them, and that all our Doctrines, Inſtructions, and ReproofesReproofs, proceede onely from this Fountaine, before wee can mooue them to Attention, Reuerence, and …

    William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · p. 173 · Open in the reader

Family Reformation Promoted A31438

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    Q. How muſt ſhe beare his ReproofesReproofs?
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    Q. How muſt ſhe beare his ReproofesReproofs?

    Daniel Cawdry · Family Reformation Promoted · p. 109 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Job 32-24 A35535

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    … be reproofe. 79. Negative reproofesreproofs more eaſie then affirmative. 229. Reproofe to be tempered with meekneſſe. 230. ReproofesReproofs ſhould be given with plainneſs. 230. Reproofe to be taken with humble ſilence. 549. A good …
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    … be reproofe. 79. Negative reproofesreproofs more eaſie then affirmative. 229. Reproofe to be tempered with meekneſſe. 230. ReproofesReproofs ſhould be given with plainneſs. 230. Reproofe to be taken with humble ſilence. 549. A good …

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

Exposition of Amos 4-9 A45333

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    ReproofesReproofs belong to great men as well as others; 5, 9, 10. Reproof when hated aggravates sin
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    ReproofesReproofs belong to great men as well as others; 5, 9, 10. Reproof when hated aggravates sin

    Thomas Hall · Exposition of Amos 4-9 · Open in the reader

A Practical and Polemical Commentary Upon 2 Timothy 3-4 A45335

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    … we see any to be teachable or Tractable, and may be wonne by our ReproofesReproofs; of those let us take compassion, pulling them out of this flame. They will …
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    … we see any to be teachable or Tractable, and may be wonne by our ReproofesReproofs; of those let us take compassion, pulling them out of this flame. They will …

    Thomas Hall · A Practical and Polemical Commentary Upon 2 Timothy 3-4 · p. 62 · Open in the reader

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    ReproofesReproofs not to be sleighted.
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    ReproofesReproofs not to be sleighted.

    Thomas Hall · A Practical and Polemical Commentary Upon 2 Timothy 3-4 · Open in the reader

Annotations Upon the Books of Poetry A46807

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    … learned Expoſitors conceive, that this is added with particular reſpect to the words there:) ReproofesReproofs may be at firſt harſh and unpleaſing to the parties reproved, and the faithfull …
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    … learned Expoſitors conceive, that this is added with particular reſpect to the words there:) ReproofesReproofs may be at firſt harſh and unpleaſing to the parties reproved, and the faithfull …

    Arthur Jackson · Annotations Upon the Books of Poetry · p. 60 · Open in the reader

The Disabled Debtor Discharged A57544

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    Their ReproofesReproofs are like the thoughts of jealouſie, Cant. 8 Implacable and Cruell, as the Grave; and …
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    Their ReproofesReproofs are like the thoughts of jealouſie, Cant. 8 Implacable and Cruell, as the Grave; and …

    Nehemiah Rogers · The Disabled Debtor Discharged · p. 14 · Open in the reader

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    … Traytors and Murtherers. And Saint Paul the Galathians, Sotts and Fooles. But ſuch cutting ReproofesReproofs are for rotten Sinners: a weake Doſe will but ſtirre up and anger their …
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    … Traytors and Murtherers. And Saint Paul the Galathians, Sotts and Fooles. But ſuch cutting ReproofesReproofs are for rotten Sinners: a weake Doſe will but ſtirre up and anger their …

    Nehemiah Rogers · The Disabled Debtor Discharged · p. 14 · Open in the reader

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    Next it ſerves to admoniſh you our Hearers, that you profit by our ReproofesReproofs, ſo as to lay your hands upon your mouthes (as ſpeakes the Prophet) and …
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    Next it ſerves to admoniſh you our Hearers, that you profit by our ReproofesReproofs, ſo as to lay your hands upon your mouthes (as ſpeakes the Prophet) and …

    Nehemiah Rogers · The Disabled Debtor Discharged · p. 113 · Open in the reader

Christs Counsel to Poor and Naked Souls A64860

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    … Yet that part which containes the Epiſtles to the ſeven Churches, having in it ReproofesReproofs, Admonitions, Exhortations, and Counſell, is more eaſie and plaine.
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    … Yet that part which containes the Epiſtles to the ſeven Churches, having in it ReproofesReproofs, Admonitions, Exhortations, and Counſell, is more eaſie and plaine.

    Thomas Valentine · Christs Counsel to Poor and Naked Souls · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Covenant Keeping the Way to Blessedness A66098

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    1. Be ſure all your ReproofesReproofs proceed from Love, and not from bitterneſs: Labour therefore after a meek, a gentle …
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    1. Be ſure all your ReproofesReproofs proceed from Love, and not from bitterneſs: Labour therefore after a meek, a gentle …

    Samuel Willard · Covenant Keeping the Way to Blessedness · p. 109 · Open in the reader

Of Domestical Duties A68107

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    ReproofesReproofs therefore muſt be Rare. Meeke.
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    ReproofesReproofs therefore muſt be Rare. Meeke.

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

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    … the children reproued. In regard of their good who are reproued, it is ſaid, ReproofesReproofs for inſtruction are the way of life: they cauſe vnderſtanding; and make prudent. In …
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    … the children reproued. In regard of their good who are reproued, it is ſaid, ReproofesReproofs for inſtruction are the way of life: they cauſe vnderſtanding; and make prudent. In …

    William Gouge · Of Domestical Duties · p. 551 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ezekiel 6-13 A85667

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    … not enter into a ſtone but into fleſh, ſeaſons it, and makes it ſavory: ReproofesReproofs are Salt, they enter into fleſhy and tender hearts, Prov. 17.10. A reproofe entereth more …
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    … not enter into a ſtone but into fleſh, ſeaſons it, and makes it ſavory: ReproofesReproofs are Salt, they enter into fleſhy and tender hearts, Prov. 17.10. A reproofe entereth more …

    William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 6-13 · p. 448 · Open in the reader

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    … be a kindneſſe, and let him reprove me, it ſhall be an excellent oyle: ReproofesReproofs ſoften tender hearts, harden ſtony ones, Proverbs 29.1.
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    … be a kindneſſe, and let him reprove me, it ſhall be an excellent oyle: ReproofesReproofs ſoften tender hearts, harden ſtony ones, Proverbs 29.1.

    William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 6-13 · p. 448 · Open in the reader

The Saints Guide A86532

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    … us breake his Bonds aſſunder, and caſt his Cords from us. Gods Counſells, Commands, ReproofesReproofs, &c. are the cords they breake: the threatnings of the word, the checkes of …
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    … us breake his Bonds aſſunder, and caſt his Cords from us. Gods Counſells, Commands, ReproofesReproofs, &c. are the cords they breake: the threatnings of the word, the checkes of …

    Thomas Hooker · The Saints Guide · p. 19 · Open in the reader

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    … ſo heavy; if now ye get a hear to yeeld to the Councells and ReproofesReproofs of God, to ſubmit and come in, your ſinnes ſhall be pardoned, your perſons …
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    … ſo heavy; if now ye get a hear to yeeld to the Councells and ReproofesReproofs of God, to ſubmit and come in, your ſinnes ſhall be pardoned, your perſons …

    Thomas Hooker · The Saints Guide · p. 75 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Proverbs 1-3 A95065

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    ReproofesReproofs common ſhould be publick. chap. 1.21. Doct. 1. They muſt not be ſharp at firſt. chap …
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    ReproofesReproofs common ſhould be publick. chap. 1.21. Doct. 1. They muſt not be ſharp at firſt. chap …

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

Two Sermons A95867

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    … Yet that part which containes the Epiſtles to the ſeven Churches, having in it ReproofesReproofs, Admonitions, Exhortations, and Counſell, is more eaſie and plaine.
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    … Yet that part which containes the Epiſtles to the ſeven Churches, having in it ReproofesReproofs, Admonitions, Exhortations, and Counſell, is more eaſie and plaine.

    Thomas Valentine · Two Sermons · p. 1 · Open in the reader

The Power of Godliness B17454

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    … a man useth courteous and fair speeches. This must be shewed in Salutations, Answers, ReproofesReproofs. Daily experience can testifie that it maketh much for the maintaining of love, to …
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    … a man useth courteous and fair speeches. This must be shewed in Salutations, Answers, ReproofesReproofs. Daily experience can testifie that it maketh much for the maintaining of love, to …

    John Ball · The Power of Godliness · p. 313 · Open in the reader