Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #25160 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

whiewhy

ie for a final y, y for i: mercie → mercy, tyme → time.

Puritas changed it: 235 times in 68 works
Consistency: 80.4% (235 of 292)
Reach if approved: ~307 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: why
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 292 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (235 changes in 68 works, 80.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 235)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

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… they ought to doe. So much of this queſtion and the vſe of it, whiewhy it was meete that Gods word ſhould be written.
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… they ought to doe. So much of this queſtion and the vſe of it, whiewhy it was meete that Gods word ſhould be written.
Samuel Hieron · The Dignity of the Scripture · p. 18 · Open in the reader
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… ouer all ciuil Maieſtrates and paſtors within the eccleſiaſtical bodie of the church. For whiewhy ſhould not the pope the ciuill Maieſtrate granting him this ſuperioritie, as all they …
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… ouer all ciuil Maieſtrates and paſtors within the eccleſiaſtical bodie of the church. For whiewhy ſhould not the pope the ciuill Maieſtrate granting him this ſuperioritie, as all they …
John Penry · View of Public Wants and Disorders in Wales · p. 30 · Open in the reader
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… or sheepe vpon earth) shall be a riche man and too too wealthie. And whiewhy so? Marke their droonken reason. Forsooth because the rame is a fruitfull beast vpon …
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… or sheepe vpon earth) shall be a riche man and too too wealthie. And whiewhy so? Marke their droonken reason. Forsooth because the rame is a fruitfull beast vpon …
Philip Stubbes · The Anatomy of Abuses Part 2 · Open in the reader
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… an other tongue rather, then that wherein it was written and deliuered vnto her: whiewhy in the latine more, then in ſome other language, and ſpeciallie the Greeke, ſeing …
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… an other tongue rather, then that wherein it was written and deliuered vnto her: whiewhy in the latine more, then in ſome other language, and ſpeciallie the Greeke, ſeing …
William Whitaker · Answer to Reynolds Book · p. 278 · Open in the reader
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… Also, whether the holy ghost were not there present? Wherfore if these be true, whiewhy do they with their sectes, spoile the Churche of Peter of her honor, and …
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… Also, whether the holy ghost were not there present? Wherfore if these be true, whiewhy do they with their sectes, spoile the Churche of Peter of her honor, and …
Henrich Bullinger · Questions of Religion · p. 41 · Open in the reader
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… the workes of ordinarie Creation ceasing, and no speciall reason now to be giuen, whiewhy myraculously anie such Creation should be renued by those seruants of Pharaoh: but rather …
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… the workes of ordinarie Creation ceasing, and no speciall reason now to be giuen, whiewhy myraculously anie such Creation should be renued by those seruants of Pharaoh: but rather …
Thomas Cooper · Satan Transformed Into an Angel of Light · p. 173 · Open in the reader
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I wryte not this without a cause / for whiewhy / there where some amonge thē / w^c boasted both of this and muche more / to …
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I wryte not this without a cause / for whiewhy / there where some amonge thē / w^c boasted both of this and muche more / to …
John Bale · The Vocation of John Bale to the Bishopric · Open in the reader
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Thirtllie, it may bee demaunded whiewhy the Apoſtle ſhould ſay that all thinges are giuen vnto vs by the diuine …
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Thirtllie, it may bee demaunded whiewhy the Apoſtle ſhould ſay that all thinges are giuen vnto vs by the diuine …
George Gifford · Sermons Upon Divers Texts · p. 119 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (57)

43 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 37 are listed here. 14 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Rejoinder to Bristows Reply A01324

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… his great grants to the married Bishops of Rome: Bristowe crieth, blessing on Iouinian. WhieWhy Bristowe, Was there neuer any Bishop of Rome married? Was there no priest married …
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… his great grants to the married Bishops of Rome: Bristowe crieth, blessing on Iouinian. WhieWhy Bristowe, Was there neuer any Bishop of Rome married? Was there no priest married …
William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 284 · Open in the reader
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… or else by the seuerall tongues, that is to say, by the priuate tongues. WhieWhy, howe nowe Bristowe? is the Latine tongue the common tongue of the whole worlde …
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… or else by the seuerall tongues, that is to say, by the priuate tongues. WhieWhy, howe nowe Bristowe? is the Latine tongue the common tongue of the whole worlde …
William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 296 · Open in the reader

Sermons Upon Divers Texts A01711

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… other vnto diſhonour? Or ſhall the thing formed ſay to him that formed it, WhieWhy haſt thou made me thus? O beloued, let vs lay aſide all ſuch vaine …
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… other vnto diſhonour? Or ſhall the thing formed ſay to him that formed it, WhieWhy haſt thou made me thus? O beloued, let vs lay aſide all ſuch vaine …
George Gifford · Sermons Upon Divers Texts · p. 104 · Open in the reader

Two Sermons on 1 Peter 5:8-9 A01739

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… other vnto diſhonour? Or ſhall the thing formed ſay to him that formed it, WhieWhy haſt thou made me thus? O beloued, let vs lay aſide all ſuch vaine …
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… other vnto diſhonour? Or ſhall the thing formed ſay to him that formed it, WhieWhy haſt thou made me thus? O beloued, let vs lay aſide all ſuch vaine …
George Gifford · Two Sermons on 1 Peter 5:8-9 · p. 104 · Open in the reader

Some Laid Open in his Colors A02200

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… inferre vpon that? marry that many thousands are at this day vnbaptised, & what then? WhieWhy then they ought to be brought back againe to baptisme: Nay soft, by his …
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… inferre vpon that? marry that many thousands are at this day vnbaptised, & what then? WhieWhy then they ought to be brought back againe to baptisme: Nay soft, by his …
Job Throckmorton · Some Laid Open in his Colors · p. 67 · Open in the reader

Read John Bridges A07038

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… goe about to direct him / woulde they? And that in his owne dominions to? WhieWhy brother Bridges can this stand with the dutie of a good subiect? Why? He …
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… goe about to direct him / woulde they? And that in his owne dominions to? WhieWhy brother Bridges can this stand with the dutie of a good subiect? Why? He …
Martin Marprelate · Read John Bridges · Open in the reader

The Just Censure and Reproof of Martin Junior A07041

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… You ſee England wil be made too hore for him, if hee be liuing. WhieWhy thou ſimple and vnexperienced ladde, thou, my father, my father, I tell thee had …
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… You ſee England wil be made too hore for him, if hee be liuing. WhieWhy thou ſimple and vnexperienced ladde, thou, my father, my father, I tell thee had …
Martin Marprelate · The Just Censure and Reproof of Martin Junior · Open in the reader
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… and ſworde, vnto as manie as profeſſe themſelues to be the true ſubjects thereof? WhieWhy thou ſeeſt he goes a viſiting purpoſlie for no other end, but to make …
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… and ſworde, vnto as manie as profeſſe themſelues to be the true ſubjects thereof? WhieWhy thou ſeeſt he goes a viſiting purpoſlie for no other end, but to make …
Martin Marprelate · The Just Censure and Reproof of Martin Junior · Open in the reader
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… inheritance, the Piſtling of biſhops had belonged, after the deceaſe of reuerend Martin himſelfe. WhieWhy who ſhould ſette out my fathers writings but I, Martin Senior, his ſonne? At …
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… inheritance, the Piſtling of biſhops had belonged, after the deceaſe of reuerend Martin himſelfe. WhieWhy who ſhould ſette out my fathers writings but I, Martin Senior, his ſonne? At …
Martin Marprelate · The Just Censure and Reproof of Martin Junior · Open in the reader
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… our ennemies abroad, and therefore had neede of no cauſes of diſcouragement at home. WhieWhy man, this were alſo ſuch a courſe as it would deſcrie our biſhops Engliſh …
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… our ennemies abroad, and therefore had neede of no cauſes of diſcouragement at home. WhieWhy man, this were alſo ſuch a courſe as it would deſcrie our biſhops Engliſh …
Martin Marprelate · The Just Censure and Reproof of Martin Junior · Open in the reader
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… biſhops Engliſh wilt thou ſay? Now I pray you, reuerend brother, what is that? WhieWhy Iacke doeſt thou not vnderſtand what our biſhoppes Engliſh meaneth? I doe not greatly …
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… biſhops Engliſh wilt thou ſay? Now I pray you, reuerend brother, what is that? WhieWhy Iacke doeſt thou not vnderſtand what our biſhoppes Engliſh meaneth? I doe not greatly …
Martin Marprelate · The Just Censure and Reproof of Martin Junior · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Apostles Creed A08483

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… For he iuſtifieth all his elect, from the beginning of the world. Act. 15. verſ. 10.11. WhieWhy tempte ye God, laying a yoake vpon the Diſciples neckes, that neither our fathers …
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… For he iuſtifieth all his elect, from the beginning of the world. Act. 15. verſ. 10.11. WhieWhy tempte ye God, laying a yoake vpon the Diſciples neckes, that neither our fathers …
Caspar Olevian · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 81 · Open in the reader
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… that are in them: Who hast ſaide by the mouth of thy ſeruant Dauid: WhieWhy did the Gentiles rage, and the people imagine vaine thinges▪ The kinges of the …
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… that are in them: Who hast ſaide by the mouth of thy ſeruant Dauid: WhieWhy did the Gentiles rage, and the people imagine vaine thinges▪ The kinges of the …
Caspar Olevian · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 115 · Open in the reader

View of Public Wants and Disorders in Wales A09300

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… did I publiſh a matter of ſuch waight, before I aquainted the parliament therewith? WhieWhy it is publiſhed to the ende, that the parliament may bee acquainted with the …
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… did I publiſh a matter of ſuch waight, before I aquainted the parliament therewith? WhieWhy it is publiſhed to the ende, that the parliament may bee acquainted with the …
John Penry · View of Public Wants and Disorders in Wales · p. 79 · Open in the reader

Of Nature and Grace A10112

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… earthly by nature, hated by deſert, condemned by iuſtice, and reprobate in them ſelues. WhieWhy yet ſome are by grace beloued, ſaued by mercy, vouchſafed heauen by adoption, choſen …
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… earthly by nature, hated by deſert, condemned by iuſtice, and reprobate in them ſelues. WhieWhy yet ſome are by grace beloued, ſaued by mercy, vouchſafed heauen by adoption, choſen …
John Prime · Of Nature and Grace · p. 59 · Open in the reader

Collection of Discourses A14212

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… alſo an other thinge to be much bewailed and lamented. But what is that? WhieWhy this, that if iudgment doe not immediatly enſue on theſe threats, the world growes …
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… alſo an other thinge to be much bewailed and lamented. But what is that? WhieWhy this, that if iudgment doe not immediatly enſue on theſe threats, the world growes …
Zacharias Ursinus · Collection of Discourses · p. 331 · Open in the reader

Ceremonies of the Monstrous Popish Mass A14460

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… the hoſt and oblation, is made an ende of. And therefore go after it. WhieWhy? then muſt they go into out yōg Maiſters bellie that hath eaten it? Now …
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… the hoſt and oblation, is made an ende of. And therefore go after it. WhieWhy? then muſt they go into out yōg Maiſters bellie that hath eaten it? Now …
Pierre Viret · Ceremonies of the Monstrous Popish Mass · p. 243 · Open in the reader

Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion A17183

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… Lord, which honge vppon the Croſſe, did heare the Angell of the Lord ſay. WhieWhy ſeeke yee the liuinge among the dead? hee is not heere but is riſen …
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… Lord, which honge vppon the Croſſe, did heare the Angell of the Lord ſay. WhieWhy ſeeke yee the liuinge among the dead? hee is not heere but is riſen …
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 68 · Open in the reader
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… greater feare compelled to charitie, his charitie once perfect, did caſte out al feare. WhieWhy then ſhould not the Church therfore compell her loſt children to returne, ſince the …
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… greater feare compelled to charitie, his charitie once perfect, did caſte out al feare. WhieWhy then ſhould not the Church therfore compell her loſt children to returne, ſince the …
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 204 · Open in the reader
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… in defēce of religion againſt vngodlines? Whē as yet that Prophecie was in fulfilling: WhieWhy did the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kinges of …
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… in defēce of religion againſt vngodlines? Whē as yet that Prophecie was in fulfilling: WhieWhy did the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kinges of …
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 205 · Open in the reader
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… fauourable to y^e adultreſſe, that was taken euen as the déede was in doing. WhieWhy doe not theſe merrie conceipted men cōſider how ſeuerely the Lord did puniſh Dauid …
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… fauourable to y^e adultreſſe, that was taken euen as the déede was in doing. WhieWhy doe not theſe merrie conceipted men cōſider how ſeuerely the Lord did puniſh Dauid …
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 233 · Open in the reader
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… together of adulterous perſons. Vnto the wicked the Lord in the Pſalmes doth ſay: WhieWhy doeſt thou take my couenaunt in thy mouth, whereas thou hateſt to be refourmed …
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… together of adulterous perſons. Vnto the wicked the Lord in the Pſalmes doth ſay: WhieWhy doeſt thou take my couenaunt in thy mouth, whereas thou hateſt to be refourmed …
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 237 · Open in the reader

An Answer to a Popish Libel A17245

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… vſe what meanes they can, not to be diſcouered for ſuch as they are. WhieWhy ſhould ther not be aſwel a ſigne distinctiue of the order, as of the …
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… vſe what meanes they can, not to be diſcouered for ſuch as they are. WhieWhy ſhould ther not be aſwel a ſigne distinctiue of the order, as of the …
Francis Bunny · An Answer to a Popish Libel · p. 101 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

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WhieWhy they laugh our plaine dealing in Gods seruice to scorne.
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WhieWhy they laugh our plaine dealing in Gods seruice to scorne.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader
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WhieWhy we that be Christians should not so nicelie or superstitiouslie (as wee doe) keepe …
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WhieWhy we that be Christians should not so nicelie or superstitiouslie (as wee doe) keepe …
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader
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WhieWhy it is saide of Paul, that God giueth vs being vnto Saluation.
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WhieWhy it is saide of Paul, that God giueth vs being vnto Saluation.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader
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WhieWhy Satan is named the Prince of this world.
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WhieWhy Satan is named the Prince of this world.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 A18080

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WHieWhy ſhould yow note here that Cyprians place was abuſed by the Papiſtes? yt is …
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WHieWhy ſhould yow note here that Cyprians place was abuſed by the Papiſtes? yt is …
Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 · p. XXX · Open in the reader

The Vocation of John Bale to the Bishopric A68157

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… from so manye daungerouse ieopardyes / and spareth not so to report them. 2. Cor. 11. et. 12. WhieWhy shulde I than shrinke or be ashamed to do the lyke / hauinge at Gods …
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… from so manye daungerouse ieopardyes / and spareth not so to report them. 2. Cor. 11. et. 12. WhieWhy shulde I than shrinke or be ashamed to do the lyke / hauinge at Gods …
John Bale · The Vocation of John Bale to the Bishopric · p. 5 · Open in the reader
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… his profession. Than counselled I hym / that he neuer shulde boast of it more. WhieWhy (sayth he) it is ā honour in this lande / to haue a spirituall man …
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… his profession. Than counselled I hym / that he neuer shulde boast of it more. WhieWhy (sayth he) it is ā honour in this lande / to haue a spirituall man …
John Bale · The Vocation of John Bale to the Bishopric · p. 18 · Open in the reader
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… myselfe / and I shulde (he sayde) in the shippe / haue althinges to my mynde. WhieWhy (sayde I) ye go not my waye / neither is it fitt for me to …
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… myselfe / and I shulde (he sayde) in the shippe / haue althinges to my mynde. WhieWhy (sayde I) ye go not my waye / neither is it fitt for me to …
John Bale · The Vocation of John Bale to the Bishopric · Open in the reader
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… to be an honest man. Marry sayde he / he wolde haue fledde into Scotlāde. WhieWhy saith the baylyfe / and knowest thu any impediment / wherfor he ought not to haue …
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… to be an honest man. Marry sayde he / he wolde haue fledde into Scotlāde. WhieWhy saith the baylyfe / and knowest thu any impediment / wherfor he ought not to haue …
John Bale · The Vocation of John Bale to the Bishopric · Open in the reader

A Hundred Sermons on Revelation B11837

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… is none that can open the boke, and open the ſeales, beſides Chriſt alone. WhieWhy than is the adminiſtration of thinges attributed or communicated to ſainctes, none can open …
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… is none that can open the boke, and open the ſeales, beſides Chriſt alone. WhieWhy than is the adminiſtration of thinges attributed or communicated to ſainctes, none can open …
Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · p. 158 · Open in the reader
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… S. Auſten of the Citie of God. But our heauenly Sainctes, are not Deuilles. WhieWhy vnderſtonde they not that this Aultar of incenſe ſtandeth nowe in Heauen on the …
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… S. Auſten of the Citie of God. But our heauenly Sainctes, are not Deuilles. WhieWhy vnderſtonde they not that this Aultar of incenſe ſtandeth nowe in Heauen on the …
Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · p. 170 · Open in the reader
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… but theſe euilles inuade alſo the beſt that is. So they doe in dede. WhieWhy God permitteth this S. Auſten ſheweth at large in the firſt boke of the …
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… but theſe euilles inuade alſo the beſt that is. So they doe in dede. WhieWhy God permitteth this S. Auſten ſheweth at large in the firſt boke of the …
Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · p. 192 · Open in the reader
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… in ſo great a cōpany of wolues ſo long time, & that directly agaynſt wolues. WhieWhy they were not by and by torne in peces? The lorde God almightie hath …
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… in ſo great a cōpany of wolues ſo long time, & that directly agaynſt wolues. WhieWhy they were not by and by torne in peces? The lorde God almightie hath …
Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · p. 322 · Open in the reader
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… ſoule of pore Lazarus diyng was caried by Angelles into the boſome of Abraham. WhieWhy than ſhould we maruell that Angelles ſtande at the gates? For by the true …
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… ſoule of pore Lazarus diyng was caried by Angelles into the boſome of Abraham. WhieWhy than ſhould we maruell that Angelles ſtande at the gates? For by the true …
Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · p. 651 · Open in the reader