Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2574 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

nailesnails

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

Puritas changed it: 903 times in 464 works
Consistency: 90.3% (903 of 1,000)
Reach if approved: ~1,051 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: nails
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,000 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (903 changes in 464 works, 90.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 903)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

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… not worship all the speares, which are vsed in the warres, nor all the nailesnails which are made in the smithes forges, nor all the sponges which growe in …
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… not worship all the speares, which are vsed in the warres, nor all the nailesnails which are made in the smithes forges, nor all the sponges which growe in …
Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · p. 241 · Open in the reader
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… of them according to his peculiar portion and proportion, giuing sence euen to thy nailesnails and the heares of thy head, which are but outgrowings and not parts of …
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… of them according to his peculiar portion and proportion, giuing sence euen to thy nailesnails and the heares of thy head, which are but outgrowings and not parts of …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 183 · Open in the reader
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… solde Christ: not the woundes of his pearced bodie: not the print of the nailesnails in his handes and feete: not the scattering of the disciples the Shepheard beeing …
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… solde Christ: not the woundes of his pearced bodie: not the print of the nailesnails in his handes and feete: not the scattering of the disciples the Shepheard beeing …
John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader
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… and within a fewe dayes after, her face will be all bescratched with the nailesnails. And I haue heard that some olde woman comming in, her face hath indeed …
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… and within a fewe dayes after, her face will be all bescratched with the nailesnails. And I haue heard that some olde woman comming in, her face hath indeed …
George Gifford · Dialogue Concerning Witches and Witchcrafts · Open in the reader
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… and pearce Christ with thy sinnes, than euer he was pricked with thornes and nailesnails? or can the thornes of Christ crucified be pretious to thee, when the thornes …
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… and pearce Christ with thy sinnes, than euer he was pricked with thornes and nailesnails? or can the thornes of Christ crucified be pretious to thee, when the thornes …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 367 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Anſw. The precepts of the Morall Law. The ſayings of the wiſe are as nailesnails and ſtakes, faſtened to range men in the compaſſe of their duties, Eccleſ. 12.11. If …
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… Anſw. The precepts of the Morall Law. The ſayings of the wiſe are as nailesnails and ſtakes, faſtened to range men in the compaſſe of their duties, Eccleſ. 12.11. If …
William Hinde · The Office and Use of the Moral Law · p. 97 · Open in the reader
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… hauing onely tops or heads, but they were long, and went through: ſeauentlie, the nailesnails did not ſticke out on the other ſide, but they turned backe, ſo that …
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… hauing onely tops or heads, but they were long, and went through: ſeauentlie, the nailesnails did not ſticke out on the other ſide, but they turned backe, ſo that …
François Hotman · The Brutish Thunderbolt · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… broken off, for they may as well be ſpared as the paring of our nailesnails, and therefore not ſufficient to juſtle out a godly life, from the practice of …
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… broken off, for they may as well be ſpared as the paring of our nailesnails, and therefore not ſufficient to juſtle out a godly life, from the practice of …
Paul Baynes · Brief Directions Unto a Godly Life · p. 112 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (97)

51 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 48 are listed here. 46 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Happiness of the Church A01956

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3. It is offensiue to his Feeling: so sharp, that the Speare, Thornes, Whips, and NailesNails, were blunt to it: Our iniquities were so heauy to his sense, that he …
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3. It is offensiue to his Feeling: so sharp, that the Speare, Thornes, Whips, and NailesNails, were blunt to it: Our iniquities were so heauy to his sense, that he …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 375 · Open in the reader

Antichrist the Pope of Rome A06098

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… Rome, or ſaying a ſhort praier in the Primer, or deuoutly worſhipping the Croſſe, NailesNails, Whip, Launce, Heart, or Handes, of Chriſt painted on a wall. Yea thirdly, if …
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… Rome, or ſaying a ſhort praier in the Primer, or deuoutly worſhipping the Croſſe, NailesNails, Whip, Launce, Heart, or Handes, of Chriſt painted on a wall. Yea thirdly, if …
Thomas Beard · Antichrist the Pope of Rome · p. 389 · Open in the reader

The Bee Hive of the Romish Church A07026

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… the holie Crosse? For admit shee doeth worship fiue or sixe Speares, and some NailesNails, yet will she not worship all the speares, which are vsed in the warres …
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… the holie Crosse? For admit shee doeth worship fiue or sixe Speares, and some NailesNails, yet will she not worship all the speares, which are vsed in the warres …
Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · p. 241 · Open in the reader

Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny A07225

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… all Germany there was scene vpon mens garments, Crosses, crownes of thornes, similitude of NailesNails, and drops of bloud f…ll from heauen, and oftentimes they fell within the …
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… all Germany there was scene vpon mens garments, Crosses, crownes of thornes, similitude of NailesNails, and drops of bloud f…ll from heauen, and oftentimes they fell within the …
John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 92 · Open in the reader
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… crosses seene vpon mens garments, and figures of c…ownes of Thornes, and of NailesNails, and of drops of bloud fell from heauen, that many daies after the women …
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… crosses seene vpon mens garments, and figures of c…ownes of Thornes, and of NailesNails, and of drops of bloud fell from heauen, that many daies after the women …
John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 155 · Open in the reader

Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion A07769

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… the greatest and notablest parts, but as for the smaller parts, as the Uices, NailesNails, Pinnes, Riuers, Buttons and such like, I haue thought them to be but bywoorks …
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… the greatest and notablest parts, but as for the smaller parts, as the Uices, NailesNails, Pinnes, Riuers, Buttons and such like, I haue thought them to be but bywoorks …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 175 · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

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… for one yeares space cateth neither Fish not Flesh, nor cutteth his Haire, or NailesNails: vseth certaine prayers dayly, eateth but one meale, and that after he hath washed …
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… for one yeares space cateth neither Fish not Flesh, nor cutteth his Haire, or NailesNails: vseth certaine prayers dayly, eateth but one meale, and that after he hath washed …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 419 · Open in the reader
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… part out of Barbosa) eates no Betele, nor shaueth his beard, nor cutteth his NailesNails: eateth but once a day, and before he doth it, washeth all his body …
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… part out of Barbosa) eates no Betele, nor shaueth his beard, nor cutteth his NailesNails: eateth but once a day, and before he doth it, washeth all his body …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 422 · Open in the reader
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… the Grandille they say (if they say truly) hath the marks of the Passion, NailesNails, Pillar, Whippes, Thornes, Wounds, exceeding stigmaticall Francis.
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… the Grandille they say (if they say truly) hath the marks of the Passion, NailesNails, Pillar, Whippes, Thornes, Wounds, exceeding stigmaticall Francis.
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 616 · Open in the reader

A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered A13078

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… maketh them presagious of their destruction to come by it: Their adoring of the NailesNails, the Speare and weapons that killed Christ, argues their sympathie with Sathan & the Iewes …
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… maketh them presagious of their destruction to come by it: Their adoring of the NailesNails, the Speare and weapons that killed Christ, argues their sympathie with Sathan & the Iewes …
William Struther · A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered · p. 125 · Open in the reader

The True Catholic A13971

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… handled ſome of them elſewhere, becauſe Gods words are compared by the preacher to NailesNails: and muſt therfore be faſtened by many ſtrokes. And our Sauiour in the goſpell …
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… handled ſome of them elſewhere, becauſe Gods words are compared by the preacher to NailesNails: and muſt therfore be faſtened by many ſtrokes. And our Sauiour in the goſpell …
Francis Trigge · The True Catholic · p. 453 · Open in the reader

The Wonders of the Lodestone A14727

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… are made of it, but such as are ordinary, as Horse-shooes, Keyes, Lockes, NailesNails, Sawes, Mattocks, Plow-shares, to say nothing of Warlike Slings, Guns, Bullets, and such …
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… are made of it, but such as are ordinary, as Horse-shooes, Keyes, Lockes, NailesNails, Sawes, Mattocks, Plow-shares, to say nothing of Warlike Slings, Guns, Bullets, and such …
Samuel Ward · The Wonders of the Lodestone · p. 174 · Open in the reader

A Model of Divinity A15824

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… bind, ſo will the cords of loue. Hoſ. 11.4. Zach. 11.7. But cords may be vnknitt: NailesNails will faſten, and wee haue the words of the wiſe as nailesnails faſtned by …
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… bind, ſo will the cords of loue. Hoſ. 11.4. Zach. 11.7. But cords may be vnknitt: NailesNails will faſten, and wee haue the words of the wiſe as nailesnails faſtned by …
John Yates · A Model of Divinity · p. 19 · Open in the reader

The Drunkards Character A15845

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… hee was scoff'd at, scornd, scourged, beaten with Rodds, crowned with Thornes, pierced with NailesNails, nailed to the Crosse, fild with reproaches, as unmindfull of all his owne griefes …
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… hee was scoff'd at, scornd, scourged, beaten with Rodds, crowned with Thornes, pierced with NailesNails, nailed to the Crosse, fild with reproaches, as unmindfull of all his owne griefes …
Richard Younge · The Drunkards Character · p. 523 · Open in the reader

Sin Stigmatized A15847

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… hee was ſcoff'd at, ſcornd, ſcourged, beaten with Rodds, crowned with Thornes, pierced with NailesNails, nailed to the Croſſe, fild with reproaches, as unmindfull of all his owne griefes …
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… hee was ſcoff'd at, ſcornd, ſcourged, beaten with Rodds, crowned with Thornes, pierced with NailesNails, nailed to the Croſſe, fild with reproaches, as unmindfull of all his owne griefes …
Richard Younge · Sin Stigmatized · p. 523 · Open in the reader

Work More Work and a Little More Work for a Mass-Priest A19252

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… caſt into the ſea. ſpawne thinke you, that wee haue ſuch a frie of NailesNails?
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… caſt into the ſea. ſpawne thinke you, that wee haue ſuch a frie of NailesNails?
Alexander Cooke · Work More Work and a Little More Work for a Mass-Priest · p. 71 · Open in the reader

Solomons Temple Spiritualized A30206

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2. Some of these NailesNails were types of the holy words of God, which for ever are setled in …
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2. Some of these NailesNails were types of the holy words of God, which for ever are setled in …
John Bunyan · Solomons Temple Spiritualized · p. 172 · Open in the reader
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… drawing, so God's Words prick Christians on in their Holy Duties. They are called NailesNails, to shew, that as Nails, when fastned well in a sure place, are not …
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… drawing, so God's Words prick Christians on in their Holy Duties. They are called NailesNails, to shew, that as Nails, when fastned well in a sure place, are not …
John Bunyan · Solomons Temple Spiritualized · p. 172 · Open in the reader
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The Lord Jesus then, and his Holy Words are the Golden NailesNails of the Temple, and the fixing of these Nails in the Temple, was to …
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The Lord Jesus then, and his Holy Words are the Golden NailesNails of the Temple, and the fixing of these Nails in the Temple, was to …
John Bunyan · Solomons Temple Spiritualized · p. 172 · Open in the reader

Some Gospel Truths Opened A30208

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… the Lord, except he did also see in his hands the print of the NailesNails, and put his fingers into the prin… of the Nails, and thrust his hand …
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… the Lord, except he did also see in his hands the print of the NailesNails, and put his fingers into the prin… of the Nails, and thrust his hand …
John Bunyan · Some Gospel Truths Opened · p. 54 · Open in the reader

The Practical Divinity of the Papists Discovered to be Destructive A33363

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… but the man could not long ſurvive that hot brunt, dying ſhortly after. The NailesNails wherewith Chriſt was faſtened to the Croſs, were three or four at moſt Barronius …
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… but the man could not long ſurvive that hot brunt, dying ſhortly after. The NailesNails wherewith Chriſt was faſtened to the Croſs, were three or four at moſt Barronius …
David Clarkson · The Practical Divinity of the Papists Discovered to be Destructive · p. 196 · Open in the reader
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… the rumour was, being ſent by Helena to Conſtantine, loſt quite the form of NailesNails, being uſed for the making of a Bridle and a Helmet for the Emperour …
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… the rumour was, being ſent by Helena to Conſtantine, loſt quite the form of NailesNails, being uſed for the making of a Bridle and a Helmet for the Emperour …
David Clarkson · The Practical Divinity of the Papists Discovered to be Destructive · p. 196 · Open in the reader
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… neceſſary (or rather to have ſaid nothing at all without better ground) leſt the NailesNails of the Thieves might have divine worſhip for thoſe of Chriſts). Gregory of Tours …
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… neceſſary (or rather to have ſaid nothing at all without better ground) leſt the NailesNails of the Thieves might have divine worſhip for thoſe of Chriſts). Gregory of Tours …
David Clarkson · The Practical Divinity of the Papists Discovered to be Destructive · p. 196 · Open in the reader
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… Adriatick Sea, where it ſeems it Spawned, and from thence came the multitude of NailesNails which were ſhew'd and adored for the true one: (This is as ſatisfactory, as …
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… Adriatick Sea, where it ſeems it Spawned, and from thence came the multitude of NailesNails which were ſhew'd and adored for the true one: (This is as ſatisfactory, as …
David Clarkson · The Practical Divinity of the Papists Discovered to be Destructive · p. 196 · Open in the reader
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… Spear, ſay ſome; others will have it wholly made of them, and then theſe NailesNails had need be twenty times more than ever touch'd the Croſs, or elſe they …
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… Spear, ſay ſome; others will have it wholly made of them, and then theſe NailesNails had need be twenty times more than ever touch'd the Croſs, or elſe they …
David Clarkson · The Practical Divinity of the Papists Discovered to be Destructive · p. 196 · Open in the reader

A Brief Exposition of the Book of Ecclesiastes A34666

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… to let out corruption, Acts 2.37. Secondly, Goads to ſtir up to duty, Eccleſ. 12.11. Thirdly, NailesNails to drive in and faſten good counſel, Eccleſ. 12.11. Fourthly, Balm to heale ſores, Pſal …
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… to let out corruption, Acts 2.37. Secondly, Goads to ſtir up to duty, Eccleſ. 12.11. Thirdly, NailesNails to drive in and faſten good counſel, Eccleſ. 12.11. Fourthly, Balm to heale ſores, Pſal …
John Cotton · A Brief Exposition of the Book of Ecclesiastes · p. 123 · Open in the reader
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Fourthly, from their efficacy, as 1. Goads. 2. NailesNails, v. 11.
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Fourthly, from their efficacy, as 1. Goads. 2. NailesNails, v. 11.
John Cotton · A Brief Exposition of the Book of Ecclesiastes · p. 263 · Open in the reader
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… to duty, 2 Pet. 1.13, & 3, 1. and to ſubdue an enemy like Shamgars Goad, Judg. 3.31. 2 Cor. 10.4, 5: As NailesNails ſticking faſt in the foule, Pſal 119.93. and faſtening us to God, John 15.7. To our …
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… to duty, 2 Pet. 1.13, & 3, 1. and to ſubdue an enemy like Shamgars Goad, Judg. 3.31. 2 Cor. 10.4, 5: As NailesNails ſticking faſt in the foule, Pſal 119.93. and faſtening us to God, John 15.7. To our …
John Cotton · A Brief Exposition of the Book of Ecclesiastes · p. 268 · Open in the reader
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… of Scripture are the words of the wiſe, quickning like Goads and faſtened like NailesNails, implanted by many Maſters. of the Aſſemblies, yet given by one Paſtor.
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… of Scripture are the words of the wiſe, quickning like Goads and faſtened like NailesNails, implanted by many Maſters. of the Aſſemblies, yet given by one Paſtor.
John Cotton · A Brief Exposition of the Book of Ecclesiastes · p. 269 · Open in the reader
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… wounding an enemy, whether luſt or gainſayer (as Shamgars Goad, Judg. 3.31.) 2 Cor. 10.4, 5. Titus 1.9. As NailesNails, 1. Driving at firſt the ſharp but ſmal end into the heart; things that may …
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… wounding an enemy, whether luſt or gainſayer (as Shamgars Goad, Judg. 3.31.) 2 Cor. 10.4, 5. Titus 1.9. As NailesNails, 1. Driving at firſt the ſharp but ſmal end into the heart; things that may …
John Cotton · A Brief Exposition of the Book of Ecclesiastes · p. 269 · Open in the reader

The Way of Life A34698

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… hearts of his people; Hence it is, that the Word is called Goads and NailesNails, Eccles. 12.11. God hath set an edge upon the Word, and given it a piercing …
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… hearts of his people; Hence it is, that the Word is called Goads and NailesNails, Eccles. 12.11. God hath set an edge upon the Word, and given it a piercing …
John Cotton · The Way of Life · p. 163 · Open in the reader

Divine Characters in Two Parts A35147

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The wiſe Chriſtian likes thoſe words beſt which are as Goades and NailesNails , driven to the head by the Maſters of the Aſſemblies; and holds him to …
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The wiſe Chriſtian likes thoſe words beſt which are as Goades and NailesNails , driven to the head by the Maſters of the Aſſemblies; and holds him to …
Samuel Crook · Divine Characters in Two Parts · p. 225 · Open in the reader

Good Thoughts in Bad Times A40662

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… from him, who is the God of Order. He useth to fasten all his NailesNails, and not to drive out one with another. If the same Meditation return again …
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… from him, who is the God of Order. He useth to fasten all his NailesNails, and not to drive out one with another. If the same Meditation return again …
Thomas Fuller · Good Thoughts in Bad Times · p. 231 · Open in the reader

The History of the Worthies of England A40672

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NailesNails.
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NailesNails.
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 38 · Open in the reader
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… coin of gold and silver may be better spared in a Common-wealth than NailesNails. For, Commerce may be managed without mony by exchance of Commodities, whereas hard bodies …
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… coin of gold and silver may be better spared in a Common-wealth than NailesNails. For, Commerce may be managed without mony by exchance of Commodities, whereas hard bodies …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 38 · Open in the reader
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… joyned together so fast, and fast so soon and soundly without the mediation of NailesNails.
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… joyned together so fast, and fast so soon and soundly without the mediation of NailesNails.
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 38 · Open in the reader
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Such their service for Firmness and expedition, that Iron NailesNails will fasten more in an hour than Wooden Pins in a day, because the …
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Such their service for Firmness and expedition, that Iron NailesNails will fasten more in an hour than Wooden Pins in a day, because the …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 38 · Open in the reader
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… London Bridge commonly called None-such, which is reported to be made without either NailesNails or Pins with crooked Tennons fastened with wedges and other (as I may term …
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… London Bridge commonly called None-such, which is reported to be made without either NailesNails or Pins with crooked Tennons fastened with wedges and other (as I may term …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 38 · Open in the reader

Mixed Contemplations in Better Times A40678

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WE read that the NailesNails in the Holy of Holies, 2 Chro. 3.8, and 9. were of fine Gold. Hence ariseth a …
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WE read that the NailesNails in the Holy of Holies, 2 Chro. 3.8, and 9. were of fine Gold. Hence ariseth a …
Thomas Fuller · Mixed Contemplations in Better Times · p. 51 · Open in the reader

The Loathsomeness of Long Hair A45331

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… intrinsecall sinne or malice in it (as some maliciously suggest) no more then our NailesNails, Meate, Drinke, Cloaths, and all which are good in themselves, but accidentally they become …
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… intrinsecall sinne or malice in it (as some maliciously suggest) no more then our NailesNails, Meate, Drinke, Cloaths, and all which are good in themselves, but accidentally they become …
Thomas Hall · The Loathsomeness of Long Hair · p. 8 · Open in the reader

The Temple of Solomon Portrayed A49971

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… Houſe of God for ever, and truſting in the covert of his Wings, their NailesNails being faſtned in a ſure place by the Maſter of Aſſemblies, even in that …
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… Houſe of God for ever, and truſting in the covert of his Wings, their NailesNails being faſtned in a ſure place by the Maſter of Aſſemblies, even in that …
Samuel Lee · The Temple of Solomon Portrayed · p. 222 · Open in the reader
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… it preſently diſſolves in the fire like Bitumen. Matthiolus acquaints us that thoſe Ungues, NailesNails, Hoofes, or Shells, call them what you pleaſe, which are uſually ſold for this …
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… it preſently diſſolves in the fire like Bitumen. Matthiolus acquaints us that thoſe Ungues, NailesNails, Hoofes, or Shells, call them what you pleaſe, which are uſually ſold for this …
Samuel Lee · The Temple of Solomon Portrayed · p. 269 · Open in the reader

The Nullity of the Romish Faith A55387

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… of the Churches Infallible Authority: while this is safe, we do but paire their NailesNails, and cut their Haire which will quickly grow againe, but if this failes, all …
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… of the Churches Infallible Authority: while this is safe, we do but paire their NailesNails, and cut their Haire which will quickly grow againe, but if this failes, all …
Matthew Poole · The Nullity of the Romish Faith · Open in the reader

Canterburys Doom A56144

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… Picturs of a Scul, & of dead mens bones, with a Baskit full of Tooles, NailesNails, and Round about the Crucifix were the High Prieſts with their Officers an horſebacke …
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… Picturs of a Scul, & of dead mens bones, with a Baskit full of Tooles, NailesNails, and Round about the Crucifix were the High Prieſts with their Officers an horſebacke …
William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · p. 59 · Open in the reader

The Rule of Faith A69028

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Chriſt faſtned to the Croſſe with NailesNails for foure reaſons. page. 390
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Chriſt faſtned to the Croſſe with NailesNails for foure reaſons. page. 390
Nicholas Byfield · The Rule of Faith · Open in the reader

Poems A69225

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Of NailesNails and Haires, doſt thou know which to praiſe?
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Of NailesNails and Haires, doſt thou know which to praiſe?
John Donne · Poems · p. 269 · Open in the reader

Justice Justified A94062

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Beſides, they are called a Nail in Zac. 10. 4. NailesNails do not only faſten and ſtrengthen, but they ſerve to hang things on. Do …
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Beſides, they are called a Nail in Zac. 10. 4. NailesNails do not only faſten and ſtrengthen, but they ſerve to hang things on. Do …
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With what thy Croſs and NailesNails affoard
With rule
With what thy Croſs and NailesNails affoard
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