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becausbecause

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

Puritas changed it: 627 times in 172 works
Consistency: 83.8% (627 of 748)
Reach if approved: ~786 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: because
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 748 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (627 changes in 172 works, 83.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 627)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

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Bot ȝit becausbecause exempills fetchit far,
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Bot ȝit becausbecause exempills fetchit far,
John Davidson · Brief Commendation of Uprightness · Open in the reader
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… so he read… it, and believes it, that he may not sin, as well … becausbecause… he hath sinned. Many speak of this blood, and think they …pply it to …
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… so he read… it, and believes it, that he may not sin, as well … becausbecause… he hath sinned. Many speak of this blood, and think they …pply it to …
Hugh Binning · Fellowship with God · p. 207 · Open in the reader
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… m to …e dili…ent and ſ…uiceable to th…ir m…ſt…rs, becauſbecause… they depe…d onely vp…n them, and know not what courſe to tak …
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… m to …e dili…ent and ſ…uiceable to th…ir m…ſt…rs, becauſbecause… they depe…d onely vp…n them, and know not what courſe to tak …
William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 108 · Open in the reader
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… so we feare not to receaue the tytle and authoritie of a particulare Kirk, becausbecause we haue all thinges be Godes word that thereto apperte…nes. Yea, we are …
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… so we feare not to receaue the tytle and authoritie of a particulare Kirk, becausbecause we haue all thinges be Godes word that thereto apperte…nes. Yea, we are …
John Knox · Answer to a Jesuit · Open in the reader
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… bodily eares, where it might soone vanish away, but in our minde and spirit: becausbecause the spirit beareth record to our spirit. Ad further, that the holy Ghost neuer …
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… bodily eares, where it might soone vanish away, but in our minde and spirit: becausbecause the spirit beareth record to our spirit. Ad further, that the holy Ghost neuer …
William Perkins · How a Man May Know Whether he be a Son of God · p. 32 · Open in the reader
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… alth increase, that so the Church seeing your …mendment, may reioyce o… her Sonnes; becausbecause… where sinne hath abounded, grace hath superabounded. In his Homily upon the 140. Psalme; (an …
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… alth increase, that so the Church seeing your …mendment, may reioyce o… her Sonnes; becausbecause… where sinne hath abounded, grace hath superabounded. In his Homily upon the 140. Psalme; (an …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 391 · Open in the reader
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… vnt… him, & ſaid, I will not aske a ſig… nor tempt the Lord. But becauſbecause… he asked not a ſigne, therefore h… did tempt the Lord, & what is i …
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… vnt… him, & ſaid, I will not aske a ſig… nor tempt the Lord. But becauſbecause… he asked not a ſigne, therefore h… did tempt the Lord, & what is i …
Samuel Smith · Christs Last Supper · p. 126 · Open in the reader
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… may be like to his gloriou… …. Or a witnesse of the resurrection of Christ, becausbecause… this one point is, primarium Euangeli caput, as it were the predominant article, presupposing …
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… may be like to his gloriou… …. Or a witnesse of the resurrection of Christ, becausbecause… this one point is, primarium Euangeli caput, as it were the predominant article, presupposing …
John Boys · Exposition of the Festival Epistles and Gospels · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (121)

101 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 55 are listed here. 20 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Sermon Preached 13 January 1571 A00687

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… ar Cursit with a Curse: for ze haue spoylit me, euin this haill Natioun. BecausBecause thir pepill acknawledgeit nor felt not the grauitie of thair sin as thay aucht …
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… ar Cursit with a Curse: for ze haue spoylit me, euin this haill Natioun. BecausBecause thir pepill acknawledgeit nor felt not the grauitie of thair sin as thay aucht …
David Fergusson · Sermon Preached 13 January 1571 · Open in the reader

An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist A04920

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BecausBecause the hole cōtrouersie standeth in this whether God hath chose any to lief euerlastīg …
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BecausBecause the hole cōtrouersie standeth in this whether God hath chose any to lief euerlastīg …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 28 · Open in the reader
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… of the people, neither yet their present vnthankfulnes stoppe God from shewing his mercie. BecausBecause that his infinite goodnes founde awaye euen in the midest of death to manifest …
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… of the people, neither yet their present vnthankfulnes stoppe God from shewing his mercie. BecausBecause that his infinite goodnes founde awaye euen in the midest of death to manifest …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 28 · Open in the reader
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BecausBecause that before plainely and simply I haue declared our iudgement of gods eternall election …
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BecausBecause that before plainely and simply I haue declared our iudgement of gods eternall election …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 74 · Open in the reader
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… their browes of brasse which dispyse the goodnes of God, they became cast awayes, BecausBecause (as saint Iohn saieth) they loue darknes better then light, And as Esdras saieth …
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… their browes of brasse which dispyse the goodnes of God, they became cast awayes, BecausBecause (as saint Iohn saieth) they loue darknes better then light, And as Esdras saieth …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 107 · Open in the reader
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… eternal Sōne of y^e eternal father of Christ Iesus our Lord ād onely Sauiour. BecausBecause there is nothing in this your last part, w^c I haue not before at …
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… eternal Sōne of y^e eternal father of Christ Iesus our Lord ād onely Sauiour. BecausBecause there is nothing in this your last part, w^c I haue not before at …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 187 · Open in the reader

Answer to a Jesuit A04922

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… the Regiment of saules is cōmitted, of whome neuertheles some commit fornication with Babilon: BecausBecause that they for the pleasure of men neglect and dispyse the cōmandement of God …
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… the Regiment of saules is cōmitted, of whome neuertheles some commit fornication with Babilon: BecausBecause that they for the pleasure of men neglect and dispyse the cōmandement of God …
John Knox · Answer to a Jesuit · Open in the reader
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… may see and vnderstand, what a troubled conscience craues, into the day of battell. BecausBecause that God now in his mercy hath put end, to y^e battell of my …
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… may see and vnderstand, what a troubled conscience craues, into the day of battell. BecausBecause that God now in his mercy hath put end, to y^e battell of my …
John Knox · Answer to a Jesuit · Open in the reader

The History of a Noble Squire A05554

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BecausBecause that rink thay ran in vane,
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BecausBecause that rink thay ran in vane,
David Lindsay · The History of a Noble Squire · Open in the reader
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BecausBecause he had sa weill debaitit,
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BecausBecause he had sa weill debaitit,
David Lindsay · The History of a Noble Squire · Open in the reader
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BecausBecause the Nauie of Scotland,
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BecausBecause the Nauie of Scotland,
David Lindsay · The History of a Noble Squire · Open in the reader
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BecausBecause he was sa weill belouit.
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BecausBecause he was sa weill belouit.
David Lindsay · The History of a Noble Squire · Open in the reader
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BecausBecause scho micht …o him …a gude.
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BecausBecause scho micht …o him …a gude.
David Lindsay · The History of a Noble Squire · Open in the reader

The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises A07988

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10 BecausBecause thou haſt kept the worde of my patience, therefore, I will deliuer thee from …
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10 BecausBecause thou haſt kept the worde of my patience, therefore, I will deliuer thee from …
John Napier · The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises · p. 93 · Open in the reader

The Rescuing of the Romish Fox A14048

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BecausBecause ye cannot conconfut my argumentes / whiche i haue made agaynſt the pope & hys traditiones …
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BecausBecause ye cannot conconfut my argumentes / whiche i haue made agaynſt the pope & hys traditiones …
William Turner · The Rescuing of the Romish Fox · Open in the reader
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… i am the lorde / And in the ende of the chapter he ſayethe thus / BecausBecause ye haue made ſad the ryghtuouſ mannis hart withe a lye / when as i …
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… i am the lorde / And in the ende of the chapter he ſayethe thus / BecausBecause ye haue made ſad the ryghtuouſ mannis hart withe a lye / when as i …
William Turner · The Rescuing of the Romish Fox · Open in the reader
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… to call vs to remembrance of hym / ſauyng only hys word and hys Sacramentes / BecauſBecause ye thynk that Chyriſtis worde and Sacrament ar not ſufficient for the purpoſes aboue …
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… to call vs to remembrance of hym / ſauyng only hys word and hys Sacramentes / BecauſBecause ye thynk that Chyriſtis worde and Sacrament ar not ſufficient for the purpoſes aboue …
William Turner · The Rescuing of the Romish Fox · Open in the reader
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BecauſBecause ye ar a coniurer and can rayſ the deuel at your pleaſure and compell …
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BecauſBecause ye ar a coniurer and can rayſ the deuel at your pleaſure and compell …
William Turner · The Rescuing of the Romish Fox · Open in the reader
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… lying…y as ye had bene at Rome and therfore myght lye by autorite. BecauſBecause ye haue bene a litle in italy & ſpoken with the pope / ye take in …
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… lying…y as ye had bene at Rome and therfore myght lye by autorite. BecauſBecause ye haue bene a litle in italy & ſpoken with the pope / ye take in …
William Turner · The Rescuing of the Romish Fox · Open in the reader

Reply Against Gilbert Brown A14926

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… all nations ſhalbe drunken with the wine of her fornication, the text is otherwiſe: BecausBecause all nations haue drunken of the wyne of the wrath of her fornication: that …
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… all nations ſhalbe drunken with the wine of her fornication, the text is otherwiſe: BecausBecause all nations haue drunken of the wyne of the wrath of her fornication: that …
John Welch · Reply Against Gilbert Brown · p. 155 · Open in the reader
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… is more euident, where after the denunciation of her fall, this reaſon is ſubioyned, BecausBecause all nations hes drunken of the wyne of the wrath &c. and the Kings …
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… is more euident, where after the denunciation of her fall, this reaſon is ſubioyned, BecausBecause all nations hes drunken of the wyne of the wrath &c. and the Kings …
John Welch · Reply Against Gilbert Brown · p. 158 · Open in the reader

A Compendious Bulk of Godly Psalms and Spiritual Songs A16106

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(BecausBecause we knew not for to pray)
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(BecausBecause we knew not for to pray)
John Wedderburn · A Compendious Bulk of Godly Psalms and Spiritual Songs · p. 10 · Open in the reader
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BecausBecause that thow art me besyde,
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BecausBecause that thow art me besyde,
John Wedderburn · A Compendious Bulk of Godly Psalms and Spiritual Songs · p. 80 · Open in the reader
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BecausBecause thow dois richt without blame,
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BecausBecause thow dois richt without blame,
John Wedderburn · A Compendious Bulk of Godly Psalms and Spiritual Songs · p. 120 · Open in the reader
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BecausBecause ȝour falset is now spyit,
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BecausBecause ȝour falset is now spyit,
John Wedderburn · A Compendious Bulk of Godly Psalms and Spiritual Songs · p. 169 · Open in the reader

Sermons Upon the Lords Supper A17050

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… God mann draw vs, and make vs willing or euer we come to God? BecausBecause be nature, we are not onlie wounded and lanced be ſinne and iniquitie; but …
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… God mann draw vs, and make vs willing or euer we come to God? BecausBecause be nature, we are not onlie wounded and lanced be ſinne and iniquitie; but …
Robert Bruce · Sermons Upon the Lords Supper · Open in the reader

A Second Manuduction A19149

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… denieth such actions to bee of publick nature. To this purpose he insinuateth 2 reasons. 1. BecausBecause a privat action may bee performed in a publick place, as a publick may …
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… denieth such actions to bee of publick nature. To this purpose he insinuateth 2 reasons. 1. BecausBecause a privat action may bee performed in a publick place, as a publick may …
William Ames · A Second Manuduction · p. 4 · Open in the reader

Narration of the Strange and Grievous Vexation by the Devil A19860

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… intimatinge this for the reaſon therof, that ſo it is & otherwiſe can not be: BecausBecause the ſpirituall childe followeth and can not but followe the diſpoſition of the ſpirituall …
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… intimatinge this for the reaſon therof, that ſo it is & otherwiſe can not be: BecausBecause the ſpirituall childe followeth and can not but followe the diſpoſition of the ſpirituall …
John Darrell · Narration of the Strange and Grievous Vexation by the Devil · p. 83 · Open in the reader

Brief Commendation of Uprightness A19894

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BecausBecause thay did eſchew all vprichtnes.
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BecausBecause thay did eſchew all vprichtnes.
John Davidson · Brief Commendation of Uprightness · Open in the reader
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BecausBecause he walkit vprichtly in deid.
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BecausBecause he walkit vprichtly in deid.
John Davidson · Brief Commendation of Uprightness · Open in the reader
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BecausBecause he did rebuke thair fylthenes,
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BecausBecause he did rebuke thair fylthenes,
John Davidson · Brief Commendation of Uprightness · Open in the reader
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BecausBecause ȝe endit ſa in vprichtnes.
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BecausBecause ȝe endit ſa in vprichtnes.
John Davidson · Brief Commendation of Uprightness · Open in the reader
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BecausBecause that watchem…n …
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BecausBecause that watchem…n …
John Davidson · Brief Commendation of Uprightness · Open in the reader

A Second Parcel of Objections Answered A37087

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1. BecausBecause it is in their power (by not pressing) to eas manie that want power …
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1. BecausBecause it is in their power (by not pressing) to eas manie that want power …
John Dury · A Second Parcel of Objections Answered · p. 4 · Open in the reader
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… Christians to bee subject to higher powers, to bee none other but this; viz. BecausBecause there is no power but of God; and becausbecause the powers that bee, are …
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… Christians to bee subject to higher powers, to bee none other but this; viz. BecausBecause there is no power but of God; and becausbecause the powers that bee, are …
John Dury · A Second Parcel of Objections Answered · p. 22 · Open in the reader

The Searchers for Schism Searched A42146

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… if you ſhould, then muſt yo… own Rome to be a Church of Chriſt: BecauſBecause… they ſtoutly confeſs with their mouths, and … bide by it that Chriſt is come …
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… if you ſhould, then muſt yo… own Rome to be a Church of Chriſt: BecauſBecause… they ſtoutly confeſs with their mouths, and … bide by it that Chriſt is come …
John Griffith · The Searchers for Schism Searched · p. 47 · Open in the reader

An Easy Entrance to the Latin Tongue A44384

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A. BecauſBecause of them every ſpeech is made.
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A. BecauſBecause of them every ſpeech is made.
Charles Hoole · An Easy Entrance to the Latin Tongue · p. 128 · Open in the reader
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A. BecauſBecause of theſe the other Moods and Tenſes bee form…d.
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A. BecauſBecause of theſe the other Moods and Tenſes bee form…d.
Charles Hoole · An Easy Entrance to the Latin Tongue · p. 134 · Open in the reader
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BecauſBecause I liſt not.
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BecauſBecause I liſt not.
Charles Hoole · An Easy Entrance to the Latin Tongue · p. 401 · Open in the reader

Apology for Our Public Ministry and Infant Baptism A49508

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… as M^r Borough's thinks) why their best friends ſhould withſtand them in this way: 1. BecauſBecause it is a thing abhorring to Nature, that men ſhould ſuffer God whom they …
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… as M^r Borough's thinks) why their best friends ſhould withſtand them in this way: 1. BecauſBecause it is a thing abhorring to Nature, that men ſhould ſuffer God whom they …
William Lyford · Apology for Our Public Ministry and Infant Baptism · p. 16 · Open in the reader
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… of the ſeventie, or of the converted Prieſts, They are they that preached abroad: 1. BecauſBecause they onely are named: 2. BecauſBecause the ſeventie were appointed to preach in thoſe places …
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… of the ſeventie, or of the converted Prieſts, They are they that preached abroad: 1. BecauſBecause they onely are named: 2. BecauſBecause the ſeventie were appointed to preach in thoſe places …
William Lyford · Apology for Our Public Ministry and Infant Baptism · p. 25 · Open in the reader
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… were appointed to preach in thoſe places where they that were ſcattered, did preach: 3. BecauſBecause they were men approved by ſigns and wonders: 4. BecauſBecause ſom of them are expreſly …
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… were appointed to preach in thoſe places where they that were ſcattered, did preach: 3. BecauſBecause they were men approved by ſigns and wonders: 4. BecauſBecause ſom of them are expreſly …
William Lyford · Apology for Our Public Ministry and Infant Baptism · p. 25 · Open in the reader
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Thirdly, BecauſBecause our men take theſe Prophets to bee ordinarie gifted Chriſtians, and ſo their practices …
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Thirdly, BecauſBecause our men take theſe Prophets to bee ordinarie gifted Chriſtians, and ſo their practices …
William Lyford · Apology for Our Public Ministry and Infant Baptism · p. 27 · Open in the reader
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… of, cannot bee underſtood (I conceiv) of the miraculous gifts of the holie Ghoſt. 1. BecauſBecause Peter's bearers received no ſuch gifts, and therefore S. Peter made no ſuch promiſe …
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… of, cannot bee underſtood (I conceiv) of the miraculous gifts of the holie Ghoſt. 1. BecauſBecause Peter's bearers received no ſuch gifts, and therefore S. Peter made no ſuch promiſe …
William Lyford · Apology for Our Public Ministry and Infant Baptism · p. 34 · Open in the reader

A Satire of the Three Estates A72573

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BecausBecause I haue bene to this day
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BecausBecause I haue bene to this day
David Lindsay · A Satire of the Three Estates · p. 8 · Open in the reader
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[]BecausBecause I gat na chamber-glew,
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[]BecausBecause I gat na chamber-glew,
David Lindsay · A Satire of the Three Estates · p. 71 · Open in the reader
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BecausBecause our ſubſtance thay do ſtillconſume.
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BecausBecause our ſubſtance thay do ſtillconſume.
David Lindsay · A Satire of the Three Estates · Open in the reader
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BecausBecause thay ar nocht neceſſair,
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BecausBecause thay ar nocht neceſſair,
David Lindsay · A Satire of the Three Estates · p. 125 · Open in the reader
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BecausBecause he can nocht ſteall:
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BecausBecause he can nocht ſteall:
David Lindsay · A Satire of the Three Estates · p. 138 · Open in the reader

The Buddings and Blossomings of Old Truths A85733

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1. BecauſBecause the more grace, the more ſweetneſs ſhall wee finde; the more conſolation ſhall draw …
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1. BecauſBecause the more grace, the more ſweetneſs ſhall wee finde; the more conſolation ſhall draw …
Alexander Grosse · The Buddings and Blossomings of Old Truths · p. 368 · Open in the reader

Commentary on the Pentateuch A94797

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Verſ. 11. To afflict them] BecauſBecause they would not ſerv God with gladneſs of heart, Deut. 28.47, 48. For now they began …
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Verſ. 11. To afflict them] BecauſBecause they would not ſerv God with gladneſs of heart, Deut. 28.47, 48. For now they began …
John Trapp · Commentary on the Pentateuch · p. 3 · Open in the reader
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Ver. 11. BecauſBecause there were no graves] Thus they rebelled at the ſea, at the red-ſea …
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Ver. 11. BecauſBecause there were no graves] Thus they rebelled at the ſea, at the red-ſea …
John Trapp · Commentary on the Pentateuch · p. 43 · Open in the reader
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Ver. 26. It ſhall bee thy part] BecauſBecause hee did for this time extraordinarily execute the Prieſt's office.
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Ver. 26. It ſhall bee thy part] BecauſBecause hee did for this time extraordinarily execute the Prieſt's office.
John Trapp · Commentary on the Pentateuch · p. 97 · Open in the reader
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Ver. 19. Shall not bee eaten] BecauſBecause not fit to repreſent Chriſt.
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Ver. 19. Shall not bee eaten] BecauſBecause not fit to repreſent Chriſt.
John Trapp · Commentary on the Pentateuch · p. 125 · Open in the reader
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Ver. 14. But when raw fleſh] BecauſBecause it ſhew'd that there were ſtill corrupt and poiſoned humors in the bodie, not …
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Ver. 14. But when raw fleſh] BecauſBecause it ſhew'd that there were ſtill corrupt and poiſoned humors in the bodie, not …
John Trapp · Commentary on the Pentateuch · p. 137 · Open in the reader