Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3233 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

curtainescurtains

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

Puritas changed it: 413 times in 135 works
Consistency: 77.2% (413 of 535)
Reach if approved: ~562 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: curtains
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 535 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (413 changes in 135 works, 77.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 413)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

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… that he drew neere to the Arke, but it was kept drawne ouer with curtainescurtains, and couered according to the Law. Osiand. 2. He onely gaue attendance vpon it, to …
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… that he drew neere to the Arke, but it was kept drawne ouer with curtainescurtains, and couered according to the Law. Osiand. 2. He onely gaue attendance vpon it, to …
Andrew Willet · Harmony Upon 1 Samuel · p. 41 · Open in the reader
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… all thinges in the darke, when all doores are fast, all windowes shut, all curtainescurtains close.
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… all thinges in the darke, when all doores are fast, all windowes shut, all curtainescurtains close.
John Boys · Remains of John Boyse · p. 246 · Open in the reader
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… a while in a place, yet I am as faire as thoſe in the curtainescurtains of Salomon.
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… a while in a place, yet I am as faire as thoſe in the curtainescurtains of Salomon.
Thomas Cartwright · Commentary Upon Colossians · p. 166 · Open in the reader
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… are nothing but darkneſſe, and therefore no wonder, if when God drawes but the curtainescurtains, and ſhuts up the light from us, that our hearts ſhould engender, and conceive …
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… are nothing but darkneſſe, and therefore no wonder, if when God drawes but the curtainescurtains, and ſhuts up the light from us, that our hearts ſhould engender, and conceive …
Thomas Goodwin · A Child of Light Walking in Darkness · p. 30 · Open in the reader
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… nothing to be done about the Tabernacle, not so much as the snuffers or curtainescurtains, or rings, or pins that were to be used about it, but they were …
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… nothing to be done about the Tabernacle, not so much as the snuffers or curtainescurtains, or rings, or pins that were to be used about it, but they were …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 381 · Open in the reader
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… things, when you would goe ſleepe, you put off your cloathes, you draw the curtainescurtains, and goe to bed. Thus as it were acting ſleepe, before you goe to …
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… things, when you would goe ſleepe, you put off your cloathes, you draw the curtainescurtains, and goe to bed. Thus as it were acting ſleepe, before you goe to …
Henry Montagu · Contemplating Mortality and Immortality · p. 32 · Open in the reader
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… eye, and mouth, and eare of the soule, by which wee peepe through the curtainescurtains of mortalitie, and take a view and foretaste of heavenly things, wherby we have …
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… eye, and mouth, and eare of the soule, by which wee peepe through the curtainescurtains of mortalitie, and take a view and foretaste of heavenly things, wherby we have …
Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · p. 502 · Open in the reader
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… of the word: Here is matter of joy and praise, that the tents and curtainescurtains of the Church are spred out and enlarged, and the kingdome of Christ prevailes …
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… of the word: Here is matter of joy and praise, that the tents and curtainescurtains of the Church are spred out and enlarged, and the kingdome of Christ prevailes …
Thomas Taylor · Christs Victory Over the Dragon · p. 484 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (122)

57 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 40 are listed here. 65 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture A00593

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The Arke under the CurtainesCurtains. page 570. A Sermon preached at the Act, July 12. 1613.
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The Arke under the CurtainesCurtains. page 570. A Sermon preached at the Act, July 12. 1613.
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · Open in the reader
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THE ARKE UNDER THE CURTAINESCURTAINS. A Sermon preached in Oxford at the Act, July 12. Anno 1613. THE XXXVIII. SERMON.
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THE ARKE UNDER THE CURTAINESCURTAINS. A Sermon preached in Oxford at the Act, July 12. Anno 1613. THE XXXVIII. SERMON.
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 570 · Open in the reader
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The Arke of the Lord within the CurtainesCurtains. Before the Sunne riſe you ſee no light, but through miſts, and vapours, and …
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The Arke of the Lord within the CurtainesCurtains. Before the Sunne riſe you ſee no light, but through miſts, and vapours, and …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 576 · Open in the reader
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Under the CurtainesCurtains. The CurtainesCurtains under which the Arke remained (ſaith an ancient Father) prefigured the Biſhops …
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Under the CurtainesCurtains. The CurtainesCurtains under which the Arke remained (ſaith an ancient Father) prefigured the Biſhops …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 577 · Open in the reader
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Under the CurtainesCurtains. The CurtainesCurtains under which the Arke remained (ſaith an ancient Father) prefigured the Biſhops and Governours …
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Under the CurtainesCurtains. The CurtainesCurtains under which the Arke remained (ſaith an ancient Father) prefigured the Biſhops and Governours …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 577 · Open in the reader

The Happiness of the Church A01956

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Thus as he that had pulled one of Salomons CurtainesCurtains, the rest would follow; though in the first there were worke enough for his …
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Thus as he that had pulled one of Salomons CurtainesCurtains, the rest would follow; though in the first there were worke enough for his …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 230 · Open in the reader
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… sinnes betwixt heauen and themselues in death: writes them in Text letters on the CurtainesCurtains, that their amazed soules cannot chuse but read them. Thus he that led them …
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… sinnes betwixt heauen and themselues in death: writes them in Text letters on the CurtainesCurtains, that their amazed soules cannot chuse but read them. Thus he that led them …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 391 · Open in the reader

Works A02178

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… to our times, some there be, that doe not onely sow pillowes, but draw CurtainesCurtains, and spread Couerlets ouer mens sinnes. Others there are, that for gaine will runne …
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… to our times, some there be, that doe not onely sow pillowes, but draw CurtainesCurtains, and spread Couerlets ouer mens sinnes. Others there are, that for gaine will runne …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 773 · Open in the reader

Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649

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… blessednesse: unto which the most holy place is resembled, Heb. 9. 24. tapestrie-hangings] which were CurtainesCurtains woven with Tapestrie worke. The same word, when it is spoken of other matter …
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… blessednesse: unto which the most holy place is resembled, Heb. 9. 24. tapestrie-hangings] which were CurtainesCurtains woven with Tapestrie worke. The same word, when it is spoken of other matter …
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 108 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Genesis and Exodus A15408

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… but the fire sitting upon combustable matter, as the covering of the Tabernacle, the CurtainesCurtains and such like, yet devoured them not.
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… but the fire sitting upon combustable matter, as the covering of the Tabernacle, the CurtainesCurtains and such like, yet devoured them not.
Andrew Willet · Commentary on Genesis and Exodus · p. 157 · Open in the reader

A General View of Papistry A15422

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Argum. 1. The Tabernacle of the Iewes was of exceeding beauty: the CurtainesCurtains therof, of silke; the vessels, euen to the snuffers for the Lampes, were of …
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Argum. 1. The Tabernacle of the Iewes was of exceeding beauty: the CurtainesCurtains therof, of silke; the vessels, euen to the snuffers for the Lampes, were of …
Andrew Willet · A General View of Papistry · p. 370 · Open in the reader

A Model of Divinity A15824

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… and now, that hee is come to our beds ſide, and hath drawne the CurtainesCurtains, and takes vs by the hand, and offers vs his ſervice, wee ſhrinke inward …
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… and now, that hee is come to our beds ſide, and hath drawne the CurtainesCurtains, and takes vs by the hand, and offers vs his ſervice, wee ſhrinke inward …
John Yates · A Model of Divinity · p. 206 · Open in the reader

A Revelation of the Holy Apocalypse A17001

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The CurtainesCurtains in Moſes Tabernacle, were made fitt for the number: and the number of men …
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The CurtainesCurtains in Moſes Tabernacle, were made fitt for the number: and the number of men …
Hugh Broughton · A Revelation of the Holy Apocalypse · p. 103 · Open in the reader

Eighty Sermons A20637

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… what caſe his Image is in us; If we ſhut doores, if we draw CurtainesCurtains between him and his Image, that is, cover our ſoules, and diſguiſe and palliate …
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… what caſe his Image is in us; If we ſhut doores, if we draw CurtainesCurtains between him and his Image, that is, cover our ſoules, and diſguiſe and palliate …
John Donne · Eighty Sermons · p. 525 · Open in the reader

Westminster Annotations A36467

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V. 20. standing up] To beare up the CurtainesCurtains of the Tabernacle.
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V. 20. standing up] To beare up the CurtainesCurtains of the Tabernacle.
John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

Sermon Preached 27 March 1644 A42766

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… the Tabernacle, of the Ark, of the Mercy-seat, of the Vaile, of the CurtainesCurtains, of the two Altars, of the Table and all the furniture thereof, of the …
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… the Tabernacle, of the Ark, of the Mercy-seat, of the Vaile, of the CurtainesCurtains, of the two Altars, of the Table and all the furniture thereof, of the …
George Gillespie · Sermon Preached 27 March 1644 · p. 28 · Open in the reader

Treatise of Divinity A47629

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… of fire, Psal. 104. 4. and all the Angels are Cherubims, as is evident by the CurtainesCurtains of the Tabernacle which were set forth and garnished with Cherubims onely, Exod. 26. 31. signifying …
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… of fire, Psal. 104. 4. and all the Angels are Cherubims, as is evident by the CurtainesCurtains of the Tabernacle which were set forth and garnished with Cherubims onely, Exod. 26. 31. signifying …
Edward Leigh · Treatise of Divinity · p. 93 · Open in the reader

A Handful of Gleanings out of the Book of Exodus A48433

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SECT. XXXV. Of the CurtainesCurtains of the Tabernacle.
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SECT. XXXV. Of the CurtainesCurtains of the Tabernacle.
John Lightfoot · A Handful of Gleanings out of the Book of Exodus · p. 42 · Open in the reader
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… bounded with CurtainesCurtains [as lightest for carriage] which CurtainesCurtains covered top and sides. These CurtainesCurtains were Tapestry worke: The ground was of fine yarne dyed blew, Purple, and Scarlet …
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… bounded with CurtainesCurtains [as lightest for carriage] which CurtainesCurtains covered top and sides. These CurtainesCurtains were Tapestry worke: The ground was of fine yarne dyed blew, Purple, and Scarlet …
John Lightfoot · A Handful of Gleanings out of the Book of Exodus · p. 42 · Open in the reader
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… holy, was hung just under these golden claspes that knit the five and five CurtainesCurtains together: So that five CurtainesCurtains lay over the holy place, and the other five …
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… holy, was hung just under these golden claspes that knit the five and five CurtainesCurtains together: So that five CurtainesCurtains lay over the holy place, and the other five …
John Lightfoot · A Handful of Gleanings out of the Book of Exodus · p. 42 · Open in the reader
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… was Eastward; but the most holy was but five yards long, and the five CurtainesCurtains over, that did not onely cover the top, but also hung downe at the …
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… was Eastward; but the most holy was but five yards long, and the five CurtainesCurtains over, that did not onely cover the top, but also hung downe at the …
John Lightfoot · A Handful of Gleanings out of the Book of Exodus · p. 42 · Open in the reader
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SECT. XXXVI. Of the Goate-haire CurtainesCurtains.
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SECT. XXXVI. Of the Goate-haire CurtainesCurtains.
John Lightfoot · A Handful of Gleanings out of the Book of Exodus · p. 43 · Open in the reader

The Temple in the Days of our Savior Described A48446

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… that overſhadowed the Arke in Solomons Temple, and the Cherubins wrought in the Tabernacle CurtainesCurtains, and carved upon the Temple wals, &c. namely, of this four-fold feature or …
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… that overſhadowed the Arke in Solomons Temple, and the Cherubins wrought in the Tabernacle CurtainesCurtains, and carved upon the Temple wals, &c. namely, of this four-fold feature or …
John Lightfoot · The Temple in the Days of our Savior Described · p. 244 · Open in the reader
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… fold feature or having ſo many faces; ſaving that in the imbroidery of the CurtainesCurtains and ſculpture upon the wals, only two of the four faces could be made …
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… fold feature or having ſo many faces; ſaving that in the imbroidery of the CurtainesCurtains and ſculpture upon the wals, only two of the four faces could be made …
John Lightfoot · The Temple in the Days of our Savior Described · p. 244 · Open in the reader
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… and in Hieroglyphicke, as the Cherubims covering the Arke, and wrought in the Tabernacle CurtainesCurtains, and on the Temple wais. It is true indeed that it is ſaid in …
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… and in Hieroglyphicke, as the Cherubims covering the Arke, and wrought in the Tabernacle CurtainesCurtains, and on the Temple wais. It is true indeed that it is ſaid in …
John Lightfoot · The Temple in the Days of our Savior Described · p. 253 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

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… ſhepheards; yet to him, and in him, I am glorious and beautifull, like the CurtainesCurtains of Salomon.
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… ſhepheards; yet to him, and in him, I am glorious and beautifull, like the CurtainesCurtains of Salomon.
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 249 · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Laws of Moses A73378

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… all manner of worke in the Tabernacle, Exod. 31.2. and the women who ſpunne the CurtainesCurtains of the Tabernacle were wiſe hearted women, Exod. 35.25. Therefore the Tabernacle was a moſt …
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… all manner of worke in the Tabernacle, Exod. 31.2. and the women who ſpunne the CurtainesCurtains of the Tabernacle were wiſe hearted women, Exod. 35.25. Therefore the Tabernacle was a moſt …
John Weemes · Exposition of the Laws of Moses · p. 164 · Open in the reader
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… of the Tabernacle, behoved to be of a cleane beaſt, much more the inner CurtainesCurtains. Exam. 3. If the Prieſts daughter was to be burnt for whooredome, much more the …
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… of the Tabernacle, behoved to be of a cleane beaſt, much more the inner CurtainesCurtains. Exam. 3. If the Prieſts daughter was to be burnt for whooredome, much more the …
John Weemes · Exposition of the Laws of Moses · p. 168 · Open in the reader
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… called Mediaſtinus, the charge of thoſe was to hang the Chamber with Tapeſtry and CurtainesCurtains; and Chriſt meaneth of ſuch a Chamber when he ſaith, he will ſhew you …
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… called Mediaſtinus, the charge of thoſe was to hang the Chamber with Tapeſtry and CurtainesCurtains; and Chriſt meaneth of ſuch a Chamber when he ſaith, he will ſhew you …
John Weemes · Exposition of the Laws of Moses · p. 186 · Open in the reader
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… theſe, the Lord forbiddeth to make a garment of linnen and woollen, therefore the CurtainesCurtains could not be made of linnen and woollen, but of [Sheſh] byſſus, or Cotton …
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… theſe, the Lord forbiddeth to make a garment of linnen and woollen, therefore the CurtainesCurtains could not be made of linnen and woollen, but of [Sheſh] byſſus, or Cotton …
John Weemes · Exposition of the Laws of Moses · p. 189 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Song of Solomon A91908

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As the CurtainesCurtains of Solomon.
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As the CurtainesCurtains of Solomon.
John Robotham · Exposition of Song of Solomon · p. 90 · Open in the reader
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Theſe CurtainesCurtains are to ſet forth her Comelineſſe, as Kedars Tents did her blackneſſe. Sometimes Curtains …
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Theſe CurtainesCurtains are to ſet forth her Comelineſſe, as Kedars Tents did her blackneſſe. Sometimes Curtains …
John Robotham · Exposition of Song of Solomon · p. 90 · Open in the reader
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… her blackneſſe. Sometimes Curtains ſignifie Tents, as the Ark of the Lord remained under CurtainesCurtains, 1 Chron. 17. 1. but Solomons CurtainesCurtains ſeem here to be meant of thoſe Hangings that were …
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… her blackneſſe. Sometimes Curtains ſignifie Tents, as the Ark of the Lord remained under CurtainesCurtains, 1 Chron. 17. 1. but Solomons CurtainesCurtains ſeem here to be meant of thoſe Hangings that were …
John Robotham · Exposition of Song of Solomon · p. 90 · Open in the reader
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… Eccleſ. 2. 4, 5. Now as all that Solomon had was glorious, ſo in all probability his CurtainesCurtains (or Hangings) were anſwerable to all the reſt of his glory.
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… Eccleſ. 2. 4, 5. Now as all that Solomon had was glorious, ſo in all probability his CurtainesCurtains (or Hangings) were anſwerable to all the reſt of his glory.
John Robotham · Exposition of Song of Solomon · p. 90 · Open in the reader
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… outwardly like the Tents of Kedar, yet ſhee is in wardly beautifull as Solomons CurtainesCurtains. Let us collect ſome Obſervations from hence.
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… outwardly like the Tents of Kedar, yet ſhee is in wardly beautifull as Solomons CurtainesCurtains. Let us collect ſome Obſervations from hence.
John Robotham · Exposition of Song of Solomon · p. 91 · Open in the reader

The Psalms of David in Meter B01589

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The CurtainesCurtains of the Midian land
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The CurtainesCurtains of the Midian land
Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter · Open in the reader

The Garden of Zion B01751

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…he CurtainesCurtains of the Midian land,
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…he CurtainesCurtains of the Midian land,
Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 431 · Open in the reader

Paraphrase of the Hard Texts of Scripture B13871

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… shepheards; yet to him, and in him, I am glorious and beautifull, like the CurtainesCurtains of Salomon.
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… shepheards; yet to him, and in him, I am glorious and beautifull, like the CurtainesCurtains of Salomon.
Joseph Hall · Paraphrase of the Hard Texts of Scripture · p. 263 · Open in the reader

Explication of the Judicial Laws of Moses B16297

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… called Mediaſtinus, the charge of thoſe was to hang the Chamber with Tapeſtry and CurtainesCurtains; and Chriſt meaneth of ſuch a Chamber when he ſaith, he will ſhew you …
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… called Mediaſtinus, the charge of thoſe was to hang the Chamber with Tapeſtry and CurtainesCurtains; and Chriſt meaneth of ſuch a Chamber when he ſaith, he will ſhew you …
John Weemes · Explication of the Judicial Laws of Moses · p. 186 · Open in the reader
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… theſe, the Lord forbiddeth to make a garment of linnen and woollen, therefore the CurtainesCurtains could not be made of linen and woollen, but of [Sheſh] byſſus, or Cotton …
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… theſe, the Lord forbiddeth to make a garment of linnen and woollen, therefore the CurtainesCurtains could not be made of linen and woollen, but of [Sheſh] byſſus, or Cotton …
John Weemes · Explication of the Judicial Laws of Moses · p. 189 · Open in the reader