Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4089 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

busiebusy

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

Puritas changed it: 5,521 times in 1,963 works
Consistency: 97.4% (5,521 of 5,667)
Reach if approved: ~5,954 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: busy
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 5,667 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (5,521 changes in 1,963 works, 97.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 5,521)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

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The firſt cauſe was, the hindering at leaſt of Satans buſiebusy working, euen in our reformed Church, who as in the times of darkneſſe hee …
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The firſt cauſe was, the hindering at leaſt of Satans buſiebusy working, euen in our reformed Church, who as in the times of darkneſſe hee …
Thomas Granger · The Tree of Good and Evil · Open in the reader
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… Conceits in their heads; and lyke Babels worke-men, that they haue beene so busiebusy, in the Night tyme of Darknesse, to prepare so much Stuffe, for those Merchands …
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… Conceits in their heads; and lyke Babels worke-men, that they haue beene so busiebusy, in the Night tyme of Darknesse, to prepare so much Stuffe, for those Merchands …
William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 162 · Open in the reader
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… every foole will be medling. It is the property of a foole to be busiebusy, busiebusy, busiebusy about every little trifle, but it is an honour to him that …
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… every foole will be medling. It is the property of a foole to be busiebusy, busiebusy, busiebusy about every little trifle, but it is an honour to him that …
Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 18 · Open in the reader
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… and large, and remiſſe unfaithfull conſciences; ye love not to have your conſciences too buſiebusy with …ou; ye like not that your conſciences …hould be too clamourous and importunate …
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… and large, and remiſſe unfaithfull conſciences; ye love not to have your conſciences too buſiebusy with …ou; ye like not that your conſciences …hould be too clamourous and importunate …
William Fenner · The Souls Looking Glass 2 · p. 108 · Open in the reader
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It is true, wee ought to bee busiebusy instructing the people in the positive groundes of trueth, but that hindereth us not …
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It is true, wee ought to bee busiebusy instructing the people in the positive groundes of trueth, but that hindereth us not …
David Calderwood · An Answer to Forbes Peaceable Warning · Open in the reader
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… to God for what they had done. And though it is bad to be busiebusy with Gods secrets; yet an argument drawn from the event, especially when it goeth …
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… to God for what they had done. And though it is bad to be busiebusy with Gods secrets; yet an argument drawn from the event, especially when it goeth …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Holy War · p. 232 · Open in the reader
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… the trauaile which God hath geuen to the ſonnes of men, to occupie and buſiebusy them therein. It is not the whéele of blinde fortune, whereby al things are …
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… the trauaile which God hath geuen to the ſonnes of men, to occupie and buſiebusy them therein. It is not the whéele of blinde fortune, whereby al things are …
George Gifford · Eight Sermons on Ecclesiastes · p. 83 · Open in the reader
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… no comfort in all that trouble. Wherefore S^t. Peter exhorteth Chriſtians from ſuffering as buſiebusy-bodies in other mens matters. And it is remarkable, that he reckoneth their ſufferings …
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… no comfort in all that trouble. Wherefore S^t. Peter exhorteth Chriſtians from ſuffering as buſiebusy-bodies in other mens matters. And it is remarkable, that he reckoneth their ſufferings …
William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · p. 40 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (146)

113 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 47 are listed here. 33 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Diseases of the Soul A00777

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Disease 17. Of the Itch or the BusieBusy-body. 63
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Disease 17. Of the Itch or the BusieBusy-body. 63
Thomas Adams · Diseases of the Soul · Open in the reader
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… soule had any infirmity to sample it. You shall finde the humor of a BusieBusy-body, a contentious intermeddler very like it. The Itch is a corrupt humour betweene …
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… soule had any infirmity to sample it. You shall finde the humor of a BusieBusy-body, a contentious intermeddler very like it. The Itch is a corrupt humour betweene …
Thomas Adams · Diseases of the Soul · p. 63 · Open in the reader

The Purple Island A00977

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BusieBusy they puffe & blow: the word, Mistake the ground.
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BusieBusy they puffe & blow: the word, Mistake the ground.
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 108 · Open in the reader

Mystical Bedlam A02265

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12. The BusieBusy-Body
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12. The BusieBusy-Body
Thomas Adams · Mystical Bedlam · p. 64 · Open in the reader

The Height of Israels Heathenish Idolatry A04378

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… Ne occupes te mediùm, ſz. In negotus mun…mis ne inqui… te: That is, BuſieBusy not thy ſelfe too much in worldly affaires, diſquiet not thy ſelfe. The ſame …
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… Ne occupes te mediùm, ſz. In negotus mun…mis ne inqui… te: That is, BuſieBusy not thy ſelfe too much in worldly affaires, diſquiet not thy ſelfe. The ſame …
Robert Jenison · The Height of Israels Heathenish Idolatry · p. 3 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Proverbs A07874

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BuſieBusy bodies do great hurt vnto them ſelues. Euen as he who taketh a dog …
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BuſieBusy bodies do great hurt vnto them ſelues. Euen as he who taketh a dog …
Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 223 · Open in the reader

The Breastplate of Faith and Love A09950

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BusieBusy.
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BusieBusy.
John Preston · The Breastplate of Faith and Love · Open in the reader

Life Eternal A09977

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BusieBusy.
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BusieBusy.
John Preston · Life Eternal · Open in the reader

A Strange Vineyard in Palestine A10926

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BuſieBusy-medling dangerous. 101
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BuſieBusy-medling dangerous. 101
Nehemiah Rogers · A Strange Vineyard in Palestine · Open in the reader

The Wild Vine A10928

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BuſieBusy-medling dangerous. 101
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BuſieBusy-medling dangerous. 101
Nehemiah Rogers · The Wild Vine · Open in the reader

Commentary on Judges A10933

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… moſt; either they will haue all or nothing, though they beg for their labour. BuſieBusy bodies many are, the priuat man prying into the Miniſters calling, and finding fault …
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… moſt; either they will haue all or nothing, though they beg for their labour. BuſieBusy bodies many are, the priuat man prying into the Miniſters calling, and finding fault …
Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 460 · Open in the reader

Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians A11010

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… the high calling of God in Chriſt Ieſus. Philipp. 3. 14. To turne it ouer againe. BuſieBusy thy ſelf as thou wilt, if that thy buſineſſe be not in holineſſe, thou …
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… the high calling of God in Chriſt Ieſus. Philipp. 3. 14. To turne it ouer againe. BuſieBusy thy ſelf as thou wilt, if that thy buſineſſe be not in holineſſe, thou …
Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 160 · Open in the reader

Exposition of 2 Thessalonians A11588

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Properties of it thus number. 1. BuſieBusy inquiſition into euery mans ſecreteſt actions. 2. Putting the finger into euery mans buſineſſe. 3. Wherefore …
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Properties of it thus number. 1. BuſieBusy inquiſition into euery mans ſecreteſt actions. 2. Putting the finger into euery mans buſineſſe. 3. Wherefore …
William Sclater · Exposition of 2 Thessalonians · p. 272 · Open in the reader

A Care Cloth A14992

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… of ſinne: Powre forth your hearts often before God in confeſſions, requeſts and Prayſes. BuſieBusy your minds continually, in thinking of Gods holy nature, fearefull threats againſt ſinne, and …
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… of ſinne: Powre forth your hearts often before God in confeſſions, requeſts and Prayſes. BuſieBusy your minds continually, in thinking of Gods holy nature, fearefull threats againſt ſinne, and …
William Whately · A Care Cloth · p. 153 · Open in the reader

Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God A16338

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… they will make no bones, against the lawes of humanitie, to breake it open. BusieBusy-bodies in this kind neuer want wrath and woe. Antigonus, as it is said …
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… they will make no bones, against the lawes of humanitie, to breake it open. BusieBusy-bodies in this kind neuer want wrath and woe. Antigonus, as it is said …
Robert Bolton · Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God · p. 96 · Open in the reader

A Hand of Fellowship to Help Keep Out Sin and Antichrist A19474

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… God in awaking conſcience, and wooing and winning deſires to this his true Church. BuſieBusy are the aduerſaries of our common mother (the Church of England) to gaine appetites …
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… God in awaking conſcience, and wooing and winning deſires to this his true Church. BuſieBusy are the aduerſaries of our common mother (the Church of England) to gaine appetites …
Robert Abbot · A Hand of Fellowship to Help Keep Out Sin and Antichrist · Open in the reader

A Survey of Dialogical Discourses A19857

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… one, you knowe no difference betweene M…ſes chayre, and a phariſaicall life. But BuſieBusy ſay you muſt needes haue a band: Well M. Deacon, and M. VValker, make …
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… one, you knowe no difference betweene M…ſes chayre, and a phariſaicall life. But BuſieBusy ſay you muſt needes haue a band: Well M. Deacon, and M. VValker, make …
John Darrell · A Survey of Dialogical Discourses · Open in the reader

A Treasury of Ancient Adages and Proverbs A20796

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¶ BusieBusy, or medling.
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¶ BusieBusy, or medling.
Thomas Draxe · A Treasury of Ancient Adages and Proverbs · p. 19 · Open in the reader
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BusieBusy will haue bondes.
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BusieBusy will haue bondes.
Thomas Draxe · A Treasury of Ancient Adages and Proverbs · p. 19 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Philemon A22481

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… endured impriſonment as Martyrs, not as Malefactors; as Preachers of the Goſpell, not As BuſieBusy-bodies in other mens matters; as doers of good, not as euill doers; neuer …
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… endured impriſonment as Martyrs, not as Malefactors; as Preachers of the Goſpell, not As BuſieBusy-bodies in other mens matters; as doers of good, not as euill doers; neuer …
William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · Open in the reader
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… as a Murtherer, or as a Theefe, or an euill Doer, or as a BuſieBusy-body in other Mens matters: But if a Man ſuffer as a Christian, let …
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… as a Murtherer, or as a Theefe, or an euill Doer, or as a BuſieBusy-body in other Mens matters: But if a Man ſuffer as a Christian, let …
William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · p. 14 · Open in the reader
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… are ſome which walke among you inordinatelie, and worke not at all, but are BuſieBusy-bodies: therefore them that are ſuch, we commaund and exhort by our Lord Ieſus …
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… are ſome which walke among you inordinatelie, and worke not at all, but are BuſieBusy-bodies: therefore them that are ſuch, we commaund and exhort by our Lord Ieſus …
William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · p. 368 · Open in the reader

The Government of the Thoughts A23734

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… among them, they presently settle. So the only Expedient to settle our Swarm of BusieBusy Cares, is the memento of our Original, That Dust thou art, and to Dust …
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… among them, they presently settle. So the only Expedient to settle our Swarm of BusieBusy Cares, is the memento of our Original, That Dust thou art, and to Dust …
Richard Allestree · The Government of the Thoughts · p. 109 · Open in the reader

Church History of the Government of Bishops and Their Councils A26898

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BusieBusy in controversie sprung of late:
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BusieBusy in controversie sprung of late:
Richard Baxter · Church History of the Government of Bishops and Their Councils · p. 458 · Open in the reader

A Paraphrase on the New Testament A26981

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… be moſt Religious, that uſe not to venture on this Chat, and Backbiting, and BuſieBusy judging thoſe that are abſent, and meddling with things which they ſhould not meddle …
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… be moſt Religious, that uſe not to venture on this Chat, and Backbiting, and BuſieBusy judging thoſe that are abſent, and meddling with things which they ſhould not meddle …
Richard Baxter · A Paraphrase on the New Testament · Open in the reader

The Theater Vindicated A29842

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… a perverter of Scriptures; of one, Zealous without knowledge; of a Syco…hant, a BusieBusy-body, a Slanderer, and such like; under which names, this man is as really …
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… a perverter of Scriptures; of one, Zealous without knowledge; of a Syco…hant, a BusieBusy-body, a Slanderer, and such like; under which names, this man is as really …
Sir Richard Baker · The Theater Vindicated · p. 76 · Open in the reader

Existence and Attributes of God A32723

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… conclude, Such as make Alterations in Religion, different from the firſt Inſtitution, are intolerable BuſieBusy-bodies, that will not let God alone with his own Affairs. Vain Man would …
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… conclude, Such as make Alterations in Religion, different from the firſt Inſtitution, are intolerable BuſieBusy-bodies, that will not let God alone with his own Affairs. Vain Man would …
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 402 · Open in the reader

A Persuasive to Peaceableness and Obedience A33201

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… while they forget what he hath commanded and forbidden, and that they are his BuſieBusy and Godly Servants, when they are quite and clean gone beyond the bounds of …
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… while they forget what he hath commanded and forbidden, and that they are his BuſieBusy and Godly Servants, when they are quite and clean gone beyond the bounds of …
Nicholas Clagett · A Persuasive to Peaceableness and Obedience · p. 23 · Open in the reader

The Weavers Pocket-Book A33985

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… which Idleneſs expoſeth it. Idle Perſons 1 Timothy 5.13. are not Idle only, but Tatlers, and BuſieBusy-Bodies, wandring from Houſe to Houſe, and ſpeaking things which they ought not: Yea …
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… which Idleneſs expoſeth it. Idle Perſons 1 Timothy 5.13. are not Idle only, but Tatlers, and BuſieBusy-Bodies, wandring from Houſe to Houſe, and ſpeaking things which they ought not: Yea …
John Collinges · The Weavers Pocket-Book · p. 103 · Open in the reader

Divine Characters in Two Parts A35147

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… to give him an apt deſcription. Whether he may be more fitly termed the BuſieBusy Hypocrite, whoſe buſineſſe is idleneſſe; or, the Idle Hypocrite, whoſe idleneſſe is his buſineſſe …
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… to give him an apt deſcription. Whether he may be more fitly termed the BuſieBusy Hypocrite, whoſe buſineſſe is idleneſſe; or, the Idle Hypocrite, whoſe idleneſſe is his buſineſſe …
Samuel Crook · Divine Characters in Two Parts · p. 477 · Open in the reader
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… buſineſſe; and rightly terme him, The idle Hypocrite: the buſiebusy Idler, or the idle BuſieBusy-body. He either doth nothing, and then, all his buſineſſe is, to defend his …
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… buſineſſe; and rightly terme him, The idle Hypocrite: the buſiebusy Idler, or the idle BuſieBusy-body. He either doth nothing, and then, all his buſineſſe is, to defend his …
Samuel Crook · Divine Characters in Two Parts · p. 477 · Open in the reader
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foreign and foreign, the BuſieBusy-body and the Idler are joyned together by the Apoſtle, as inſeparable companions; where …
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foreign and foreign, the BuſieBusy-body and the Idler are joyned together by the Apoſtle, as inſeparable companions; where …
Samuel Crook · Divine Characters in Two Parts · p. 487 · Open in the reader

Forty-nine Sermons upon Colossians A35753

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… are not exempted neither, and have need of the charity you exerciſe towards them. BuſieBusy your ſelves in curing your own evils, rather than in diſcovering other mens; and …
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… are not exempted neither, and have need of the charity you exerciſe towards them. BuſieBusy your ſelves in curing your own evils, rather than in diſcovering other mens; and …
Jean Daille · Forty-nine Sermons upon Colossians · p. 54 · Open in the reader

Fifty Sermons A36296

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… and indignation too, O homo, non est tuum Scripturas evolvere, quia innumeris curis distraheris? BusieBusy man, belongeth it not to thee to study the Scriptures, because thou art oppressed …
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… and indignation too, O homo, non est tuum Scripturas evolvere, quia innumeris curis distraheris? BusieBusy man, belongeth it not to thee to study the Scriptures, because thou art oppressed …
John Donne · Fifty Sermons · p. 348 · Open in the reader

Westminster Annotations A36467

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casting a net] BusieBusy in their calling, as the shepherds were, when the angels came to them, Luke 2. 8.
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casting a net] BusieBusy in their calling, as the shepherds were, when the angels came to them, Luke 2. 8.
John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

The Kingdom of God Opened A39291

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… none of you ſuffer as a Murderer, or as a Thief, or as a BuſieBusy-body in other mens matters: let them that ſuffer, ſuffer as a Chriſtian, according …
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… none of you ſuffer as a Murderer, or as a Thief, or as a BuſieBusy-body in other mens matters: let them that ſuffer, ſuffer as a Chriſtian, according …
Tobias Ellis · The Kingdom of God Opened · p. 44 · Open in the reader

The Great Mystery of Godliness Opened A39328

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—BuſieBusy Biſhop. both in anſwer to John Goodwin.
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—BuſieBusy Biſhop. both in anſwer to John Goodwin.
Edward Elton · The Great Mystery of Godliness Opened · Open in the reader

A Pastors Legacy to His Beloved People A39579

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2. BusieBusy in laying up evidences, and preparing the account against the great day.
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2. BusieBusy in laying up evidences, and preparing the account against the great day.
Samuel Fairclough Sr · A Pastors Legacy to His Beloved People · p. 96 · Open in the reader

A Gospel Church A39931

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… or reviling others to their face, or behind their backs. (13.) Idleneſs, Tatling, and being BuſieBusy-bodies in other mens matters that concern them not. Theſe, and many more of …
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… or reviling others to their face, or behind their backs. (13.) Idleneſs, Tatling, and being BuſieBusy-bodies in other mens matters that concern them not. Theſe, and many more of …
Stephen Ford · A Gospel Church · p. 342 · Open in the reader

Discourse of the Gospel of Peace A40784

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He that rules his own Spirit, discharges his own Province. He is not a BusieBusy-body in other Mens matters in so doing. Who was ever charged as an …
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He that rules his own Spirit, discharges his own Province. He is not a BusieBusy-body in other Mens matters in so doing. Who was ever charged as an …
John Faldo · Discourse of the Gospel of Peace · p. 160 · Open in the reader
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… from the charge of a false, or malicious Accuser, of a particular Person, or BusieBusy-Body, tho he has neither had that Offender, nor any particular Person in his …
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… from the charge of a false, or malicious Accuser, of a particular Person, or BusieBusy-Body, tho he has neither had that Offender, nor any particular Person in his …
John Faldo · Discourse of the Gospel of Peace · p. 192 · Open in the reader

Twenty-One Divines Cleared A40788

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… and my work, Behold your Priest! Fallible, errable Priest. Scoffing, Independent Priest. Ʋngodly Priest. BusieBusy Priest. Cavilling Priest. Overdoing Priests. Antichristian Priest. Mountebank Priest. This Taunting Priest. Stingie Priests …
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… and my work, Behold your Priest! Fallible, errable Priest. Scoffing, Independent Priest. Ʋngodly Priest. BusieBusy Priest. Cavilling Priest. Overdoing Priests. Antichristian Priest. Mountebank Priest. This Taunting Priest. Stingie Priests …
John Faldo · Twenty-One Divines Cleared · p. 93 · Open in the reader

A Memorial Offered to John Williams A43532

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… way beſt, to what they are tied, as we know ours. He is a BuſieBusy-body that traſheth this in a Pulpit. A Miniſter is pur-blind of that …
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… way beſt, to what they are tied, as we know ours. He is a BuſieBusy-body that traſheth this in a Pulpit. A Miniſter is pur-blind of that …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 87 · Open in the reader

Closet Prayer a Christian Duty A43573

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… thy ſins, and the ſins of others plead with God for thine own ſoul: BuſieBusy thy ſelf about thyſelf, ſet all ſtraight at home, take heed of that which …
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… thy ſins, and the ſins of others plead with God for thine own ſoul: BuſieBusy thy ſelf about thyſelf, ſet all ſtraight at home, take heed of that which …
Oliver Heywood · Closet Prayer a Christian Duty · Open in the reader

A Brief Discourse of Mans Estate A45654

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… muſt piece and patch up things as he can. He is made up of BuſieBusy principles, and the more buſiebusy becauſe now diſtempered, and as it were feveriſh, and …
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… muſt piece and patch up things as he can. He is made up of BuſieBusy principles, and the more buſiebusy becauſe now diſtempered, and as it were feveriſh, and …
Robert Harris · A Brief Discourse of Mans Estate · p. 100 · Open in the reader

Several Sermons A45658

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… muſt piece and patch up things as he can. He is made up of BuſieBusy principles, and the more buſiebusy becauſe now diſtempered, and as it were feveriſh, and …
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… muſt piece and patch up things as he can. He is made up of BuſieBusy principles, and the more buſiebusy becauſe now diſtempered, and as it were feveriſh, and …
Robert Harris · Several Sermons · p. 51 · Open in the reader

Treatise of Moral and Intellectual Virtues A45744

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… ſtart out into wanton Imaginations, ſo as to make him a Tatler, or a BuſieBusy-Body, but with conſtancy to apply his whole Soul to the examination of his …
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… ſtart out into wanton Imaginations, ſo as to make him a Tatler, or a BuſieBusy-Body, but with conſtancy to apply his whole Soul to the examination of his …
John Hartcliffe · Treatise of Moral and Intellectual Virtues · p. 217 · Open in the reader