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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4093 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

whylewhile

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

Puritas changed it
1,280 times in 229 works
Consistency
96.9% (1,280 of 1,320)
Reach if approved
~1,389 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: while
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,322 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,280 changes in 229 works, 96.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,280)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … requyreth / non other wolde he the people to haue / least they shulde in a whylewhile be moche godlyar wyse than he. This houglye syght despysed Iohan Wyclef and Iohan …
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    … requyreth / non other wolde he the people to haue / least they shulde in a whylewhile be moche godlyar wyse than he. This houglye syght despysed Iohan Wyclef and Iohan …

    John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · Open in the reader

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    … vs. The Familie therefore are greatly abuſed of H.N. their Lorde and maiſter, whylewhile they are enforced of him, to take Allegories onely for theyr euidence: And yet …
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    … vs. The Familie therefore are greatly abuſed of H.N. their Lorde and maiſter, whylewhile they are enforced of him, to take Allegories onely for theyr euidence: And yet …

    John Knewstubs · Confutation of Monstrous and Horrible Heresies · p. 61 · Open in the reader

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    … is, that one is faith, not a seasonable fayeth, whych shall laste but a whylewhile, but a fayeth, whyche is continuynge in GOD. The seconde cleare syght is charitye …
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    … is, that one is faith, not a seasonable fayeth, whych shall laste but a whylewhile, but a fayeth, whyche is continuynge in GOD. The seconde cleare syght is charitye …

    Hugh Latimer · First Sermon to His Majesty · Open in the reader

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    … Scripture, alſo vſe theyr own iudgement and witneſſe of the Papiſtes, in the meane whylewhile for vs againſt them. For thus ſayde Duke George of vnworthy memorye. That he …
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    … Scripture, alſo vſe theyr own iudgement and witneſſe of the Papiſtes, in the meane whylewhile for vs againſt them. For thus ſayde Duke George of vnworthy memorye. That he …

    Martin Luther · The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith · Open in the reader

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    Agayne, God setteth out his loue y• he hath to vs, seynge that whylewhile we were yet synners, Christ dyed for vs much more than now, seyng we …
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    Agayne, God setteth out his loue y• he hath to vs, seynge that whylewhile we were yet synners, Christ dyed for vs much more than now, seyng we …

    Thomas Becon · A Christmas Banket · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … matter of vnryghteousnes to preuayle before the seat of your iudgyng place. Remēber that whylewhile ye syt in iudgement, ye are no priuate personnes. Ye represent the parson of …
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    … matter of vnryghteousnes to preuayle before the seat of your iudgyng place. Remēber that whylewhile ye syt in iudgement, ye are no priuate personnes. Ye represent the parson of …

    Thomas Becon · An Invective Against Swearing · p. xlvii · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … hart was far frō him: And, in vaine do they worship me (sayth God) whylewhile they teach doctrines that are the precepts of men. Therfore I wil againe do …
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    … hart was far frō him: And, in vaine do they worship me (sayth God) whylewhile they teach doctrines that are the precepts of men. Therfore I wil againe do …

    William Fulke · A Comfortable Sermon of Faith in Temptations · Open in the reader

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    … it at once throw vs downe in humility vnder the hand of God: for, whylewhile we had to deale with men, we were as stoute as any, and would …
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    … it at once throw vs downe in humility vnder the hand of God: for, whylewhile we had to deale with men, we were as stoute as any, and would …

    Richard Greenham · Two Learned and Godly Sermons · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (40)

37 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 36 are listed here. 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted A02886

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    … not what. Dum lucem habetis (sayth he) credite in lucem / vt filii lucis sitis. WhyleWhile ye haue the lyght / beleue on the lyght / that ye maye be the chydren …
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    … not what. Dum lucem habetis (sayth he) credite in lucem / vt filii lucis sitis. WhyleWhile ye haue the lyght / beleue on the lyght / that ye maye be the chydren …

    John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · p. 80 · Open in the reader

The Pageant of Popes A02895

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    WhyleWhile on his royall necke the beast hath sayd his filthy pawe.
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    WhyleWhile on his royall necke the beast hath sayd his filthy pawe.

    John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader

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    … temporall magistrate. But marke what happened these wretches through their pryde, as I thinke, WhyleWhile euen like the Pharisies they wilbe counted holier then other, with their shauen heades …
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    … temporall magistrate. But marke what happened these wretches through their pryde, as I thinke, WhyleWhile euen like the Pharisies they wilbe counted holier then other, with their shauen heades …

    John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · p. 30 · Open in the reader

The Nobles A03850

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    WhyleWhile wars I teache to flye, or to defende
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    WhyleWhile wars I teache to flye, or to defende

    Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

Sermon Before Parliament Began A05152

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    … her husbandes ransome, and so of duetie claimed hym to be sette at lybertie: WhyleWhile they thus preached to the people, that deade images (which at the first, as …
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    … her husbandes ransome, and so of duetie claimed hym to be sette at lybertie: WhyleWhile they thus preached to the people, that deade images (which at the first, as …

    Hugh Latimer · Sermon Before Parliament Began · Open in the reader

The Complaint and Testament of a Popinjay A05547

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    WhyleWhile ye haue tyme dere brether make remede
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    WhyleWhile ye haue tyme dere brether make remede

    David Lindsay · The Complaint and Testament of a Popinjay · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    WhyleWhile she is hote depart her euen amonge vs
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    WhyleWhile she is hote depart her euen amonge vs

    David Lindsay · The Complaint and Testament of a Popinjay · Open in the reader

Historical Table of the Bible A06660

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    … all to be gathered to gether aſſone as myghte be, and to be kylled. WhyleWhile thees thynges were a doynge agaynſte the Iewes there went a great fame that …
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    … all to be gathered to gether aſſone as myghte be, and to be kylled. WhyleWhile thees thynges were a doynge agaynſte the Iewes there went a great fame that …

    Henrich Bullinger · Historical Table of the Bible · Open in the reader

A Christmas Banket A06698

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    … your beneuolence toward me should not only be encresed, but also made consumate & perfecte. WhyleWhile I sought diligently an argumēnt fytte & worthy youre benignite, among all other it came …
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    … your beneuolence toward me should not only be encresed, but also made consumate & perfecte. WhyleWhile I sought diligently an argumēnt fytte & worthy youre benignite, among all other it came …

    Thomas Becon · A Christmas Banket · Open in the reader

The Flower of Godly Prayers A06743

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    … cā not abide the wisdome of God, which is counted folishnes in their sighte. WhyleWhile they go about to mayntain olde croked costumes, supersticious ceremonis the trifling tradiciōs of …
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    … cā not abide the wisdome of God, which is counted folishnes in their sighte. WhyleWhile they go about to mayntain olde croked costumes, supersticious ceremonis the trifling tradiciōs of …

    Thomas Becon · The Flower of Godly Prayers · Open in the reader

The Fortress of the Faithful Against the Cruel Assaults of Poverty and Hunger A06772

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    … in hys hart, not grudgyngly, or of necessite: For God loueth a chereful geuer. WhyleWhile we haue tyme, let vs do good vnto al mē, but cheifly vnto them …
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    … in hys hart, not grudgyngly, or of necessite: For God loueth a chereful geuer. WhyleWhile we haue tyme, let vs do good vnto al mē, but cheifly vnto them …

    Thomas Becon · The Fortress of the Faithful Against the Cruel Assaults of Poverty and Hunger · Open in the reader

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    … stode vp as fyre, saith the wiseman, and his worde brent lyke a cresset. WhyleWhile he liued he was afrayed of no Prince, and no man myghte ouercome him …
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    … stode vp as fyre, saith the wiseman, and his worde brent lyke a cresset. WhyleWhile he liued he was afrayed of no Prince, and no man myghte ouercome him …

    Thomas Becon · The Fortress of the Faithful Against the Cruel Assaults of Poverty and Hunger · Open in the reader

An Invective Against Swearing A06866

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    WhyleWhile they haue respecte only vnto theyr couetous affeccion, and labour to satisfy that, they …
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    WhyleWhile they haue respecte only vnto theyr couetous affeccion, and labour to satisfy that, they …

    Thomas Becon · An Invective Against Swearing · p. xlii · Open in the reader

The Jewel of Joy A06898

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    WhyleWhile I was traynynge vp of youthe, and fashyonynge theyr myndes vnto true Godlynes in …
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    WhyleWhile I was traynynge vp of youthe, and fashyonynge theyr myndes vnto true Godlynes in …

    Thomas Becon · The Jewel of Joy · Open in the reader

A New Pathway Unto Prayer A06909

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    WhyleWhile we follow our owne wyll, we commyt many absurdities & vnsyttynge thynges. Therfore whatsoeuer we …
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    WhyleWhile we follow our owne wyll, we commyt many absurdities & vnsyttynge thynges. Therfore whatsoeuer we …

    Thomas Becon · A New Pathway Unto Prayer · Open in the reader

Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels A06932

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    … Ryse, let vs be goyng, beholde he is at hande that doth betray me. WhyleWhile he yet spake, loe Iudas one of the number of the twelue came, and …
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    … Ryse, let vs be goyng, beholde he is at hande that doth betray me. WhyleWhile he yet spake, loe Iudas one of the number of the twelue came, and …

    Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · p. 190 · Open in the reader

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    … as thy selfe. In these two commaundementes hange all the lawe and the Prophetes. WhyleWhile the Phariseis were gathered together, Iesus asked them, saying: what thynke ye of Christe …
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    … as thy selfe. In these two commaundementes hange all the lawe and the Prophetes. WhyleWhile the Phariseis were gathered together, Iesus asked them, saying: what thynke ye of Christe …

    Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · p. 134 · Open in the reader

A New Years Gift More Precious than Gold A06955

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    … ye lyght of Goddes worde. Walke whylewhile ye haue lyght, lest darkenes ouerwhelme you. WhyleWhile ye haue lyghte beleue in the lyght, that ye maye be the chyldrē of …
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    … ye lyght of Goddes worde. Walke whylewhile ye haue lyght, lest darkenes ouerwhelme you. WhyleWhile ye haue lyghte beleue in the lyght, that ye maye be the chyldrē of …

    Thomas Becon · A New Years Gift More Precious than Gold · Open in the reader

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    … haue lyghte beleue in the lyght, that ye maye be the chyldrē of lyght. WhyleWhile ye haue tyme, do good vnto all men. Nyght shall come, whā no man …
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    … haue lyghte beleue in the lyght, that ye maye be the chyldrē of lyght. WhyleWhile ye haue tyme, do good vnto all men. Nyght shall come, whā no man …

    Thomas Becon · A New Years Gift More Precious than Gold · Open in the reader

A Pleasant New Nosegay A07010

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    … darkenes come on you. He that walkethe in darkenes, wotteth not whither he gothe. WhyleWhile ye haue lyght, beleue on the lyghte, that ye maye be the chyldrē of …
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    … darkenes come on you. He that walkethe in darkenes, wotteth not whither he gothe. WhyleWhile ye haue lyght, beleue on the lyghte, that ye maye be the chyldrē of …

    Thomas Becon · A Pleasant New Nosegay · Open in the reader

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    … not theyr subtylite? Who smellethe not theyre crafte? Who espyeth not theyr false hode? WhyleWhile they go aboute to syn without punishmēt, to haue al thinges in cōmon, to …
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    … not theyr subtylite? Who smellethe not theyre crafte? Who espyeth not theyr false hode? WhyleWhile they go aboute to syn without punishmēt, to haue al thinges in cōmon, to …

    Thomas Becon · A Pleasant New Nosegay · Open in the reader

The Sick Mans Salve A07163

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    … into that lake, that burneth with fire and brimstone. This witnesseth s. Paul, saying: WhyleWhile we are punished, we ar corrected of the lord that we should not wt …
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    … into that lake, that burneth with fire and brimstone. This witnesseth s. Paul, saying: WhyleWhile we are punished, we ar corrected of the lord that we should not wt …

    Thomas Becon · The Sick Mans Salve · p. 54 · Open in the reader

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    … Prophet. It shall be that or euer they call, I shall an…were them. WhyleWhile they are yet but thinking howe to speake, I shal heare them.
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    … Prophet. It shall be that or euer they call, I shall an…were them. WhyleWhile they are yet but thinking howe to speake, I shal heare them.

    Thomas Becon · The Sick Mans Salve · p. 99 · Open in the reader

The Treasure of Truth Touching Salvation and the Christian Religion A10213

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    12. WhyleWhile I was with them in the worlde, I kept them in thy name: those …
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    12. WhyleWhile I was with them in the worlde, I kept them in thy name: those …

    Theodore Beza · The Treasure of Truth Touching Salvation and the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

The Parable of the Wicked Mammon A14146

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    WhyleWhile I a bode a faythfull companion whiche nowe hathe taken another viage vpon him …
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    WhyleWhile I a bode a faythfull companion whiche nowe hathe taken another viage vpon him …

    William Tyndale · The Parable of the Wicked Mammon · Open in the reader

The Sacrament of the Lords Supper A14347

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    … And (in a briefe summe to speake it), thus in effect sayeth the booke. WhyleWhile the minister thereunto deputed and ordeined, pronounceth the wordes of the Lordes institucion ouer …
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    … And (in a briefe summe to speake it), thus in effect sayeth the booke. WhyleWhile the minister thereunto deputed and ordeined, pronounceth the wordes of the Lordes institucion ouer …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · The Sacrament of the Lords Supper · p. ii · Open in the reader

A Treatise Proving Melchizedek to be Shem A17009

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    … all his lyfe: and ſome vpſtart of Families curſed, ſhoulde pronounce it vpon Abraham? WhyleWhile Libanus beareth Snow, and Iordans waters flowe, that wyll not ſtande, I trow. Such …
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    … all his lyfe: and ſome vpſtart of Families curſed, ſhoulde pronounce it vpon Abraham? WhyleWhile Libanus beareth Snow, and Iordans waters flowe, that wyll not ſtande, I trow. Such …

    Hugh Broughton · A Treatise Proving Melchizedek to be Shem · Open in the reader

The Golden Book of Christian Matrimony A17171

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    … whylewhile the parentes be alyue, yet happeneth it after the death of the faythfull? WhyleWhile such yoked folkes also are alyue, there is no tranquilite: & finally the beleuer must …
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    … whylewhile the parentes be alyue, yet happeneth it after the death of the faythfull? WhyleWhile such yoked folkes also are alyue, there is no tranquilite: & finally the beleuer must …

    Henrich Bullinger · The Golden Book of Christian Matrimony · p. viii · Open in the reader

The Institutes of the Christian Religion A17662

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    … of God wer to be seen in earthly thinges, so wer also his punishmētes. WhyleWhile the vnskilfull do not weye thys comparison or agreement, as I may call it …
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    … of God wer to be seen in earthly thinges, so wer also his punishmētes. WhyleWhile the vnskilfull do not weye thys comparison or agreement, as I may call it …

    John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

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    … accomplyshment therof, whereby it atteineth to be stablished and continuing in force, is Christe. WhyleWhile suche establyshment was in expectation, the Lorde did by Moses apointe ceremonies, to bee …
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    … accomplyshment therof, whereby it atteineth to be stablished and continuing in force, is Christe. WhyleWhile suche establyshment was in expectation, the Lorde did by Moses apointe ceremonies, to bee …

    John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · p. 77 · Open in the reader

A Short Explanation of Hebrews A20414

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    … open to the Christian Church, and encowragement given, by offer and promise of entrie. 2. WhyleWhile it is to day this promise and invitation to it, is left vnto vs …
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    … open to the Christian Church, and encowragement given, by offer and promise of entrie. 2. WhyleWhile it is to day this promise and invitation to it, is left vnto vs …

    David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · p. 54 · Open in the reader

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    3. WhyleWhile hee descrybeth the Believer, after this manner, as the man to whome all these …
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    3. WhyleWhile hee descrybeth the Believer, after this manner, as the man to whome all these …

    David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · p. 109 · Open in the reader

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    1. WHyleWhile Hee sayeth, They shall not teach every man his neyhgbour, hee doeth not meane …
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    1. WHyleWhile Hee sayeth, They shall not teach every man his neyhgbour, hee doeth not meane …

    David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · p. 160 · Open in the reader

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    4. WhyleWhile Hee sayeth, Hee will remember their sinnes no more, HEE TEACHETH, 1. That Hee will …
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    4. WhyleWhile Hee sayeth, Hee will remember their sinnes no more, HEE TEACHETH, 1. That Hee will …

    David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · p. 163 · Open in the reader

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    … this not cleare manifestation of the way to Heaven, is set downe to bee, WhyleWhile the first Tabernacle was standing.
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    … this not cleare manifestation of the way to Heaven, is set downe to bee, WhyleWhile the first Tabernacle was standing.

    David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · p. 169 · Open in the reader

Epistle to the Duke of Somerset B16185

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    … sayde he, why dyddest thou stumble by reason of thy weake and feble faythe. WhyleWhile I cōsyder this noble historie, good Lorde, I do gather and perceaue many thynges …
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    … sayde he, why dyddest thou stumble by reason of thy weake and feble faythe. WhyleWhile I cōsyder this noble historie, good Lorde, I do gather and perceaue many thynges …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Epistle to the Duke of Somerset · Open in the reader