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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4097 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

modestiemodesty

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

Puritas changed it
1,578 times in 523 works
Consistency
94.2% (1,578 of 1,675)
Reach if approved
~1,761 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: modesty
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,676 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,578 changes in 523 works, 94.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,578)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
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    … selfe to be. But it is a small thing to breake the bondes of modestiemodesty in a fewe poyntes, if a man striue not to passe impudencie it selfe …
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    … selfe to be. But it is a small thing to breake the bondes of modestiemodesty in a fewe poyntes, if a man striue not to passe impudencie it selfe …

    William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 19 · Open in the reader

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    … to ſpeake of the workes of God to His honour, according to trueth, and modeſtiemodesty. Generation or begetting, is actively in the Parents; for the female is alſo an …
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    … to ſpeake of the workes of God to His honour, according to trueth, and modeſtiemodesty. Generation or begetting, is actively in the Parents; for the female is alſo an …

    Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 7 · Open in the reader

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    … himſelfe, or ſpeake for helpe; this (in a word) wil work repentance towards God, modeſtiemodesty towards man, diligence in our callings, patience vnder croſſes, watchfulneſſe in all places, moderation …
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    … himſelfe, or ſpeake for helpe; this (in a word) wil work repentance towards God, modeſtiemodesty towards man, diligence in our callings, patience vnder croſſes, watchfulneſſe in all places, moderation …

    Robert Harris · Samuels Funeral · p. 4 · Open in the reader

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    … as professed the feare of God, willeth them to cloath themselues with shamefastnes and modestiemodesty, and to put on the apparel of good workes. Taliter pigmentatae Deum habebitis amatorem …
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    … as professed the feare of God, willeth them to cloath themselues with shamefastnes and modestiemodesty, and to put on the apparel of good workes. Taliter pigmentatae Deum habebitis amatorem …

    Richard Hooker · Two Sermons Upon Jude · p. 36 · Open in the reader

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    … nothinge more intolerable then a proud Lorde, nothinge in a gentleman more commendable, then modeſtiemodesty. Wherfore here in firſt ſhine theyr temperāce, to beare not lofty but lowly minde …
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    … nothinge more intolerable then a proud Lorde, nothinge in a gentleman more commendable, then modeſtiemodesty. Wherfore here in firſt ſhine theyr temperāce, to beare not lofty but lowly minde …

    Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

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    … or her married companion: he meaneth, he may sin in want of grauitie and modestiemodesty: as if:
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    … or her married companion: he meaneth, he may sin in want of grauitie and modestiemodesty: as if:

    George Estey · Exposition Upon the Ten Commandments · Open in the reader

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    Out-looks all shamefac't forms, all modestiemodesty defies.
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    Out-looks all shamefac't forms, all modestiemodesty defies.

    Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 121 · Open in the reader

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    … in their conuersation, what humilitie deuoyde of all hawtinesse is in their heartes, what modestiemodesty acquainted with no kynde of ambition, what mildenesse insuffering iniuries: howe earnest a zeale …
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    … in their conuersation, what humilitie deuoyde of all hawtinesse is in their heartes, what modestiemodesty acquainted with no kynde of ambition, what mildenesse insuffering iniuries: howe earnest a zeale …

    John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (97)

81 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 60 are listed here. 16 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Devils Banket Described A00888

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    … quoscun que colores, to all colours; except Red and White, saith Plinie: Red signifying ModestieModesty, White Innocencie. Natio comaeda est: rides? maiore cachinno concutitur, &c. If thou sayest, it …
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    … quoscun que colores, to all colours; except Red and White, saith Plinie: Red signifying ModestieModesty, White Innocencie. Natio comaeda est: rides? maiore cachinno concutitur, &c. If thou sayest, it …

    Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 69 · Open in the reader

The Purple Island A00977

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    Here ever sits sweet-blushing ModestieModesty;
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    Here ever sits sweet-blushing ModestieModesty;

    Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 60 · Open in the reader

Sicelides a Piscatory A00979

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    ModestieModesty? marry guipp: these are your modest creatures.
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    ModestieModesty? marry guipp: these are your modest creatures.

    Phineas Fletcher · Sicelides a Piscatory · Open in the reader

The Incomparable Jewel A04978

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    … other occurrences; and it doth fight against all vertu…s, especially against Temperance and ModestieModesty. True it is, that all living Creatures desire that pleasure in the sensitive appetite …
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    … other occurrences; and it doth fight against all vertu…s, especially against Temperance and ModestieModesty. True it is, that all living Creatures desire that pleasure in the sensitive appetite …

    William Loe · The Incomparable Jewel · p. 20 · Open in the reader

Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion A07769

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    … What a Godhead is that I beseech you, which is prouoked to anger by ModestieModesty, and appeased by mischiefe? In the fauour whereof a man cannot stand, but by …
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    … What a Godhead is that I beseech you, which is prouoked to anger by ModestieModesty, and appeased by mischiefe? In the fauour whereof a man cannot stand, but by …

    Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 397 · Open in the reader

A Golden Chain A09339

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    There are two especiall vertues which preserue chastitie, ModestieModesty, and Sobrietie. ModestieModesty is a vertue which keepeth in each worke an holy decorum …
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    There are two especiall vertues which preserue chastitie, ModestieModesty, and Sobrietie. ModestieModesty is a vertue which keepeth in each worke an holy decorum …

    William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 85 · Open in the reader

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    There are two especiall vertues which preserue chastitie, ModestieModesty, and Sobrietie. ModestieModesty is a vertue which keepeth in each worke an holy decorum, or comelines: and …
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    There are two especiall vertues which preserue chastitie, ModestieModesty, and Sobrietie. ModestieModesty is a vertue which keepeth in each worke an holy decorum, or comelines: and …

    William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 85 · Open in the reader

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    ModestieModesty. 85
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    ModestieModesty. 85

    William Perkins · A Golden Chain · Open in the reader

Commentary on Galatians 1-5 A09383

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    the ModestieModesty of Paul. 19. 34
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    the ModestieModesty of Paul. 19. 34

    William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · Open in the reader

The Government of the Tongue A09391

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    … which we are to shewe foorth in our communication, are these: Wisedome, Trueth, Reverence, ModestieModesty, Meekenesse, Sobrietie in judgement, Vrbanitie, Fidelitie, Care of others good name▪ but let us …
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    … which we are to shewe foorth in our communication, are these: Wisedome, Trueth, Reverence, ModestieModesty, Meekenesse, Sobrietie in judgement, Vrbanitie, Fidelitie, Care of others good name▪ but let us …

    William Perkins · The Government of the Tongue · p. 13 · Open in the reader

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    CAP. VI. Of ModestieModesty and of Meekenesse.
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    CAP. VI. Of ModestieModesty and of Meekenesse.

    William Perkins · The Government of the Tongue · p. 30 · Open in the reader

Display of Popish Practices A09918

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    … of Nature, doe vndoubtedlye diſpleaſe GOD, who is pleaſed with Honeſtie, Chaſtitie, Faith, and ModeſtieModesty, who wyll haue the lawfull order whiche he hathe preſcribed to bée amongeſt menne …
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    … of Nature, doe vndoubtedlye diſpleaſe GOD, who is pleaſed with Honeſtie, Chaſtitie, Faith, and ModeſtieModesty, who wyll haue the lawfull order whiche he hathe preſcribed to bée amongeſt menne …

    Theodore Beza · Display of Popish Practices · p. 178 · Open in the reader

Healths Sickness A10184

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    … pledge him: and as for wicked, and vngodly men: if thou wouldest but with ModestieModesty, Wisedome, Courage, and Discretion, stand it out, they would not be so hardy, as …
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    … pledge him: and as for wicked, and vngodly men: if thou wouldest but with ModestieModesty, Wisedome, Courage, and Discretion, stand it out, they would not be so hardy, as …

    William Prynne · Healths Sickness · p. 64 · Open in the reader

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    … all Grace, and Holinesse, all Temperance, and Sobrietie, (nay Morrall Grauitie, Staiednesse, Ciuilitie, and ModestieModesty:) vnder the Approbrious, and Ignominious, tearines of Puritanisme, and Precisenesse, or of Stoicall, and …
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    … all Grace, and Holinesse, all Temperance, and Sobrietie, (nay Morrall Grauitie, Staiednesse, Ciuilitie, and ModestieModesty:) vnder the Approbrious, and Ignominious, tearines of Puritanisme, and Precisenesse, or of Stoicall, and …

    William Prynne · Healths Sickness · p. 66 · Open in the reader

The Players Scourge A10187

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    … and the like: and Play-houses, the Temples of Venery; the St…wes of ModestieModesty, the Schooles of Ribaldry, and Obscenitie: the Dennes of filthinesse: the Chaires of Pestilence …
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    … and the like: and Play-houses, the Temples of Venery; the St…wes of ModestieModesty, the Schooles of Ribaldry, and Obscenitie: the Dennes of filthinesse: the Chaires of Pestilence …

    William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 65 · Open in the reader

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    ModestieModesty and shamefastnesse banished by Playes. fol. 512. to 516. their prayse. Ibidem.
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    ModestieModesty and shamefastnesse banished by Playes. fol. 512. to 516. their prayse. Ibidem.

    William Prynne · The Players Scourge · Open in the reader

The Unloveliness of Love-Locks A10199

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    … with the candor of Simplicitie, and Vermilian-blush of Chastitie: and our Eyes with ModestieModesty: let Silence, or Holy conference, bee the ornament of our Lips; the Word of …
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    … with the candor of Simplicitie, and Vermilian-blush of Chastitie: and our Eyes with ModestieModesty: let Silence, or Holy conference, bee the ornament of our Lips; the Word of …

    William Prynne · The Unloveliness of Love-Locks · Open in the reader

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    … some luster to our Gifts, and Graces, being regulated and a…tended with Chastitie, ModestieModesty, M…ekenesse, and Humilitie: as our vices (on the other side,) doe staine obfuscate …
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    … some luster to our Gifts, and Graces, being regulated and a…tended with Chastitie, ModestieModesty, M…ekenesse, and Humilitie: as our vices (on the other side,) doe staine obfuscate …

    William Prynne · The Unloveliness of Love-Locks · p. 55 · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

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    … Discouerer, deserueth the name, both of the Country, for the first finding, and of ModestieModesty, for not naming it by himselfe, seeking rather effects, then names of his exploits …
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    … Discouerer, deserueth the name, both of the Country, for the first finding, and of ModestieModesty, for not naming it by himselfe, seeking rather effects, then names of his exploits …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 602 · Open in the reader

Observations Divine and Moral A10839

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    CHAP. LVIII. Of ModestieModesty.
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    CHAP. LVIII. Of ModestieModesty.

    John Robinson · Observations Divine and Moral · p. 293 · Open in the reader

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    … fear. 278. Chapt. lvj. Of anger. 283. Chap. lvij. Of humilitie, and meeknes. 287. Chap. lviij Of ModestieModesty. 293. Chapt. lix. Of mariage. 296. Chapt. lx. Of children, and their education. 304. Chap. lxj. Of …
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    … fear. 278. Chapt. lvj. Of anger. 283. Chap. lvij. Of humilitie, and meeknes. 287. Chap. lviij Of ModestieModesty. 293. Chapt. lix. Of mariage. 296. Chapt. lx. Of children, and their education. 304. Chap. lxj. Of …

    John Robinson · Observations Divine and Moral · Open in the reader

The True Convert A10929

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    All Ornament muſt expreſſe Godlines, ModeſtieModesty, and Sobriety. 270
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    All Ornament muſt expreſſe Godlines, ModeſtieModesty, and Sobriety. 270

    Nehemiah Rogers · The True Convert · Open in the reader

Lectures Upon Colossians A11011

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    … pleaſant, that it is wonderfull to looke on. Mercie, a pleaſant ſight, Bountifulnes pleaſant, ModestieModesty pleaſant, Meekenes pleaſant, Lenitie pleaſant; ſo there was neuer ſo pleaſant a garment put …
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    … pleaſant, that it is wonderfull to looke on. Mercie, a pleaſant ſight, Bountifulnes pleaſant, ModestieModesty pleaſant, Meekenes pleaſant, Lenitie pleaſant; ſo there was neuer ſo pleaſant a garment put …

    Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon Colossians · p. 312 · Open in the reader

The Amendment of Life A13339

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    11 ModeſtieModesty beſt beſeemeth women, as ſayth the Apoſtle in the ſame place, and in another …
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    11 ModeſtieModesty beſt beſeemeth women, as ſayth the Apoſtle in the ſame place, and in another …

    Jean Taffin · The Amendment of Life · p. 234 · Open in the reader

The Sum of Christian Religion 2 A14216

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    5 ModeſtieModesty is a vertue which hath neere affinity with grauity, whereby a man knowing his …
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    5 ModeſtieModesty is a vertue which hath neere affinity with grauity, whereby a man knowing his …

    Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · Open in the reader

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    … grauitie be not ioined with modeſty, it degenerateth into ambition and ſwelling. Humilitie and ModeſtieModesty differ in their ende: and Modeſty is toward, men acknowledging their owne vices, and …
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    … grauitie be not ioined with modeſty, it degenerateth into ambition and ſwelling. Humilitie and ModeſtieModesty differ in their ende: and Modeſty is toward, men acknowledging their owne vices, and …

    Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · Open in the reader

Solomons Marriage A15435

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    ModestieModesty and chastitie required specially in noble Virgins. ibid.
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    ModestieModesty and chastitie required specially in noble Virgins. ibid.

    Andrew Willet · Solomons Marriage · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

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    ModestieModesty. sig:
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    ModestieModesty. sig:

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 321 · Open in the reader

The Art of Rhetoric A15530

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    ModestieModesty.
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    ModestieModesty.

    Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · Open in the reader

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    … heate, when wee begin to rage, and a lowly behauior in all our body ModestieModesty is an honest shamefastnesse, whereby we kepe a constant loke, and appere sober in …
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    … heate, when wee begin to rage, and a lowly behauior in all our body ModestieModesty is an honest shamefastnesse, whereby we kepe a constant loke, and appere sober in …

    Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · Open in the reader

The Marginal Notes of the Popish Testament Translated Into English A15622

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    ModestieModesty requireth, that you leaue the Lords secrets to himselfe. The holie Ghost hath not …
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    ModestieModesty requireth, that you leaue the Lords secrets to himselfe. The holie Ghost hath not …

    Clergy George Wither · The Marginal Notes of the Popish Testament Translated Into English · p. 141 · Open in the reader

Emblems Ancient and Modern A15631

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    That, out of ModeſtieModesty their Gifts they hide,
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    That, out of ModeſtieModesty their Gifts they hide,

    George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 181 · Open in the reader

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    So forward, to oppreſſe my ModeſtieModesty;
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    So forward, to oppreſſe my ModeſtieModesty;

    George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · Open in the reader

Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete A15639

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    Which, true ModestieModesty (in ward)
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    Which, true ModestieModesty (in ward)

    George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader

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    But true friends to ModestieModesty;
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    But true friends to ModestieModesty;

    George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

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    ModestieModesty.
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    ModestieModesty.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

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    ModestieModesty required in women, and what kinde of ModestieModesty the same is.
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    ModestieModesty required in women, and what kinde of ModestieModesty the same is.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

A Bright Star which Leadeth Wise Men to our Lord Jesus Christ A20559

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    … rules the wit no more. Alſo the fruits of the ſpirit are Patience, Meekeneſſe, ModeſtieModesty, Loue, and Chaſtitie, then let one try himſelfe in theſe things, not for beauty …
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    … rules the wit no more. Alſo the fruits of the ſpirit are Patience, Meekeneſſe, ModeſtieModesty, Loue, and Chaſtitie, then let one try himſelfe in theſe things, not for beauty …

    John Dod · A Bright Star which Leadeth Wise Men to our Lord Jesus Christ · Open in the reader

The Sum of Sacred Divinity A20766

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    The two preſeruatiues of Chaſtitie, are ModeſtieModesty and Temperance.
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    The two preſeruatiues of Chaſtitie, are ModeſtieModesty and Temperance.

    John Downame · The Sum of Sacred Divinity · Open in the reader

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    ModestieModesty, which keepeth a comely Shamefaſtneſſe in Words, Countenance, Geſture, Apparrell, and other things.
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    ModestieModesty, which keepeth a comely Shamefaſtneſſe in Words, Countenance, Geſture, Apparrell, and other things.

    John Downame · The Sum of Sacred Divinity · Open in the reader

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    … and Polygamie. Of Contracts, of Matrimonie, of Ʋncleanneſſe, Buggerie, Adulterie, Fo…nication, Rapt. Of ModeſtieModesty and Temperance. 198
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    … and Polygamie. Of Contracts, of Matrimonie, of Ʋncleanneſſe, Buggerie, Adulterie, Fo…nication, Rapt. Of ModeſtieModesty and Temperance. 198

    John Downame · The Sum of Sacred Divinity · Open in the reader

Exposition of Colossians A21260

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    ModeſtieModesty.
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    ModeſtieModesty.

    Edward Elton · Exposition of Colossians · p. 1306 · Open in the reader

Two Sermons A40658

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    … Maids; amongst whom, a chast Widow, such as Ruth was, may well be recounted: ModestieModesty is the Life-guard of Chastitie.
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    … Maids; amongst whom, a chast Widow, such as Ruth was, may well be recounted: ModestieModesty is the Life-guard of Chastitie.

    Thomas Fuller · Two Sermons · p. 219 · Open in the reader

The Court of the Gentiles Part 2 A41659

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    11. ModeſtieModesty, and Moderation in Diſputes. 309
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    11. ModeſtieModesty, and Moderation in Diſputes. 309

    Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 2 · Open in the reader

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    … will commit themſelves to the teaching of others. He ſaies this is the beſt ModeſtieModesty, and Wiſdom foreign, to know a man's ſelf. He gives us the root of this …
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    … will commit themſelves to the teaching of others. He ſaies this is the beſt ModeſtieModesty, and Wiſdom foreign, to know a man's ſelf. He gives us the root of this …

    Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 2 · p. 220 · Open in the reader

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    … To keep the Judgment free. 10. To make Reaſon, not Authoritie the meaſure of Truth. 11. ModeſtieModesty, and Candor in Diſputes. 12. In refuting Errors to reduce to abſurditie. 13. To ſhew the …
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    … To keep the Judgment free. 10. To make Reaſon, not Authoritie the meaſure of Truth. 11. ModeſtieModesty, and Candor in Diſputes. 12. In refuting Errors to reduce to abſurditie. 13. To ſhew the …

    Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 2 · p. 299 · Open in the reader

A Greek in the Temple A59915

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    … grace of Modeſty, ever in ſeaſon but when thy ſelf art to be commended! ModeſtieModesty with ignorance is due and proper: Pride with ignorance is haynous and inſufferable: Learnedneſſe …
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    … grace of Modeſty, ever in ſeaſon but when thy ſelf art to be commended! ModeſtieModesty with ignorance is due and proper: Pride with ignorance is haynous and inſufferable: Learnedneſſe …

    John Sherman · A Greek in the Temple · p. 6 · Open in the reader

The Womans Glory A62975

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    Ch. 6. ModeſtieModesty proper to women. Modeſty of cariage, Of lāguage. A ceaſure of lewd books. p. 110
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    Ch. 6. ModeſtieModesty proper to women. Modeſty of cariage, Of lāguage. A ceaſure of lewd books. p. 110

    Samuel Torshell · The Womans Glory · Open in the reader

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    CHAP. VI. ModeſtieModesty proper to women. ModeſtieModesty of cariage. Of language. A cenſure of lewd bookes.
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    CHAP. VI. ModeſtieModesty proper to women. ModeſtieModesty of cariage. Of language. A cenſure of lewd bookes.

    Samuel Torshell · The Womans Glory · p. 110 · Open in the reader

Of Domestical Duties A68107

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    … required, or being required by the one, it is not yeelded by the other. ModeſtieModesty is pretended by ſome for not requiring it: but in a duty ſo warrantable …
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    … required, or being required by the one, it is not yeelded by the other. ModeſtieModesty is pretended by ſome for not requiring it: but in a duty ſo warrantable …

    William Gouge · Of Domestical Duties · p. 222 · Open in the reader

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    In the time, when it is againſt Pietie, Mercy, or ModeſtieModesty.
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    In the time, when it is againſt Pietie, Mercy, or ModeſtieModesty.

    William Gouge · Of Domestical Duties · p. 223 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

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    ModeſtieModesty, and
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    ModeſtieModesty, and

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 223 · Open in the reader

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    ModeſtieModesty,
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    ModeſtieModesty,

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 248 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

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    ModeſtieModesty.
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    ModeſtieModesty.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader

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    ModeſtieModesty & reuerence muſt bee vſed in conſidering Gods doings and iudgementes. 24. b 32. 25. b 50. 37. a 44.
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    ModeſtieModesty & reuerence muſt bee vſed in conſidering Gods doings and iudgementes. 24. b 32. 25. b 50. 37. a 44.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Ten Commandments A69277

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    3 ModeſtieModesty or ſhamefaſtneſſe, which is an holy abhorring of all filthineſſe and fleſhly defilement, accompanied …
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    3 ModeſtieModesty or ſhamefaſtneſſe, which is an holy abhorring of all filthineſſe and fleſhly defilement, accompanied …

    Edward Elton · Exposition of the Ten Commandments · p. 188 · Open in the reader

The Ancient Doctrine of the Church of England A88669

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    … true ſaying of the Heathen Orator; Hee who once goeth beyond the bounds of ModeſtieModesty, had need to be luſtily impudent. I proteſt, I onely termed your Additions, Traditions …
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    … true ſaying of the Heathen Orator; Hee who once goeth beyond the bounds of ModeſtieModesty, had need to be luſtily impudent. I proteſt, I onely termed your Additions, Traditions …

    Humphrey Lynde · The Ancient Doctrine of the Church of England · p. 277 · Open in the reader

A Hundred Sermons on Revelation B11837

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    ModeſtieModesty prepoſterous. 506
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    ModeſtieModesty prepoſterous. 506

    Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · Open in the reader

History of the Old Testament Volume 7 B13857

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    ModeſtieModesty ſealed vp the lips of the good Shunamite; ſhe was aſhamed to confeſſe her …
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    ModeſtieModesty ſealed vp the lips of the good Shunamite; ſhe was aſhamed to confeſſe her …

    Joseph Hall · History of the Old Testament Volume 7 · p. 417 · Open in the reader

A Case for the Spectacles B14661

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    … true saying of the Heathen Orator; Hee who once goeth beyond the bounds of ModestieModesty, had need to be lustily impudent. I protest, I onely termed your Additions, Traditions …
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    … true saying of the Heathen Orator; Hee who once goeth beyond the bounds of ModestieModesty, had need to be lustily impudent. I protest, I onely termed your Additions, Traditions …

    Humphrey Lynde · A Case for the Spectacles · p. 277 · Open in the reader