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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4341 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

twentietwenty

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

Puritas changed it
2,325 times in 623 works
Consistency
97.6% (2,325 of 2,380)
Reach if approved
~2,502 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: twenty
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
2,381 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,325 changes in 623 works, 97.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,325)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … heretofore many yeres in priſon, and now alſo (by the mercy of God) this twentietwenty yeeres in exile witneſſed, and ſtil doe vvitneſſe the trueth of Chriſt, vvhat in …
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    … heretofore many yeres in priſon, and now alſo (by the mercy of God) this twentietwenty yeeres in exile witneſſed, and ſtil doe vvitneſſe the trueth of Chriſt, vvhat in …

    Francis Johnson · A Christian Plea · p. 150 · Open in the reader

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    And twentietwenty lost, yet still remain'd another:
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    And twentietwenty lost, yet still remain'd another:

    Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 127 · Open in the reader

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    … prooue you that, sir? the wordes of Paul seeme otherwise, and if they had twentietwenty loaues, yet was it al one bread in kind, wherof the Apostle saide, wee …
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    … prooue you that, sir? the wordes of Paul seeme otherwise, and if they had twentietwenty loaues, yet was it al one bread in kind, wherof the Apostle saide, wee …

    William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 579 · Open in the reader

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    A Sermon preached at PAVLES CROSSE, THE twentietwenty nine of March, being the fift Sunday in Lent. 1612.
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    A Sermon preached at PAVLES CROSSE, THE twentietwenty nine of March, being the fift Sunday in Lent. 1612.

    Thomas Adams · The Gallants Burden · Open in the reader

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    … canceld; nor sinne, nor death, nor hell shall be able to diuorce vs. Six & twentietwenty times in one Psalme that sweet singer chants it: His mercie endureth for euer …
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    … canceld; nor sinne, nor death, nor hell shall be able to diuorce vs. Six & twentietwenty times in one Psalme that sweet singer chants it: His mercie endureth for euer …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 232 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    Anſ. How long? Anſ. Iſaack prayed twentietwenty yeares for a childe, before he ſped, Abraham thirtie; before he ſped; Abrahams poſteritie …
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    Anſ. How long? Anſ. Iſaack prayed twentietwenty yeares for a childe, before he ſped, Abraham thirtie; before he ſped; Abrahams poſteritie …

    Robert Harris · Peters Enlargement · p. 17 · Open in the reader

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    … and by him (vnder his master) the children of Israel had bin sore vexed twentietwenty yeares . Secondly, the meanes; that he was sold into the hands of a woman …
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    … and by him (vnder his master) the children of Israel had bin sore vexed twentietwenty yeares . Secondly, the meanes; that he was sold into the hands of a woman …

    Samuel Hieron · Three Sermons 2 · p. 30 · Open in the reader

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    Answ. See that in the twentietwenty fourth verse,Thou hast brought me no corne, neither hast thou filled me with …
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    Answ. See that in the twentietwenty fourth verse,Thou hast brought me no corne, neither hast thou filled me with …

    Thomas Hooker · The Souls Preparation for Christ · p. 217 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (55)

42 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 40 are listed here. 13 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel A01304

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    TwentieTwenty it doth denie holy breade, holy water, Vestimentes, Chalices, Copes, Tunicles Candlestickes, lightes, Sensors …
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    TwentieTwenty it doth denie holy breade, holy water, Vestimentes, Chalices, Copes, Tunicles Candlestickes, lightes, Sensors …

    William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · p. 72 · Open in the reader

Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies A01760

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    1. Many societies conveened to the eating of the Paschall Supper by Twenties. And if TwentieTwenty was often the number of them who conveened to the eating of the same …
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    1. Many societies conveened to the eating of the Paschall Supper by Twenties. And if TwentieTwenty was often the number of them who conveened to the eating of the same …

    George Gillespie · Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies · p. 25 · Open in the reader

The History of the Bible A08820

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    chapter 30 A. TwentieTwenty yeares: viz. ſeauen yeres for Leah; ſeuen yeres for Rahel; & ſixe for his riches.
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    chapter 30 A. TwentieTwenty yeares: viz. ſeauen yeres for Leah; ſeuen yeres for Rahel; & ſixe for his riches.

    Eusebius Pagit · The History of the Bible · p. 29 · Open in the reader

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    A. TwentieTwenty yeare.
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    A. TwentieTwenty yeare.

    Eusebius Pagit · The History of the Bible · p. 118 · Open in the reader

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    A. TwentieTwenty yeares.
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    A. TwentieTwenty yeares.

    Eusebius Pagit · The History of the Bible · p. 120 · Open in the reader

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    A. TwentieTwenty: Rehoboam, Abiam, Aſa, Iehoſaphat, Iehoram, Ahaſiah, Athaliah, Ioab, Amaſiah, Azariah, Iothan, Ahaz, Hezekiah, Manaſſes …
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    A. TwentieTwenty: Rehoboam, Abiam, Aſa, Iehoſaphat, Iehoram, Ahaſiah, Athaliah, Ioab, Amaſiah, Azariah, Iothan, Ahaz, Hezekiah, Manaſſes …

    Eusebius Pagit · The History of the Bible · p. 132 · Open in the reader

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    A. TwentieTwenty nine yeares.
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    A. TwentieTwenty nine yeares.

    Eusebius Pagit · The History of the Bible · p. 146 · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

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    … After their Lent ended, they obserue their Easter, or Feast, called Bairam, three dayes. TwentieTwenty dayes after this Feast, the Carovan is readie to depart. Against this time, they …
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    … After their Lent ended, they obserue their Easter, or Feast, called Bairam, three dayes. TwentieTwenty dayes after this Feast, the Carovan is readie to depart. Against this time, they …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 221 · Open in the reader

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    … them; others with fine Cloth and Towels touch the same, reseruing these for Reliques. TwentieTwenty dayes after this Feast, the Captaine, taking the Vestures out of that Mosquita, repaireth …
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    … them; others with fine Cloth and Towels touch the same, reseruing these for Reliques. TwentieTwenty dayes after this Feast, the Captaine, taking the Vestures out of that Mosquita, repaireth …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 222 · Open in the reader

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    … hath conquered, and many haue submitted themselues and their States voluntarily to his subiection. TwentieTwenty Gentile Kings are numbred in his Court, which attend him, equalling the King of …
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    … hath conquered, and many haue submitted themselues and their States voluntarily to his subiection. TwentieTwenty Gentile Kings are numbred in his Court, which attend him, equalling the King of …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 405 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Judges A10933

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    THE TWENTIETWENTY TWO SERMON ON THE THIRD CHAPTER OF THE BOOKE OF IVDGES.
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    THE TWENTIETWENTY TWO SERMON ON THE THIRD CHAPTER OF THE BOOKE OF IVDGES.

    Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 178 · Open in the reader

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    THE TWENTIETWENTY THREE SERMON ON THE THIRD CHAPTER OF THE BOOKE OF IVDGES.
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    THE TWENTIETWENTY THREE SERMON ON THE THIRD CHAPTER OF THE BOOKE OF IVDGES.

    Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 184 · Open in the reader

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    THE TWENTIETWENTY FIVE SERMON ON THE FOVTRH CHAPTER OF THE BOOKE OF IVDGES.
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    THE TWENTIETWENTY FIVE SERMON ON THE FOVTRH CHAPTER OF THE BOOKE OF IVDGES.

    Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 196 · Open in the reader

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    THE TWENTIETWENTY SIXE SERMON ON THE FOVRTH CHAPTER OF THE BOOKE OF IVDGES.
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    THE TWENTIETWENTY SIXE SERMON ON THE FOVRTH CHAPTER OF THE BOOKE OF IVDGES.

    Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 203 · Open in the reader

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    THE TWENTIETWENTY SEAVEN SERMON ON THE FOVRTH CHAPTER OF THE booke of IVDGES.
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    THE TWENTIETWENTY SEAVEN SERMON ON THE FOVRTH CHAPTER OF THE booke of IVDGES.

    Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 209 · Open in the reader

Exposition Upon Select Psalms A11005

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    TwentieTwenty three Fol. 113.
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    TwentieTwenty three Fol. 113.

    Robert Rollock · Exposition Upon Select Psalms · Open in the reader

Ten Sermons A11454

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    … of Israel, one good one, that claue vnto the Lord with an vpright heart. TwentieTwenty Kings of Israel; and not one, (or but one,) good: and yet than this …
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    … of Israel, one good one, that claue vnto the Lord with an vpright heart. TwentieTwenty Kings of Israel; and not one, (or but one,) good: and yet than this …

    Robert Sanderson · Ten Sermons · p. 287 · Open in the reader

Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649

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    … first learned him five yeeres; as it is said (in Num. 8. 24.) FROM FIVE AND TWENTIETWENTY YEERES OLD; and another scripture saith, (in Num. 4. 3.) FROM THIRTIE YEERES OLD; loe five …
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    … first learned him five yeeres; as it is said (in Num. 8. 24.) FROM FIVE AND TWENTIETWENTY YEERES OLD; and another scripture saith, (in Num. 4. 3.) FROM THIRTIE YEERES OLD; loe five …

    Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 20 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Genesis and Exodus A15408

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    Vers. 18. TWentieTwenty boords on the South side. 1. The word temanah, the South, signifieth on the right …
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    Vers. 18. TWentieTwenty boords on the South side. 1. The word temanah, the South, signifieth on the right …

    Andrew Willet · Commentary on Genesis and Exodus · p. 502 · Open in the reader

Discovery of a False Detection A15420

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    … Baptisme as in the Eucharist, which is not after a carnall manner, but spirituallie. TwentieTwenty such places might be alleaged out of their owne decrees. Concerning transubstantiation also; Cuthbert …
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    … Baptisme as in the Eucharist, which is not after a carnall manner, but spirituallie. TwentieTwenty such places might be alleaged out of their owne decrees. Concerning transubstantiation also; Cuthbert …

    Andrew Willet · Discovery of a False Detection · p. 110 · Open in the reader

Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete A15639

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    TwentieTwenty remedies hath she,
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    TwentieTwenty remedies hath she,

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

Grounds of Divinity Study A17000

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    Of deſcent to HELL. TwentieTwenty opinions (ſaith the Iew) yee haue touching the Deſcent to HEL: as your ſelfe …
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    Of deſcent to HELL. TwentieTwenty opinions (ſaith the Iew) yee haue touching the Deſcent to HEL: as your ſelfe …

    Hugh Broughton · Grounds of Divinity Study · p. 18 · Open in the reader

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    Anſwere. TwentieTwenty opinions are in deed: all ſpringing frō one root of bitternes: the Latin phraſe …
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    Anſwere. TwentieTwenty opinions are in deed: all ſpringing frō one root of bitternes: the Latin phraſe …

    Hugh Broughton · Grounds of Divinity Study · p. 19 · Open in the reader

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    … the Church, theſe are repreſented by 24. Elders on Thrones in white with crownes. Rah. TwentieTwenty foure well may ſhew the Tribes and Apoſtles ſcholers. The Thrones, white and Crownes …
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    … the Church, theſe are repreſented by 24. Elders on Thrones in white with crownes. Rah. TwentieTwenty foure well may ſhew the Tribes and Apoſtles ſcholers. The Thrones, white and Crownes …

    Hugh Broughton · Grounds of Divinity Study · p. 57 · Open in the reader

A Revelation of the Holy Apocalypse A17001

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    Again, I muſt adviſe the reader to learne Daniel before he learne this booke. TwentieTwenty yeares ago I made him plain enough, and plainer of late: though the Dragon …
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    Again, I muſt adviſe the reader to learne Daniel before he learne this booke. TwentieTwenty yeares ago I made him plain enough, and plainer of late: though the Dragon …

    Hugh Broughton · A Revelation of the Holy Apocalypse · p. 41 · Open in the reader

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    TwentieTwenty yeeres ago, I diſputed in Francfurt Synagogue, with a Rabbin, the Iewes choſen for …
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    TwentieTwenty yeeres ago, I diſputed in Francfurt Synagogue, with a Rabbin, the Iewes choſen for …

    Hugh Broughton · A Revelation of the Holy Apocalypse · p. 337 · Open in the reader

Five Sermons 1 A20641

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    THERE are reckoned in this Booke, Two and TwentieTwenty Sermons of the Apoſtles; and yet the Book is not called the Preaching, but …
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    THERE are reckoned in this Booke, Two and TwentieTwenty Sermons of the Apoſtles; and yet the Book is not called the Preaching, but …

    John Donne · Five Sermons 1 · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Five Sermons 2 A20642

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    THERE are reckoned in this Booke, Two and TwentieTwenty Sermons of the Apoſtles; and yet the Book is not called the Preaching, but …
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    THERE are reckoned in this Booke, Two and TwentieTwenty Sermons of the Apoſtles; and yet the Book is not called the Preaching, but …

    John Donne · Five Sermons 2 · p. 1 · Open in the reader

A Practical and Polemical Commentary Upon 2 Timothy 3-4 A45335

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    Repentance must be speedy. p. 223. TwentieTwenty Reasons for it.
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    Repentance must be speedy. p. 223. TwentieTwenty Reasons for it.

    Thomas Hall · A Practical and Polemical Commentary Upon 2 Timothy 3-4 · Open in the reader

A Key into the Language of America A66450

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    … Nneesnneánna. I have kild two. Shwinneānna. Three. Nyowinneánna. Foure. Npiuckwinneanna. Ten, &c. Nneesneechecttash…nneanna. TwentieTwenty. Nummouashâwmen. I goe to set Traps. Apè hana. Trap, Traps. Asháppock. Hempe. Masaûnock. Flaxe …
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    … Nneesnneánna. I have kild two. Shwinneānna. Three. Nyowinneánna. Foure. Npiuckwinneanna. Ten, &c. Nneesneechecttash…nneanna. TwentieTwenty. Nummouashâwmen. I goe to set Traps. Apè hana. Trap, Traps. Asháppock. Hempe. Masaûnock. Flaxe …

    Roger Williams · A Key into the Language of America · p. 164 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

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    TwentieTwenty of those yeares thou wentest to Masse.
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    TwentieTwenty of those yeares thou wentest to Masse.

    John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2065 · Open in the reader

Answer to a Popish Pamphlet Called the Touchstone of the Reformed Gospel A70152

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    … I anſwere, That Haymo, Beda, Aquinas, and Richard de S. victore, all expound theſe TwentieTwenty four elders to repreſent the church militant, ſaid to bee in heaven (as that …
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    … I anſwere, That Haymo, Beda, Aquinas, and Richard de S. victore, all expound theſe TwentieTwenty four elders to repreſent the church militant, ſaid to bee in heaven (as that …

    William Guild · Answer to a Popish Pamphlet Called the Touchstone of the Reformed Gospel · p. 227 · Open in the reader

Sermon upon Acts 8:1 A73849

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    THERE are reckoned in this Booke, Two and TwentieTwenty Sermons of the Apoſtles; and yet the Book is not called the Preaching, but …
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    THERE are reckoned in this Booke, Two and TwentieTwenty Sermons of the Apoſtles; and yet the Book is not called the Preaching, but …

    John Donne · Sermon upon Acts 8:1 · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ezekiel 6-13 A85667

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    The TwentieTwenty foure Elders ſang this new ſong, Revel. 5.9. 144000 redeemed from the Earth learned it, it …
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    The TwentieTwenty foure Elders ſang this new ſong, Revel. 5.9. 144000 redeemed from the Earth learned it, it …

    William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 6-13 · p. 434 · Open in the reader

The Divine Right of Church Government and Excommunication A92138

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    … and murther his brother, whether he doe ſuch a thing or not doe it. 2. TwentieTwenty Jewes are ſcandalized, Rom. 14. Becauſe Paul eateth ſuch and ſuch meats, which they conceive …
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    … and murther his brother, whether he doe ſuch a thing or not doe it. 2. TwentieTwenty Jewes are ſcandalized, Rom. 14. Becauſe Paul eateth ſuch and ſuch meats, which they conceive …

    Samuel Rutherford · The Divine Right of Church Government and Excommunication · p. 29 · Open in the reader

The Garden of Zion B01751

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    TwentieTwenty ſix thouſand they in armour bright
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    TwentieTwenty ſix thouſand they in armour bright

    Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 127 · Open in the reader

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    TwentieTwenty ſix thouſand joined with ſome few
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    TwentieTwenty ſix thouſand joined with ſome few

    Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 127 · Open in the reader

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    TwentieTwenty five thouſand and five ſcore they ſlew.
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    TwentieTwenty five thouſand and five ſcore they ſlew.

    Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 129 · Open in the reader

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    TwentieTwenty thouſand meaſures of wheat for food
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    TwentieTwenty thouſand meaſures of wheat for food

    Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 193 · Open in the reader

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    TwentieTwenty five yeeres he was when he began
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    TwentieTwenty five yeeres he was when he began

    Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 229 · Open in the reader