Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6239 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

dreadfulldreadful

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 4,746 times in 1,414 works
Consistency: 98.5% (4,746 of 4,816)
Reach if approved: ~5,060 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: dreadful
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 4,816 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (4,746 changes in 1,414 works, 98.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 4,746)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

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… slept, and my sleepe was sweet unto me. The sleepe of death is no dreadfulldreadful, but a sweet sleepe unto them.
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… slept, and my sleepe was sweet unto me. The sleepe of death is no dreadfulldreadful, but a sweet sleepe unto them.
Thomas Gataker · The Decrease of Lazarus · p. 26 · Open in the reader
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… this deſtruction, and yet doe feele that they are not ſure to eſcape this dreadfulldreadful vengeance, is it not a mad mirth and a deſperate laughter, in which if …
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… this deſtruction, and yet doe feele that they are not ſure to eſcape this dreadfulldreadful vengeance, is it not a mad mirth and a deſperate laughter, in which if …
George Gifford · Four Sermons Upon the Seven Chief Virtues · Open in the reader
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The more dreadfulldreadful and dangerous our enemies be, the more carefull ought we to be to ſtand …
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The more dreadfulldreadful and dangerous our enemies be, the more carefull ought we to be to ſtand …
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 98 · Open in the reader
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… Harlot, the cloaked hypocrisie of that false Prophet, with the damnable entries, desperate liues, & dreadfulldreadful deathes of those men of Sinne: Sometimes a Whoore possessing the Seate of that …
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… Harlot, the cloaked hypocrisie of that false Prophet, with the damnable entries, desperate liues, & dreadfulldreadful deathes of those men of Sinne: Sometimes a Whoore possessing the Seate of that …
William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
A. At the ^u dreadfulldreadful day of iudgment, & the generall reſurrection, u Pſal. 17.15
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A. At the ^u dreadfulldreadful day of iudgment, & the generall reſurrection, u Pſal. 17.15
John Ball · A Short Catechism · p. 42 · Open in the reader
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… of the Scripture, to deterre by reproofes, to propound things desirable, to represent things dreadfulldreadful, to threaten iudgement, to promise reward.
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… of the Scripture, to deterre by reproofes, to propound things desirable, to represent things dreadfulldreadful, to threaten iudgement, to promise reward.
Daniel Featley · A Parallel of New-Old Pelgiarminian Error · Open in the reader
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… Paſtours to obſerve it, as we will anſwere it before God, at his moſt dreadfulldreadful judgment, therefore no command of Princes, nor the feare of the loſſe of our …
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… Paſtours to obſerve it, as we will anſwere it before God, at his moſt dreadfulldreadful judgment, therefore no command of Princes, nor the feare of the loſſe of our …
John Forbes · Four Sermons · p. 2 · Open in the reader
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… Reasoner. At that time my deare brother, not onely men doe giue out that dreadfulldreadful crye. Héere our Reasoner addeth a parenthesis of his owne, which is not in …
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… Reasoner. At that time my deare brother, not onely men doe giue out that dreadfulldreadful crye. Héere our Reasoner addeth a parenthesis of his owne, which is not in …
William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · p. 48 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (70)

45 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 44 are listed here. 25 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Praise of a Godly Woman A01431

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… and faggot, more than God the Onely Soucraigne Commander of the Soule, the Only DreadfullDreadful Threatner of euerlasting Burnings. Nor that feare which is Seruile or adulterate, for this …
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… and faggot, more than God the Onely Soucraigne Commander of the Soule, the Only DreadfullDreadful Threatner of euerlasting Burnings. Nor that feare which is Seruile or adulterate, for this …
Hannibal Gamon · The Praise of a Godly Woman · p. 12 · Open in the reader

Healths Sickness A10184

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… standeth this Drunken, and Blasphemous Villaine vnremooueable, to this very day: as a Tragicall, DreadfullDreadful, and Prodigious spectacle of Gods wrath, and vengeance against Drunkards, and Health-quaffers. The …
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… standeth this Drunken, and Blasphemous Villaine vnremooueable, to this very day: as a Tragicall, DreadfullDreadful, and Prodigious spectacle of Gods wrath, and vengeance against Drunkards, and Health-quaffers. The …
William Prynne · Healths Sickness · p. 76 · Open in the reader
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… euer? O therefore let vs now at last consider, and remember these Tragicall, and DreadfullDreadful spectacles, and patternes of Gods Iudgements; together with those Assiduous, and Domestique presidents of …
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… euer? O therefore let vs now at last consider, and remember these Tragicall, and DreadfullDreadful spectacles, and patternes of Gods Iudgements; together with those Assiduous, and Domestique presidents of …
William Prynne · Healths Sickness · p. 76 · Open in the reader

Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649

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DreadfullDreadful, as armies that doe banners beare.
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DreadfullDreadful, as armies that doe banners beare.
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 44 · Open in the reader

Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God A16338

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DreadfullDreadful also is the doome of the said Father vpon all wrong-doers, The sinne …
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DreadfullDreadful also is the doome of the said Father vpon all wrong-doers, The sinne …
Robert Bolton · Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God · p. 213 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

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DreadfullDreadful Examples of Gods wrath vpon mightie people, and that wee ought to be warned …
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DreadfullDreadful Examples of Gods wrath vpon mightie people, and that wee ought to be warned …
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

Opposition to Errors of William Sherlock A25202

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… they shall not love him as much as He has deserved. They remember a DreadfullDreadful word, If any man love not the Lord Iesus Christ, let him be Anathema …
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… they shall not love him as much as He has deserved. They remember a DreadfullDreadful word, If any man love not the Lord Iesus Christ, let him be Anathema …
Vincent Alsop · Opposition to Errors of William Sherlock · p. 47 · Open in the reader

Several Poems A29149

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DreadfullDreadful examples ſoon I might produce,
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DreadfullDreadful examples ſoon I might produce,
Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 13 · Open in the reader

A Practical Discourse of Gods Sovereignty A33748

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… wayes did the Lord ſtrive with them, by mighty deliverances, terrible Appearances, Merciful Providences, DreadfullDreadful Judgments; And this, Fourty years together! and yet, ſtill they went-on Rebelling againſt …
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… wayes did the Lord ſtrive with them, by mighty deliverances, terrible Appearances, Merciful Providences, DreadfullDreadful Judgments; And this, Fourty years together! and yet, ſtill they went-on Rebelling againſt …
Elisha Coles · A Practical Discourse of Gods Sovereignty · p. 160 · Open in the reader

The Gentile Sinner A39252

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… watch for his soule, and must be accountable for it at the Great and DreadfullDreadful Audite: Upon Him they look with a more vigilant and tender eye, as upon …
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… watch for his soule, and must be accountable for it at the Great and DreadfullDreadful Audite: Upon Him they look with a more vigilant and tender eye, as upon …
Clement Ellis · The Gentile Sinner · p. 207 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ezekiel 30-48 A42016

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… creatures are troubled, Heaven and Earth affected, thoſe neer, and thoſe far off, diſquieted. DreadfullDreadful judgements have diſmall conſequents.
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… creatures are troubled, Heaven and Earth affected, thoſe neer, and thoſe far off, diſquieted. DreadfullDreadful judgements have diſmall conſequents.
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 30-48 · p. 74 · Open in the reader

The Eye and Wheel of Providence A42546

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2. DreadfullDreadful for the manner of them, as it was in the caſe of Haman; he …
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2. DreadfullDreadful for the manner of them, as it was in the caſe of Haman; he …
William Gearing · The Eye and Wheel of Providence · p. 227 · Open in the reader

Sermon Preached 3 September 1683 A44456

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Being the day of Humiliation for the late DREADFULLDREADFUL FIRE.
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Being the day of Humiliation for the late DREADFULLDREADFUL FIRE.
William Hopkins · Sermon Preached 3 September 1683 · Open in the reader

The Beauty of Holiness A45329

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… gracious to the penitent, yet he will by no means acquit the wicked, Exod. 34. 6, 7. DreadfullDreadful is that place; none like it in all the book of God, against all …
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… gracious to the penitent, yet he will by no means acquit the wicked, Exod. 34. 6, 7. DreadfullDreadful is that place; none like it in all the book of God, against all …
Thomas Hall · The Beauty of Holiness · p. 29 · Open in the reader

The Sum of Certain Sermons A50251

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… any more of such like tenents which in these dayes do too much abound. DreadfullDreadful things you may be sure if they be persisted in, and yet too many …
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… any more of such like tenents which in these dayes do too much abound. DreadfullDreadful things you may be sure if they be persisted in, and yet too many …
Richard Mather · The Sum of Certain Sermons · Open in the reader

A Faithful Narrative of Thomas Spatchet Under Witchcraft A54590

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… his Mouth together to stop it, but it would be forced open in a DreadfullDreadful manner: he knew what he should have done and could not, as when he …
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… his Mouth together to stop it, but it would be forced open in a DreadfullDreadful manner: he knew what he should have done and could not, as when he …
Samuel Petto · A Faithful Narrative of Thomas Spatchet Under Witchcraft · p. 25 · Open in the reader

A Gospel Plea for Maintenance of the Ministers A56170

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To my moſt High, Mighty, Great, DreadfullDreadful, Omnipotent, Omnipreſent, Omniſcient, Righteous, True, Faithfull, All-gracious, All-ſufficient, Everliving, Everlaſting, Immutable, Covenant …
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To my moſt High, Mighty, Great, DreadfullDreadful, Omnipotent, Omnipreſent, Omniſcient, Righteous, True, Faithfull, All-gracious, All-ſufficient, Everliving, Everlaſting, Immutable, Covenant …
William Prynne · A Gospel Plea for Maintenance of the Ministers · Open in the reader

Commentary on Malachi A62374

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My name is dreadfulldreadful among the heathen.] His name, that is, Himſelf: DreadfullDreadful, that is terrible, and withall reverend; Terrible, to the Wicked; reverend, to his deareſt …
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My name is dreadfulldreadful among the heathen.] His name, that is, Himſelf: DreadfullDreadful, that is terrible, and withall reverend; Terrible, to the Wicked; reverend, to his deareſt …
William Sclater · Commentary on Malachi · p. 56 · Open in the reader

Commentary on the Gospels and Acts A63067

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… Psal. 111. 9. Great and terrible, Psal. 99. 3. Wonderfull and worthy, Psal. 8. 1. Jam. 2. 7. High and honourable, Isa. 12. 4. DreadfullDreadful among the Heathen, Mal. 1. 14. and exalted above all praise, …. 9. 5. His glory is, as himself …
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… Psal. 111. 9. Great and terrible, Psal. 99. 3. Wonderfull and worthy, Psal. 8. 1. Jam. 2. 7. High and honourable, Isa. 12. 4. DreadfullDreadful among the Heathen, Mal. 1. 14. and exalted above all praise, …. 9. 5. His glory is, as himself …
John Trapp · Commentary on the Gospels and Acts · p. 201 · Open in the reader

Gods Terrible Voice in the City A64990

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I. The sound of the voice, in the Narration of the two late DreadfullDreadful Judgments of Plague and Fire, inflicted by the Lord upon the City of London …
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I. The sound of the voice, in the Narration of the two late DreadfullDreadful Judgments of Plague and Fire, inflicted by the Lord upon the City of London …
Thomas Vincent · Gods Terrible Voice in the City · Open in the reader
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… hearts were moved within us, as Trees when they are moved by the Wind. DreadfullDreadful have Gods late judgments been in London, the noise of which hath gone forth …
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… hearts were moved within us, as Trees when they are moved by the Wind. DreadfullDreadful have Gods late judgments been in London, the noise of which hath gone forth …
Thomas Vincent · Gods Terrible Voice in the City · p. 23 · Open in the reader
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… Fire was Dreadful, but the Fire of Hell will be a thousand-fold more DreadfullDreadful. The Fire of London was kindled by man; be sure some second cause was …
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… Fire was Dreadful, but the Fire of Hell will be a thousand-fold more DreadfullDreadful. The Fire of London was kindled by man; be sure some second cause was …
Thomas Vincent · Gods Terrible Voice in the City · p. 256 · Open in the reader

The Wells of Salvation Opened A64998

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… such as do not obtain salvation. The damnation of all such persons will be DreadfullDreadful and Certain.
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… such as do not obtain salvation. The damnation of all such persons will be DreadfullDreadful and Certain.
Thomas Vincent · The Wells of Salvation Opened · p. 119 · Open in the reader

The Last Judgment A65932

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THE Judgement to come, as it is moſt Formidable and DreadfullDreadful to the Wicked; ſo it is moſt Sweet and Comfortable to thoſe that are …
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THE Judgement to come, as it is moſt Formidable and DreadfullDreadful to the Wicked; ſo it is moſt Sweet and Comfortable to thoſe that are …
Samuel Whiting · The Last Judgment · Open in the reader

The Parents Primer and the Mothers Looking-glass A66068

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When both are Full, OH then the DreadfullDreadful Time!
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When both are Full, OH then the DreadfullDreadful Time!
Joseph Waite · The Parents Primer and the Mothers Looking-glass · p. 14 · Open in the reader
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Seventeenth. Teach them to know how DreadfullDreadful Hell is.] Tell them of it's Titles, viz, Deſtruction] A Furnace] Outer Darkneſs] Damnation …
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Seventeenth. Teach them to know how DreadfullDreadful Hell is.] Tell them of it's Titles, viz, Deſtruction] A Furnace] Outer Darkneſs] Damnation …
Joseph Waite · The Parents Primer and the Mothers Looking-glass · p. 28 · Open in the reader
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… a Character of a guilty Conſcience. No wonder, if you are Frighted. It's more DreadfullDreadful to ſtand before the Drawn Sword of God's mouth without Shelter: than to ſtand …
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… a Character of a guilty Conſcience. No wonder, if you are Frighted. It's more DreadfullDreadful to ſtand before the Drawn Sword of God's mouth without Shelter: than to ſtand …
Joseph Waite · The Parents Primer and the Mothers Looking-glass · p. 117 · Open in the reader
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… not Suffer me, but Shut up the Kingdom of Heaven againſt me. OH that DreadfullDreadful Judge! will preſently paſſe the Sentence, Depart ye curſed into everlaſting fire : and then …
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… not Suffer me, but Shut up the Kingdom of Heaven againſt me. OH that DreadfullDreadful Judge! will preſently paſſe the Sentence, Depart ye curſed into everlaſting fire : and then …
Joseph Waite · The Parents Primer and the Mothers Looking-glass · p. 136 · Open in the reader
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… Sion: Object. 3 Paul oppoſeth them one to the other: and ſpeaketh of one as DreadfullDreadful, of the other as Comfortable.
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… Sion: Object. 3 Paul oppoſeth them one to the other: and ſpeaketh of one as DreadfullDreadful, of the other as Comfortable.
Joseph Waite · The Parents Primer and the Mothers Looking-glass · p. 150 · Open in the reader

The Case and Cure of a Deserted Soul A68795

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3 DreadfullDreadful paſsions; as tremblings and ſhakings; Feare came upon me, and trembling, which made all …
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3 DreadfullDreadful paſsions; as tremblings and ſhakings; Feare came upon me, and trembling, which made all …
Joseph Symonds · The Case and Cure of a Deserted Soul · p. 488 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Malachi A71123

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DreadfullDreadful] Arias and the Genev. Terrible. The Ʋulg. horrible. Tremell. Reverend. The Chald. Potent. Onely …
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DreadfullDreadful] Arias and the Genev. Terrible. The Ʋulg. horrible. Tremell. Reverend. The Chald. Potent. Onely …
Richard Stock · Commentary on Malachi · p. 29 · Open in the reader

A Vindication of Godliness A74976

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… hury them to Hell. Oh the ſad proofs, that the VVorld affords of this DreadfullDreadful Truth: Look into all the dark Corners of the Earth, eſpecially there where there …
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… hury them to Hell. Oh the ſad proofs, that the VVorld affords of this DreadfullDreadful Truth: Look into all the dark Corners of the Earth, eſpecially there where there …
Richard Alleine · A Vindication of Godliness · p. 49 · Open in the reader

The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America A77237

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DreadfullDreadful examples, ſoon I might produce,
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DreadfullDreadful examples, ſoon I might produce,
Anne Bradstreet · The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America · p. 12 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Jude A87554

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… ſenſe, are the greateſt puniſhments; but this Everlaſting is that which makes both inſupportable. DreadfullDreadful ſentence! Without this everlaſting departure, hell would not be hell. This Everlaſting burnes hotter …
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… ſenſe, are the greateſt puniſhments; but this Everlaſting is that which makes both inſupportable. DreadfullDreadful ſentence! Without this everlaſting departure, hell would not be hell. This Everlaſting burnes hotter …
William Jenkyn · Exposition of Jude · p. 540 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Malachi 2 A93917

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DreadfullDreadful] Arias and the Genev. Terrible. The Ʋulg. horrible. Tremell. Reverend. The Chald. Potent. Onely …
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DreadfullDreadful] Arias and the Genev. Terrible. The Ʋulg. horrible. Tremell. Reverend. The Chald. Potent. Onely …
Richard Stock · Commentary on Malachi 2 · p. 29 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Proverbs 1-3 A95065

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… a valley of the ſhadow of death, ye he will fear no evill. Pſal. 23.4. DreadfullDreadful things in the Heavens will appear in the end of the World, yet they …
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… a valley of the ſhadow of death, ye he will fear no evill. Pſal. 23.4. DreadfullDreadful things in the Heavens will appear in the end of the World, yet they …
Francis Taylor · Exposition of Proverbs 1-3 · p. 510 · Open in the reader

Words Whereby We May Be Saved A95931

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… ſuch as do not obtain ſalvation. The damnation of all ſuch perſons will be DreadfullDreadful and Certain.
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… ſuch as do not obtain ſalvation. The damnation of all ſuch perſons will be DreadfullDreadful and Certain.
Thomas Vincent · Words Whereby We May Be Saved · p. 31 · Open in the reader

The Dark Lantern A96745

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DreadfullDreadful Alarms, which, do awaking keep
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DreadfullDreadful Alarms, which, do awaking keep
George Wither · The Dark Lantern · p. 18 · Open in the reader

A Treatise of Prayer A96904

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… that knows in his meaſure, what a Diſproportion there is, betwixt the Great and DreadfullDreadful God; and this worme, the Creature, (yea baſer than a worme, conſidered in himſelfe …
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… that knows in his meaſure, what a Diſproportion there is, betwixt the Great and DreadfullDreadful God; and this worme, the Creature, (yea baſer than a worme, conſidered in himſelfe …
Hezekiah Woodward · A Treatise of Prayer · p. 45 · Open in the reader

The Odious Condition of a Drunkard A97251

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THE Odious, Deſpicable, and DreadfullDreadful condition of a Drunkard; drawne to the Life: to deterre others, and cauſe them …
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THE Odious, Deſpicable, and DreadfullDreadful condition of a Drunkard; drawne to the Life: to deterre others, and cauſe them …
Richard Younge · The Odious Condition of a Drunkard · Open in the reader
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The Odious, Deſpicable, and DreadfullDreadful Condition of a Drunkard, drawne to the LIFE: to deterre others, and cauſe them …
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The Odious, Deſpicable, and DreadfullDreadful Condition of a Drunkard, drawne to the LIFE: to deterre others, and cauſe them …
Richard Younge · The Odious Condition of a Drunkard · p. 1 · Open in the reader

A Case for the Spectacles B14661

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2. The object of the desire, DreadfullDreadful,
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2. The object of the desire, DreadfullDreadful,
Humphrey Lynde · A Case for the Spectacles · p. 177 · Open in the reader

The Power of Godliness B17454

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… Who will not ask, when his request is so graciously accepted, so easily granted? 3. DreadfullDreadful threatnings are denounced against them that pray not, or pray idly, carelessly, without life …
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… Who will not ask, when his request is so graciously accepted, so easily granted? 3. DreadfullDreadful threatnings are denounced against them that pray not, or pray idly, carelessly, without life …
John Ball · The Power of Godliness · p. 338 · Open in the reader
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… we may be acquitted from all sinne, before the Tribunal of Grace, at the DreadfullDreadful Day of Judgment, and that the sentence of absolution may take full effect at …
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… we may be acquitted from all sinne, before the Tribunal of Grace, at the DreadfullDreadful Day of Judgment, and that the sentence of absolution may take full effect at …
John Ball · The Power of Godliness · p. 465 · Open in the reader