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milstonemillstone

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
635 times in 380 works
Consistency
67.4% (635 of 941)
Reach if approved
~989 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: millstone
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
941 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (635 changes in 380 works, 67.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 635)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … he vttereth it in this sort. It were better for that man that a milstonemillstone were hanged about his necke, and that hee were so cast into the Sea …
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    … he vttereth it in this sort. It were better for that man that a milstonemillstone were hanged about his necke, and that hee were so cast into the Sea …

    William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · p. 14 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … as firme as a stone, yea as hard as a piece of the neither milstonemillstone. That can commit grosse sins, and live daily in them, without all trouble of …
    With rule
    … as firme as a stone, yea as hard as a piece of the neither milstonemillstone. That can commit grosse sins, and live daily in them, without all trouble of …

    Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 16 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … occasion of offence to the simple that lacke knowlege, they deserue worse than a milstonemillstone to be tyed about their necke, and to be drowned in the sea: bycause …
    With rule
    … occasion of offence to the simple that lacke knowlege, they deserue worse than a milstonemillstone to be tyed about their necke, and to be drowned in the sea: bycause …

    Thomas Lever · The Right Way from Danger of Sin and Vengeance · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … Lord ſhall bring his hard-hearted ſeruant, whoſe heart was harder then the nether milſtonemillstone, that could not before by any meanes be broken, now to be ſo ſuppled …
    With rule
    … Lord ſhall bring his hard-hearted ſeruant, whoſe heart was harder then the nether milſtonemillstone, that could not before by any meanes be broken, now to be ſo ſuppled …

    William Negus · Mans Active Obedience · p. 205 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … of God the restorers of true religion, Luther, Caluin, Beza, &c. yet as a milstonemillstone rolled vp a mountaine, or as a ball tossed against a brasen wall; so …
    With rule
    … of God the restorers of true religion, Luther, Caluin, Beza, &c. yet as a milstonemillstone rolled vp a mountaine, or as a ball tossed against a brasen wall; so …

    William Perkins · Exposition of Jude · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … by Dauid when they looked not for it. Abimilek by a piece of a milſtonemillstone receiued his deadly wound, and Abſolon hanged by the haire of his head on …
    With rule
    … by Dauid when they looked not for it. Abimilek by a piece of a milſtonemillstone receiued his deadly wound, and Abſolon hanged by the haire of his head on …

    Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 372 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Sauiour Christ) that offendeth one of these litle ones, it were better that a milstonemillstone were hāged about his neck, & he cast into ye middest of the sea. Christ …
    With rule
    … Sauiour Christ) that offendeth one of these litle ones, it were better that a milstonemillstone were hāged about his neck, & he cast into ye middest of the sea. Christ …

    Philip Stubbes · The Anatomy of Abuses · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … recovered. In neither of them shall be found bridegroome or bride, the sound of milstonemillstone, or light of a candle, or any craftsman; and therefore shall neither of them …
    With rule
    … recovered. In neither of them shall be found bridegroome or bride, the sound of milstonemillstone, or light of a candle, or any craftsman; and therefore shall neither of them …

    Thomas Taylor · Two Sermons · p. 10 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (306)

77 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 60 are listed here. 229 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Exposition of Romans 8-11 A09031

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    … Law, wch Ambroſe elegantly ſets forth by a ſimilitude of the vpper and nether MilſtoneMillstone: The Law (ſaith he) is as the nether-MilſtoneMillstone, which is ſlow and ſtirreth …
    With rule
    … Law, wch Ambroſe elegantly ſets forth by a ſimilitude of the vpper and nether MilſtoneMillstone: The Law (ſaith he) is as the nether-MilſtoneMillstone, which is ſlow and ſtirreth …

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 15 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … of the vpper and nether MilſtoneMillstone: The Law (ſaith he) is as the nether-MilſtoneMillstone, which is ſlow and ſtirreth not; the Goſpell quick as the vpper-MilſtoneMillstone; without …
    With rule
    … of the vpper and nether MilſtoneMillstone: The Law (ſaith he) is as the nether-MilſtoneMillstone, which is ſlow and ſtirreth not; the Goſpell quick as the vpper-MilſtoneMillstone; without …

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 15 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … nether-MilſtoneMillstone, which is ſlow and ſtirreth not; the Goſpell quick as the vpper-MilſtoneMillstone; without which the nether-MilſtoneMillstone may ſeeme vnprofitable. Yet, cannot the vpper grind without …
    With rule
    … nether-MilſtoneMillstone, which is ſlow and ſtirreth not; the Goſpell quick as the vpper-MilſtoneMillstone; without which the nether-MilſtoneMillstone may ſeeme vnprofitable. Yet, cannot the vpper grind without …

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 15 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … and ſtirreth not; the Goſpell quick as the vpper-MilſtoneMillstone; without which the nether-MilſtoneMillstone may ſeeme vnprofitable. Yet, cannot the vpper grind without the nether, but both together …
    With rule
    … and ſtirreth not; the Goſpell quick as the vpper-MilſtoneMillstone; without which the nether-MilſtoneMillstone may ſeeme vnprofitable. Yet, cannot the vpper grind without the nether, but both together …

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 15 · Open in the reader

An ABC for Laymen A15621

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    MilstoneMillstone.
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    MilstoneMillstone.

    Clergy George Wither · An ABC for Laymen · p. 91 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

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    MilstoneMillstone.
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    MilstoneMillstone.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … we haue to learne by the Lawe forbidding a man to take the vpper MilstoneMillstone to gage, and why it speaketh expressely of milstones.
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    … we haue to learne by the Lawe forbidding a man to take the vpper MilstoneMillstone to gage, and why it speaketh expressely of milstones.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

King Solomons Solace A18017

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    … a little time withereth, and falleth into the ground againe: but alſo to the MilſtoneMillstone, which hauing runne about all the day with great wearineſſe and heate, reſteth at …
    With rule
    … a little time withereth, and falleth into the ground againe: but alſo to the MilſtoneMillstone, which hauing runne about all the day with great wearineſſe and heate, reſteth at …

    John Carpenter · King Solomons Solace · p. 139 · Open in the reader

Eighty Sermons A20637

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    … other ſin, how it makes a musket a Canon bullet, and a peble a MilſtoneMillstone; but after we have ſtopped a little upon that uſefull conſideration, That there is …
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    … other ſin, how it makes a musket a Canon bullet, and a peble a MilſtoneMillstone; but after we have ſtopped a little upon that uſefull conſideration, That there is …

    John Donne · Eighty Sermons · p. 726 · Open in the reader

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    … man, and to redeeme him out of neceſſity and contempt; (the upper and lower MilſtoneMillstone of poverty) And to returne to our former repreſentations of Liberality, Light, and Sight …
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    … man, and to redeeme him out of neceſſity and contempt; (the upper and lower MilſtoneMillstone of poverty) And to returne to our former repreſentations of Liberality, Light, and Sight …

    John Donne · Eighty Sermons · p. 760 · Open in the reader

The Practice of Christian Graces A23760

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    … thy soul, cannot chuse (if thy heart be not as hard as the neather MilstoneMillstone) but awake somewhat of love in thee towards this gracious, this long-suffering God …
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    … thy soul, cannot chuse (if thy heart be not as hard as the neather MilstoneMillstone) but awake somewhat of love in thee towards this gracious, this long-suffering God …

    Richard Allestree · The Practice of Christian Graces · p. 75 · Open in the reader

The Whole Duty of Man A23775

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    … thy soul, cannot chuse (if thy heart be not as hard as the nether MilstoneMillstone) but awake somewhat of love in thee towards this gracious, this long suffering God …
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    … thy soul, cannot chuse (if thy heart be not as hard as the nether MilstoneMillstone) but awake somewhat of love in thee towards this gracious, this long suffering God …

    Richard Allestree · The Whole Duty of Man · p. 75 · Open in the reader

Directions for Weak Distempered Christians A26917

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    … these little ones that believe in him, it were better for him that a MilstoneMillstone were hanged about his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the …
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    … these little ones that believe in him, it were better for him that a MilstoneMillstone were hanged about his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the …

    Richard Baxter · Directions for Weak Distempered Christians · p. 77 · Open in the reader

The Mighty Christ the Saints Help A29348

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    … ſhall Chriſt the King of Sion, throw her down with violence, like a great MilſtoneMillstone into the Sea, never to riſe again, (deſtroying her in a day, Rev: 18.7, 8.21.) and …
    With rule
    … ſhall Chriſt the King of Sion, throw her down with violence, like a great MilſtoneMillstone into the Sea, never to riſe again, (deſtroying her in a day, Rev: 18.7, 8.21.) and …

    Richard Breviter · The Mighty Christ the Saints Help · p. 231 · Open in the reader

Spiritual Refining A30243

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    … not then preſently diſcouraged, as if thy heart were a rock, and an hard MilſtoneMillstone, becauſe thou findſt no affection, no melting, no tears; ſay not, Thy heaven is …
    With rule
    … not then preſently diſcouraged, as if thy heart were a rock, and an hard MilſtoneMillstone, becauſe thou findſt no affection, no melting, no tears; ſay not, Thy heaven is …

    Anthony Burgess · Spiritual Refining · p. 486 · Open in the reader

Truth with Time A33252

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    … Vials ſuppoſed to be poured out. For neither hath her ſinking been like a MilſtoneMillstone; nor hath ſhe kept at the bottome, being down. But that I have intended …
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    … Vials ſuppoſed to be poured out. For neither hath her ſinking been like a MilſtoneMillstone; nor hath ſhe kept at the bottome, being down. But that I have intended …

    John Canne · Truth with Time · p. 12 · Open in the reader

A Divine Message to the Elect Soul A41110

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    … in his thoughts, and in his meditation, his ſinne was ever like a huge MilſtoneMillstone before him, and he was ever tugging and pulling to remove it out of …
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    … in his thoughts, and in his meditation, his ſinne was ever like a huge MilſtoneMillstone before him, and he was ever tugging and pulling to remove it out of …

    William Fenner · A Divine Message to the Elect Soul · p. 23 · Open in the reader

Twenty-Nine Sermons A41140

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    … in his thoughts, and in his meditation, his ſin was ever like a huge MilſtoneMillstone before him, and he was ever tugging and pulling to remove it out of …
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    … in his thoughts, and in his meditation, his ſin was ever like a huge MilſtoneMillstone before him, and he was ever tugging and pulling to remove it out of …

    William Fenner · Twenty-Nine Sermons · p. 11 · Open in the reader

The Use and Benefit of Divine Meditation A41141

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    … in his thoughts, and in his meditation, his sin was ever like a huge MilstoneMillstone before him, and he was ever tugging and pulling to remove it out of …
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    … in his thoughts, and in his meditation, his sin was ever like a huge MilstoneMillstone before him, and he was ever tugging and pulling to remove it out of …

    William Fenner · The Use and Benefit of Divine Meditation · p. 11 · Open in the reader

A Century of Sermons A43515

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    … it were not for the medium of the air, no man could ſee a MilſtoneMillstone at the diſtance of an inch. Theſe reaſons according to nature are undeniable, that …
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    … it were not for the medium of the air, no man could ſee a MilſtoneMillstone at the diſtance of an inch. Theſe reaſons according to nature are undeniable, that …

    John Hacket · A Century of Sermons · p. 185 · Open in the reader

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    … own wits, ſince God hath forgot him. Theſe are the upper and the nether MilſtoneMillstone by which Beelzebub grounds deſpair and worldly ſorrow out of one principle, and all …
    With rule
    … own wits, ſince God hath forgot him. Theſe are the upper and the nether MilſtoneMillstone by which Beelzebub grounds deſpair and worldly ſorrow out of one principle, and all …

    John Hacket · A Century of Sermons · p. 273 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … above water again that is caſt into the bottom of the Gulf with a MilſtoneMillstone of evil cuſtom about his neck. Yet Chriſt can quicken him, as he did …
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    … above water again that is caſt into the bottom of the Gulf with a MilſtoneMillstone of evil cuſtom about his neck. Yet Chriſt can quicken him, as he did …

    John Hacket · A Century of Sermons · p. 571 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … was written in Tables of ſtone, and therefore was likened unto a Stone, a MilſtoneMillstone, which if Chriſt did not bear off the weight, would grind us to powder …
    With rule
    … was written in Tables of ſtone, and therefore was likened unto a Stone, a MilſtoneMillstone, which if Chriſt did not bear off the weight, would grind us to powder …

    John Hacket · A Century of Sermons · p. 592 · Open in the reader

The Resurrection Revealed A44277

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    … is yet totally deſtroyed by fire, that there ſhould be no Candle ſeen, or MilſtoneMillstone heard in them (ver. 20. & 22.) but both flouriſh with great glory in their dominion over …
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    … is yet totally deſtroyed by fire, that there ſhould be no Candle ſeen, or MilſtoneMillstone heard in them (ver. 20. & 22.) but both flouriſh with great glory in their dominion over …

    Nathanael Homes · The Resurrection Revealed · p. 405 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Job A45240

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    … as firm as a ſtone, yea as hard as a piece of the nether MilſtoneMillstone.
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    … as firm as a ſtone, yea as hard as a piece of the nether MilſtoneMillstone.

    George Hutcheson · Exposition of Job · p. 41 · Open in the reader

Judgment Worthy of God A45396

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    … offend a tender diſciple, and avert him from Chriſt, that it were better a MilſtoneMillstone were hanged about his neck, and he caſt into the midſt of the Sea …
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    … offend a tender diſciple, and avert him from Chriſt, that it were better a MilſtoneMillstone were hanged about his neck, and he caſt into the midſt of the Sea …

    Henry Hammond · Judgment Worthy of God · p. 62 · Open in the reader

A Monitor of Mortality A48314

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    … or in the ſtreets a tile from an houſe, as a peece of a MilſtoneMillstone throwne from a Tower (which broke the skull of Abimelech, Judg. 9.53.) may ſmite him …
    With rule
    … or in the ſtreets a tile from an houſe, as a peece of a MilſtoneMillstone throwne from a Tower (which broke the skull of Abimelech, Judg. 9.53.) may ſmite him …

    John Ley · A Monitor of Mortality · p. 20 · Open in the reader

Annotations Upon the New Testament A50050

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    Which drowne men] Like one that hath a MilstoneMillstone about his neck, and is throwne into the bottome of the Sea. foreign, propriè est …
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    Which drowne men] Like one that hath a MilstoneMillstone about his neck, and is throwne into the bottome of the Sea. foreign, propriè est …

    Edward Leigh · Annotations Upon the New Testament · p. 329 · Open in the reader

A Cloud of Witnesses A51699

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    … threatneth to offence-givers? Wilt not thou remember that it were better that a MilstoneMillstone were hanged about thy neck, and thou thrown into the Sea, then that thou …
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    … threatneth to offence-givers? Wilt not thou remember that it were better that a MilstoneMillstone were hanged about thy neck, and thou thrown into the Sea, then that thou …

    Thomas Mall · A Cloud of Witnesses · p. 27 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … destruction. — Fear not the Flail, fear not the Fann…ng-wind, fear not the MilstoneMillstone, fear not the Oven; for all these make you more meet for the Lords …
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    … destruction. — Fear not the Flail, fear not the Fann…ng-wind, fear not the MilstoneMillstone, fear not the Oven; for all these make you more meet for the Lords …

    Thomas Mall · A Cloud of Witnesses · p. 68 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … to him by whom offence cometh, Mat. 18. It were better for him that a MilstoneMillstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the midst of the sea.
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    … to him by whom offence cometh, Mat. 18. It were better for him that a MilstoneMillstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the midst of the sea.

    Thomas Mall · A Cloud of Witnesses · p. 260 · Open in the reader

Sermons Volume 2 A51846

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    … these little Ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a MilstoneMillstone were hanged about his Neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the …
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    … these little Ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a MilstoneMillstone were hanged about his Neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the …

    Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 2 · p. 202 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … corruption. Go to a wounded Conscience, and they will tell you, that better a MilstoneMillstone had faln upon them, than one spark of God's wrath for sin should light …
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    … corruption. Go to a wounded Conscience, and they will tell you, that better a MilstoneMillstone had faln upon them, than one spark of God's wrath for sin should light …

    Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 2 · p. 33 · Open in the reader

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

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    … an unprofitable and unproſperable thing) by an excellent Hieroglyphick, to wit, by one ſingle MilſtoneMillstone, which cannot Grind Meal by it ſelf alone: The good Samaritan help'd the wounded …
    With rule
    … an unprofitable and unproſperable thing) by an excellent Hieroglyphick, to wit, by one ſingle MilſtoneMillstone, which cannot Grind Meal by it ſelf alone: The good Samaritan help'd the wounded …

    Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 297 · Open in the reader

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    … throw down Babylon with Violence, and with a Vengeance, Rev. 18.21. When Rome (that Rueful MilſtoneMillstone which hath grounded to Powder ſo many Myriads of Saints) ſhall be irreparably Ruined …
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    … throw down Babylon with Violence, and with a Vengeance, Rev. 18.21. When Rome (that Rueful MilſtoneMillstone which hath grounded to Powder ſo many Myriads of Saints) ſhall be irreparably Ruined …

    Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 349 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Revelation A55917

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    … of the third Angell, figuring the deſtruction of Babylon, under the Similitude of a MilſtoneMillstone caſt into the SEA.
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    … of the third Angell, figuring the deſtruction of Babylon, under the Similitude of a MilſtoneMillstone caſt into the SEA.

    David Pareus · Commentary on Revelation · p. 469 · Open in the reader

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    … takes up (as if it were but a ſtraw) a ſtone, like a great MilſtoneMillstone (which ten ſtrong men can hardly move) and caſteth it with force into the …
    With rule
    … takes up (as if it were but a ſtraw) a ſtone, like a great MilſtoneMillstone (which ten ſtrong men can hardly move) and caſteth it with force into the …

    David Pareus · Commentary on Revelation · p. 470 · Open in the reader

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    … Particle foreign ſo denotes the force and analogie of the Type. For as a great MilſtoneMillstone cannot be eaſily moved: ſo the great Citie Babylon, is hardlie to be conquered …
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    … Particle foreign ſo denotes the force and analogie of the Type. For as a great MilſtoneMillstone cannot be eaſily moved: ſo the great Citie Babylon, is hardlie to be conquered …

    David Pareus · Commentary on Revelation · p. 470 · Open in the reader

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    … eaſily moved: ſo the great Citie Babylon, is hardlie to be conquered. As a MilſtoneMillstone is thrown down, ſo Babylon ſhall be cut off. As a ſtone is throwne …
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    … eaſily moved: ſo the great Citie Babylon, is hardlie to be conquered. As a MilſtoneMillstone is thrown down, ſo Babylon ſhall be cut off. As a ſtone is throwne …

    David Pareus · Commentary on Revelation · p. 470 · Open in the reader

The Sword of Christian Magistracy A56215

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    … one of theſe little ones which beleeveth in me, it were better that a MilstoneMillstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of …
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    … one of theſe little ones which beleeveth in me, it were better that a MilstoneMillstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of …

    William Prynne · The Sword of Christian Magistracy · p. 164 · Open in the reader

Jesus and the Resurrection Justified by Witnesses in Heaven and Earth A56675

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    … man to rule over us? O deaf ears! O hearts harder than the nether MilſtoneMillstone! which will not let ſuch loud voices ſink into them; ſuch mighty arguments penetrate …
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    … man to rule over us? O deaf ears! O hearts harder than the nether MilſtoneMillstone! which will not let ſuch loud voices ſink into them; ſuch mighty arguments penetrate …

    Simon Patrick · Jesus and the Resurrection Justified by Witnesses in Heaven and Earth · p. 616 · Open in the reader

Israels Prayer in Time of Trouble A57143

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    … yee that are weary and heavy laden, Mat. 11.28. To conceive them heavier then a MilstoneMillstone, Luke 17.2. Then the weight of a Mountain, Luk. 23.30. O what apprehension had S. Peters …
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    … yee that are weary and heavy laden, Mat. 11.28. To conceive them heavier then a MilstoneMillstone, Luke 17.2. Then the weight of a Mountain, Luk. 23.30. O what apprehension had S. Peters …

    Edward Reynolds · Israels Prayer in Time of Trouble · p. 30 · Open in the reader

Londons Resurrection A57598

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    … ſtreets are neither arable nor Paſture. Take away their Trade, and you take their MilſtoneMillstone to pledg, which is their very life, for ſo a mans livelyhood is ſaid …
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    … ſtreets are neither arable nor Paſture. Take away their Trade, and you take their MilſtoneMillstone to pledg, which is their very life, for ſo a mans livelyhood is ſaid …

    Samuel Rolle · Londons Resurrection · p. 122 · Open in the reader

The Trial and Triumph of Faith A57982

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    … strength in burning, the Sun heateth and inlightneth as vehemently as it can: A MilstoneMillstone fallen from the sphere of the Moon down to the earth, useth no moderation …
    With rule
    … strength in burning, the Sun heateth and inlightneth as vehemently as it can: A MilstoneMillstone fallen from the sphere of the Moon down to the earth, useth no moderation …

    Samuel Rutherford · The Trial and Triumph of Faith · p. 43 · Open in the reader

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    … the bowels and heart of that Mother made of a piece of the nether MilstoneMillstone, had she not sucked the Milk and breasts of a Tyger, and seemed rather …
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    … the bowels and heart of that Mother made of a piece of the nether MilstoneMillstone, had she not sucked the Milk and breasts of a Tyger, and seemed rather …

    Samuel Rutherford · The Trial and Triumph of Faith · p. 300 · Open in the reader

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    … bow nor was broken, when a Temptation lay on him as heavy as a MilstoneMillstone, even when the Lord said he would depart from him, yet he prevailed under …
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    … bow nor was broken, when a Temptation lay on him as heavy as a MilstoneMillstone, even when the Lord said he would depart from him, yet he prevailed under …

    Samuel Rutherford · The Trial and Triumph of Faith · p. 308 · Open in the reader

Popery the Grand Apostasy A63267

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    … if it were done already, and another ſeconding him with the Type of a MilſtoneMillstone thrown into the Sea, to ſhew that Babylon ſhould never riſe more, v. 21, 22, 23. 2. From …
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    … if it were done already, and another ſeconding him with the Type of a MilſtoneMillstone thrown into the Sea, to ſhew that Babylon ſhould never riſe more, v. 21, 22, 23. 2. From …

    John Troughton · Popery the Grand Apostasy · p. 139 · Open in the reader

Christs School A64811

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    … but that's nothing compared with being thrown into the depth of Hell, with a MilſtoneMillstone weight and load of thine offences about thy neck: for if Jeſus Chriſt deal …
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    … but that's nothing compared with being thrown into the depth of Hell, with a MilſtoneMillstone weight and load of thine offences about thy neck: for if Jeſus Chriſt deal …

    Ralph Venning · Christs School · p. 221 · Open in the reader

Remains A64833

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    … but that's nothing compared with being thrown into the depth of Hell, with a MilſtoneMillstone weight and load of thine offences about thy neck: for if Jeſus Chriſt deal …
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    … but that's nothing compared with being thrown into the depth of Hell, with a MilſtoneMillstone weight and load of thine offences about thy neck: for if Jeſus Chriſt deal …

    Ralph Venning · Remains · p. 221 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

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    MilstoneMillstone]
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    MilstoneMillstone]

    Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 415 · Open in the reader

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    Applyed to …-…, Josn. 16. 5. Chamber, Act. 9. 37. …, Act. 19. 1. Dorepost, …. 12. 7. Lip, Lev. 13. 45. …, Zeph. 2. 14. MilstoneMillstone, Deut. 24. 6. Pool, 2 …. 18. 17. …, Mar. 14. 15. Springs, Josh. 15. 19. …, 2 Chr. 32. 30.
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    Applyed to …-…, Josn. 16. 5. Chamber, Act. 9. 37. …, Act. 19. 1. Dorepost, …. 12. 7. Lip, Lev. 13. 45. …, Zeph. 2. 14. MilstoneMillstone, Deut. 24. 6. Pool, 2 …. 18. 17. …, Mar. 14. 15. Springs, Josh. 15. 19. …, 2 Chr. 32. 30.

    Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 700 · Open in the reader

A Christian Library A67744

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    … when the hard heart is grown'd to powder between the upper and the nether MilstoneMillstone of the two Tables; it will see, and imbrace that counsel, which before it …
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    … when the hard heart is grown'd to powder between the upper and the nether MilstoneMillstone of the two Tables; it will see, and imbrace that counsel, which before it …

    Richard Younge · A Christian Library · p. 52 · Open in the reader

A Counterpoison A67746

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    … the stroak… of the Flayle, the winde of the Fan…, the weight of the MilstoneMillstone, the heat of the Oven?
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    … the stroak… of the Flayle, the winde of the Fan…, the weight of the MilstoneMillstone, the heat of the Oven?

    Richard Younge · A Counterpoison · p. 321 · Open in the reader

Twenty-One Sermons on Amos 1 A68508

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    … the tower of Theber he had his ſcull broken by a peece of a MilſtoneMillstone which a certaine woman had caſt vpon his head, he called haſtily vnto a …
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    … the tower of Theber he had his ſcull broken by a peece of a MilſtoneMillstone which a certaine woman had caſt vpon his head, he called haſtily vnto a …

    Sebastian Benefield · Twenty-One Sermons on Amos 1 · p. 184 · Open in the reader

A Reply to a Relation A69024

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    … Church of England, because the Church may now see more, and further into a MilstoneMillstone, then of old; as a Dwarfe upon a Giants shoulders. And so what slippes …
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    … Church of England, because the Church may now see more, and further into a MilstoneMillstone, then of old; as a Dwarfe upon a Giants shoulders. And so what slippes …

    Henry Burton · A Reply to a Relation · p. 72 · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Laws of Moses A73378

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    … be a god, hee was killed by a Woman with a piece of a MilſtoneMillstone, Iudg 9.53. How dangerous a thing is it then to rob the houſe of the …
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    … be a god, hee was killed by a Woman with a piece of a MilſtoneMillstone, Iudg 9.53. How dangerous a thing is it then to rob the houſe of the …

    John Weemes · Exposition of the Laws of Moses · p. 154 · Open in the reader

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    … Lord forbiddeth in his Law to take to pledge the upper or the nether MilſtoneMillstone, which are the meanes to maintaine the mans life, Deut. 24.6. The widowes two ſonnes …
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    … Lord forbiddeth in his Law to take to pledge the upper or the nether MilſtoneMillstone, which are the meanes to maintaine the mans life, Deut. 24.6. The widowes two ſonnes …

    John Weemes · Exposition of the Laws of Moses · p. 81 · Open in the reader

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    … Deut. 24.6. The widowes two ſonnes were (as it were) the nether and the upper MilſtoneMillstone to gaine her living. Secondly, the Lord forbiddeth to take to pledge the cloths …
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    … Deut. 24.6. The widowes two ſonnes were (as it were) the nether and the upper MilſtoneMillstone to gaine her living. Secondly, the Lord forbiddeth to take to pledge the cloths …

    John Weemes · Exposition of the Laws of Moses · p. 81 · Open in the reader

Expositions Upon Matthew 1-10 A76798

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    … who ſlaying Gideons ſons had his brains beat out with a piece of a MilſtoneMillstone, Judg. 9. But alſo in Zachariah the ſon of Jehojada, whoſe blood was ſhed by …
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    … who ſlaying Gideons ſons had his brains beat out with a piece of a MilſtoneMillstone, Judg. 9. But alſo in Zachariah the ſon of Jehojada, whoſe blood was ſhed by …

    Christopher Blackwood · Expositions Upon Matthew 1-10 · p. 231 · Open in the reader

A Good Conscience the Strongest Hold A93060

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    … Thebez, to which they fled for ſafety, a woman threw a piece of a MilſtoneMillstone upon his head, and ſent him packing. Theſe indeed ſhall never be aſhamed when …
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    … Thebez, to which they fled for ſafety, a woman threw a piece of a MilſtoneMillstone upon his head, and ſent him packing. Theſe indeed ſhall never be aſhamed when …

    John Sheffeild · A Good Conscience the Strongest Hold · p. 12 · Open in the reader