Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6935 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ballancesbalances

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 405 times in 257 works
Consistency: 73.3% (405 of 552)
Reach if approved: ~580 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: balances
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 552 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (405 changes in 257 works, 73.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 405)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… alwayes able to iuſtifie or condemne him, who will lay his life in the ballancesbalances, and be content to trie himſelfe as all haue good cauſe to doe.
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… alwayes able to iuſtifie or condemne him, who will lay his life in the ballancesbalances, and be content to trie himſelfe as all haue good cauſe to doe.
Richard Rogers · Samuels Encounter with Saul · p. 119 · Open in the reader
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… excuſes ſhalbe of no greate value before hym, when they ſhalbe wayed in the ballancesbalances of hys iuſtice and iudgementes. But bycauſe that men haue bene alwayes accuſtomed to …
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… excuſes ſhalbe of no greate value before hym, when they ſhalbe wayed in the ballancesbalances of hys iuſtice and iudgementes. But bycauſe that men haue bene alwayes accuſtomed to …
Pierre Viret · Christian Instruction and Sum of Doctrine Part 1 · p. 6 · Open in the reader
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… not to goe by the common beame of cuſtome and opinion, but by theſe ballancesbalances of Gods ſanctuary, not ſuffering a drams waight to be iniected, that may incline …
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… not to goe by the common beame of cuſtome and opinion, but by theſe ballancesbalances of Gods ſanctuary, not ſuffering a drams waight to be iniected, that may incline …
John Yates · A Model of Divinity · p. 264 · Open in the reader
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… our streets. Psal. 55.11. Treasures of wickednesse are in the house of the wicked, wicked ballancesbalances, the bagge of deceitfull wa…ghts and scant measures (which are an abomination to …
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… our streets. Psal. 55.11. Treasures of wickednesse are in the house of the wicked, wicked ballancesbalances, the bagge of deceitfull wa…ghts and scant measures (which are an abomination to …
Nicholas Byfield · A Commentary on 1 Peter 1-3 · p. 208 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Shekell great, and falſifie the waights by deceit, ſhal I iuſtifie the wicked ballancesbalances, and the Bag of deceitfull waights?
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… the Shekell great, and falſifie the waights by deceit, ſhal I iuſtifie the wicked ballancesbalances, and the Bag of deceitfull waights?
John Downame · The Sum of Sacred Divinity · p. 216 · Open in the reader
Printed
7. He is a marchant, in his hands are ballancesbalances of deceit, he loueth to oppreſſe.
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7. He is a marchant, in his hands are ballancesbalances of deceit, he loueth to oppreſſe.
Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 226 · Open in the reader
Printed
… will ſerve againe; and then goe, and be unjuſt, and uncleane, and keepe falſe ballancesbalances ſtill, know then, it is certaine thou never haddeſt a part in Chriſt, and …
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… will ſerve againe; and then goe, and be unjuſt, and uncleane, and keepe falſe ballancesbalances ſtill, know then, it is certaine thou never haddeſt a part in Chriſt, and …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Humiliation · p. 65 · Open in the reader
Printed
A. A blacke horſe, and he that ſate on him had ballancesbalances.
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A. A blacke horſe, and he that ſate on him had ballancesbalances.
Eusebius Pagit · The History of the Bible · p. 778 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (147)

47 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 45 are listed here. 100 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Twenty-Nine Lectures A10399

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… Religion be better then ours, or our Religion better then theirs; And becauſe falſe BallancesBalances are an abomination to the Lord, we will diſclaime them; Carnall Reaſon, outward Pompe …
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… Religion be better then ours, or our Religion better then theirs; And becauſe falſe BallancesBalances are an abomination to the Lord, we will diſclaime them; Carnall Reaſon, outward Pompe …
John Randall · Twenty-Nine Lectures · p. 210 · Open in the reader
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… yee may iudge of the reſt: And I will weigh them in foure exceptionleſſe BallancesBalances, and make it plaine, God willing, in euery one of theſe ſix or ſeauen …
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… yee may iudge of the reſt: And I will weigh them in foure exceptionleſſe BallancesBalances, and make it plaine, God willing, in euery one of theſe ſix or ſeauen …
John Randall · Twenty-Nine Lectures · p. 210 · Open in the reader
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… in euery one of theſe ſix or ſeauen Inſtances, by euery of theſe foure BallancesBalances, that our Religion will hold waight, full waight downe to the ground; and that …
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… in euery one of theſe ſix or ſeauen Inſtances, by euery of theſe foure BallancesBalances, that our Religion will hold waight, full waight downe to the ground; and that …
John Randall · Twenty-Nine Lectures · p. 210 · Open in the reader
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… theirs is too light, not worthy to be brought to the Beame: The foure BallancesBalances, that wee will weigh theſe Inſtances in, are firſt, the Ballance of Gods glory …
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… theirs is too light, not worthy to be brought to the Beame: The foure BallancesBalances, that wee will weigh theſe Inſtances in, are firſt, the Ballance of Gods glory …
John Randall · Twenty-Nine Lectures · p. 210 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Inſtances of the differences betwixt them and vs, which we will weigh in theſe BallancesBalances are theſe: The firſt is of the ſufficiency of Scripture and the abſolute Authority …
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… Inſtances of the differences betwixt them and vs, which we will weigh in theſe BallancesBalances are theſe: The firſt is of the ſufficiency of Scripture and the abſolute Authority …
John Randall · Twenty-Nine Lectures · p. 210 · Open in the reader

An ABC for Laymen A15621

Printed
BallancesBalances.
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BallancesBalances.
Clergy George Wither · An ABC for Laymen · p. 10 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Philemon A22481

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… But, if theſe partiall Iudges would weigh the cauſe aright, in iuſt and equal BallancesBalances, without the corrupt affections of Malice, or Enuy, I doubt not, but they will …
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… But, if theſe partiall Iudges would weigh the cauſe aright, in iuſt and equal BallancesBalances, without the corrupt affections of Malice, or Enuy, I doubt not, but they will …
William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · Open in the reader

A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government A29737

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… insomuch that it was not untrue which one wrote, That France and Spaine were BallancesBalances in the Scale of Europe; and England the Beame to turne them either way …
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… insomuch that it was not untrue which one wrote, That France and Spaine were BallancesBalances in the Scale of Europe; and England the Beame to turne them either way …
Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 43 · Open in the reader

An Exposition of Hosea 11-13 A30575

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… ſhall do no unrighteouſneſs in Judgment, in Metyard, in Weight, or in Meaſure. Juſt BallancesBalances, juſt Weights, a juſt Ephah, and a juſt Hin ſhall ye have: I am …
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… ſhall do no unrighteouſneſs in Judgment, in Metyard, in Weight, or in Meaſure. Juſt BallancesBalances, juſt Weights, a juſt Ephah, and a juſt Hin ſhall ye have: I am …
Jeremiah Burroughs · An Exposition of Hosea 11-13 · p. 311 · Open in the reader
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… mentioned in a buſineſs to ſet out all of that nature, not only Deceitful BallancesBalances, but Meaſures, and Tale, and Lights, and Mixtures, when they ſhall mix water and …
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… mentioned in a buſineſs to ſet out all of that nature, not only Deceitful BallancesBalances, but Meaſures, and Tale, and Lights, and Mixtures, when they ſhall mix water and …
Jeremiah Burroughs · An Exposition of Hosea 11-13 · p. 309 · Open in the reader
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… ſuch things are here condemned; and deceiptful Books, and deceiptful Reckonings; So that by BallancesBalances of deceipt, are alwaies of Merchants, of Trades-men, whether by BallancesBalances, Weights, Meaſures …
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… ſuch things are here condemned; and deceiptful Books, and deceiptful Reckonings; So that by BallancesBalances of deceipt, are alwaies of Merchants, of Trades-men, whether by BallancesBalances, Weights, Meaſures …
Jeremiah Burroughs · An Exposition of Hosea 11-13 · p. 309 · Open in the reader
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… that you may ſee that there is a great deal of evil in theſe BallancesBalances of deceit, and oppreſſion in trading, do but conſider theſe particulars.
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… that you may ſee that there is a great deal of evil in theſe BallancesBalances of deceit, and oppreſſion in trading, do but conſider theſe particulars.
Jeremiah Burroughs · An Exposition of Hosea 11-13 · p. 314 · Open in the reader
Printed
IN the Verſe before Ephraim is charged for being a Merchant, for having the BallancesBalances of Deceipt in his hand, and Loving to oppreſs; but yet Ephraim ſaith, I …
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IN the Verſe before Ephraim is charged for being a Merchant, for having the BallancesBalances of Deceipt in his hand, and Loving to oppreſs; but yet Ephraim ſaith, I …
Jeremiah Burroughs · An Exposition of Hosea 11-13 · p. 323 · Open in the reader

An Abstract of Laws and Government A34659

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… ballancesbalances, juſt weights, a juſt ephah, and a juſt bin ſhall ye have. Prov. 11. 1. BallancesBalances of deceit is abomination to Jehovah: but a perfect ſtone is his delight. Prov …
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… ballancesbalances, juſt weights, a juſt ephah, and a juſt bin ſhall ye have. Prov. 11. 1. BallancesBalances of deceit is abomination to Jehovah: but a perfect ſtone is his delight. Prov …
John Cotton · An Abstract of Laws and Government · p. 14 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Job 4-7 A35438

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… long upon the Rack of earthly care; they ſeldome let their hearts ſettle. The BallancesBalances muſt ſtand at an even poize, before you can weigh aright. If you deſire …
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… long upon the Rack of earthly care; they ſeldome let their hearts ſettle. The BallancesBalances muſt ſtand at an even poize, before you can weigh aright. If you deſire …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 4-7 · p. 90 · Open in the reader
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… Lion and the Bellances; The Lion bids Virgin Juſtice, be ſtout and feareleſſe; The BallancesBalances adviſe her to weigh the matter on both ſides, with moderation, and be cautious …
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… Lion and the Bellances; The Lion bids Virgin Juſtice, be ſtout and feareleſſe; The BallancesBalances adviſe her to weigh the matter on both ſides, with moderation, and be cautious …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 4-7 · p. 413 · Open in the reader

Review and Examination of the Doctrine A39999

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… thousands of degrees counterpoise them, when both are laid together in the even Scripture BallancesBalances. Truth under all stroakes Virescit Vulnere the bruising of it by dispures diffuses it …
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… thousands of degrees counterpoise them, when both are laid together in the even Scripture BallancesBalances. Truth under all stroakes Virescit Vulnere the bruising of it by dispures diffuses it …
Thomas Forrester · Review and Examination of the Doctrine · Open in the reader

Sermons on Psalm 119 A51842

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… propension and customary inclination to them, is greater. Look as in a pair of BallancesBalances, though the weight of the one side be lesser, yet if the scales be …
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… propension and customary inclination to them, is greater. Look as in a pair of BallancesBalances, though the weight of the one side be lesser, yet if the scales be …
Thomas Manton · Sermons on Psalm 119 · p. 251 · Open in the reader
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… their Affections blind their Judgment; and then, though the Weights be equal, if the BallancesBalances be not, equal wrong will be done. We do not weigh things with an …
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… their Affections blind their Judgment; and then, though the Weights be equal, if the BallancesBalances be not, equal wrong will be done. We do not weigh things with an …
Thomas Manton · Sermons on Psalm 119 · p. 489 · Open in the reader

Sermons Volume 2 A51846

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… a mind to hate. Let the Weights be never so equal, yet if the BallancesBalances be not equal, you can never judg of the weight of any thing. When …
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… a mind to hate. Let the Weights be never so equal, yet if the BallancesBalances be not equal, you can never judg of the weight of any thing. When …
Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 2 · p. 374 · Open in the reader

The Burning of London A57597

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Meditations 7. Of …, Theft, Deceit, falſe BallancesBalances, mention… … Scripture, as cauſes of Gods contending by Fire.
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Meditations 7. Of …, Theft, Deceit, falſe BallancesBalances, mention… … Scripture, as cauſes of Gods contending by Fire.
Samuel Rolle · The Burning of London · Open in the reader
Printed
MEDITATION VII. Of Oppreſſion, Theft, Deceit, falſe BallancesBalances, mentioned in Scripture, as cauſes of God's contending by Fire.
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MEDITATION VII. Of Oppreſſion, Theft, Deceit, falſe BallancesBalances, mentioned in Scripture, as cauſes of God's contending by Fire.
Samuel Rolle · The Burning of London · p. 56 · Open in the reader
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… ver. 2. & 3. O that my grief were thoroughly weighed and my calamity laid in the BallancesBalances together; for now it would be heavier than the ſand of the Sea: therefore …
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… ver. 2. & 3. O that my grief were thoroughly weighed and my calamity laid in the BallancesBalances together; for now it would be heavier than the ſand of the Sea: therefore …
Samuel Rolle · The Burning of London · p. 1 · Open in the reader
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… as well as felt by themſelves? But as it is is impoſſible to find BallancesBalances able to contain the ſands of the Sea, ſo is i… next to impoſſible …
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… as well as felt by themſelves? But as it is is impoſſible to find BallancesBalances able to contain the ſands of the Sea, ſo is i… next to impoſſible …
Samuel Rolle · The Burning of London · p. 1 · Open in the reader
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… Yea, indeed the whole Book of Lamentations is, as it were, a pair of BallancesBalances hung up, into which the Prophet is caſting in the ſeverall miſeries of Ieruſalem …
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… Yea, indeed the whole Book of Lamentations is, as it were, a pair of BallancesBalances hung up, into which the Prophet is caſting in the ſeverall miſeries of Ieruſalem …
Samuel Rolle · The Burning of London · p. 1 · Open in the reader

The Rising Sun A59622

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… the Magistrate, who was wont to be emblem'd with a Sword in one hand, BallancesBalances in the other, eyes closed, to be without respect of persons in administring justice …
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… the Magistrate, who was wont to be emblem'd with a Sword in one hand, BallancesBalances in the other, eyes closed, to be without respect of persons in administring justice …
John Sheffield · The Rising Sun · p. 58 · Open in the reader

A Body of Practical Divinity A65285

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… they made the Ephah small, gave scant measure, which was plain stealing. Hos. 12.7. The BallancesBalances of Deceit are in his Hand. Men by making their Weights lighter, make their …
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… they made the Ephah small, gave scant measure, which was plain stealing. Hos. 12.7. The BallancesBalances of Deceit are in his Hand. Men by making their Weights lighter, make their …
Thomas Watson · A Body of Practical Divinity · p. 377 · Open in the reader
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… wrong and defraud, and raise his Estate upon the Ruines of another. Hos. 12.7, 8. The BallancesBalances of Deceit are in his Hand, he loveth to oppress. And Ephraim said, Yet …
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… wrong and defraud, and raise his Estate upon the Ruines of another. Hos. 12.7, 8. The BallancesBalances of Deceit are in his Hand, he loveth to oppress. And Ephraim said, Yet …
Thomas Watson · A Body of Practical Divinity · p. 383 · Open in the reader
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… wish this be not the sin of many, Hos. 12.7. He is a Merchant, the BallancesBalances of deceit are in his hand. Can they be holy which are not just …
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… wish this be not the sin of many, Hos. 12.7. He is a Merchant, the BallancesBalances of deceit are in his hand. Can they be holy which are not just …
Thomas Watson · A Body of Practical Divinity · p. 500 · Open in the reader
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… tempts in the shop, he tempts you to use Collusion and Deceit, Hos. 12.7. The BallancesBalances of Deceit are in his Hand. So that we meet with the Tempter every …
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… tempts in the shop, he tempts you to use Collusion and Deceit, Hos. 12.7. The BallancesBalances of Deceit are in his Hand. So that we meet with the Tempter every …
Thomas Watson · A Body of Practical Divinity · p. 856 · Open in the reader

Babylons Ruin Jerusalems Rising A66069

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… that Babylon and its ſupporters, and Sion and its Builders are put in the BallancesBalances as it were: And I find a Mene (i. e.) God hath numbred thy …
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… that Babylon and its ſupporters, and Sion and its Builders are put in the BallancesBalances as it were: And I find a Mene (i. e.) God hath numbred thy …
Henry Wilkinson Jr · Babylons Ruin Jerusalems Rising · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

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… great famine and dearth, represented here by the black Horse, and the Ruler, with BallancesBalances in his hand. Rev. 6. 7. He that sate on him had ballancesbalances in his hand.
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… great famine and dearth, represented here by the black Horse, and the Ruler, with BallancesBalances in his hand. Rev. 6. 7. He that sate on him had ballancesbalances in his hand.
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 41 · Open in the reader

Gods Call from Heaven Echoed A74688

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… for every ſtraight thing doth beſt diſcover that which is crooked: There are the BallancesBalances of the Sanctuary, wherein the Soul weigheth it ſelf: now it brings it's face …
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… for every ſtraight thing doth beſt diſcover that which is crooked: There are the BallancesBalances of the Sanctuary, wherein the Soul weigheth it ſelf: now it brings it's face …
James Votier · Gods Call from Heaven Echoed · p. 19 · Open in the reader
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… with the unerring word of God, which is the juſteſt meaſure: God hates falſe BallancesBalances, and meaſures in Spirituals, as well as temporals.
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… with the unerring word of God, which is the juſteſt meaſure: God hates falſe BallancesBalances, and meaſures in Spirituals, as well as temporals.
James Votier · Gods Call from Heaven Echoed · p. 20 · Open in the reader
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… ſearch it ſelf: The Spirit holdeth the Scales, and forceth the Soul into the BallancesBalances of the Sanctuary, that there it may be weighed, to ſee whether it be …
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… ſearch it ſelf: The Spirit holdeth the Scales, and forceth the Soul into the BallancesBalances of the Sanctuary, that there it may be weighed, to ſee whether it be …
James Votier · Gods Call from Heaven Echoed · p. 107 · Open in the reader

The World Conquered A74977

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… weigh things in the ballance of the ſanctuary, but in his own deceitful ballancesbalances. BallancesBalances may be ſaid to be ballancesbalances of deceit in a double ſenſe. There are …
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… weigh things in the ballance of the ſanctuary, but in his own deceitful ballancesbalances. BallancesBalances may be ſaid to be ballancesbalances of deceit in a double ſenſe. There are …
Richard Alleine · The World Conquered · p. 68 · Open in the reader

Positions A76493

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… the Lords day of the Reſurrection, and Aſcention; And that remarkable ſymbol of the BallancesBalances in the Hand of that ſo known Juſt Prince Alexander Severus, in the third …
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… the Lords day of the Reſurrection, and Aſcention; And that remarkable ſymbol of the BallancesBalances in the Hand of that ſo known Juſt Prince Alexander Severus, in the third …
Thomas Beverley · Positions · p. 5 · Open in the reader

The Oppressor Destroyed A81215

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… up your life? ſo is it with a paire of ballancesbalances in the hand. BallancesBalances are put in a Synechdoche, for all the commerce betwixt man and man, now …
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… up your life? ſo is it with a paire of ballancesbalances in the hand. BallancesBalances are put in a Synechdoche, for all the commerce betwixt man and man, now …
Joseph Caryl · The Oppressor Destroyed · p. 2 · Open in the reader
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… commerce betwixt man and man, now ſaith hee, here is one that oppreſſeth with BallancesBalances in his hand; he tels you you ſhall have penny for penny, bargain for …
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… commerce betwixt man and man, now ſaith hee, here is one that oppreſſeth with BallancesBalances in his hand; he tels you you ſhall have penny for penny, bargain for …
Joseph Caryl · The Oppressor Destroyed · p. 2 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ezekiel 1-5 A85666

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BallancesBalances are an embleme of Juſtice, and ſets out here the great equity of God …
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BallancesBalances are an embleme of Juſtice, and ſets out here the great equity of God …
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 1-5 · p. 419 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ezekiel 6-13 A85667

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… the needy, they made the Epha ſmall, and the Sheckle great, they falſified the BallancesBalances, ſold the poore for ſilver, and the needy for ſhooes, verſ. 5, 6. Men indued with …
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… the needy, they made the Epha ſmall, and the Sheckle great, they falſified the BallancesBalances, ſold the poore for ſilver, and the needy for ſhooes, verſ. 5, 6. Men indued with …
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 6-13 · p. 51 · Open in the reader

The Happiness of a People in the Wisdom of their Rulers N00155

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… Religion also, upon his covetous practice & way, expresly contradicting the Command of God. The BallancesBalances of deceit were in the hand of Ephraim, with a secret love to oppress …
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… Religion also, upon his covetous practice & way, expresly contradicting the Command of God. The BallancesBalances of deceit were in the hand of Ephraim, with a secret love to oppress …
William Hubbard · The Happiness of a People in the Wisdom of their Rulers · p. 58 · Open in the reader

Heavenly Merchandise N00348

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… be counted a touch stone, nor will it distinguish of Mettals; there are many BallancesBalances that Men make, in which a thing may bear weight, which when it is …
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… be counted a touch stone, nor will it distinguish of Mettals; there are many BallancesBalances that Men make, in which a thing may bear weight, which when it is …
Samuel Willard · Heavenly Merchandise · p. 98 · Open in the reader

Fraud and Injustice Detected and Condemned N01339

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… and a juſt him ſhall ye have. God requir'd, that they ſhould have juſt BallancesBalances, that is, true Soales (to Sell things by weight) not ſuch as they could …
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… and a juſt him ſhall ye have. God requir'd, that they ſhould have juſt BallancesBalances, that is, true Soales (to Sell things by weight) not ſuch as they could …
Benjamin Wadsworth · Fraud and Injustice Detected and Condemned · p. 7 · Open in the reader
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… alike abomination to the Lord. Mic. 6.11. Shall I count them pure with the wicked BallancesBalances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? No, God wont count ſuch practices to …
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… alike abomination to the Lord. Mic. 6.11. Shall I count them pure with the wicked BallancesBalances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? No, God wont count ſuch practices to …
Benjamin Wadsworth · Fraud and Injustice Detected and Condemned · p. 7 · Open in the reader