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prouideprovide

u and v used by position, not sound: haue → have, vnto → unto.

Puritas changed it
3,573 times in 704 works
Consistency
98.5% (3,573 of 3,625)
Reach if approved
~3,809 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: provide
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
3,625 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (3,573 changes in 704 works, 98.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 3,573)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
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    … husband, and deny her inferiority; but be an example of godlinesse to her children, prouideprovide things necessary for her seruants both in health and in sicknesse; loue her naturall …
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    … husband, and deny her inferiority; but be an example of godlinesse to her children, prouideprovide things necessary for her seruants both in health and in sicknesse; loue her naturall …

    Hannibal Gamon · The Praise of a Godly Woman · p. 7 · Open in the reader

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    … they haue hoodwinckt and buried any Proſelite in the dungeon of their Superſtitions, they prouideprovide ne reſurgat, leſt he ſhould open his eyes, and riſe vp to behold the …
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    … they haue hoodwinckt and buried any Proſelite in the dungeon of their Superſtitions, they prouideprovide ne reſurgat, leſt he ſhould open his eyes, and riſe vp to behold the …

    John Gee · Hold Fast · p. 33 · Open in the reader

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    … not in faire weather repaire their house against stormes: nor in time of peace prouideprovide spirituall armour against the day of warre. They watch not; therefore the day of …
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    … not in faire weather repaire their house against stormes: nor in time of peace prouideprovide spirituall armour against the day of warre. They watch not; therefore the day of …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 73 · Open in the reader

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    … if the people doe their dutie, and not the Minister, the Lord will so prouideprovide that they shall enioy eternall felicitie.
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    … if the people doe their dutie, and not the Minister, the Lord will so prouideprovide that they shall enioy eternall felicitie.

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 358 · Open in the reader

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    … to exerciſe thy ſelfe thus early, with the difficulties of a ſtranger, or to prouideprovide miraculouſly for thy ſelfe; I inquire not, ſince thou reuealeſt not, only this I …
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    … to exerciſe thy ſelfe thus early, with the difficulties of a ſtranger, or to prouideprovide miraculouſly for thy ſelfe; I inquire not, ſince thou reuealeſt not, only this I …

    Joseph Hall · History of the Old Testament Volume 5 · p. 343 · Open in the reader

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    They must haue a care in due time to prouideprovide meete mariages for them, in doing all this, as the fathers giftes are commonly …
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    They must haue a care in due time to prouideprovide meete mariages for them, in doing all this, as the fathers giftes are commonly …

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

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    … the desert vntill the euening: and the Disciples would haue had them dismissed, …o prouideprovide food for themselues in the villages adioyning. This Lord, that is owner of the …
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    … the desert vntill the euening: and the Disciples would haue had them dismissed, …o prouideprovide food for themselues in the villages adioyning. This Lord, that is owner of the …

    James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · p. 102 · Open in the reader

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    … Princes, and them that be in authoritie, which haue the charge, and are to prouideprovide for the safetie of so many, and that with such condition, yt if any …
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    … Princes, and them that be in authoritie, which haue the charge, and are to prouideprovide for the safetie of so many, and that with such condition, yt if any …

    William Fulke · Sermon 26 February 1580 · p. 39 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (52)

45 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net A00602

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    … It is all one, as if you should expound the words of the Apostle, ProuideProvide honest things before God and men; before God, that is, before men.
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    … It is all one, as if you should expound the words of the Apostle, ProuideProvide honest things before God and men; before God, that is, before men.

    Daniel Featley · The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net · p. 13 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … It is all one, as if you should expound the words of the Apostle, ProuideProvide honest things before God and men; before God, that is, before men.
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    … It is all one, as if you should expound the words of the Apostle, ProuideProvide honest things before God and men; before God, that is, before men.

    Daniel Featley · The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net · p. 59 · Open in the reader

The Gallants Burden A01573

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    … were folded in them; but our maine worke lay dead for want of execution: ProuideProvide then for this Night, ôh thou whose cheeke the Sunne of mercie and forbearance …
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    … were folded in them; but our maine worke lay dead for want of execution: ProuideProvide then for this Night, ôh thou whose cheeke the Sunne of mercie and forbearance …

    Thomas Adams · The Gallants Burden · p. 23 · Open in the reader

Lectures Upon John 4 A03342

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    … despised piety and religion, the more vehement shall thy thirst be in that day. ProuideProvide for this thirst, I aduise thee; choose rather to haue Dauids thirst in this …
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    … despised piety and religion, the more vehement shall thy thirst be in that day. ProuideProvide for this thirst, I aduise thee; choose rather to haue Dauids thirst in this …

    Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 43 · Open in the reader

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    … that which is said of Pauls cloke which he left at Troas, 2. Tim. 4. 13.) Matth. 10. 9, 10. ProuideProvide not gold, nor siluer, nor money, nor a scrip for your iourney, neither two …
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    … that which is said of Pauls cloke which he left at Troas, 2. Tim. 4. 13.) Matth. 10. 9, 10. ProuideProvide not gold, nor siluer, nor money, nor a scrip for your iourney, neither two …

    Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 375 · Open in the reader

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    … the euill day, seeing no man may hope to be exempted from it. Ephes. 6. 13. ProuideProvide, that yee may bee able to resist in the euill day.
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    … the euill day, seeing no man may hope to be exempted from it. Ephes. 6. 13. ProuideProvide, that yee may bee able to resist in the euill day.

    Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 389 · Open in the reader

The Nobles A03850

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    Perſwading my ſelfe, you woulde not neglecte my requeſte. ProuideProvide you therefore, in anye wiſe we wante not your company. Aſſuringe your ſelfe that …
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    Perſwading my ſelfe, you woulde not neglecte my requeſte. ProuideProvide you therefore, in anye wiſe we wante not your company. Aſſuringe your ſelfe that …

    Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

The Sick Mans Salve A07163

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    … well vnto the thinges, which appertaine vnto her. Se that nothing go to wast. ProuideProvide that through your diligēce, her things may rather encrease then decrease. Ye knowe rightwell …
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    … well vnto the thinges, which appertaine vnto her. Se that nothing go to wast. ProuideProvide that through your diligēce, her things may rather encrease then decrease. Ye knowe rightwell …

    Thomas Becon · The Sick Mans Salve · p. 220 · Open in the reader

A Weeks Work and a Work for Every Week A09331

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    … not any continuing habitation. Thinke of thy remoue all, prepare for a better home. ProuideProvide for thy ſelfe with God; thereupon often ſet thy mind: but vpon this world …
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    … not any continuing habitation. Thinke of thy remoue all, prepare for a better home. ProuideProvide for thy ſelfe with God; thereupon often ſet thy mind: but vpon this world …

    Richard Bernard · A Weeks Work and a Work for Every Week · p. 94 · Open in the reader

A Cloud of Faithful Witnesses A09376

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    So must thou do with the children which God hath giuen thee. 1. ProuideProvide for them carefully till they be of age, take …eed they miscarie not any …
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    So must thou do with the children which God hath giuen thee. 1. ProuideProvide for them carefully till they be of age, take …eed they miscarie not any …

    William Perkins · A Cloud of Faithful Witnesses · p. 39 · Open in the reader

Seven Treatises A10945

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    … take courage vnto thy ſelfe, and caſt out that diuell by faſting and prayer. ProuideProvide that thou mayeſt continue it, and happie ſhalt thou be both here and hereafter …
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    … take courage vnto thy ſelfe, and caſt out that diuell by faſting and prayer. ProuideProvide that thou mayeſt continue it, and happie ſhalt thou be both here and hereafter …

    Richard Rogers · Seven Treatises · p. 344 · Open in the reader

Supplications of Saints A12610

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    … good, and open their hearts, to helpe and pleaſure mee in all reaſonable demands. ProuideProvide for mee, by miniſtring cloths and nouriſhment fit for mine eſtate; haue pitty vpon …
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    … good, and open their hearts, to helpe and pleaſure mee in all reaſonable demands. ProuideProvide for mee, by miniſtring cloths and nouriſhment fit for mine eſtate; haue pitty vpon …

    Thomas Sorocold · Supplications of Saints · p. 293 · Open in the reader

Circumspect Walking A13534

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    … there be any vertue or praise, thinke on these things. And Rom. 12. 17. and 1 Cor. 8. 21. ProuideProvide things that are honest, not onely before the Lord, but also before men. 2. Examine …
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    … there be any vertue or praise, thinke on these things. And Rom. 12. 17. and 1 Cor. 8. 21. ProuideProvide things that are honest, not onely before the Lord, but also before men. 2. Examine …

    Thomas Taylor · Circumspect Walking · p. 100 · Open in the reader

A Good Husband and a Good Wife A13540

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    First, ioyne the care of a good name with a good conscience, Rom. 12. 17. ProuideProvide things honest in the sight of God and all men.
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    First, ioyne the care of a good name with a good conscience, Rom. 12. 17. ProuideProvide things honest in the sight of God and all men.

    Thomas Taylor · A Good Husband and a Good Wife · p. 24 · Open in the reader

The Parable of the Sower and of the Seed A13547

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    5. ProuideProvide a cleane vessell to put this water in, euen the vessell of a purified …
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    5. ProuideProvide a cleane vessell to put this water in, euen the vessell of a purified …

    Thomas Taylor · The Parable of the Sower and of the Seed · p. 127 · Open in the reader

Lectures Upon Philippians A14185

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    … let me I beſeech you exhort you, as that godly Father did his people, ProuideProvide you Bibles which are the medicine of your ſoules, if you will nothing elſe …
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    … let me I beſeech you exhort you, as that godly Father did his people, ProuideProvide you Bibles which are the medicine of your ſoules, if you will nothing elſe …

    Henry Airay · Lectures Upon Philippians · p. 122 · Open in the reader

Collection of Discourses A14212

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    … wherof more is wrighten by the prophets and apoſtles, then this verie place of ProuideProvide…ce, Election, and free will: in ſo much th… I can not but marvell …
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    … wherof more is wrighten by the prophets and apoſtles, then this verie place of ProuideProvide…ce, Election, and free will: in ſo much th… I can not but marvell …

    Zacharias Ursinus · Collection of Discourses · p. 93 · Open in the reader

Balm from Gilead to Recover Conscience A14732

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    ProuideProvide.
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    ProuideProvide.

    Samuel Ward · Balm from Gilead to Recover Conscience · p. 5 · Open in the reader

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    The first poynt, Techezeh, ProuideProvide, or looke out. A word implying all exactnesse and curiosity incident to elections, as …
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    The first poynt, Techezeh, ProuideProvide, or looke out. A word implying all exactnesse and curiosity incident to elections, as …

    Samuel Ward · Balm from Gilead to Recover Conscience · p. 6 · Open in the reader

Jethros Justice of Peace A14745

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    It first giues order for the care and circumspection in the choyce, ProuideProvide.
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    It first giues order for the care and circumspection in the choyce, ProuideProvide.

    Samuel Ward · Jethros Justice of Peace · p. 5 · Open in the reader

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    The first point, Techezeh, ProuideProvide, or looke out. A word implying all exactnesse and curiosity incident to elections, as …
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    The first point, Techezeh, ProuideProvide, or looke out. A word implying all exactnesse and curiosity incident to elections, as …

    Samuel Ward · Jethros Justice of Peace · p. 6 · Open in the reader

Answer to Campian the Jesuit A15057

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    … hearts and memories. The exhortation of Chryſostome is not ſo neceſſarie for theſe times: ProuideProvide for your ſelues Bibles; for moſt haue them in their hands and houſes. But …
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    … hearts and memories. The exhortation of Chryſostome is not ſo neceſſarie for theſe times: ProuideProvide for your ſelues Bibles; for moſt haue them in their hands and houſes. But …

    William Whitaker · Answer to Campian the Jesuit · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

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    to ProuideProvide. sig:
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    to ProuideProvide. sig:

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 380 · Open in the reader

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    2 To fore-thinke, what things wee may lawfully and iustly do. Rom. 12, 17. ProuideProvide (or procure) honest things before men.
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    2 To fore-thinke, what things wee may lawfully and iustly do. Rom. 12, 17. ProuideProvide (or procure) honest things before men.

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 380 · Open in the reader

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    … cases. Gen. 22, 8. God will prouideprovide, &c. And verse 14. In the Mount will the Lord ProuideProvide or see.
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    … cases. Gen. 22, 8. God will prouideprovide, &c. And verse 14. In the Mount will the Lord ProuideProvide or see.

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 380 · Open in the reader

Abuses Stripped and Whipped A15623

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    ProuideProvide you cares to be the subiect stil:
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    ProuideProvide you cares to be the subiect stil:

    George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

Withers Motto A15662

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    ProuideProvide (those Trenches, and those walles toward)
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    ProuideProvide (those Trenches, and those walles toward)

    George Wither · Withers Motto · Open in the reader

Defense of Perkins Book Called a Reformed Catholic A15735

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    speaker A. W. Saint Bernard. ProuideProvide that thou haue merits, for the vvant of them is a pernitions pouertie.
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    speaker A. W. Saint Bernard. ProuideProvide that thou haue merits, for the vvant of them is a pernitions pouertie.

    Anthony Wotton · Defense of Perkins Book Called a Reformed Catholic · p. 342 · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Dominical Epistles and Gospels A16549

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    Sanctimony: ProuideProvide things hon…st in the sight of all men.
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    Sanctimony: ProuideProvide things hon…st in the sight of all men.

    John Boys · Exposition of the Dominical Epistles and Gospels · p. 151 · Open in the reader

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    Secondly, we may not conceale our sanctimonie. ProuideProvide things honest in the sight of all m…n] as Pa…l expounds Paul …
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    Secondly, we may not conceale our sanctimonie. ProuideProvide things honest in the sight of all m…n] as Pa…l expounds Paul …

    John Boys · Exposition of the Dominical Epistles and Gospels · p. 153 · Open in the reader

Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion A17183

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    … belong theſe that followe, Liue honeſtly, Hurt not another, Giue euery man his owne, ProuideProvide thinges neceſſarie for life, and kéepe it from diſtreſſe. But nowe bycauſe the lawe …
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    … belong theſe that followe, Liue honeſtly, Hurt not another, Giue euery man his owne, ProuideProvide thinges neceſſarie for life, and kéepe it from diſtreſſe. But nowe bycauſe the lawe …

    Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 102 · Open in the reader

A Censure of Simony A17294

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    … is worse then an Infidel. But let your prouision (as I say) be honest. ProuideProvide honest things aforehand, saith the Apostle, and that honestly. First, let your monies bee …
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    … is worse then an Infidel. But let your prouision (as I say) be honest. ProuideProvide honest things aforehand, saith the Apostle, and that honestly. First, let your monies bee …

    Henry Burton · A Censure of Simony · p. 117 · Open in the reader

The Marrow of the Oracles of God A17397

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    3 ProuideProvide to liue,
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    3 ProuideProvide to liue,

    Nicholas Byfield · The Marrow of the Oracles of God · p. 432 · Open in the reader

The Rules of a Holy Life A17410

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    3. ProuideProvide to liue,
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    3. ProuideProvide to liue,

    Nicholas Byfield · The Rules of a Holy Life · Open in the reader

A Subpoena from the High Imperial Court of Heaven A19521

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    ProuideProvide thy ſelfe on paine of thy damnation,
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    ProuideProvide thy ſelfe on paine of thy damnation,

    John Andrewes · A Subpoena from the High Imperial Court of Heaven · Open in the reader

The Duties Commanded and Sins Forbidden in the Law of God A20720

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    ProuideProvide necessaries for them: as food, raiment, rest, and recreation. 1. Tim. 5. 8. Prou. 31. 15, 21. Gen. 30. 30.
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    ProuideProvide necessaries for them: as food, raiment, rest, and recreation. 1. Tim. 5. 8. Prou. 31. 15, 21. Gen. 30. 30.

    George Downame · The Duties Commanded and Sins Forbidden in the Law of God · Open in the reader

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    ProuideProvide and lay vp for thē, as God shall giue meanes. 2. Cor. 12. 14.
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    ProuideProvide and lay vp for thē, as God shall giue meanes. 2. Cor. 12. 14.

    George Downame · The Duties Commanded and Sins Forbidden in the Law of God · Open in the reader

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    ProuideProvide them the remedy of marriage in due season. Gen. 24. 4.
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    ProuideProvide them the remedy of marriage in due season. Gen. 24. 4.

    George Downame · The Duties Commanded and Sins Forbidden in the Law of God · Open in the reader

A Guide to Godliness A20762

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    … offer iniuries, according to the Apoſtles rule; Recompence vnto no man euill for euill. ProuideProvide things honeſt in the ſight of all men. Bee not ouercome of euill, but …
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    … offer iniuries, according to the Apoſtles rule; Recompence vnto no man euill for euill. ProuideProvide things honeſt in the ſight of all men. Bee not ouercome of euill, but …

    John Downame · A Guide to Godliness · p. 306 · Open in the reader

The Plea of the Poor A20764

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    … vnto thee, and hath prouided all that thou injoyeſt, both for thee and them. ProuideProvide for them competencie and ſufficiencie, but deny not vnto God of thy abundance and …
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    … vnto thee, and hath prouided all that thou injoyeſt, both for thee and them. ProuideProvide for them competencie and ſufficiencie, but deny not vnto God of thy abundance and …

    John Downame · The Plea of the Poor · p. 245 · Open in the reader

Sermon 5 April 1628 A21056

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    … as all the ſwords in Iſrael. Would ye ſaue vs from our enemies then? ProuideProvide that the ſiluer trumpets may be blowne and may ſound in euery Pariſh of …
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    … as all the ſwords in Iſrael. Would ye ſaue vs from our enemies then? ProuideProvide that the ſiluer trumpets may be blowne and may ſound in euery Pariſh of …

    Jeremiah Dyke · Sermon 5 April 1628 · p. 44 · Open in the reader

A Godly Form of Household Government A67866

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    … the fire at once. Looke how you may compasse matters before you enterprise them. ProuideProvide long before against any day of payment, and haue not money to seeke vpon …
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    … the fire at once. Looke how you may compasse matters before you enterprise them. ProuideProvide long before against any day of payment, and haue not money to seeke vpon …

    Robert Cleaver · A Godly Form of Household Government · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

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    ProuideProvide me M. Philpots 9. examinations for a friend of mine, and I shall pay you …
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    ProuideProvide me M. Philpots 9. examinations for a friend of mine, and I shall pay you …

    John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1848 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Romans 13-16 B15167

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    The meaning then is, ProuideProvide not ſo for the body, that thereby the luſts thereof ſhould be fulfilled and …
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    The meaning then is, ProuideProvide not ſo for the body, that thereby the luſts thereof ſhould be fulfilled and …

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 13-16 · p. 94 · Open in the reader

Exhortation to the Ministers of Gods Word B40355

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    … the fire at once. Looke how you may compasse matters, before you enterprise them. ProuideProvide long before against any day of payment, and haue not mony to seeke vpon …
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    … the fire at once. Looke how you may compasse matters, before you enterprise them. ProuideProvide long before against any day of payment, and haue not mony to seeke vpon …

    Henrich Bullinger · Exhortation to the Ministers of Gods Word · p. 85 · Open in the reader