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can notcannot

Words joined or split: to day → today, it selfe → itself, aswell → as well.

Puritas changed it
17,898 times in 1,301 works
Consistency
98.0% (17,898 of 18,252, in those works)
Reach if approved
~19,181 places (estimated)
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Phrase, any case
In our text
18,255 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (17,898 changes in 1,301 works, 98.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 17,898)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … the nature of the creature; and therefore it is not superstitious: whereas the other can notcannot with any good warrant be now vsed, because it had his power then not …
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    … the nature of the creature; and therefore it is not superstitious: whereas the other can notcannot with any good warrant be now vsed, because it had his power then not …

    Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 310 · Open in the reader

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    … doth reigne in them, as hee doth in all the faithful by his ſpirite, can notcannot fal, vntil the power of Chriſte faile, and his kingdome come to an end …
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    … doth reigne in them, as hee doth in all the faithful by his ſpirite, can notcannot fal, vntil the power of Chriſte faile, and his kingdome come to an end …

    George Gifford · Four Sermons Upon the Seven Chief Virtues · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … to make it to be, & over being to make it not to be: Neither can notcannot being be even verie nothing, but by him that commanded it to be nothing …
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    … to make it to be, & over being to make it not to be: Neither can notcannot being be even verie nothing, but by him that commanded it to be nothing …

    Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 43 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … we muſt alwayes change & repent, not with the firſt and beginning repentance, which we can notcannot but haue, if we regard Gods commaundements.
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    … we muſt alwayes change & repent, not with the firſt and beginning repentance, which we can notcannot but haue, if we regard Gods commaundements.

    George Estey · Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture · p. 69 · Open in the reader

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    … vvere to bee included in Kent. They confounde the humanitye of Christ, making I can notcannot tel hovv many thousand bodies, turning the Godhead into the manhood, & the manhood into …
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    … vvere to bee included in Kent. They confounde the humanitye of Christ, making I can notcannot tel hovv many thousand bodies, turning the Godhead into the manhood, & the manhood into …

    John Field · A Caveat for Parsons Howlet · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … Notes of Haeretickes, doe, properlie, conveane: and, in whome manyfolde Defectes are found, which can notcannot befall the true Church: they must, of necessitie, bee haereticall.
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    … Notes of Haeretickes, doe, properlie, conveane: and, in whome manyfolde Defectes are found, which can notcannot befall the true Church: they must, of necessitie, bee haereticall.

    Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 109 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … not to bring vs to the order of the Primitiue churche. Seeyng therefore it can notcannot bee denied by so many testimonies gathered out of the diuine Scriptures, and holy …
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    … not to bring vs to the order of the Primitiue churche. Seeyng therefore it can notcannot bee denied by so many testimonies gathered out of the diuine Scriptures, and holy …

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

  8. Printed
    … they holde this as a principle, that the Church can notcannot erre, yet they can notcannot define what they meane by the Church, in this proposition. For if you aske …
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    … they holde this as a principle, that the Church can notcannot erre, yet they can notcannot define what they meane by the Church, in this proposition. For if you aske …

    William Fulke · Sermon Preached 12 March 1581 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (354)

354 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 60 are listed here. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Answer to Epistle by Renat Benedict A00685

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    … sayeth the Apostle) ye shall resist, being steadfast in Faith, ye say that Sathan can notcannot take Christes name from vs, no, certanely, nor steare a haire of our heades …
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    … sayeth the Apostle) ye shall resist, being steadfast in Faith, ye say that Sathan can notcannot take Christes name from vs, no, certanely, nor steare a haire of our heades …

    David Fergusson · Answer to Epistle by Renat Benedict · p. 22 · Open in the reader

Letter to Merchants A01028

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    … in the verie reprobate, is the work of the ſpirit (for the naturall man can notcannot perceyve the things of the ſpirit) therefore are the very reprobate thus illuminate after …
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    … in the verie reprobate, is the work of the ſpirit (for the naturall man can notcannot perceyve the things of the ſpirit) therefore are the very reprobate thus illuminate after …

    John Forbes · Letter to Merchants · p. 23 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … of theſe two, although it bee felt by vs, yet at the firſt, wee can notcannot diſcerne it to be the worke of the ſpirit, till afterward. For, before we …
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    … of theſe two, although it bee felt by vs, yet at the firſt, wee can notcannot diſcerne it to be the worke of the ſpirit, till afterward. For, before we …

    John Forbes · Letter to Merchants · p. 30 · Open in the reader

Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue A01309

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    MART. 29. If Caluine affirme that foreign can notcannot signifie, propter reuerentiam, because foreign is not so vsed, & Beza auoucheth the same more earnestly …
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    MART. 29. If Caluine affirme that foreign can notcannot signifie, propter reuerentiam, because foreign is not so vsed, & Beza auoucheth the same more earnestly …

    William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 32 · Open in the reader

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    … sense they say so, it is very hard to gesse: and perhaps them selues can notcannot tell yet what to make of it, as appeareth by M. Whitakers answer to …
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    … sense they say so, it is very hard to gesse: and perhaps them selues can notcannot tell yet what to make of it, as appeareth by M. Whitakers answer to …

    William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 202 · Open in the reader

Sermon 26 February 1580 A01312

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    … should decline out of ye right course for their punishment. And Dauid him selfe can notcannot deny, but ye when so euer the Lord shal chastice him, he shal not …
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    … should decline out of ye right course for their punishment. And Dauid him selfe can notcannot deny, but ye when so euer the Lord shal chastice him, he shal not …

    William Fulke · Sermon 26 February 1580 · p. 16 · Open in the reader

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    … that the Lorde was angrie with Israel, and moued Dauid against them (for we can notcannot aptly vnderstand any other, but either the Lord, or the wrath of the Lord …
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    … that the Lorde was angrie with Israel, and moued Dauid against them (for we can notcannot aptly vnderstand any other, but either the Lord, or the wrath of the Lord …

    William Fulke · Sermon 26 February 1580 · p. 16 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … of the beutifull theater of the world in whose creation and preseruation if they can notcannot reade written in great capitall letters, the almightie power, wisedome & goodnes, and the iustice …
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    … of the beutifull theater of the world in whose creation and preseruation if they can notcannot reade written in great capitall letters, the almightie power, wisedome & goodnes, and the iustice …

    William Fulke · Sermon 26 February 1580 · p. 16 · Open in the reader

Rejoinder to Bristows Reply A01324

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    I Can notCannot tell whether I should complaine more of the vanitie, or blasphemy of this dedicatorie …
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    I Can notCannot tell whether I should complaine more of the vanitie, or blasphemy of this dedicatorie …

    William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 367 · Open in the reader

Sermon Preached 17 March 1577 A01331

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    … seeke too meryte, but whyle you seeke too haue it by deserte, which you can notcannot, you leese it, beeing offered by gyfte, which you myghte atteyne. And all thys …
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    … seeke too meryte, but whyle you seeke too haue it by deserte, which you can notcannot, you leese it, beeing offered by gyfte, which you myghte atteyne. And all thys …

    William Fulke · Sermon Preached 17 March 1577 · Open in the reader

Sermon Preached 12 March 1581 A01332

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    … confessed, that GOD requireth trueth in the inwarde partes, as the Prophete sayeth: yet can notcannot man sée, knowe, or finde out, what is that trueth of holinesse which pleaseth …
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    … confessed, that GOD requireth trueth in the inwarde partes, as the Prophete sayeth: yet can notcannot man sée, knowe, or finde out, what is that trueth of holinesse which pleaseth …

    William Fulke · Sermon Preached 12 March 1581 · Open in the reader

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    … faith in Peter & his successours, that is such a gift of knowledge, that they can notcannot erre in any question of fayth: shall that bée found in all the Bishops …
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    … faith in Peter & his successours, that is such a gift of knowledge, that they can notcannot erre in any question of fayth: shall that bée found in all the Bishops …

    William Fulke · Sermon Preached 12 March 1581 · Open in the reader

Two Popish Heretics Confuted A01333

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    … an vnlearned Priest. The Papistes allowe vnlearned Priestes to baptise and say Masse, that can notcannot cathechise and instruct their hearers.
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    … an vnlearned Priest. The Papistes allowe vnlearned Priestes to baptise and say Masse, that can notcannot cathechise and instruct their hearers.

    William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 21 · Open in the reader

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    … prohibition of marriage and meates, so euident, that all the water in the sea can notcannot wash them out.
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    … prohibition of marriage and meates, so euident, that all the water in the sea can notcannot wash them out.

    William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 43 · Open in the reader

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    … of the cup of the Lordes bloud. Stapleton must beare with me, if I can notcannot name the Pope, bicause at that time there were no lesse then three Popes …
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    … of the cup of the Lordes bloud. Stapleton must beare with me, if I can notcannot name the Pope, bicause at that time there were no lesse then three Popes …

    William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 68 · Open in the reader

A Catechism A01712

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    Q. Can notCannot a man bow before them or worſhip thē, but he renounceth god?
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    Q. Can notCannot a man bow before them or worſhip thē, but he renounceth god?

    George Gifford · A Catechism · Open in the reader

Discourse of the Subtle Practices of Devils A01718

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    … affirme that Sathan can transforme himselfe into the likenesse of an Angell of light▪ Can notCannot he or doath not he vse right excellent godly speeches mixed with bad, to …
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    … affirme that Sathan can transforme himselfe into the likenesse of an Angell of light▪ Can notCannot he or doath not he vse right excellent godly speeches mixed with bad, to …

    George Gifford · Discourse of the Subtle Practices of Devils · Open in the reader

Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester A01752

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    Eſt ſignifieth beinge, and the learned can notcannot be deceiued, good men can notcannot be moued.
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    Eſt ſignifieth beinge, and the learned can notcannot be deceiued, good men can notcannot be moued.

    Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · Open in the reader

A Guide to Go to God A01975

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    … worthy patternes in the examples of Iob, Eli, Dauid, Hezekiah, and other Saints. Wee can notcannot be ignorant that euents doe declare the determined purpoſe of God. When ſuch and …
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    … worthy patternes in the examples of Iob, Eli, Dauid, Hezekiah, and other Saints. Wee can notcannot be ignorant that euents doe declare the determined purpoſe of God. When ſuch and …

    William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 88 · Open in the reader

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    … circumſtance or other that neceſſarily implyeth as much, and plainely demonſtrateth that there it can notcannot be meant of corporall food. But there being no ſuch circumſtance in this Petition …
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    … circumſtance or other that neceſſarily implyeth as much, and plainely demonſtrateth that there it can notcannot be meant of corporall food. But there being no ſuch circumſtance in this Petition …

    William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 98 · Open in the reader

The Whole Armor of God A01979

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    … for the time ſtrongly be conceited that he doth ſo, and yet be deceiued: Can notCannot he therefore which is awake, and in deed eateth and drinketh, know that he …
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    … for the time ſtrongly be conceited that he doth ſo, and yet be deceiued: Can notCannot he therefore which is awake, and in deed eateth and drinketh, know that he …

    William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 237 · Open in the reader

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    … or ſome wound, blow, or bruiſe on their head, know not what they doe: Can notCannot therefore healthy, ſound men know? After Dauid had giuen many euidences of his aſſurance …
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    … or ſome wound, blow, or bruiſe on their head, know not what they doe: Can notCannot therefore healthy, ſound men know? After Dauid had giuen many euidences of his aſſurance …

    William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 237 · Open in the reader

Comfort for All Those Afflicted in Conscience A02180

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    … of the vngodlie, and prepareth Gods Children to seeke heauen by vnfained repentance. I can notcannot here number all of either sort the Scripture mentioneth: I vvil onely touch some …
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    … of the vngodlie, and prepareth Gods Children to seeke heauen by vnfained repentance. I can notcannot here number all of either sort the Scripture mentioneth: I vvil onely touch some …

    Richard Greenham · Comfort for All Those Afflicted in Conscience · Open in the reader

Some Laid Open in his Colors A02200

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    … of his window towardes Lambeth, what should he meddle with the thing in question? Can notCannot an olde, vniuersitie man finde his pen play enough without that? And therefore hee …
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    … of his window towardes Lambeth, what should he meddle with the thing in question? Can notCannot an olde, vniuersitie man finde his pen play enough without that? And therefore hee …

    Job Throckmorton · Some Laid Open in his Colors · p. 91 · Open in the reader

The Sacrifice of Thankfulness A02367

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    … giue God word for word: wee dare not offer him blow for blow: wee can notcannot requite him good turne for good turne: yet wee may, can, must giue him …
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    … giue God word for word: wee dare not offer him blow for blow: wee can notcannot requite him good turne for good turne: yet wee may, can, must giue him …

    Thomas Adams · The Sacrifice of Thankfulness · p. 4 · Open in the reader

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    … poyson so farre. Thirdly, Yea, they would (and no thankes to them that they can notcannot) poison Gods most sacred and feared nam…. Let vs iudge of these things, not …
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    … poyson so farre. Thirdly, Yea, they would (and no thankes to them that they can notcannot) poison Gods most sacred and feared nam…. Let vs iudge of these things, not …

    Thomas Adams · The Sacrifice of Thankfulness · p. 43 · Open in the reader

Concerning the Doctrine of Faith and of the Law A02604

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    Da- That which is the cause of condemnation, can notcannot be the cause of iustification.
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    Da- That which is the cause of condemnation, can notcannot be the cause of iustification.

    Patrick Hamilton · Concerning the Doctrine of Faith and of the Law · Open in the reader

The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass A02831

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    … his proceadinges. Secondly ye go about to proue that the sayinges of the Prophet. Can notCannot be vnderstand of the wordes of the Iowes, because the wordes doeth plainely declaire …
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    … his proceadinges. Secondly ye go about to proue that the sayinges of the Prophet. Can notCannot be vnderstand of the wordes of the Iowes, because the wordes doeth plainely declaire …

    George Hay · The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass · p. 23 · Open in the reader

The Christian Exercise of Fasting A03464

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    … and his inſtruments, may robbe vs of theſe outward meanes of life, yet they can notcannot depriue vs of Gods grace, we be ſtill as highly in Gods fauour, he …
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    … and his inſtruments, may robbe vs of theſe outward meanes of life, yet they can notcannot depriue vs of Gods grace, we be ſtill as highly in Gods fauour, he …

    Henry Holland · The Christian Exercise of Fasting · p. 170 · Open in the reader

The Furious Outrages of France and the Horrible Slaughter A03723

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    … Mariage, and that the sayd Sacraments confer grace, & that of them, Baptisme, Confirmatiō, & Order, can notcannot be reiterated without sacrilege. That the sayd Sacraments haue the effect whiche the sayd …
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    … Mariage, and that the sayd Sacraments confer grace, & that of them, Baptisme, Confirmatiō, & Order, can notcannot be reiterated without sacrilege. That the sayd Sacraments haue the effect whiche the sayd …

    François Hotman · The Furious Outrages of France and the Horrible Slaughter · p. CXXV · Open in the reader

Treatise of Conscience Wherein Divers Secrets are Discovered A03827

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    … be exercisit with a frequent remorse: For as I haue saide, without it, repentance can notcannot be, & it makes man to seik the remedie, and to finde releif and heauenly …
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    … be exercisit with a frequent remorse: For as I haue saide, without it, repentance can notcannot be, & it makes man to seik the remedie, and to finde releif and heauenly …

    Alexander Hume · Treatise of Conscience Wherein Divers Secrets are Discovered · p. 22 · Open in the reader

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    … great mysterie, and a woonderfull wark of the maist high, quhilk by natural reason, can notcannot be comprehended. But as I haue said before, the difference betuix the trouble of …
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    … great mysterie, and a woonderfull wark of the maist high, quhilk by natural reason, can notcannot be comprehended. But as I haue said before, the difference betuix the trouble of …

    Alexander Hume · Treatise of Conscience Wherein Divers Secrets are Discovered · p. 33 · Open in the reader

Attestation of Many Learned Godly and Famous Divines A04207

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    … afterward Every City had a College of Elders, all which were Teachers. What then? Can notCannot Calvin thinke that this might ſomewhat differ from the Scripture? and that this was …
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    … afterward Every City had a College of Elders, all which were Teachers. What then? Can notCannot Calvin thinke that this might ſomewhat differ from the Scripture? and that this was …

    Henry Jacob · Attestation of Many Learned Godly and Famous Divines · p. 270 · Open in the reader

The Sufferings and Victory of Christ in the Work of Redemption A04221

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    … to heauen, and a thinge to bee prayed for. whiche the puniſhment of ſinne can notcannot be. I deſire to be diſſolued and to bee with Chriſte, ſayeth the Apoſtle …
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    … to heauen, and a thinge to bee prayed for. whiche the puniſhment of ſinne can notcannot be. I deſire to be diſſolued and to bee with Chriſte, ſayeth the Apoſtle …

    Henry Jacob · The Sufferings and Victory of Christ in the Work of Redemption · p. 22 · Open in the reader

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    … in any wiſe, yea he was neuer in Hell. Therefore Hades and Sheol here can notcannot be for Hell. Secondlie, if it bee altogeather heere from the purpoſe of Peter …
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    … in any wiſe, yea he was neuer in Hell. Therefore Hades and Sheol here can notcannot be for Hell. Secondlie, if it bee altogeather heere from the purpoſe of Peter …

    Henry Jacob · The Sufferings and Victory of Christ in the Work of Redemption · p. 111 · Open in the reader

Confutation of Monstrous and Horrible Heresies A04901

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    … differ, then when they come once to be vewed the one with the other. Can notCannot God haue licence to dwell with his people in the life to come, except …
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    … differ, then when they come once to be vewed the one with the other. Can notCannot God haue licence to dwell with his people in the life to come, except …

    John Knewstubs · Confutation of Monstrous and Horrible Heresies · p. 5 · Open in the reader

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    … place prooue it, that hath not ſo much as a ſillable ſounding that way? Can notCannot God be with them, but therevpon it muſt follow, that they bee Godded with …
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    … place prooue it, that hath not ſo much as a ſillable ſounding that way? Can notCannot God be with them, but therevpon it muſt follow, that they bee Godded with …

    John Knewstubs · Confutation of Monstrous and Horrible Heresies · p. 5 · Open in the reader

An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist A04920

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    … of all godlynes. But how is it possible, that that man shalbe humbled, that can notcannot abyde to heare the former miserie in the which he was borne? neither yet …
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    … of all godlynes. But how is it possible, that that man shalbe humbled, that can notcannot abyde to heare the former miserie in the which he was borne? neither yet …

    John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 13 · Open in the reader

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    … you denie, yet will the Prophete condemne you, as before we haue proued, ye can notcannot escaip with the solution which a writer defending fre will giueth, which is this …
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    … you denie, yet will the Prophete condemne you, as before we haue proued, ye can notcannot escaip with the solution which a writer defending fre will giueth, which is this …

    John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 136 · Open in the reader

Appellation from the Cruel and Unjust Sentence Against Him A04923

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    … to be the king dome and power of Antichrist. And therefore my Lordes I can notcannot cease in the name of Christ Iesus to require of you that the matter …
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    … to be the king dome and power of Antichrist. And therefore my Lordes I can notcannot cease in the name of Christ Iesus to require of you that the matter …

    John Knox · Appellation from the Cruel and Unjust Sentence Against Him · p. 4 · Open in the reader

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    … others hauing the like charge and auctoritie: what he did approue in them, he can notcannot but approue in all others, who with like zeale and synceritie do interprise to …
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    … others hauing the like charge and auctoritie: what he did approue in them, he can notcannot but approue in all others, who with like zeale and synceritie do interprise to …

    John Knox · Appellation from the Cruel and Unjust Sentence Against Him · Open in the reader

Sermon in Edinburgh A04931

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    … lest that any shoulde think that the wrong doers are so manye that they can notcannot be called vnto accompt, he giueth vnto the earth as it were an office …
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    … lest that any shoulde think that the wrong doers are so manye that they can notcannot be called vnto accompt, he giueth vnto the earth as it were an office …

    John Knox · Sermon in Edinburgh · Open in the reader

The Logic Newly Translated A05111

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    … them away, and woulde receyue none of their Medicens: for (ſayd he) yf ye can notcannot ſhewe me the cauſes of my ſicknes, much leſſe are ye able to take …
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    … them away, and woulde receyue none of their Medicens: for (ſayd he) yf ye can notcannot ſhewe me the cauſes of my ſicknes, much leſſe are ye able to take …

    Petrus Ramus · The Logic Newly Translated · p. 7 · Open in the reader

Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent A06500

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    … euen, as it were, in his handes, yet is it so blinde that it can notcannot see them. But this commeth of originall sinne, to be starke blind euen in …
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    … euen, as it were, in his handes, yet is it so blinde that it can notcannot see them. But this commeth of originall sinne, to be starke blind euen in …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent · p. 180 · Open in the reader

Last Will and Confession A06511

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    … ſinne / & alſo of chriſt our ſauyor: and thei be very heathniſſh opinyōs which we can notcannot ſuffer nor abyde. for if thei were tue thā did chriſt dye in vaine …
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    … ſinne / & alſo of chriſt our ſauyor: and thei be very heathniſſh opinyōs which we can notcannot ſuffer nor abyde. for if thei were tue thā did chriſt dye in vaine …

    Martin Luther · Last Will and Confession · Open in the reader

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    … the grace & mercy ī chriſt powre & āplifyed p…ētuoſly vp on us ▪Wherfor We can notcannot glory nor boſt of the merites of our workes / if thei be cōſidred with …
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    … the grace & mercy ī chriſt powre & āplifyed p…ētuoſly vp on us ▪Wherfor We can notcannot glory nor boſt of the merites of our workes / if thei be cōſidred with …

    Martin Luther · Last Will and Confession · Open in the reader

Certain Meditations of Perfect Consolation A06514

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    … and goodnes of God, except we hate oure own ſinful wicked life: and we can notcannot hate our ſinne and wickednes: except we haue ye true knowledge & feeling thereof. And …
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    … and goodnes of God, except we hate oure own ſinful wicked life: and we can notcannot hate our ſinne and wickednes: except we haue ye true knowledge & feeling thereof. And …

    Martin Luther · Certain Meditations of Perfect Consolation · Open in the reader

Collected Sermons A06521

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    … foraſmuch as the diuine maieſtie doth confirme this by his voyce from heauen, which can notcannot lye, whereby I am certaine, that whatſoeuer that man doth ſpeake and worke, they …
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    … foraſmuch as the diuine maieſtie doth confirme this by his voyce from heauen, which can notcannot lye, whereby I am certaine, that whatſoeuer that man doth ſpeake and worke, they …

    Martin Luther · Collected Sermons · p. 31 · Open in the reader

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    … goeth aſtray, that is, when a man feeleth himſelfe grieued with his ſynnes, and can notcannot tell where to abyde, and is caſt of the deuell into a great feare …
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    … goeth aſtray, that is, when a man feeleth himſelfe grieued with his ſynnes, and can notcannot tell where to abyde, and is caſt of the deuell into a great feare …

    Martin Luther · Collected Sermons · p. 115 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Psalm 22 A06532

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    … much more afrayed of the inordinate feare, then of death it ſelfe: for death can notcannot hurt vs, in aſmuch as we (thorowe baptyme) are grafted and buryed vnto like …
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    … much more afrayed of the inordinate feare, then of death it ſelfe: for death can notcannot hurt vs, in aſmuch as we (thorowe baptyme) are grafted and buryed vnto like …

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Psalm 22 · Open in the reader

The Acts of Christ and Antichrist A06652

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    … by the instincte, and consent of the holy ghost) although thei are not, nor can notcannot bee grounded on Goddes worde, are notwithstādyng good and profitable: and menne are bounde …
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    … by the instincte, and consent of the holy ghost) although thei are not, nor can notcannot bee grounded on Goddes worde, are notwithstādyng good and profitable: and menne are bounde …

    Thomas Becon · The Acts of Christ and Antichrist · Open in the reader

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    … yearth, is in like maner loosed in heauen, so that whosoeuer cleaueth vnto hym, can notcannot perishe, but haue life euerlastyng.
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    … yearth, is in like maner loosed in heauen, so that whosoeuer cleaueth vnto hym, can notcannot perishe, but haue life euerlastyng.

    Thomas Becon · The Acts of Christ and Antichrist · Open in the reader

The Fortress of the Faithful Against the Cruel Assaults of Poverty and Hunger A06772

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    … take away the necessary fode from the pore mens cattell, without the which they can notcannot lyue: againe, by gettynge so manye farmes in to their handes, and letting out …
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    … take away the necessary fode from the pore mens cattell, without the which they can notcannot lyue: againe, by gettynge so manye farmes in to their handes, and letting out …

    Thomas Becon · The Fortress of the Faithful Against the Cruel Assaults of Poverty and Hunger · Open in the reader

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    … knoweledge of holye scriptures, wherein lye buryed so greate consolacions for the faithful, they can notcannot abide y• importune & continual futes of the sluggyshe bellye, but must nedes dispaire of …
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    … knoweledge of holye scriptures, wherein lye buryed so greate consolacions for the faithful, they can notcannot abide y• importune & continual futes of the sluggyshe bellye, but must nedes dispaire of …

    Thomas Becon · The Fortress of the Faithful Against the Cruel Assaults of Poverty and Hunger · Open in the reader

A Fruitful Treatise A06783

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    … are led with such and so harty compassion toward our pore neighbour, that we can notcannot finde in our hearte he shulde want, yea rather then he shoulde lacke, we …
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    … are led with such and so harty compassion toward our pore neighbour, that we can notcannot finde in our hearte he shulde want, yea rather then he shoulde lacke, we …

    Thomas Becon · A Fruitful Treatise · Open in the reader

The Governance of Virtue A06832

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    We haue not an high priest which can notcannot haue compassion on oure infyrmities, but was in all poyntes tempted lyke as we …
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    We haue not an high priest which can notcannot haue compassion on oure infyrmities, but was in all poyntes tempted lyke as we …

    Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · Open in the reader

An Invective Against Swearing A06866

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    … be continually in thy mouth. For lyke as a seruaunt, whiche is ofte ponyshed, can notcannot be wtout some sore, euē so what so euer he be, that sweareth and …
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    … be continually in thy mouth. For lyke as a seruaunt, whiche is ofte ponyshed, can notcannot be wtout some sore, euē so what so euer he be, that sweareth and …

    Thomas Becon · An Invective Against Swearing · Open in the reader

Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels A06932

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    … the gospel, that the prince of the worlde is iudged, and that therfore he can notcannot hurte them that beleue in Christ, and put their cō fidence in his goinge …
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    … the gospel, that the prince of the worlde is iudged, and that therfore he can notcannot hurte them that beleue in Christ, and put their cō fidence in his goinge …

    Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · p. 245 · Open in the reader

News Out of Heaven A06966

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    … This also is yet mooste vayne. For yf thynges prescribed & commaunded of God himselfe, can notcannot …btaynē for you remyssyon of your synnes, what shall than your dreames, youre fantasies …
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    … This also is yet mooste vayne. For yf thynges prescribed & commaunded of God himselfe, can notcannot …btaynē for you remyssyon of your synnes, what shall than your dreames, youre fantasies …

    Thomas Becon · News Out of Heaven · Open in the reader

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    … y• deuyne wyll & apease Gods wrathe. Ye se that y• workes of the lawe can notcannot make you fre in y• syght of god, neyther are ye able of youre …
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    … y• deuyne wyll & apease Gods wrathe. Ye se that y• workes of the lawe can notcannot make you fre in y• syght of god, neyther are ye able of youre …

    Thomas Becon · News Out of Heaven · Open in the reader