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Tho gan the Prince of the worlde, when men so gan to delight in thadournyng of the worlde, to sowe vpon the good siede, the pestilente Dernell, that as thei multiplied in nombre, so iniquitie might encrease, to disturbe and confounde this blessed state.
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Neyther staied that darkenesse of iniquitie in Egipte alone, but where so euer the progeny of Cham stepte in from the begynnyng, there fell true godlines, all oute of minde and abondage to the deuell entred his place.
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In the discharge of which place he being very vigilant, shewed, himself a worthy Pastor, sowing the seed of Gods word in euery place as farre foorth as the iniquitie of that time permitted.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Le Roy reports that there is a frequent complaint to the effect that manners are getting worse daily, but if this were so, he asks, then men should “... ere this haue come to the height of iniquitie; and there should now be no more integrities in them: which is not true.”
Dictionary of the History of Ideas HERBERT WEISINGER 1968
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God in France, evin as sche hir selff was heir persecutand in Scotland: and yit he so perished in his pryde, that all men mycht see that Godis just vengeance did stryke him, evin quhen his iniquitie was cumed to full rypenes.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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In this meantyme, the Quene her postes ran with all possible expeditioun to draw men to her devotioun; and in verray deid, sche fand mo favoraris of her iniquitie then we suspected.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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(Gen 47) 30 And they receiued the law of life, which they kept not, which you also after them haue transgressed: (Deut 4/Acts 7) 31 and the land was geuen you by lotte, and the land of Sion, and your fathers, and you haue done iniquitie, and haue not kept the wayes which the Highest commanded you.
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Bothwell; who counsalled him to have in his cumpany men fearing God, and not to foster wicked men in thare iniquitie, albeit thei war called his freindis, and war of his surname.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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(1 Esd 10: 6) 2 And lodging there he tasted no bread, nor dranke water for the iniquitie of the multitude.
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Quhair that sche sayis, that it is na religioun that we ga about, bot ane plane usurpatioun of the Authoritie, God forbid that sick impietie sould enter into oure hartis, that we sould mak his holie religioun ane cloik and covertour of oure iniquitie.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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