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- noun Obsolete spelling of
faith .
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Examples
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And about this mattier a man had nede of a great faythe.
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¶ As Attilius retournyng agayne to hys enemies is an example of kepynge faythe and promise: But a shyp in the whych the sayles be hoysed vp, or takẽ down after the blowyng of the winde, is a parable whiche teacheth a wyse man to geue place to tyme, and applye hymselfe to the world that is presente.
A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes Richard Sherry
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The other twoo hearing Andreuccio saye so, stepped vnto hym, saying: “Wilte thou not goe in? by the faythe wee owe to God: if thou goe not in, we will so beate thee, with one of these yron barres, as thou shalt neuer sturre againe out of this place.”
The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter
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I knowe (saith he) where thow dwellest/euẽ where Sathans seate is/and thow keapest my name/and haste not denyed my faythe:
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Christ that we might be iustified by the faythe of Christe/and not by the dedes of the lawe/bicause that by the dedes of the lawe no fleshe shalbe iustified.
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This same is the worde of faythe/whiche we preache.
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The Apostle sayeth wee be iustified by faythe, for Paule.
A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes Richard Sherry
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Morouer I wold it wer well knowen vnto these men/that it is no true faythe which doth not breake forthe in workinge that worke which dothe agree with faithe.
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If Hearne had seen the word "faith" thus disjointed -- "fay the" -- he would have adhered to this error, for "faythe."
Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1811
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[Orig. 'to instructe them in the faythe and religion off the elders.]
Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1811
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