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«The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne, the' assay so hard, so sharp the conqueryinge»
«And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: armour, assay, assayed, assaying, girded
«For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it? / Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live? / Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? / Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him.»
«And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: assay, assayed, assaying, disciple
«Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia, / After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.»
«By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.»
«REALITY, n. The dream of a mad philosopher. That which would remain in the cupel if one should assay a phantom. The nucleus of a vacuum.»
«Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, / If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? / Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.»
«The genuine are assayed, and accepted in the Court of the All-knowing Lord.»
«Why then tonight let us assay our plot.»