Long sufferance

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1526. Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W., 1531), 109. Longanimitie, y^t is longe suffraunce.

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1526. Tindale, Rom. ii. 4. Despisest thou the riches off his … longe sufferance [1611 long suffering]?

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1548–9. (Mar.) Bk. Com. Prayer, Commination, Obstinate synners … which despised the goodnesse, pacience, & long sufferaunce of god [so in 1552–1662].

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1621. Ainsworth, Annot. Pentat., Gen. vi. 3. This long-sufferance of God the Apostle mentioneth in 1 Pet. 3. 19, 20.

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1667. Milton, P. L., III. 198. This my long sufferance and my day of grace.

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c. 1776. Washington, in Bancroft Hist. U.S. (1876), VI. lvii. 496. The long-sufferance of the army is almost exhausted.

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1813. Scott, Rokeby, IV. xxiv. Long-sufferance is one path to heaven.

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1864. Tennyson, En. Arden, 467. Trying his truth and his long-sufferance.

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