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1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 109 Longanimitie, yt is longe suffraunce. 1526Tindale Rom. ii. 4 Despisest thou the riches off his..longe sufferance [1611 long suffering]? 1548–9(Mar.) Bk. Com. Prayer, Commination, Obstinate synners..which despised the goodnesse, pacience, & long sufferaunce of god [so in 1552–1662]. 1621Ainsworth Annot. Pentat., Gen. vi. 3 This long-sufferance of God the Apostle mentioneth in 1 Pet. 3. 19, 20. 1667Milton P.L. iii. 198 This my long sufferance and my day of grace. c1776Washington in Bancroft Hist. U.S. (1876) VI. lvii. 496 The long-sufferance of the army is almost exhausted. 1813Scott Rokeby iv. xxiv, Long-sufferance is one path to heaven. 1864Tennyson En. Ard. 467 Trying his truth and his long-sufferance. |