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1579 J. Stubbs Discouerie Gaping Gulf sig. D.7 Those protestant princes who hauing tryed the faithlesnes of thys generation, doe set their bodyes, possessions, and honors in the gappe for defence of Gods people in seuerall countryes.

1589 tr. Restorer of French Estate i. 22 A Iew of this our age hath imputed all the miseries wherein those of his nation are wrapped, to their faithlesnes.

1624 J. Ussher Answer to Challenge by Iesuite 111 In truth the faithlesnesse of the Iewes consisted in the application of this sentence unto our Saviour Christ, whom they did not acknowledge to be God.

1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness v. xvii. 210 This Prophecie of the Churches change into so excellent a state may be foreslacked by the ill management and faithlesness of them.

1759 A. M. Toplady Poems on Sacred Subj. i. 13 Preserv'd from Faithlessness and Doubt, And soundly purify'd.

1834 Eclectic Rev. Oct. 328 Not one soul in that parish, given to Christ of the Father, shall be kept from coming by the faithlessness of the minister.

1848 Hood's Mag. Feb. 121 An age of faithlessness, of unbelief.

1913 Biblical World 42 209/2 Such an attitude of faith—or faithlessness rather—is suicidal and impotent.

1953 B. Orchard et al. Catholic Comm. Holy Script. 653/1 Despite their [sc. the Jews] faithlessness God asserts his right over them. He is their God and their only saviour since their coming out of Egypt.

1995 B. R. Barber Jihad vs. McWorld xiv. 205 The moral (and sometimes armed) struggle of believers against faithlessness and the faithless.

1598 S. Brandon Tragicomoedi of Vertuous Octauia ii. sig. H8 Who so simple, that will looke For faith or truth in those: Whose faithlesnes may hap to gaine, Whose truth a crowne must loose.

1605 Bp. J. Hall Medit. & Vowes I. §10 So great distrust is there in man..from his impotence or faithlesnes.

1686 T. Pierce Law & Equity Gospel 437 How much faithlesness, and falsness, and praevarication should we discover?

1726 A. Pope Corr. 9 Aug. (1956) II. 386 I..wish he had lived long enough to see so much of the faithlessness of the world.

1758 T. Edwards Canons Crit. 318 She, that scornful beauty, soon may find, sharp are the pangs that follow faithlessness.

1790 H. Blair Serm. III. xiii. 275 When the heart is sorely wounded by the ingratitude or faithlessness of those on whom it had leaned.

1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece VI. ii. xlvii. 96 Perdikkas whose character for faithlessness we shall have..to notice.

1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. 347 Faithlessness..characteristic of this present century.

1909 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 25 Sept. 854/1 Treachery implies either deception or faithlessness, and the fault may lie either with the thing abused or with the abuser.

1956 R. Pascal German Novel i. ii. 40 He is often tormented by his faithlessness to his ideal, for even when Anna is ill he continues to visit Judith.

2004 Times 29 Nov. (T2 section) 11 My ex..embarked on what later turned out to have been something of an orgy of faithlessness.