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Who, I say, would not think, that these are things not only spoken without good order and purpose, but also manifestly repugning one to another?

From The Pulpit Of The Reformation, Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4. by Knox, John

They request that, “if any man will note in this our Confession any article or sentence repugning to God’s Holy Word,” he will favour them with his criticism in writing. 

From John Knox and the Reformation by Lang, Andrew

Paid off, with or without remorse, such the exhaustion of finance; Kleist, Icilius, Count Hordt and others vainly repugning and remonstrating; the King himself inexorable as Arithmetic.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 by Carlyle, Thomas