I know it may be said, that Chymists in the Opinion above recited mean the Principle of Sulphur, and not common Sulphur which receives its name, not from its being all perfectly of a Sulphureous Nature, but for that plenty and Predominancy of the Sulphureous Principle in it.
"Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours (1664)"
Robert Boyle
It, as I may say, is that corruption that strives for Predominancy in the heart, and therefore usually comes out first.
"The Works of John Bunyan Volume 3"
John Bunyan
But we cannot be deceived with regard to the signatures which show the Predominancy of these virtues, with whatever degree of justice they may be applied.
"An Essay on the Lyric Poetry of the Ancients"
John Ogilvie Commentator: Wallace Jackson