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prouprov

u and v used by position, not sound: haue → have, vnto → unto.

Puritas changed it
2,972 times in 367 works
Consistency
98.2% (2,972 of 3,026)
Reach if approved
~3,179 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: prou
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
3,026 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,972 changes in 367 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,972)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … glorifie themſelues therewith. Therefore, ſaith Salomon, the ſcorner ſeeketh wiſedome, and findeth it not, ProuProv. 14 6. And S. Iames ſaith, yee aske, and receiue not, becauſe you aske amiſſe, that …
    With rule
    … glorifie themſelues therewith. Therefore, ſaith Salomon, the ſcorner ſeeketh wiſedome, and findeth it not, ProuProv. 14 6. And S. Iames ſaith, yee aske, and receiue not, becauſe you aske amiſſe, that …

    Thomas Granger · The Blind Mans Sermon · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    Is a mad-man, ProuProv. 26. As a mad-man, who caesteth firebrands, arrowes, and death. So is the man …
    With rule
    Is a mad-man, ProuProv. 26. As a mad-man, who caesteth firebrands, arrowes, and death. So is the man …

    Thomas Adams · Mystical Bedlam · p. 65 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … in the handes of God and at his pleasure he maye euermore turne it / ProuProv. xxi. Take me not here that I condempne anye Bysshoppe or Prest that is …
    With rule
    … in the handes of God and at his pleasure he maye euermore turne it / ProuProv. xxi. Take me not here that I condempne anye Bysshoppe or Prest that is …

    John Bale · Exhortation of an English Christian unto his Beloved Country · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    ProuProv. 10.3.
    With rule
    ProuProv. 10.3.

    Samuel Hieron · The Christians Life-Lode · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … and to abhor them in others. God is sayd to hate a lying tongue, ProuProv. 6.17. and Iob craueth no fauour, if he haue walked in vanitie, fauouring a lye …
    With rule
    … and to abhor them in others. God is sayd to hate a lying tongue, ProuProv. 6.17. and Iob craueth no fauour, if he haue walked in vanitie, fauouring a lye …

    Robert Horne · The Christian Governor in the Commonwealth and Private Families · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … thee. 22 For alſo many times thy minde is priuie, that thou hast curſed others. ProuProv. 20. 21. He which bringeth vp his ſeruaunte deltcatelie, ſhall in the ende be depriued of …
    With rule
    … thee. 22 For alſo many times thy minde is priuie, that thou hast curſed others. ProuProv. 20. 21. He which bringeth vp his ſeruaunte deltcatelie, ſhall in the ende be depriued of …

    Dudley Fenner · The Arts of Logic and Rhetoric · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Fasting Weeks in Lent, are now begun: Practise therefore the counsell, which Salomon gives, ProuProv. 23.1. When thou sittest to eate with a Ruler, consider diligently what is before thee …
    With rule
    … Fasting Weeks in Lent, are now begun: Practise therefore the counsell, which Salomon gives, ProuProv. 23.1. When thou sittest to eate with a Ruler, consider diligently what is before thee …

    Thomas Fuller · Josephs Party-Colored Coat · p. 148 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … this their prayer be abominable to God? Ye ſee the place which I alleaged, ProuProv. 28. Which telleth vs ſo. They crie and call now vnto Chriſt, and he doth …
    With rule
    … this their prayer be abominable to God? Ye ſee the place which I alleaged, ProuProv. 28. Which telleth vs ſo. They crie and call now vnto Chriſt, and he doth …

    George Gifford · Four Sermons · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (54)

15 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 39 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Whole Armor of God A01979

  • Printed
    … deceiueth men with fal… grounds. In the firſt of theſe, he preuaileth with the prouprov… der ſort of Papiſts, who truſt to their owne merits. In th… ſecond, with …
    With rule
    … deceiueth men with fal… grounds. In the firſt of theſe, he preuaileth with the prouprov… der ſort of Papiſts, who truſt to their owne merits. In th… ſecond, with …

    William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 310 · Open in the reader

The Way to True Happiness A02723

  • Printed
    … is spirituall and seasonable: for he that hath pitty vpon the poore (saith Salomon, prouprov. 19.17. lendeth vnto the Lord, and that which he hath giuen, will he pay him …
    With rule
    … is spirituall and seasonable: for he that hath pitty vpon the poore (saith Salomon, prouprov. 19.17. lendeth vnto the Lord, and that which he hath giuen, will he pay him …

    Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 199 · Open in the reader

An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist A04920

  • Printed
    … heartes a… the Aegyptians and Pharao hardened their heartes. by these places I may prouprov… … well that Pharao hardened his ow…e hearte, as you cā proue, that God …
    With rule
    … heartes a… the Aegyptians and Pharao hardened their heartes. by these places I may prouprov… … well that Pharao hardened his ow…e hearte, as you cā proue, that God …

    John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 305 · Open in the reader

The New Covenant A09990

  • Printed
    … sayth he, all things are full of labor, man cannot vtter it. And he prouprov…s it by this, The Sunne riseth, and sets, and is never at quiet …
    With rule
    … sayth he, all things are full of labor, man cannot vtter it. And he prouprov…s it by this, The Sunne riseth, and sets, and is never at quiet …

    John Preston · The New Covenant · p. 137 · Open in the reader

Exposition of 2 Thessalonians A11588

  • Printed
    … are ſaid to worke. Yet conſidering … eaſefull nature, tend they not to exaſperate againſt prouprov… weighing intention of inſtruments inflicting, are they …bent to ouerthrow it? eſpecially when, as …
    With rule
    … are ſaid to worke. Yet conſidering … eaſefull nature, tend they not to exaſperate againſt prouprov… weighing intention of inſtruments inflicting, are they …bent to ouerthrow it? eſpecially when, as …

    William Sclater · Exposition of 2 Thessalonians · p. 16 · Open in the reader

History of the First Ten Persecutions A13296

  • Printed
    … the Saints haue any thing to do with GOD. Albeit it may bee sufficiently prouprov…d, that euen Ambrose himselfe was somewhat intangled with the errour uniuersally ouer-spred …
    With rule
    … the Saints haue any thing to do with GOD. Albeit it may bee sufficiently prouprov…d, that euen Ambrose himselfe was somewhat intangled with the errour uniuersally ouer-spred …

    Patrick Simson · History of the First Ten Persecutions · p. 96 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … to describe the vnchastitie of Monastries and Nunneries, they spend time in vaine to prouprov… that thin…, which no man can denie: yea, and their owne speaches cont…ine …
    With rule
    … to describe the vnchastitie of Monastries and Nunneries, they spend time in vaine to prouprov… that thin…, which no man can denie: yea, and their owne speaches cont…ine …

    Patrick Simson · History of the First Ten Persecutions · p. 143 · Open in the reader

Davids Learning A13538

  • Printed
    … whip, and to the Asse a bridle, and a rod to a Fooles back, prouprov. 26. 3. Wert thou an humble soule, and hungry after Christ, then our word would be …
    With rule
    … whip, and to the Asse a bridle, and a rod to a Fooles back, prouprov. 26. 3. Wert thou an humble soule, and hungry after Christ, then our word would be …

    Thomas Taylor · Davids Learning · p. 140 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Genesis and Exodus A15408

  • Printed
    … sepulchro, a signe of Christs rest in the grave. Thirdly, in the morall sense, prouprov… significat cessationem ob omni actu peccati, as it signifieth cessation from every act of …
    With rule
    … sepulchro, a signe of Christs rest in the grave. Thirdly, in the morall sense, prouprov… significat cessationem ob omni actu peccati, as it signifieth cessation from every act of …

    Andrew Willet · Commentary on Genesis and Exodus · p. 302 · Open in the reader

The Rousing of the Sluggard A17328

  • Printed
    … haue been offended as Hazael was? but haue not promotion and preferment made i… prouprov… too true? Looke into the state of the Churche, and beholde her ministers and …
    With rule
    … haue been offended as Hazael was? but haue not promotion and preferment made i… prouprov… too true? Looke into the state of the Churche, and beholde her ministers and …

    William Burton · The Rousing of the Sluggard · Open in the reader

A Defense of the Sermon Preached at the Consecration of the Bishop of Bath A20733

  • Printed
    … especiallie when they write foreign, vnsound speeches grounded on weake proofes. For how is it prouprov… that the superioritie of Bishops did breed the supremacie of the Pope. Because as …
    With rule
    … especiallie when they write foreign, vnsound speeches grounded on weake proofes. For how is it prouprov… that the superioritie of Bishops did breed the supremacie of the Pope. Because as …

    George Downame · A Defense of the Sermon Preached at the Consecration of the Bishop of Bath · p. 129 · Open in the reader

Counterpoison Considerations A26579

  • Printed
    … of your best assemblies haue weakned &c, the kingdome of Antichrist. Thus again you prouprov the sa…e by the sain; & say that is manifest which is most obscur …
    With rule
    … of your best assemblies haue weakned &c, the kingdome of Antichrist. Thus again you prouprov the sa…e by the sain; & say that is manifest which is most obscur …

    Henry Ainsworth · Counterpoison Considerations · p. 61 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … question, they say there was a true church in the land; whereas they must prouprov… a true church of the land, as now it is and long hath been …
    With rule
    … question, they say there was a true church in the land; whereas they must prouprov… a true church of the land, as now it is and long hath been …

    Henry Ainsworth · Counterpoison Considerations · p. 134 · Open in the reader

Catholic Theology Plain Pure Peaceable A26883

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    … conſideretur: At ut divinae ſcientiae ſubeſt, eſt abſolute neceſſarium. 4. Scientia Dei reſpectu futurorum contingentium prouprov… jam ad ipſa eſt terminata, eſt ſimpliciter neceſſaria. And they prove the affirmative thus …
    With rule
    … conſideretur: At ut divinae ſcientiae ſubeſt, eſt abſolute neceſſarium. 4. Scientia Dei reſpectu futurorum contingentium prouprov… jam ad ipſa eſt terminata, eſt ſimpliciter neceſſaria. And they prove the affirmative thus …

    Richard Baxter · Catholic Theology Plain Pure Peaceable · p. 22 · Open in the reader

Exhortation to the Ministers of Gods Word B40355

  • Printed
    … patterne for christi… And marke the proofe: God recompenced… godly care exceedingly: for Timothie prouprov… rare young man, of excellent graces, to the g… ioy and comfort of his …
    With rule
    … patterne for christi… And marke the proofe: God recompenced… godly care exceedingly: for Timothie prouprov… rare young man, of excellent graces, to the g… ioy and comfort of his …

    Henrich Bullinger · Exhortation to the Ministers of Gods Word · p. 59 · Open in the reader