Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10307 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

jonathan'sjonathan

Apostrophes added or expanded, mostly possessives: gods → god's. Approve one at a time: some places are plurals.

Puritas changed it: 101 times in 55 works
Consistency: 77.6% (101 of 130)
Reach if approved: ~137 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 130 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (101 changes in 55 works, 77.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 101)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Pſalm) all which are ſtrengthening things. Thus their eyes being opened and inlightened (as Jonathan'sJonathan were) by taſting this honey, they are ſtrong for the battel; and by Faith …
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… Pſalm) all which are ſtrengthening things. Thus their eyes being opened and inlightened (as Jonathan'sJonathan were) by taſting this honey, they are ſtrong for the battel; and by Faith …
Ralph Venning · Christs School · p. 360 · Open in the reader
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… Love is is the very life of the ſoul, Alſted. Theol. natur. p. 613. When Jonathan'sJonathan heart was knit with the heart of David, 1 Sam. 18. 1. as an evidence of it …
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… Love is is the very life of the ſoul, Alſted. Theol. natur. p. 613. When Jonathan'sJonathan heart was knit with the heart of David, 1 Sam. 18. 1. as an evidence of it …
Bartholomew Ashwood · The Heavenly Trade · p. 78 · Open in the reader
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… no doubt, he us'd and wore with much delight, they being great teſtimonies of Jonathan'sJonathan ſingular love to him, and ſigns and ſymbols of the Covenant made with him …
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… no doubt, he us'd and wore with much delight, they being great teſtimonies of Jonathan'sJonathan ſingular love to him, and ſigns and ſymbols of the Covenant made with him …
William Thomas · Practical Piety · p. 128 · Open in the reader
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… the pottage; by eating one apple, Adam loſt Paradiſe; one lick of honey endangered Jonathan'sJonathan life; one Achan was a trouble to all Iſrael; one Jonah was lading too …
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… the pottage; by eating one apple, Adam loſt Paradiſe; one lick of honey endangered Jonathan'sJonathan life; one Achan was a trouble to all Iſrael; one Jonah was lading too …
Thomas Brooks · A Cabinet of Choice Jewels · p. 288 · Open in the reader
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… ſtile you) you will not, you cannot forget to ſhew kindneſs to Mephiboſheth for Jonathan'sJonathan ſake. No more but the Pſalmiſts prayer for every one of the faithful Brethren …
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… ſtile you) you will not, you cannot forget to ſhew kindneſs to Mephiboſheth for Jonathan'sJonathan ſake. No more but the Pſalmiſts prayer for every one of the faithful Brethren …
Alexander Carmichael · Believers Mortification of Sin · Open in the reader
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… love, Zeph. 3. 17. The Father writes a chiding Letter, but subscribes it, Your Loving Father. Jonathan'sJonathan Rod was dipt in Honey. Davia's bowels yearned towards his rebellious Absolom, Isa. 12. 1. & 54. 7, 10. Though …
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… love, Zeph. 3. 17. The Father writes a chiding Letter, but subscribes it, Your Loving Father. Jonathan'sJonathan Rod was dipt in Honey. Davia's bowels yearned towards his rebellious Absolom, Isa. 12. 1. & 54. 7, 10. Though …
Robert Gouge · The Faith of Dying Jacob · p. 90 · Open in the reader
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… Jonathan, thy love to me was wonderfull, paſſing the love of women, there was Jonathan'sJonathan love to David, there was no love loſt between the one and other; and …
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… Jonathan, thy love to me was wonderfull, paſſing the love of women, there was Jonathan'sJonathan love to David, there was no love loſt between the one and other; and …
Matthew Newcomen · Last Farewell to a Beloved People · p. 15 · Open in the reader
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… and importunity of a Friend, and ſuch a Friend as was to me what Jonathan'sJonathan Armor-Bearer ſaid to him, Behold, I am with thee, according to thy own …
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… and importunity of a Friend, and ſuch a Friend as was to me what Jonathan'sJonathan Armor-Bearer ſaid to him, Behold, I am with thee, according to thy own …
John Sheffeild · Discourse of Excuses · p. 66 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (29)

16 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 11 are listed here. 13 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Cabinet of Choice Jewels A29686

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… hid in adverſity. True love is like that of Ruth's to Naomi, that of Jonathan'sJonathan to David, permanent and conſtant. Many there be whoſe love to the Saints is …
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… hid in adverſity. True love is like that of Ruth's to Naomi, that of Jonathan'sJonathan to David, permanent and conſtant. Many there be whoſe love to the Saints is …
Thomas Brooks · A Cabinet of Choice Jewels · p. 198 · Open in the reader

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

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The third Remark is, David's Return to the Court through his dear Friend Jonathan'sJonathan irreſiſtible interceſſion, ver. 6, 7. the Concluſion of Jonathan'sJonathan cogent Arguments, to wit [therefore He who …
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The third Remark is, David's Return to the Court through his dear Friend Jonathan'sJonathan irreſiſtible interceſſion, ver. 6, 7. the Concluſion of Jonathan'sJonathan cogent Arguments, to wit [therefore He who …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 284 · Open in the reader
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… from Jonathan, becauſe he knew there was a League of Love betwixt them, v. 3. Jonathan'sJonathan Rejoynder to David's Reply, was, That he offered his utmoſt endeavour to grant David's …
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… from Jonathan, becauſe he knew there was a League of Love betwixt them, v. 3. Jonathan'sJonathan Rejoynder to David's Reply, was, That he offered his utmoſt endeavour to grant David's …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 288 · Open in the reader
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N. B. The Signs of Jonathan'sJonathan Anger were two. Firſt, His Abrupt Departure from the Royal Table upon this Affront …
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N. B. The Signs of Jonathan'sJonathan Anger were two. Firſt, His Abrupt Departure from the Royal Table upon this Affront …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 291 · Open in the reader
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… who ſhall Die that my Glory may not be darkened by the interpoſition not Jonathan'sJonathan.
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… who ſhall Die that my Glory may not be darkened by the interpoſition not Jonathan'sJonathan.
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 333 · Open in the reader
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… Sam. 2.8, 9. How much more mad might this People have been to Eſpouſe and Advance Jonathan'sJonathan Title to the Crown, who was a Man of ſuch Tranſcendent Worth in himſelf …
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… Sam. 2.8, 9. How much more mad might this People have been to Eſpouſe and Advance Jonathan'sJonathan Title to the Crown, who was a Man of ſuch Tranſcendent Worth in himſelf …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 333 · Open in the reader

The Buddings and Blossomings of Old Truths A85733

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… his perſon, Iſa. 45.3. Cant. 5.10. 2. The love that hee hath ſhewed to us, Joh. 15.13. Rom. 5.8. Jonathan'sJonathan love to David, cauſed David again to love him; fire begetteth fire. 3. The great …
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… his perſon, Iſa. 45.3. Cant. 5.10. 2. The love that hee hath ſhewed to us, Joh. 15.13. Rom. 5.8. Jonathan'sJonathan love to David, cauſed David again to love him; fire begetteth fire. 3. The great …
Alexander Grosse · The Buddings and Blossomings of Old Truths · p. 399 · Open in the reader

Loves Intercourse Between the Lamb and His Bride A85763

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… a matchles and incomparable love, ſo that the love of Jacob to Rachel, or Jonathan'sJonathan to David or a mother's to a child cannot be compared thereto. And therefore …
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… a matchles and incomparable love, ſo that the love of Jacob to Rachel, or Jonathan'sJonathan to David or a mother's to a child cannot be compared thereto. And therefore …
William Guild · Loves Intercourse Between the Lamb and His Bride · p. 7 · Open in the reader
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… ſpirituall enemies, yea and death it ſelf, Rom. 8. 35. Pſal. 23. 4. 5 It refreſhes and repaires (like Jonathan'sJonathan hony comb) decayed ſtrength in fainting; and ſo does the contemplation of Chriſt's love …
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… ſpirituall enemies, yea and death it ſelf, Rom. 8. 35. Pſal. 23. 4. 5 It refreſhes and repaires (like Jonathan'sJonathan hony comb) decayed ſtrength in fainting; and ſo does the contemplation of Chriſt's love …
William Guild · Loves Intercourse Between the Lamb and His Bride · p. 7 · Open in the reader
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2. It is faithfull, like that of Jonathan'sJonathan to David, in adverſity for Chriſt, as well as in peace and proſperity from …
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2. It is faithfull, like that of Jonathan'sJonathan to David, in adverſity for Chriſt, as well as in peace and proſperity from …
William Guild · Loves Intercourse Between the Lamb and His Bride · p. 14 · Open in the reader

Practical Piety A95727

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… the ſame ſpiritual obſervation of the Lords-day, unto a ſpiritual Chriſtian is like Jonathan'sJonathan robe, and his garments, even his Sword, his Bow, and his Girdle, to the …
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… the ſame ſpiritual obſervation of the Lords-day, unto a ſpiritual Chriſtian is like Jonathan'sJonathan robe, and his garments, even his Sword, his Bow, and his Girdle, to the …
William Thomas · Practical Piety · p. 128 · Open in the reader