Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10592 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

abel'sabel

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

Puritas changed it: 116 times in 73 works
Consistency: 62.7% (116 of 185)
Reach if approved: ~194 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 185 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (116 changes in 73 works, 62.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 116)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Actors, who were not only the Iews, but we, and it yet speaketh as Abel'sAbel did, Heb. 11.4. By it he being dead yet speaketh. It is a speaking Blood …
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… Actors, who were not only the Iews, but we, and it yet speaketh as Abel'sAbel did, Heb. 11.4. By it he being dead yet speaketh. It is a speaking Blood …
Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 4 · p. 1146 · Open in the reader
Printed
… but to our Ears alſo. Thus doth Sacramental Signs, They have a Voice, as Abel'sAbel Blood is ſaid to have, Gen. 4.10. Hebr. 11.4. which yet ſpeaketh, How much more the …
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… but to our Ears alſo. Thus doth Sacramental Signs, They have a Voice, as Abel'sAbel Blood is ſaid to have, Gen. 4.10. Hebr. 11.4. which yet ſpeaketh, How much more the …
Christopher Ness · The Signs of the Times · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… It signifies no more, than that their Blood cries to God for Vengeance, as Abel'sAbel is said to do. 3. The Nature of Forgiveness seems to imply the Lawfulness of …
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… It signifies no more, than that their Blood cries to God for Vengeance, as Abel'sAbel is said to do. 3. The Nature of Forgiveness seems to imply the Lawfulness of …
John Ray · Three Physico-Theological Discourses · p. 398 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Gospel-way. But yet it is a Law older than Cain or Abel, otherwise Abel'sAbel Sacrifice had been no more acceptable than Cain's, which by Faith it was; and …
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… Gospel-way. But yet it is a Law older than Cain or Abel, otherwise Abel'sAbel Sacrifice had been no more acceptable than Cain's, which by Faith it was; and …
Daniel Williams · Defense of the Gospel Truth · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they cry for vengeance upon their blood: Not onely doth their blood cry, as Abel'sAbel is ſaid to do from the beginning of the world, but their ſouls are …
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… they cry for vengeance upon their blood: Not onely doth their blood cry, as Abel'sAbel is ſaid to do from the beginning of the world, but their ſouls are …
Thomas Goodwin · Sermon of the Fifth Monarchy · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Works of Cain, because he had not accepted his Person: But having first accepted Abel'sAbel Person, he therefore did accept his Offering. And here it is said, that Abel …
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… Works of Cain, because he had not accepted his Person: But having first accepted Abel'sAbel Person, he therefore did accept his Offering. And here it is said, that Abel …
John Bunyan · A Defense of the Doctrine of Justification by Faith in Jesus Christ · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
We read of God, he took a far greater notice of Abel'sAbel murder than the Murderer himself was willing to do: The voice of thy brothers …
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We read of God, he took a far greater notice of Abel'sAbel murder than the Murderer himself was willing to do: The voice of thy brothers …
Samuel Crossman · Two Sermons in Bristol · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… most his Glory to whom we offer them. In this respect the fatness of Abel'sAbel Sacrifice is commended; the flower of all mens increase assigned to God by Solomon …
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… most his Glory to whom we offer them. In this respect the fatness of Abel'sAbel Sacrifice is commended; the flower of all mens increase assigned to God by Solomon …
Richard Hooker · Works of Hooker · p. 308 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (69)

13 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 56 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Short Explanation of Hebrews A20414

Printed
… wee certayntie of the Creation of the World of nothing. Vers. 3. By it was ABEL'SABEL person and sacrifice accepted, and preferred before his elder Brother, Vers. 4. By it was …
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… wee certayntie of the Creation of the World of nothing. Vers. 3. By it was ABEL'SABEL person and sacrifice accepted, and preferred before his elder Brother, Vers. 4. By it was …
David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · p. 246 · Open in the reader
Printed
… person must first please GOD, before his actions can please Him; For, therefore was ABEL'SABEL Sacrifice accepted, because by Fayth his person was justified. 4. Fayth maketh ABEL still a …
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… person must first please GOD, before his actions can please Him; For, therefore was ABEL'SABEL Sacrifice accepted, because by Fayth his person was justified. 4. Fayth maketh ABEL still a …
David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · p. 251 · Open in the reader
Printed
… yea, and to die also, yet doeth His Blood not speake agaynst vs, as ABEL'SABEL did speake agaynst KAIN, and the Earth, for drawing downe of a curse on …
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… yea, and to die also, yet doeth His Blood not speake agaynst vs, as ABEL'SABEL did speake agaynst KAIN, and the Earth, for drawing downe of a curse on …
David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · p. 303 · Open in the reader

Opposition to Errors of William Sherlock A25202

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… the death of his Creatures, that had not transgressed the Laws of their Creation: Abel'sAbel was foreign, a bloody Sacrifice; nor is God ever the more entitled to, or possest …
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… the death of his Creatures, that had not transgressed the Laws of their Creation: Abel'sAbel was foreign, a bloody Sacrifice; nor is God ever the more entitled to, or possest …
Vincent Alsop · Opposition to Errors of William Sherlock · p. 521 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a Belief, as governs our lives and actions: But such a Belief was Enoch's, Abel'sAbel, Noah's, Abraham▪s; their's govern'd their lives and actions too, and somewhat more; their …
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… a Belief, as governs our lives and actions: But such a Belief was Enoch's, Abel'sAbel, Noah's, Abraham▪s; their's govern'd their lives and actions too, and somewhat more; their …
Vincent Alsop · Opposition to Errors of William Sherlock · p. 530 · Open in the reader

Twenty-Six Sermons A36308

Printed
… then other men are. Where we read in Geneſis, Vox ſanguinis, The voice of Abel'sAbel blood calls; it is in the Original, Vox ſanguinum, of bloods, in the plural …
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… then other men are. Where we read in Geneſis, Vox ſanguinis, The voice of Abel'sAbel blood calls; it is in the Original, Vox ſanguinum, of bloods, in the plural …
John Donne · Twenty-Six Sermons · p. 376 · Open in the reader

A Complete and Compendious Church History A52804

Printed
… had got Abel thither, he picks a Quarrel with him, upon the occaſion of Abel'sAbel contradicting his Diſcourſe, ſaying, (as the Chaldee Paraphraſe adds,) That there was no Judge …
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… had got Abel thither, he picks a Quarrel with him, upon the occaſion of Abel'sAbel contradicting his Diſcourſe, ſaying, (as the Chaldee Paraphraſe adds,) That there was no Judge …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which made all People pitty him: Some Rabbins ſay, Cain was continually Dogged with Abel'sAbel Dog, but Aſſuredly he was Haunted with his own Evil Ghoſt, which made him …
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… which made all People pitty him: Some Rabbins ſay, Cain was continually Dogged with Abel'sAbel Dog, but Aſſuredly he was Haunted with his own Evil Ghoſt, which made him …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 22 · Open in the reader

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

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It may be rendred thus Paraphraſtically, If Cain (Abel'sAbel Murderer) was baniſh'd from his habitation, &c. Gen. 4.14, 16. then thou Kenite ſhall not for …
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It may be rendred thus Paraphraſtically, If Cain (Abel'sAbel Murderer) was baniſh'd from his habitation, &c. Gen. 4.14, 16. then thou Kenite ſhall not for …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 100 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Genesis A56630

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… burnt up his Sacrifice. Thus Theodotion of old tranſlated theſe Words, foreign, He looked upon Abel'sAbel Sacrifices, and ſet them on Fire. Which St. Hierom, and other ancient Writers approve …
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… burnt up his Sacrifice. Thus Theodotion of old tranſlated theſe Words, foreign, He looked upon Abel'sAbel Sacrifices, and ſet them on Fire. Which St. Hierom, and other ancient Writers approve …
Simon Patrick · Commentary on Genesis · p. 90 · Open in the reader

Defense of the Gospel Truth A66344

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… and as I have said before, Faith must be then enjoyned, for by Faith Abel'sAbel Sacrifice was more acceptable than Cain's, and God's Words to Cain were the Redeemer's …
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… and as I have said before, Faith must be then enjoyned, for by Faith Abel'sAbel Sacrifice was more acceptable than Cain's, and God's Words to Cain were the Redeemer's …
Daniel Williams · Defense of the Gospel Truth · p. 40 · Open in the reader

Discourse in College-Hall 27 March 1722 N01955

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II. I Inſtance in Abel'sAbel Sacrifice and Sufferings. Righteous Abel . who has been eſteemed a beautiful Type of Chriſt …
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II. I Inſtance in Abel'sAbel Sacrifice and Sufferings. Righteous Abel . who has been eſteemed a beautiful Type of Chriſt …
Benjamin Colman · Discourse in College-Hall 27 March 1722 · p. 6 · Open in the reader
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CERTAINLY Abel'sAbel faith, celebrated by the Apoſtle, had this reſpect to GOD's Inſtitution, and to the …
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CERTAINLY Abel'sAbel faith, celebrated by the Apoſtle, had this reſpect to GOD's Inſtitution, and to the …
Benjamin Colman · Discourse in College-Hall 27 March 1722 · p. 8 · Open in the reader