Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10594 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

baptist'sbaptist

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

Puritas changed it: 102 times in 65 works
Consistency: 56.6% (102 of 180)
Reach if approved: ~189 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 180 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (102 changes in 65 works, 56.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 102)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

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… his voice like a Trumpet, which yieldeth a loud & a diſtinct ſo and. John Baptiſt'sBaptist language was as the voice of a cryer, Matth. 3.1. which is a ſtretched out …
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… his voice like a Trumpet, which yieldeth a loud & a diſtinct ſo and. John Baptiſt'sBaptist language was as the voice of a cryer, Matth. 3.1. which is a ſtretched out …
John Crump · The Parable of the Great Supper Opened · p. 94 · Open in the reader
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… or at leaſt, come to his full ſtature and perfect growth in us; this Baptiſt'sBaptist Sermon, that is, this repentance and reſolution to amendment, muſt be preſumed in our …
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… or at leaſt, come to his full ſtature and perfect growth in us; this Baptiſt'sBaptist Sermon, that is, this repentance and reſolution to amendment, muſt be preſumed in our …
Henry Hammond · Sermons · p. 58 · Open in the reader
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… as Chriſt's birth in the days of Herod the King, Mat. 2.1. and ſo John Baptiſt'sBaptist birth, Luke 1.5, 13.
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… as Chriſt's birth in the days of Herod the King, Mat. 2.1. and ſo John Baptiſt'sBaptist birth, Luke 1.5, 13.
Edward Reyner · Necessity of Human Learning for a Gospel Preacher · p. 133 · Open in the reader
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… Wicked. Herod had many good Thoughts and Inclinations stirr'd up in him by Iohn Baptist'sBaptist Preaching, yet he did not truly repent, for he still lived in Incest.
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… Wicked. Herod had many good Thoughts and Inclinations stirr'd up in him by Iohn Baptist'sBaptist Preaching, yet he did not truly repent, for he still lived in Incest.
Thomas Watson · A Body of Practical Divinity · p. 402 · Open in the reader
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… but to bring it forth that it may be healed, ſaith Heraclitus: when John Baptiſt'sBaptist diſciples were infected with envy, and repined at Chriſt, that he ſhould out-ſtrip …
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… but to bring it forth that it may be healed, ſaith Heraclitus: when John Baptiſt'sBaptist diſciples were infected with envy, and repined at Chriſt, that he ſhould out-ſtrip …
William Gearing · The Arraignment of Ignorance · p. 144 · Open in the reader
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… Faith; ſome hear the Word with Joy, Matth. 13. who yet endure not; and John Baptiſt'sBaptist Hearers rejoyced in his Light for a ſeaſon; even as a ſick Man, who …
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… Faith; ſome hear the Word with Joy, Matth. 13. who yet endure not; and John Baptiſt'sBaptist Hearers rejoyced in his Light for a ſeaſon; even as a ſick Man, who …
James Durham · Christ Crucified · p. 29 · Open in the reader
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… with her, all ye that Mourn for her. Thus the Bridegrooms Voice fulfilled the Baptiſt'sBaptist Joy; and the Apoſtle's was that Chriſt was Preached; and when Babylon falls the …
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… with her, all ye that Mourn for her. Thus the Bridegrooms Voice fulfilled the Baptiſt'sBaptist Joy; and the Apoſtle's was that Chriſt was Preached; and when Babylon falls the …
Benjamin Colman · The Government and Improvement of Mirth · p. 123 · Open in the reader
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… the obligation of Examples is very doubtful: Which occaſioneth the Controverſies about imitating John Baptiſt'sBaptist Life in the Wilderneſs, and Anna, and about Lent, and about Baptizing by dipping …
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… the obligation of Examples is very doubtful: Which occaſioneth the Controverſies about imitating John Baptiſt'sBaptist Life in the Wilderneſs, and Anna, and about Lent, and about Baptizing by dipping …
Richard Baxter · A Treatise of Knowledge and Love · p. 65 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (78)

26 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 20 are listed here. 52 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Light Broke Forth in Wales Expelling Darkness A47591

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Proving that Children have no Right to Baptiſm, from John the Baptiſt'sBaptist Adminiſtration of Baptiſm; in Oppoſition to what Mr. James Owen ſaith, in his 12th …
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Proving that Children have no Right to Baptiſm, from John the Baptiſt'sBaptist Adminiſtration of Baptiſm; in Oppoſition to what Mr. James Owen ſaith, in his 12th …
Benjamin Keach · Light Broke Forth in Wales Expelling Darkness · p. 171 · Open in the reader

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

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… concludeth the Canonical Books of the Old Teſtament, with a Prediction of Elias's the Baptiſt'sBaptist coming, and with a Threatning of God's Curſe upon the unbelieving Jews, Mal. 4. ver …
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… concludeth the Canonical Books of the Old Teſtament, with a Prediction of Elias's the Baptiſt'sBaptist coming, and with a Threatning of God's Curſe upon the unbelieving Jews, Mal. 4. ver …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 734 · Open in the reader
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… Tetrarch of Galilee (as Pilate was of Judaea) and Aenon ſtood in Galilee, the Baptiſt'sBaptist then laſt place of Reſidency: And it appears that the Baptiſt preached to Herod …
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… Tetrarch of Galilee (as Pilate was of Judaea) and Aenon ſtood in Galilee, the Baptiſt'sBaptist then laſt place of Reſidency: And it appears that the Baptiſt preached to Herod …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 39 · Open in the reader
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… the Baptiſts hard uſage, according to George Marſh, the Martyrs phraſe) for before the Baptist'sBaptist beheading, God was concern'd ſo far as to lay a Reſtraint upon Herod from …
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… the Baptiſts hard uſage, according to George Marſh, the Martyrs phraſe) for before the Baptist'sBaptist beheading, God was concern'd ſo far as to lay a Reſtraint upon Herod from …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 40 · Open in the reader
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… Vengeance wrote her ſin upon her puniſhment in legible Characters for her getting the Baptist'sBaptist Head chopt off.
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… Vengeance wrote her ſin upon her puniſhment in legible Characters for her getting the Baptist'sBaptist Head chopt off.
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 41 · Open in the reader
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… Mat. 4.19, 21. Acts 1.21, 22. Not to ſaith (for they had believed in Chriſt before by the Baptiſt'sBaptist Preaching, John 1.37. though they did not cleave cloſe to him till then, but called …
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… Mat. 4.19, 21. Acts 1.21, 22. Not to ſaith (for they had believed in Chriſt before by the Baptiſt'sBaptist Preaching, John 1.37. though they did not cleave cloſe to him till then, but called …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 96 · Open in the reader

Forty Sermons A63825

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… broken out of him; as on the contrary we read the effect of John Baptiſt'sBaptist Miniſtry was to turn the hearts of the fathers (to whom he yet preached …
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… broken out of him; as on the contrary we read the effect of John Baptiſt'sBaptist Miniſtry was to turn the hearts of the fathers (to whom he yet preached …
Anthony Tuckney · Forty Sermons · p. 77 · Open in the reader
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… cauſeh ſweat, Ezek. 44. 17, 18. Not as though a Miniſter's Coat muſt needs be like John Baptiſt'sBaptist of Camels hair, and not of Wooll; nor that it were unlawful for him …
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… cauſeh ſweat, Ezek. 44. 17, 18. Not as though a Miniſter's Coat muſt needs be like John Baptiſt'sBaptist of Camels hair, and not of Wooll; nor that it were unlawful for him …
Anthony Tuckney · Forty Sermons · p. 436 · Open in the reader
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… may either win Love, or command Reverence. Thus our Saviour's Sweetneſs allured, and John Baptiſt'sBaptist Gravity made even an Herod fear. A Miniſter's care ſhould be to have a …
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… may either win Love, or command Reverence. Thus our Saviour's Sweetneſs allured, and John Baptiſt'sBaptist Gravity made even an Herod fear. A Miniſter's care ſhould be to have a …
Anthony Tuckney · Forty Sermons · p. 437 · Open in the reader

A Body of Practical Divinity A65285

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… Herod a New Creature? The reason was, because Herod was not reformed by the Baptist'sBaptist Preaching; his Affections were moved, but his Sin was not removed. Many have sweet …
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… Herod a New Creature? The reason was, because Herod was not reformed by the Baptist'sBaptist Preaching; his Affections were moved, but his Sin was not removed. Many have sweet …
Thomas Watson · A Body of Practical Divinity · p. 980 · Open in the reader

Works Volume 4 A70318

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John Baptiſt'sBaptist Warning. Matth. 3.2. Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.
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John Baptiſt'sBaptist Warning. Matth. 3.2. Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.
Henry Hammond · Works Volume 4 · Open in the reader
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John Baptiſt'sBaptist Warning.
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John Baptiſt'sBaptist Warning.
Henry Hammond · Works Volume 4 · p. 490 · Open in the reader
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… find out ſome ſtronger Antidote, ſome more approv'd foreign, than hitherto we have taken: the Baptiſt'sBaptist [For] will be inſtrumental to you for each of them. I begin firſt with …
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… find out ſome ſtronger Antidote, ſome more approv'd foreign, than hitherto we have taken: the Baptiſt'sBaptist [For] will be inſtrumental to you for each of them. I begin firſt with …
Henry Hammond · Works Volume 4 · p. 491 · Open in the reader
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… contemner of the World muſt ſtill know, he hath not yet taken out the Baptiſt'sBaptist Copy, not made ſuch uſe of the Doctrine of the Rod, as is expected …
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… contemner of the World muſt ſtill know, he hath not yet taken out the Baptiſt'sBaptist Copy, not made ſuch uſe of the Doctrine of the Rod, as is expected …
Henry Hammond · Works Volume 4 · p. 491 · Open in the reader
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… but yet ſtill, not flatter you that this is a ſufficient Uſe of this Baptiſt'sBaptist Sermon, of the preſent impendency of God's puniſhments. Thou may'ſt not only be content …
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… but yet ſtill, not flatter you that this is a ſufficient Uſe of this Baptiſt'sBaptist Sermon, of the preſent impendency of God's puniſhments. Thou may'ſt not only be content …
Henry Hammond · Works Volume 4 · p. 492 · Open in the reader

The Parable of the Ten Virgins Opened A71078

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… ſince it Ought not to be ſo, by his Order, Mat. 7. 6. And if John Baptiſt'sBaptist Miniſtration did Refuſe thoſe unrepenting Phariſees, Mat. 7. 8; much more will Chriſt's, v. 12. Yea, till …
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… ſince it Ought not to be ſo, by his Order, Mat. 7. 6. And if John Baptiſt'sBaptist Miniſtration did Refuſe thoſe unrepenting Phariſees, Mat. 7. 8; much more will Chriſt's, v. 12. Yea, till …
Benjamin Stonham · The Parable of the Ten Virgins Opened · p. 238 · Open in the reader

God-Man A75620

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Some think them to be a continuation of John the Baptiſt'sBaptist Teſtimony, which I diſcourſed to you of, out of the former verſe? This was …
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Some think them to be a continuation of John the Baptiſt'sBaptist Teſtimony, which I diſcourſed to you of, out of the former verſe? This was …
John Arrowsmith · God-Man · p. 260 · Open in the reader

A Prayer-Song A81112

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On John the Baptiſt'sBaptist being beheaded.
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On John the Baptiſt'sBaptist being beheaded.
Daniel Cudmore · A Prayer-Song · p. 7 · Open in the reader

The Birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ N02838

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… upon His publick Ministry; the Time of Herod's Death; and Archelaus's Banishment; and the Baptist'sBaptist Conception.
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… upon His publick Ministry; the Time of Herod's Death; and Archelaus's Banishment; and the Baptist'sBaptist Conception.
John Barnard · The Birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ · p. 49 · Open in the reader

Concerning Religious Affections N04635

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… Joy, as in the stony-ground Hearers, Matth. 13. 20. and particularly many of John the Baptist'sBaptist Hearers, John 5. 35. So of Zeal, as in Jehu, 2 Kings 10. 16. and in Paul before his …
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… Joy, as in the stony-ground Hearers, Matth. 13. 20. and particularly many of John the Baptist'sBaptist Hearers, John 5. 35. So of Zeal, as in Jehu, 2 Kings 10. 16. and in Paul before his …
Jonathan Edwards · Concerning Religious Affections · p. 49 · Open in the reader