Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10629 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

cain'scain

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

Puritas changed it: 176 times in 105 works
Consistency: 69.8% (176 of 252)
Reach if approved: ~265 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 252 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (176 changes in 105 works, 69.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 176)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Grace ended with these Professors at that time when they committed some grievous Sin; Cain'sCain, when he killed his Brother; Ishmael's, when he mocked at Isaac, &c. and Esau …
With rule
… Grace ended with these Professors at that time when they committed some grievous Sin; Cain'sCain, when he killed his Brother; Ishmael's, when he mocked at Isaac, &c. and Esau …
John Bunyan · The Barren Fig Tree · p. 85 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and Zillah. By the former he had Jabal, who firſt invented (at leaſt among Cain'sCain Poſterity) the uſe of Tents, and taught the right ordering of the Flock; and …
With rule
… and Zillah. By the former he had Jabal, who firſt invented (at leaſt among Cain'sCain Poſterity) the uſe of Tents, and taught the right ordering of the Flock; and …
Samuel Cradock · The History of the Old Testament Methodized · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… taking Wives? &c. And whether your Exposition do not damn all Infants proceeding from Cain'sCain Posterity; and consequently all the Infants of all Nations which profess not the true …
With rule
… taking Wives? &c. And whether your Exposition do not damn all Infants proceeding from Cain'sCain Posterity; and consequently all the Infants of all Nations which profess not the true …
Thomas Grantham · The Ancient Christian Religion · p. 107 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the other corrupted it, and slew his Brother for keeping it conscientiously: So in Cain'sCain line Tradition of Gods will was falsified, however in the line of Abel it …
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… the other corrupted it, and slew his Brother for keeping it conscientiously: So in Cain'sCain line Tradition of Gods will was falsified, however in the line of Abel it …
George Hughes · Sure Footing in Christianity · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
1. Abel's Offering was more acceptable than Cain'sCain.
With rule
1. Abel's Offering was more acceptable than Cain'sCain.
Richard Moore · A Pearl in an Oyster Shell · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
… performed, yea many of them, by unholy persons, with Examples whereof the Scripture aboundeth. Cain'sCain Sacrifice and Ahab's Repentance, were signal single Acts of Obedience materially; yet no Acts …
With rule
… performed, yea many of them, by unholy persons, with Examples whereof the Scripture aboundeth. Cain'sCain Sacrifice and Ahab's Repentance, were signal single Acts of Obedience materially; yet no Acts …
John Owen · Concerning the Holy Spirit · p. 415 · Open in the reader
Printed
… silence it. Cain, you know, he was quiet awhile, Gen▪ 4. 13. But after a while Cain'sCain Conscience did reproach him, would not let him alone. Belshazzar, he is merry a …
With rule
… silence it. Cain, you know, he was quiet awhile, Gen▪ 4. 13. But after a while Cain'sCain Conscience did reproach him, would not let him alone. Belshazzar, he is merry a …
Henry Stubbes · Conscience the Best Friend Upon Earth · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sin done by them, was not the World lost for Adam's sin? Was not Cain'sCain posterity cursed for his sake? Were not all the Infants of the old World …
With rule
… sin done by them, was not the World lost for Adam's sin? Was not Cain'sCain posterity cursed for his sake? Were not all the Infants of the old World …
Richard Baxter · The English Nonconformity Under King Charles II and James II · p. 60 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (76)

10 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 66 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Twenty-Five Sermons A29912

Printed
… only Adam's punishment, not to yield us fruit without our labour; but, often times, Cain'sCain curse, they are barren, fruitless, though we do labour. As his Blessing can put …
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… only Adam's punishment, not to yield us fruit without our labour; but, often times, Cain'sCain curse, they are barren, fruitless, though we do labour. As his Blessing can put …
Ralph Brownrig · Twenty-Five Sermons · p. 241 · Open in the reader

Existence and Attributes of God A32723

Printed
… World. After that fatal breach in Adam's Family by the death of Abel, and Cain'sCain ſeparation, we read not of the means of Grace continued among Cain'sCain Poſterity; it …
With rule
… World. After that fatal breach in Adam's Family by the death of Abel, and Cain'sCain ſeparation, we read not of the means of Grace continued among Cain'sCain Poſterity; it …
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 734 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in that act of his. The next act we read of, was that of Cain'sCain murdering Abel, which was an invading God's right, in aſſuming an Authority to diſpoſe …
With rule
… in that act of his. The next act we read of, was that of Cain'sCain murdering Abel, which was an invading God's right, in aſſuming an Authority to diſpoſe …
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 754 · Open in the reader

Great Salvation by Jesus Christ A38163

Printed
… ſhall fear vvith a vengeance, and God ſhall ſet a marke upon them, even Cain'sCain marke, a perpetual quaking, not a horn in 's forehead, as the Maſter of …
With rule
… ſhall fear vvith a vengeance, and God ſhall ſet a marke upon them, even Cain'sCain marke, a perpetual quaking, not a horn in 's forehead, as the Maſter of …
Richard Eedes · Great Salvation by Jesus Christ · p. 210 · Open in the reader

Satans Temptations in Three Parts A42781

Printed
… might have private Combinations againſt him, for the prevention whereof, he tells them by Cain'sCain example of God's avenging him. Theſe two early examples of Deſperation the beginning of …
With rule
… might have private Combinations againſt him, for the prevention whereof, he tells them by Cain'sCain example of God's avenging him. Theſe two early examples of Deſperation the beginning of …
Richard Gilpin · Satans Temptations in Three Parts · p. 377 · Open in the reader

Concerning the Holy Spirit A53720

Printed
… whom they are performed; as when they are not done in Faith, for which Cain'sCain Sacrifice was rejected; and when the Heart is not previously sanctified and prepared with …
With rule
… whom they are performed; as when they are not done in Faith, for which Cain'sCain Sacrifice was rejected; and when the Heart is not previously sanctified and prepared with …
John Owen · Concerning the Holy Spirit · p. 420 · Open in the reader

Defense of the Gospel Truth A66344

Printed
… Faith must be then enjoyned, for by Faith Abel's Sacrifice was more acceptable than Cain'sCain, and God's Words to Cain were the Redeemer's Language; and the use of Sacrifices …
With rule
… Faith must be then enjoyned, for by Faith Abel's Sacrifice was more acceptable than Cain'sCain, and God's Words to Cain were the Redeemer's Language; and the use of Sacrifices …
Daniel Williams · Defense of the Gospel Truth · p. 40 · Open in the reader

A Call to Humiliation for the Grievous Sin of Persecution A67020

Printed
… are under the Curſe, and none of the Elect of God. It is a Cain'sCain mark upon Judas, he loſt his bowels, Acts 1. 18. and upon King Jehoram too, that …
With rule
… are under the Curſe, and none of the Elect of God. It is a Cain'sCain mark upon Judas, he loſt his bowels, Acts 1. 18. and upon King Jehoram too, that …
William Woodward · A Call to Humiliation for the Grievous Sin of Persecution · p. 24 · Open in the reader

The Covenant Sealed A76812

Printed
… any kind works to acceptance from an unbelievers hand. Abel's ſacrifice was accepted, when Cain'sCain could not gain acceptance, Gen. 4.4, 5. The Apoſtle ſhews us the reaſon of this difference …
With rule
… any kind works to acceptance from an unbelievers hand. Abel's ſacrifice was accepted, when Cain'sCain could not gain acceptance, Gen. 4.4, 5. The Apoſtle ſhews us the reaſon of this difference …
Thomas Blake · The Covenant Sealed · p. 492 · Open in the reader

The Figless Fig Tree A91944

Printed
… is pleaſed to uſe this expreſſion, that they cry unto the Lord, (as did Cain'sCain blood Gen. 4.) And God hears the Cry of this ſin, and hath denounced a …
With rule
… is pleaſed to uſe this expreſſion, that they cry unto the Lord, (as did Cain'sCain blood Gen. 4.) And God hears the Cry of this ſin, and hath denounced a …
Nehemiah Rogers · The Figless Fig Tree · p. 399 · Open in the reader