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moysesMoses

Proper names whose form changes beyond mechanical spelling: Ionas → Jonah. Approve one at a time.

Puritas changed it: 2,099 times in 326 works
Consistency: 98.8% (2,099 of 2,124)
Reach if approved: ~2,233 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: moses
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,125 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,099 changes in 326 works, 98.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,099)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… so that besides onely circumcision, wanteth nothing to make vs appeare the disciples of MoysesMoses rather then the disciples of Christ.
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… so that besides onely circumcision, wanteth nothing to make vs appeare the disciples of MoysesMoses rather then the disciples of Christ.
John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · Open in the reader
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… It is written in the lawe (for so are all the fyue bookes of MoysesMoses accompted) that Abraham had two sonnes, one of a bondmayde, another of a free …
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… It is written in the lawe (for so are all the fyue bookes of MoysesMoses accompted) that Abraham had two sonnes, one of a bondmayde, another of a free …
William Fulke · Sermon Preached 17 March 1577 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with one accord, āſwered: Whatſoeuer the Lorde ſhall ſpeake, that will we do. And MoyſesMoses praiſed them (or God rather by moyſesMoses) ſainge, They did well in ſo anſwering …
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… with one accord, āſwered: Whatſoeuer the Lorde ſhall ſpeake, that will we do. And MoyſesMoses praiſed them (or God rather by moyſesMoses) ſainge, They did well in ſo anſwering …
Christopher Goodman · How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects · p. 163 · Open in the reader
Printed
To the corruptynge, of the lawe of MoysesMoses.
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To the corruptynge, of the lawe of MoysesMoses.
John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader
Printed
… peryshed / which hath not so outwardlye receyued it afore tyme. As Adam / Noe / Abraham / MoysesMoses / Dauid / Helias / with all the other fathers which dyed afore Christ. They receyued both …
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… peryshed / which hath not so outwardlye receyued it afore tyme. As Adam / Noe / Abraham / MoysesMoses / Dauid / Helias / with all the other fathers which dyed afore Christ. They receyued both …
John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the daye alſo he led them with the cloude. This was theyr Baptiſme vnder MoyſesMoses, as Sainte Paule ſaythe: Nowe if we be baptiſed in Chriſte Ieſus with water …
With rule
… the daye alſo he led them with the cloude. This was theyr Baptiſme vnder MoyſesMoses, as Sainte Paule ſaythe: Nowe if we be baptiſed in Chriſte Ieſus with water …
Andrew Kingsmill · A View of Mans Estate · Open in the reader
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… the fruyte of the lande. And after fortye dayes they retorned agayne and toulde MoyſesMoses, ſaying, we came into the lande whither thou haſt ſente vs, and ſuerly it …
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… the fruyte of the lande. And after fortye dayes they retorned agayne and toulde MoyſesMoses, ſaying, we came into the lande whither thou haſt ſente vs, and ſuerly it …
Petrus Ramus · The Logic Newly Translated · p. 31 · Open in the reader
Printed
… And cause a zelous Phinees to shedde the harte bloude of hym that before MoysesMoses and many Israelites▪ before a hygh iustice and manye people, taketh a Madianite into …
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… And cause a zelous Phinees to shedde the harte bloude of hym that before MoysesMoses and many Israelites▪ before a hygh iustice and manye people, taketh a Madianite into …
Thomas Lever · Sermon Preached at Pauls Cross · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (25)

19 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects A01880

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… ſhall ſpeake, that will we do. And MoyſesMoses praiſed them (or God rather by moyſesMoses) ſainge, They did well in ſo anſwering. And therfore promiſed to rayſe them vp …
With rule
… ſhall ſpeake, that will we do. And MoyſesMoses praiſed them (or God rather by moyſesMoses) ſainge, They did well in ſo anſwering. And therfore promiſed to rayſe them vp …
Christopher Goodman · How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects · p. 163 · Open in the reader

Historical Table of the Bible A06660

Printed
xlix.b Of whome moyſesMoses in the Lawe did writte. Iohn. i.g.
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xlix.b Of whome moyſesMoses in the Lawe did writte. Iohn. i.g.
Henrich Bullinger · Historical Table of the Bible · Open in the reader

The Right Reckoning of Years and Ages of the World A09841

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IN The beginning (as the Spirite of God recordeth by MOYSESMOSES) after that the Lord in sixe dayes, had created the Heaven & Earth, with all …
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IN The beginning (as the Spirite of God recordeth by MOYSESMOSES) after that the Lord in sixe dayes, had created the Heaven & Earth, with all …
Robert Pont · The Right Reckoning of Years and Ages of the World · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… might returne to his owne possession; as at more length is set foorth by MOYSESMOSES in the law. Now, albeit that the law specifyeth, that these Sabbaticall yeares, and …
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… might returne to his owne possession; as at more length is set foorth by MOYSESMOSES in the law. Now, albeit that the law specifyeth, that these Sabbaticall yeares, and …
Robert Pont · The Right Reckoning of Years and Ages of the World · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hath a grounde in the naturall Lawe, which was before the written Law of MOYSESMOSES, and the ensample of GOD himselfe, who was before all Lawes. And thereby, wee …
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… hath a grounde in the naturall Lawe, which was before the written Law of MOYSESMOSES, and the ensample of GOD himselfe, who was before all Lawes. And thereby, wee …
Robert Pont · The Right Reckoning of Years and Ages of the World · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… manner, the Sabbaticall yeares, and yeares of Iubilee, should proceede from that beginning: For MOYSESMOSES himselfe, who wrote the holy historie, from the creation of the worlde to his …
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… manner, the Sabbaticall yeares, and yeares of Iubilee, should proceede from that beginning: For MOYSESMOSES himselfe, who wrote the holy historie, from the creation of the worlde to his …
Robert Pont · The Right Reckoning of Years and Ages of the World · p. 7 · Open in the reader

The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ A11012

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… thou wouldeſt rather haue GODS glorie and juſtice ſmoothered and defaced. But ſee if MOYSESMOSES ſpared to regiſter the faultes of LEVI, of vvhome hee was deſcended: ſee if …
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… thou wouldeſt rather haue GODS glorie and juſtice ſmoothered and defaced. But ſee if MOYSESMOSES ſpared to regiſter the faultes of LEVI, of vvhome hee was deſcended: ſee if …
Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 316 · Open in the reader

A Treatise of Paradise A11363

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MOyſesMoses anſwereth, Gen: 2. ver: 15. that the Lord tooke the man, and put him into the …
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MOyſesMoses anſwereth, Gen: 2. ver: 15. that the Lord tooke the man, and put him into the …
John Salkeld · A Treatise of Paradise · p. 143 · Open in the reader

Declaration of the Sacraments A14135

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… yet neuer knowen tyll the thynge be done / As the serpent of brasse, which moysesMoses hanged vp in the wyldernesse, though it toke effecte carnally in the wildernes, yet …
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… yet neuer knowen tyll the thynge be done / As the serpent of brasse, which moysesMoses hanged vp in the wyldernesse, though it toke effecte carnally in the wildernes, yet …
William Tyndale · Declaration of the Sacraments · Open in the reader
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… from present deathe, then to go and beholde the brason serpēt hanged vp by moysesMoses in the wyldernes whych lokyng on only healed them / euē so yf the styng …
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… from present deathe, then to go and beholde the brason serpēt hanged vp by moysesMoses in the wyldernes whych lokyng on only healed them / euē so yf the styng …
William Tyndale · Declaration of the Sacraments · Open in the reader

The Obedience of a Christian Man A14136

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… god gave y^e child er ne of israel a lawe by y^e hōde of moysesMoses in their mother tōge. & al y^e prophetes wrote ī their mother tōge. & all the …
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… god gave y^e child er ne of israel a lawe by y^e hōde of moysesMoses in their mother tōge. & al y^e prophetes wrote ī their mother tōge. & all the …
William Tyndale · The Obedience of a Christian Man · p. xij · Open in the reader
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… but signifieth every disciple of christe ād every true preacher of gods worde. For moysesMoses put in Aarons mouth / what he shulde saye / and Aarō was MoysesMoses prophete and …
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… but signifieth every disciple of christe ād every true preacher of gods worde. For moysesMoses put in Aarons mouth / what he shulde saye / and Aarō was MoysesMoses prophete and …
William Tyndale · The Obedience of a Christian Man · Open in the reader

The Authority of the Word of God Against the Bishop of London A16065

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… and in the councels of their own contrys thei can in nowyse vnderstād But moysesMoses drawyth us from this deuelissh sentence where as he sayth. The word is very …
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… and in the councels of their own contrys thei can in nowyse vnderstād But moysesMoses drawyth us from this deuelissh sentence where as he sayth. The word is very …
Alexander Alesius · The Authority of the Word of God Against the Bishop of London · Open in the reader

A Compendious Bulk of Godly Psalms and Spiritual Songs A16106

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MOYSESMOSES vpon the Mont Sinay,
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MOYSESMOSES vpon the Mont Sinay,
John Wedderburn · A Compendious Bulk of Godly Psalms and Spiritual Songs · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
MOYSESMOSES vpon the Mont Sinay
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MOYSESMOSES vpon the Mont Sinay
John Wedderburn · A Compendious Bulk of Godly Psalms and Spiritual Songs · Open in the reader

An Admonition Against Astrology A17597

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… ſay that he was adeuiner. And in very deed we ſeethe generall condemnation, that moyſesMoses doth ſo oftene pronounce againſt al them which do occupye this art. Chiefly in …
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… ſay that he was adeuiner. And in very deed we ſeethe generall condemnation, that moyſesMoses doth ſo oftene pronounce againſt al them which do occupye this art. Chiefly in …
John Calvin · An Admonition Against Astrology · Open in the reader

Sermon Preached 14 February 1607 A19589

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… in our waie? and was there any one Nation of your Religion, till one MOYSESMOSES, and after him one SAMVEL, and DAVID, and a fewe others (to make themselues …
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… in our waie? and was there any one Nation of your Religion, till one MOYSESMOSES, and after him one SAMVEL, and DAVID, and a fewe others (to make themselues …
William Crashaw · Sermon Preached 14 February 1607 · p. 17 · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Laws of Moses A73378

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MOyſesMoses Tabernacle was removed from Shilh, Pſal. 78.60. He refuſed the Tabernacle of Shiloh; and it …
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MOyſesMoses Tabernacle was removed from Shilh, Pſal. 78.60. He refuſed the Tabernacle of Shiloh; and it …
John Weemes · Exposition of the Laws of Moses · p. 15 · Open in the reader

Balm from Gilead B15555

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… of such as are vnder you. it may goe euill with you, as with moysesMoses, for the peoples sake. minister besides thine owne sinnes, thou mayest bee in danger …
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… of such as are vnder you. it may goe euill with you, as with moysesMoses, for the peoples sake. minister besides thine owne sinnes, thou mayest bee in danger …
Henry Roborough · Balm from Gilead · p. 275 · Open in the reader