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iosuaJoshua

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

Puritas changed it
1,289 times in 330 works
Consistency
99.8% (1,289 of 1,291)
Reach if approved
~1,356 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: joshua
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,291 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,289 changes in 330 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,289)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    IoſuaJoshua was ſuch a Ruler, that remained reſolute and conſtant in the worſhip of God …
    With rule
    IoſuaJoshua was ſuch a Ruler, that remained reſolute and conſtant in the worſhip of God …

    Henry Greenwood · Tormenting Tophet · p. 32 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Dauids, of ſeuen times a day . For reading we haue the charge giuen to IoſuaJoshua: Let not this booke of the law depart from thee . For meditation, we heare …
    With rule
    … Dauids, of ſeuen times a day . For reading we haue the charge giuen to IoſuaJoshua: Let not this booke of the law depart from thee . For meditation, we heare …

    Samuel Hieron · The Abridgment of the Gospel · p. 72 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … dungeons ſweet hearings, and ioy vnſpeakeable. The Hoſte of Iſrael was ſo diſcomforted vnder IoſuaJoshua, in the taking of Ai, that it is ſaid the hearts of the people …
    With rule
    … dungeons ſweet hearings, and ioy vnſpeakeable. The Hoſte of Iſrael was ſo diſcomforted vnder IoſuaJoshua, in the taking of Ai, that it is ſaid the hearts of the people …

    Robert Horne · The Shield of Righteousness · p. 128 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … doe vſe this helpe to further obedience vnto God. In the laſt chapter of IoſuaJoshua, there is mention made of the ſeuerall benefites of God beſtowed vpon his people …
    With rule
    … doe vſe this helpe to further obedience vnto God. In the laſt chapter of IoſuaJoshua, there is mention made of the ſeuerall benefites of God beſtowed vpon his people …

    John Knewstubs · Lectures Upon Exodus 20 · p. 8 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … army, and tooke away Malum de Israel, that is wickednesse from the people. For IosuaJoshua called hym before the people, and sayde, Dagloriam Deo, geue prayse to god, tell …
    With rule
    … army, and tooke away Malum de Israel, that is wickednesse from the people. For IosuaJoshua called hym before the people, and sayde, Dagloriam Deo, geue prayse to god, tell …

    Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · p. 46 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … thou haſt kept the law: but (as it is written in the .24. chap. of IoſuaJoshua) when he was yet vncircumciſed, had no law, & was yet an idolater, he ſaid …
    With rule
    … thou haſt kept the law: but (as it is written in the .24. chap. of IoſuaJoshua) when he was yet vncircumciſed, had no law, & was yet an idolater, he ſaid …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … ſhew the way of trueth vnto his people: as were Noah, Abraham, Lot, Moyſes, IoſuaJoshua, the iudges, the holy kings and Prophets.
    With rule
    … ſhew the way of trueth vnto his people: as were Noah, Abraham, Lot, Moyſes, IoſuaJoshua, the iudges, the holy kings and Prophets.

    John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 110 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … to the portes & gates of Ieruſalē. Now Lakis which is named ye .x. of IoſuaJoshua to be ye kings ſeat which is laide alſo to ye princely trybe of …
    With rule
    … to the portes & gates of Ieruſalē. Now Lakis which is named ye .x. of IoſuaJoshua to be ye kings ſeat which is laide alſo to ye princely trybe of …

    Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.