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isayIsaiah

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

Puritas changed it
3,019 times in 636 works
Consistency
99.6% (3,019 of 3,031)
Reach if approved
~3,186 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
3,032 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (3,019 changes in 636 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 3,019)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … preach to Shepheards, we must creepe on the ground in vulgar termes; if with IsayIsaiah to the Court, we must be glad to speake sterling, and embellish our sentences …
    With rule
    … preach to Shepheards, we must creepe on the ground in vulgar termes; if with IsayIsaiah to the Court, we must be glad to speake sterling, and embellish our sentences …

    John Jackson · The Worthy Churchman · p. 35 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … mīgling good ād badd togither, swete and so wre, medecine, ād poyson, they made, IsayIsaiah, such cōfusiō of religiō and lawes, that no good thing could grow, but by …
    With rule
    … mīgling good ād badd togither, swete and so wre, medecine, ād poyson, they made, IsayIsaiah, such cōfusiō of religiō and lawes, that no good thing could grow, but by …

    John Knox · Appellation from the Cruel and Unjust Sentence Against Him · p. 64 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … with the inward ſeale of the ſpirit, but not the Croſſe. Theſe places are (IſayIsaiah. 49.22.) whence they prooue the Croſſe to bee Chriſtes ſtandart. (Iere. 4.6.) whence they prooue it …
    With rule
    … with the inward ſeale of the ſpirit, but not the Croſſe. Theſe places are (IſayIsaiah. 49.22.) whence they prooue the Croſſe to bee Chriſtes ſtandart. (Iere. 4.6.) whence they prooue it …

    Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · p. 117 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … not forget them, for he hath grauen them vpon the palme of his hand, IsayIsaiah 49. 15, 16. therefore hee will confirme them vnto the end, 1. Cor. 1. 8. and by his power keepe …
    With rule
    … not forget them, for he hath grauen them vpon the palme of his hand, IsayIsaiah 49. 15, 16. therefore hee will confirme them vnto the end, 1. Cor. 1. 8. and by his power keepe …

    William Perkins · Predestination · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … of the same Prophet: they prophesie fals thinges, and a lieng vision. And in IsayIsaiah the 29 chaptre. The wisdome of the wyse shall perishe & the vnderstāding of ye prudent …
    With rule
    … of the same Prophet: they prophesie fals thinges, and a lieng vision. And in IsayIsaiah the 29 chaptre. The wisdome of the wyse shall perishe & the vnderstāding of ye prudent …

    Theodore Beza · Answer to Navarre · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … Prophesie of Esay, that God promised, that out of the old withered stumpe of IsayIsaiah the father of Dauid, a rod should come forth, and a graffe should grow …
    With rule
    … Prophesie of Esay, that God promised, that out of the old withered stumpe of IsayIsaiah the father of Dauid, a rod should come forth, and a graffe should grow …

    William Fulke · The Woman of Canaan · p. 9 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … therefore keepe vs from ſeeking pardon. Well note the gracious inuitation of the Lord, IſayIsaiah 1. 18. He that hath taught vs to pray for pardon of ſinne, hath promiſed fatherly …
    With rule
    … therefore keepe vs from ſeeking pardon. Well note the gracious inuitation of the Lord, IſayIsaiah 1. 18. He that hath taught vs to pray for pardon of ſinne, hath promiſed fatherly …

    William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 152 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … the world, of whom there wes no bone broken: yea, and of whose mactation IsayIsaiah as fore prophecieth, vnder the image and figure of the Lambe and the shepe …
    With rule
    … the world, of whom there wes no bone broken: yea, and of whose mactation IsayIsaiah as fore prophecieth, vnder the image and figure of the Lambe and the shepe …

    George Hay · The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

6 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.

Exposition of the Apostles Creed A08483

  • Printed
    ISayIsaiah Chapter 7. The Lorde ſhall giue you a ſigne: Beholde a virgine ſhall be with …
    With rule
    ISayIsaiah Chapter 7. The Lorde ſhall giue you a ſigne: Beholde a virgine ſhall be with …

    Caspar Olevian · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 136 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    ISayIsaiah 53. And he gaue his buriall, with the wicked, and with the rich in his …
    With rule
    ISayIsaiah 53. And he gaue his buriall, with the wicked, and with the rich in his …

    Caspar Olevian · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 165 · Open in the reader

Exposition of 1 Thessalonians A11591

  • Printed
    … direct, and prouoke vs to holy dueties. It may be theſe are the voyce, ISAYISAIAH ſaith, wee ſhall heare behinde vs, ſaying, This is the way, Walke yee in …
    With rule
    … direct, and prouoke vs to holy dueties. It may be theſe are the voyce, ISAYISAIAH ſaith, wee ſhall heare behinde vs, ſaying, This is the way, Walke yee in …

    William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · p. 527 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … then euer did Apoſtles or Prophets: yea, or the Arch-Shepherd of our ſoules. ISAYISAIAH calls the people to the Law and Teſtimonie. Saint Peter commends their prudent attendance …
    With rule
    … then euer did Apoſtles or Prophets: yea, or the Arch-Shepherd of our ſoules. ISAYISAIAH calls the people to the Law and Teſtimonie. Saint Peter commends their prudent attendance …

    William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · Open in the reader

Beams of Divine Light A12166

  • Printed
    ISAYISAIAH 64.1.
    With rule
    ISAYISAIAH 64.1.

    Richard Sibbes · Beams of Divine Light · Open in the reader

The Progress of Saints to Full Holiness A13554

  • Printed
    ISAYISAIAH 35.8.
    With rule
    ISAYISAIAH 35.8.

    Thomas Taylor · The Progress of Saints to Full Holiness · Open in the reader