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hymeneusHymenaeus

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

Puritas changed it: 465 times in 290 works
Consistency: 99.7% (465 of 466)
Reach if approved: ~490 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 466 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (465 changes in 290 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 465)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… may bee ſaued in the day of the Lord Ieſus. Thus alſo hee handled HymeneusHymenaeus and Alexander, that they might learne not to blaſpheme.
With rule
… may bee ſaued in the day of the Lord Ieſus. Thus alſo hee handled HymeneusHymenaeus and Alexander, that they might learne not to blaſpheme.
Cornelius Burges · The Fire of the Sanctuary Newly Uncovered · p. 151 · Open in the reader
Printed
… iudge of a man to be a swine, or a dogge, as Paul did HymeneusHymenaeus, Philetus, and the Copper-smith, we cannot. If we see euident signes of a …
With rule
… iudge of a man to be a swine, or a dogge, as Paul did HymeneusHymenaeus, Philetus, and the Copper-smith, we cannot. If we see euident signes of a …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 844 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Tim. 1.19, 20.) which some having put away, concerning faith have made shipwracke of whom is HymeneusHymenaeus, and Alexander. A pure conscience is that golden Pot wherein this heavenly Mannah of …
With rule
… Tim. 1.19, 20.) which some having put away, concerning faith have made shipwracke of whom is HymeneusHymenaeus, and Alexander. A pure conscience is that golden Pot wherein this heavenly Mannah of …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 792 · Open in the reader
Printed
… on another / namely that the resurrectiō is past already, which was the kanker wherby HymeneusHymenaeus and Philetus in the Apostles dayes / destroyed the fayth. This heresie hath H. N …
With rule
… on another / namely that the resurrectiō is past already, which was the kanker wherby HymeneusHymenaeus and Philetus in the Apostles dayes / destroyed the fayth. This heresie hath H. N …
Henry Ainsworth · An Epistle Unto Two Daughters of Warwick · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
… nor hote: I would thou werest cold or hote. Gal. 6. 2. 1. Tim. 1. 20. Of whom is HymeneusHymenaeus and Alexander, whom I haue deliuered vnto Satan, that they might learne not to …
With rule
… nor hote: I would thou werest cold or hote. Gal. 6. 2. 1. Tim. 1. 20. Of whom is HymeneusHymenaeus and Alexander, whom I haue deliuered vnto Satan, that they might learne not to …
William Perkins · Satans Sophistry Answered · p. 155 · Open in the reader
Printed
… v: 21▪ no lye is of the truth: For example (say they) the spirit of HymeneusHymenaeus, together vvith his person, was in spirituall fellowship vvith Paul, so long as he …
With rule
… v: 21▪ no lye is of the truth: For example (say they) the spirit of HymeneusHymenaeus, together vvith his person, was in spirituall fellowship vvith Paul, so long as he …
Henry Ainsworth · Censure Upon the Dialogue of the Anabaptists · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… from delusion, but love of the truth, as in the instances of Adam, Iudas, HymeneusHymenaeus, and Philetus, &c. but love of the truth will quench in us love of …
With rule
… from delusion, but love of the truth, as in the instances of Adam, Iudas, HymeneusHymenaeus, and Philetus, &c. but love of the truth will quench in us love of …
Thomas Taylor · Christs Victory Over the Dragon · p. 419 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a Christian interpreter, should approoue that sense: This was the heresie of Philetus and HymeneusHymenaeus, which said that the resurrection was past alreadie, 2. Timath. 2. 17. as Porphyrie here affirmeth the …
With rule
… a Christian interpreter, should approoue that sense: This was the heresie of Philetus and HymeneusHymenaeus, which said that the resurrection was past alreadie, 2. Timath. 2. 17. as Porphyrie here affirmeth the …
Andrew Willet · Commentary on Daniel · p. 470 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Retired Mans Meditations A65188

Printed
Such mortification is ſpoken of, 2 Tim 2. 17. in the caſe of HYMENEUSHYMENAEUS and PHILETUS, whoſe word is there ſaid to eate like a canker: Intimating, what …
With rule
Such mortification is ſpoken of, 2 Tim 2. 17. in the caſe of HYMENEUSHYMENAEUS and PHILETUS, whoſe word is there ſaid to eate like a canker: Intimating, what …
Henry Vane · The Retired Mans Meditations · p. 345 · Open in the reader