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phineesPhinehas

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

Puritas changed it
191 times in 82 works
Consistency
97.4% (191 of 196)
Reach if approved
~206 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
196 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (191 changes in 82 works, 97.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 191)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … was taken, then with the loſſe of his two ſons: and the wife of PhineesPhinehas, the daughter in law of Eli, was more affected with the loſſe of the …
    With rule
    … was taken, then with the loſſe of his two ſons: and the wife of PhineesPhinehas, the daughter in law of Eli, was more affected with the loſſe of the …

    Edward Elton · The Great Mystery of Godliness Opened · p. 16 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … the law brought nothing to perfection, it is a slender reason: for Moses and PhineesPhinehas did not eate the flesh of Christ, by vertue of the lawe, but by …
    With rule
    … the law brought nothing to perfection, it is a slender reason: for Moses and PhineesPhinehas did not eate the flesh of Christ, by vertue of the lawe, but by …

    William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 571 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    God for his great mercies sake stirre vp some PhineesPhinehas, Helias, or Iehu, that the bloude of abhominable Idolaters maye pacifie goddes wrath, that …
    With rule
    God for his great mercies sake stirre vp some PhineesPhinehas, Helias, or Iehu, that the bloude of abhominable Idolaters maye pacifie goddes wrath, that …

    John Knox · A Faithful Admonition · p. 80 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … who dare ſeaze vpon euen the moſt Capitall Rebell, for hee is like to PhineesPhinehas, ready to thruſt him thorow, and to kill him whereſoeuer he findeth him.
    With rule
    … who dare ſeaze vpon euen the moſt Capitall Rebell, for hee is like to PhineesPhinehas, ready to thruſt him thorow, and to kill him whereſoeuer he findeth him.

    Richard Bernard · The Isle of Man · p. 52 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … of all the people, yea, in the publicke ſorrow of al the cōgregatiō: Wherefore PhineesPhinehas, being vehemently ſtirred vp, with the zeale of God, taking a ſpeare in his …
    With rule
    … of all the people, yea, in the publicke ſorrow of al the cōgregatiō: Wherefore PhineesPhinehas, being vehemently ſtirred vp, with the zeale of God, taking a ſpeare in his …

    Robert Rollock · Exposition Upon Select Psalms · p. 131 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … am thy protector, and thy exceding great reward. But that which is ſayd of PhineesPhinehas, and of the workes of goodmen, pertayneth vnto the dutyes, whiche follow them that …
    With rule
    … am thy protector, and thy exceding great reward. But that which is ſayd of PhineesPhinehas, and of the workes of goodmen, pertayneth vnto the dutyes, whiche follow them that …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentary on Romans · p. 75 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … of all Prophets, even great Moſes his brother Aaron, the holy Prieſt Eleazar, and PhineesPhinehas: The excellent Dukes and Iudges, Ioſue, Gedeon, and other moe: Even ſo likewiſe the …
    With rule
    … of all Prophets, even great Moſes his brother Aaron, the holy Prieſt Eleazar, and PhineesPhinehas: The excellent Dukes and Iudges, Ioſue, Gedeon, and other moe: Even ſo likewiſe the …

    Henrich Bullinger · Look from Adam and Behold the Protestants Faith Proved · p. 80 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … thinges may be doen in ſuch caſes: then may priuate men execute malefactors, becauſe PhineesPhinehas did ſo: and men may borow and neuer pay, as did the Iſraelites. If …
    With rule
    … thinges may be doen in ſuch caſes: then may priuate men execute malefactors, becauſe PhineesPhinehas did ſo: and men may borow and neuer pay, as did the Iſraelites. If …

    Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 2 · p. 122 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Way to Blessedness A00980

  • Printed
    By PHINEESPHINEHAS FLETCHER, B. in D. and Minister of Gods Word at Hilgay, in NORFOLKE.
    With rule
    By PHINEESPHINEHAS FLETCHER, B. in D. and Minister of Gods Word at Hilgay, in NORFOLKE.

    Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … shall ever commend you, and all yours, who thirsts and longs for your soule; PHINEESPHINEHAS FLETCHER.
    With rule
    … shall ever commend you, and all yours, who thirsts and longs for your soule; PHINEESPHINEHAS FLETCHER.

    Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · Open in the reader