Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #10997 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

commandementcommandment

Everything else the mechanical classes do not explain: shew → show, then → than.

Puritas changed it: 24,361 times in 2,141 works
Consistency: 99.8% (24,361 of 24,391)
Reach if approved: ~25,635 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: commandment
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 24,398 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (24,361 changes in 2,141 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 24,361)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

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This CommandementCommandment, Drinke ye all of this, is giuen to all Priests, and not to the …
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This CommandementCommandment, Drinke ye all of this, is giuen to all Priests, and not to the …
Daniel Featley · The Grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome · p. 256 · Open in the reader
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… to them, nor worshep them. Thridly he promiseth to punish the transgressors of this commandementcommandment, vnto the thrid & fourt Generatiō. This is the immutable decrie of the most hiest …
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… to them, nor worshep them. Thridly he promiseth to punish the transgressors of this commandementcommandment, vnto the thrid & fourt Generatiō. This is the immutable decrie of the most hiest …
David Fergusson · Answer to Epistle by Renat Benedict · Open in the reader
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… way of righteousness, then after they haue knowne it, to turne from the holy commandementcommandment deliuered vnto them.
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… way of righteousness, then after they haue knowne it, to turne from the holy commandementcommandment deliuered vnto them.
Thomas Adams · A Divine Herbal Together with a Forest of Thorns · p. 151 · Open in the reader
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… going forth of the commandementcommandment (that is to say, from the time wherein the commandementcommandment was published) that Ierusalem shalbe builded againe, euen to Christ the prince, are seuen …
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… going forth of the commandementcommandment (that is to say, from the time wherein the commandementcommandment was published) that Ierusalem shalbe builded againe, euen to Christ the prince, are seuen …
John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader
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… to that manna which was hid in the arke, which being kept by the commandementcommandment of God, remayned many hundred yeares vncorrupted, when as that notwithstanding which the Israelites …
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… to that manna which was hid in the arke, which being kept by the commandementcommandment of God, remayned many hundred yeares vncorrupted, when as that notwithstanding which the Israelites …
William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · p. 16 · Open in the reader
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… them. And in respect of her kindred by bloud, as Esther, who did the CommandementCommandment of Mordecay when she was a Queene, like as when she was brought vp …
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… them. And in respect of her kindred by bloud, as Esther, who did the CommandementCommandment of Mordecay when she was a Queene, like as when she was brought vp …
Hannibal Gamon · The Praise of a Godly Woman · p. 21 · Open in the reader
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But it may be ſaid, Is there any commandementcommandment giuen to the Miniſters of the Goſpell to bleſſe? I anſwere, when Chriſt ſent …
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But it may be ſaid, Is there any commandementcommandment giuen to the Miniſters of the Goſpell to bleſſe? I anſwere, when Chriſt ſent …
Samuel Gibson · Sermon of Ecclesiastical Benediction · p. 16 · Open in the reader
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… ſo the booke it ſelfe declareth, where it ſayth: He hath giuen power and commandementcommandment to his ministers, to declare and pronounce to his people being penitent, the abſolution …
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… ſo the booke it ſelfe declareth, where it ſayth: He hath giuen power and commandementcommandment to his ministers, to declare and pronounce to his people being penitent, the abſolution …
George Gifford · Short Reply to the Donatists · p. 29 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (30)

29 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 22 are listed here. 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture A00593

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THE COGNISANCE OF A CHRISTIAN: OR CHRIST HIS NEW COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT. A Sermon preached in VVooll-Church. THE TWENTIETH SERMON.
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THE COGNISANCE OF A CHRISTIAN: OR CHRIST HIS NEW COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT. A Sermon preached in VVooll-Church. THE TWENTIETH SERMON.
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 251 · Open in the reader

The Tree of Good and Evil A02039

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THE FIRST COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT.
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THE FIRST COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT.
Thomas Granger · The Tree of Good and Evil · Open in the reader

A Reformed Catholic A09453

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… Gregorie himselfe being Pope saith to the Emperour I which AM SVBIECT TO YOVR COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT—; haue euery way discharged that which was due, in that I haue performed mine …
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… Gregorie himselfe being Pope saith to the Emperour I which AM SVBIECT TO YOVR COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT—; haue euery way discharged that which was due, in that I haue performed mine …
William Perkins · A Reformed Catholic · p. 293 · Open in the reader

Propositions and Principles of Divinity Disputed A10250

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PRINCIPLES CONCERNING THE PREFACE OF THE LAW, AND THE FIRST COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT THEREOF. XXIX.
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PRINCIPLES CONCERNING THE PREFACE OF THE LAW, AND THE FIRST COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT THEREOF. XXIX.
Theodore Beza · Propositions and Principles of Divinity Disputed · p. 66 · Open in the reader
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PRINCIPLES VPON THE SECOND COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT OF GODS LAVVE. XXX.
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PRINCIPLES VPON THE SECOND COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT OF GODS LAVVE. XXX.
Theodore Beza · Propositions and Principles of Divinity Disputed · p. 68 · Open in the reader
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PRINCIPLES VPON THE FIFTH COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT OF GODS LAVVE. XXXIIII.
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PRINCIPLES VPON THE FIFTH COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT OF GODS LAVVE. XXXIIII.
Theodore Beza · Propositions and Principles of Divinity Disputed · p. 82 · Open in the reader
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PRINCIPLES VPPON THE SEAVENTH COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT OF GODS LAVVE. XXXVI.
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PRINCIPLES VPPON THE SEAVENTH COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT OF GODS LAVVE. XXXVI.
Theodore Beza · Propositions and Principles of Divinity Disputed · p. 89 · Open in the reader
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PRINCIPLES VPPON THE NINTH COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT OF GODS LAVVE. XXXVIII.
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PRINCIPLES VPPON THE NINTH COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT OF GODS LAVVE. XXXVIII.
Theodore Beza · Propositions and Principles of Divinity Disputed · p. 94 · Open in the reader

Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649

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COmmandementCommandment] put generally for Commandements, as the Greeke translateth it: see Deut. 5. …. Here Moses entreth …
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COmmandementCommandment] put generally for Commandements, as the Greeke translateth it: see Deut. 5. …. Here Moses entreth …
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 23 · Open in the reader
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COmmandementCommandment] that is, as the Greeke translateth, commandements. See Deut. 5. 31. and 6. …. observe to doe] or …
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COmmandementCommandment] that is, as the Greeke translateth, commandements. See Deut. 5. 31. and 6. …. observe to doe] or …
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 30 · Open in the reader
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… in order, and afterward make confession, as it is written, ACCORDING TO ALL THY COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT, &c. Loe, if the second tithe were given before the first, he might not …
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… in order, and afterward make confession, as it is written, ACCORDING TO ALL THY COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT, &c. Loe, if the second tithe were given before the first, he might not …
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 121 · Open in the reader

Collection of Discourses A14212

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OF THE FIRST COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT.
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OF THE FIRST COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT.
Zacharias Ursinus · Collection of Discourses · p. 263 · Open in the reader

The Sum of Christian Religion 2 A14216

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THE FIRST COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT.
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THE FIRST COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT.
Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 876 · Open in the reader
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THE SECOND COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT.
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THE SECOND COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT.
Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 889 · Open in the reader
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THE FOVRTH COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT.
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THE FOVRTH COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT.
Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 941 · Open in the reader
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THE SIXT COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT.
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THE SIXT COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT.
Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 973 · Open in the reader
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THE NINTH COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT.
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THE NINTH COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT.
Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · Open in the reader

The Honor Due from Children A33522

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AN EXPOSITION OF THE FIFTH COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT SHEWING The principall duties of Children to Parents, firſtly therein intended: and what God …
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AN EXPOSITION OF THE FIFTH COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT SHEWING The principall duties of Children to Parents, firſtly therein intended: and what God …
Thomas Cobbet · The Honor Due from Children · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Ten Commandments A69277

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THE FIRST COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT, The Negatiue Part,
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THE FIRST COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT, The Negatiue Part,
Edward Elton · Exposition of the Ten Commandments · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Gospel Liberty A80742

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… of nature, have found by experience, Rom. 7. v. 8. But ſinne taking occaſion by the COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT, wrought in me all manner of CONCUPISCENCE. The Heathens have complained oft of ſome …
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… of nature, have found by experience, Rom. 7. v. 8. But ſinne taking occaſion by the COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT, wrought in me all manner of CONCUPISCENCE. The Heathens have complained oft of ſome …
Walter Cradock · Gospel Liberty · Open in the reader

Christ and Moses Excellency A90893

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… precious mettle doth caſt it, and ſtampt it anew with this impreſſion; THE NEW COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT AND LAW OF CHRIST.
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… precious mettle doth caſt it, and ſtampt it anew with this impreſſion; THE NEW COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT AND LAW OF CHRIST.
Vavasor Powell · Christ and Moses Excellency · p. 239 · Open in the reader

Chronological History of Popes Intolerable Usurpations A91186

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… SO HAD DAVID the man of God COMMANDED: And THEY DEPARTED NOT FROM THE COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT OF THE KING VNTO THE PRIESTS AND LEVITES CONCERNING ANY MATTER, or concerning the …
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… SO HAD DAVID the man of God COMMANDED: And THEY DEPARTED NOT FROM THE COMMANDEMENTCOMMANDMENT OF THE KING VNTO THE PRIESTS AND LEVITES CONCERNING ANY MATTER, or concerning the …
William Prynne · Chronological History of Popes Intolerable Usurpations · p. 13 · Open in the reader