Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #10998 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sayethsaith

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

Puritas changed it: 13,345 times in 696 works
Consistency: 99.8% (13,345 of 13,367)
Reach if approved: ~14,048 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 13,370 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (13,345 changes in 696 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 13,345)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… neceſſitie it was perpetuall accordinge to the foreſaide equitie. Laſt of all, as Caluin ſayethsaith vnto the papiſtes, of the ſeconde commaundement, who alſo ſaide, that was ceremoniall and …
With rule
… neceſſitie it was perpetuall accordinge to the foreſaide equitie. Laſt of all, as Caluin ſayethsaith vnto the papiſtes, of the ſeconde commaundement, who alſo ſaide, that was ceremoniall and …
Dudley Fenner · Brief Treatise Upon the First Table of the Law · Open in the reader
Printed
… Antiquitie, Succession, &c. to his bare bragging of the TRVETH. Which TRVETH, notwith-standing, (sayethsaith that Father) if you can show, so clearlie, as it can not bee gayne …
With rule
… Antiquitie, Succession, &c. to his bare bragging of the TRVETH. Which TRVETH, notwith-standing, (sayethsaith that Father) if you can show, so clearlie, as it can not bee gayne …
Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 45 · Open in the reader
Printed
… bloud being drawen vp, it is clottered together and séemeth to be flesh. Auicen sayethsaith that a whole calfe fel out of the aire, and some wold make it …
With rule
… bloud being drawen vp, it is clottered together and séemeth to be flesh. Auicen sayethsaith that a whole calfe fel out of the aire, and some wold make it …
William Fulke · A Goodly Gallery · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which was the firſt that chalenged to be vniuerſall biſhop: For Gregorie the great ſayethsaith: Nemo meorum deceſſorum hoc prophano vocabulo vti voluit, That is: None of my predeceſſors …
With rule
… which was the firſt that chalenged to be vniuerſall biſhop: For Gregorie the great ſayethsaith: Nemo meorum deceſſorum hoc prophano vocabulo vti voluit, That is: None of my predeceſſors …
William Fulke · Answer to the Proud Challenge of a Counterset Catholic · p. 47 · Open in the reader
Printed
… was the rule of his conscience. The Archbishop of Sainctandrews to the same purpose sayethsaith, In things indifferent, we must alwayes esteeme that to be best and most seemly …
With rule
… was the rule of his conscience. The Archbishop of Sainctandrews to the same purpose sayethsaith, In things indifferent, we must alwayes esteeme that to be best and most seemly …
George Gillespie · Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and to root in our hearts all vice and vngodlines? God forbid: when Christ sayethsaith to vs, Follow me; with his Disciples, leauing our nets and deuises in the …
With rule
… and to root in our hearts all vice and vngodlines? God forbid: when Christ sayethsaith to vs, Follow me; with his Disciples, leauing our nets and deuises in the …
William Guild · A Young Mans Inquisition · p. 60 · Open in the reader
Printed
… lyuinge. Though frith / Lambert / Barnes / and soche other be gone / yet are there (he sayethsaith) of the same sort styll remayninge / as yll to his generaciō as they Whose …
With rule
… lyuinge. Though frith / Lambert / Barnes / and soche other be gone / yet are there (he sayethsaith) of the same sort styll remayninge / as yll to his generaciō as they Whose …
John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · p. 76 · Open in the reader
Printed
… euen a long hath teſtimonie from this Apoſtle, Baptiſme ſaueth, but I meane not ſayethsaith hee, the waſhing of the water, but the examination of a good conſcience towardes …
With rule
… euen a long hath teſtimonie from this Apoſtle, Baptiſme ſaueth, but I meane not ſayethsaith hee, the waſhing of the water, but the examination of a good conſcience towardes …
William Hubbock · An Apology of Infants · p. 29 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (22)

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

Answer to Mr Jacobs Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England A04537

Printed
… Chriſt & Beliall, whether it be in the breach of the Firſt or Second commaundement? SayethSaith not the Lord there, That his Church is his Temple, in which he dwelleth …
With rule
… Chriſt & Beliall, whether it be in the breach of the Firſt or Second commaundement? SayethSaith not the Lord there, That his Church is his Temple, in which he dwelleth …
Francis Johnson · Answer to Mr Jacobs Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 67 · Open in the reader

Conferences Between Two Fathers and Martyrs A10777

Printed
… stādithe in preachīge / not in offeringe. We are messangers in the rowme off Christe (SayethSaith S. Paule) he doth not saye / we offer vnto godde for the the people.
With rule
… stādithe in preachīge / not in offeringe. We are messangers in the rowme off Christe (SayethSaith S. Paule) he doth not saye / we offer vnto godde for the the people.
Nicholas Ridley · Conferences Between Two Fathers and Martyrs · p. 11 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Ephesians A17705

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… and that he turneth all things round about, & too and fro as he listeth. SayethSaith he so? Then must wee out of hand apply it too our benefyte, so …
With rule
… and that he turneth all things round about, & too and fro as he listeth. SayethSaith he so? Then must wee out of hand apply it too our benefyte, so …
John Calvin · Sermons on Ephesians · Open in the reader

Relation of the Sufferings of Ministers in Scotland Since 1660 A29746

Printed
… nature as shall appear, if that which Grotius de jur. …el. & pac. lib. 2. c. 16. §. 16. SayethSaith concerning these Covenants, be considered; where he giveth this as one evidence of such …
With rule
… nature as shall appear, if that which Grotius de jur. …el. & pac. lib. 2. c. 16. §. 16. SayethSaith concerning these Covenants, be considered; where he giveth this as one evidence of such …
John Brown · Relation of the Sufferings of Ministers in Scotland Since 1660 · p. 342 · Open in the reader

Christ the Way and the Truth and the Life A29748

Printed
… look upon themselves as earnest in what they do, that therefore all is well. SayethSaith not Christ, that not every … that sayethsaith Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom …
With rule
… look upon themselves as earnest in what they do, that therefore all is well. SayethSaith not Christ, that not every … that sayethsaith Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom …
John Brown · Christ the Way and the Truth and the Life · p. 26 · Open in the reader

The Life of Justification Opened A29752

Printed
… the grace to improve that death, & profite by it, was not designed for all? SayethSaith not Paul Rom. 8: 32. He that spared not his owne Son, but delivered him up …
With rule
… the grace to improve that death, & profite by it, was not designed for all? SayethSaith not Paul Rom. 8: 32. He that spared not his owne Son, but delivered him up …
John Brown · The Life of Justification Opened · p. 533 · Open in the reader

Quakerism the Path-Way to Paganism A29753

Printed
… grace to improve that death, and profite by it, was not designed for all? SayethSaith not Paul Rom. 8:32. He that spared not his owne Son, but delivered him up …
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… grace to improve that death, and profite by it, was not designed for all? SayethSaith not Paul Rom. 8:32. He that spared not his owne Son, but delivered him up …
John Brown · Quakerism the Path-Way to Paganism · p. 164 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the fall of many Luk. 2:34. and for a stumbling block Esai. 8:14, 15. Rom. 9:33. 1 Pet. 2:7. Esai 28:26. SayethSaith not Christ himself Ioh. 9:39 for judgment I am come into this world, that they …
With rule
… the fall of many Luk. 2:34. and for a stumbling block Esai. 8:14, 15. Rom. 9:33. 1 Pet. 2:7. Esai 28:26. SayethSaith not Christ himself Ioh. 9:39 for judgment I am come into this world, that they …
John Brown · Quakerism the Path-Way to Paganism · p. 206 · Open in the reader

Heaven Upon Earth A37045

Printed
… are not expedient; all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not; SayethSaith the Aposile, 1 Cor. 10. v. 23. There is an expedience, and regard to the edification of …
With rule
… are not expedient; all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not; SayethSaith the Aposile, 1 Cor. 10. v. 23. There is an expedience, and regard to the edification of …
James Durham · Heaven Upon Earth · p. 141 · Open in the reader

The Weapons of Quakerism the Weakness of Quakerism A46640

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… this he thinketh so strong, that he requireth a particular answer to it, least (SayethSaith he) he, viz. Mr. Brown be said to leap where he cannot step. Ans …
With rule
… this he thinketh so strong, that he requireth a particular answer to it, least (SayethSaith he) he, viz. Mr. Brown be said to leap where he cannot step. Ans …
William Jameson · The Weapons of Quakerism the Weakness of Quakerism · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to be Christ or the life of Christ; and in his Immed. Revel: pag 44, 45, 46. SayethSaith, when God created Man, he put his Image Christ, the express Image of himself …
With rule
… to be Christ or the life of Christ; and in his Immed. Revel: pag 44, 45, 46. SayethSaith, when God created Man, he put his Image Christ, the express Image of himself …
William Jameson · The Weapons of Quakerism the Weakness of Quakerism · p. 105 · Open in the reader
Printed
And George Keith in his Quak: No Popery pag 47.104. SayethSaith, that, To speak of Persons in the God-head, is an uncertain, unscriptural Notion …
With rule
And George Keith in his Quak: No Popery pag 47.104. SayethSaith, that, To speak of Persons in the God-head, is an uncertain, unscriptural Notion …
William Jameson · The Weapons of Quakerism the Weakness of Quakerism · p. 151 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in all Ages did feed. For George Keith in his way cast up, pag 38, 93, 96. SayethSaith, Christ as Man, was and is before all, the first and the last, Id …
With rule
… in all Ages did feed. For George Keith in his way cast up, pag 38, 93, 96. SayethSaith, Christ as Man, was and is before all, the first and the last, Id …
William Jameson · The Weapons of Quakerism the Weakness of Quakerism · p. 177 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Geo: Whith. Christ Ascended (so, that according to him he shall never descend) pag 22. SayethSaith, they are like to be deceived, who are expecting that Christs second coming will …
With rule
… Geo: Whith. Christ Ascended (so, that according to him he shall never descend) pag 22. SayethSaith, they are like to be deceived, who are expecting that Christs second coming will …
William Jameson · The Weapons of Quakerism the Weakness of Quakerism · p. 187 · Open in the reader

The Peoples Right to Defend Themselves and their Covenanted Religion A61509

Printed
… ſee the weakneſſe of Gerhard's reaſons, and how inconſiſtent he is with himſelf: For. 1. SayethSaith he, ſuch is only under Gods juriſdicton. But alas 1. May not I reſiſt, a …
With rule
… ſee the weakneſſe of Gerhard's reaſons, and how inconſiſtent he is with himſelf: For. 1. SayethSaith he, ſuch is only under Gods juriſdicton. But alas 1. May not I reſiſt, a …
James Stewart · The Peoples Right to Defend Themselves and their Covenanted Religion · p. 165 · Open in the reader
Printed
… people may defend their true Religion, when the Magiſtrate is violenting them in it, SayethSaith not that every Sectarian company may defend that Religion, which they take to be …
With rule
… people may defend their true Religion, when the Magiſtrate is violenting them in it, SayethSaith not that every Sectarian company may defend that Religion, which they take to be …
James Stewart · The Peoples Right to Defend Themselves and their Covenanted Religion · p. 197 · Open in the reader
Printed
… us, ſome other way, &c.] Novv vvhat it there here that makes for him? SayethSaith Lex Rex that vve are to ſuffer abſolutely all the evil of punishment, vvhich …
With rule
… us, ſome other way, &c.] Novv vvhat it there here that makes for him? SayethSaith Lex Rex that vve are to ſuffer abſolutely all the evil of punishment, vvhich …
James Stewart · The Peoples Right to Defend Themselves and their Covenanted Religion · p. 288 · Open in the reader

A Little Stone Found to be Counterfeit A66932

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section 15 1. SayethSaith he, à facto ad jus non valet argumentum, becauſe ſuch things are, therefore they …
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section 15 1. SayethSaith he, à facto ad jus non valet argumentum, becauſe ſuch things are, therefore they …
James Wood · A Little Stone Found to be Counterfeit · p. 76 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

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… woulde not be against D. Sandes, if the Queene shoulde like to discharge him. SayethSaith the Queene: Then truely, we would that he were set at libertie. Immediately M …
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… woulde not be against D. Sandes, if the Queene shoulde like to discharge him. SayethSaith the Queene: Then truely, we would that he were set at libertie. Immediately M …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2088 · Open in the reader
Printed
… well made whole agayne. Wherfore you shall heare what Christ sayth vnto such persones: SayethSaith Christ, I came downe into this worlde, and so tooke on mee bitter passion …
With rule
… well made whole agayne. Wherfore you shall heare what Christ sayth vnto such persones: SayethSaith Christ, I came downe into this worlde, and so tooke on mee bitter passion …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2142 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Malachi A72181

Printed
… place the worcke of God betwixte theeſe two chyldren Iaacob and Eſau. Romaynes .ix. SayethSaith thus of thys free Election, when Rebecca was wyth chylde wyth one and the …
With rule
… place the worcke of God betwixte theeſe two chyldren Iaacob and Eſau. Romaynes .ix. SayethSaith thus of thys free Election, when Rebecca was wyth chylde wyth one and the …
Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Malachi · Open in the reader