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Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11030 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

beleeuebelieve

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

Puritas changed it
25,951 times in 1,056 works
Consistency
99.9% (25,951 of 25,954)
Reach if approved
~27,272 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: believe
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
25,956 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (25,951 changes in 1,056 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 25,951)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … from God, of the certaintie of his owne ſalvation: For when hee ſaide, to beleeuebelieve with the heart: the ſame beleeving, includes in it a particular knowledge, by the …
    With rule
    … from God, of the certaintie of his owne ſalvation: For when hee ſaide, to beleeuebelieve with the heart: the ſame beleeving, includes in it a particular knowledge, by the …

    John Forbes · The Doctrine of Justification · p. 147 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … triumph. Prouided euer, that He be beleeued of vs, that hath thus relieued vs. BeleeueBelieve and feare not. A good conscience is neuer faild of a good confidence, of …
    With rule
    … triumph. Prouided euer, that He be beleeued of vs, that hath thus relieued vs. BeleeueBelieve and feare not. A good conscience is neuer faild of a good confidence, of …

    Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 63 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … this dignitie, that they should be the sonnes of God, euē to those that beleeuebelieve in his name, which are not borne of blood, nor of the will of …
    With rule
    … this dignitie, that they should be the sonnes of God, euē to those that beleeuebelieve in his name, which are not borne of blood, nor of the will of …

    William Fulke · Sermon Preached 17 March 1577 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … ſeizin of heauen euen while they liue here. An euident argument that either they beleeuebelieve not the Gaine of it, or they beleeuebelieve not themſelues to haue any ſhare …
    With rule
    … ſeizin of heauen euen while they liue here. An euident argument that either they beleeuebelieve not the Gaine of it, or they beleeuebelieve not themſelues to haue any ſhare …

    Thomas Gataker · True Contentment in the Gain of Godliness · p. 32 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    Dr Biſhop is Biſhop of Chalcedon and comes ſhortly into England.] I will beleeuebelieve him another time. For according to his promiſe true it is, that the Biſhop …
    With rule
    Dr Biſhop is Biſhop of Chalcedon and comes ſhortly into England.] I will beleeuebelieve him another time. For according to his promiſe true it is, that the Biſhop …

    John Gee · New Shreds of the Old Snare · p. 33 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … you: our light and iesting speeches lesseneth our credit, but if they will not beleeuebelieve it is their sinne, into fellow shippe whereof by swearing you must not be …
    With rule
    … you: our light and iesting speeches lesseneth our credit, but if they will not beleeuebelieve it is their sinne, into fellow shippe whereof by swearing you must not be …

    George Estey · Exposition Upon the Ten Commandments · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Invocation of Saints, and Angels, may stand with the first article rightly expounded [I beleeuebelieve in God]; and their doctrine of Iustification by inherent righteousnesse, with the second [and …
    With rule
    … Invocation of Saints, and Angels, may stand with the first article rightly expounded [I beleeuebelieve in God]; and their doctrine of Iustification by inherent righteousnesse, with the second [and …

    Daniel Featley · A Second Parallel · p. 51 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … good works, &c. The place is powerfull; let the Couetous reade, obserue, obey, repent, beleeuebelieve, and be saued.
    With rule
    … good works, &c. The place is powerfull; let the Couetous reade, obserue, obey, repent, beleeuebelieve, and be saued.

    Thomas Adams · Diseases of the Soul · p. 26 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

3 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.

Contemplative Pictures with Wholesome Precepts Part 1 A09046

  • Printed
    BEleeueBelieve this, the word teacheth it; but corrupt reaſon is againſt it. Beware of curious …
    With rule
    BEleeueBelieve this, the word teacheth it; but corrupt reaſon is againſt it. Beware of curious …

    Richard Bernard · Contemplative Pictures with Wholesome Precepts Part 1 · p. 16 · Open in the reader

The Christians Alphabet A09597

  • Printed
    BEleeueBelieve in one only God.
    With rule
    BEleeueBelieve in one only God.

    John Phillips · The Christians Alphabet · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    A. BEleeueBelieve in one onely God.
    With rule
    A. BEleeueBelieve in one onely God.

    John Phillips · The Christians Alphabet · p. 13 · Open in the reader