Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11037 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

commandementscommandments

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

Puritas changed it: 16,147 times in 2,203 works
Consistency: 99.8% (16,147 of 16,165)
Reach if approved: ~16,991 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: commandments
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 16,171 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (16,147 changes in 2,203 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 16,147)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… be an vniuersall sanctification. That young man, that professeth himselfe to haue kept the CommandementsCommandments; (and Christ began to loue him) yet there was a little leuen spoyled all …
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… be an vniuersall sanctification. That young man, that professeth himselfe to haue kept the CommandementsCommandments; (and Christ began to loue him) yet there was a little leuen spoyled all …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 378 · Open in the reader
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… of the moſt high. This is expreſly commanded, Deut. 11. 19. We must ſpeake of the CommandementsCommandments continually, when wee ſit at home, when wee walke by the way, when wee …
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… of the moſt high. This is expreſly commanded, Deut. 11. 19. We must ſpeake of the CommandementsCommandments continually, when wee ſit at home, when wee walke by the way, when wee …
Thomas Granger · Pauls Crown of Rejoicing · p. 45 · Open in the reader
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… Apoc. 19. 10. See thou do it not, worship God: Because it is wilworship after the commandementscommandments & doctrines of men, condemned by the Apostle, Col. 2. 22. Of which God said of old …
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… Apoc. 19. 10. See thou do it not, worship God: Because it is wilworship after the commandementscommandments & doctrines of men, condemned by the Apostle, Col. 2. 22. Of which God said of old …
Daniel Featley · A Second Parallel · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and it is well with them when they feare God and walke in his commandementscommandments.
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… and it is well with them when they feare God and walke in his commandementscommandments.
Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 94 · Open in the reader
Printed
… That euery mā is a pilgrime in this world, & he that knoweth the holy commandementscommandments of God, & kéepeth them ſhalbe ſaued, althogh he neuer in his life go on …
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… That euery mā is a pilgrime in this world, & he that knoweth the holy commandementscommandments of God, & kéepeth them ſhalbe ſaued, althogh he neuer in his life go on …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 314 · Open in the reader
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… sonne of righteousnes, yea our Lorde Iesus Christ, him which giueth light with his commandementscommandments as it were with beames? For the commandement of the Lorde saith he is …
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… sonne of righteousnes, yea our Lorde Iesus Christ, him which giueth light with his commandementscommandments as it were with beames? For the commandement of the Lorde saith he is …
William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 226 · Open in the reader
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… out of Lyra, that in his Praeceptorie (a little Treatise of his vpon the commandementscommandments) , as coueting an other mans goods greatly; being a mightie meanes of deceit; passing …
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… out of Lyra, that in his Praeceptorie (a little Treatise of his vpon the commandementscommandments) , as coueting an other mans goods greatly; being a mightie meanes of deceit; passing …
Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 193 · Open in the reader
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… Lord thy God in all that he commandeth thée: thou ſhalt walke in his commandementscommandments, his ſtatutes, ordinances and lawes. Thou ſhalt adde nothing vnto his word, thou ſhalt …
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… Lord thy God in all that he commandeth thée: thou ſhalt walke in his commandementscommandments, his ſtatutes, ordinances and lawes. Thou ſhalt adde nothing vnto his word, thou ſhalt …
George Gifford · Eight Sermons on Ecclesiastes · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (18)

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

A Reformed Catholic A09453

Printed
… psal. 119. 6. Then should I not be confounded, when I haue respect to AL THY COMMANDEMENTSCOMMANDMENTS. And this endeauour is a fruite of perfection, in that it proceedes from a …
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… psal. 119. 6. Then should I not be confounded, when I haue respect to AL THY COMMANDEMENTSCOMMANDMENTS. And this endeauour is a fruite of perfection, in that it proceedes from a …
William Perkins · A Reformed Catholic · p. 232 · Open in the reader

The Players Scourge A10187

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… Enterludes or Stage-playes: chiefly, because in practising these things WHICH ARE AGAINST THE COMMANDEMENTSCOMMANDMENTS OF GOD, no necessity of persecution or violence ought to be used by any …
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… Enterludes or Stage-playes: chiefly, because in practising these things WHICH ARE AGAINST THE COMMANDEMENTSCOMMANDMENTS OF GOD, no necessity of persecution or violence ought to be used by any …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 576 · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Moral Law A14909

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AN EXPOSITION OF THE MORALL LAVV, OR TEN COMMANDEMENTSCOMMANDMENTS OF ALMIGHTIE GOD, Set dovvne by vvay of EXERCITATIONS.
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AN EXPOSITION OF THE MORALL LAVV, OR TEN COMMANDEMENTSCOMMANDMENTS OF ALMIGHTIE GOD, Set dovvne by vvay of EXERCITATIONS.
John Weemes · Exposition of the Moral Law · Open in the reader

Opening of the Ten Commandments A15011

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A PITHIE, SHORT, AND METHODICAL OPENING OF THE TEN COMMANDEMENTSCOMMANDMENTS.
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A PITHIE, SHORT, AND METHODICAL OPENING OF THE TEN COMMANDEMENTSCOMMANDMENTS.
William Whately · Opening of the Ten Commandments · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Genesis and Exodus A15408

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OF THE TEN COMMANDEMENTSCOMMANDMENTS IN PARTICVLAR.
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OF THE TEN COMMANDEMENTSCOMMANDMENTS IN PARTICVLAR.
Andrew Willet · Commentary on Genesis and Exodus · p. 271 · Open in the reader

A Bright Star which Leadeth Wise Men to our Lord Jesus Christ A20559

Printed
AN EXPOSITION VPON THE TEN COMMANDEMENTSCOMMANDMENTS.
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AN EXPOSITION VPON THE TEN COMMANDEMENTSCOMMANDMENTS.
John Dod · A Bright Star which Leadeth Wise Men to our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Gods Holy Mind Touching Matters Moral A21266

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GODS HOLY MIND TOVCHING MATTERS MOrall, which himselfe vttered in Tenne Words, or Tenne COMMANDEMENTSCOMMANDMENTS. ALSO CHRISTS holy Mind touching Prayer, deliuered in that most holy Prayer, which himselfe …
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GODS HOLY MIND TOVCHING MATTERS MOrall, which himselfe vttered in Tenne Words, or Tenne COMMANDEMENTSCOMMANDMENTS. ALSO CHRISTS holy Mind touching Prayer, deliuered in that most holy Prayer, which himselfe …
Edward Elton · Gods Holy Mind Touching Matters Moral · Open in the reader

The Reasons of the Christian Religion Part 1 A27004

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The Ten COMMANDEMENTSCOMMANDMENTS.
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The Ten COMMANDEMENTSCOMMANDMENTS.
Richard Baxter · The Reasons of the Christian Religion Part 1 · p. 226 · Open in the reader

Mixed Contemplations in Better Times A40678

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… day at the Church, yet did I never there hear you read the TEN COMMANDEMENTSCOMMANDMENTS, I never heard that Precept read, thou shalt not commit Adultery Probably, had you …
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… day at the Church, yet did I never there hear you read the TEN COMMANDEMENTSCOMMANDMENTS, I never heard that Precept read, thou shalt not commit Adultery Probably, had you …
Thomas Fuller · Mixed Contemplations in Better Times · p. 54 · Open in the reader

The Resurrection Revealed A44277

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… SHALT RETVRN and HEARKEN TO THE VOYCE OF THE LORD, AND DOE ALL HIS COMMANDEMENTSCOMMANDMENTS. And (ver. 9.) The Lord thy God will make thee plenteous, or fruitfull IN ALL …
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… SHALT RETVRN and HEARKEN TO THE VOYCE OF THE LORD, AND DOE ALL HIS COMMANDEMENTSCOMMANDMENTS. And (ver. 9.) The Lord thy God will make thee plenteous, or fruitfull IN ALL …
Nathanael Homes · The Resurrection Revealed · p. 151 · Open in the reader
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… thou ſhalt returne and obey the voyce of the Lord; and do AL HIS COMMANDEMENTSCOMMANDMENTS. Which was ſpoken of, and to the Jews, long ſince deceaſed, being never yet …
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… thou ſhalt returne and obey the voyce of the Lord; and do AL HIS COMMANDEMENTSCOMMANDMENTS. Which was ſpoken of, and to the Jews, long ſince deceaſed, being never yet …
Nathanael Homes · The Resurrection Revealed · p. 508 · Open in the reader

A Gospel Plea for Maintenance of the Ministers A56170

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… beſt Duties of Man are by him couched under that number, as God: TEN COMMANDEMENTSCOMMANDMENTS, Vows, Prayers, Firſt-Fruits, perpetual Offerings, pardoning Debts, and reducing all things unto their …
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… beſt Duties of Man are by him couched under that number, as God: TEN COMMANDEMENTSCOMMANDMENTS, Vows, Prayers, Firſt-Fruits, perpetual Offerings, pardoning Debts, and reducing all things unto their …
William Prynne · A Gospel Plea for Maintenance of the Ministers · p. 15 · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Ten Commandments A69277

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AN EXPOSITION OF THE TEN COMMANDEMENTSCOMMANDMENTS OF GOD:
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AN EXPOSITION OF THE TEN COMMANDEMENTSCOMMANDMENTS OF GOD:
Edward Elton · Exposition of the Ten Commandments · Open in the reader

A Gospel Plea Part 2 A70871

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… Duties of Man are by him cou…hed under that number, as God TEN COMMANDEMENTSCOMMANDMENTS, Vows, Prayers, Firſt-Fruits, perpetual Offerings, pardoning Debts, and reducing all things unto their …
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… Duties of Man are by him cou…hed under that number, as God TEN COMMANDEMENTSCOMMANDMENTS, Vows, Prayers, Firſt-Fruits, perpetual Offerings, pardoning Debts, and reducing all things unto their …
William Prynne · A Gospel Plea Part 2 · p. 15 · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Laws of Moses A73378

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… EXPLANATION OF THE CEREMONIALL LAVVES OF MOSES, AS THEY ARE ANNEXED TO THE TENNE COMMANDEMENTSCOMMANDMENTS.
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… EXPLANATION OF THE CEREMONIALL LAVVES OF MOSES, AS THEY ARE ANNEXED TO THE TENNE COMMANDEMENTSCOMMANDMENTS.
John Weemes · Exposition of the Laws of Moses · Open in the reader

Some Helps for Young Scholars in Christianity B07554

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THE TEN COMMANDEmentsCommandments of Almighty God.
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THE TEN COMMANDEmentsCommandments of Almighty God.
John Davidson · Some Helps for Young Scholars in Christianity · Open in the reader