Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11045 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

chusechoose

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

Puritas changed it: 13,290 times in 2,968 works
Consistency: 99.8% (13,290 of 13,305)
Reach if approved: ~13,986 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: choose
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 13,311 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (13,290 changes in 2,968 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 13,290)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of feare dothe go before in al the hartes of them whiche God dothe chuſechoose to worſhip him in ſpirite and truth, makinge theym afraied to do homage and …
With rule
… of feare dothe go before in al the hartes of them whiche God dothe chuſechoose to worſhip him in ſpirite and truth, makinge theym afraied to do homage and …
Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader
Printed
… to be the sonnes of a Father, which is in heaven: wee could not chusechoose but skorne all humane things, as meane; all earthly things as base: and thinke …
With rule
… to be the sonnes of a Father, which is in heaven: wee could not chusechoose but skorne all humane things, as meane; all earthly things as base: and thinke …
Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Lords Prayer · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vnconceiueable riuers of pleasure, which are permanent in the heauenly Ierusalem; How can they chusechoose but weepe, when they see themselues sitting by the one, and soiourning from the …
With rule
… vnconceiueable riuers of pleasure, which are permanent in the heauenly Ierusalem; How can they chusechoose but weepe, when they see themselues sitting by the one, and soiourning from the …
Walter Balcanquhall · Sermon Preached 14 April 1623 · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
… c. And if it seeme euill to you this day to serue the Lord, chusechoose you this day whom you will serue, &c. So say I to euery one …
With rule
… c. And if it seeme euill to you this day to serue the Lord, chusechoose you this day whom you will serue, &c. So say I to euery one …
Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 170 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to thee, he shall walke to hell without thee. When thou art for company, chusechoose the best: if they mourne, mourne with them: if they be merry, refuse not …
With rule
… to thee, he shall walke to hell without thee. When thou art for company, chusechoose the best: if they mourne, mourne with them: if they be merry, refuse not …
Thomas Adams · The Black Devil · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… golden vessell is the worlds riches; contentf…ll to an auarous eye. Too many chusechoose this: but being open'd, it was full of dead mens bones, and a fooles …
With rule
… golden vessell is the worlds riches; contentf…ll to an auarous eye. Too many chusechoose this: but being open'd, it was full of dead mens bones, and a fooles …
Thomas Adams · A Divine Herbal Together with a Forest of Thorns · p. 95 · Open in the reader
Printed
… erreth in iudgment, wauereth in going, neither is he by any meanes meet to chusechoose and desire that good thing, wherof he depryued himself of his owne accord. This …
With rule
… erreth in iudgment, wauereth in going, neither is he by any meanes meet to chusechoose and desire that good thing, wherof he depryued himself of his owne accord. This …
William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 414 · Open in the reader
Printed
… liued here vpon earth: and in regard of their Angelicall life, they were to chuſechoose Valentines in heauen. I aſked them, whether they thought thoſe Saints knew that they …
With rule
… liued here vpon earth: and in regard of their Angelicall life, they were to chuſechoose Valentines in heauen. I aſked them, whether they thought thoſe Saints knew that they …
John Gee · Hold Fast · p. 43 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (15)

10 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Commentary on Genesis and Exodus A15408

Printed
Vers. 21. CHuseChoose out of every of your households a lambe. God would as it were by …
With rule
Vers. 21. CHuseChoose out of every of your households a lambe. God would as it were by …
Andrew Willet · Commentary on Genesis and Exodus · p. 145 · Open in the reader

Eighteen Directions for Saving Conversion Unto God A30278

Printed
… You have a CONSCIENCE alſo, obliging you always to ACT upon Choice, and to CHUSECHOOSE upon Judgment. Be not then, as if you had neither of the three. Be …
With rule
… You have a CONSCIENCE alſo, obliging you always to ACT upon Choice, and to CHUSECHOOSE upon Judgment. Be not then, as if you had neither of the three. Be …
Daniel Burgess · Eighteen Directions for Saving Conversion Unto God · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Plea for the Lords and House of Peers A56189

Printed
… in any wiſe ſet him King over thee WHOM THE LORD THY GOD SHALL CHUSECHOOSE: not the people. Upon which account, when the Iſraelites grew wearie of the Government …
With rule
… in any wiſe ſet him King over thee WHOM THE LORD THY GOD SHALL CHUSECHOOSE: not the people. Upon which account, when the Iſraelites grew wearie of the Government …
William Prynne · Plea for the Lords and House of Peers · p. 10 · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms A56211

Printed
… ALL RIGHT FULL LAWES and CUSTOMES the which THE COMMONS OF THE REALME SHALL CHUSECHOOSE, and shall strengthen and maintaine them after his power. If the Commons then are …
With rule
… ALL RIGHT FULL LAWES and CUSTOMES the which THE COMMONS OF THE REALME SHALL CHUSECHOOSE, and shall strengthen and maintaine them after his power. If the Commons then are …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and to the honour of God corroborated, which the PEOPLE SHOULD JUSTLY AND REASONABLY CHUSECHOOSE to the power of the said Lord the King: the aforesaid Archbishop, going to …
With rule
… and to the honour of God corroborated, which the PEOPLE SHOULD JUSTLY AND REASONABLY CHUSECHOOSE to the power of the said Lord the King: the aforesaid Archbishop, going to …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
… THE LAW OF NATIONS, they affirmed it to BE LAWFULL FOR THE PEOPLE TO CHUSECHOOSE A KING OR GOVERNOUR, WHOM THEY PLEASED. Beleeving therefore, that they had returned to …
With rule
… THE LAW OF NATIONS, they affirmed it to BE LAWFULL FOR THE PEOPLE TO CHUSECHOOSE A KING OR GOVERNOUR, WHOM THEY PLEASED. Beleeving therefore, that they had returned to …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 99 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his Realme; in these two cases, ANY REALME BY PUBLICKE CONSENT and ADVICE MAY CHUSECHOOSE ANOTHER KING: (for what should he doe with a Royall Office, or by what …
With rule
… his Realme; in these two cases, ANY REALME BY PUBLICKE CONSENT and ADVICE MAY CHUSECHOOSE ANOTHER KING: (for what should he doe with a Royall Office, or by what …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 100 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Sheriffes to the COMMONS of the Shire, the King will, that THEY SHALL CHUSECHOOSE such Sheriffes, that shall not charge them, &c. And Sir Edward Cooke in his …
With rule
… the Sheriffes to the COMMONS of the Shire, the King will, that THEY SHALL CHUSECHOOSE such Sheriffes, that shall not charge them, &c. And Sir Edward Cooke in his …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 4 · Open in the reader

The Treachery and Disloyalty of Papists A91303

Printed
… leſſe his Realme; in theſe … caſes, ANY REALME BY PUBLICKE CONSENT and ADVICE MA… CHUSECHOOSE ANOTHER KING: (for what ſhould he doe with a royall Office, or by what …
With rule
… leſſe his Realme; in theſe … caſes, ANY REALME BY PUBLICKE CONSENT and ADVICE MA… CHUSECHOOSE ANOTHER KING: (for what ſhould he doe with a royall Office, or by what …
William Prynne · The Treachery and Disloyalty of Papists · p. 36 · Open in the reader

Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will N05663

Printed
… a Man should always chusechoose the greater Good, — yet he may, if he PLEASE, CHUSECHOOSE otherwise. Which is the same Thing as if he had said, He may, if …
With rule
… a Man should always chusechoose the greater Good, — yet he may, if he PLEASE, CHUSECHOOSE otherwise. Which is the same Thing as if he had said, He may, if …
Jonathan Edwards · Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will · p. 93 · Open in the reader