Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11049 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

councelscouncils

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

Puritas changed it: 6,670 times in 1,190 works
Consistency: 99.8% (6,670 of 6,681)
Reach if approved: ~7,021 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: counsels
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 6,682 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (6,670 changes in 1,190 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 6,670)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… should mary: but one olde man, & vn maryed him self, … that acte, & turned the councelscouncils minde: so that they … not with that decree. And why? more credence is to …
With rule
… should mary: but one olde man, & vn maryed him self, … that acte, & turned the councelscouncils minde: so that they … not with that decree. And why? more credence is to …
Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · p. 99 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Diſciples of their enſuing troubles, he biddeth them, when they are deliuered vp to CouncelsCouncils, and Gouernours, not to take thought how, or what they ſhould ſpeake; for it …
With rule
… Diſciples of their enſuing troubles, he biddeth them, when they are deliuered vp to CouncelsCouncils, and Gouernours, not to take thought how, or what they ſhould ſpeake; for it …
Samuel Balmford · The Right Way to Go to Work · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his death condemned his errours. Againe the Papists maintaine things openly interdicted in generall CouncelsCouncils. Thus they use, & defend in their Pope the title of chiefe or highest Priest …
With rule
… his death condemned his errours. Againe the Papists maintaine things openly interdicted in generall CouncelsCouncils. Thus they use, & defend in their Pope the title of chiefe or highest Priest …
Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Christian man in Englande in spirituall affayres is a straunger to another, that generall CouncelsCouncils haue no authoritie in it, that Sainct Paule or all the Apostles if they …
With rule
… Christian man in Englande in spirituall affayres is a straunger to another, that generall CouncelsCouncils haue no authoritie in it, that Sainct Paule or all the Apostles if they …
William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 116 · Open in the reader
Printed
… therefore changeable w^t time. No maruaile therfore, that al creatures, all workes, ſtudies, indeuours, councelscouncils, and deſires, be vaine, and no profite remayning, ſéeing time eateth them vp quite.
With rule
… therefore changeable w^t time. No maruaile therfore, that al creatures, all workes, ſtudies, indeuours, councelscouncils, and deſires, be vaine, and no profite remayning, ſéeing time eateth them vp quite.
George Gifford · Eight Sermons on Ecclesiastes · Open in the reader
Printed
… of God was on it; we at this day denie it, and say; Pope, CouncelsCouncils & Church may erre. This we say and hold in diuinitie, but in morall matters …
With rule
… of God was on it; we at this day denie it, and say; Pope, CouncelsCouncils & Church may erre. This we say and hold in diuinitie, but in morall matters …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 669 · Open in the reader
Printed
… left them bare-faced. Treachery vnder this visard thrusts into Court-reuels, nay, Court-councelscouncils; and holds the torch to sports, nay the bookes to serious consultations; deuiseth, aduiseth …
With rule
… left them bare-faced. Treachery vnder this visard thrusts into Court-reuels, nay, Court-councelscouncils; and holds the torch to sports, nay the bookes to serious consultations; deuiseth, aduiseth …
Thomas Adams · The White Devil · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Apostles, and Athanasius, and other confessions of faith made and approued by the whole CouncelsCouncils of the Catholike, Apostolike, and Romish Church: that is: I beleeue in one onely …
With rule
… Apostles, and Athanasius, and other confessions of faith made and approued by the whole CouncelsCouncils of the Catholike, Apostolike, and Romish Church: that is: I beleeue in one onely …
François Hotman · The Furious Outrages of France and the Horrible Slaughter · p. CXXV · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

11 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.

Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame A02358

Printed
COUNCELSCOUNCILS.
With rule
COUNCELSCOUNCILS.
William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 22 · Open in the reader

History of the First Ten Persecutions A13296

Printed
CHAP. IIII. OF COUNCELSCOUNCILS.
With rule
CHAP. IIII. OF COUNCELSCOUNCILS.
Patrick Simson · History of the First Ten Persecutions · p. 129 · Open in the reader
Printed
CHAP. IIII. OF COUNCELSCOUNCILS.
With rule
CHAP. IIII. OF COUNCELSCOUNCILS.
Patrick Simson · History of the First Ten Persecutions · p. 193 · Open in the reader

History of the Catholic Church from 600 to 1600 A54576

Printed
CHAP. V. Of COUNCELSCOUNCILS.
With rule
CHAP. V. Of COUNCELSCOUNCILS.
Alexander Petrie · History of the Catholic Church from 600 to 1600 · p. 62 · Open in the reader
Printed
CHAP. V. Of COUNCELSCOUNCILS.
With rule
CHAP. V. Of COUNCELSCOUNCILS.
Alexander Petrie · History of the Catholic Church from 600 to 1600 · p. 104 · Open in the reader
Printed
CHAP. V. Of COUNCELSCOUNCILS.
With rule
CHAP. V. Of COUNCELSCOUNCILS.
Alexander Petrie · History of the Catholic Church from 600 to 1600 · p. 188 · Open in the reader
Printed
CHAP. V. Of COUNCELSCOUNCILS.
With rule
CHAP. V. Of COUNCELSCOUNCILS.
Alexander Petrie · History of the Catholic Church from 600 to 1600 · p. 229 · Open in the reader
Printed
CHAP. V. Of COUNCELSCOUNCILS.
With rule
CHAP. V. Of COUNCELSCOUNCILS.
Alexander Petrie · History of the Catholic Church from 600 to 1600 · p. 564 · Open in the reader

Speech 4 December 1648 A56213

Printed
… find matter of acknowledgment before the Lord, concerning OUR ERROR, FRAILTY, UNBELIEF, and CARNAL COUNCELSCOUNCILS THEREIN, and we blesse him that preserved us from worse. If their compliance and …
With rule
… find matter of acknowledgment before the Lord, concerning OUR ERROR, FRAILTY, UNBELIEF, and CARNAL COUNCELSCOUNCILS THEREIN, and we blesse him that preserved us from worse. If their compliance and …
William Prynne · Speech 4 December 1648 · p. 79 · Open in the reader

Some New Blazing Stars Styling Themselves New Lights A91187

Printed
… intermeddle to preſcribe rules for the government or form of this ſpirituall houſe. NOT COUNCELSCOUNCILS, NOT SENATES. This is Chriſts Royall Prerogative, which is uncommunicable to ANY, TO ALL …
With rule
… intermeddle to preſcribe rules for the government or form of this ſpirituall houſe. NOT COUNCELSCOUNCILS, NOT SENATES. This is Chriſts Royall Prerogative, which is uncommunicable to ANY, TO ALL …
William Prynne · Some New Blazing Stars Styling Themselves New Lights · p. 4 · Open in the reader

Historical Vindication Part 2 A91269

Printed
… reſiſt the Pope of Rome; AND TO DESTROY AND ABOLISH THEM, not onely with COUNCELSCOUNCILS, WRITINGS, AND WORDS; Sed invocato, etiam brachio ſeculari, IGNE ET FERRO TOLLERE ET ABOLERE …
With rule
… reſiſt the Pope of Rome; AND TO DESTROY AND ABOLISH THEM, not onely with COUNCELSCOUNCILS, WRITINGS, AND WORDS; Sed invocato, etiam brachio ſeculari, IGNE ET FERRO TOLLERE ET ABOLERE …
William Prynne · Historical Vindication Part 2 · Open in the reader