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divelldevil

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

Puritas changed it
4,134 times in 599 works
Consistency
99.8% (4,134 of 4,140)
Reach if approved
~4,495 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: devil
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
4,278 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (4,134 changes in 599 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 4,134)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … to heare ſuch? Surely if he that ſpeaketh ſlanderouſly againſt any mā, hath the DivellDevil in his tongue, hee that willingly heareth ſuch a ſpeaker, hath the DivellDevil in …
    With rule
    … to heare ſuch? Surely if he that ſpeaketh ſlanderouſly againſt any mā, hath the DivellDevil in his tongue, hee that willingly heareth ſuch a ſpeaker, hath the DivellDevil in …

    Sebastian Benefield · Eight Sermons at the University of Oxford · p. 83 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … times seven yeares, of most glorious deliverance from the slavery of Hell and the DivellDevil, to be purchased by Christ. As if the Angel had thus said: Thou Daniel …
    With rule
    … times seven yeares, of most glorious deliverance from the slavery of Hell and the DivellDevil, to be purchased by Christ. As if the Angel had thus said: Thou Daniel …

    William Pemble · The Period of the Persian Monarchy · p. 16 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … it is the proverbe of Satan hatched in hell, A young Saint, an old DivellDevil. Secondly because even that ca…kasse of faith, which is in hypocrites, who are …
    With rule
    … it is the proverbe of Satan hatched in hell, A young Saint, an old DivellDevil. Secondly because even that ca…kasse of faith, which is in hypocrites, who are …

    Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · p. 143 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … Wee reade (Reve. 13.3.) of a Beaſt whoſe head was wounded to death. Surely the DivellDevil with his feends were wounded even unto death by Martyrs reſiſting unto blood. The …
    With rule
    … Wee reade (Reve. 13.3.) of a Beaſt whoſe head was wounded to death. Surely the DivellDevil with his feends were wounded even unto death by Martyrs reſiſting unto blood. The …

    William Gouge · Recover from Apostasy · p. 55 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … people; for the faithfull Miniſtry of the Goſpell is the thunder by which the divelldevil muſt be caſt down to the ground like lightning: this is the warlike weapon …
    With rule
    … people; for the faithfull Miniſtry of the Goſpell is the thunder by which the divelldevil muſt be caſt down to the ground like lightning: this is the warlike weapon …

    Alexander Grosse · Deaths Deliverance and Elijahs Fiery Chariot · p. 39 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … in us, to ſuccour and to helpe us; then all the temptations of the divelldevil, and the corruptions of our hearts that can preſſe in upon us, to doe …
    With rule
    … in us, to ſuccour and to helpe us; then all the temptations of the divelldevil, and the corruptions of our hearts that can preſſe in upon us, to doe …

    Thomas Hooker · The Souls Humiliation · p. 43 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Would the Apoſtle (ſaith Auguſtine) call the Temple of an idoll or of the DivellDevil, the Temple of God? Or when he deſcribeth the myſterie of Antichriſts iniquity, would …
    With rule
    … Would the Apoſtle (ſaith Auguſtine) call the Temple of an idoll or of the DivellDevil, the Temple of God? Or when he deſcribeth the myſterie of Antichriſts iniquity, would …

    Francis Johnson · A Christian Plea · p. 149 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Breth…en, therfore I beſeech you conſider theſe things; mens ſoules are precious, the divelldevil is polit…ck, ever like a roa…ing L…on, watching for his prey …
    With rule
    … Breth…en, therfore I beſeech you conſider theſe things; mens ſoules are precious, the divelldevil is polit…ck, ever like a roa…ing L…on, watching for his prey …

    Randal Bate · Certain Observations · p. 178 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Papists Reasons of State and Religion A09881

  • Printed
    … Inſtitutor and deviſer of Popiſhe Religion, was not CHRIST, and his Apoſtles: but the DIVELLDEVIL of hell, by the miniſtrie of Antichriſt, & his Diſciples; as ſhall plainely appeare in …
    With rule
    … Inſtitutor and deviſer of Popiſhe Religion, was not CHRIST, and his Apoſtles: but the DIVELLDEVIL of hell, by the miniſtrie of Antichriſt, & his Diſciples; as ſhall plainely appeare in …

    Gabriel Powel · The Papists Reasons of State and Religion · p. 39 · Open in the reader

Theological and Scholastical Positions Concerning Usury A09891

  • Printed
    3 The Principall and chiefeſt cauſe of vſurie is the DIVELLDEVIL, who ſtirre…h vs vp to oppreſſion.
    With rule
    3 The Principall and chiefeſt cauſe of vſurie is the DIVELLDEVIL, who ſtirre…h vs vp to oppreſſion.

    Gabriel Powel · Theological and Scholastical Positions Concerning Usury · p. 9 · Open in the reader