Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11134 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

therbythereby

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

Puritas changed it: 3,843 times in 920 works
Consistency: 99.2% (3,843 of 3,874)
Reach if approved: ~4,072 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: thereby
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 3,875 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (3,843 changes in 920 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 3,843)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

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… Truth, and the Life, if you continue still perverting his Way, impugning his Truth, & therbythereby depriving your selfe and others of his Life? O that I might be so …
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… Truth, and the Life, if you continue still perverting his Way, impugning his Truth, & therbythereby depriving your selfe and others of his Life? O that I might be so …
Daniel Featley · Transubstantiation Exploded · p. 229 · Open in the reader
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… vvords of the Pſalme: that God hath ſubdued all things vnder his feet, prouing therbythereby that it is manifeſt, that nothing is vnſubdued to him, but he that did …
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… vvords of the Pſalme: that God hath ſubdued all things vnder his feet, prouing therbythereby that it is manifeſt, that nothing is vnſubdued to him, but he that did …
John Forbes · Preparative Sermon to the Lords Table · p. 40 · Open in the reader
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… properly his own, yet he vouchsafeth to geue vs such strength of faith, that therbythereby we are receiued into part of that praise which is due vnto him, but …
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… properly his own, yet he vouchsafeth to geue vs such strength of faith, that therbythereby we are receiued into part of that praise which is due vnto him, but …
William Fulke · A Comfortable Sermon of Faith in Temptations · Open in the reader
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… nowe, the Churche of Hypocrites, which abuse this couenant in seeking to be iustified therbythereby, which was giuē to direct vs to the couenant of mercy: Now must we …
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… nowe, the Churche of Hypocrites, which abuse this couenant in seeking to be iustified therbythereby, which was giuē to direct vs to the couenant of mercy: Now must we …
William Fulke · Sermon Preached 17 March 1577 · Open in the reader
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… see it behoueth men to discerne betweene such things as haue a natural cause, & therbythereby do after a sort foreshew things: & those which haue no cause in nature, but …
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… see it behoueth men to discerne betweene such things as haue a natural cause, & therbythereby do after a sort foreshew things: & those which haue no cause in nature, but …
George Gifford · Discourse of the Subtle Practices of Devils · Open in the reader
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… is gone before theym, they haue ſpoyled & paſſed the gate, they haue gone forth therbythereby, & theyr kynge hathe gone for the before them, and the Lorde as theire captayne,
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… is gone before theym, they haue ſpoyled & paſſed the gate, they haue gone forth therbythereby, & theyr kynge hathe gone for the before them, and the Lorde as theire captayne,
Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader
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… by his spirit in the hearts of his children gronings that cannot be expressed, therbythereby assureth them that in his good time hee will heare them and grant their …
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… by his spirit in the hearts of his children gronings that cannot be expressed, therbythereby assureth them that in his good time hee will heare them and grant their …
Richard Greenham · Two Treatises Comforting an Afflicted Conscience · p. 106 · Open in the reader
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… extremitees, we haue not deserued hate at youre hādes, but loue. For we haue therbythereby sought your saluacyon by repentaunce, if it maye frutefully come forewarde. To thys ende …
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… extremitees, we haue not deserued hate at youre hādes, but loue. For we haue therbythereby sought your saluacyon by repentaunce, if it maye frutefully come forewarde. To thys ende …
John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · p. lxx · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (31)

27 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.

Brief Comedy Concerning the Temptation of Jesus Christ by Satan A02658

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TherbyThereby to inſtruct, of Man the imbecyllyte,
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TherbyThereby to inſtruct, of Man the imbecyllyte,
John Bale · Brief Comedy Concerning the Temptation of Jesus Christ by Satan · Open in the reader

Twenty-Seven Sermons A05143

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… but y^t they know, if the name come agayne, the thing will come after. TherbyThereby it aryseth, that some men make theyr crakes, that they (maugre of al mens …
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… but y^t they know, if the name come agayne, the thing will come after. TherbyThereby it aryseth, that some men make theyr crakes, that they (maugre of al mens …
Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · p. 9 · Open in the reader

Sermon Before Parliament Began A05152

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… but that they knowe, yf the name come ageyne, the thynge woll come after. TherbyThereby it aryseth, that some men make theyr crakes, that they, maugre of all mens …
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… but that they knowe, yf the name come ageyne, the thynge woll come after. TherbyThereby it aryseth, that some men make theyr crakes, that they, maugre of all mens …
Hugh Latimer · Sermon Before Parliament Began · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ecclesiastes A06504

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… could not breake, beyng bounde faſt together, yet being taken in ſunder, they brake. TherbyThereby teaching his ſonnes, that their force and power ſhould be inuincible as long as …
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… could not breake, beyng bounde faſt together, yet being taken in ſunder, they brake. TherbyThereby teaching his ſonnes, that their force and power ſhould be inuincible as long as …
Martin Luther · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · Open in the reader
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… wiſe in our owne opinions, to teach and preſcribe all men argueth a foole. TherbyThereby is a foole to be knowen when he will ſeeme to be wiſe. Ouerhaſty …
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… wiſe in our owne opinions, to teach and preſcribe all men argueth a foole. TherbyThereby is a foole to be knowen when he will ſeeme to be wiſe. Ouerhaſty …
Martin Luther · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · Open in the reader

Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649

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… his enemies confusion. 11 He complaineth of their wrongfull dealing, and sheweth his contrary carriage. 22 TherbyThereby he inciteth God against them.
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… his enemies confusion. 11 He complaineth of their wrongfull dealing, and sheweth his contrary carriage. 22 TherbyThereby he inciteth God against them.
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 54 · Open in the reader

The Differences of the Churches of the Separation A12553

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… is written: by Zachary, by Ieremy. The Scripture ſaith: The Holy Ghoſt ſaith, &c. TherbyThereby teaching vs that there is no vſe of Chapter and verſe for ſearching in …
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… is written: by Zachary, by Ieremy. The Scripture ſaith: The Holy Ghoſt ſaith, &c. TherbyThereby teaching vs that there is no vſe of Chapter and verſe for ſearching in …
John Smyth · The Differences of the Churches of the Separation · p. 18 · Open in the reader

Parallels Censures A12557

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… enemy, but they are to admonish an excommunicate as they doe admonish a brother: TherbyThereby teaching vs that an excōmunicate is in a midle condition neyther an enemy nor …
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… enemy, but they are to admonish an excommunicate as they doe admonish a brother: TherbyThereby teaching vs that an excōmunicate is in a midle condition neyther an enemy nor …
John Smyth · Parallels Censures · p. 20 · Open in the reader

The Amendment of Life A13339

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… required of an anſwere, ſaid, that by his going & comming forth he had anſwered. TherbyThereby ſignifying that life is but a paſſage in & out. Yet do we not ſo …
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… required of an anſwere, ſaid, that by his going & comming forth he had anſwered. TherbyThereby ſignifying that life is but a paſſage in & out. Yet do we not ſo …
Jean Taffin · The Amendment of Life · p. 37 · Open in the reader
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… muſt teach vs, that as he addeth, we may apply our harts to wiſdome. TherbyThereby ſhewing that the knowledge of the ſhortnes of this life, ſhall endue vs with …
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… muſt teach vs, that as he addeth, we may apply our harts to wiſdome. TherbyThereby ſhewing that the knowledge of the ſhortnes of this life, ſhall endue vs with …
Jean Taffin · The Amendment of Life · p. 39 · Open in the reader
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… Yea he proteſteth that who ſo toucheth vs, toucheth the apple of his eye. TherbyThereby declaring that as the apple of the eye is ſo tender that it may …
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… Yea he proteſteth that who ſo toucheth vs, toucheth the apple of his eye. TherbyThereby declaring that as the apple of the eye is ſo tender that it may …
Jean Taffin · The Amendment of Life · p. 126 · Open in the reader
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… it was lawfull for parents to make whom they would, euen ſtraungers, their heires: TherbyThereby to induce children to reuerence and obey their parentes.
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… it was lawfull for parents to make whom they would, euen ſtraungers, their heires: TherbyThereby to induce children to reuerence and obey their parentes.
Jean Taffin · The Amendment of Life · p. 321 · Open in the reader
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… vnto me, and I will bee glorified in the preſence of all the people. TherbyThereby ſhewing, that the neerer that Emanuel commeth vnto men, or draweth men vnto him …
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… vnto me, and I will bee glorified in the preſence of all the people. TherbyThereby ſhewing, that the neerer that Emanuel commeth vnto men, or draweth men vnto him …
Jean Taffin · The Amendment of Life · p. 468 · Open in the reader

The Hope of the Faithful A14943

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TherbyThereby in vs vvhat is conſumed,
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TherbyThereby in vs vvhat is conſumed,
Henrich Bullinger · The Hope of the Faithful · p. 158 · Open in the reader

An Answer to a Popish Libel A17245

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… ſhew that they teach out of the writings of the Prophets, Evangeliſts, and Apostles: TherbyThereby declaring, that the written word (for that onlie is to be ſaid that it …
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… ſhew that they teach out of the writings of the Prophets, Evangeliſts, and Apostles: TherbyThereby declaring, that the written word (for that onlie is to be ſaid that it …
Francis Bunny · An Answer to a Popish Libel · p. 132 · Open in the reader

The Institutes of the Christian Religion A17662

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… of the couenant both of Pipine and of Charles wyth the Bishop of Rome. TherbyThereby we may gather that thē was an alteration made of the olde state.
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… of the couenant both of Pipine and of Charles wyth the Bishop of Rome. TherbyThereby we may gather that thē was an alteration made of the olde state.
John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader
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… remembrance of our sinnes, which vndoutedly are chastised with suche scourges of the Lord. TherbyThereby humilitie shal bridle our impatience. Let vs thē also call to minde this thought …
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… remembrance of our sinnes, which vndoutedly are chastised with suche scourges of the Lord. TherbyThereby humilitie shal bridle our impatience. Let vs thē also call to minde this thought …
John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · p. 170 · Open in the reader

Abridgment of Institutes of the Christian Religion A17676

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… the roote of falling away. Hence iſſued ambition and pride, whereto vnthankfulneſſe was annexed. TherbyThereby the gate was ſet open for ambition, which was the mother of ſtubbornneſſe, that …
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… the roote of falling away. Hence iſſued ambition and pride, whereto vnthankfulneſſe was annexed. TherbyThereby the gate was ſet open for ambition, which was the mother of ſtubbornneſſe, that …
John Calvin · Abridgment of Institutes of the Christian Religion · p. 62 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

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… Abraham as to Isaac and Iacob, before the Iewes which then liued, were borne. TherbyThereby then are they put in minde, that they had not deserued such a benefite …
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… Abraham as to Isaac and Iacob, before the Iewes which then liued, were borne. TherbyThereby then are they put in minde, that they had not deserued such a benefite …
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 25 · Open in the reader

A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 A18080

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… all one by ſcripture: he addeth (as they be in deede towching the miniſterie). TherbyThereby deſirous (as yt ſeemeth) to abuſe his ſymple reader / in making him belieue that …
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… all one by ſcripture: he addeth (as they be in deede towching the miniſterie). TherbyThereby deſirous (as yt ſeemeth) to abuſe his ſymple reader / in making him belieue that …
Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 · p. DLXXXIX · Open in the reader

Narration of the Strange and Grievous Vexation by the Devil A19860

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… I meane that Somers and Darling and Kath, Wright were counterfeits, & I there Inſtructor: TherbyThereby alſo intimating to all men, that the 7 in Lancaſhire were ſuch, & as it were …
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… I meane that Somers and Darling and Kath, Wright were counterfeits, & I there Inſtructor: TherbyThereby alſo intimating to all men, that the 7 in Lancaſhire were ſuch, & as it were …
John Darrell · Narration of the Strange and Grievous Vexation by the Devil · p. 66 · Open in the reader

The Plain Mans Pathway to Heaven A20202

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… righteouſneſſe. Thereby they attaine vnto a greater meaſure of ioy in the holy ghoſt. TherbyThereby the world is crucified to them, and they to the world. Thereby they are …
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… righteouſneſſe. Thereby they attaine vnto a greater meaſure of ioy in the holy ghoſt. TherbyThereby the world is crucified to them, and they to the world. Thereby they are …
Arthur Dent · The Plain Mans Pathway to Heaven · p. 109 · Open in the reader
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… conformable to Chriſts death. Thereby they are kept from the condemnation of the world. TherbyThereby they learne experience, patience, hope, &c. So that, all things conſidered, Gods children are …
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… conformable to Chriſts death. Thereby they are kept from the condemnation of the world. TherbyThereby they learne experience, patience, hope, &c. So that, all things conſidered, Gods children are …
Arthur Dent · The Plain Mans Pathway to Heaven · p. 109 · Open in the reader

A Brief Explication of the First Fifty Psalms A35941

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… pleasure in him, and are refreshed by his blessing upon the publick ordinances; for, TherbyThereby they have made thee glad, saith the Psalmist to Christ. 24. Albeit the catholick church …
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… pleasure in him, and are refreshed by his blessing upon the publick ordinances; for, TherbyThereby they have made thee glad, saith the Psalmist to Christ. 24. Albeit the catholick church …
David Dickson · A Brief Explication of the First Fifty Psalms · p. 285 · Open in the reader

The World Possessed with Devils A68845

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TherbyThereby thei ſhewe, y^t Ieſus Chriſt hath ſo deliuered them, frō the power of the …
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TherbyThereby thei ſhewe, y^t Ieſus Chriſt hath ſo deliuered them, frō the power of the …
Pierre Viret · The World Possessed with Devils · Open in the reader

Two Treatises A77515

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… he hath ſealed the New-Covenant with his Blood, taking his death upon it. TherbyThereby aſſuring unto beleevers the performance of all thoſe promiſes which he had made to …
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… he hath ſealed the New-Covenant with his Blood, taking his death upon it. TherbyThereby aſſuring unto beleevers the performance of all thoſe promiſes which he had made to …
John Brinsley · Two Treatises · p. 149 · Open in the reader
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… which he communicates as the Head to all the members of his myſticall body. TherbyThereby guiding and directing them, leading them into all truth requiſite for them to know …
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… which he communicates as the Head to all the members of his myſticall body. TherbyThereby guiding and directing them, leading them into all truth requiſite for them to know …
John Brinsley · Two Treatises · p. 185 · Open in the reader