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cleereclear

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

Puritas changed it
3,537 times in 890 works
Consistency
99.3% (3,537 of 3,562)
Reach if approved
~3,744 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: clear
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
3,563 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (3,537 changes in 890 works, 99.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 3,537)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … abyde him, nor heare him, but is compelled to runne from him: as is cleereclear by the 12. chapt. of the Hebrues, verſe 19. 20. 21. compared with Exod. chapt. 20. verſe 18. 19. 20. 21. Thus our …
    With rule
    … abyde him, nor heare him, but is compelled to runne from him: as is cleereclear by the 12. chapt. of the Hebrues, verſe 19. 20. 21. compared with Exod. chapt. 20. verſe 18. 19. 20. 21. Thus our …

    John Forbes · Letter to Merchants · p. 51 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … they remaine stil in obscuritie, vntill it shall please God to reueile a more cleereclear knowledge of thē. But none so like the familie of loue as you Papists …
    With rule
    … they remaine stil in obscuritie, vntill it shall please God to reueile a more cleereclear knowledge of thē. But none so like the familie of loue as you Papists …

    William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 33 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … all our life long to bring it to the practiſe: it is plaine and cleereclear, none can bee excuſed if they knowe it not, and ſo through ſimplicitie ſtand …
    With rule
    … all our life long to bring it to the practiſe: it is plaine and cleereclear, none can bee excuſed if they knowe it not, and ſo through ſimplicitie ſtand …

    George Gifford · Sermons Upon Divers Texts · p. 162 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … little ſparks, or as a glimmering. But wee haue the broade ſunne-ſhine, and cleereclear light from heauen, by which we may ſee farre higher matter to lead vs …
    With rule
    … little ſparks, or as a glimmering. But wee haue the broade ſunne-ſhine, and cleereclear light from heauen, by which we may ſee farre higher matter to lead vs …

    George Gifford · Treatise of True Fortitude · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … ſelfe to all things which are pleaſing to God alwayes, is that good and cleereclear conſcience which is ſo much commended in the holy Scripture: he that is aſſured …
    With rule
    … ſelfe to all things which are pleaſing to God alwayes, is that good and cleereclear conſcience which is ſo much commended in the holy Scripture: he that is aſſured …

    William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 258 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … shall not be laid to your charge. Thus we see the Church was not cleereclear, vntill they had mourned for this one mans sinne; no more was the whole …
    With rule
    … shall not be laid to your charge. Thus we see the Church was not cleereclear, vntill they had mourned for this one mans sinne; no more was the whole …

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 540 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … not as they thinke, wants iudgement, or truth, or both. 2. This conſcience muſt bee cleereclear towards God and man, and haue both it eyes. What hath the hypocrite to …
    With rule
    … not as they thinke, wants iudgement, or truth, or both. 2. This conſcience muſt bee cleereclear towards God and man, and haue both it eyes. What hath the hypocrite to …

    Robert Harris · Pauls Confidence · p. 20 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … them. For additions or mis-reports to the preiudice of any, the witnesses expresly cleereclear the Protestant Relatour from any such imputation: and if I should fasten any such …
    With rule
    … them. For additions or mis-reports to the preiudice of any, the witnesses expresly cleereclear the Protestant Relatour from any such imputation: and if I should fasten any such …

    Daniel Featley · The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net · p. 14 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (25)

16 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 9 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Key of Knowledge to Open Revelation A09237

  • Printed
    … hereof. Pure, for the ſanctity thereof in it ſelfe, and making others pure alſo. CleereClear as Crystall: the purity is without any mixture of vncleanneſſe. Of theſe waters ſpeake …
    With rule
    … hereof. Pure, for the ſanctity thereof in it ſelfe, and making others pure alſo. CleereClear as Crystall: the purity is without any mixture of vncleanneſſe. Of theſe waters ſpeake …

    Richard Bernard · A Key of Knowledge to Open Revelation · p. 333 · Open in the reader

Four Great Liars Striving A09431

  • Printed
    F CleereClear weather.
    With rule
    F CleereClear weather.

    William Perkins · Four Great Liars Striving · Open in the reader

The Returning Backslider A12190

  • Printed
    … us, but the inward guilt and ſting in the inſide, the tumults of conſcience. CleereClear this well once, make all whole within, let conſcience be right and ſtraight; let …
    With rule
    … us, but the inward guilt and ſting in the inſide, the tumults of conſcience. CleereClear this well once, make all whole within, let conſcience be right and ſtraight; let …

    Richard Sibbes · The Returning Backslider · p. 120 · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

  • Printed
    CleereClear streames of Water, flowing out from the Forrest Lebanon.
    With rule
    CleereClear streames of Water, flowing out from the Forrest Lebanon.

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 201 · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Dominical Epistles and Gospels A16549

  • Printed
    CleereClear: for as Hierome said, Omnia in sacerdote debent esse vocalia: All things in a …
    With rule
    CleereClear: for as Hierome said, Omnia in sacerdote debent esse vocalia: All things in a …

    John Boys · Exposition of the Dominical Epistles and Gospels · p. 70 · Open in the reader

A New Discovery of Personal Tithes A17271

  • Printed
    A NEW DISCOVERY OF PERSONAL TITHES: OR The TENTH PART of Mens CLEERECLEAR GAINES Proued due both in CONSCIENCE, and by the LAWES OF THIS KINGDOME BY …
    With rule
    A NEW DISCOVERY OF PERSONAL TITHES: OR The TENTH PART of Mens CLEERECLEAR GAINES Proued due both in CONSCIENCE, and by the LAWES OF THIS KINGDOME BY …

    Cornelius Burges · A New Discovery of Personal Tithes · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … be by Preſcription wholly diſcharged, and preſcribe De non decimando. AND THIS IS REGVLARLY CLEERECLEAR LAVV. Thus, that Maſter of the Law.
    With rule
    … be by Preſcription wholly diſcharged, and preſcribe De non decimando. AND THIS IS REGVLARLY CLEERECLEAR LAVV. Thus, that Maſter of the Law.

    Cornelius Burges · A New Discovery of Personal Tithes · p. 61 · Open in the reader

The Marrow of the Oracles of God A17397

  • Printed
    TO THE MVCH HONORED LADIES, the Ladie ANNE CLEERECLEAR, and the Ladie ANNE PINCH, and the Ladie IONE HERICKE: N. Bifield wisheth all …
    With rule
    TO THE MVCH HONORED LADIES, the Ladie ANNE CLEERECLEAR, and the Ladie ANNE PINCH, and the Ladie IONE HERICKE: N. Bifield wisheth all …

    Nicholas Byfield · The Marrow of the Oracles of God · Open in the reader

More Work for a Mass-Priest A19248

  • Printed
    … to Sauona; in Spaine to the mount Serrato; in France to the towne of CleereClear, in the Low Countries to Hales; and with vs in England (when it was …
    With rule
    … to Sauona; in Spaine to the mount Serrato; in France to the towne of CleereClear, in the Low Countries to Hales; and with vs in England (when it was …

    Alexander Cooke · More Work for a Mass-Priest · p. 46 · Open in the reader

Work More Work and a Little More Work for a Mass-Priest A19252

  • Printed
    … to Savona; in Spaine to the mount Serrato; in France to the towne of CleereClear; in the Low Countries to Hales: and with vs in England (when it was …
    With rule
    … to Savona; in Spaine to the mount Serrato; in France to the towne of CleereClear; in the Low Countries to Hales: and with vs in England (when it was …

    Alexander Cooke · Work More Work and a Little More Work for a Mass-Priest · p. 56 · Open in the reader

A Support for the Sinking Heart in Times of Distress A26011

  • Printed
    Sixty, CleereClear up your evidences for Heaven, and keep them ſo faire, that in the darkeſt …
    With rule
    Sixty, CleereClear up your evidences for Heaven, and keep them ſo faire, that in the darkeſt …

    Simeon Ashe · A Support for the Sinking Heart in Times of Distress · p. 25 · Open in the reader

A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government A29737

  • Printed
    … Knight, was arraigned before th… Officers of the Green-cloath, for striking one Master CleereClear of Norfolke, within the Tennis-court of the Kings House… being found guilty, he …
    With rule
    … Knight, was arraigned before th… Officers of the Green-cloath, for striking one Master CleereClear of Norfolke, within the Tennis-court of the Kings House… being found guilty, he …

    Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 52 · Open in the reader

Gospel Reconciliation A30581

  • Printed
    … Child of Adam but was born an enemy unto God; the Scripture is as CleereClear in this, as in any thing; I might name abundance of texts for it …
    With rule
    … Child of Adam but was born an enemy unto God; the Scripture is as CleereClear in this, as in any thing; I might name abundance of texts for it …

    Jeremiah Burroughs · Gospel Reconciliation · p. 7 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … is to be looked upon as if God and Chriſt did it. This is CleereClear in the text. As though God did beſeech you, we pray you in Chriſts …
    With rule
    … is to be looked upon as if God and Chriſt did it. This is CleereClear in the text. As though God did beſeech you, we pray you in Chriſts …

    Jeremiah Burroughs · Gospel Reconciliation · p. 288 · Open in the reader

Balm for Bleeding England and Ireland A48917

  • Printed
    … patient perſon; hee cannot argue with his heart, nor hold forth convincing, ſatisfying principles. CleereClear divine light ſwayes, and keepes down all inſurrection in a depraved ſtate:
    With rule
    … patient perſon; hee cannot argue with his heart, nor hold forth convincing, ſatisfying principles. CleereClear divine light ſwayes, and keepes down all inſurrection in a depraved ſtate:

    Nicholas Lockyer · Balm for Bleeding England and Ireland · p. 132 · Open in the reader

The Cause Use Cure of Fear A96884

  • Printed
    It is good to note this with all obſervation; for heere we have a CleereClear difference betwixt the good and the bad, betwixt the perſecuted now, and the perſecutors …
    With rule
    It is good to note this with all obſervation; for heere we have a CleereClear difference betwixt the good and the bad, betwixt the perſecuted now, and the perſecutors …

    Hezekiah Woodward · The Cause Use Cure of Fear · p. 33 · Open in the reader