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middestmidst

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

Puritas changed it
5,050 times in 1,165 works
Consistency
99.1% (5,050 of 5,096)
Reach if approved
~5,359 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: midst
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
5,100 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (5,050 changes in 1,165 works, 99.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 5,050)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … reaſons of his Faith, if he could open his eyes to ſee in the middeſtmidst of what wondrous light he were placed. This point is manifeſt both by many …
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    … reaſons of his Faith, if he could open his eyes to ſee in the middeſtmidst of what wondrous light he were placed. This point is manifeſt both by many …

    Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 213 · Open in the reader

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    … Seir. Such are many of Davids Pſalmes. The phraſes of praiſing God in the middeſtmidst of the congregation: in congregations; in the great congregation, among much people: in the …
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    … Seir. Such are many of Davids Pſalmes. The phraſes of praiſing God in the middeſtmidst of the congregation: in congregations; in the great congregation, among much people: in the …

    William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · p. 325 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … be cut off in the middeſtmidst of their ſins; as Iobs Children in the middeſtmidst of their banquetting and ryoting were ſuddainly ſlain by the fall of a houſe …
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    … be cut off in the middeſtmidst of their ſins; as Iobs Children in the middeſtmidst of their banquetting and ryoting were ſuddainly ſlain by the fall of a houſe …

    Henry Greenwood · Works · p. 73 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … of ones calling, beesides howsoeuer thinges seeme dangerous and desperate, yet manie in the middestmidst of all them escape.
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    … of ones calling, beesides howsoeuer thinges seeme dangerous and desperate, yet manie in the middestmidst of all them escape.

    George Estey · Exposition Upon the Ten Commandments · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … shal appeare the Second tyme without sinne, vnto Saluation. From the 7. Chapiter vnto the middestmidst of the 10. Chapiter, he trauelleth at lenth in this mater, finding no other faute …
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    … shal appeare the Second tyme without sinne, vnto Saluation. From the 7. Chapiter vnto the middestmidst of the 10. Chapiter, he trauelleth at lenth in this mater, finding no other faute …

    David Fergusson · Answer to Epistle by Renat Benedict · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … the rope was burnt before they were ſtrangled: ſo the bleſſed martyrs in the middeſtmidst of the fire, ſpake one to another to be of good chéere, and ſo …
    With rule
    … the rope was burnt before they were ſtrangled: ſo the bleſſed martyrs in the middeſtmidst of the fire, ſpake one to another to be of good chéere, and ſo …

    John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 455 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … reueng of the cause, because the lambe which hath redemed them sittinge in the middestmidst of the throne equall to God his Father, hathe taken the care and charge …
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    … reueng of the cause, because the lambe which hath redemed them sittinge in the middestmidst of the throne equall to God his Father, hathe taken the care and charge …

    William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … earth that we tread on. Though being a massie body, it hangeth in the middestmidst of the aire, enuironed with the heauens, and yet keepeth his place steedily, and …
    With rule
    … earth that we tread on. Though being a massie body, it hangeth in the middestmidst of the aire, enuironed with the heauens, and yet keepeth his place steedily, and …

    Thomas Gataker · Two Sermons for the Direction for Christian Carriage · p. 43 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (46)

44 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 22 are listed here. 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Quench-Coal A10197

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    … OF THE CHURCH of Carmarthen, without the Quire, & takinge awaye the Altar thence. The MIDDESTMIDST of the Church beinge then thought the fittest place for its situation.
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    … OF THE CHURCH of Carmarthen, without the Quire, & takinge awaye the Altar thence. The MIDDESTMIDST of the Church beinge then thought the fittest place for its situation.

    William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 4 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … thus. Christ feedeth us dayly, and this is his Table here sett IN THE MIDDESTMIDST. O my hearers, what is the matter that yee see the Table, and yet …
    With rule
    … thus. Christ feedeth us dayly, and this is his Table here sett IN THE MIDDESTMIDST. O my hearers, what is the matter that yee see the Table, and yet …

    William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 5 · Open in the reader

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    … practice of the Church of England, the Communion Table ought to stand in the MIDDESTMIDST OF THE CHVRCH OR CHAVNCELL, especially when the Sacrament is administred; and that the …
    With rule
    … practice of the Church of England, the Communion Table ought to stand in the MIDDESTMIDST OF THE CHVRCH OR CHAVNCELL, especially when the Sacrament is administred; and that the …

    William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 5 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Novellers fondly dreame, & Magisterially determine. Hence Psal. 46. 5. God is sayd to bee in the MIDDESTMIDST of his holie place, and Cittie. Psal. 48. 9. Wee have thought of thy lovinge kindnesse …
    With rule
    … Novellers fondly dreame, & Magisterially determine. Hence Psal. 46. 5. God is sayd to bee in the MIDDESTMIDST of his holie place, and Cittie. Psal. 48. 9. Wee have thought of thy lovinge kindnesse …

    William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 30 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … when the Pope himselfe and all the Cardinalls received the Sacrament, STOOD IN THE MIDDESTMIDST of the Chaple or Quire, upon every way, and the Pope being brought behind …
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    … when the Pope himselfe and all the Cardinalls received the Sacrament, STOOD IN THE MIDDESTMIDST of the Chaple or Quire, upon every way, and the Pope being brought behind …

    William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 159 · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

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    MiddestMidst of heauen.
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    MiddestMidst of heauen.

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 97 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    to be in MiddestMidst of the throne, of 4. beasts, and of the Elders. sig:
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    to be in MiddestMidst of the throne, of 4. beasts, and of the Elders. sig:

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 97 · Open in the reader

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    … of faithfull ones in the middestmidst of his Church. Reuel. 5, 6. And loe, in the MiddestMidst of the Throne, and of the foure Beasts, &c. stood a Lambe.
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    … of faithfull ones in the middestmidst of his Church. Reuel. 5, 6. And loe, in the MiddestMidst of the Throne, and of the foure Beasts, &c. stood a Lambe.

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 97 · Open in the reader

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    MiddestMidst of the 4. beasts sig.
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    MiddestMidst of the 4. beasts sig.

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 97 · Open in the reader

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    … is to be made of them. Reuel. 6, 6. And I heard a voyce in the MiddestMidst of the foure Beasts, say.
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    … is to be made of them. Reuel. 6, 6. And I heard a voyce in the MiddestMidst of the foure Beasts, say.

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 97 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Revelation A55917

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    MiddestMidst of heaven] that is, ſay ſome, through the middeſtmidst of the Church: Others openly …
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    MiddestMidst of heaven] that is, ſay ſome, through the middeſtmidst of the Church: Others openly …

    David Pareus · Commentary on Revelation · p. 339 · Open in the reader

Canterburys Doom A56144

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    … num. 15. writes thus. By the Altar out heart is ſignified, which is in the MiddeſtMidst of the body, as the Altar is in the middeſtmidst of the Church, And …
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    … num. 15. writes thus. By the Altar out heart is ſignified, which is in the MiddeſtMidst of the body, as the Altar is in the middeſtmidst of the Church, And …

    William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · p. 483 · Open in the reader

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    … but wood; and stood Not at the end of the Quire, but in the MiddeſtMidst of the Church among the People who came round about it & that it ought …
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    … but wood; and stood Not at the end of the Quire, but in the MiddeſtMidst of the Church among the People who came round about it & that it ought …

    William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · p. 483 · Open in the reader

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    … Sect. 18. writes, That in the premitive Church, the Lords Table was ſituated IN THE MIDDESTMIDST OF THE CHVRCH AND PEOPLE, not againſt a Wall. Dr. Andrew Willet in his …
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    … Sect. 18. writes, That in the premitive Church, the Lords Table was ſituated IN THE MIDDESTMIDST OF THE CHVRCH AND PEOPLE, not againſt a Wall. Dr. Andrew Willet in his …

    William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · p. 483 · Open in the reader

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    … the Pope him ſelfe and all his Cardinalls received the Sacrament, STOOD IN THE MIDDESTMIDST OF THE CHAPELL OR QVIRE, the Pope ſitting in a Throne of wonderfull Majeſty …
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    … the Pope him ſelfe and all his Cardinalls received the Sacrament, STOOD IN THE MIDDESTMIDST OF THE CHAPELL OR QVIRE, the Pope ſitting in a Throne of wonderfull Majeſty …

    William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · p. 483 · Open in the reader

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    … Augustin the firſt Archbiſhop of that Sea) had an Altar ſtanding almoſt in THE MIDDESTMIDST OF IT and that in the North Iſle, not Eaſt Habet haec Altare IN …
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    … Augustin the firſt Archbiſhop of that Sea) had an Altar ſtanding almoſt in THE MIDDESTMIDST OF IT and that in the North Iſle, not Eaſt Habet haec Altare IN …

    William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · p. 485 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Genesis 1-3 A65748

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    … Cities, expreſſing that phraſe Indefinitely; which in ſtrict ſignification ſhould be rendred In the MiddeſtMidst of the Citties. Notwithſtanding ſeeing in the Hebrew tongue the MiddeſtMidst is the moſt …
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    … Cities, expreſſing that phraſe Indefinitely; which in ſtrict ſignification ſhould be rendred In the MiddeſtMidst of the Citties. Notwithſtanding ſeeing in the Hebrew tongue the MiddeſtMidst is the moſt …

    John White · Commentary Upon Genesis 1-3 · p. 38 · Open in the reader

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    … rendred In the MiddeſtMidst of the Citties. Notwithſtanding ſeeing in the Hebrew tongue the MiddeſtMidst is the moſt proper ſignification of this Phraſe, we may warrantably render it in …
    With rule
    … rendred In the MiddeſtMidst of the Citties. Notwithſtanding ſeeing in the Hebrew tongue the MiddeſtMidst is the moſt proper ſignification of this Phraſe, we may warrantably render it in …

    John White · Commentary Upon Genesis 1-3 · p. 38 · Open in the reader

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    … which he appointed to this Spirituall uſe was not onely within, but in the MiddeſtMidst of Paradiſe, amongſt the reſt of the Trees and Plants of that Garden. Whence,
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    … which he appointed to this Spirituall uſe was not onely within, but in the MiddeſtMidst of Paradiſe, amongſt the reſt of the Trees and Plants of that Garden. Whence,

    John White · Commentary Upon Genesis 1-3 · p. 42 · Open in the reader

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    … this expreſſion diſtinguiſheth it from the reſt of the trees of the Garden. This MiddeſtMidst here mentioned, we muſt underſtand within a certain latitude, becauſe the Tree of life …
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    … this expreſſion diſtinguiſheth it from the reſt of the trees of the Garden. This MiddeſtMidst here mentioned, we muſt underſtand within a certain latitude, becauſe the Tree of life …

    John White · Commentary Upon Genesis 1-3 · p. 6 · Open in the reader

Christ and Moses Excellency A90893

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    MiddeſtMidst.
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    MiddeſtMidst.

    Vavasor Powell · Christ and Moses Excellency · p. 388 · Open in the reader

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    Informing Promiſes. See Pſal: 16.11. and 140.13. Heb: 9.24. See MiddeſtMidst With.
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    Informing Promiſes. See Pſal: 16.11. and 140.13. Heb: 9.24. See MiddeſtMidst With.

    Vavasor Powell · Christ and Moses Excellency · p. 420 · Open in the reader