Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11158 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

apostacyapostasy

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

Puritas changed it: 5,224 times in 1,451 works
Consistency: 99.9% (5,224 of 5,229)
Reach if approved: ~5,494 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: apostasy
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 5,229 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (5,224 changes in 1,451 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 5,224)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… hauen of euerlasting happinesse. Fiftly, this doctrine stayeth vs from taking offence at the ApostacyApostasy of many professors: for it sheweth vs, that all is not gold which glisters …
With rule
… hauen of euerlasting happinesse. Fiftly, this doctrine stayeth vs from taking offence at the ApostacyApostasy of many professors: for it sheweth vs, that all is not gold which glisters …
William Perkins · Predestination · Open in the reader
Printed
… and outward profession of Christ; would not such men as these fall into downright apostacyapostasy, and deny the Lord that bought them? certainly our Savior hath so resolv'd that …
With rule
… and outward profession of Christ; would not such men as these fall into downright apostacyapostasy, and deny the Lord that bought them? certainly our Savior hath so resolv'd that …
Edward Reynolds · Explication of Psalm 110 · p. 61 · Open in the reader
Printed
… habits and ceremonies and regular irregular obseruances, in the vse; that heauie not of ApostacyApostasy vpon such as altered their course, in the loose: all which now there are …
With rule
… habits and ceremonies and regular irregular obseruances, in the vse; that heauie not of ApostacyApostasy vpon such as altered their course, in the loose: all which now there are …
Robert Sanderson · Ten Sermons · p. 417 · Open in the reader
Printed
What is it elſe but an apoſtacyapostasy? a publike proteſtation to renounce the onely ſacrifice, and the onely ſacrificer Chriſt Ieſus.
With rule
What is it elſe but an apoſtacyapostasy? a publike proteſtation to renounce the onely ſacrifice, and the onely ſacrificer Chriſt Ieſus.
Peter Smart · The Vanity and Downfall of Superstitious Popish Ceremonies · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
Answ. The sly stealing of Antichrist upon the world by a Catholicke ApostacyApostasy is here called the great wrath, with which the Divell commeth into the earth …
With rule
Answ. The sly stealing of Antichrist upon the world by a Catholicke ApostacyApostasy is here called the great wrath, with which the Divell commeth into the earth …
Thomas Taylor · Christs Victory Over the Dragon · p. 693 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the dammage is principally their owne: yet what mother doth not grieue at the ApostacyApostasy of her children? There is some hope, whiles they are at home; little, when …
With rule
… the dammage is principally their owne: yet what mother doth not grieue at the ApostacyApostasy of her children? There is some hope, whiles they are at home; little, when …
Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Mr Giffords accusation of Gods ordinances, to be insufficient, unperfect, etc. fearfull is his ApostacyApostasy from that truth he hath knowen. I take it, it is more like to …
With rule
… Mr Giffords accusation of Gods ordinances, to be insufficient, unperfect, etc. fearfull is his ApostacyApostasy from that truth he hath knowen. I take it, it is more like to …
John Greenwood · More Work for Priests · p. 84 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the chiefe sheep heard, if he preuent it not by repentance. ^k It is ApostacyApostasy for any of their people to heare a Sermon in any of the reformed …
With rule
… the chiefe sheep heard, if he preuent it not by repentance. ^k It is ApostacyApostasy for any of their people to heare a Sermon in any of the reformed …
Christopher Lawne · Brownish Turn Inside Outward · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

5 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.

Recover from Apostasy A01980

Printed
A RECOVERY FROM APOSTACYAPOSTASY. Set out in A SERMON Preached in Stepny Church neere London at the receiving …
With rule
A RECOVERY FROM APOSTACYAPOSTASY. Set out in A SERMON Preached in Stepny Church neere London at the receiving …
William Gouge · Recover from Apostasy · Open in the reader
Printed
A RECOVERY FROM APOSTACYAPOSTASY. Set forth in a Sermon Preached in Stepny Church at the receiving of a …
With rule
A RECOVERY FROM APOSTACYAPOSTASY. Set forth in a Sermon Preached in Stepny Church at the receiving of a …
William Gouge · Recover from Apostasy · p. 1 · Open in the reader

A Golden Mine Opened A47542

Printed
The Trial of the Falſe Profeſſor: OR, The Danger of Final APOSTACYAPOSTASY; Opened in three SERMONS, preached lately at Horſe-lie-down: Wherein the Nature of …
With rule
The Trial of the Falſe Profeſſor: OR, The Danger of Final APOSTACYAPOSTASY; Opened in three SERMONS, preached lately at Horſe-lie-down: Wherein the Nature of …
Benjamin Keach · A Golden Mine Opened · p. 318 · Open in the reader

The Christian Life Volume 5 A58804

Printed
A DISSUASIVE FROM APOSTACYAPOSTASY.
With rule
A DISSUASIVE FROM APOSTACYAPOSTASY.
John Scott · The Christian Life Volume 5 · p. 451 · Open in the reader

The Christian Life 2 A92744

Printed
A DISSUASIVE FROM APOSTACYAPOSTASY.
With rule
A DISSUASIVE FROM APOSTACYAPOSTASY.
John Scott · The Christian Life 2 · p. 384 · Open in the reader