Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11168 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

pastourspastors

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

Puritas changed it: 3,134 times in 683 works
Consistency: 99.9% (3,134 of 3,135)
Reach if approved: ~3,294 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: pastors
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 3,135 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (3,134 changes in 683 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 3,134)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Church haue not right and power graunted by the Lord, to chuſe their ovvn PaſtoursPastors, & other Miniſters, Elders, Deacons, and Deaconeſſes: making choiſe of meet & fit perſons: as alſo …
With rule
… Church haue not right and power graunted by the Lord, to chuſe their ovvn PaſtoursPastors, & other Miniſters, Elders, Deacons, and Deaconeſſes: making choiſe of meet & fit perſons: as alſo …
Francis Johnson · A Christian Plea · p. 252 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Emperours power thruſt them upon the Church, nor the reverend Fathers and faithfull PaſtoursPastors of thoſe times gaue way to ſuch open wickednes by theire ſilence. But when …
With rule
… the Emperours power thruſt them upon the Church, nor the reverend Fathers and faithfull PaſtoursPastors of thoſe times gaue way to ſuch open wickednes by theire ſilence. But when …
Alexander Leighton · A Short Treatise Against Stage Plays · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… without cauſe therfore that Paule warneth the hearers of the Goſpel to make their paſtourspastors and teachers partakers with them in all good things. If vve (ſayth he to …
With rule
… without cauſe therfore that Paule warneth the hearers of the Goſpel to make their paſtourspastors and teachers partakers with them in all good things. If vve (ſayth he to …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Emperours power thruſt them upon the Church, nor the reverend Fathers and faithfull PaſtoursPastors of thoſe times gaue way to ſuch open wickednes by theire ſilence. But when …
With rule
… the Emperours power thruſt them upon the Church, nor the reverend Fathers and faithfull PaſtoursPastors of thoſe times gaue way to ſuch open wickednes by theire ſilence. But when …
Dudley Fenner · Treatise of Lawful and Unlawful Recreations · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to none other Companie, but to CHRIST His Church, is the lawfull Ordination of PastoursPastors; as you, your selfe, did, before, verie formallie, take vp, in this Syllogisme:
With rule
… to none other Companie, but to CHRIST His Church, is the lawfull Ordination of PastoursPastors; as you, your selfe, did, before, verie formallie, take vp, in this Syllogisme:
Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 150 · Open in the reader
Printed
PastoursPastors may, and must prayse their people wherein they doe well. 1. Hereby they shall peaceably …
With rule
PastoursPastors may, and must prayse their people wherein they doe well. 1. Hereby they shall peaceably …
Thomas Fuller · Josephs Party-Colored Coat · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Where is the Lord? and they that handle the Law, knew me not: the PastoursPastors alſo tranſgreſſed against mee, and the Prophets propheſied by Baall, and vvalked after thinges …
With rule
… Where is the Lord? and they that handle the Law, knew me not: the PastoursPastors alſo tranſgreſſed against mee, and the Prophets propheſied by Baall, and vvalked after thinges …
William Guild · A Compend of the Controversies of Religion · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and miniſters, yet not as by kings or prieſts politicall, but as ſervants onely. PaſtoursPastors and teachers are but officers in the church, and in no kingly authority by …
With rule
… and miniſters, yet not as by kings or prieſts politicall, but as ſervants onely. PaſtoursPastors and teachers are but officers in the church, and in no kingly authority by …
John Ball · A Friendly Trial of the Grounds Tending to Separation · p. 246 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 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.

Plain Evidences the Church of England is Apostolical A09265

Printed
PAſtoursPastors and Teachers are Chriſts true Miniſters: for theſe be reckoned vp among the reſt …
With rule
PAſtoursPastors and Teachers are Chriſts true Miniſters: for theſe be reckoned vp among the reſt …
Richard Bernard · Plain Evidences the Church of England is Apostolical · p. 292 · Open in the reader