Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11216 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

wherwithwherewith

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

Puritas changed it: 2,184 times in 657 works
Consistency: 97.8% (2,184 of 2,233)
Reach if approved: ~2,346 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: wherewith
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,233 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,184 changes in 657 works, 97.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,184)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

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Clemens Alexandrinus saith: there is a fleshly bloud, wherwithwherewith we are redeemed, & a spiritual, wherwithwherewith we are annointed. And this is to drinke the bloude of Christ, to be …
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Clemens Alexandrinus saith: there is a fleshly bloud, wherwithwherewith we are redeemed, & a spiritual, wherwithwherewith we are annointed. And this is to drinke the bloude of Christ, to be …
William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 745 · Open in the reader
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… to clenſe or rid his ſoule from any one drop of that diueliſh poiſon wherwithwherewith it is infected & depraued. Wiſe men might well, and did ſéeme to haue made …
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… to clenſe or rid his ſoule from any one drop of that diueliſh poiſon wherwithwherewith it is infected & depraued. Wiſe men might well, and did ſéeme to haue made …
George Gifford · Eight Sermons on Ecclesiastes · Open in the reader
Printed
… be ſtrong in the Lord, and to put on the whole armour of God, wherwithwherewith he ſheweth how a Chriſtian may be armed from top to toe, he addeth …
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… be ſtrong in the Lord, and to put on the whole armour of God, wherwithwherewith he ſheweth how a Chriſtian may be armed from top to toe, he addeth …
William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · p. 230 · Open in the reader
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… she had an husbande whan she vowed or pronounced ought out of her lyppes, wherwithwherewith she boūde her sowle, and her husbande hearde it and helde hys peace therat …
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… she had an husbande whan she vowed or pronounced ought out of her lyppes, wherwithwherewith she boūde her sowle, and her husbande hearde it and helde hys peace therat …
John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · Open in the reader
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9 Men knowing y^e worde of God supposeth y^t their ornaments of silk wherwithwherewith they garnishe their temples and adorne their Idolles, is very blasphemous and diuillish.
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9 Men knowing y^e worde of God supposeth y^t their ornaments of silk wherwithwherewith they garnishe their temples and adorne their Idolles, is very blasphemous and diuillish.
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
… Chriſt in the fleſh, the wrath of God came vpon them, that the iudgments wherwithwherewith they were viſited, made euē their eares to tingle that heard them, and brought …
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… Chriſt in the fleſh, the wrath of God came vpon them, that the iudgments wherwithwherewith they were viſited, made euē their eares to tingle that heard them, and brought …
Samuel Hieron · The Dignity of the Scripture · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wealth, ſhould not be found behinde all others, in the fruits of the Spirit, wherwithwherewith mens hearts, yea the Lord himſelf (after a ſort) is reioyced. And in it …
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… wealth, ſhould not be found behinde all others, in the fruits of the Spirit, wherwithwherewith mens hearts, yea the Lord himſelf (after a ſort) is reioyced. And in it …
Henry Finch · The Sacred Doctrine of Divinity · Open in the reader
Printed
… pes…iferous poyson of impietie (holy father of Rome) linked with such sauage phalarisme, wherwithwherewith you haue not only de…iled the very welsprings & purest source of all Christian …
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… pes…iferous poyson of impietie (holy father of Rome) linked with such sauage phalarisme, wherwithwherewith you haue not only de…iled the very welsprings & purest source of all Christian …
John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (49)

32 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 29 are listed here. 17 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright A01115

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… be taken of any worde ſhe ſhould there ſpeake: but ſhe would declare nothing. WherwithWherewith the biſhop being offended, charged her with words ſhe ſhould be reported to ſpeake …
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… be taken of any worde ſhe ſhould there ſpeake: but ſhe would declare nothing. WherwithWherewith the biſhop being offended, charged her with words ſhe ſhould be reported to ſpeake …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 69 · Open in the reader

The Pageant of Popes A02895

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WherwithWherewith the world she poysond hath which dronken with her wine,
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WherwithWherewith the world she poysond hath which dronken with her wine,
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader

Lectures Upon Psalm 51 A03343

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… Yea, this is spoken of, as a speciall mean, and help unto repentance, Ps. 119.9. WherwithWherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto, according to thy …
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… Yea, this is spoken of, as a speciall mean, and help unto repentance, Ps. 119.9. WherwithWherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto, according to thy …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 197 · Open in the reader

The Brutish Thunderbolt A03718

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… time (as he ſaid vacant) and vnto the next councel that ſhould be held. WherwithWherewith Boniface being ſmitten, holding a generall councell, he maketh Philip and his kingdome ſubiect …
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… time (as he ſaid vacant) and vnto the next councel that ſhould be held. WherwithWherewith Boniface being ſmitten, holding a generall councell, he maketh Philip and his kingdome ſubiect …
François Hotman · The Brutish Thunderbolt · p. 290 · Open in the reader

An Comfortable Exhortation A04546

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… whiche the holy ſcripture do not knowe) as ye haue bene in tyme paſſed. WherwithWherewith ye were drawene from the faith and gaue hede vnto ſprites of erroure / and …
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… whiche the holy ſcripture do not knowe) as ye haue bene in tyme paſſed. WherwithWherewith ye were drawene from the faith and gaue hede vnto ſprites of erroure / and …
John Johnsone · An Comfortable Exhortation · Open in the reader

The Godly Mans Journey to Heaven A05560

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… for did not Dauid crie out thus to the hearing of Angels and men: WherwithWherewith shall a yong man redresse his way, by taking heed vnto it according to …
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… for did not Dauid crie out thus to the hearing of Angels and men: WherwithWherewith shall a yong man redresse his way, by taking heed vnto it according to …
David Lindsay · The Godly Mans Journey to Heaven · p. 321 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Galatians A06492

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… vpon him our ſinnefull perſon, and gaue vnto vs his innocente and victorious perſon. WherwithWherewith we being now clothed, are freed from the Curſe of the lawe: for Chriſt …
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… vpon him our ſinnefull perſon, and gaue vnto vs his innocente and victorious perſon. WherwithWherewith we being now clothed, are freed from the Curſe of the lawe: for Chriſt …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · p. 133 · Open in the reader

The Justification of Man by Faith Only A07407

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… and confyrme his Fayth, ſayinge. This daye thou ſhalte be with me in Paradiſe. WherwithWherewith this poore thefe being made ſtrong and confyrmed did knowledge and confeſſe that he …
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… and confyrme his Fayth, ſayinge. This daye thou ſhalte be with me in Paradiſe. WherwithWherewith this poore thefe being made ſtrong and confyrmed did knowledge and confeſſe that he …
Philipp Melanchthon · The Justification of Man by Faith Only · Open in the reader

Display of Popish Practices A09918

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… not ordeyned to their amendement, yet is it not preached to them in vaine. WherwithWherewith they both may be pricked for the preſente, with the teſtimonie of conſcience, and …
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… not ordeyned to their amendement, yet is it not preached to them in vaine. WherwithWherewith they both may be pricked for the preſente, with the teſtimonie of conſcience, and …
Theodore Beza · Display of Popish Practices · p. 240 · Open in the reader

Defense of the Ecclesiastical Discipline A13880

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… Miniſters of the worde, both Paſtours and Teachers, of Elders alſo and of Deacons. WherwithWherewith I would ende the aunſwere to this ſection, but that heere is offred an …
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… Miniſters of the worde, both Paſtours and Teachers, of Elders alſo and of Deacons. WherwithWherewith I would ende the aunſwere to this ſection, but that heere is offred an …
Walter Travers · Defense of the Ecclesiastical Discipline · p. 65 · Open in the reader

Declaration of Ecclesiastical Discipline out of the Word of God A13881

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… off age / at the requeſt off certen worthy men toke the charge vpon hym. WherwithWherewith all thoughe in the beginninge he ioyned alſo teachinge off grammar ād other artes …
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… off age / at the requeſt off certen worthy men toke the charge vpon hym. WherwithWherewith all thoughe in the beginninge he ioyned alſo teachinge off grammar ād other artes …
Walter Travers · Declaration of Ecclesiastical Discipline out of the Word of God · p. 139 · Open in the reader

Answer to a Jesuit in Ireland A14227

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… layd in Hádes, it is not possible that any brother should spring forth afterward. WherwithWherewith Clemens Alexandrinus doth fitly compare that speech of the wife of Intaphernes in Herodotus …
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… layd in Hádes, it is not possible that any brother should spring forth afterward. WherwithWherewith Clemens Alexandrinus doth fitly compare that speech of the wife of Intaphernes in Herodotus …
James Ussher · Answer to a Jesuit in Ireland · p. 358 · Open in the reader

The Sacrament of the Lords Supper A14347

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… should redound towardes all the Saintes also, that is to saye, all holy persones. WherwithWherewith if thei be offended, leat them on gods behalfe lea…e Christ in heauen …
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… should redound towardes all the Saintes also, that is to saye, all holy persones. WherwithWherewith if thei be offended, leat them on gods behalfe lea…e Christ in heauen …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · The Sacrament of the Lords Supper · Open in the reader

Doctor Hills Reasons for Upholding of Papistry Unmasked A16795

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… and later Lecture, taken almost verbatim out of the workes of Marsilius Fic…us. WherwithWherewith when he had acquainted that rare & excellent Ornament of our land, the Reverend Bishop …
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… and later Lecture, taken almost verbatim out of the workes of Marsilius Fic…us. WherwithWherewith when he had acquainted that rare & excellent Ornament of our land, the Reverend Bishop …
Archbishop George Abbot · Doctor Hills Reasons for Upholding of Papistry Unmasked · p. 88 · Open in the reader

The Sum of the Four Evangelists A17221

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… Iewes, eſpecially y^e citizēs of y^e towne of Nazareth, do deſpiſe & caſt him off: WherwithWherewith the Lord is ſo little offended, y^t he is nothing at all leſſe bountifull …
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… Iewes, eſpecially y^e citizēs of y^e towne of Nazareth, do deſpiſe & caſt him off: WherwithWherewith the Lord is ſo little offended, y^t he is nothing at all leſſe bountifull …
Henrich Bullinger · The Sum of the Four Evangelists · Open in the reader

The Institutes of the Christian Religion A17662

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… his grace, when signes and wonders were shewed by the handes of the Apostles. WherwithWherewith wholly agreeth that sayeng of the Apostle, that when the Gospell was preached, saluation …
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… his grace, when signes and wonders were shewed by the handes of the Apostles. WherwithWherewith wholly agreeth that sayeng of the Apostle, that when the Gospell was preached, saluation …
John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader
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… good cause sayde, that he hath geuen his Hypostasis, to be seene in hym. WherwithWherewith aptely agreeth that which by and by foloweth, that he is the brightnesse of …
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… good cause sayde, that he hath geuen his Hypostasis, to be seene in hym. WherwithWherewith aptely agreeth that which by and by foloweth, that he is the brightnesse of …
John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · p. 30 · Open in the reader
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… the newe man is renewed accordynge to the image of hym that created hym. WherwithWherewith agreeth this saying: put on y^e new mā which is create according to God …
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… the newe man is renewed accordynge to the image of hym that created hym. WherwithWherewith agreeth this saying: put on y^e new mā which is create according to God …
John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader
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… with him, lette vs brynge that whiche is oures, god wil supplie the reste. WherwithWherewith agreeth that whiche Hieremye saith, that it is oure part to beginne, but gods …
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… with him, lette vs brynge that whiche is oures, god wil supplie the reste. WherwithWherewith agreeth that whiche Hieremye saith, that it is oure part to beginne, but gods …
John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · p. 13 · Open in the reader
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… strength. In the Psalme: Holde thee stil in the Lorde, and waite for him. WherwithWherewith agreeth that saieng of the Apostle to the Hebrues: Patience is needefull. &c.
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… strength. In the Psalme: Holde thee stil in the Lorde, and waite for him. WherwithWherewith agreeth that saieng of the Apostle to the Hebrues: Patience is needefull. &c.
John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

Catechism for Children A19564

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… feare of cōscience, that he ran to the halter for succour, and hanged himselfe. WherwithWherewith as he ended y^e miseries of this life, so he began, the paines of …
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… feare of cōscience, that he ran to the halter for succour, and hanged himselfe. WherwithWherewith as he ended y^e miseries of this life, so he began, the paines of …
Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Catechism for Children · p. xcix · Open in the reader

The Confutation of the Misshapen Answer to a Wicked Ballad A19656

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What word hast y^• n…ddy, WherwithWherewith Christ
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What word hast y^• n…ddy, WherwithWherewith Christ
Robert Crowley · The Confutation of the Misshapen Answer to a Wicked Ballad · Open in the reader
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WherwithWherewith our sauiour, Thy god and myne
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WherwithWherewith our sauiour, Thy god and myne
Robert Crowley · The Confutation of the Misshapen Answer to a Wicked Ballad · Open in the reader

The History of Britain A50902

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… Arrow; and by his fall op'nd the paſſage of perſuit to a compleat Victorie. WherwithWherewith Harold lifted up in minde, and forgetting now his former ſhews of popularitie, defrauded …
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… Arrow; and by his fall op'nd the paſſage of perſuit to a compleat Victorie. WherwithWherewith Harold lifted up in minde, and forgetting now his former ſhews of popularitie, defrauded …
John Milton · The History of Britain · p. 299 · Open in the reader

Narrative of what was Spoken by Mr Prynne A56219

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… out from reentring by some Soldiers, sent thither (as he conceited) for that purpose. WherwithWherewith he acquainted Mr. P. by a Note, desiring to speak with him at the …
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… out from reentring by some Soldiers, sent thither (as he conceited) for that purpose. WherwithWherewith he acquainted Mr. P. by a Note, desiring to speak with him at the …
William Prynne · Narrative of what was Spoken by Mr Prynne · p. 7 · Open in the reader

Narrative of what was Spoken by Mr Prynne 2 A56220

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… from re-entring by ſome Soldiers, ſent thither (as he conceited) for that purpoſe. WherwithWherewith he acquainted Mr. P. by a Note, deſiring to ſpeak with him at the …
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… from re-entring by ſome Soldiers, ſent thither (as he conceited) for that purpoſe. WherwithWherewith he acquainted Mr. P. by a Note, deſiring to ſpeak with him at the …
William Prynne · Narrative of what was Spoken by Mr Prynne 2 · p. 7 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

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These wordes made them al laugh. WherwithWherewith the bishop was almost angry, because the answere proued no better, and sayd.
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These wordes made them al laugh. WherwithWherewith the bishop was almost angry, because the answere proued no better, and sayd.
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1991 · Open in the reader
Printed
… company, to pray for her. For this night (quoth she) I thinke to die. WherwithWherewith he being stricken to the heart, sayde: God forbid that any such wickednes should …
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… company, to pray for her. For this night (quoth she) I thinke to die. WherwithWherewith he being stricken to the heart, sayde: God forbid that any such wickednes should …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2094 · Open in the reader

Whole Works A68831

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… to eternall paine in hell for that offence which is purged and put away. WherwithWherewith is it purged and put away?
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… to eternall paine in hell for that offence which is purged and put away. WherwithWherewith is it purged and put away?
William Tyndale · Whole Works · p. 18 · Open in the reader