Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11228 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

soveraigntysovereignty

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

Puritas changed it: 5,528 times in 1,348 works
Consistency: 99.6% (5,528 of 5,549)
Reach if approved: ~5,833 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: sovereignty
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 5,551 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: s sovereignty (1), sovereign (1)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (5,528 changes in 1,348 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 5,528)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… in a sanctified man may bee so mollified and moderated by spirituall delight, and soveraigntysovereignty of grace, that he is not onely preserved from the sting, and venome of …
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… in a sanctified man may bee so mollified and moderated by spirituall delight, and soveraigntysovereignty of grace, that he is not onely preserved from the sting, and venome of …
Robert Bolton · Comforting Afflicted Consciences · p. 197 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to him, as we ſhewed in the former §. But God is not mocked. His SoveraigntySovereignty, his Dignity, his Majeſty, his Omnipotency, his Integrity, his Iealouſie, and other like infinite …
With rule
… to him, as we ſhewed in the former §. But God is not mocked. His SoveraigntySovereignty, his Dignity, his Majeſty, his Omnipotency, his Integrity, his Iealouſie, and other like infinite …
William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · p. 190 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his firſt book de Romano Pontifice, cap. 7. parag. Poſtremo, diſtinguiſhing betweene ſecular and eccleſiaſticall ſoveraigntysovereignty, affirmeth that the Eccleſiaſticall is à ſolo Deo, & de iure divino, from God alone …
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… his firſt book de Romano Pontifice, cap. 7. parag. Poſtremo, diſtinguiſhing betweene ſecular and eccleſiaſticall ſoveraigntysovereignty, affirmeth that the Eccleſiaſticall is à ſolo Deo, & de iure divino, from God alone …
Sebastian Benefield · Sermon Preached 24 March 1610 · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of his allotting, he hath appointed a time to euery thing, wherein his great soveraigntysovereignty over the creatures, and over all things appeares; and therefore you shall see, Act …
With rule
… of his allotting, he hath appointed a time to euery thing, wherein his great soveraigntysovereignty over the creatures, and over all things appeares; and therefore you shall see, Act …
John Preston · The New Covenant · p. 110 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they that deny, doe in effect, pluck God out of heaven, by denying his SoveraigntySovereignty, and power over all his creatures in ordering them, and all their actions, to …
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… they that deny, doe in effect, pluck God out of heaven, by denying his SoveraigntySovereignty, and power over all his creatures in ordering them, and all their actions, to …
John Robinson · Defense of the Synod of Dort · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
… conditions as he is discovered in the Word. To suffer Christ to have the soveraigntysovereignty in our affections, above all other things and persons in the world. This is …
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… conditions as he is discovered in the Word. To suffer Christ to have the soveraigntysovereignty in our affections, above all other things and persons in the world. This is …
Richard Sibbes · Bowels Opened · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
… love, or any meaſure of them; but wind them up to that degree of ſoveraigntysovereignty; love God above all, and feare him above all: Let nothing be ſo terrible …
With rule
… love, or any meaſure of them; but wind them up to that degree of ſoveraigntysovereignty; love God above all, and feare him above all: Let nothing be ſo terrible …
John Stoughton · The Righteous Mans Plea to True Happiness · p. 109 · Open in the reader
Printed
… cry shame upon you, as upon a profest Arminian, a manifest impugner of the soveraigntysovereignty of God, in shewing mercy on whom he will, and denying mercy to whom …
With rule
… cry shame upon you, as upon a profest Arminian, a manifest impugner of the soveraigntysovereignty of God, in shewing mercy on whom he will, and denying mercy to whom …
William Twisse · Discovery of Jacksons Vanity · p. 488 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (19)

16 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Cain and Abel Malignity A26871

Printed
… as well particular Churches as private men: Churches of Kingdoms and Nations have a SOVERAIGNTYSOVEREIGNTY over them to which they must yield obedience, Isa. 60. 12. The Nation and Kingdom that …
With rule
… as well particular Churches as private men: Churches of Kingdoms and Nations have a SOVERAIGNTYSOVEREIGNTY over them to which they must yield obedience, Isa. 60. 12. The Nation and Kingdom that …
Richard Baxter · Cain and Abel Malignity · p. 20 · Open in the reader

Saintship No Ground of Sovereignty A29196

Printed
SAINTSHIP No ground of SOVERAIGNTYSOVEREIGNTY: OR A TREATISE Tending to prove, That the SAINTS, barely conſidered as ſuch, ought …
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SAINTSHIP No ground of SOVERAIGNTYSOVEREIGNTY: OR A TREATISE Tending to prove, That the SAINTS, barely conſidered as ſuch, ought …
Edward Bagshaw · Saintship No Ground of Sovereignty · Open in the reader
Printed
SAINTSHIP No ground of SOVERAIGNTYSOVEREIGNTY.
With rule
SAINTSHIP No ground of SOVERAIGNTYSOVEREIGNTY.
Edward Bagshaw · Saintship No Ground of Sovereignty · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Mans Whole Duty and Gods Wonderful Entreaty A30282

Printed
… of this word: [As though God did beſeech you by us.] How, GOD beſeech? SOVERAIGNTYSOVEREIGNTY beg? And that of both Creatures and Rebels too? What meaneth this, and what …
With rule
… of this word: [As though God did beſeech you by us.] How, GOD beſeech? SOVERAIGNTYSOVEREIGNTY beg? And that of both Creatures and Rebels too? What meaneth this, and what …
Daniel Burgess · Mans Whole Duty and Gods Wonderful Entreaty · p. 95 · Open in the reader

Gods Sovereignty Displayed from Job 9:12 A42547

Printed
GOD'S SOVERAIGNTYSOVEREIGNTY DISPLAYED.
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GOD'S SOVERAIGNTYSOVEREIGNTY DISPLAYED.
William Gearing · Gods Sovereignty Displayed from Job 9:12 · Open in the reader

The Life and Reign of King Charles A50910

Printed
… of the perversity of one mans will, who in the power of a moderate SOVERAIGNTYSOVEREIGNTY and the love of his people, by whom, and by this very Parliament (so …
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… of the perversity of one mans will, who in the power of a moderate SOVERAIGNTYSOVEREIGNTY and the love of his people, by whom, and by this very Parliament (so …
John Milton · The Life and Reign of King Charles · p. 100 · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms A56211

Printed
… Roman Emperors were at the first; nothing else but Princes of the Commonweale, The SOVERAIGNTYSOVEREIGNTY NEVERTHELESSE STILL RESTING IN THE PEOPLE, and THE SENATE: So that this Commonwealth was …
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… Roman Emperors were at the first; nothing else but Princes of the Commonweale, The SOVERAIGNTYSOVEREIGNTY NEVERTHELESSE STILL RESTING IN THE PEOPLE, and THE SENATE: So that this Commonwealth was …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 109 · Open in the reader
Printed
… IT NOT, the State being but a very principalitie WHEREIN THE PEOPLE HAD THE SOVERAIGNTYSOVEREIGNTY. In which case, THERE IS NO DOUBT but that IT IS LAWFULL to proceede …
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… IT NOT, the State being but a very principalitie WHEREIN THE PEOPLE HAD THE SOVERAIGNTYSOVEREIGNTY. In which case, THERE IS NO DOUBT but that IT IS LAWFULL to proceede …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 109 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the Common weale, that is to say, the cheife and principall men: the SOVERAIGNTYSOVEREIGNTY neverthelesse still RESTING IN THE PEOPLE AND SENATE, the Emperour having the Soveraigne authority …
With rule
… of the Common weale, that is to say, the cheife and principall men: the SOVERAIGNTYSOVEREIGNTY neverthelesse still RESTING IN THE PEOPLE AND SENATE, the Emperour having the Soveraigne authority …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in right: the State being but a very Principality, wherein THE PEOPLE HAD THE SOVERAIGNTYSOVEREIGNTY. So the German Empire at this day is nothing else, but an Aristocraticall Principality …
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… in right: the State being but a very Principality, wherein THE PEOPLE HAD THE SOVERAIGNTYSOVEREIGNTY. So the German Empire at this day is nothing else, but an Aristocraticall Principality …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 9 · Open in the reader

A Holy Commonwealth A76178

Printed
Thes. 52. Though the people have not any SOveraigntySovereignty or Governing Authority as people, yet have they a certain Right to that Common …
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Thes. 52. Though the people have not any SOveraigntySovereignty or Governing Authority as people, yet have they a certain Right to that Common …
Richard Baxter · A Holy Commonwealth · p. 69 · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments Part 4 A91185

Printed
… Princes of the Common weale, that is to ſay, the cheife and principallmen: the SOVERAIGNTYSOVEREIGNTY nevertheleſſe ſtill RESTING IN THE PEOPLE AND SENATE, the Emperour having the Soveraigne authority …
With rule
… Princes of the Common weale, that is to ſay, the cheife and principallmen: the SOVERAIGNTYSOVEREIGNTY nevertheleſſe ſtill RESTING IN THE PEOPLE AND SENATE, the Emperour having the Soveraigne authority …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments Part 4 · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in right: the State being but a very Principality, wherein THE PEOPLE HAD THE SOVERAIGNTYSOVEREIGNTY. So the German Empire at this day is nothing elſe, but an Ariſtocraticall Principality …
With rule
… in right: the State being but a very Principality, wherein THE PEOPLE HAD THE SOVERAIGNTYSOVEREIGNTY. So the German Empire at this day is nothing elſe, but an Ariſtocraticall Principality …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments Part 4 · p. 9 · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms Part 3 A91298

Printed
… Roman Emperors were at the firſt; nothing elſe but Princes of the Commonweale, The SOVERAIGNTYSOVEREIGNTY NEVERTHELESSE STILL RESTING IN THE PEOPLE, and THE SENATE: So that this Common-wealth …
With rule
… Roman Emperors were at the firſt; nothing elſe but Princes of the Commonweale, The SOVERAIGNTYSOVEREIGNTY NEVERTHELESSE STILL RESTING IN THE PEOPLE, and THE SENATE: So that this Common-wealth …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms Part 3 · p. 109 · Open in the reader
Printed
… IT NOT, the State being but a very principalitie WHEREIN THE PEOPLE HAD THE SOVERAIGNTYSOVEREIGNTY. In which caſe, THERE IS NO DOUBT but that IT IS LAWFULL to proceede …
With rule
… IT NOT, the State being but a very principalitie WHEREIN THE PEOPLE HAD THE SOVERAIGNTYSOVEREIGNTY. In which caſe, THERE IS NO DOUBT but that IT IS LAWFULL to proceede …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms Part 3 · p. 109 · Open in the reader

Influences of the Life of Grace A92141

Printed
1. SOveraigntySovereignty and the glorious liberty of God appears in 1. His Decrees.
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1. SOveraigntySovereignty and the glorious liberty of God appears in 1. His Decrees.
Samuel Rutherford · Influences of the Life of Grace · p. 45 · Open in the reader