Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11379 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

beleevesbelieves

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

Puritas changed it: 1,397 times in 443 works
Consistency: 98.0% (1,397 of 1,425)
Reach if approved: ~1,497 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: believes
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,425 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,397 changes in 443 works, 98.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,397)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… it will welcome it; it is an obedient thing, The obedience of faith: it beleevesbelieves, and upon beleeving, it goes to God: As the servants of the King of …
With rule
… it will welcome it; it is an obedient thing, The obedience of faith: it beleevesbelieves, and upon beleeving, it goes to God: As the servants of the King of …
Richard Sibbes · Evangelical Sacrifices · p. 169 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it stirs up servent supplications to cry Abba Father. The soule when it truly beleevesbelieves, hath a bold and familiar speech to God.
With rule
… it stirs up servent supplications to cry Abba Father. The soule when it truly beleevesbelieves, hath a bold and familiar speech to God.
Richard Sibbes · Yea and Amen · p. 223 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that which wee are already ſuſpitious of? What a man feares already, he eaſily beleevesbelieves, as what a man hopes, quod metuunt facile credunt. There falls out often in …
With rule
… that which wee are already ſuſpitious of? What a man feares already, he eaſily beleevesbelieves, as what a man hopes, quod metuunt facile credunt. There falls out often in …
Thomas Goodwin · A Child of Light Walking in Darkness · p. 113 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and defiles them, to this day condemnation hangeth over your heads, Iohn 3.18. He that beleevesbelieves not, is condemned already, and he ſhall never ſee light, but the wrath of …
With rule
… and defiles them, to this day condemnation hangeth over your heads, Iohn 3.18. He that beleevesbelieves not, is condemned already, and he ſhall never ſee light, but the wrath of …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Exaltation · p. 81 · Open in the reader
Printed
… what is the dignity and prerogative of Gods Houſe. Who now that conſiders and beleevesbelieves this, (and there was a time when it was beleeved) will not ſay with …
With rule
… what is the dignity and prerogative of Gods Houſe. Who now that conſiders and beleevesbelieves this, (and there was a time when it was beleeved) will not ſay with …
Joseph Mede · The Reverence of Gods House · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… acts it, then he is made a living man; and then hee thinkes and beleevesbelieves, that the wayes of sinne are evill, and that they are evill to him …
With rule
… acts it, then he is made a living man; and then hee thinkes and beleevesbelieves, that the wayes of sinne are evill, and that they are evill to him …
John Preston · Description of Spiritual Life and Death · p. 92 · Open in the reader
Printed
… many doe not feare God, becauſe they doe not beleeve. Beſides, hee that ſtedfaſtly beleevesbelieves that God will ſave him, wil not therefore preſume, but feare to diſhonour ſo …
With rule
… many doe not feare God, becauſe they doe not beleeve. Beſides, hee that ſtedfaſtly beleevesbelieves that God will ſave him, wil not therefore preſume, but feare to diſhonour ſo …
William Price · The Souls Porter to Cast Out Sin · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… shall not be baptized because they beleev not: for Christ sayth not, he that beleevesbelieves not, shall not be baptized, but shalbe damned. The thing then is: Christ neyther …
With rule
… shall not be baptized because they beleev not: for Christ sayth not, he that beleevesbelieves not, shall not be baptized, but shalbe damned. The thing then is: Christ neyther …
John Robinson · Of Religious Communion Private and Public · p. 71 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (28)

24 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 18 are listed here. 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Worthy Receiving the Lords Supper A09266

Printed
… quickly shew what true Love of God there is in us: He that Obeyes, BeleevesBelieves. He that Amends, Repents. The very same, Obedience and Reformation, are the touch-stone …
With rule
… quickly shew what true Love of God there is in us: He that Obeyes, BeleevesBelieves. He that Amends, Repents. The very same, Obedience and Reformation, are the touch-stone …
William Pemble · The Worthy Receiving the Lords Supper · p. 54 · Open in the reader

A Plea for Grace A09277

Printed
… yet are rightly said to be mans actions: so that when a regenerate person, BeleevesBelieves, Praies, gives almes, rejoyceth in God, &c. we doe not say that the Holy …
With rule
… yet are rightly said to be mans actions: so that when a regenerate person, BeleevesBelieves, Praies, gives almes, rejoyceth in God, &c. we doe not say that the Holy …
William Pemble · A Plea for Grace · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
… rejoyceth in God, &c. we doe not say that the Holy Ghost in us BeleevesBelieves or Praies, or gives almes, or rejoyceth in the hope of happinesse, (as some …
With rule
… rejoyceth in God, &c. we doe not say that the Holy Ghost in us BeleevesBelieves or Praies, or gives almes, or rejoyceth in the hope of happinesse, (as some …
William Pemble · A Plea for Grace · p. 32 · Open in the reader

The Dead Saint Speaking to Saints and Sinners Living A28620

Printed
… The Aſſurance of Principles is no more but ſuch a grounded, undoubted Aſſurance as BeleevesBelieves the main Propoſition of the Goſpel: as, — Hee that beleevesbelieves ſhall bee ſaved.
With rule
… The Aſſurance of Principles is no more but ſuch a grounded, undoubted Aſſurance as BeleevesBelieves the main Propoſition of the Goſpel: as, — Hee that beleevesbelieves ſhall bee ſaved.
Samuel Bolton · The Dead Saint Speaking to Saints and Sinners Living · p. 59 · Open in the reader

Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed A32308

Printed
BeleevesBelieves there is a power that doth excell,
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BeleevesBelieves there is a power that doth excell,
Edward Calver · Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed · p. 79 · Open in the reader

Christs Alarm to Drowsy Saints A41106

Printed
… enough, a man may profeſſe the name of Chriſt, and thinke verily that hee BeleevesBelieves in Ieſus Chriſt and be a very admirable morall man and yet never quickned …
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… enough, a man may profeſſe the name of Chriſt, and thinke verily that hee BeleevesBelieves in Ieſus Chriſt and be a very admirable morall man and yet never quickned …
William Fenner · Christs Alarm to Drowsy Saints · p. 61 · Open in the reader

The Application of Redemption A44342

Printed
But he that BeleevesBelieves not is Condemned already; Called he is not, Justified he cannot be in this …
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But he that BeleevesBelieves not is Condemned already; Called he is not, Justified he cannot be in this …
Thomas Hooker · The Application of Redemption · p. 27 · Open in the reader

Peters Repentance A64251

Printed
2. BeleevesBelieves not the Oracle of the Prophet Zacharie, but would shi…t it off with …
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2. BeleevesBelieves not the Oracle of the Prophet Zacharie, but would shi…t it off with …
Thomas Taylor · Peters Repentance · p. 15 · Open in the reader

Treatise of the Four Degenerate Sons A68868

Printed
… true God: They anſwer, I renounce him. His ſecond demand to them is this, BeleevesBelieves thou in me? They anſwer, I beleeve: this is called foreign, when one promiſes, and …
With rule
… true God: They anſwer, I renounce him. His ſecond demand to them is this, BeleevesBelieves thou in me? They anſwer, I beleeve: this is called foreign, when one promiſes, and …
John Weemes · Treatise of the Four Degenerate Sons · p. 30 · Open in the reader

Instructions About Right Believing A75538

Printed
… by theſe Wordes; Shall never Hunger, Shall never Thirſt; Whoever Comes to Chriſt, or BeleevesBelieves in Chriſt ſhall never Hunger nor Thirſt: As Bread alayes Hunger; So doth this …
With rule
… by theſe Wordes; Shall never Hunger, Shall never Thirſt; Whoever Comes to Chriſt, or BeleevesBelieves in Chriſt ſhall never Hunger nor Thirſt: As Bread alayes Hunger; So doth this …
Henry Archer · Instructions About Right Believing · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a two fold Propoſition. Firſt, That Beleeving poſſeſſeth a Man of Chriſt: He that BeleevesBelieves in Chriſt, hath, Chriſt, and is one with Chriſt; Therefore, (as ye heard before …
With rule
… a two fold Propoſition. Firſt, That Beleeving poſſeſſeth a Man of Chriſt: He that BeleevesBelieves in Chriſt, hath, Chriſt, and is one with Chriſt; Therefore, (as ye heard before …
Henry Archer · Instructions About Right Believing · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by Eating and Drinking, therefore It luſts, after evill; Iames. 4. 5. But now, He that BeleevesBelieves in Chriſt; is not thus to Sinne; The Body of Sinne is deſtroyed in …
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… by Eating and Drinking, therefore It luſts, after evill; Iames. 4. 5. But now, He that BeleevesBelieves in Chriſt; is not thus to Sinne; The Body of Sinne is deſtroyed in …
Henry Archer · Instructions About Right Believing · p. 56 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Life, Becauſe they have All Things actually in Chriſt, and really by Faith; whoever BeleevesBelieves in Chriſt, hath all things actually in him: Coll. 2. 10. They are Compleate in him …
With rule
… Life, Becauſe they have All Things actually in Chriſt, and really by Faith; whoever BeleevesBelieves in Chriſt, hath all things actually in him: Coll. 2. 10. They are Compleate in him …
Henry Archer · Instructions About Right Believing · p. 62 · Open in the reader
Printed
… never wholy looſe God or Grace; And therefore it is, that He that once BeleevesBelieves can never wholy looſe his Faith, becauſe to the end He may never looſe …
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… never wholy looſe God or Grace; And therefore it is, that He that once BeleevesBelieves can never wholy looſe his Faith, becauſe to the end He may never looſe …
Henry Archer · Instructions About Right Believing · p. 66 · Open in the reader

The Works of William Bridge Volume 3 A77358

Printed
… bread unto Dogs. She was a Canaanite. But now this Woman, this Canaanite, ſhe BeleevesBelieves; comes unto Chriſt, and BeleevesBelieves greatly: O woman, great is thy faith.
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… bread unto Dogs. She was a Canaanite. But now this Woman, this Canaanite, ſhe BeleevesBelieves; comes unto Chriſt, and BeleevesBelieves greatly: O woman, great is thy faith.
William Bridge · The Works of William Bridge Volume 3 · p. 200 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a Canaanite. But now this Woman, this Canaanite, ſhe BeleevesBelieves; comes unto Chriſt, and BeleevesBelieves greatly: O woman, great is thy faith.
With rule
… a Canaanite. But now this Woman, this Canaanite, ſhe BeleevesBelieves; comes unto Chriſt, and BeleevesBelieves greatly: O woman, great is thy faith.
William Bridge · The Works of William Bridge Volume 3 · p. 200 · Open in the reader

Four Sermons A77486

Printed
… in his Paſſion, Pſal. 116. I ſaid, that all men were lyars. But hee that BeleevesBelieves, makes not haſt, Iſaiah 28.16. and 30.18. Bleſſed are all they that wait for him.
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… in his Paſſion, Pſal. 116. I ſaid, that all men were lyars. But hee that BeleevesBelieves, makes not haſt, Iſaiah 28.16. and 30.18. Bleſſed are all they that wait for him.
Thomas Brightman · Four Sermons · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the ſame grounds, the ſame cauſes, the like effects; and therefore, as he that BeleevesBelieves makes not haſt, ſo neither doth he that Hopes.
With rule
… the ſame grounds, the ſame cauſes, the like effects; and therefore, as he that BeleevesBelieves makes not haſt, ſo neither doth he that Hopes.
Thomas Brightman · Four Sermons · p. 113 · Open in the reader