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hardnedhardened

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

Puritas changed it
3,713 times in 1,385 works
Consistency
99.1% (3,713 of 3,746)
Reach if approved
~3,936 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: hardened
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
3,746 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (3,713 changes in 1,385 works, 99.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 3,713)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … trade, yea ſport, and paſtime; yet (becauſe their conſciences are ſeared, and their hearts hardnedhardened) they will not be beaten downe but that they haue grace in them; and …
    With rule
    … trade, yea ſport, and paſtime; yet (becauſe their conſciences are ſeared, and their hearts hardnedhardened) they will not be beaten downe but that they haue grace in them; and …

    Thomas Barnes · The Gales of Grace · p. 155 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … clogging them with guilt, leſt the Lord caſt you off, and leſt ye be hardnedhardened, and ſo ye periſh from the right way. Do not think thus, O we …
    With rule
    … clogging them with guilt, leſt the Lord caſt you off, and leſt ye be hardnedhardened, and ſo ye periſh from the right way. Do not think thus, O we …

    William Fenner · The Souls Looking Glass 2 · p. 195 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … conformity: others take aduantage of their disobedience, to contemne their Ministry. Witched hearts are hardnedhardened. good ones greieued, weake offended. Is this no sickenesse? is it vnworthy our deploring …
    With rule
    … conformity: others take aduantage of their disobedience, to contemne their Ministry. Witched hearts are hardnedhardened. good ones greieued, weake offended. Is this no sickenesse? is it vnworthy our deploring …

    Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 36 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    8. To ſaue the obſtinate with feare. Though men blinded in mind, and hardnedhardened in heart, wilfully giue themſelues ouer to Satan, yet ought we not to ſuffer …
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    8. To ſaue the obſtinate with feare. Though men blinded in mind, and hardnedhardened in heart, wilfully giue themſelues ouer to Satan, yet ought we not to ſuffer …

    William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 275 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … against sinne. Thus you see howe Gods children may be blinded in mind, and hardnedhardened in hart for a time: so that they feele in themselues the graces of …
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    … against sinne. Thus you see howe Gods children may be blinded in mind, and hardnedhardened in hart for a time: so that they feele in themselues the graces of …

    Richard Greenham · Propositions Containing Answers in Divers Spiritual Matters · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … manifold ignorances in his children, yet he requireth that we be teachable, and not hardnedhardened in our owne dulneſſe and ſluggiſhneſſe.
    With rule
    … manifold ignorances in his children, yet he requireth that we be teachable, and not hardnedhardened in our owne dulneſſe and ſluggiſhneſſe.

    Samuel Hieron · The Preachers Plea · p. 50 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … ſought his inchaunters, and the more afflictions the worſe was he, and the more hardnedhardened in his heart, Exod. 6.7.8.9.10. chap. The godly they beare much in their miſeries, and …
    With rule
    … ſought his inchaunters, and the more afflictions the worſe was he, and the more hardnedhardened in his heart, Exod. 6.7.8.9.10. chap. The godly they beare much in their miſeries, and …

    Henry Holland · The Christian Exercise of Fasting · p. 189 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … The heart of this people is waxen fat, hee hath blinded their eyes, and hardnedhardened their hearts, leſt they ſhould ſee with their eyes, and beleeve with their hearts …
    With rule
    … The heart of this people is waxen fat, hee hath blinded their eyes, and hardnedhardened their hearts, leſt they ſhould ſee with their eyes, and beleeve with their hearts …

    Thomas Hooker · The Souls Vocation · p. 521 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (33)

25 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 23 are listed here. 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Treasury of Similes A18271

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    … with the warme bloud of a Goate: So likewiſe the heart of man, beeing HardnedHardened through the continuance and Cuſtome of ſinne, will not be mollified, bridled, nor tamed …
    With rule
    … with the warme bloud of a Goate: So likewiſe the heart of man, beeing HardnedHardened through the continuance and Cuſtome of ſinne, will not be mollified, bridled, nor tamed …

    Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 384 · Open in the reader

A Ready Way to Remember the Scriptures A19692

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    Ch…. 10 Locuſts, 4. Pharoahs ſervants intreat, 7. Humbled, 16. HardnedHardened, 20. Darknes, 22. See not, Verſe. 23.
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    Ch…. 10 Locuſts, 4. Pharoahs ſervants intreat, 7. Humbled, 16. HardnedHardened, 20. Darknes, 22. See not, Verſe. 23.

    Ezekiel Culverwell · A Ready Way to Remember the Scriptures · p. 5 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Job 38-42 A35538

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    HardnedHardened ſinner, how like Leviathan. 767
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    HardnedHardened ſinner, how like Leviathan. 767

    Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 38-42 · Open in the reader

Sermons Preached Upon Sundry Occasions A40515

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    … by cuſtome in ſin: the ſeed, you know, which fell on this ground, periſhed. HardnedHardened Pharaoh ſlighted all Moſes's meſſages, and remains hard under varietie of Gods judgements, both …
    With rule
    … by cuſtome in ſin: the ſeed, you know, which fell on this ground, periſhed. HardnedHardened Pharaoh ſlighted all Moſes's meſſages, and remains hard under varietie of Gods judgements, both …

    John Frost · Sermons Preached Upon Sundry Occasions · p. 159 · Open in the reader

Satans Temptations in Three Parts A42781

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    … from thence draws his Arguments of irrecoverable Damnation; pleading that their Hearts are Seared, HardnedHardened, uncapable of Repentance, and conſequently of Heaven. That final Impenitency will conclude Damnation, is …
    With rule
    … from thence draws his Arguments of irrecoverable Damnation; pleading that their Hearts are Seared, HardnedHardened, uncapable of Repentance, and conſequently of Heaven. That final Impenitency will conclude Damnation, is …

    Richard Gilpin · Satans Temptations in Three Parts · p. 396 · Open in the reader

The Believers Duty Towards the Spirit A43709

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    … to be made of our deſertions by others, good or bad, p. 216. Diſcouraged or HardnedHardened, p. 217.
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    … to be made of our deſertions by others, good or bad, p. 216. Diſcouraged or HardnedHardened, p. 217.

    Henry Hickman · The Believers Duty Towards the Spirit · Open in the reader

An Exposition of Genesis A44894

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    D. 3. HardnedHardened souls vent their contempt upon God himself more than on his Church.
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    D. 3. HardnedHardened souls vent their contempt upon God himself more than on his Church.

    George Hughes · An Exposition of Genesis · p. 701 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Pharaohs heart is heavy, he rejuseth to send away the people, Most readings thus. — HardnedHardened. Syr.
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    … Pharaohs heart is heavy, he rejuseth to send away the people, Most readings thus. — HardnedHardened. Syr.

    George Hughes · An Exposition of Genesis · p. 729 · Open in the reader

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    D. 3. HardnedHardened oppressors deny meanes of serving God, when they grant liberty to do it, Ver. 24.
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    D. 3. HardnedHardened oppressors deny meanes of serving God, when they grant liberty to do it, Ver. 24.

    George Hughes · An Exposition of Genesis · p. 769 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    D. 5. HardnedHardened persecutors befool themselves for doing that good, which God forced from them.
    With rule
    D. 5. HardnedHardened persecutors befool themselves for doing that good, which God forced from them.

    George Hughes · An Exposition of Genesis · p. 810 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    D. 1. HardnedHardened powers against God do not onely consult, but are first to lead, in persecuting …
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    D. 1. HardnedHardened powers against God do not onely consult, but are first to lead, in persecuting …

    George Hughes · An Exposition of Genesis · p. 811 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Amos 4-9 A45333

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    5 Obs. HardnedHardened Sinners are incorrigible and incurable. When men have got a custom of sinning and …
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    5 Obs. HardnedHardened Sinners are incorrigible and incurable. When men have got a custom of sinning and …

    Thomas Hall · Exposition of Amos 4-9 · p. 65 · Open in the reader

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    1 HardnedHardened, incorrig…ble sinners are not worthy of a reproof: And therefore the Lord here …
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    1 HardnedHardened, incorrig…ble sinners are not worthy of a reproof: And therefore the Lord here …

    Thomas Hall · Exposition of Amos 4-9 · p. 189 · Open in the reader

Sermons Volume 4 A51840

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    … away from me this Death only. So chap. 12.32. Be gone, and bless me also. HardnedHardened Sinners may have their Gripes and sensible Touches, and so some faint Purposes of …
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    … away from me this Death only. So chap. 12.32. Be gone, and bless me also. HardnedHardened Sinners may have their Gripes and sensible Touches, and so some faint Purposes of …

    Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 4 · p. 521 · Open in the reader

A Dissuasive from Conformity to the World A61876

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    6. HardnedHardened mind, Dan. 5. 20.
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    6. HardnedHardened mind, Dan. 5. 20.

    Henry Stubbes · A Dissuasive from Conformity to the World · p. 66 · Open in the reader

Sermon Preached to the Society for Reformation A78191

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    … them. Now meer verbal Reproof is not likely to do good on Beaſtly, Stupid, HardnedHardened, Obſtinate Sinners; but like enough to do hurt, to work contrary to Intention, where …
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    … them. Now meer verbal Reproof is not likely to do good on Beaſtly, Stupid, HardnedHardened, Obſtinate Sinners; but like enough to do hurt, to work contrary to Intention, where …

    John Barret · Sermon Preached to the Society for Reformation · p. 40 · Open in the reader

England Faithfully Watched A88417

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    … and bleed, and ordain what prieſt it will, Chriſt will not bleed for him. HardnedHardened hearts, think on theſe things, the bloud of a mediatour will be charged upon …
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    … and bleed, and ordain what prieſt it will, Chriſt will not bleed for him. HardnedHardened hearts, think on theſe things, the bloud of a mediatour will be charged upon …

    Nicholas Lockyer · England Faithfully Watched · p. 140 · Open in the reader

A Broken Spirit Gods Sacrifices A91855

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    … like a ſtone, will not bow or bend, may ſooner be ground to powder. HardnedHardened Pharoah profeſſed, he would not let Iſrael goe, Exod. 5. 2. Hard-hearted Manaſſes and the …
    With rule
    … like a ſtone, will not bow or bend, may ſooner be ground to powder. HardnedHardened Pharoah profeſſed, he would not let Iſrael goe, Exod. 5. 2. Hard-hearted Manaſſes and the …

    Francis Roberts · A Broken Spirit Gods Sacrifices · p. 27 · Open in the reader

Judgment Begun at the House of God N01526

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    … the Almighty; Pſal. 95.10, 11. By Continuance alſo the Mind is more Blinded, & the Heart more HardnedHardened, and ſet the further off from Repentance; Eph. 4.18. Heb. 4.7. Sin Roots the Deeper, and …
    With rule
    … the Almighty; Pſal. 95.10, 11. By Continuance alſo the Mind is more Blinded, & the Heart more HardnedHardened, and ſet the further off from Repentance; Eph. 4.18. Heb. 4.7. Sin Roots the Deeper, and …

    John Danforth · Judgment Begun at the House of God · p. 50 · Open in the reader

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    … of Unbelief, in Departing from the Living GOD, &c. leſt any of you be HardnedHardened, thro' the Deceitfulneſs of Sin. Rev. 3.2,—4. Be Watchful, and Strengthen the things which remain …
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    … of Unbelief, in Departing from the Living GOD, &c. leſt any of you be HardnedHardened, thro' the Deceitfulneſs of Sin. Rev. 3.2,—4. Be Watchful, and Strengthen the things which remain …

    John Danforth · Judgment Begun at the House of God · p. 110 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … preached and recommended to them, and Urged upon them. We are dreadfully and Judicially HardnedHardened, If neither Commands, Promiſes, nor Threatnings can Move us, Nor Executions neither, nor the …
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    … preached and recommended to them, and Urged upon them. We are dreadfully and Judicially HardnedHardened, If neither Commands, Promiſes, nor Threatnings can Move us, Nor Executions neither, nor the …

    John Danforth · Judgment Begun at the House of God · p. 137 · Open in the reader

A Complete Body of Divinity N02384

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    … And he knew how to be a Son of Thunder to the Secure and HardnedHardened; and a Son of Conſolation to the Contrite and Broken in Spirit.
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    … And he knew how to be a Son of Thunder to the Secure and HardnedHardened; and a Son of Conſolation to the Contrite and Broken in Spirit.

    Samuel Willard · A Complete Body of Divinity · p. 2 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … different Entertainment to them: Some are Enlightned, others are Blinded; ſome Softned, and ſome HardnedHardened. The Apoſtle gives us a ſolemn account of this affair, 2 Cor. 2.15, 16. For we are …
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    … different Entertainment to them: Some are Enlightned, others are Blinded; ſome Softned, and ſome HardnedHardened. The Apoſtle gives us a ſolemn account of this affair, 2 Cor. 2.15, 16. For we are …

    Samuel Willard · A Complete Body of Divinity · p. 811 · Open in the reader