Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11441 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

fierfire

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

Puritas changed it: 790 times in 238 works
Consistency: 91.9% (790 of 859)
Reach if approved: ~903 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: fire
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 859 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (790 changes in 238 works, 91.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 790)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of fyre, and yet by Godes Angels were so preserued, that no smell of fierfire remayned in their persons nor garments: this same king giueth a more notable confession …
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… of fyre, and yet by Godes Angels were so preserued, that no smell of fierfire remayned in their persons nor garments: this same king giueth a more notable confession …
John Knox · Sermon in Edinburgh · Open in the reader
Printed
… thornes. And Virgil in the third booke of his Georgikes: As ſometime a great fierfire in the ſtubble without any force, maketh great adoe. &c. Therfore the fierfire of …
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… thornes. And Virgil in the third booke of his Georgikes: As ſometime a great fierfire in the ſtubble without any force, maketh great adoe. &c. Therfore the fierfire of …
Martin Luther · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · Open in the reader
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… The bodies of many are worshipped on earth, whose soules are tormented in hell fierfire.
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… The bodies of many are worshipped on earth, whose soules are tormented in hell fierfire.
Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · p. 183 · Open in the reader
Printed
And that they Baptiſe their Children, not onely with water, but alſo with fierfire; It is reported, that it is the cuſtome of the Aethiopians, not onely of …
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And that they Baptiſe their Children, not onely with water, but alſo with fierfire; It is reported, that it is the cuſtome of the Aethiopians, not onely of …
Ephraim Pagitt · Christianography · p. 113 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thinnes. For al exhalatiō is by making a grosser body more thinne, but y^e fierfire (we mean y^e elemētal fierfire, & not the fire of the kitchē chimney) is so …
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… thinnes. For al exhalatiō is by making a grosser body more thinne, but y^e fierfire (we mean y^e elemētal fierfire, & not the fire of the kitchē chimney) is so …
William Fulke · A Goodly Gallery · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the ſtoute hunter rayſed Idoles in Babilon, and the Cha…ane…s worſhiped the fierfire. After that Belus with his cō plices builded a towre to withſtād my vengeaunce …
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… the ſtoute hunter rayſed Idoles in Babilon, and the Cha…ane…s worſhiped the fierfire. After that Belus with his cō plices builded a towre to withſtād my vengeaunce …
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. cxlvii · Open in the reader
Printed
… company of snakes about Tornaie fought cruelly together, vntill the people beset them with fierfire and burned them.
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… company of snakes about Tornaie fought cruelly together, vntill the people beset them with fierfire and burned them.
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · p. 80 · Open in the reader
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… and playne evidence of the Spirit / to gold and ſilver / which will abide the fierfire / and to precious ſtones which are of great valew: to teach them by this …
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… and playne evidence of the Spirit / to gold and ſilver / which will abide the fierfire / and to precious ſtones which are of great valew: to teach them by this …
Francis Johnson · Answer to Mr Jacobs Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (69)

50 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 32 are listed here. 19 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Answer to Mr Jacobs Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England A04537

Printed
… enforced, denying conſent, and yet not ſtrive nor reſiſt? As ſoone may you make FierFire and Water agree together, as theſe two. For, to be enforced, yea meerlie enforced …
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… enforced, denying conſent, and yet not ſtrive nor reſiſt? As ſoone may you make FierFire and Water agree together, as theſe two. For, to be enforced, yea meerlie enforced …
Francis Johnson · Answer to Mr Jacobs Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 208 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Peter and Jude A06502

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… wee reiect the ſame, ſtraightwaies wee heare at their handes, Heretike, Heretike, to the FierFire with him, to the FierFire with him. And thus thei can not abide this …
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… wee reiect the ſame, ſtraightwaies wee heare at their handes, Heretike, Heretike, to the FierFire with him, to the FierFire with him. And thus thei can not abide this …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 45 · Open in the reader
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… wee heare at their handes, Heretike, Heretike, to the FierFire with him, to the FierFire with him. And thus thei can not abide this Stone, thei violently ruſhe and …
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… wee heare at their handes, Heretike, Heretike, to the FierFire with him, to the FierFire with him. And thus thei can not abide this Stone, thei violently ruſhe and …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 45 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Lorde Ieſus ſhall ſhewe hymſelf from heauen with his mightie Angells, in flamyng FierFire, rendryng vengeance to them that doe not knowe God, and whiche doe not obeye …
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… the Lorde Ieſus ſhall ſhewe hymſelf from heauen with his mightie Angells, in flamyng FierFire, rendryng vengeance to them that doe not knowe God, and whiche doe not obeye …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 157 · Open in the reader
Printed
… followed ſtraūge Fleſh, are ſet forth for an enſample, & ſuffer the vengeance of eternall FierFire.
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… followed ſtraūge Fleſh, are ſet forth for an enſample, & ſuffer the vengeance of eternall FierFire.
Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 161 · Open in the reader
Printed
… aliue into the pitte, and the Earth couered them. And there came out a FierFire frō the Lorde, whiche conſumed the twoo hundred and fiftie men, that had adioyned …
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… aliue into the pitte, and the Earth couered them. And there came out a FierFire frō the Lorde, whiche conſumed the twoo hundred and fiftie men, that had adioyned …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · Open in the reader

The Bee Hive of the Romish Church A07026

Printed
… blesse the Easter candels, then doth the holie Church offer vnto God the Father FierFire, for a great rewarde and a holie Sacrament, saying thus:
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… blesse the Easter candels, then doth the holie Church offer vnto God the Father FierFire, for a great rewarde and a holie Sacrament, saying thus:
Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · Open in the reader

Twenty-Nine Lectures A10399

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… is, the Day or Light of Gods Truth ſhall diſpell this darkeneſſe, and the FierFire of Gods Spirit ſhall purifie and purge away theſe errors from them, ſo that …
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… is, the Day or Light of Gods Truth ſhall diſpell this darkeneſſe, and the FierFire of Gods Spirit ſhall purifie and purge away theſe errors from them, ſo that …
John Randall · Twenty-Nine Lectures · p. 21 · Open in the reader

The New Birth A15003

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… and to aſſimilate or worke like vnto themſelues, that that comes neere vnto them. FierFire makes al things hot, and water all things moiſt: and in nature, nothing is …
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… and to aſſimilate or worke like vnto themſelues, that that comes neere vnto them. FierFire makes al things hot, and water all things moiſt: and in nature, nothing is …
William Whately · The New Birth · p. 139 · Open in the reader

The Art of Rhetoric A15530

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… latter end with other, that was ripe it self first of al & before other. FierFire goth out the soner, the clearer that it burneth: & that light lasteth longest, that …
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… latter end with other, that was ripe it self first of al & before other. FierFire goth out the soner, the clearer that it burneth: & that light lasteth longest, that …
Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · Open in the reader

An ABC for Laymen A15621

Printed
FierFire.
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FierFire.
Clergy George Wither · An ABC for Laymen · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
GOD taketh vengeaunce of his enemies by FierFire. For as FierFire quickly consumeth stuble and straw: so the wrath of the Lorde …
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GOD taketh vengeaunce of his enemies by FierFire. For as FierFire quickly consumeth stuble and straw: so the wrath of the Lorde …
Clergy George Wither · An ABC for Laymen · p. 46 · Open in the reader
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… FierFire quickly consumeth stuble and straw: so the wrath of the Lorde kindleth as FierFire, and consumeth the wicked for contemning his word, and for the wickednesse of their …
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… FierFire quickly consumeth stuble and straw: so the wrath of the Lorde kindleth as FierFire, and consumeth the wicked for contemning his word, and for the wickednesse of their …
Clergy George Wither · An ABC for Laymen · p. 46 · Open in the reader
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… their inuentions. Experience hereof we haue in the destruction of Sodome and Gomorrha, by FierFire. The burning of Nadah, and Abihue, Aarons sonnes. The plaging of the people that …
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… their inuentions. Experience hereof we haue in the destruction of Sodome and Gomorrha, by FierFire. The burning of Nadah, and Abihue, Aarons sonnes. The plaging of the people that …
Clergy George Wither · An ABC for Laymen · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the whole course of nature on fierfire and is kindled it selfe of hell. FierFire purgeth and fineth metalles: so God purgeth the drosse of his children by afflictions …
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… the whole course of nature on fierfire and is kindled it selfe of hell. FierFire purgeth and fineth metalles: so God purgeth the drosse of his children by afflictions …
Clergy George Wither · An ABC for Laymen · p. 46 · Open in the reader

Prince Henrys Obsequies A15651

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FierFire many places of thee hath deuowred,
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FierFire many places of thee hath deuowred,
George Wither · Prince Henrys Obsequies · Open in the reader

The Victory of Patience A15848

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A good change to have the FierFire of affliction for the fire or hell,
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A good change to have the FierFire of affliction for the fire or hell,
Richard Younge · The Victory of Patience · Open in the reader

An Advertisement of Corruption in our Handling of Religion A16951

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… The Feaſtes in Moſes foretold his times. The Paſſeover, his death: Pentecoſt when the FierFire of the Law was given, the ſending of the Spirit in fierfire: And September …
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… The Feaſtes in Moſes foretold his times. The Paſſeover, his death: Pentecoſt when the FierFire of the Law was given, the ſending of the Spirit in fierfire: And September …
Hugh Broughton · An Advertisement of Corruption in our Handling of Religion · Open in the reader

The Pattern of Wholesome Words A17400

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… also by the cloud and smoke about the Arke, in the Tabernacle, and Temple: FierFire from heauen deuoured the sacrifices, and God gaue answere by the Vrim and Thummim.
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… also by the cloud and smoke about the Arke, in the Tabernacle, and Temple: FierFire from heauen deuoured the sacrifices, and God gaue answere by the Vrim and Thummim.
Nicholas Byfield · The Pattern of Wholesome Words · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
5 His working against means sometimes, Psalm. 105.12. to 16. The Sunne must stand still: FierFire must not burne: the Sea must not drowne, &c.
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5 His working against means sometimes, Psalm. 105.12. to 16. The Sunne must stand still: FierFire must not burne: the Sea must not drowne, &c.
Nicholas Byfield · The Pattern of Wholesome Words · p. 58 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

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FierFire.
With rule
FierFire.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader
Printed
Of Gods appearing to the Iewes in the middest of FierFire.
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Of Gods appearing to the Iewes in the middest of FierFire.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader
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The FierFire that shone to the Iewes by night a token of Gods presence.
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The FierFire that shone to the Iewes by night a token of Gods presence.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader
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That wee haue no neede of the visible piller of FierFire now adayes.
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That wee haue no neede of the visible piller of FierFire now adayes.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader
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What the cloud and the FierFire were to the ancient fathers.
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What the cloud and the FierFire were to the ancient fathers.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

Vindication of His Annotations A42469

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… Triplicitie, and will therein continu for almoſt 180 yeers; during which time, as Water and FierFire ar contraries; ſo the Actions of theſe times to come wil be qite avers …
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… Triplicitie, and will therein continu for almoſt 180 yeers; during which time, as Water and FierFire ar contraries; ſo the Actions of theſe times to come wil be qite avers …
Thomas Gataker · Vindication of His Annotations · p. 139 · Open in the reader
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… deſtructions of the whole World, the one paſt by Water, the other future by FierFire; there want not thoſe addicted to this pretended Star-divinitie, that attribute either to …
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… deſtructions of the whole World, the one paſt by Water, the other future by FierFire; there want not thoſe addicted to this pretended Star-divinitie, that attribute either to …
Thomas Gataker · Vindication of His Annotations · p. 184 · Open in the reader

The Safety of Jerusalem A44568

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… there are two which ye have eſpecially intended, The preſervation of the City from FierFire, and the preſervation of it from ſickneſſe, and principally thoſe contagious diſeaſes, which have …
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… there are two which ye have eſpecially intended, The preſervation of the City from FierFire, and the preſervation of it from ſickneſſe, and principally thoſe contagious diſeaſes, which have …
Thomas Horton · The Safety of Jerusalem · p. 37 · Open in the reader

Whole Works A68831

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FierFire of Purgatory is of great force. 50
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FierFire of Purgatory is of great force. 50
William Tyndale · Whole Works · Open in the reader

The Key of the Revelation A89026

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… SATAN IS LOOSED THE GENERAL RESVRECTION the paradiſe of the iust the Lake of FierFire THE ENDE
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… SATAN IS LOOSED THE GENERAL RESVRECTION the paradiſe of the iust the Lake of FierFire THE ENDE
Joseph Mede · The Key of the Revelation · Open in the reader

The Kings Chronicle in Two Sections A97343

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… from the LORD in the words of that wiſe and conſiderate Captaine before him, FierFire from Heaven hath conſumed theſe Kings with their People, and their Land (once the …
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… from the LORD in the words of that wiſe and conſiderate Captaine before him, FierFire from Heaven hath conſumed theſe Kings with their People, and their Land (once the …
Hezekiah Woodward · The Kings Chronicle in Two Sections · Open in the reader

A Hundred Sermons on Revelation B11837

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… vengeaūce, hytherto long delayed. Therfore this Aungell is ſayed to haue power ouer fierfire. FierFire many times in the Pſalmes fignifieth Gods vengeaunce. This Aungell therfore is here, as …
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… vengeaūce, hytherto long delayed. Therfore this Aungell is ſayed to haue power ouer fierfire. FierFire many times in the Pſalmes fignifieth Gods vengeaunce. This Aungell therfore is here, as …
Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · p. 466 · Open in the reader