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subtilsubtle

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

Puritas changed it
1,323 times in 702 works
Consistency
97.3% (1,323 of 1,359)
Reach if approved
~1,429 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: subtle
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,360 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,323 changes in 702 works, 97.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,323)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … really, actually, and externally? Wherefore I muſt needs think that as Satan was a ſubtilsubtle Spirit, ſo he could & did ſometime ſpiritually ſuggeſt temptations into Chriſtes heart, and Chriſt …
    With rule
    … really, actually, and externally? Wherefore I muſt needs think that as Satan was a ſubtilsubtle Spirit, ſo he could & did ſometime ſpiritually ſuggeſt temptations into Chriſtes heart, and Chriſt …

    Henry Jacob · Defense of a Treatise Touching the Suffering and Victory of Christ · p. 81 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … death, wherefore they thought to ſet vpon him moſt craftely and wilely, propounding a ſubtilsubtle queſtion vnto him, the ſubtiltie whereof was ſuch, that mans reaſon was not able …
    With rule
    … death, wherefore they thought to ſet vpon him moſt craftely and wilely, propounding a ſubtilsubtle queſtion vnto him, the ſubtiltie whereof was ſuch, that mans reaſon was not able …

    Martin Luther · Collected Sermons · p. 214 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … fayth, which doth manifeſtly defend vs. Hee plucketh away iuſtification of good workes, without ſubtilsubtle cauillation therevppon, neither ſpeaketh he of things ceremoni… but of al vertues, neither ſpeaketh …
    With rule
    … fayth, which doth manifeſtly defend vs. Hee plucketh away iuſtification of good workes, without ſubtilsubtle cauillation therevppon, neither ſpeaketh he of things ceremoni… but of al vertues, neither ſpeaketh …

    Philipp Melanchthon · In Defense of the True Church of God · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    *An aunſwere to a certaine fine and ſubtilsubtle Neutre.
    With rule
    *An aunſwere to a certaine fine and ſubtilsubtle Neutre.

    Theodore Beza · The Life and Death of John Calvin · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … how can the compasser himselfe hold his fingers: if the serpents feed be so subtilsubtle, what do you think of the old serpent, who hath bin learning his trade …
    With rule
    … how can the compasser himselfe hold his fingers: if the serpents feed be so subtilsubtle, what do you think of the old serpent, who hath bin learning his trade …

    Henry Smith · Satans Compassing the Earth · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … nothing sound in the vvhole masse and body of their religion. From Satan the subtilsubtle serpēt, vvhose eldest sonne this Antichriste is, he carrieth his fathers resemblaunce in all …
    With rule
    … nothing sound in the vvhole masse and body of their religion. From Satan the subtilsubtle serpēt, vvhose eldest sonne this Antichriste is, he carrieth his fathers resemblaunce in all …

    John Field · A Caveat for Parsons Howlet · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … may be drawen or peruerted into another meaning by the ouerthwarting of neuer so subtilsubtle a Sophist. But what, I pray you? that mē ought to work with their …
    With rule
    … may be drawen or peruerted into another meaning by the ouerthwarting of neuer so subtilsubtle a Sophist. But what, I pray you? that mē ought to work with their …

    William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 657 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … defend themſelues from incurſions, but from the cannon and the Pioner; ſtill doth that ſubtilsubtle Serpent trauerſe his ground for an aduantage; The Temple is not hye enough for …
    With rule
    … defend themſelues from incurſions, but from the cannon and the Pioner; ſtill doth that ſubtilsubtle Serpent trauerſe his ground for an aduantage; The Temple is not hye enough for …

    Joseph Hall · History of the Old Testament Volume 5 · p. 421 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (36)

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

An Exposition of Hosea 11-13 A30575

  • Printed
    Eleventhly, SubtilSubtle and crafty, Pſal. 57. 6. David ſaith (ſpeaking of Saul) That he had prepared a net …
    With rule
    Eleventhly, SubtilSubtle and crafty, Pſal. 57. 6. David ſaith (ſpeaking of Saul) That he had prepared a net …

    Jeremiah Burroughs · An Exposition of Hosea 11-13 · p. 563 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    8. SubtilSubtle, 1 King. 12. 31. He ordained ſuch a feaſt as was at Jeruſalem, made an houſe of …
    With rule
    8. SubtilSubtle, 1 King. 12. 31. He ordained ſuch a feaſt as was at Jeruſalem, made an houſe of …

    Jeremiah Burroughs · An Exposition of Hosea 11-13 · p. 566 · Open in the reader

The Catholic Doctrine of the Eucharist in All Ages A33378

  • Printed
    … which was not of the ſame ſubſtance as ours, that his is Incorruptible, Impaſſible, SubtilSubtle, Uncreated, and Heavenly, which ſeemed to exerciſe the Humane functions, as to See, Eat …
    With rule
    … which was not of the ſame ſubſtance as ours, that his is Incorruptible, Impaſſible, SubtilSubtle, Uncreated, and Heavenly, which ſeemed to exerciſe the Humane functions, as to See, Eat …

    Jean Claude · The Catholic Doctrine of the Eucharist in All Ages · p. 23 · Open in the reader

The Vindication of Liturgies Proved No Vindication A33981

  • Printed
    … there are Eternal Idaea's both of Good and Evil (I know it is a SubtilSubtle Queſtion) but I cannot think that God can authorize a perſon, to deny his …
    With rule
    … there are Eternal Idaea's both of Good and Evil (I know it is a SubtilSubtle Queſtion) but I cannot think that God can authorize a perſon, to deny his …

    John Collinges · The Vindication of Liturgies Proved No Vindication · p. 103 · Open in the reader

The History of the Worthies of England A40672

  • Printed
    … though the Broadest part thereof exceedeth not One and thirty. The Ayre thereof is SubtilSubtle and Piercing, (being free from Foggs saving in the Mosses) the Effects whereof are …
    With rule
    … though the Broadest part thereof exceedeth not One and thirty. The Ayre thereof is SubtilSubtle and Piercing, (being free from Foggs saving in the Mosses) the Effects whereof are …

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 105 · Open in the reader

An Exposition of Genesis A44894

  • Printed
    D. 1. SubtilSubtle counsels against the Church do shortly bring forth cruel practises.
    With rule
    D. 1. SubtilSubtle counsels against the Church do shortly bring forth cruel practises.

    George Hughes · An Exposition of Genesis · p. 627 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    D. 7. SubtilSubtle tyrants order the best opportunity at first, to hide their cruelty.
    With rule
    D. 7. SubtilSubtle tyrants order the best opportunity at first, to hide their cruelty.

    George Hughes · An Exposition of Genesis · p. 630 · Open in the reader

The Glorious Lover A47509

  • Printed
    Full of State-Policies, and SubtilSubtle wiles:
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    Full of State-Policies, and SubtilSubtle wiles:

    Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 15 · Open in the reader

Truth Held Forth and Maintained A50325

  • Printed
    … Bryars, Thornes and Thiſtles, among which the Lyon waits for his prey, and the SubtilSubtle Foxes have their hiding places, where the Wolf alſo ſeeketh to devour, which things …
    With rule
    … Bryars, Thornes and Thiſtles, among which the Lyon waits for his prey, and the SubtilSubtle Foxes have their hiding places, where the Wolf alſo ſeeketh to devour, which things …

    Thomas Mall · Truth Held Forth and Maintained · p. 210 · Open in the reader

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

  • Printed
    Mark Firſt, SubtilSubtle Ziba (his deceitful Servant) was got thither before his Lame Maſter could come, to …
    With rule
    Mark Firſt, SubtilSubtle Ziba (his deceitful Servant) was got thither before his Lame Maſter could come, to …

    Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 407 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … all the World, and the Devil himſelf would believe on him: This was Satans-SubtilSubtle Sophiſtry to Seduce the firſt Adam in his [foreign] caſt thy ſelf down out of …
    With rule
    … all the World, and the Devil himſelf would believe on him: This was Satans-SubtilSubtle Sophiſtry to Seduce the firſt Adam in his [foreign] caſt thy ſelf down out of …

    Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 112 · Open in the reader

The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France A56905

  • Printed
    … Divinity, ſhould not be to be the firſt Authors and Forgers of Novel and SubtilSubtle Opinions, as in the Papacy, where they be plung'd into a gulph of endleſs …
    With rule
    … Divinity, ſhould not be to be the firſt Authors and Forgers of Novel and SubtilSubtle Opinions, as in the Papacy, where they be plung'd into a gulph of endleſs …

    John Quick · The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France · p. 401 · Open in the reader

Twenty Sermons A64687

  • Printed
    … with him, found him (if they pleased to try it) a skilful Linguist, a SubtilSubtle Disputant, a fluent Orator, a profound Divine, a mighty Antiquary, an exact Chronologer, and …
    With rule
    … with him, found him (if they pleased to try it) a skilful Linguist, a SubtilSubtle Disputant, a fluent Orator, a profound Divine, a mighty Antiquary, an exact Chronologer, and …

    James Ussher · Twenty Sermons · Open in the reader

Defense of the Royal Society A67383

  • Printed
    And then imagins Plots, and Practises, Designs, and SubtilSubtle Contrivances, And a great many more Fansies of his own Brain; which never came …
    With rule
    And then imagins Plots, and Practises, Designs, and SubtilSubtle Contrivances, And a great many more Fansies of his own Brain; which never came …

    John Wallis · Defense of the Royal Society · p. 24 · Open in the reader

A Christian Library A67744

  • Printed
    … mysteries of the Trinity had not bin so accurately cleared by the Catholike Doctors. SubtilSubtle Arguments well answered, breed a clear conclusion: Heresie makes men sharpen their wits the …
    With rule
    … mysteries of the Trinity had not bin so accurately cleared by the Catholike Doctors. SubtilSubtle Arguments well answered, breed a clear conclusion: Heresie makes men sharpen their wits the …

    Richard Younge · A Christian Library · p. 54 · Open in the reader

Works Volume 4 A70318

  • Printed
    V. 10. SubtilSubtle of heart] What foreign ſignifies cannot be doubted, if the concurrence of all the ancient …
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    V. 10. SubtilSubtle of heart] What foreign ſignifies cannot be doubted, if the concurrence of all the ancient …

    Henry Hammond · Works Volume 4 · p. 445 · Open in the reader

An Exposition of Hosea 4-7 A77979

  • Printed
    SubtilSubtle adverſaries, when we think them to be moſt ſecure, their deſigns are ſtill driving …
    With rule
    SubtilSubtle adverſaries, when we think them to be moſt ſecure, their deſigns are ſtill driving …

    Jeremiah Burroughs · An Exposition of Hosea 4-7 · p. 669 · Open in the reader

The Practical Christian A78214

  • Printed
    6. VVhat their Properties and Qualities are: They are very Knowing, SubtilSubtle, Powerful, Wicked and Malicious Spirits.
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    6. VVhat their Properties and Qualities are: They are very Knowing, SubtilSubtle, Powerful, Wicked and Malicious Spirits.

    John Bartlet · The Practical Christian · p. 278 · Open in the reader

The Mischief Which Heresies Do A80766

  • Printed
    1. SubtilSubtle, 17
    With rule
    1. SubtilSubtle, 17

    James Cranford · The Mischief Which Heresies Do · Open in the reader

The Militant Christian B20767

  • Printed
    … will secretly do them! Verily Prayer hath most Mysterious, most Sublime, most Secret and SubtilSubtle properties in it.
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    … will secretly do them! Verily Prayer hath most Mysterious, most Sublime, most Secret and SubtilSubtle properties in it.

    Stephen Coven · The Militant Christian · p. 154 · Open in the reader