Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11676 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

beleeuethbelieveth

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

Puritas changed it: 2,967 times in 500 works
Consistency: 99.8% (2,967 of 2,973)
Reach if approved: ~3,126 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: believeth
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,975 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,967 changes in 500 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,967)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the processe of his speech againe, Uerely, verely, I say vnto you, Hee that beleeuethbelieveth in mee, hath life euerlasting: Whereby saith Iansenius, they might well haue vnderstood, in …
With rule
… the processe of his speech againe, Uerely, verely, I say vnto you, Hee that beleeuethbelieveth in mee, hath life euerlasting: Whereby saith Iansenius, they might well haue vnderstood, in …
Thomas Gataker · Discussion of the Popish Doctrine of Transubstantiation · p. 126 · Open in the reader
Printed
… God ſo loued the world, that hee gaue his onely begotten ſonne, that whoſoeuer beleeuethbelieveth in him ſhould not periſh, but haue life euerlaſting. It may be ſayde, that …
With rule
… God ſo loued the world, that hee gaue his onely begotten ſonne, that whoſoeuer beleeuethbelieveth in him ſhould not periſh, but haue life euerlaſting. It may be ſayde, that …
George Gifford · Short Treatise Against the Donatists of England · p. 79 · Open in the reader
Printed
The ſonne of man muſt be lifted vp, that whoſoeuer beleeuethbelieveth in him ſhould not periſh, but haue eternall life.—
With rule
The ſonne of man muſt be lifted vp, that whoſoeuer beleeuethbelieveth in him ſhould not periſh, but haue eternall life.—
William Gouge · A Short Catechism · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and openly to confeſſe the name of Chriſt: For, by the heart a man beleeuethbelieveth to righteouſneſſe, and by the tongue, a man confeſſeth to ſaluation: Where there is …
With rule
… and openly to confeſſe the name of Chriſt: For, by the heart a man beleeuethbelieveth to righteouſneſſe, and by the tongue, a man confeſſeth to ſaluation: Where there is …
Henry Greenwood · The Jailors Jail · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… their vnderstanding to the Church, beleeuing as the Church beleeuethbelieveth, though what the Church beleeuethbelieveth they knowe not. This Carbonaria fides is highly commended by Cardinall Hossius, who farther …
With rule
… their vnderstanding to the Church, beleeuing as the Church beleeuethbelieveth, though what the Church beleeuethbelieveth they knowe not. This Carbonaria fides is highly commended by Cardinall Hossius, who farther …
Francis Hastings · Defense of the Watch-Word Against the Ward-Word · p. 49 · Open in the reader
Printed
… though there ariſe impoſſibilities in his conceit, yet hee is like Abraham, Rom. 4.18, 19, 20. Hee beleeuethbelieveth in hope, aboue hope, not ſtaggering at the promiſes of God, &c. And thus …
With rule
… though there ariſe impoſſibilities in his conceit, yet hee is like Abraham, Rom. 4.18, 19, 20. Hee beleeuethbelieveth in hope, aboue hope, not ſtaggering at the promiſes of God, &c. And thus …
Samuel Balmford · The Right Way to Go to Work · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it aſwell to the time to come, as alſo the time paſt: hee that beleeuethbelieveth and is baptized, ſhall be ſaued. Mark. 16. And Peter ſaith, The baptiſme which nowe …
With rule
… it aſwell to the time to come, as alſo the time paſt: hee that beleeuethbelieveth and is baptized, ſhall be ſaued. Mark. 16. And Peter ſaith, The baptiſme which nowe …
Dudley Fenner · Godly and Learned Treatises · p. 149 · Open in the reader
Printed
… will of my father, that sent me, that euerie man which seeth the sonne, & beleeuethbelieveth on him shal haue euerlasting life. What can be more princely then this? And …
With rule
… will of my father, that sent me, that euerie man which seeth the sonne, & beleeuethbelieveth on him shal haue euerlasting life. What can be more princely then this? And …
John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture A00415

Printed
1 BeleeuethBelieveth that there is ſuch a company, as is ſpecified before.
With rule
1 BeleeuethBelieveth that there is ſuch a company, as is ſpecified before.
George Estey · Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture · p. 46 · Open in the reader

The Players Scourge A10187

Printed
… Light with Darkenesse? What concorde hath Christ with Belial? what part hath hee that BeleeuethBelieveth with an Infidell? or what agreement hath the Temple of God with Idoles? God …
With rule
… Light with Darkenesse? What concorde hath Christ with Belial? what part hath hee that BeleeuethBelieveth with an Infidell? or what agreement hath the Temple of God with Idoles? God …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 33 · Open in the reader

Harmony of the Gospels A16078

Printed
… that he may walke in newnesse of life. Rom. 6. 4. The clause which is added, BeleeuethBelieveth in him that sent mee, serueth to establish the authoritie of the Gospell, whylest …
With rule
… that he may walke in newnesse of life. Rom. 6. 4. The clause which is added, BeleeuethBelieveth in him that sent mee, serueth to establish the authoritie of the Gospell, whylest …
John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 119 · Open in the reader

Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion A17183

Printed
… confeſſe their faith. We aſke them (ſaith he) which offer the infants, and ſay: BeleeuethBelieveth he in God? (who being of that age, knoweth not whether there be á …
With rule
… confeſſe their faith. We aſke them (ſaith he) which offer the infants, and ſay: BeleeuethBelieveth he in God? (who being of that age, knoweth not whether there be á …
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 1038 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Romans 13-16 B15167

Printed
BeleeuethBelieveth; it is not onely his opinion, but his faith; that is, he certainly knowes …
With rule
BeleeuethBelieveth; it is not onely his opinion, but his faith; that is, he certainly knowes …
Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 13-16 · p. 107 · Open in the reader