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ciuillycivilly

u and v used by position, not sound: haue → have, vnto → unto.

Puritas changed it
159 times in 99 works
Consistency
94.6% (159 of 168)
Reach if approved
~177 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: civilly
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
168 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (159 changes in 99 works, 94.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 159)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … lawe, the one politike and the other ſptrituall, he that will vnderſtande this ſentence ciuillycivilly, may doe it after this ſorte: He that shall doe thoſe thinges shall liue …
    With rule
    … lawe, the one politike and the other ſptrituall, he that will vnderſtande this ſentence ciuillycivilly, may doe it after this ſorte: He that shall doe thoſe thinges shall liue …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · p. 128 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … this, that they obey not the Goſpell. Be a man therefore accounted neuer ſo ciuillycivilly honeſt, talk he neuer ſo well of the Church, and the dignity of the …
    With rule
    … this, that they obey not the Goſpell. Be a man therefore accounted neuer ſo ciuillycivilly honeſt, talk he neuer ſo well of the Church, and the dignity of the …

    John Penry · Equity of a Humble Supplication · p. 33 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … a ciuil power, & a spirituall power. Princes rule not by any spirituall power, but ciuillycivilly: & therby they haue power to compell all their subiects to the outward means of …
    With rule
    … a ciuil power, & a spirituall power. Princes rule not by any spirituall power, but ciuillycivilly: & therby they haue power to compell all their subiects to the outward means of …

    William Perkins · Exposition of Revelation 1-3 · p. 181 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … excuſes will not ſerue; nay, (that which is more) a man that walketh moſt ciuillycivilly, and cannot be charged by men, to be an offenſiue liuer, but ſhall bee …
    With rule
    … excuſes will not ſerue; nay, (that which is more) a man that walketh moſt ciuillycivilly, and cannot be charged by men, to be an offenſiue liuer, but ſhall bee …

    Richard Rogers · Samuels Encounter with Saul · p. 204 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … and ciuill: yea, euen when they deale with things eccleſiaſticall, yet is it but ciuillycivilly, and is giuen by ciuill conſtitutions. The other is of our Sauiour Chriſt as …
    With rule
    … and ciuill: yea, euen when they deale with things eccleſiaſticall, yet is it but ciuillycivilly, and is giuen by ciuill conſtitutions. The other is of our Sauiour Chriſt as …

    Walter Travers · Defense of the Ecclesiastical Discipline · p. 165 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … either partie, seeing the offending partie by Gods law ought to dye, and is ciuillycivilly dead, therefore the innocent party by vertue of the Law is free to marry …
    With rule
    … either partie, seeing the offending partie by Gods law ought to dye, and is ciuillycivilly dead, therefore the innocent party by vertue of the Law is free to marry …

    Thomas Wilson · Commentary on Romans · p. 400 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … alwaies wished, that God would take mee from among my Baalites, and that, being ciuillycivilly dead, I might enioy my selfe in some corner; vtterly despairing of doing any …
    With rule
    … alwaies wished, that God would take mee from among my Baalites, and that, being ciuillycivilly dead, I might enioy my selfe in some corner; vtterly despairing of doing any …

    Daniel Featley · The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net · p. 152 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … with harmony amongest themselues, concurre in the doing of one thing, (for this is ciuillycivilly to liue) or that they should in any sort menage communitie of life, it …
    With rule
    … with harmony amongest themselues, concurre in the doing of one thing, (for this is ciuillycivilly to liue) or that they should in any sort menage communitie of life, it …

    Richard Hooker · The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity · p. 87 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 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
    2 CiuillyCivilly for a name of reuerence. As Act, 16, 30, Lords or ſirs. And ſo it aunſwereth …
    With rule
    2 CiuillyCivilly for a name of reuerence. As Act, 16, 30, Lords or ſirs. And ſo it aunſwereth …

    George Estey · Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture · Open in the reader

The Handmaid to Private Devotion A00587

  • Printed
    CiuillyCivilly, in saluting, taking leaue and the like cōmendable complement.
    With rule
    CiuillyCivilly, in saluting, taking leaue and the like cōmendable complement.

    Daniel Featley · The Handmaid to Private Devotion · p. 42 · Open in the reader

Of the Head Cornerstone A17242

  • Printed
    … of them, we see that care to be taken for them, both Ecclesiastically and CiuillyCivilly also. Ecclesiastically, first in that order that was taken about the Leuites: first, in …
    With rule
    … of them, we see that care to be taken for them, both Ecclesiastically and CiuillyCivilly also. Ecclesiastically, first in that order that was taken about the Leuites: first, in …

    Edmund Bunny · Of the Head Cornerstone · p. 162 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … in himselfe. Of others, that he should meete some but ciuillycivilly, others religiously imployed. CiuillyCivilly those two at the sepulchre of Rachell, that should tell him, that the Asses …
    With rule
    … in himselfe. Of others, that he should meete some but ciuillycivilly, others religiously imployed. CiuillyCivilly those two at the sepulchre of Rachell, that should tell him, that the Asses …

    Edmund Bunny · Of the Head Cornerstone · p. 261 · Open in the reader

Ruths Recompense A68568

  • Printed
    … and his afflicted eſtate then, which by ſinne hee had iuſtly brought vpon himſelfe. CiuillyCivilly: this plucking or putting off the ſhoo was firſt, for conueniencie to waſh the …
    With rule
    … and his afflicted eſtate then, which by ſinne hee had iuſtly brought vpon himſelfe. CiuillyCivilly: this plucking or putting off the ſhoo was firſt, for conueniencie to waſh the …

    Richard Bernard · Ruths Recompense · p. 393 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Romans 13-16 B15167

  • Printed
    To liue and die to a mans ſelfe, may be taken CiuillyCivilly, or Theologically.
    With rule
    To liue and die to a mans ſelfe, may be taken CiuillyCivilly, or Theologically.

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 13-16 · p. 140 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    To liue to a mans ſelfe CiuillyCivilly, hath two Expoſitions: Firſt, to be ſuiiuris, as they ſay, to be his owne …
    With rule
    To liue to a mans ſelfe CiuillyCivilly, hath two Expoſitions: Firſt, to be ſuiiuris, as they ſay, to be his owne …

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 13-16 · p. 140 · Open in the reader