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reprouereprove

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

Puritas changed it
2,420 times in 579 works
Consistency
99.0% (2,420 of 2,444)
Reach if approved
~2,568 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: reprove
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
2,444 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,420 changes in 579 works, 99.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,420)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … and bring into the church, the inſtruction of humaine ordinances, them doth Chriſt ſharpely reprouereprove in his Goſpell: ſaying, you caſt away the cōmandements of God to eſtabliſh your …
    With rule
    … and bring into the church, the inſtruction of humaine ordinances, them doth Chriſt ſharpely reprouereprove in his Goſpell: ſaying, you caſt away the cōmandements of God to eſtabliſh your …

    John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 282 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … doctrine, except it bee able to teache him all true doctrine? What shall hée reprouereprove but errours, & heresies, if the Scripture bee not able to conuince all heresies and …
    With rule
    … doctrine, except it bee able to teache him all true doctrine? What shall hée reprouereprove but errours, & heresies, if the Scripture bee not able to conuince all heresies and …

    William Fulke · Sermon Preached 12 March 1581 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … of the word throgh puſillanimity do feare the face of man, how ſhal he reprouereprove ſinne, eſpecially in perſons of high eſtate? Tyrants ſeek to inuade kingdoms with great …
    With rule
    … of the word throgh puſillanimity do feare the face of man, how ſhal he reprouereprove ſinne, eſpecially in perſons of high eſtate? Tyrants ſeek to inuade kingdoms with great …

    George Gifford · Treatise of True Fortitude · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … no further. But when Chriſt comes to diſcouer their hypocriticall and carnall hearts, to reprouereprove their infidelity, and that he will not carnally glorifie them, as they would carnally …
    With rule
    … no further. But when Chriſt comes to diſcouer their hypocriticall and carnall hearts, to reprouereprove their infidelity, and that he will not carnally glorifie them, as they would carnally …

    Thomas Granger · Pauls Crown of Rejoicing · p. 39 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … so little, it will, like a good master, checke vs, like a louing father, reprouereprove vs, and like a wise counseller, admonish vs, which checking, reproofe or admonishing, yea …
    With rule
    … so little, it will, like a good master, checke vs, like a louing father, reprouereprove vs, and like a wise counseller, admonish vs, which checking, reproofe or admonishing, yea …

    William Guild · A Young Mans Inquisition · p. 265 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … blaspheme? Neuer were ye able as yet to matche thē whose iust labours ye reprouereprove: & though ye were / ye haue not yet done it to the pro fyght of …
    With rule
    … blaspheme? Neuer were ye able as yet to matche thē whose iust labours ye reprouereprove: & though ye were / ye haue not yet done it to the pro fyght of …

    John Bale · Exhortation of an English Christian unto his Beloved Country · p. 14 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … of profite. Indeed these are the sinnes, which I vowed with my selfe to reprouereprove; not that others haue not done it, or not done it better then I …
    With rule
    … of profite. Indeed these are the sinnes, which I vowed with my selfe to reprouereprove; not that others haue not done it, or not done it better then I …

    Thomas Adams · The White Devil · p. 52 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … wink at Idolatrie in Bethel, because it is the Kings Chappell; and not to reprouereprove the iniquitie of Gilgal, the Countrey of oppression, because himselfe feeds at an oppresso …
    With rule
    … wink at Idolatrie in Bethel, because it is the Kings Chappell; and not to reprouereprove the iniquitie of Gilgal, the Countrey of oppression, because himselfe feeds at an oppresso …

    Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 323 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (24)

17 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Works A02178

  • Printed
    … left alone. If thou hast authority, thou maist reprouereprove all that are vnder thee. ReproueReprove strangers onely of open and known sinnes: no Samaritan at al, vnlesse he be …
    With rule
    … left alone. If thou hast authority, thou maist reprouereprove all that are vnder thee. ReproueReprove strangers onely of open and known sinnes: no Samaritan at al, vnlesse he be …

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 633 · Open in the reader

Lectures Upon John 4 A03342

  • Printed
    … moue the affections, but lay a good foundation of Doctrine, teach soundly and substantially, ReproueReprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine (saith the Apostle, 2. Tim 4. 2.) Doctrine must …
    With rule
    … moue the affections, but lay a good foundation of Doctrine, teach soundly and substantially, ReproueReprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine (saith the Apostle, 2. Tim 4. 2.) Doctrine must …

    Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 18 · Open in the reader

A Pleasant New Nosegay A07010

  • Printed
    … purite & clennes of lyfe. Gyue attendaunce to thy selfe & to doctrine, continew in these. ReproueReprove them that synne opē ly before all men, that y• other may be afeard …
    With rule
    … purite & clennes of lyfe. Gyue attendaunce to thy selfe & to doctrine, continew in these. ReproueReprove them that synne opē ly before all men, that y• other may be afeard …

    Thomas Becon · A Pleasant New Nosegay · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … fayth charite peace with them that cal on the LORDE wyth a pure harte. ReproueReprove the ennemyes of trueth fearsely, that they maye be whole in faythe. Speake yu …
    With rule
    … fayth charite peace with them that cal on the LORDE wyth a pure harte. ReproueReprove the ennemyes of trueth fearsely, that they maye be whole in faythe. Speake yu …

    Thomas Becon · A Pleasant New Nosegay · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

  • Printed
    … mercy: be mercifull vnto me, and receiue my prayer proceeding from an humble heart. ReproueReprove me not O LORD in thy wrath, nor correct me in thine anger, and …
    With rule
    … mercy: be mercifull vnto me, and receiue my prayer proceeding from an humble heart. ReproueReprove me not O LORD in thy wrath, nor correct me in thine anger, and …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 167 · Open in the reader

Sermons A10931

  • Printed
    … filthy talking, in ſwearing, in drunkennes, whoring, and blaſpheming of the name of God; ReproueReprove, and rebuke thoſe men for it▪ Their anſwere is ready, what? may we not …
    With rule
    … filthy talking, in ſwearing, in drunkennes, whoring, and blaſpheming of the name of God; ReproueReprove, and rebuke thoſe men for it▪ Their anſwere is ready, what? may we not …

    Richard Rogers · Sermons · p. 198 · Open in the reader

A Key to the Key of Scripture A11596

  • Printed
    … you lyes improue them, that in affection and heart ye may depart from them. ReproueReprove them, that ye may goe out from amongſt them: and conſent not vnto them …
    With rule
    … you lyes improue them, that in affection and heart ye may depart from them. ReproueReprove them, that ye may goe out from amongſt them: and conſent not vnto them …

    William Sclater · A Key to the Key of Scripture · p. 296 · Open in the reader

The Admirable Convert A12506

  • Printed
    … the worke of grace in him! It is found often true which Solomon ſaith, ReproueReprove a ſcorner and he will hate thee. A ſharp reproofe is more hardly digeſted …
    With rule
    … the worke of grace in him! It is found often true which Solomon ſaith, ReproueReprove a ſcorner and he will hate thee. A ſharp reproofe is more hardly digeſted …

    Samuel Smith · The Admirable Convert · p. 213 · Open in the reader

A Caveat for the Covetous A14996

  • Printed
    … appearance, and in his kingdome, preach the word in ſeaſon, and out of ſeaſon. ReproueReprove, exhort, rebuke, with all long ſuffering and doctrine. An other part of his function …
    With rule
    … appearance, and in his kingdome, preach the word in ſeaſon, and out of ſeaſon. ReproueReprove, exhort, rebuke, with all long ſuffering and doctrine. An other part of his function …

    William Whately · A Caveat for the Covetous · p. 53 · Open in the reader

The Light of Faith A17419

  • Printed
    5 ReproueReprove thy neighbor plainly for his faults, but hate him not in thy hart. Lev …
    With rule
    5 ReproueReprove thy neighbor plainly for his faults, but hate him not in thy hart. Lev …

    Richard Byfield · The Light of Faith · p. 178 · Open in the reader

The Institutes of the Christian Religion A17662

  • Printed
    … publike or openly manifest. Of the first sort Christ sayth to euery priuate man, ReproueReprove hym betwene thee and hym alone. Of manifest synnes Paule sayth in Timothee, ReproueReprove …
    With rule
    … publike or openly manifest. Of the first sort Christ sayth to euery priuate man, ReproueReprove hym betwene thee and hym alone. Of manifest synnes Paule sayth in Timothee, ReproueReprove …

    John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … ReproueReprove hym betwene thee and hym alone. Of manifest synnes Paule sayth in Timothee, ReproueReprove hym before all men, that the rest may haue feare. For Christ had sayd …
    With rule
    … ReproueReprove hym betwene thee and hym alone. Of manifest synnes Paule sayth in Timothee, ReproueReprove hym before all men, that the rest may haue feare. For Christ had sayd …

    John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

Abridgment of Institutes of the Christian Religion A17676

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    … diuiſion, that ſome ſinnes are priuate, and ſome publike. Chriſt ſpeaketh of the former, ReproueReprove him betweene him and thee alone*. Paul ſaith concerning open ſinnes, ReproueReprove him in …
    With rule
    … diuiſion, that ſome ſinnes are priuate, and ſome publike. Chriſt ſpeaketh of the former, ReproueReprove him betweene him and thee alone*. Paul ſaith concerning open ſinnes, ReproueReprove him in …

    John Calvin · Abridgment of Institutes of the Christian Religion · p. 320 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … the former, ReproueReprove him betweene him and thee alone*. Paul ſaith concerning open ſinnes, ReproueReprove him in preſence of all men*: that the reſt may feare. Hee himſelfe followed …
    With rule
    … the former, ReproueReprove him betweene him and thee alone*. Paul ſaith concerning open ſinnes, ReproueReprove him in preſence of all men*: that the reſt may feare. Hee himſelfe followed …

    John Calvin · Abridgment of Institutes of the Christian Religion · p. 320 · Open in the reader

Twenty-Seven Lectures Upon Hebrews A20304

  • Printed
    … admonitions would be made wiser. Thus Paul prouoketh Timothie to anger, when he saith: ReproueReprove and sharplie rebuke men, that they do not turne away from the trueth. So …
    With rule
    … admonitions would be made wiser. Thus Paul prouoketh Timothie to anger, when he saith: ReproueReprove and sharplie rebuke men, that they do not turne away from the trueth. So …

    Edward Dering · Twenty-Seven Lectures Upon Hebrews · p. 300 · Open in the reader

A Pattern of Free Grace A60543

  • Printed
    … the worke of grace in him! It is found often true which Solomon ſaith, ReproueReprove a ſcorner and he will hate thee. A ſharp reproofe is more hardly digeſted …
    With rule
    … the worke of grace in him! It is found often true which Solomon ſaith, ReproueReprove a ſcorner and he will hate thee. A ſharp reproofe is more hardly digeſted …

    Samuel Smith · A Pattern of Free Grace · p. 213 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

  • Printed
    … and reprouereprove mine own ways. For the Hebrew word that he vſeth, ſignifieth to ReproueReprove, and alſo to Debate, or Pleade. So then his ſaying and proteſtation is, that …
    With rule
    … and reprouereprove mine own ways. For the Hebrew word that he vſeth, ſignifieth to ReproueReprove, and alſo to Debate, or Pleade. So then his ſaying and proteſtation is, that …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 254 · Open in the reader