Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11717 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

certeinecertain

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

Puritas changed it: 1,677 times in 127 works
Consistency: 99.0% (1,677 of 1,693)
Reach if approved: ~1,779 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: certain
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,693 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,677 changes in 127 works, 99.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,677)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the Tutorſhippe off theſe men / but off Apoſtles / Prophetes / and Euangeliſtes who for a certeinecertain tyme ſhould haue the charge off yt: After alſo off Paſtors / Doctors / and Elders …
With rule
… the Tutorſhippe off theſe men / but off Apoſtles / Prophetes / and Euangeliſtes who for a certeinecertain tyme ſhould haue the charge off yt: After alſo off Paſtors / Doctors / and Elders …
Walter Travers · Declaration of Ecclesiastical Discipline out of the Word of God · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
Other as Anaxagoras and Democritus, sayde, that it was the light of certeinecertain sterres, shining by them selues, of their owne light, which in the absence of …
With rule
Other as Anaxagoras and Democritus, sayde, that it was the light of certeinecertain sterres, shining by them selues, of their owne light, which in the absence of …
William Fulke · A Goodly Gallery · p. 38 · Open in the reader
Printed
The reſolution of certeinecertain doubtes. fol. xlix
With rule
The reſolution of certeinecertain doubtes. fol. xlix
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · Open in the reader
Printed
… in all beastes printed a certein marke of dominiō in the male, ād a certeinecertain subiection in the female, whiche they kepe inurolate. For no man euer sawe the …
With rule
… in all beastes printed a certein marke of dominiō in the male, ād a certeinecertain subiection in the female, whiche they kepe inurolate. For no man euer sawe the …
John Knox · The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
As I maye leaue of the historyes of the olde Testament, and rehearse certeinecertain oute of the newe, that we maye learne goddes liberalitie towarde hys seruauntes to …
With rule
As I maye leaue of the historyes of the olde Testament, and rehearse certeinecertain oute of the newe, that we maye learne goddes liberalitie towarde hys seruauntes to …
Thomas Becon · The Fortress of the Faithful Against the Cruel Assaults of Poverty and Hunger · Open in the reader
Printed
… his sinnes: & if their livings or benefices (as they are called) amount to a certeinecertain sūme of money in the Princes booke, then must they preach, or get some …
With rule
… his sinnes: & if their livings or benefices (as they are called) amount to a certeinecertain sūme of money in the Princes booke, then must they preach, or get some …
Henry Ainsworth · The Confession of Faith of English People in Exile · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
… very needfull to be reformed: but for such as sette forth their dotages as certeinecertain rules for al the world to follow. Furthermore, as touching the profit that may …
With rule
… very needfull to be reformed: but for such as sette forth their dotages as certeinecertain rules for al the world to follow. Furthermore, as touching the profit that may …
Theodore Beza · A Tragedy of Abrahams Sacrifice · Open in the reader
Printed
… first heard me from point to point in this manner deliuer vnto them in certeinecertain ſermons) I haue now thought it good in this ſort ſomewhat enlarged to publiſh …
With rule
… first heard me from point to point in this manner deliuer vnto them in certeinecertain ſermons) I haue now thought it good in this ſort ſomewhat enlarged to publiſh …
Thomas Sparke · The Highway to Heaven · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (16)

16 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Two Popish Heretics Confuted A01333

Printed
28 CerteineCertain assertions tending to mainteine the Church of Rome to be the true and catholike …
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28 CerteineCertain assertions tending to mainteine the Church of Rome to be the true and catholike …
William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · Open in the reader

Two Sermons and The Lords Supper A10233

Printed
… ones nature ſhould be attributed to the other. And the ſecond rule is this. CerteineCertain things are attributed to, or ſpoken of Chriſt, according to his perſon and not …
With rule
… ones nature ſhould be attributed to the other. And the ſecond rule is this. CerteineCertain things are attributed to, or ſpoken of Chriſt, according to his perſon and not …
Theodore Beza · Two Sermons and The Lords Supper · p. 23 · Open in the reader

Declaration of Ecclesiastical Discipline out of the Word of God A13881

Printed
CerteineCertain faultes which might ſtay the reader corrected in this wiſe / the firſt numbre ſignifiethe …
With rule
CerteineCertain faultes which might ſtay the reader corrected in this wiſe / the firſt numbre ſignifiethe …
Walter Travers · Declaration of Ecclesiastical Discipline out of the Word of God · Open in the reader

Answer to Campian the Jesuit A15057

Printed
… an hypocrite, all the Fathers that euer flouriſhed within ſixe hundred yeares after Christ. CerteineCertain worthy men, which then for religion liued as baniſhed men, in the Ʋniuerſity of …
With rule
… an hypocrite, all the Fathers that euer flouriſhed within ſixe hundred yeares after Christ. CerteineCertain worthy men, which then for religion liued as baniſhed men, in the Ʋniuerſity of …
William Whitaker · Answer to Campian the Jesuit · p. 116 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and Councels, they ſhould ouercome: if they failed, they ſhould confeſſe themſelues were vanquiſhed. CerteineCertain renowmed men (ſay you) liuing as Exiles as Lo…ane, entertaine th… offer, and …
With rule
… and Councels, they ſhould ouercome: if they failed, they ſhould confeſſe themſelues were vanquiſhed. CerteineCertain renowmed men (ſay you) liuing as Exiles as Lo…ane, entertaine th… offer, and …
William Whitaker · Answer to Campian the Jesuit · p. 144 · Open in the reader

Harmony of the Gospels A16078

Printed
38. CerteineCertain of the Scribes. Matthew reporteth somwhat the like againe in the sixteene chapter, and …
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38. CerteineCertain of the Scribes. Matthew reporteth somwhat the like againe in the sixteene chapter, and …
John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 341 · Open in the reader

Confutation of the Popes Bull A17167

Printed
CerteineCertain princes therfore which had conspired among thē selues chose Rafe of Rhynefild duke of …
With rule
CerteineCertain princes therfore which had conspired among thē selues chose Rafe of Rhynefild duke of …
Henrich Bullinger · Confutation of the Popes Bull · p. 75 · Open in the reader

Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion A17183

Printed
… more manifeſtly he ſpeaketh, The words which I ſpeake vnto you are ſpirite & life. CerteineCertain it is y^• Chriſtes fleſh auayleth very much, & is more profitable to the world …
With rule
… more manifeſtly he ſpeaketh, The words which I ſpeake vnto you are ſpirite & life. CerteineCertain it is y^• Chriſtes fleſh auayleth very much, & is more profitable to the world …
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 1101 · Open in the reader
Printed
… bothe gaue occaſion vnto errours, and confirmed ſuch abuſes as were already brought in. CerteineCertain yeares paſt and gone, Gratian and Lombard, with other eccleſiaſticall writers, went about to …
With rule
… bothe gaue occaſion vnto errours, and confirmed ſuch abuſes as were already brought in. CerteineCertain yeares paſt and gone, Gratian and Lombard, with other eccleſiaſticall writers, went about to …
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 1116 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Joshua A17638

Printed
… be also, that beeing diuided into seuerall companies, they made their iourney more secretly. CerteineCertain it is, that they neuer could haue had such boldnesse and trust, but because …
With rule
… be also, that beeing diuided into seuerall companies, they made their iourney more secretly. CerteineCertain it is, that they neuer could haue had such boldnesse and trust, but because …
John Calvin · Commentary on Joshua · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

Printed
CerteineCertain.
With rule
CerteineCertain.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader
Printed
For what cause God termeth his plagues CerteineCertain.
With rule
For what cause God termeth his plagues CerteineCertain.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader
Printed
CerteineCertain reproued that referre our election to Gods Foreknowledge, and that he knew wee should …
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CerteineCertain reproued that referre our election to Gods Foreknowledge, and that he knew wee should …
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

Sermons on the Ten Commandments A17717

Printed
… the lawe. Thinke we that God euer tooke pleaſure in the idleneſſe of men? CerteineCertain it is he hath not. And yet he puniſhed as greuouſly him which brake …
With rule
… the lawe. Thinke we that God euer tooke pleaſure in the idleneſſe of men? CerteineCertain it is he hath not. And yet he puniſhed as greuouſly him which brake …
John Calvin · Sermons on the Ten Commandments · Open in the reader

A Just Complaint Against an Unjust Doer A19885

Printed
CERTEINECERTAIN INSTRVCTIONS delivered to the Elders of the Engliſh Church deputed, which are to be …
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CERTEINECERTAIN INSTRVCTIONS delivered to the Elders of the Engliſh Church deputed, which are to be …
John Davenport · A Just Complaint Against an Unjust Doer · p. 10 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

Printed
… in prison, I cannot certenly find: but rather I suppose that he was burned. CerteineCertain it is, howsoeuer he was made away he neuer yelded. What his aunswers and …
With rule
… in prison, I cannot certenly find: but rather I suppose that he was burned. CerteineCertain it is, howsoeuer he was made away he neuer yelded. What his aunswers and …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1918 · Open in the reader