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inlargeenlarge

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

Puritas changed it
1,413 times in 788 works
Consistency
98.2% (1,413 of 1,438)
Reach if approved
~1,624 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: enlarge
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,546 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,413 changes in 788 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,413)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … as a Father, and …eaing him as a Lord. Not that any man can inlargeenlarge his honor; the infinit perfection whereof is in it selfe vncapable of any accession …
    With rule
    … as a Father, and …eaing him as a Lord. Not that any man can inlargeenlarge his honor; the infinit perfection whereof is in it selfe vncapable of any accession …

    William Perkins · Exposition of Jude · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … David, Psal. 119. 32. saies, I will runne the way of thy commandements, when thou shalt inlargeenlarge my heart. But many are here deceived, they thinke they have chosen the waies …
    With rule
    … David, Psal. 119. 32. saies, I will runne the way of thy commandements, when thou shalt inlargeenlarge my heart. But many are here deceived, they thinke they have chosen the waies …

    John Preston · A Lifeless Life · p. 85 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … appointed to vſe common ſupplications: ſo vpon extraordinary occaſions, the Preacher hath liberty to inlargeenlarge, and to vſe the beſt gift he hath, as God ſhall inable him, and …
    With rule
    … appointed to vſe common ſupplications: ſo vpon extraordinary occaſions, the Preacher hath liberty to inlargeenlarge, and to vſe the beſt gift he hath, as God ſhall inable him, and …

    Samuel Gibson · Sermon of Ecclesiastical Benediction · p. 21 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … not onely apparant in this kingdome, but in others, if I had leasure to inlargeenlarge.
    With rule
    … not onely apparant in this kingdome, but in others, if I had leasure to inlargeenlarge.

    Francis Hastings · Defense of the Watch-Word Against the Ward-Word · p. 29 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … by the treaſure of the Church: but alas, this is a vaine dreame to inlargeenlarge the Popes coffers, and to make the Popes Kitchin hot, as Divines uſe to …
    With rule
    … by the treaſure of the Church: but alas, this is a vaine dreame to inlargeenlarge the Popes coffers, and to make the Popes Kitchin hot, as Divines uſe to …

    Thomas Hooker · The Unbelievers Preparing for Christ · p. 163 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … ſhould leaue Sion helpleſſe (which God forbid,) it were in a manner hopeleſſe. To inlargeenlarge theſe motives to your Grace, were but to bring the gleanings of the grapes …
    With rule
    … ſhould leaue Sion helpleſſe (which God forbid,) it were in a manner hopeleſſe. To inlargeenlarge theſe motives to your Grace, were but to bring the gleanings of the grapes …

    Alexander Leighton · The Looking Glass of the Holy War · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … than my neighbour? No, no: It is thy free Mercie and undeserved Favour, Oh inlargeenlarge my heart to praise thy Name.
    With rule
    … than my neighbour? No, no: It is thy free Mercie and undeserved Favour, Oh inlargeenlarge my heart to praise thy Name.

    Thomas Bedford · A Strange Birth at Stone-House · p. 18 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    3. Deſire God to increaſe, and to inlargeenlarge thy bowels of pittie and compaſſion towards thy poore brethren.
    With rule
    3. Deſire God to increaſe, and to inlargeenlarge thy bowels of pittie and compaſſion towards thy poore brethren.

    Richard Bernard · The Ready Way to Good Works · p. 227 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (25)

13 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 12 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Sermons Upon John 1 A15738

  • Printed
    … and open to vs. Refine thy thoughts, to meditate on ſo high a fauour. InlargeEnlarge thy heart, to conceiue ſo great a kindneſs. Was it not enough for IESVS …
    With rule
    … and open to vs. Refine thy thoughts, to meditate on ſo high a fauour. InlargeEnlarge thy heart, to conceiue ſo great a kindneſs. Was it not enough for IESVS …

    Anthony Wotton · Sermons Upon John 1 · p. 216 · Open in the reader

The Ambassador Between Heaven and Earth A17499

  • Printed
    … my parts, and I want words to expreſſe & powre out my ſoule before thee. InlargeEnlarge O Lord, mine vnderſtanding, that I may the more fully conceiue and apprehend thy …
    With rule
    … my parts, and I want words to expreſſe & powre out my ſoule before thee. InlargeEnlarge O Lord, mine vnderſtanding, that I may the more fully conceiue and apprehend thy …

    William Crashaw · The Ambassador Between Heaven and Earth · Open in the reader

Commentary on Isaiah A17640

  • Printed
    Verſ. 2. InlargeEnlarge the place of thy tents, and let them ſpread out the curtaines of thine …
    With rule
    Verſ. 2. InlargeEnlarge the place of thy tents, and let them ſpread out the curtaines of thine …

    John Calvin · Commentary on Isaiah · p. 560 · Open in the reader

The Dead Saint Speaking to Saints and Sinners Living A28620

  • Printed
    … are dejected? raiſe you, when faln? humble you, when proud? inflame you, when cold? InlargeEnlarge you, when ſtraitned, and pent within your ſelves?
    With rule
    … are dejected? raiſe you, when faln? humble you, when proud? inflame you, when cold? InlargeEnlarge you, when ſtraitned, and pent within your ſelves?

    Samuel Bolton · The Dead Saint Speaking to Saints and Sinners Living · p. 84 · Open in the reader

A Defense of the Doctrine of Justification by Faith in Jesus Christ A30137

  • Printed
    I might InlargeEnlarge; but enough of this; Onely here I add, that the Wonders and Miracles, that …
    With rule
    I might InlargeEnlarge; but enough of this; Onely here I add, that the Wonders and Miracles, that …

    John Bunyan · A Defense of the Doctrine of Justification by Faith in Jesus Christ · p. 54 · Open in the reader

Passion and Discretion in Youth and Age A32323

  • Printed
    InlargeEnlarge thy ſelfe, thou mayſt have what thou wilt:
    With rule
    InlargeEnlarge thy ſelfe, thou mayſt have what thou wilt:

    Edward Calver · Passion and Discretion in Youth and Age · p. 83 · Open in the reader

One Hundred Select Sermons A44565

  • Printed
    … indeed, &c. Secondly, his Particular Explication of that General in three branches more: Firſt, InlargeEnlarge my coaſt, Secondly, thine hand, &c. Thirdly, keep me, &c.
    With rule
    … indeed, &c. Secondly, his Particular Explication of that General in three branches more: Firſt, InlargeEnlarge my coaſt, Secondly, thine hand, &c. Thirdly, keep me, &c.

    Thomas Horton · One Hundred Select Sermons · p. 30 · Open in the reader

Paraphrase Upon the Books of the Psalms A45442

  • Printed
    InlargeEnlarge my heart pag. 616. col. 2
    With rule
    InlargeEnlarge my heart pag. 616. col. 2

    Henry Hammond · Paraphrase Upon the Books of the Psalms · Open in the reader

Sermons Volume 4 A51840

  • Printed
    … Eagle: Some say, the Eagle, by casting her Feathers, reneweth her youth, As Micah, 1.16. InlargeEnlarge thy baldness as the Eagle: Some by casting her Bill, when the upper Beak …
    With rule
    … Eagle: Some say, the Eagle, by casting her Feathers, reneweth her youth, As Micah, 1.16. InlargeEnlarge thy baldness as the Eagle: Some by casting her Bill, when the upper Beak …

    Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 4 · Open in the reader

Works Volume 4 A70318

  • Printed
    … Imagine miſchief 62 3 179 1 ſubſtance yet Imperfect 139 16 384 2 Incloſed 17 10 51 2 22 16 73 2 Inditing 45 1 135 1 my Infirmity 77 10 219 2 Inhabiteſt 22 4 72 1 Inheritance 78 55 226 2 Iniquity 18 23 58 1 31 10 96 1 former Iniquities 79 8 228 1 InlargeEnlarge my heart 119 32 352 1 Inſtructed 2 10 10 1 16 7 47 1 Inſtrument of ten ſtrings 33 2 91 1 Integrity 25 21 81 2 Intended evil 21 11 68 1 Inward parts 51 6 157 2 exceeding Joy …
    With rule
    … Imagine miſchief 62 3 179 1 ſubſtance yet Imperfect 139 16 384 2 Incloſed 17 10 51 2 22 16 73 2 Inditing 45 1 135 1 my Infirmity 77 10 219 2 Inhabiteſt 22 4 72 1 Inheritance 78 55 226 2 Iniquity 18 23 58 1 31 10 96 1 former Iniquities 79 8 228 1 InlargeEnlarge my heart 119 32 352 1 Inſtructed 2 10 10 1 16 7 47 1 Inſtrument of ten ſtrings 33 2 91 1 Integrity 25 21 81 2 Intended evil 21 11 68 1 Inward parts 51 6 157 2 exceeding Joy …

    Henry Hammond · Works Volume 4 · Open in the reader

The Fathers Counsel A95488

  • Printed
    … like a theefe in the Candle, eate out all the reſt of your increaſe, InlargeEnlarge your heart in works of mercie towards others, as God ſhall be pleaſed, to …
    With rule
    … like a theefe in the Candle, eate out all the reſt of your increaſe, InlargeEnlarge your heart in works of mercie towards others, as God ſhall be pleaſed, to …

    William Tipping · The Fathers Counsel · p. 11 · Open in the reader

Two Treatises A96524

  • Printed
    IT will now be Requiſite, that I InlargeEnlarge Ʋſe 3 a Third Uſe, for Examination and Tryal, whether we believe God to be …
    With rule
    IT will now be Requiſite, that I InlargeEnlarge Ʋſe 3 a Third Uſe, for Examination and Tryal, whether we believe God to be …

    Dean Henry Wilkinson · Two Treatises · p. 181 · Open in the reader

A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath A96785

  • Printed
    InlargeEnlarge your troubles, or deferre your Peace.
    With rule
    InlargeEnlarge your troubles, or deferre your Peace.

    George Wither · A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath · p. 180 · Open in the reader