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conuertsconverts

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

Puritas changed it
139 times in 92 works
Consistency
67.4% (139 of 206)
Reach if approved
~216 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: converts
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
206 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (139 changes in 92 works, 67.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 139)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … breed anguish and sorrow of spirit, for that sinne which is confessed, as the conuertsconverts, Act. 2. 37. were pricked in their hearts in conscience of their sinnes; there will be …
    With rule
    … breed anguish and sorrow of spirit, for that sinne which is confessed, as the conuertsconverts, Act. 2. 37. were pricked in their hearts in conscience of their sinnes; there will be …

    Thomas Taylor · Davids Learning · p. 146 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … and profuse, and so ingrosse all the talke, which is sometimes incident to new conuertsconverts or counterfeits; or else too reserued and curious, and so say no more then …
    With rule
    … and profuse, and so ingrosse all the talke, which is sometimes incident to new conuertsconverts or counterfeits; or else too reserued and curious, and so say no more then …

    Robert Bolton · Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God · p. 86 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … men, they may well ſeeme in the eyes of men, to be very great conuertsconverts, if of ignorant idiots they are become ſuch as haue gotten ſome skil and …
    With rule
    … men, they may well ſeeme in the eyes of men, to be very great conuertsconverts, if of ignorant idiots they are become ſuch as haue gotten ſome skil and …

    Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 129 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … God snafles the horses and mules, and curbes the malicious rage of Tyrants. Or 2. conuertsconverts them to the faith and obedience of his truth; as he tooke Saul from …
    With rule
    … God snafles the horses and mules, and curbes the malicious rage of Tyrants. Or 2. conuertsconverts them to the faith and obedience of his truth; as he tooke Saul from …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 125 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … might bee hid from the wrath of the Lord; then would they, as good conuertsconverts doe, clothe themſelues with Chriſt, whereby their ſinnes might bee couered from his ſight …
    With rule
    … might bee hid from the wrath of the Lord; then would they, as good conuertsconverts doe, clothe themſelues with Chriſt, whereby their ſinnes might bee couered from his ſight …

    Robert Jenison · The Christians Apparelling · p. 544 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    The power and authoritie is that whereby Christ conuertsconverts effectually those which are to be conuerted by the inward operation of his spirit …
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    The power and authoritie is that whereby Christ conuertsconverts effectually those which are to be conuerted by the inward operation of his spirit …

    William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 542 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … God giues his Spirit, Man receiues it in the Act of Conuerſion; GOD neuer conuertsconverts any man, but he giues him his Spirit; neither is there any man euer …
    With rule
    … God giues his Spirit, Man receiues it in the Act of Conuerſion; GOD neuer conuertsconverts any man, but he giues him his Spirit; neither is there any man euer …

    John Randall · Saint Pauls Triumph · p. 111 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … ſaith. Saul hath ſlaine his thouſand, but Dauid his ten thouſand. So where another conuertsconverts a thouſand, hee ſhall conuert ten thouſand, which can ſay like Chriſt Follow mee …
    With rule
    … ſaith. Saul hath ſlaine his thouſand, but Dauid his ten thouſand. So where another conuertsconverts a thouſand, hee ſhall conuert ten thouſand, which can ſay like Chriſt Follow mee …

    Henry Smith · Sermons in One Volume · p. 951 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (67)

26 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 41 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Commentary on Ecclesiastes A02031

  • Printed
    … opinion. I ſaid, dayes ſhould ſpeake, and the multitude of yeares ſhould ſhew wiſedome. ConuertsConverts are to be greatly regarded, Acts 22. 19. 20. So Paul argueth. Surely they will receiue my …
    With rule
    … opinion. I ſaid, dayes ſhould ſpeake, and the multitude of yeares ſhould ſhew wiſedome. ConuertsConverts are to be greatly regarded, Acts 22. 19. 20. So Paul argueth. Surely they will receiue my …

    Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 3 · Open in the reader

Lectures Upon John 4 A03342

  • Printed
    True ConuertsConverts shew great respect & reuerence vnto their Ministers, 215.
    With rule
    True ConuertsConverts shew great respect & reuerence vnto their Ministers, 215.

    Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Romans 8-11 A09031

  • Printed
    … man willingly walkes in his Garden; but a moſt vnwilling, for the which, true ConuertsConverts are often heard to ſigh, mourne and lament, and are often ſeene with teares …
    With rule
    … man willingly walkes in his Garden; but a moſt vnwilling, for the which, true ConuertsConverts are often heard to ſigh, mourne and lament, and are often ſeene with teares …

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 9 · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

  • Printed
    … their racke of Confession, and rabble of Ceremonies, and (the most dangerous to new ConuertsConverts) an exchanged Polytheisme in worshipping of Saints, Images, and the Host. But if God …
    With rule
    … their racke of Confession, and rabble of Ceremonies, and (the most dangerous to new ConuertsConverts) an exchanged Polytheisme in worshipping of Saints, Images, and the Host. But if God …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 42 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … and thence to Mecca, tenne yeares going from place to place. And of his ConuertsConverts, he chose some for guard of his Person, who sware the obseruance of his …
    With rule
    … and thence to Mecca, tenne yeares going from place to place. And of his ConuertsConverts, he chose some for guard of his Person, who sware the obseruance of his …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 205 · Open in the reader

The True Convert A10929

  • Printed
    … a ſhaking, a quaking, and trembling of the heart, as we ſee in Peters ConuertsConverts, and in the laylor: then the bones come togither, bone to his bone; we …
    With rule
    … a ſhaking, a quaking, and trembling of the heart, as we ſee in Peters ConuertsConverts, and in the laylor: then the bones come togither, bone to his bone; we …

    Nehemiah Rogers · The True Convert · p. 294 · Open in the reader

Ten Sermons A11454

  • Printed
    … to the Christian Faith, by the preaching of the Gospel. Now of these new ConuertsConverts, some better instructed than others, as touching the cessation of legall Ceremonies, made no …
    With rule
    … to the Christian Faith, by the preaching of the Gospel. Now of these new ConuertsConverts, some better instructed than others, as touching the cessation of legall Ceremonies, made no …

    Robert Sanderson · Ten Sermons · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … lest hee should be exalted aboue measure , 2. Cor. 12. No maruell then, if these new ConuertsConverts, but lately called by God ou… of the darknes of their ignorance, into his …
    With rule
    … lest hee should be exalted aboue measure , 2. Cor. 12. No maruell then, if these new ConuertsConverts, but lately called by God ou… of the darknes of their ignorance, into his …

    Robert Sanderson · Ten Sermons · p. 8 · Open in the reader

Exposition of 1 Thessalonians A11591

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    Yea, there are Reaſons, why the ſpecialtie of our care ſhould be intended to ConuertsConverts rather then to Aliens. Firſt, our actuall bond is neerer with them that are …
    With rule
    Yea, there are Reaſons, why the ſpecialtie of our care ſhould be intended to ConuertsConverts rather then to Aliens. Firſt, our actuall bond is neerer with them that are …

    William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · p. 212 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … ſanctified to worke growth and continuance in Grace; Word, Sacraments, Prayer; exemplified in the ConuertsConverts of Ieruſalem, Dauid, &c. See alſo 1. Pet. 2.1. Prou. 8.34.
    With rule
    … ſanctified to worke growth and continuance in Grace; Word, Sacraments, Prayer; exemplified in the ConuertsConverts of Ieruſalem, Dauid, &c. See alſo 1. Pet. 2.1. Prou. 8.34.

    William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · p. 572 · Open in the reader

Davids Learning A13538

  • Printed
    … Eli: and good Iosiahs heart did melt at the reading of the Law; the ConuertsConverts hearing the words of Peter, were pricked in their hearts.
    With rule
    … Eli: and good Iosiahs heart did melt at the reading of the Law; the ConuertsConverts hearing the words of Peter, were pricked in their hearts.

    Thomas Taylor · Davids Learning · p. 114 · Open in the reader

An Antilogy A15395

  • Printed
    … by such works to redeeme their soules: as King Henry 3. built the Monasterie of ConuertsConverts, pro redemptione animae suae, & Iohannis patris sui &c. for the redemption of his soule …
    With rule
    … by such works to redeeme their soules: as King Henry 3. built the Monasterie of ConuertsConverts, pro redemptione animae suae, & Iohannis patris sui &c. for the redemption of his soule …

    Andrew Willet · An Antilogy · p. 157 · Open in the reader

Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God A16338

  • Printed
    … of all those that are truly Christs, with ioy vnspeakeable and glorious. Let new ConuertsConverts and Babes in Christ, who are woont to bee very fearefull and much troubled …
    With rule
    … of all those that are truly Christs, with ioy vnspeakeable and glorious. Let new ConuertsConverts and Babes in Christ, who are woont to bee very fearefull and much troubled …

    Robert Bolton · Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God · p. 24 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … humour, passion, pride, preiudice, Pharisaisme, &c. or of his finall state. For all sound ConuertsConverts and truely mortified men desire, and labour to be very charitable, mercifull and seasonable …
    With rule
    … humour, passion, pride, preiudice, Pharisaisme, &c. or of his finall state. For all sound ConuertsConverts and truely mortified men desire, and labour to be very charitable, mercifull and seasonable …

    Robert Bolton · Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God · p. 128 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … spirituall well-being, (for such an humble true perswasion, is confined only to true ConuertsConverts) but it happens by accident, that by reason either of the extreme villany of …
    With rule
    … spirituall well-being, (for such an humble true perswasion, is confined only to true ConuertsConverts) but it happens by accident, that by reason either of the extreme villany of …

    Robert Bolton · Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God · p. 295 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Hebrews A17650

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    … ſome others, howbeit more in number; who reſtraine it to that repentance, whereby newe ConuertsConverts were wont to be prepared vnto baptiſme in the auncient Church. A like matter …
    With rule
    … ſome others, howbeit more in number; who reſtraine it to that repentance, whereby newe ConuertsConverts were wont to be prepared vnto baptiſme in the auncient Church. A like matter …

    John Calvin · Commentary on Hebrews · p. 113 · Open in the reader

A Hand of Fellowship to Help Keep Out Sin and Antichrist A19474

  • Printed
    … nature. This is called a turning in the Scriptures, when of Prodigals we become ConuertsConverts; feeding no longer vpon the husks of ſwine, thoſe noyſome and filthy luſts of …
    With rule
    … nature. This is called a turning in the Scriptures, when of Prodigals we become ConuertsConverts; feeding no longer vpon the husks of ſwine, thoſe noyſome and filthy luſts of …

    Robert Abbot · A Hand of Fellowship to Help Keep Out Sin and Antichrist · p. 121 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … and thou ſhalt ſay vnto it, Get thee hence. Thus mu…t all true ConuertsConverts deale with all ſin. If the righteous man can ſmell ſin and iniquity euen …
    With rule
    … and thou ſhalt ſay vnto it, Get thee hence. Thus mu…t all true ConuertsConverts deale with all ſin. If the righteous man can ſmell ſin and iniquity euen …

    Robert Abbot · A Hand of Fellowship to Help Keep Out Sin and Antichrist · p. 132 · Open in the reader

Four Treatises Dissuading from Four Heinous and Common Sins A20760

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    … ſay, but howſoeuer publike oathes before the Magiſtrates, and for the confirming of new ConuertsConverts in the truth of Chriſtian religion, may bee lawfull, yet priuate oathes are here …
    With rule
    … ſay, but howſoeuer publike oathes before the Magiſtrates, and for the confirming of new ConuertsConverts in the truth of Chriſtian religion, may bee lawfull, yet priuate oathes are here …

    John Downame · Four Treatises Dissuading from Four Heinous and Common Sins · p. 10 · Open in the reader

A Guide to Godliness A20762

  • Printed
    … and yee ſhall ſerue him and cleaue vnto him. So Barnabas exhorteth the new ConuertsConverts of Antioch, that with full purpoſe of heart they would cleaue vnto the Lord …
    With rule
    … and yee ſhall ſerue him and cleaue vnto him. So Barnabas exhorteth the new ConuertsConverts of Antioch, that with full purpoſe of heart they would cleaue vnto the Lord …

    John Downame · A Guide to Godliness · p. 100 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … tentations, ſo as they returne to their naturall dryneſſe. And to this ſecuritie, new ConuertsConverts are moſt ſubiect, who like freſh-water Souldiers, thinke that they haue wholly conquered …
    With rule
    … tentations, ſo as they returne to their naturall dryneſſe. And to this ſecuritie, new ConuertsConverts are moſt ſubiect, who like freſh-water Souldiers, thinke that they haue wholly conquered …

    John Downame · A Guide to Godliness · p. 23 · Open in the reader

Two Treatises A21041

  • Printed
    … Fathers thereof, who eyther conuert not at all, or els peruert and make their ConuertsConverts, as the Phariſes in our Sauiours time, ſeuen times more the children of the …
    With rule
    … Fathers thereof, who eyther conuert not at all, or els peruert and make their ConuertsConverts, as the Phariſes in our Sauiours time, ſeuen times more the children of the …

    Daniel Dyke · Two Treatises · p. 181 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

  • Printed
    … is offer made vnto thee, of all variety of fruit; whether from thy young ConuertsConverts, or thy more ſetled Profeſſors: and all theſe I ſpend not lauiſhly; but in …
    With rule
    … is offer made vnto thee, of all variety of fruit; whether from thy young ConuertsConverts, or thy more ſetled Profeſſors: and all theſe I ſpend not lauiſhly; but in …

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 265 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Church of the Gentiles; ſmall (as yet) of growth through the rareneſſe of her ConuertsConverts, and deſtitute of the help of any outward miniſtery, whereby ſhee might either beare …
    With rule
    … Church of the Gentiles; ſmall (as yet) of growth through the rareneſſe of her ConuertsConverts, and deſtitute of the help of any outward miniſtery, whereby ſhee might either beare …

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 266 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … election of the ſeuen Deacons. Thoſe hundred and twenty Diſciples, Act. 1.15. and three thouſand ConuertsConverts, Act. 2.41. Thoſe continuall Troupes that flocked to the Apoſtles, were they no true Church …
    With rule
    … election of the ſeuen Deacons. Thoſe hundred and twenty Diſciples, Act. 1.15. and three thouſand ConuertsConverts, Act. 2.41. Thoſe continuall Troupes that flocked to the Apoſtles, were they no true Church …

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 569 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … a rauiſhment. The obſtinate haue nothing to doe with God; The title of all ConuertsConverts, is, A willing people.
    With rule
    … a rauiſhment. The obſtinate haue nothing to doe with God; The title of all ConuertsConverts, is, A willing people.

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 896 · Open in the reader