Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11813 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

imbracingembracing

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

Puritas changed it: 933 times in 499 works
Consistency: 98.2% (933 of 950)
Reach if approved: ~1,030 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: embracing
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 980 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (933 changes in 499 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 933)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… by a mentall perſwaſion aſſenting to the truth of it, without a godly affection imbracingembracing it, as it is a word of good tidings to mee who heare it …
With rule
… by a mentall perſwaſion aſſenting to the truth of it, without a godly affection imbracingembracing it, as it is a word of good tidings to mee who heare it …
Paul Baynes · A Help to True Happiness · p. 187 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not hearers onely, deceiuing your owne ſelues. He doth the Word by belieuing, and imbracingembracing by faith the moſt comfortable promiſes of the Goſpell, he doth it by loue …
With rule
… not hearers onely, deceiuing your owne ſelues. He doth the Word by belieuing, and imbracingembracing by faith the moſt comfortable promiſes of the Goſpell, he doth it by loue …
John Mayer · The English Catechism Explained · p. 562 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Gospell; accepting what God offers, sealing vnto the truth thereof by assenting thereto, and imbracingembracing the benefit and fruit of it vnto it selfe, by relying wholly vpon it …
With rule
… Gospell; accepting what God offers, sealing vnto the truth thereof by assenting thereto, and imbracingembracing the benefit and fruit of it vnto it selfe, by relying wholly vpon it …
William Pemble · Of Justification By Faith · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
… did the same miracles, that Moyses and Aaron did; So similitude hinders men from imbracingembracing the wayes of Christ, and God. Men seeing Papists austerity like our mortification, their …
With rule
… did the same miracles, that Moyses and Aaron did; So similitude hinders men from imbracingembracing the wayes of Christ, and God. Men seeing Papists austerity like our mortification, their …
John Preston · Four Godly and Learned Treatises · p. 163 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſilken halter that if wee looke not well to, will ſtrangle us in the imbracingembracing? What are riches, (but as Saint Auſtin ſaith, except they bee in a wiſe …
With rule
… ſilken halter that if wee looke not well to, will ſtrangle us in the imbracingembracing? What are riches, (but as Saint Auſtin ſaith, except they bee in a wiſe …
Henry Ramsden · A Gleaning in Gods Harvest · p. 226 · Open in the reader
Printed
… end of the 14 vers. in setting downe a speciall exhortation of our louing and imbracingembracing of holinesse, and cleannesse inwardly and outwardly, intimates it in a dehortation from fornication …
With rule
… end of the 14 vers. in setting downe a speciall exhortation of our louing and imbracingembracing of holinesse, and cleannesse inwardly and outwardly, intimates it in a dehortation from fornication …
James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · p. 95 · Open in the reader
Printed
… there is a time to refraine from marriage, and a time to abſtaine from imbracingembracing, vnleſſe a man ſhall bring vpon him the anger of God for his intemperancy,
With rule
… there is a time to refraine from marriage, and a time to abſtaine from imbracingembracing, vnleſſe a man ſhall bring vpon him the anger of God for his intemperancy,
Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 74 · Open in the reader
Printed
… things which he ſaw in the night, and kiſſing him with holie kiſſes, and imbracingembracing him ſincerely, he ſaid: Thou art my fellow, thou ſhalt run with me. And …
With rule
… things which he ſaw in the night, and kiſſing him with holie kiſſes, and imbracingembracing him ſincerely, he ſaid: Thou art my fellow, thou ſhalt run with me. And …
François Hotman · The Brutish Thunderbolt · p. 41 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (17)

12 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Evangelical Sacrifices A12182

Printed
ImbracingEmbracing followeth perswasion. 1 260
With rule
ImbracingEmbracing followeth perswasion. 1 260
Richard Sibbes · Evangelical Sacrifices · Open in the reader
Printed
ImbracingEmbracing how wrought. 1 274
With rule
ImbracingEmbracing how wrought. 1 274
Richard Sibbes · Evangelical Sacrifices · Open in the reader

Obedience to the Gospel A14187

Printed
TO THE CONGREGATION OF CHRISTES PEOPLE, IMBRACINGEMBRACING THE TRVTH OF THE GOspel, by a liuely faith, and obedience to the same …
With rule
TO THE CONGREGATION OF CHRISTES PEOPLE, IMBRACINGEMBRACING THE TRVTH OF THE GOspel, by a liuely faith, and obedience to the same …
John Udall · Obedience to the Gospel · Open in the reader

The Catholic Doctrine of the Eucharist in All Ages A33378

Printed
… them with Error, nay proceeding ſo far as a Union with them, and the ImbracingEmbracing of their Doctrines; let Mr. Arnaud ſay what he pleaſes. For Michael deſires but …
With rule
… them with Error, nay proceeding ſo far as a Union with them, and the ImbracingEmbracing of their Doctrines; let Mr. Arnaud ſay what he pleaſes. For Michael deſires but …
Jean Claude · The Catholic Doctrine of the Eucharist in All Ages · p. 286 · Open in the reader

The Dead Yet Speaking A40646

Printed
ImbracingEmbracing in his little lumpe of Clay:
With rule
ImbracingEmbracing in his little lumpe of Clay:
Thomas Fuller · The Dead Yet Speaking · p. 367 · Open in the reader

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
ImbracingEmbracing round this …, what cause
With rule
ImbracingEmbracing round this …, what cause
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

Sermons Volume 4 A51840

Printed
1st. ImbracingEmbracing by Faith the Love of God in Christ, and the good things prepared by …
With rule
1st. ImbracingEmbracing by Faith the Love of God in Christ, and the good things prepared by …
Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 4 · p. 1178 · Open in the reader

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

Printed
… aſſiſting him with their private inſtructions to perſuade their Relations and Acquaintance touching their ImbracingEmbracing of the Goſpel: and it was to this Church that he made ſo many …
With rule
… aſſiſting him with their private inſtructions to perſuade their Relations and Acquaintance touching their ImbracingEmbracing of the Goſpel: and it was to this Church that he made ſo many …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 429 · Open in the reader

Canterburys Doom A56144

Printed
… proſtrating thy ſelfe upon the ground, laying thy Armes a Croſſe before thy brest, ImbracingEmbracing his Image, &c.
With rule
… proſtrating thy ſelfe upon the ground, laying thy Armes a Croſſe before thy brest, ImbracingEmbracing his Image, &c.
William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · p. 206 · Open in the reader

The Doctrine and Practice of Paedobaptism A77497

Printed
… ſuſception; [Hee tooke them up in his armes.] foreign, Complexans …os, (ſaith the vulgar latine) ImbracingEmbracing them. But the word (by Piſcators leave) in proper ſignification importeth more. Not any …
With rule
… ſuſception; [Hee tooke them up in his armes.] foreign, Complexans …os, (ſaith the vulgar latine) ImbracingEmbracing them. But the word (by Piſcators leave) in proper ſignification importeth more. Not any …
John Brinsley · The Doctrine and Practice of Paedobaptism · p. 75 · Open in the reader

The Mystical Brazen Serpent A77504

Printed
… Cant. 8.5. Who is this that cometh up from the wilderneſſe, leaning upon her beloved? ImbracingEmbracing and reſting upon him: Now are we thus drawn to Chriſt? Do wee find …
With rule
… Cant. 8.5. Who is this that cometh up from the wilderneſſe, leaning upon her beloved? ImbracingEmbracing and reſting upon him: Now are we thus drawn to Chriſt? Do wee find …
John Brinsley · The Mystical Brazen Serpent · p. 184 · Open in the reader

Treatise on Three Things A86423

Printed
… of that, but beg of you to be tender, and carefull to avoyde the ImbracingEmbracing of any ſuch thing, as to lay fin upon God; for he is Light …
With rule
… of that, but beg of you to be tender, and carefull to avoyde the ImbracingEmbracing of any ſuch thing, as to lay fin upon God; for he is Light …
Paul Hobson · Treatise on Three Things · p. 73 · Open in the reader