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desireabledesirable

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

Puritas changed it
1,400 times in 639 works
Consistency
97.0% (1,400 of 1,443)
Reach if approved
~1,516 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: desirable
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,443 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,400 changes in 639 works, 97.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,400)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … sinnes and Gods iudgements? How should we esteeme of that Gospell which declareth such desireabledesirable and gladsome matters, how dull and heauie be those soules which be not affected …
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    … sinnes and Gods iudgements? How should we esteeme of that Gospell which declareth such desireabledesirable and gladsome matters, how dull and heauie be those soules which be not affected …

    Thomas Wilson · Commentary on Romans · p. 825 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … promiſeth heere, both an outward and an inward peace, which is an excellent and deſireabledesirable benefit aboue all things.
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    … promiſeth heere, both an outward and an inward peace, which is an excellent and deſireabledesirable benefit aboue all things.

    John Calvin · Commentary on Isaiah · p. 137 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … last wordes of this chapter, of spoiling the treasure of euerie vessell that is desireabledesirable▪ of Christs deliuering out of hel the most precious vessells of the Saincts, &c …
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    … last wordes of this chapter, of spoiling the treasure of euerie vessell that is desireabledesirable▪ of Christs deliuering out of hel the most precious vessells of the Saincts, &c …

    William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 222 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … to vse many arguments to perswade you hereunto. Truth is of it selfe: 1. most desireabledesirable and amiable, as the contrary is lothsome and detestable: That which lookes like gold …
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    … to vse many arguments to perswade you hereunto. Truth is of it selfe: 1. most desireabledesirable and amiable, as the contrary is lothsome and detestable: That which lookes like gold …

    Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 280 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    The hope of ſo deſireabledesirable a good prevailed with the Author (otherwiſe the moſt unwilling of any man to …
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    The hope of ſo deſireabledesirable a good prevailed with the Author (otherwiſe the moſt unwilling of any man to …

    Joseph Mede · The Name Altar · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … wisest man then alive, and who knew all the quintessence, and what ever was desireabledesirable in the Creature, who said Da mihi panem Statutim… Give me the Bread of …
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    … wisest man then alive, and who knew all the quintessence, and what ever was desireabledesirable in the Creature, who said Da mihi panem Statutim… Give me the Bread of …

    Edward Reynolds · Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul · p. 172 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    Altogether desireabledesirable, as if she should say, what should … stand upon particulars, he is altogether from …
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    Altogether desireabledesirable, as if she should say, what should … stand upon particulars, he is altogether from …

    Richard Sibbes · Bowels Opened · p. 396 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … all earthly obiects whatsoeuer. Onely this obiect shall grow more and more glorious and desireabledesirable.
    With rule
    … all earthly obiects whatsoeuer. Onely this obiect shall grow more and more glorious and desireabledesirable.

    Thomas Taylor · Christs Combat and Conquest · p. 294 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (43)

22 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 21 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649

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    DesireableDesirable, i. precious, &c. Gen. 27. 15.
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    DesireableDesirable, i. precious, &c. Gen. 27. 15.

    Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · Open in the reader

Catholic Theology Plain Pure Peaceable A26883

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    … thing in this world, or that man is capable of. And therefore is moſt DeſireableDesirable, and moſt Honourable.
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    … thing in this world, or that man is capable of. And therefore is moſt DeſireableDesirable, and moſt Honourable.

    Richard Baxter · Catholic Theology Plain Pure Peaceable · Open in the reader

A Treatise of Knowledge and Love A27051

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    … upon his Will, no Pleaſure, no Contentation in his Knowledge, and what Felicity or DeſireableDesirable Good to him, would there be, in all the Knowledge in the world? Yea …
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    … upon his Will, no Pleaſure, no Contentation in his Knowledge, and what Felicity or DeſireableDesirable Good to him, would there be, in all the Knowledge in the world? Yea …

    Richard Baxter · A Treatise of Knowledge and Love · p. 212 · Open in the reader

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    … if you ſtop at bare Intellection, it is not to be called Good or DeſireableDesirable as to the Intellect, theſe being not proper intellectual objects: Though remotely I confeſs …
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    … if you ſtop at bare Intellection, it is not to be called Good or DeſireableDesirable as to the Intellect, theſe being not proper intellectual objects: Though remotely I confeſs …

    Richard Baxter · A Treatise of Knowledge and Love · p. 212 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … remotely I confeſs they are; that is, that which is called Good, Amiable and DeſireableDesirable primarily as the proper object of the Will, muſt be diſcerned to be ſuch …
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    … remotely I confeſs they are; that is, that which is called Good, Amiable and DeſireableDesirable primarily as the proper object of the Will, muſt be diſcerned to be ſuch …

    Richard Baxter · A Treatise of Knowledge and Love · p. 212 · Open in the reader

One Hundred Select Sermons A44565

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    … to uſe it, we muſt take that alſo. This is that which is very DeſireableDesirable; and ſo very conſiderable, and ſo much the rather, as it is ſo much …
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    … to uſe it, we muſt take that alſo. This is that which is very DeſireableDesirable; and ſo very conſiderable, and ſo much the rather, as it is ſo much …

    Thomas Horton · One Hundred Select Sermons · p. 14 · Open in the reader

A Practical and Polemical Commentary Upon 2 Timothy 3-4 A45335

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    3. DesireableDesirable.
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    3. DesireableDesirable.

    Thomas Hall · A Practical and Polemical Commentary Upon 2 Timothy 3-4 · p. 396 · Open in the reader

Death Made Comfortable A47293

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    … Trust thee with my self, and with my Friends, to Order what is most DesireableDesirable for us, and best agrees with the wise Ends of thy Good Providence. And …
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    … Trust thee with my self, and with my Friends, to Order what is most DesireableDesirable for us, and best agrees with the wise Ends of thy Good Providence. And …

    John Kettlewell · Death Made Comfortable · p. 262 · Open in the reader

The Way to Prosperity A50172

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    Nothing is more DesireableDesirable, for us, than the Presence of our God. The Jews have a Fable of …
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    Nothing is more DesireableDesirable, for us, than the Presence of our God. The Jews have a Fable of …

    Cotton Mather · The Way to Prosperity · p. 17 · Open in the reader

The Wonderful Works of God Commemorated A50176

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    Nothing is more DesireableDesirable, for us, than the Presence of our God. The Jews have a Fable of …
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    Nothing is more DesireableDesirable, for us, than the Presence of our God. The Jews have a Fable of …

    Cotton Mather · The Wonderful Works of God Commemorated · p. 17 · Open in the reader

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

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    … the Poſt, Incarnate Devils, &c.) to w…k, that this Vineyard (ſo Tempting and DeſireableDesirable) might Eſcheat to him: Hereupon the B…hop of Caſal is ſent to claim …
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    … the Poſt, Incarnate Devils, &c.) to w…k, that this Vineyard (ſo Tempting and DeſireableDesirable) might Eſcheat to him: Hereupon the B…hop of Caſal is ſent to claim …

    Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 348 · Open in the reader

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    … happy, as to ſee him once before I die. And now having obtained that DeſireableDesirable and Delightful fight of his ſuppoſed loſt Son; He calmly compoſeth himſelf to a …
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    … happy, as to ſee him once before I die. And now having obtained that DeſireableDesirable and Delightful fight of his ſuppoſed loſt Son; He calmly compoſeth himſelf to a …

    Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 411 · Open in the reader

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    … with ſome Remorſe, but without any true Repentance: He recollectd what a Beautiful and DeſireableDesirable Lady he had Rejected, (ſaith Bonartius) and how much Delight and Complacency he had …
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    … with ſome Remorſe, but without any true Repentance: He recollectd what a Beautiful and DeſireableDesirable Lady he had Rejected, (ſaith Bonartius) and how much Delight and Complacency he had …

    Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 666 · Open in the reader

The Good Old Way Defended A57857

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    … and if some cannot Attain such a Measure of Knowledge in them as is DesireableDesirable; others who are more Docile, should not be Deprived of what Advantage they can …
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    … and if some cannot Attain such a Measure of Knowledge in them as is DesireableDesirable; others who are more Docile, should not be Deprived of what Advantage they can …

    Gilbert Rule · The Good Old Way Defended · p. 305 · Open in the reader

The Mourners Companion A60137

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    … my Wife dyed. 'Tis manifeſtly ſuppoſed that ſhe had many qualifications to render her DeſireableDesirable, and make the loſs exceedingly afflictive: otherwiſe the dreadful Calamity that was coming upon …
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    … my Wife dyed. 'Tis manifeſtly ſuppoſed that ſhe had many qualifications to render her DeſireableDesirable, and make the loſs exceedingly afflictive: otherwiſe the dreadful Calamity that was coming upon …

    John Shower · The Mourners Companion · p. 8 · Open in the reader

Commentary on the Minor Prophets A63068

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    … follow preſently upon the preaching of the Goſpel, therefore Junius renders it Deſiderati, the DeſireableDesirable ones of all Nations, and interprets it of the Elect, (the Septuagint alſo ſay …
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    … follow preſently upon the preaching of the Goſpel, therefore Junius renders it Deſiderati, the DeſireableDesirable ones of all Nations, and interprets it of the Elect, (the Septuagint alſo ſay …

    John Trapp · Commentary on the Minor Prophets · p. 486 · Open in the reader

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    … of Chriſt in the fleſh, ſhould be 1. New, admirable, and ſtupendious. 2. Sure and certain. 3. DeſireableDesirable, and joyfull. 4. Famous and renowned.
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    … of Chriſt in the fleſh, ſhould be 1. New, admirable, and ſtupendious. 2. Sure and certain. 3. DeſireableDesirable, and joyfull. 4. Famous and renowned.

    John Trapp · Commentary on the Minor Prophets · p. 658 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ezekiel 20-29 A85668

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    DeſireableDesirable young men.
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    DeſireableDesirable young men.

    William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 20-29 · p. 298 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Song of Solomon A91908

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    7. DeſireableDesirable 669. 627.
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    7. DeſireableDesirable 669. 627.

    John Robotham · Exposition of Song of Solomon · Open in the reader

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    3. DeſireableDesirable 524.
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    3. DeſireableDesirable 524.

    John Robotham · Exposition of Song of Solomon · Open in the reader

The Unsearchable Riches of Christ B02840

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    … of the Doctrine of Faith, and ſerious in the Practice and exerciſe of Faith; DeſireableDesirable and excellent Qualifications of a Chriſtian, viz. Purity, Solidity, and ſeriouſneſs in Religion.
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    … of the Doctrine of Faith, and ſerious in the Practice and exerciſe of Faith; DeſireableDesirable and excellent Qualifications of a Chriſtian, viz. Purity, Solidity, and ſeriouſneſs in Religion.

    James Durham · The Unsearchable Riches of Christ · p. 77 · Open in the reader

Ornaments for the Daughters of Zion B26645

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    … forgot himself as to call a Woman, An Ʋnavoidable Punishment, a Necessary Evil, a DesireableDesirable Calamity: With more such Iron words, he sees cause to add, Sermo est de …
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    … forgot himself as to call a Woman, An Ʋnavoidable Punishment, a Necessary Evil, a DesireableDesirable Calamity: With more such Iron words, he sees cause to add, Sermo est de …

    Cotton Mather · Ornaments for the Daughters of Zion · p. 54 · Open in the reader