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sodainesudden

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

Puritas changed it
626 times in 281 works
Consistency
98.4% (626 of 636)
Reach if approved
~724 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: sudden
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
689 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (626 changes in 281 works, 98.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 626)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … outward doore of our hearts, or (it may be) find, vpon a fit ſome ſodainesudden and ſuperficiall entertainement, but (alas) they are quickly vaniſhed; and like a ſerpent vpon …
    With rule
    … outward doore of our hearts, or (it may be) find, vpon a fit ſome ſodainesudden and ſuperficiall entertainement, but (alas) they are quickly vaniſhed; and like a ſerpent vpon …

    Samuel Hieron · The Dignity of the Scripture · p. 35 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … was Iobs meditation: let the boyſterous violence of it, bring to our mindes, the ſodainesudden calamitie of Gods enemies, which was Ieremies meditation: let the ſwift paſſage of it …
    With rule
    … was Iobs meditation: let the boyſterous violence of it, bring to our mindes, the ſodainesudden calamitie of Gods enemies, which was Ieremies meditation: let the ſwift paſſage of it …

    Thomas Barnes · The Gales of Grace · p. 9 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … Baptiſme, yet they haue votum, a deſire vnto it, which being intercepted by ſome ſodainesudden accident, is ſupplied by inward grace: I anſwere with Bellarmine, that as another mans …
    With rule
    … Baptiſme, yet they haue votum, a deſire vnto it, which being intercepted by ſome ſodainesudden accident, is ſupplied by inward grace: I anſwere with Bellarmine, that as another mans …

    Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 526 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … when Gedeon made warre againſt that people. Thou ſhalt not be afrayd of any ſodainesudden terror, nor of the deſtruction of the wicked, when it commeth, for God will …
    With rule
    … when Gedeon made warre againſt that people. Thou ſhalt not be afrayd of any ſodainesudden terror, nor of the deſtruction of the wicked, when it commeth, for God will …

    Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 34 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … booke. Thinke daily of thy ende: and know that God may strike thee with sodainesudden death euery moment: and that, if then thou haue not repented before that time …
    With rule
    … booke. Thinke daily of thy ende: and know that God may strike thee with sodainesudden death euery moment: and that, if then thou haue not repented before that time …

    William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 664 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … feared euill; the feare whereof is worſe then the thing we feare: the pit, ſodainesudden and vnlooked for miſchiefe: the ſnare, out of which there will be no getting …
    With rule
    … feared euill; the feare whereof is worſe then the thing we feare: the pit, ſodainesudden and vnlooked for miſchiefe: the ſnare, out of which there will be no getting …

    Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 96 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … man, all blot of originall ſinne: he vtterly inhibiteth al euil thoughts, light motions, ſodainesudden affections, yea though we neuer fully purpoſe them, neither conſent willingly to do them …
    With rule
    … man, all blot of originall ſinne: he vtterly inhibiteth al euil thoughts, light motions, ſodainesudden affections, yea though we neuer fully purpoſe them, neither conſent willingly to do them …

    John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 115 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Roman Nouember. In both of theſe the caſe hath a Venio citò, a moſt ſodainesudden vnexpected diſſolution. The one intended of our whole State repreſented in a publike ſolemne …
    With rule
    … Roman Nouember. In both of theſe the caſe hath a Venio citò, a moſt ſodainesudden vnexpected diſſolution. The one intended of our whole State repreſented in a publike ſolemne …

    John Gee · Hold Fast · p. 63 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Commentary on Peter and Jude A06502

  • Printed
    … can neuer bee ouercome, vnleſſe ſynne and guiltineſſe of conſcience be firſt taken awaie. SodaineSudden Death therfore, deſtruction and damnation ſhall come vppon them, ſo that thei ſhall alwaies …
    With rule
    … can neuer bee ouercome, vnleſſe ſynne and guiltineſſe of conſcience be firſt taken awaie. SodaineSudden Death therfore, deſtruction and damnation ſhall come vppon them, ſo that thei ſhall alwaies …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 137 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Proverbs A07874

  • Printed
    … of all, he declareth the miſerie of the ſlouthfull perſon. Both thy pouertie &c. SodaineSudden miſerie commeth on thee, & ſtrong to ouerthrow and confound thee.
    With rule
    … of all, he declareth the miſerie of the ſlouthfull perſon. Both thy pouertie &c. SodaineSudden miſerie commeth on thee, & ſtrong to ouerthrow and confound thee.

    Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 211 · Open in the reader

An Exposition Upon Colossians A17389

  • Printed
    … must be constantly so; not loose a leafe, much lesse giue ouer bearing fruit . SodaineSudden flashes will not serue turne: the Lord knowes not how to intreat them, whose …
    With rule
    … must be constantly so; not loose a leafe, much lesse giue ouer bearing fruit . SodaineSudden flashes will not serue turne: the Lord knowes not how to intreat them, whose …

    Nicholas Byfield · An Exposition Upon Colossians · p. 59 · Open in the reader

Five Sermons 1 A20641

  • Printed
    … the Vnderſtanding, no Scruple in the Conſcience, no Perplexitie in the reſolution; Not a SodaineSudden Death, not a Shamefull Death, not a ſtupide, not a raging Death, muſt bee …
    With rule
    … the Vnderſtanding, no Scruple in the Conſcience, no Perplexitie in the reſolution; Not a SodaineSudden Death, not a Shamefull Death, not a ſtupide, not a raging Death, muſt bee …

    John Donne · Five Sermons 1 · p. 37 · Open in the reader

Sermon Preached to the King 24 February 1625 A20650

  • Printed
    … the Vnderstanding, no Scruple in the Conscience, no Perplexitie in the resolution; Not a SodaineSudden Death, not a Shamefull Death, not a stupide, not a raging Death, must bee …
    With rule
    … the Vnderstanding, no Scruple in the Conscience, no Perplexitie in the resolution; Not a SodaineSudden Death, not a Shamefull Death, not a stupide, not a raging Death, must bee …

    John Donne · Sermon Preached to the King 24 February 1625 · p. 37 · Open in the reader

Annotations Upon the New Testament A50050

  • Printed
    … useth this similitude, Psal. 48.6. Ier 6.24. and 49.24. and 50.43. He signifies that the evill is 1. Certaine. 2. SodaineSudden. 3. Inevitable.
    With rule
    … useth this similitude, Psal. 48.6. Ier 6.24. and 49.24. and 50.43. He signifies that the evill is 1. Certaine. 2. SodaineSudden. 3. Inevitable.

    Edward Leigh · Annotations Upon the New Testament · p. 312 · Open in the reader