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suspencesuspense

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

Puritas changed it
698 times in 441 works
Consistency
94.8% (698 of 736)
Reach if approved
~773 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: suspense
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
736 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (698 changes in 441 works, 94.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 698)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … the boastinges land proude challenges in the vvorlde, of … and nevve …, cannot … to any suspencesuspense of the trueth. VVe are not ignorant of their great speech & proud vvords: we …
    With rule
    … the boastinges land proude challenges in the vvorlde, of … and nevve …, cannot … to any suspencesuspense of the trueth. VVe are not ignorant of their great speech & proud vvords: we …

    John Field · A Caveat for Parsons Howlet · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … ſucceſſe of the worke, which our Sauiour Chriſt calleth els-where, an hanging in ſuſpencesuspense, and doubt for the euent of it, as the meteors do in the ayre …
    With rule
    … ſucceſſe of the worke, which our Sauiour Chriſt calleth els-where, an hanging in ſuſpencesuspense, and doubt for the euent of it, as the meteors do in the ayre …

    Thomas Gataker · True Contentment in the Gain of Godliness · p. 82 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … hath giuen them. Some mens ſenſes are deluded, ſhall euery man therefore bee in ſuſpencesuspense of whatſoeuer hee ſeeth or heareth? He that is falſly perſwaded of his good …
    With rule
    … hath giuen them. Some mens ſenſes are deluded, ſhall euery man therefore bee in ſuſpencesuspense of whatſoeuer hee ſeeth or heareth? He that is falſly perſwaded of his good …

    John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 100 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … now it is a poore euidence, that giueth none aſſurance, but leaueth ſtill in ſuſpencesuspense, and doubtfull. Thirdly, that I am more ſpecially bound to beleeue, that God is …
    With rule
    … now it is a poore euidence, that giueth none aſſurance, but leaueth ſtill in ſuſpencesuspense, and doubtfull. Thirdly, that I am more ſpecially bound to beleeue, that God is …

    John Mayer · The English Catechism Explained · p. 30 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … are the children of God; because it teacheth that we are to be in suspencesuspense of our saluation. Againe, by teaching humane satisfactions, & merits, it ministreth the spirit of …
    With rule
    … are the children of God; because it teacheth that we are to be in suspencesuspense of our saluation. Againe, by teaching humane satisfactions, & merits, it ministreth the spirit of …

    William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 165 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    So for time to come, what a misery is it to bee alwayes in suspencesuspense, and doubtfull of the issue of all our labours?
    With rule
    So for time to come, what a misery is it to bee alwayes in suspencesuspense, and doubtfull of the issue of all our labours?

    John Rogers · The Doctrine of Faith · p. 487 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … a bad cauſe in hand, and prolong it too, which keeps their Clients in ſuſpencesuspense from day to day, and from weeke to weeke, in great charge and ſinne …
    With rule
    … a bad cauſe in hand, and prolong it too, which keeps their Clients in ſuſpencesuspense from day to day, and from weeke to weeke, in great charge and ſinne …

    Henry Smith · Sermons in One Volume · p. 885 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … unstaid and unsettled in their judgements and courses, such as holde all things in suspencesuspense and question, that they may admit of any thing that may make for their …
    With rule
    … unstaid and unsettled in their judgements and courses, such as holde all things in suspencesuspense and question, that they may admit of any thing that may make for their …

    Thomas Taylor · The Progress of Saints to Full Holiness · p. 130 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (38)

13 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 25 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

An Exposition of Hosea 11-13 A30575

  • Printed
    SuſpenceSuspense, a cauſe of great evil 123
    With rule
    SuſpenceSuspense, a cauſe of great evil 123

    Jeremiah Burroughs · An Exposition of Hosea 11-13 · Open in the reader

The Catholic Doctrine of the Eucharist in All Ages A33378

  • Printed
    … compared with our Proofs, without any other Pretence than the keeping the Mind in SuſpenceSuspense, and hindering it from determining on either ſide. Had the Author of the Perpetuity …
    With rule
    … compared with our Proofs, without any other Pretence than the keeping the Mind in SuſpenceSuspense, and hindering it from determining on either ſide. Had the Author of the Perpetuity …

    Jean Claude · The Catholic Doctrine of the Eucharist in All Ages · p. 16 · Open in the reader

Sermons Volume 4 A51840

  • Printed
    … am ready to take it; and that the matter may no longer remain in SuspenceSuspense, I sware by my Life, by my Holiness, by whatever you count sacred and …
    With rule
    … am ready to take it; and that the matter may no longer remain in SuspenceSuspense, I sware by my Life, by my Holiness, by whatever you count sacred and …

    Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 4 · p. 197 · Open in the reader

Sermons A51847

  • Printed
    … Disorders: My Lord delays his Coming. Hasty Men are loth to be kept in SuspenceSuspense, and long Expectation, and so miscarry. Look to all Sorts of Sinners: The Carnal …
    With rule
    … Disorders: My Lord delays his Coming. Hasty Men are loth to be kept in SuspenceSuspense, and long Expectation, and so miscarry. Look to all Sorts of Sinners: The Carnal …

    Thomas Manton · Sermons · p. 134 · Open in the reader

The Gospel Mystery of Sanctification A52074

  • Printed
    … deſiring and venturing to truſt, or rely upon him in a mere State of SuſpenceSuspense and Uncertainty concerning our Salvation, or with a probable Opinion or conjectural Hope of …
    With rule
    … deſiring and venturing to truſt, or rely upon him in a mere State of SuſpenceSuspense and Uncertainty concerning our Salvation, or with a probable Opinion or conjectural Hope of …

    Walter Marshall · The Gospel Mystery of Sanctification · p. 168 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … of the Free-promiſe, if it did not in ſome meaſure exclude a mere SuſpenceSuspense and wavering Opinion or Conjecture, were not worthy to be ſo called. Some may …
    With rule
    … of the Free-promiſe, if it did not in ſome meaſure exclude a mere SuſpenceSuspense and wavering Opinion or Conjecture, were not worthy to be ſo called. Some may …

    Walter Marshall · The Gospel Mystery of Sanctification · p. 179 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … double minded man, unſtable in all his ways, Jam. 1.6. If you continue in meer SuſpenceSuspense and Doubtfulneſs of Salvation by Chriſt; your Deſire to truſt, is but a lazy …
    With rule
    … double minded man, unſtable in all his ways, Jam. 1.6. If you continue in meer SuſpenceSuspense and Doubtfulneſs of Salvation by Chriſt; your Deſire to truſt, is but a lazy …

    Walter Marshall · The Gospel Mystery of Sanctification · p. 179 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … our only Salvation, and Happineſs, or if we be altogether in a ſlate of SuſpenceSuspense, and doubting whether God will be pleaſed to give Chriſt to us or no …
    With rule
    … our only Salvation, and Happineſs, or if we be altogether in a ſlate of SuſpenceSuspense, and doubting whether God will be pleaſed to give Chriſt to us or no …

    Walter Marshall · The Gospel Mystery of Sanctification · Open in the reader

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

  • Printed
    … and waits to be gracious in the beſt Seaſon, Iſa. 30.18. He holds us in SuſpenceSuspense ſometime, but 'tis only to commend his Mercy the more to us; that Heavenly …
    With rule
    … and waits to be gracious in the beſt Seaſon, Iſa. 30.18. He holds us in SuſpenceSuspense ſometime, but 'tis only to commend his Mercy the more to us; that Heavenly …

    Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 215 · Open in the reader

A Body of Practical Divinity A65285

  • Printed
    … have a more sure word of prophesie. We are not left under a doubtful SuspenceSuspense that we should not know what to believe, but we have an Infallible Rule …
    With rule
    … have a more sure word of prophesie. We are not left under a doubtful SuspenceSuspense that we should not know what to believe, but we have an Infallible Rule …

    Thomas Watson · A Body of Practical Divinity · p. 19 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … it, cannot dye with Comfort, they are in aequilibrio, they hang in a doubtful SuspenceSuspense, what shall become of them after Death: But he who hath Assurance, hath an …
    With rule
    … it, cannot dye with Comfort, they are in aequilibrio, they hang in a doubtful SuspenceSuspense, what shall become of them after Death: But he who hath Assurance, hath an …

    Thomas Watson · A Body of Practical Divinity · p. 204 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … whom thou lovest as the Apple of thine Eye, yet thou holdest them in SuspenceSuspense, and givest them no Assurance of thy Love; though thou hast given them the …
    With rule
    … whom thou lovest as the Apple of thine Eye, yet thou holdest them in SuspenceSuspense, and givest them no Assurance of thy Love; though thou hast given them the …

    Thomas Watson · A Body of Practical Divinity · p. 206 · Open in the reader

The Efficacy of the Fear of Hell to Restrain Men from Sin N01395

  • Printed
    … not Guilty. God don't deny to Pardon him. God don't leave the Matter in SuſpenceSuspense whether he ſhall be pardoned or not. He don't defer to do it, but …
    With rule
    … not Guilty. God don't deny to Pardon him. God don't leave the Matter in SuſpenceSuspense whether he ſhall be pardoned or not. He don't defer to do it, but …

    Solomon Stoddard · The Efficacy of the Fear of Hell to Restrain Men from Sin · p. 166 · Open in the reader