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conceiptconceit

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

Puritas changed it
744 times in 308 works
Consistency
97.7% (744 of 761)
Reach if approved
~800 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: conceit
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
761 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (744 changes in 308 works, 97.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 744)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … of falling by infirmitie, after grace receiued, the mind beeing forestalled with this erronious conceiptconceit, that the sin is lesse, then it is indeede, because veniall, may in the …
    With rule
    … of falling by infirmitie, after grace receiued, the mind beeing forestalled with this erronious conceiptconceit, that the sin is lesse, then it is indeede, because veniall, may in the …

    William Perkins · Cases of Conscience Part 1 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … iudicious Court. Which (queſtionles) your Honours will the rather performe, conſidering what an vnchriſtian conceiptconceit they haue aſwell of your Honourable Aſſemblie, as alſo of all other his Maieſties …
    With rule
    … iudicious Court. Which (queſtionles) your Honours will the rather performe, conſidering what an vnchriſtian conceiptconceit they haue aſwell of your Honourable Aſſemblie, as alſo of all other his Maieſties …

    Gabriel Powel · The Deprived and Silenced Ministers Arguments · p. 12 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … truth doth not depend vpon mans determination: howsoeuer men be caried hither & thither in conceiptconceit, & their opinions like clockes whirled about vpō wheeles, that neuer sound in one minute …
    With rule
    … truth doth not depend vpon mans determination: howsoeuer men be caried hither & thither in conceiptconceit, & their opinions like clockes whirled about vpō wheeles, that neuer sound in one minute …

    John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … the Prophet alſo. That they be a great deepe? The Prophet was dull of conceiptconceit (it ſeemeth) and ſo was Paule: for thou haſt entred into this great deepe …
    With rule
    … the Prophet alſo. That they be a great deepe? The Prophet was dull of conceiptconceit (it ſeemeth) and ſo was Paule: for thou haſt entred into this great deepe …

    George Gifford · Two Sermons on 1 Peter 5:8-9 · p. 100 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … their fantasticall brayns hath giuen them so to thinke, standing much in their owne conceiptconceit.
    With rule
    … their fantasticall brayns hath giuen them so to thinke, standing much in their owne conceiptconceit.

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · p. 36 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … reading, but in vnderſtanding. What ſhall it auaile men to cary a kind of conceiptconceit of ſome diuine authoritie to be in the Scripture, ſo long as they are …
    With rule
    … reading, but in vnderſtanding. What ſhall it auaile men to cary a kind of conceiptconceit of ſome diuine authoritie to be in the Scripture, ſo long as they are …

    Samuel Hieron · The Preachers Plea · p. 163 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … vnderstanding part is not able in this world by discourse to worke, the very conceiptconceit of painefulnesse is as a bridle to stay vs. For which cause the Apostle …
    With rule
    … vnderstanding part is not able in this world by discourse to worke, the very conceiptconceit of painefulnesse is as a bridle to stay vs. For which cause the Apostle …

    Richard Hooker · The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity · p. 57 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … of propheſie; that euery one, ſo ſoone as he is bigge of ſome new conceiptconceit, ſhould bring forth his abortiue monſter: for thus the pillars of Chriſtian faith would …
    With rule
    … of propheſie; that euery one, ſo ſoone as he is bigge of ſome new conceiptconceit, ſhould bring forth his abortiue monſter: for thus the pillars of Chriſtian faith would …

    Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Ephesians 1 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (17)

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

Three Sermons A03308

  • Printed
    … Hell, and is as Death, & cannot be ſatisfied, and is neuer well in his ConceiptConceit, till he hath euen laded himſelfe with thicke Clay: and we are all trudging …
    With rule
    … Hell, and is as Death, & cannot be ſatisfied, and is neuer well in his ConceiptConceit, till he hath euen laded himſelfe with thicke Clay: and we are all trudging …

    Samuel Hieron · Three Sermons · p. 30 · Open in the reader

Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul A10663

  • Printed
    … not according to the nature of the Object, but according to the Disopinion & slender ConceiptConceit which they have of their own Abilities. Non calcant spina…, sed habent. It were …
    With rule
    … not according to the nature of the Object, but according to the Disopinion & slender ConceiptConceit which they have of their own Abilities. Non calcant spina…, sed habent. It were …

    Edward Reynolds · Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul · p. 501 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … of others, that they sleight and neglect their owne; when out of a prejudicate ConceiptConceit that the Antients have sufficiently perfected the Body of more serious Learnings, they shall …
    With rule
    … of others, that they sleight and neglect their owne; when out of a prejudicate ConceiptConceit that the Antients have sufficiently perfected the Body of more serious Learnings, they shall …

    Edward Reynolds · Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul · p. 501 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … take not Wit in that common Acceptation, whereby men understand some sudden flashes of ConceiptConceit, whether in Stile or Conference, which like …otten wood in the darke, have more …
    With rule
    … take not Wit in that common Acceptation, whereby men understand some sudden flashes of ConceiptConceit, whether in Stile or Conference, which like …otten wood in the darke, have more …

    Edward Reynolds · Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul · p. 513 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … of greater sufficiencies: For, saith he, those other admit of every sudden flash or ConceiptConceit, without any Examination; but apud Sapientes est …lectio & Modus: They first weigh things before …
    With rule
    … of greater sufficiencies: For, saith he, those other admit of every sudden flash or ConceiptConceit, without any Examination; but apud Sapientes est …lectio & Modus: They first weigh things before …

    Edward Reynolds · Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul · p. 516 · Open in the reader

Works of Hooker A44334

  • Printed
    … to bring Timber into that fashion which the minde of the Artificer intendeth. His ConceiptConceit, Scotus, Occam, Petrus Alliacensis, with sundry others, do most earnestly and strongly impugn, shewing …
    With rule
    … to bring Timber into that fashion which the minde of the Artificer intendeth. His ConceiptConceit, Scotus, Occam, Petrus Alliacensis, with sundry others, do most earnestly and strongly impugn, shewing …

    Richard Hooker · Works of Hooker · p. 363 · Open in the reader

The Rich Fool Set Forth A57546

  • Printed
    Theſe are the Grounds of this ConceiptConceit which mens hearts are poſſeſſed with, That Thoughts are free, and they have liberty …
    With rule
    Theſe are the Grounds of this ConceiptConceit which mens hearts are poſſeſſed with, That Thoughts are free, and they have liberty …

    Nehemiah Rogers · The Rich Fool Set Forth · p. 79 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … and undeniable Reaſons; and withall, the weak Grounds that are brought ſo this wicked ConceiptConceit, which is in many mens minds; which (I hope) may ſerve to convince any …
    With rule
    … and undeniable Reaſons; and withall, the weak Grounds that are brought ſo this wicked ConceiptConceit, which is in many mens minds; which (I hope) may ſerve to convince any …

    Nehemiah Rogers · The Rich Fool Set Forth · p. 79 · Open in the reader

A Description of the New Heaven A59398

  • Printed
    … in his next Letter. Upon this his Lordſhip wrote a large Letter Oppoſing the ConceiptConceit of Gog, and Magog; tho the Millennium of Chriſt's Kingdom were granted; yet not …
    With rule
    … in his next Letter. Upon this his Lordſhip wrote a large Letter Oppoſing the ConceiptConceit of Gog, and Magog; tho the Millennium of Chriſt's Kingdom were granted; yet not …

    Samuel Sewall · A Description of the New Heaven · p. 26 · Open in the reader

The Mystery of the Gospel Vindicated and Socinianism Examined A90295

  • Printed
    … put upon the Godhead. The Infinity, and Immutability of God, do manifestly overthrow the ConceiptConceit of a Shape and forme of God. Were it not a contradiction that a …
    With rule
    … put upon the Godhead. The Infinity, and Immutability of God, do manifestly overthrow the ConceiptConceit of a Shape and forme of God. Were it not a contradiction that a …

    John Owen · The Mystery of the Gospel Vindicated and Socinianism Examined · p. 68 · Open in the reader

Commentary on 2 Corinthians 4 A93252

  • Printed
    Thus labour for a good ConceiptConceit of God. The like things you may observe out of these words of the …
    With rule
    Thus labour for a good ConceiptConceit of God. The like things you may observe out of these words of the …

    Richard Sibbes · Commentary on 2 Corinthians 4 · p. 144 · Open in the reader