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abhominationsabominations

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

Puritas changed it
1,147 times in 377 works
Consistency
97.5% (1,147 of 1,176)
Reach if approved
~1,236 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: abominations
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,176 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,147 changes in 377 works, 97.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,147)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … of neceſſity there ſhould be ſome clauſe ānexed to your Propoſition touching the Antichriſtian abhominationsabominations among you, if you would haue your Reaſon good for the eſtate of your …
    With rule
    … of neceſſity there ſhould be ſome clauſe ānexed to your Propoſition touching the Antichriſtian abhominationsabominations among you, if you would haue your Reaſon good for the eſtate of your …

    Francis Johnson · Answer to Mr Jacobs Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 12 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … of theft and murther, of blasphemie against God, of idolatrie, and finally, of al abhominationsabominations, which crimes being laide to their charge in their owne presence, they were not …
    With rule
    … of theft and murther, of blasphemie against God, of idolatrie, and finally, of al abhominationsabominations, which crimes being laide to their charge in their owne presence, they were not …

    John Knox · A Fort for the Afflicted · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … Masse & in the masse marchāts which through theyr abhominable filthy lyfe, couetousnes, blasphemies & other abhominationsabominations▪ do most shamfully maintaine and entertaine hym. And doubtles it is the highest and …
    With rule
    … Masse & in the masse marchāts which through theyr abhominable filthy lyfe, couetousnes, blasphemies & other abhominationsabominations▪ do most shamfully maintaine and entertaine hym. And doubtles it is the highest and …

    Martin Luther · Admonition to the Germans · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … agoe, but filling the world with volumes; whereby wee have so plainly discovered their abhominationsabominations, and verified the truth of our Doctrine; as wearied with contesting therabout, or rather …
    With rule
    … agoe, but filling the world with volumes; whereby wee have so plainly discovered their abhominationsabominations, and verified the truth of our Doctrine; as wearied with contesting therabout, or rather …

    Patrick Forbes · Defense of the Lawful Calling of Ministers of Reformed Churches · p. 3 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … ever remaine vpon record in the Kalender of the iuſt) hath taken away all abhominationsabominations of iniquitie, all intruding Iuriſdiction that might ſtreame hither from the Well of Rome …
    With rule
    … ever remaine vpon record in the Kalender of the iuſt) hath taken away all abhominationsabominations of iniquitie, all intruding Iuriſdiction that might ſtreame hither from the Well of Rome …

    John Gee · New Shreds of the Old Snare · p. 55 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … cannot abide it, Eſay 1. The Lord ſaith that their ſacrifices, burnt offerings, incenſe, are abhominationsabominations; that their new Moones, Sabaoths, ſolemne feaſts, ſolemne dayes, and aſſemblies, are a but …
    With rule
    … cannot abide it, Eſay 1. The Lord ſaith that their ſacrifices, burnt offerings, incenſe, are abhominationsabominations; that their new Moones, Sabaoths, ſolemne feaſts, ſolemne dayes, and aſſemblies, are a but …

    Thomas Granger · The Blind Mans Sermon · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … that in these daies worketh against faith, knowledge, & the holy Ghost admitting the priestes abhominationsabominations? Rather had they to dwell still in the earthly beggerie with the blasphemie of …
    With rule
    … that in these daies worketh against faith, knowledge, & the holy Ghost admitting the priestes abhominationsabominations? Rather had they to dwell still in the earthly beggerie with the blasphemie of …

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

  8. Printed
    … plagues more, and he will welter you in your bloud, and plucke your curſed abhominationsabominations from your boſomes, then you will ſay. God is juſt and terrible, and had …
    With rule
    … plagues more, and he will welter you in your bloud, and plucke your curſed abhominationsabominations from your boſomes, then you will ſay. God is juſt and terrible, and had …

    Thomas Hooker · Four Learned and Godly Treatises · p. 146 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (29)

22 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 20 are listed here. 7 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises A07988

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    … daylie Sacrifice: as ſecondlie (in the paſsiue ſenſe) the ſaid Temple of the Ethnickes AbhominationsAbominations in Delphos, were by thunder and earthquake both deſtroyed: as thirdlie (in the actiue …
    With rule
    … daylie Sacrifice: as ſecondlie (in the paſsiue ſenſe) the ſaid Temple of the Ethnickes AbhominationsAbominations in Delphos, were by thunder and earthquake both deſtroyed: as thirdlie (in the actiue …

    John Napier · The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises · p. 16 · Open in the reader

Plain Evidences the Church of England is Apostolical A09265

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    … meaneth by the firſt, hee ſhews not, let him ſet downe, firſt, what are AbhominationsAbominations: and then ſecondly, what are Antichriſtian AbhominationsAbominations: and thirdly, whether euery Abhomination be ſufficient …
    With rule
    … meaneth by the firſt, hee ſhews not, let him ſet downe, firſt, what are AbhominationsAbominations: and then ſecondly, what are Antichriſtian AbhominationsAbominations: and thirdly, whether euery Abhomination be ſufficient …

    Richard Bernard · Plain Evidences the Church of England is Apostolical · p. 90 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … let him ſet downe, firſt, what are AbhominationsAbominations: and then ſecondly, what are Antichriſtian AbhominationsAbominations: and thirdly, whether euery Abhomination be ſufficient to make a ſeparation from the true …
    With rule
    … let him ſet downe, firſt, what are AbhominationsAbominations: and then ſecondly, what are Antichriſtian AbhominationsAbominations: and thirdly, whether euery Abhomination be ſufficient to make a ſeparation from the true …

    Richard Bernard · Plain Evidences the Church of England is Apostolical · p. 90 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Page 84. denyeth this Minor; firſt, becauſe the perſons which ſubmit to Antichriſt and his AbhominationsAbominations, are in the Lords account equall with Pagans, &c.
    With rule
    … Page 84. denyeth this Minor; firſt, becauſe the perſons which ſubmit to Antichriſt and his AbhominationsAbominations, are in the Lords account equall with Pagans, &c.

    Richard Bernard · Plain Evidences the Church of England is Apostolical · p. 264 · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

  • Printed
    … deuotions, that then and still Babylon might be the mother of Whoredomes and all AbhominationsAbominations. To which aptly agree the Paralels of Babylon and Rome in Orosius, the Empire …
    With rule
    … deuotions, that then and still Babylon might be the mother of Whoredomes and all AbhominationsAbominations. To which aptly agree the Paralels of Babylon and Rome in Orosius, the Empire …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 47 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … later, Heathen and Christian; to which thou hast beene a sinke and mother of AbhominationsAbominations. Thy Heathenisme planted by Cham, watered by Iannes, Iambres, Hermes, ouerflowed to Athens and …
    With rule
    … later, Heathen and Christian; to which thou hast beene a sinke and mother of AbhominationsAbominations. Thy Heathenisme planted by Cham, watered by Iannes, Iambres, Hermes, ouerflowed to Athens and …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 470 · Open in the reader

A Friendly Farewell A10780

  • Printed
    … is the seate of Sathan, and the Bishoppe of the same that mainteyneth the AbhominationsAbominations thereof, is Antichriste hym selfe in deede. And for the same causes this sea …
    With rule
    … is the seate of Sathan, and the Bishoppe of the same that mainteyneth the AbhominationsAbominations thereof, is Antichriste hym selfe in deede. And for the same causes this sea …

    Nicholas Ridley · A Friendly Farewell · Open in the reader

Defense of Perkins Book Called a Reformed Catholic A15735

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    … house of Baall with his Alters and his Images; They made Images of their AbhominationsAbominations. Thou madest thy selfe Images of men. When she saw men painted vpon the …
    With rule
    … house of Baall with his Alters and his Images; They made Images of their AbhominationsAbominations. Thou madest thy selfe Images of men. When she saw men painted vpon the …

    Anthony Wotton · Defense of Perkins Book Called a Reformed Catholic · p. 546 · Open in the reader

Four Sermons Entreating of Matters Very Profitable A17694

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    … body in which the marke of Ieſus Chriſte is engrauen, be defiled with contrarie AbhominationsAbominations. Is the Supper onely receyued of the ſoule, and not alſo with the handes …
    With rule
    … body in which the marke of Ieſus Chriſte is engrauen, be defiled with contrarie AbhominationsAbominations. Is the Supper onely receyued of the ſoule, and not alſo with the handes …

    John Calvin · Four Sermons Entreating of Matters Very Profitable · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

  • Printed
    AbhominationsAbominations.
    With rule
    AbhominationsAbominations.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    The AbhominationsAbominations of the heathen & papists discouered.
    With rule
    The AbhominationsAbominations of the heathen & papists discouered.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Of the word AbhominationsAbominations, and what it signifieth.
    With rule
    Of the word AbhominationsAbominations, and what it signifieth.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

Antichrist Pointed and Painted Out in His True Colors A42310

  • Printed
    … that golden Cup, that is in the hand of that mysticall Whoore, full of AbhominationsAbominations & Filthinesse of her Fornication: And, except they repent, and come out of Babell, as …
    With rule
    … that golden Cup, that is in the hand of that mysticall Whoore, full of AbhominationsAbominations & Filthinesse of her Fornication: And, except they repent, and come out of Babell, as …

    William Guild · Antichrist Pointed and Painted Out in His True Colors · Open in the reader

A Memorandum to London A66760

  • Printed
    Or, when Prophaness and AbhominationsAbominations
    With rule
    Or, when Prophaness and AbhominationsAbominations

    George Wither · A Memorandum to London · p. 13 · Open in the reader

The Drinking of the Bitter Cup A77498

  • Printed
    … thy word. And it cannot be otherwiſe with a gratious ſpirit, to ſee the AbhominationsAbominations of the times and places wherein he liveth, to hear the name of his …
    With rule
    … thy word. And it cannot be otherwiſe with a gratious ſpirit, to ſee the AbhominationsAbominations of the times and places wherein he liveth, to hear the name of his …

    John Brinsley · The Drinking of the Bitter Cup · p. 268 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ezekiel 6-13 A85667

  • Printed
    But they made the Images of their AbhominationsAbominations, and of their deteſtable things therein.
    With rule
    But they made the Images of their AbhominationsAbominations, and of their deteſtable things therein.

    William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 6-13 · p. 88 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … ungratefull, and polluted their glory, even the Temple, with ſuperſtition and Idolatry. Theſe words, AbhominationsAbominations and Deteſtable things have been opened before.
    With rule
    … ungratefull, and polluted their glory, even the Temple, with ſuperſtition and Idolatry. Theſe words, AbhominationsAbominations and Deteſtable things have been opened before.

    William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 6-13 · p. 88 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Temple, & preſerving his worſhip intire and pure, they bring in the images of their AbhominationsAbominations, their deteſtable things, and ſo blemiſh their beauty, defile their ornament, and ſtain their …
    With rule
    … Temple, & preſerving his worſhip intire and pure, they bring in the images of their AbhominationsAbominations, their deteſtable things, and ſo blemiſh their beauty, defile their ornament, and ſtain their …

    William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 6-13 · p. 92 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … the ſins of men, the Spirit ſhewed him the Image of Iealouſie, and the AbhominationsAbominations the people committed at Jeruſalem. Ezekiel was in Babylon, and yet by the help …
    With rule
    … the ſins of men, the Spirit ſhewed him the Image of Iealouſie, and the AbhominationsAbominations the people committed at Jeruſalem. Ezekiel was in Babylon, and yet by the help …

    William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 6-13 · p. 149 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    2. Corruptions, AbhominationsAbominations in worſhip, cauſe the Lord to leave his people, to depart from his Sanctuary …
    With rule
    2. Corruptions, AbhominationsAbominations in worſhip, cauſe the Lord to leave his people, to depart from his Sanctuary …

    William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 6-13 · p. 158 · Open in the reader