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raigningreigning

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

Puritas changed it
910 times in 477 works
Consistency
96.1% (910 of 946)
Reach if approved
~994 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: reigning
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
946 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (910 changes in 477 works, 96.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 910)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … for Samaria, it was geuen ouer to al wyckednes. zacharia the wycked & Idolatrous kyng raigningreigning but .vi. monethes, was traytorouſly ſlaine by Sellum, whych Sellum vſurping ye crowne but …
    With rule
    … for Samaria, it was geuen ouer to al wyckednes. zacharia the wycked & Idolatrous kyng raigningreigning but .vi. monethes, was traytorouſly ſlaine by Sellum, whych Sellum vſurping ye crowne but …

    Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … like him in his ſufferings, and then we ſhall be like him in his raigningreigning. It is a faithfull ſaying, if we be dead with him, we ſhall alſo …
    With rule
    … like him in his ſufferings, and then we ſhall be like him in his raigningreigning. It is a faithfull ſaying, if we be dead with him, we ſhall alſo …

    Alexander Grosse · Deaths Deliverance and Elijahs Fiery Chariot · p. 9 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … to deserve the name of an hypocrite, or of a wicked man, but the raigningreigning of hypocrisie and wickednes in him. No man doubteth but Moses, Samuel, Iob, and …
    With rule
    … to deserve the name of an hypocrite, or of a wicked man, but the raigningreigning of hypocrisie and wickednes in him. No man doubteth but Moses, Samuel, Iob, and …

    Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 461 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … open or secret, whether great beames and camels, or small moates and gnats whether raigningreigning, or onely molesting, whether of our child hood, youth, manhood, or old age, whether …
    With rule
    … open or secret, whether great beames and camels, or small moates and gnats whether raigningreigning, or onely molesting, whether of our child hood, youth, manhood, or old age, whether …

    John Jackson · The Key of Knowledge · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    For the firſt, Saint Paul and Peter, doe conſter it by raigningreigning immediately ouer euery creature, till the myſterie of our redemption ſhall be finiſhed, 1 Cor …
    With rule
    For the firſt, Saint Paul and Peter, doe conſter it by raigningreigning immediately ouer euery creature, till the myſterie of our redemption ſhall be finiſhed, 1 Cor …

    Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Ephesians 1 · p. 373 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    Wherefore I haue much and often marueled, that theſe ſectes of perdition raigningreigning ſo many yeres in ſuch great darknes and errours, the Church could endure and …
    With rule
    Wherefore I haue much and often marueled, that theſe ſectes of perdition raigningreigning ſo many yeres in ſuch great darknes and errours, the Church could endure and …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … laid open 2. grievous woūds made in the very bowels of our Church, & Commōwealth, two raigningreigning evils among vs: the evill of ambition, and the evil of pride: at that …
    With rule
    … laid open 2. grievous woūds made in the very bowels of our Church, & Commōwealth, two raigningreigning evils among vs: the evill of ambition, and the evil of pride: at that …

    Sebastian Benefield · Eight Sermons at the University of Oxford · p. 95 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    14. And laſtly, Perpetuity of their happineſſe, and of Gods glorious preſence raigningreigning for euer in and among them. (2. part of verſ. 5.) wherewith Ezechiel alſo doth conclude.
    With rule
    14. And laſtly, Perpetuity of their happineſſe, and of Gods glorious preſence raigningreigning for euer in and among them. (2. part of verſ. 5.) wherewith Ezechiel alſo doth conclude.

    Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 81 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (36)

22 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 17 are listed here. 14 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Reformed Catholic A09453

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    … call our merits, are the way to the kingdome, and not THE CAVSE OF RAIGNINGREIGNING. August. Manuali. cap. 22. All my hope is in the death of my Lord. His …
    With rule
    … call our merits, are the way to the kingdome, and not THE CAVSE OF RAIGNINGREIGNING. August. Manuali. cap. 22. All my hope is in the death of my Lord. His …

    William Perkins · A Reformed Catholic · p. 109 · Open in the reader

Three Treatises A10659

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    … the subjects are rather patients then agents in a tyranny.) So then in a RaigningReigning King there is a more Soveraigne power then in a Tyrant; for a Tyrant …
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    … the subjects are rather patients then agents in a tyranny.) So then in a RaigningReigning King there is a more Soveraigne power then in a Tyrant; for a Tyrant …

    Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · p. 277 · Open in the reader

A Pattern of True Prayer A12554

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    RaigningReigning ſinnes alſo may be termed the locke vpon the gate, or the barre, or …
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    RaigningReigning ſinnes alſo may be termed the locke vpon the gate, or the barre, or …

    John Smyth · A Pattern of True Prayer · p. 104 · Open in the reader

The Sum of Christian Religion 2 A14216

  • Printed
    THere is RaigningReigning ſinne, and ſinne Not-raigningreigning. This diuiſion is taken out of the Apoſtle, Rom …
    With rule
    THere is RaigningReigning ſinne, and ſinne Not-raigningreigning. This diuiſion is taken out of the Apoſtle, Rom …

    Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 78 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … ſelfe hee is guiltie of eternal puniſhmentes, who hath it. And it is called RaigningReigning, 1. Becauſe it is pampered: 2. Becauſe it hath rule ouer a man, and maketh him …
    With rule
    … ſelfe hee is guiltie of eternal puniſhmentes, who hath it. And it is called RaigningReigning, 1. Becauſe it is pampered: 2. Becauſe it hath rule ouer a man, and maketh him …

    Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 78 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Sinne not RaigningReigning, is that which is repented of, & which is reſiſted by the grace of the …
    With rule
    Sinne not RaigningReigning, is that which is repented of, & which is reſiſted by the grace of the …

    Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 78 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … are borne anewe, they euer remaine regenerate, & euer retaine grace, neither euer fal into RaigningReigning ſinne. Anſwere. The regenerat may leeſe, and doe often leeſe grace and the holy …
    With rule
    … are borne anewe, they euer remaine regenerate, & euer retaine grace, neither euer fal into RaigningReigning ſinne. Anſwere. The regenerat may leeſe, and doe often leeſe grace and the holy …

    Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 80 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … commit or doe ſinne, ſignifieth in thoſe places of Peter and Iohn, to haue RaigningReigning-ſinne, and to yeelde vnto it, and perſeuere in it: and in this ſort …
    With rule
    … commit or doe ſinne, ſignifieth in thoſe places of Peter and Iohn, to haue RaigningReigning-ſinne, and to yeelde vnto it, and perſeuere in it: and in this ſort …

    Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 185 · Open in the reader

An Exposition Upon Colossians A17389

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    … fellowship with the godly. 4. The ceasing of the sensible working of Gods spirit within. 5. RaigningReigning discontentment. 6. Securitie vnder knowne sinne.
    With rule
    … fellowship with the godly. 4. The ceasing of the sensible working of Gods spirit within. 5. RaigningReigning discontentment. 6. Securitie vnder knowne sinne.

    Nicholas Byfield · An Exposition Upon Colossians · p. 20 · Open in the reader

Eighty Sermons A20637

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    … delights himſelfe with that ſociable ſyllable, Syn, Con, Conregnare, and Convificare, and Conſedere, of RaigningReigning together, and living, and quickning together: As much alſo doth God delight in it …
    With rule
    … delights himſelfe with that ſociable ſyllable, Syn, Con, Conregnare, and Convificare, and Conſedere, of RaigningReigning together, and living, and quickning together: As much alſo doth God delight in it …

    John Donne · Eighty Sermons · p. 96 · Open in the reader

The Civil Right of Tithes A38604

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    … and this in the infancy, life, vigour, and moſt powerful ſtrength, and chief ruling, RaigningReigning power thereof; and all this for what many take to be no other then …
    With rule
    … and this in the infancy, life, vigour, and moſt powerful ſtrength, and chief ruling, RaigningReigning power thereof; and all this for what many take to be no other then …

    Christopher Elderfield · The Civil Right of Tithes · p. 96 · Open in the reader

A Saint Indeed A39682

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    … is free from sin, Rom. 6. 7. Hath justification destroyed its damning power, and sanctification its RaigningReigning power; so glorification destroyes its very being and existence. (3) We groan under temptations here …
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    … is free from sin, Rom. 6. 7. Hath justification destroyed its damning power, and sanctification its RaigningReigning power; so glorification destroyes its very being and existence. (3) We groan under temptations here …

    John Flavel · A Saint Indeed · p. 180 · Open in the reader

Answer to a Book A50898

  • Printed
    … with. Had his honour and reputation bin dearer to him then the lust of RaigningReigning, how could the Parlament of either Nation have laid so oft'n at his dore …
    With rule
    … with. Had his honour and reputation bin dearer to him then the lust of RaigningReigning, how could the Parlament of either Nation have laid so oft'n at his dore …

    John Milton · Answer to a Book · p. 136 · Open in the reader

Sweet and Soul-Persuading Inducements Leading Unto Christ A85737

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    … ſaith the Lord) to the iniquity of their Fathers, and have broken my covenant. RaigningReigning prophaneneſſe undoubtedly excludes man from Gods promiſe; he that is, as the Prophet ſpeakes …
    With rule
    … ſaith the Lord) to the iniquity of their Fathers, and have broken my covenant. RaigningReigning prophaneneſſe undoubtedly excludes man from Gods promiſe; he that is, as the Prophet ſpeakes …

    Alexander Grosse · Sweet and Soul-Persuading Inducements Leading Unto Christ · p. 382 · Open in the reader

A Confutation of the Millenarian Opinion A86981

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    2. The RaigningReigning here meant is purely ſpiritual, and ſo is the firſt Reſurrection. St▪ John ſays …
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    2. The RaigningReigning here meant is purely ſpiritual, and ſo is the firſt Reſurrection. St▪ John ſays …

    Thomas Hall · A Confutation of the Millenarian Opinion · p. 75 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … St▪ John ſays he ſaw the Souls, and not the Bodies of the Martyrs RaigningReigning with Chriſt. 2. He ſaw the Souls, not of all the Saints, but only of …
    With rule
    … St▪ John ſays he ſaw the Souls, and not the Bodies of the Martyrs RaigningReigning with Chriſt. 2. He ſaw the Souls, not of all the Saints, but only of …

    Thomas Hall · A Confutation of the Millenarian Opinion · p. 75 · Open in the reader

The Sin of Hardness of Heart A89585

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    … my Text meanes it of the choſen, voluntary, elected hardneſſe, the Totall hardneſſe, the RaigningReigning hardneſſe, when men doe obſtinately, and willingly ſtrengthen, and make firme their hearts in …
    With rule
    … my Text meanes it of the choſen, voluntary, elected hardneſſe, the Totall hardneſſe, the RaigningReigning hardneſſe, when men doe obſtinately, and willingly ſtrengthen, and make firme their hearts in …

    Stephen Marshall · The Sin of Hardness of Heart · p. 11 · Open in the reader