Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #12247 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

clensecleanse

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

Puritas changed it: 900 times in 417 works
Consistency: 95.5% (900 of 942)
Reach if approved: ~990 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: cleanse
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 942 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (900 changes in 417 works, 95.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 900)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
3. All is not done with this vessell, when washed. Shall wee empty it, clensecleanse it, and so leaue it? Did not Satan reenter to the house swept and …
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3. All is not done with this vessell, when washed. Shall wee empty it, clensecleanse it, and so leaue it? Did not Satan reenter to the house swept and …
Thomas Adams · Mystical Bedlam · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
… will I giue you. A new spirit will. I plant in you, and so clensecleanse you from all your idoles. Reioyce with Hierusalem all you that loue hir, for …
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… will I giue you. A new spirit will. I plant in you, and so clensecleanse you from all your idoles. Reioyce with Hierusalem all you that loue hir, for …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
… nowe ſente the ſame to Iewrye, they ſeyng him reſtore ſyghte to the blynde, clenſecleanse the leprous, heale the palſeye, caſt forth deuelles, rayſe the dead, rule the windes …
With rule
… nowe ſente the ſame to Iewrye, they ſeyng him reſtore ſyghte to the blynde, clenſecleanse the leprous, heale the palſeye, caſt forth deuelles, rayſe the dead, rule the windes …
Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader
Printed
… The firſt we are exhorted vnto, 2. Cor. 7.1. Hauing therefore ſuch promiſes, beloued, let vs clenſecleanse our ſelues from all filthineſſe of the fleſh and ſpirit, grovving vp vnto holineſſe …
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… The firſt we are exhorted vnto, 2. Cor. 7.1. Hauing therefore ſuch promiſes, beloued, let vs clenſecleanse our ſelues from all filthineſſe of the fleſh and ſpirit, grovving vp vnto holineſſe …
Paul Baynes · A Counterbane Against Earthly Carefulness · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hart, as that hee dooth not neglect pure hands, &c. A pure hart, will clensecleanse the whole body and soule, wheresoeuer it is. As Psalme, 24.4.
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… hart, as that hee dooth not neglect pure hands, &c. A pure hart, will clensecleanse the whole body and soule, wheresoeuer it is. As Psalme, 24.4.
George Estey · Exposition Upon the Ten Commandments · Open in the reader
Printed
… men; and it, together with the fatherly chastisements of God, shall continually purge and clensecleanse thy heart from the sinfull drosse which is in it. If then thou findest …
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… men; and it, together with the fatherly chastisements of God, shall continually purge and clensecleanse thy heart from the sinfull drosse which is in it. If then thou findest …
Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · p. 224 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hath geuen him selfe for his beloued Church, that he might sanctifie it, and clensecleanse it, by the washing of water, through the word, that he might make it …
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… hath geuen him selfe for his beloued Church, that he might sanctifie it, and clensecleanse it, by the washing of water, through the word, that he might make it …
William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 97 · Open in the reader
Printed
… originally) yet was Hee able to ſanctifie and cle ſe it, as He doth clenſecleanse or take away the ſinnes of the world. And concerning that manly being which …
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… originally) yet was Hee able to ſanctifie and cle ſe it, as He doth clenſecleanse or take away the ſinnes of the world. And concerning that manly being which …
Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 5 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (42)

32 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 10 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture A00415

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The fourth ſpeech followeth, ClenſeCleanse mee from my ſin: in matter and meaning all one with the former. VVherein …
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The fourth ſpeech followeth, ClenſeCleanse mee from my ſin: in matter and meaning all one with the former. VVherein …
George Estey · Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture · p. 8 · Open in the reader

The Handmaid to Private Devotion A00587

Printed
^c ClenseCleanse your hearts yee sinners. Iames 4. 8.
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^c ClenseCleanse your hearts yee sinners. Iames 4. 8.
Daniel Featley · The Handmaid to Private Devotion · p. 185 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Spirit within me, that I may giue thee such a heart as thou requirest. ClenseCleanse the thoughts, and affections, and intentions of my heart from all impurity, impiety, iniquity …
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… Spirit within me, that I may giue thee such a heart as thou requirest. ClenseCleanse the thoughts, and affections, and intentions of my heart from all impurity, impiety, iniquity …
Daniel Featley · The Handmaid to Private Devotion · p. 395 · Open in the reader

The Way to Blessedness A00980

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… as named among you, as becommeth Saints, for none such haue inheritance with God. ClenseCleanse thy heart from the leaven of maliciousnesse; purge thy tongue from railing, reviling, slandering …
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… as named among you, as becommeth Saints, for none such haue inheritance with God. ClenseCleanse thy heart from the leaven of maliciousnesse; purge thy tongue from railing, reviling, slandering …
Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · p. 62 · Open in the reader

Works A02178

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… or into worse if it be possible: to whom the Apostle Iames chapt. 4. saith, ClenseCleanse your hands you sinners, and purge your hearts, you wauering minded, suffer afflictions, and …
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… or into worse if it be possible: to whom the Apostle Iames chapt. 4. saith, ClenseCleanse your hands you sinners, and purge your hearts, you wauering minded, suffer afflictions, and …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 304 · Open in the reader

Lectures Upon Psalm 51 A03343

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… to renew our suit unto God for pardon every day. As David doth, Psal. 19.12. ClenseCleanse thou me from secret faults.
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… to renew our suit unto God for pardon every day. As David doth, Psal. 19.12. ClenseCleanse thou me from secret faults.
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 666 · Open in the reader

Cases of Conscience Part 1 A09364

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… addresseth himselfe to a generall humiliation, saying, Who knoweth the errours of this life? ClenseCleanse me Lord from my secret faults: and vpon this, he was no doubt accepted …
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… addresseth himselfe to a generall humiliation, saying, Who knoweth the errours of this life? ClenseCleanse me Lord from my secret faults: and vpon this, he was no doubt accepted …
William Perkins · Cases of Conscience Part 1 · p. 52 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Galatians 1-5 A09383

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… hearts, There is no Christ, there is no curse, that was indured by Christ. ClenseCleanse your hearts of this hidden Atheisme, and looke that inwardly in your spirits, you …
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… hearts, There is no Christ, there is no curse, that was indured by Christ. ClenseCleanse your hearts of this hidden Atheisme, and looke that inwardly in your spirits, you …
William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 201 · Open in the reader

Sins Overthrow A10024

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… labour for Humilitie: this is that which the Apostle Iames exhorts us unto, Iam. 4. 8. ClenseCleanse your hands you sinners, and purisie your hearts you double minded; and then humble …
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… labour for Humilitie: this is that which the Apostle Iames exhorts us unto, Iam. 4. 8. ClenseCleanse your hands you sinners, and purisie your hearts you double minded; and then humble …
John Preston · Sins Overthrow · p. 77 · Open in the reader

Sermons A10931

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… God calleth to mourning and heauineſſe. Anſw. For ſo the Lord ſpeaketh to ſuch, ClenſeCleanse your hands, (ye ſinners) and purge your hearts ye wauering minded: ſuffer afflictions and …
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… God calleth to mourning and heauineſſe. Anſw. For ſo the Lord ſpeaketh to ſuch, ClenſeCleanse your hands, (ye ſinners) and purge your hearts ye wauering minded: ſuffer afflictions and …
Richard Rogers · Sermons · p. 137 · Open in the reader

Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649

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… of the body and spirit, from all filthinesse, 2 Cor. 7. 1. Heb. 10. 22. So the Apostle saith, ClenseCleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purifie your hearts, yee double minded, Iam. 4. 8.
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… of the body and spirit, from all filthinesse, 2 Cor. 7. 1. Heb. 10. 22. So the Apostle saith, ClenseCleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purifie your hearts, yee double minded, Iam. 4. 8.
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 83 · Open in the reader

The Doctrine and Use of Repentance A12982

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… and repentance for ſuch as bee not knowne. As Dauid in the ſame place: ClenſeCleanse me from fecret faults. But for others who are wilfully, and more then negligently …
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… and repentance for ſuch as bee not knowne. As Dauid in the ſame place: ClenſeCleanse me from fecret faults. But for others who are wilfully, and more then negligently …
Richard Stock · The Doctrine and Use of Repentance · p. 76 · Open in the reader

Touchstone to Determine the True Catholic Faith A13969

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… dailie, eating our passeouer Iesus Christ. And therfore S. Paul likewise saith to vs: ClenseCleanse away the olde leauen, that ye may be new dough. And he expounds what …
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… dailie, eating our passeouer Iesus Christ. And therfore S. Paul likewise saith to vs: ClenseCleanse away the olde leauen, that ye may be new dough. And he expounds what …
Francis Trigge · Touchstone to Determine the True Catholic Faith · p. 111 · Open in the reader

A Prospective Glass to Look into Heaven A14380

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ClenseCleanse and make cleane my Sin-polluted Spirit;
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ClenseCleanse and make cleane my Sin-polluted Spirit;
John Vicars · A Prospective Glass to Look into Heaven · Open in the reader

Gods Arrows A14760

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… and yet faileth in one point, he is guiltie of all. Let vs then ClenseCleanse our selues, 2. Cor. 7. 1. from all filthinesse of the flesh and spirit, and growe vp …
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… and yet faileth in one point, he is guiltie of all. Let vs then ClenseCleanse our selues, 2. Cor. 7. 1. from all filthinesse of the flesh and spirit, and growe vp …
William Ward · Gods Arrows · Open in the reader

The Joy of the English Church for the Coronation of Pious Prince James A15398

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2. Thus Iacob encouraged his seruāts and whole familie, ClenseCleanse your selues and change your garments, we will rise vp and goe to Bethel …
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2. Thus Iacob encouraged his seruāts and whole familie, ClenseCleanse your selues and change your garments, we will rise vp and goe to Bethel …
Andrew Willet · The Joy of the English Church for the Coronation of Pious Prince James · p. 22 · Open in the reader

Confutation of the Popes Bull A17167

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… them as one hauing full power, and commaūded them in these wordes, Giue eare, ClenseCleanse ye, Cary away. &c. The Priestes also rebelled not stubbornly agaynst their Prince after …
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… them as one hauing full power, and commaūded them in these wordes, Giue eare, ClenseCleanse ye, Cary away. &c. The Priestes also rebelled not stubbornly agaynst their Prince after …
Henrich Bullinger · Confutation of the Popes Bull · p. 44 · Open in the reader

Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion A17183

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19 Who knoweth his ſinnes? ClenſeCleanse me from my hidden faultes, &c. 578
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19 Who knoweth his ſinnes? ClenſeCleanse me from my hidden faultes, &c. 578
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

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… must cry out with Dauid, Lorde, who can tell the number of his faultes? ClenseCleanse thou mee from my secret sinnes.
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… must cry out with Dauid, Lorde, who can tell the number of his faultes? ClenseCleanse thou mee from my secret sinnes.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 1236 · Open in the reader

Ten Sermons for the Worthy Receiving of the Lords Supper A20536

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… is a God of pure eies, and cannot indure iniquitie, and therefore hee ſaith, ClenſeCleanse your hands yee ſinners, and purge your hearts yee hypocrites. But they might reply …
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… is a God of pure eies, and cannot indure iniquitie, and therefore hee ſaith, ClenſeCleanse your hands yee ſinners, and purge your hearts yee hypocrites. But they might reply …
John Dod · Ten Sermons for the Worthy Receiving of the Lords Supper · p. 50 · Open in the reader

A Guide to Godliness A20762

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ClenſeCleanse thy ſelfe inwardly from all reliques of ſinfull corruption; furniſh thy ſelfe thorowly with …
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ClenſeCleanse thy ſelfe inwardly from all reliques of ſinfull corruption; furniſh thy ſelfe thorowly with …
John Downame · A Guide to Godliness · p. 596 · Open in the reader

The Sum of Sacred Divinity A20766

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… come heere alſo to be reckoned, which the Scripture commonly attributeth to the hands: ClenſeCleanse your hands, you Sinners, &c. It is many times called the doing of the …
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… come heere alſo to be reckoned, which the Scripture commonly attributeth to the hands: ClenſeCleanse your hands, you Sinners, &c. It is many times called the doing of the …
John Downame · The Sum of Sacred Divinity · p. 127 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Blaſphemer, a Perſecutor, and an Oppreſſor, becauſe he did it ignorantly. And Dauid prayeth, ClenſeCleanse me from my ſecret ſinnes. But this kind of ſinne is greater, when our …
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… Blaſphemer, a Perſecutor, and an Oppreſſor, becauſe he did it ignorantly. And Dauid prayeth, ClenſeCleanse me from my ſecret ſinnes. But this kind of ſinne is greater, when our …
John Downame · The Sum of Sacred Divinity · p. 127 · Open in the reader

Two Treatises 2 A21038

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… generall, or whole of Repentance, afterward explaining it in the particulars, he addeth firſt, ClenſeCleanse your hearts, and purge your hands. There is Renouation, or Reformation: and then Pſal …
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… generall, or whole of Repentance, afterward explaining it in the particulars, he addeth firſt, ClenſeCleanse your hearts, and purge your hands. There is Renouation, or Reformation: and then Pſal …
Daniel Dyke · Two Treatises 2 · p. 13 · Open in the reader
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… memorie. Heere to cry out with Dauid; Who knoweth the errors of his life? ClenſeCleanse me from my ſecret ſinnes, ſhall be accepted. Secondly, in want of leyſure; as …
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… memorie. Heere to cry out with Dauid; Who knoweth the errors of his life? ClenſeCleanse me from my ſecret ſinnes, ſhall be accepted. Secondly, in want of leyſure; as …
Daniel Dyke · Two Treatises 2 · p. 74 · Open in the reader

Two Treatises A62118

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1. A ſecret ſinne, as in that of David: ClenſeCleanse thou me from ſecret faults, and that of Moſes, Thou haſt ſet our iniquities …
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1. A ſecret ſinne, as in that of David: ClenſeCleanse thou me from ſecret faults, and that of Moſes, Thou haſt ſet our iniquities …
Alexander Simson · Two Treatises · p. 8 · Open in the reader

Nathanael A64283

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… any wicked way in me, and lead me into the way everlaſting: and Pſalm. 19.12. ClenſeCleanse thou me from ſecret faults.
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… any wicked way in me, and lead me into the way everlaſting: and Pſalm. 19.12. ClenſeCleanse thou me from ſecret faults.
Faithful Teate · Nathanael · p. 57 · Open in the reader

Sermons A65074

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… make application of this Point to you, and the Uſe is in the Text, ClenſeCleanse your hands, ye ſinners. It's unacceptable work to be ſet upon, for a ſinner …
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… make application of this Point to you, and the Uſe is in the Text, ClenſeCleanse your hands, ye ſinners. It's unacceptable work to be ſet upon, for a ſinner …
Richard Vines · Sermons · p. 14 · Open in the reader

The Dignity of Gods Children A73267

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… may ſee your good workes, and glorifie your father which is in heauen. Mat. 5. 16. ClenſeCleanse your ſelues (ſaith the Apoſtle) from all filthineſſe of the fleſh and of the …
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… may ſee your good workes, and glorifie your father which is in heauen. Mat. 5. 16. ClenſeCleanse your ſelues (ſaith the Apoſtle) from all filthineſſe of the fleſh and of the …
Thomas Stoughton · The Dignity of Gods Children · p. 106 · Open in the reader
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… purging, but for a morall purging from ſinne. So alſo it is taken: Iames 48. ClenſeCleanse your hands ye ſinners, and purge your hearts ye wauering minded men. So alſo …
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… purging, but for a morall purging from ſinne. So alſo it is taken: Iames 48. ClenſeCleanse your hands ye ſinners, and purge your hearts ye wauering minded men. So alſo …
Thomas Stoughton · The Dignity of Gods Children · p. 471 · Open in the reader

Englands Sad Posture A79264

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ClenſeCleanse then, oh clenſecleanse me, rather then reject,
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ClenſeCleanse then, oh clenſecleanse me, rather then reject,
Edward Calver · Englands Sad Posture · p. 7 · Open in the reader

The Way to Heaven Discovered A91367

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… The appearing of this ſtirreth up fervent deſires and prayers for thorough purity. Pſal. 19. 9. ClenſeCleanse thou me from ſecret faults; purge me with Hyſop, and I ſhall be cleane …
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… The appearing of this ſtirreth up fervent deſires and prayers for thorough purity. Pſal. 19. 9. ClenſeCleanse thou me from ſecret faults; purge me with Hyſop, and I ſhall be cleane …
Robert Purnell · The Way to Heaven Discovered · Open in the reader