Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #12253 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

thoghthough

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

Puritas changed it: 730 times in 269 works
Consistency: 93.1% (730 of 784)
Reach if approved: ~824 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: though
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 784 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (730 changes in 269 works, 93.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 730)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… hands to miniſter to his neceſſities, & to make himfelf a ſeruant to all men, thoghthough he were free frō al men, & ſo to leefe ſome parte of his right …
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… hands to miniſter to his neceſſities, & to make himfelf a ſeruant to all men, thoghthough he were free frō al men, & ſo to leefe ſome parte of his right …
Josias Nichols · The Plea of the Innocent · p. 90 · Open in the reader
Printed
… we, ſaluation is come vnto vs, the comfort of all comforts. Through this aſſurāce, thoghthough we fall, we riſe againe, and doubt not of mercie when we repent. We …
With rule
… we, ſaluation is come vnto vs, the comfort of all comforts. Through this aſſurāce, thoghthough we fall, we riſe againe, and doubt not of mercie when we repent. We …
Richard Bernard · The Sinners Safety if Here He Look for Assurance · p. 50 · Open in the reader
Printed
… nothing but Idols. But as the Lancashire Iustice said of the ill-shap'd Rood, thoghthough it be not well fauoured enough for a god, it will serue to make …
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… nothing but Idols. But as the Lancashire Iustice said of the ill-shap'd Rood, thoghthough it be not well fauoured enough for a god, it will serue to make …
Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
… see, but that out of M. Caluine himself if he were narrowly loked into (thoghthough M. Some erect him as a piller against vs, in a manner in euery …
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… see, but that out of M. Caluine himself if he were narrowly loked into (thoghthough M. Some erect him as a piller against vs, in a manner in euery …
Job Throckmorton · Some Laid Open in his Colors · p. 111 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hand upō my mouth, I have sinned; but I will go n… further; as thoghthough he had reasoned thus with himselfe, I have (I confesse) pleaded too much for …
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… hand upō my mouth, I have sinned; but I will go n… further; as thoghthough he had reasoned thus with himselfe, I have (I confesse) pleaded too much for …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Preparation for Christ · p. 39 · Open in the reader
Printed
… knowledge & motiōs, generally approued of, they are in particular caſes, by corruptiō oppoſed & reiected, thoghthough not alwaies without ſome ſtrife.
With rule
… knowledge & motiōs, generally approued of, they are in particular caſes, by corruptiō oppoſed & reiected, thoghthough not alwaies without ſome ſtrife.
Robert Jenison · The Christians Apparelling · p. 210 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for the opiniō of the Church, from the firſtage of it, vntill theſe times, thoghthough Bellarmine produceth many teſtimonies of the Fathers, yet either they are counterfeit, or little …
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… for the opiniō of the Church, from the firſtage of it, vntill theſe times, thoghthough Bellarmine produceth many teſtimonies of the Fathers, yet either they are counterfeit, or little …
Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 406 · Open in the reader
Printed
… mortall, veneall, &c. and not by the worckes, wich we do after baptisme as thoghthough it laye in oure power to fulfyll the lawe, to satisfye the wyll of …
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… mortall, veneall, &c. and not by the worckes, wich we do after baptisme as thoghthough it laye in oure power to fulfyll the lawe, to satisfye the wyll of …
Thomas Becon · A New Years Gift More Precious than Gold · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (54)

40 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 32 are listed here. 14 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects A01880

Printed
ThoghThough flattrie fayne hide woulde their hate, and vile trayne.
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ThoghThough flattrie fayne hide woulde their hate, and vile trayne.
Christopher Goodman · How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects · Open in the reader

The Whole Armor of God A01979

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2 THoghThough true Faith cannot totally & finally fall away, yet it may to their feeling be …
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2 THoghThough true Faith cannot totally & finally fall away, yet it may to their feeling be …
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 259 · Open in the reader

Works A02178

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… Christ hath wisdome enough in God to ouercome the wisdome of Satan in euill. ThoghThough then Satan be strong, yet none is greater then the Father, none mightier then …
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… Christ hath wisdome enough in God to ouercome the wisdome of Satan in euill. ThoghThough then Satan be strong, yet none is greater then the Father, none mightier then …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 310 · Open in the reader

Comfort for All Those Afflicted in Conscience A02180

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… app… in Iob, vvho so confidentlie beleeued, that for all his miserie, he crieth, ThoghThough the Lord kill me, yet will I trust in him. Dauid also, though his …
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… app… in Iob, vvho so confidentlie beleeued, that for all his miserie, he crieth, ThoghThough the Lord kill me, yet will I trust in him. Dauid also, though his …
Richard Greenham · Comfort for All Those Afflicted in Conscience · Open in the reader

An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist A04920

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… Thou hast giuen me life and grace and thy visitatiō hath preserued my spirite. ThoghThough thou hast hid these things in thyne heart I know tha…t is so …
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… Thou hast giuen me life and grace and thy visitatiō hath preserued my spirite. ThoghThough thou hast hid these things in thyne heart I know tha…t is so …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… inuented a new shift to approue it by gods secrete will. for say they: ThoghThough God by his reueled will, will all men to be saued, yet by hi …
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… inuented a new shift to approue it by gods secrete will. for say they: ThoghThough God by his reueled will, will all men to be saued, yet by hi …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 288 · Open in the reader

Epigrams A08687

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ThoghThough on their heads our Hellēs feathers haue,
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ThoghThough on their heads our Hellēs feathers haue,
John Owen · Epigrams · Open in the reader

A Cloud of Faithful Witnesses A09376

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… in all temptations that befall vs, still to hold fast the promises of God. ThoghThough in the diuels purpose, they tend to the loosening of our holde; and in …
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… in all temptations that befall vs, still to hold fast the promises of God. ThoghThough in the diuels purpose, they tend to the loosening of our holde; and in …
William Perkins · A Cloud of Faithful Witnesses · p. 326 · Open in the reader

Lectures Upon Revelation 1-3 A09442

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… hold of vs. But Christ in the first words cutteth off this first conception: ThoghThough you may perswade your selues you shall escape iudgement, seeing your sinnes be secret …
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… hold of vs. But Christ in the first words cutteth off this first conception: ThoghThough you may perswade your selues you shall escape iudgement, seeing your sinnes be secret …
William Perkins · Lectures Upon Revelation 1-3 · p. 238 · Open in the reader

A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered A13078

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… rule man by Man, and to set vp some of Mankind aboue the rest: ThoghThough Kings be of the same kind by Nature, yet their degree and Spirit make …
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… rule man by Man, and to set vp some of Mankind aboue the rest: ThoghThough Kings be of the same kind by Nature, yet their degree and Spirit make …
William Struther · A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as dreame) in his moralities in the Proverbs and Ecclesiastes he passed them all: ThoghThough they came long after him, and had the benefite of his Writs by some …
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… as dreame) in his moralities in the Proverbs and Ecclesiastes he passed them all: ThoghThough they came long after him, and had the benefite of his Writs by some …
William Struther · A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered · p. 71 · Open in the reader

Scotlands Warning A13082

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… a blessing. Though your sins were as the Skarlet, they shalbe as the Snow: ThoghThough they were as the Crimson, they shall be as wooll, If ye returne and …
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… a blessing. Though your sins were as the Skarlet, they shalbe as the Snow: ThoghThough they were as the Crimson, they shall be as wooll, If ye returne and …
William Struther · Scotlands Warning · p. 44 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not auaile. Pharaoh desired Moses to pray for him, but prayed not for himselfe. ThoghThough Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this …
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… not auaile. Pharaoh desired Moses to pray for him, but prayed not for himselfe. ThoghThough Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this …
William Struther · Scotlands Warning · p. 68 · Open in the reader

The View and Downfall of Pride A15000

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… againe: The Lord will deſtroy she houſe of proud mē: that is their poſteritie. ThoghThough Pride be ſo ſtout that ſhe will not come downe: like thoſe rebels, Corath …
With rule
… againe: The Lord will deſtroy she houſe of proud mē: that is their poſteritie. ThoghThough Pride be ſo ſtout that ſhe will not come downe: like thoſe rebels, Corath …
William Whately · The View and Downfall of Pride · p. 75 · Open in the reader

The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama A15137

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ThoghThough clowds & winds ſtrive which ſhould bellow lowder.
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ThoghThough clowds & winds ſtrive which ſhould bellow lowder.
Nathaniel Whiting · The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama · p. 115 · Open in the reader

An ABC for Laymen A15621

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… the body, so be good kinges and Princes for their people and common wealth. ThoghThough kinges and princes sometimes conspire against Christ, to destroy the Church, and to quench …
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… the body, so be good kinges and Princes for their people and common wealth. ThoghThough kinges and princes sometimes conspire against Christ, to destroy the Church, and to quench …
Clergy George Wither · An ABC for Laymen · p. 78 · Open in the reader

Harmony of the Gospels A16078

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25. But Iesus knew their thoghts. ThoghThough Christ knew wel enogh, & had oft tried that the Scribes vsed of malice to …
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25. But Iesus knew their thoghts. ThoghThough Christ knew wel enogh, & had oft tried that the Scribes vsed of malice to …
John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 327 · Open in the reader

The Last Battle of the Soul A16539

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… is to bend vp our hearts to Christ, who is Emmanuel, God with vs: ThoghThough all be worthie to bee damned, yet there is no condamnation to these that …
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… is to bend vp our hearts to Christ, who is Emmanuel, God with vs: ThoghThough all be worthie to bee damned, yet there is no condamnation to these that …
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 149 · Open in the reader
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… about you, bee not astonished: Hold on your course, till yee come to him: ThoghThough many troubles lye into your way, gird vp your loynes and run with courage …
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… about you, bee not astonished: Hold on your course, till yee come to him: ThoghThough many troubles lye into your way, gird vp your loynes and run with courage …
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 326 · Open in the reader
Printed
… any more, and to goe his way till a more fitte and conuenient time: ThoghThough the wicked tremble at this discourse, yet it is cōfortable & profitable into y^e godly …
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… any more, and to goe his way till a more fitte and conuenient time: ThoghThough the wicked tremble at this discourse, yet it is cōfortable & profitable into y^e godly …
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 569 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Spirit of Wisedome and of Grace, Rescue Him from all dangers both bodilie & ghostlie: ThoghThough Hee bee a Prince among men, yet Hee is thy Subject: Thou who by …
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… Spirit of Wisedome and of Grace, Rescue Him from all dangers both bodilie & ghostlie: ThoghThough Hee bee a Prince among men, yet Hee is thy Subject: Thou who by …
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 909 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sinne, nor sicknesse, life, nor death▪ may bee able to separate him from thee: ThoghThough thou shuld slay him yet wil hee trust in thee: Faile him not now …
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… sinne, nor sicknesse, life, nor death▪ may bee able to separate him from thee: ThoghThough thou shuld slay him yet wil hee trust in thee: Faile him not now …
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 1079 · Open in the reader

A Treatise of Justification A16621

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12 ThoghThough at his Baptiſme he was ſolemnly declared to bee that Meſſias, and though after …
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12 ThoghThough at his Baptiſme he was ſolemnly declared to bee that Meſſias, and though after …
William Bradshaw · A Treatise of Justification · p. 65 · Open in the reader

Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion A17183

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5 ThoghThough we haue knowen Chriſt after the fleſh, nowe yet henceforth know we him no …
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5 ThoghThough we haue knowen Chriſt after the fleſh, nowe yet henceforth know we him no …
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

An Admonition Against Astrology A17597

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… predeceſſoures and maſters: ſhall we doe well if we be lieue theſe their inferiers? ThoghThough there were none othere euell but this, that in attributyng the cauſes of our …
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… predeceſſoures and maſters: ſhall we doe well if we be lieue theſe their inferiers? ThoghThough there were none othere euell but this, that in attributyng the cauſes of our …
John Calvin · An Admonition Against Astrology · Open in the reader

Commentary on Acts A17642

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… of the reports, which went about cōcerning him, they ſeek to cure the ſame. ThoghThough I wote not whether this were more importunate then equal, which they required at …
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… of the reports, which went about cōcerning him, they ſeek to cure the ſame. ThoghThough I wote not whether this were more importunate then equal, which they required at …
John Calvin · Commentary on Acts · p. 500 · Open in the reader

Four Sermons Against the Pollution of Idolatries A17692

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… w^t his children. We are very churliſh & vnthankful onles this recompenſe content our mindes. ThoghThough y^e faithful in dede may be greuouſly tempted & moued alſo to a certain indignaciō …
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… w^t his children. We are very churliſh & vnthankful onles this recompenſe content our mindes. ThoghThough y^e faithful in dede may be greuouſly tempted & moued alſo to a certain indignaciō …
John Calvin · Four Sermons Against the Pollution of Idolatries · Open in the reader

A Familiar Treatise Laying Down Cases of Conscience A19293

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… vs, but vnto thy Name giue the glory, euen for thy truth & righteouſnes ſake. ThoghThough we are not worthy of the leaſt of Gods mercies, thoghthough we haue deſerued …
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… vs, but vnto thy Name giue the glory, euen for thy truth & righteouſnes ſake. ThoghThough we are not worthy of the leaſt of Gods mercies, thoghthough we haue deſerued …
Thomas Cooper · A Familiar Treatise Laying Down Cases of Conscience · Open in the reader

Fruitful Lessons Upon the Passion Burial Resurrection Ascension A19468

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… As if Chriſt would ſay; Bee not afraide by reaſon of my bodily abſence. ThoghThough ye ſee me no more frō henceforth with bodily eyes, yet with my grace …
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… As if Chriſt would ſay; Bee not afraide by reaſon of my bodily abſence. ThoghThough ye ſee me no more frō henceforth with bodily eyes, yet with my grace …
Miles Coverdale · Fruitful Lessons Upon the Passion Burial Resurrection Ascension · Open in the reader

Spiritual Physic to Cure the Diseases of the Soul A20765

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ThoghThough therfore anger be a perturbatiō of the minde it doth not follow that it …
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ThoghThough therfore anger be a perturbatiō of the minde it doth not follow that it …
John Downame · Spiritual Physic to Cure the Diseases of the Soul · p. 6 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Philemon A22481

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… greater is his ſin, and his condemnation for ſin. This the wiſeman ſetteth down, ThoghThough a ſinner do euil an hundred times, & God prolongeth his daies yet I know …
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… greater is his ſin, and his condemnation for ſin. This the wiſeman ſetteth down, ThoghThough a ſinner do euil an hundred times, & God prolongeth his daies yet I know …
William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · p. 308 · Open in the reader

The Sacred Mystery of the Government of the Thoughts B12199

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… of man: Is this, The foole ſaith in his hart there is no God. ThoghThough the Lord be in their lips, yet he is not in their reines. In …
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… of man: Is this, The foole ſaith in his hart there is no God. ThoghThough the Lord be in their lips, yet he is not in their reines. In …
Thomas Cooper · The Sacred Mystery of the Government of the Thoughts · p. 12 · Open in the reader