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thredthread

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

Puritas changed it
770 times in 484 works
Consistency
88.1% (770 of 874)
Reach if approved
~918 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: thread
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
874 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (770 changes in 484 works, 88.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 770)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … as the needle goes before to pierce the cloath, and makes way for the thredthread to sew it: so is it in this case.
    With rule
    … as the needle goes before to pierce the cloath, and makes way for the thredthread to sew it: so is it in this case.

    John Rogers · The Doctrine of Faith · p. 63 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … trouble of Conſcience riſing from it, is good; and as the Needle to the thredthread, maketh way unto true peace.
    With rule
    … trouble of Conſcience riſing from it, is good; and as the Needle to the thredthread, maketh way unto true peace.

    Henry Scudder · The Christians Daily Walk in Holy Security and Peace · p. 485 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … that when death ſhal come for him, as it may ſeeme vntimely, before the thredthread of his life be halfe ſpun out, hee muſt be informed to entertaine it …
    With rule
    … that when death ſhal come for him, as it may ſeeme vntimely, before the thredthread of his life be halfe ſpun out, hee muſt be informed to entertaine it …

    Richard Stock · The Churchs Lamentation for the Loss of the Godly · p. 57 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … of Peters chaire or his person, or the least haire of his head, or thredthread of his garment to Rome? But this belike is reserued among the Apocriphal causes …
    With rule
    … of Peters chaire or his person, or the least haire of his head, or thredthread of his garment to Rome? But this belike is reserued among the Apocriphal causes …

    William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 275 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … is, that of ſo ſmall a bottome, he ſhould ſpin out ſo long a thredthread! had hee not drawne it out of his owne power, as the ſpider doth …
    With rule
    … is, that of ſo ſmall a bottome, he ſhould ſpin out ſo long a thredthread! had hee not drawne it out of his owne power, as the ſpider doth …

    Thomas Goodwin · Aggravation of Sin · p. 28 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … who hourelye wait whē eyther by nature it selfe or their violent hand, the thredthread shoulde faile whereon dependeth the staye of our estate. Such is the purpose of …
    With rule
    … who hourelye wait whē eyther by nature it selfe or their violent hand, the thredthread shoulde faile whereon dependeth the staye of our estate. Such is the purpose of …

    John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Ladies smocke? And further, what they thinke of our deare Ladies needles, her sowing thredthread, and her workebasket, which lie in her siluer chist at Halle, where many goodly …
    With rule
    … Ladies smocke? And further, what they thinke of our deare Ladies needles, her sowing thredthread, and her workebasket, which lie in her siluer chist at Halle, where many goodly …

    Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · p. 67 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … euen as thou ſeeſt moſt expediēt for our eſtate, and haſt drawne out the thredthread of our life vnto this preſent time. Theſe are thy greate mercies, O Lord …
    With rule
    … euen as thou ſeeſt moſt expediēt for our eſtate, and haſt drawne out the thredthread of our life vnto this preſent time. Theſe are thy greate mercies, O Lord …

    Gabriel Powel · The Mystery of Redemption · p. 212 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (104)

32 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 31 are listed here. 72 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Christian Dictionary A15520

  • Printed
    … till they dye, euen like a web of Cloath, made of euen and strong ThredThread, without knots or s…urles. Psal. 73, 4. There are no bands in their Death.
    With rule
    … till they dye, euen like a web of Cloath, made of euen and strong ThredThread, without knots or s…urles. Psal. 73, 4. There are no bands in their Death.

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 90 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    A ThredThread, or band of blew Silke, in the …ringes of a Garment, by the beholding …
    With rule
    A ThredThread, or band of blew Silke, in the …ringes of a Garment, by the beholding …

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 356 · Open in the reader

The Life and Death of Joseph Alleine A23622

  • Printed
    … as coming to me with greater advantage, than if it had been an evener ThredThread, drawn out by one skilful Hand alone; as the writing of the History of …
    With rule
    … as coming to me with greater advantage, than if it had been an evener ThredThread, drawn out by one skilful Hand alone; as the writing of the History of …

    Theodosia Alleine · The Life and Death of Joseph Alleine · p. 25 · Open in the reader

A Sober Inquiry Into the Reasonings of the Serious Inquiry A25212

  • Printed
    To prove the moderation of our Church, and that she cuts by a ThredThread, (or by Threds) between both these extreams; he produces an Argument both from Papists …
    With rule
    To prove the moderation of our Church, and that she cuts by a ThredThread, (or by Threds) between both these extreams; he produces an Argument both from Papists …

    Vincent Alsop · A Sober Inquiry Into the Reasonings of the Serious Inquiry · p. 112 · Open in the reader

Looking Unto Jesus A25241

  • Printed
    … only the Law, before Chriſt: But, What ſay you? Have we not obſerved a ThredThread of the Goſpel, and of the Covenant of Grace, to run through all the …
    With rule
    … only the Law, before Chriſt: But, What ſay you? Have we not obſerved a ThredThread of the Goſpel, and of the Covenant of Grace, to run through all the …

    Isaac Ambrose · Looking Unto Jesus · p. 87 · Open in the reader

Christian Letters Full of Spiritual Instructions A26687

  • Printed
    … do justly, and love mercy, and let Equity, and Charity run like an even ThredThread, throughout all your dealings. Be you temperate in all things, and let Chastity, and …
    With rule
    … do justly, and love mercy, and let Equity, and Charity run like an even ThredThread, throughout all your dealings. Be you temperate in all things, and let Chastity, and …

    Joseph Alleine · Christian Letters Full of Spiritual Instructions · p. 103 · Open in the reader

The Crown and Glory of Christianity A29687

  • Printed
    … Gold, the heart is empty of grace, and under many ſilken Coats, there are ThredThread-bare ſouls to be found. Now what are all the riches of this world …
    With rule
    … Gold, the heart is empty of grace, and under many ſilken Coats, there are ThredThread-bare ſouls to be found. Now what are all the riches of this world …

    Thomas Brooks · The Crown and Glory of Christianity · p. 433 · Open in the reader

Existence and Attributes of God A32723

  • Printed
    … it ſo thin, that a puff of breath may blow it away; ſpin their ThredThread ſo fine, that the Cloth, when made up, proves uſeleſs; Solidity dwindles into Niceties …
    With rule
    … it ſo thin, that a puff of breath may blow it away; ſpin their ThredThread ſo fine, that the Cloth, when made up, proves uſeleſs; Solidity dwindles into Niceties …

    Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … to cut off the leaſt Fringe of this Royal Garment, nor part with a ThredThread, the Robe of his Holineſs was woven with. The Torrent of Wrath is open'd …
    With rule
    … to cut off the leaſt Fringe of this Royal Garment, nor part with a ThredThread, the Robe of his Holineſs was woven with. The Torrent of Wrath is open'd …

    Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 514 · Open in the reader

A True and Faithful Account of the Four Chiefest Plantations in America A33345

  • Printed
    … Leaves. Some have Mantles made of Turkey Feathers, so handsomly wrought, and Woven with ThredThread, that nothing could be discerned but Feathers. These were exceeding neat and warm. The …
    With rule
    … Leaves. Some have Mantles made of Turkey Feathers, so handsomly wrought, and Woven with ThredThread, that nothing could be discerned but Feathers. These were exceeding neat and warm. The …

    Samuel Clarke · A True and Faithful Account of the Four Chiefest Plantations in America · p. 7 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Job 15-17 A35473

  • Printed
    … Weave me through, or weave me to the end; for the word ſignifies the ThredThread in weaving, called the Woofe, which being put upon the Shuttle, is caſt through …
    With rule
    … Weave me through, or weave me to the end; for the word ſignifies the ThredThread in weaving, called the Woofe, which being put upon the Shuttle, is caſt through …

    Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 15-17 · p. 423 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … made ſometimes ſhorter, and ſometimes longer, and whereſoever it ends, the Woofe, or running ThredThread is cut off: Hence Hezekiah prayeth, Lord, theſe ſickneſſes, like a ſharpe Knife, threaten …
    With rule
    … made ſometimes ſhorter, and ſometimes longer, and whereſoever it ends, the Woofe, or running ThredThread is cut off: Hence Hezekiah prayeth, Lord, theſe ſickneſſes, like a ſharpe Knife, threaten …

    Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 15-17 · p. 423 · Open in the reader

The Soul of Man A39675

  • Printed
    … others, who would have been glad with their own Hands, to have cut the ThredThread that tied their miserable Souls to their Bodies: Supposing that way, and by that …
    With rule
    … others, who would have been glad with their own Hands, to have cut the ThredThread that tied their miserable Souls to their Bodies: Supposing that way, and by that …

    John Flavel · The Soul of Man · p. 134 · Open in the reader

Two Treatises A39696

  • Printed
    … memories with something of special concernment, use to change a Ring, or bind a ThredThread about the Finger, to put them in mind of it. Thus is the care …
    With rule
    … memories with something of special concernment, use to change a Ring, or bind a ThredThread about the Finger, to put them in mind of it. Thus is the care …

    John Flavel · Two Treatises · p. 237 · Open in the reader

Satans Temptations in Three Parts A42781

  • Printed
    … we rely for Aſſiſtance, (as when a Man lays as much ſtreſs upon a ThredThread as upon a Cable, or expects as much Nouriſhment from a Stone as from …
    With rule
    … we rely for Aſſiſtance, (as when a Man lays as much ſtreſs upon a ThredThread as upon a Cable, or expects as much Nouriſhment from a Stone as from …

    Richard Gilpin · Satans Temptations in Three Parts · p. 99 · Open in the reader

Works of Hooker A44334

  • Printed
    … the Hand that draweth out Celestial Motion; the Line of which Motion, and the ThredThread of Time, are spun together. Now as Nature bringeth forth Time with Motion, so …
    With rule
    … the Hand that draweth out Celestial Motion; the Line of which Motion, and the ThredThread of Time, are spun together. Now as Nature bringeth forth Time with Motion, so …

    Richard Hooker · Works of Hooker · p. 270 · Open in the reader

The Good of Early Obedience A50489

  • Printed
    … the Needle goes before to pierce the Cloth, and ſo makes way for the ThredThread to ſew it; ſo the Law goes before to break the heart, and ſo …
    With rule
    … the Needle goes before to pierce the Cloth, and ſo makes way for the ThredThread to ſew it; ſo the Law goes before to break the heart, and ſo …

    Matthew Mead · The Good of Early Obedience · p. 35 · Open in the reader

Sermons Volume 4 A51840

  • Printed
    … in vain upon all occasions. Now the Name of God should not be worn ThredThread-bare, but used upon just and great occasions. Surely those that have true Grace …
    With rule
    … in vain upon all occasions. Now the Name of God should not be worn ThredThread-bare, but used upon just and great occasions. Surely those that have true Grace …

    Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 4 · p. 1055 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Exodus A56633

  • Printed
    … and more then that, ſuch as were skilful among them ſpun both Yarn and ThredThread: which was the proper work of Women, not of Men. Unto which work alone …
    With rule
    … and more then that, ſuch as were skilful among them ſpun both Yarn and ThredThread: which was the proper work of Women, not of Men. Unto which work alone …

    Simon Patrick · Commentary on Exodus · p. 697 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … yet there was a great deal of Skill required to work it into a ThredThread, and to make Stuff of it. See Bochart. Hierozoic. P. I. L. II. c …
    With rule
    … yet there was a great deal of Skill required to work it into a ThredThread, and to make Stuff of it. See Bochart. Hierozoic. P. I. L. II. c …

    Simon Patrick · Commentary on Exodus · p. 697 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … purple, &c.] The manner of it was thus, (as Maimonides ſaith) They took one ThredThread of Wire of Gold, and joyned it with ſix Threds of blue, and twiſted …
    With rule
    … purple, &c.] The manner of it was thus, (as Maimonides ſaith) They took one ThredThread of Wire of Gold, and joyned it with ſix Threds of blue, and twiſted …

    Simon Patrick · Commentary on Exodus · p. 711 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … of blue, and twiſted all ſeven into one. And ſo they mingled the like ThredThread of Gold with ſix of purple; and another with ſix of ſcarlet, and another …
    With rule
    … of blue, and twiſted all ſeven into one. And ſo they mingled the like ThredThread of Gold with ſix of purple; and another with ſix of ſcarlet, and another …

    Simon Patrick · Commentary on Exodus · p. 711 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Theſe five kinds (blue, purple, ſcarlet, fine linen, and gold) were twiſted into one ThredThread. For the Gold being ſtretched into a thin Plate, and Threds cut out of …
    With rule
    … Theſe five kinds (blue, purple, ſcarlet, fine linen, and gold) were twiſted into one ThredThread. For the Gold being ſtretched into a thin Plate, and Threds cut out of …

    Simon Patrick · Commentary on Exodus · p. 711 · Open in the reader

The Voice of the Rod A61667

  • Printed
    … he underſtood not …he myſtery. He could not perceive thoſe inner wheels, that ſecret ThredThread of Providence, which …uns through all the transactions, counſells, eſtates …nd deſigns of men …
    With rule
    … he underſtood not …he myſtery. He could not perceive thoſe inner wheels, that ſecret ThredThread of Providence, which …uns through all the transactions, counſells, eſtates …nd deſigns of men …

    Samuel Stodden · The Voice of the Rod · p. 274 · Open in the reader

Thirty-Six Sermons A62128

  • Printed
    … him, if he would. In the Cave, he might as easily have cut the ThredThread of his Life, as the skirt of his Garment: and in the Trench, as …
    With rule
    … him, if he would. In the Cave, he might as easily have cut the ThredThread of his Life, as the skirt of his Garment: and in the Trench, as …

    Robert Sanderson · Thirty-Six Sermons · p. 523 · Open in the reader

Gods Terrible Voice in the City A64990

  • Printed
    … runs along by the Stocks, and there meets with another Fire, which came down ThredThread-needle-street; a little further with another, which came up from Wall-brook; a …
    With rule
    … runs along by the Stocks, and there meets with another Fire, which came down ThredThread-needle-street; a little further with another, which came up from Wall-brook; a …

    Thomas Vincent · Gods Terrible Voice in the City · p. 64 · Open in the reader

The Infancy of the World A76717

  • Printed
    The Melt-tree, Weapons Needles ThredThread, affords
    With rule
    The Melt-tree, Weapons Needles ThredThread, affords

    Nicolas Billingsley · The Infancy of the World · p. 13 · Open in the reader

Good Work for a Good Magistrate A90537

  • Printed
    … Nation bee melted down for the making of that manufacture, of Gold and Silver-ThredThread, or Wyer) and that all the workers, both men and women may bee tyed …
    With rule
    … Nation bee melted down for the making of that manufacture, of Gold and Silver-ThredThread, or Wyer) and that all the workers, both men and women may bee tyed …

    Hugh Peters · Good Work for a Good Magistrate · p. 70 · Open in the reader

The Parable of the Prodigal A92856

  • Printed
    … ſewing of a Garment, there is a Needle to make way, and then a ThredThread to keep faſt; ſo it is in the conſtitution of a ſinfull courſe, there …
    With rule
    … ſewing of a Garment, there is a Needle to make way, and then a ThredThread to keep faſt; ſo it is in the conſtitution of a ſinfull courſe, there …

    Obadiah Sedgwick · The Parable of the Prodigal · p. 14 · Open in the reader

Several Discourses Considering the Providence of God B08803

  • Printed
    … all are not drawn in the like manner, ſome are drawn by a Silken ThredThread; others by Iron-Fetters: ſome God works upon in a more rough way, ſome …
    With rule
    … all are not drawn in the like manner, ſome are drawn by a Silken ThredThread; others by Iron-Fetters: ſome God works upon in a more rough way, ſome …

    John Collinges · Several Discourses Considering the Providence of God · p. 667 · Open in the reader

Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians in New England N00171

  • Printed
    … Z…rah put forth its hand, thereby inviting the Adventurers to twist the Scariet ThredThread of their hopes about the same, by that Auspicious beginning they were ready to …
    With rule
    … Z…rah put forth its hand, thereby inviting the Adventurers to twist the Scariet ThredThread of their hopes about the same, by that Auspicious beginning they were ready to …

    William Hubbard · Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians in New England · p. 2 · Open in the reader