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guiftgift

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

Puritas changed it
615 times in 161 works
Consistency
93.8% (615 of 655)
Reach if approved
~688 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: gift
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
655 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (615 changes in 161 works, 93.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 615)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    Overvalue not the common guiftgift of utterance, nor a high Profession, as if the presence or absence of either …
    With rule
    Overvalue not the common guiftgift of utterance, nor a high Profession, as if the presence or absence of either …

    Richard Baxter · The Cure of Church Divisions · p. 23 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … speake for himselfe, if his neighbors wil not. And in deede for that good guiftgift of sounding forth the trumpet of his owne praises, he shal haue it of …
    With rule
    … speake for himselfe, if his neighbors wil not. And in deede for that good guiftgift of sounding forth the trumpet of his owne praises, he shal haue it of …

    Job Throckmorton · Some Laid Open in his Colors · p. 42 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … the Kingdome of Christ: these are blessed, but as many as haue not the guiftgift of chastity▪ neither haue ouercome the lusts of the Flesh for the Gospell, and …
    With rule
    … the Kingdome of Christ: these are blessed, but as many as haue not the guiftgift of chastity▪ neither haue ouercome the lusts of the Flesh for the Gospell, and …

    John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 214 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … his head: we haue no right at all to the Creature, but by Gods guiftgift. Ioash though he dealt not well with the sonne, yet he euer more esteemed …
    With rule
    … his head: we haue no right at all to the Creature, but by Gods guiftgift. Ioash though he dealt not well with the sonne, yet he euer more esteemed …

    Robert Sanderson · Two Sermons at Pauls Cross · p. 52 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … of Christ, and imputation of Iustice, by his obedience, to the beleeuer. Rom. 5, 16. The guiftgift is of many offences vnto Iustification. verse 18. The benefit abounded toward all men, to …
    With rule
    … of Christ, and imputation of Iustice, by his obedience, to the beleeuer. Rom. 5, 16. The guiftgift is of many offences vnto Iustification. verse 18. The benefit abounded toward all men, to …

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 266 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … in Balaā, but only that hauing, as we vse to speake, a speciall good guiftgift, he also gaped for promotion: a common disease with many of vs much meaner …
    With rule
    … in Balaā, but only that hauing, as we vse to speake, a speciall good guiftgift, he also gaped for promotion: a common disease with many of vs much meaner …

    Edmund Bunny · Of the Head Cornerstone · p. 180 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … them, as praier is either vocall, or perſonall, & that whether we respect the natural guiftgift, or ſupernatural, this being alſo either principall or inſtrumentall, and therefore prayer & faſting haue …
    With rule
    … them, as praier is either vocall, or perſonall, & that whether we respect the natural guiftgift, or ſupernatural, this being alſo either principall or inſtrumentall, and therefore prayer & faſting haue …

    John Darrell · A Survey of Dialogical Discourses · p. 65 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … delicate a government; nor cā the perfect knowledge of God, (which is a celeſtiall guiftgift) be ſubiected to the belly, it cannot remaine amongſt ſwine that habitatiō is only …
    With rule
    … delicate a government; nor cā the perfect knowledge of God, (which is a celeſtiall guiftgift) be ſubiected to the belly, it cannot remaine amongſt ſwine that habitatiō is only …

    Peter du Moulin Jr · Meditations Upon the Misery of Mankind 2 · p. 12 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (40)

10 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 30 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Two Sermons at Pauls Cross A11458

  • Printed
    … be truely thankfull, must haue his eyes vpon both; the one eye vpon the GuiftGift, and the other vpon the Giuer: and this the proud man neuer hath. Either …
    With rule
    … be truely thankfull, must haue his eyes vpon both; the one eye vpon the GuiftGift, and the other vpon the Giuer: and this the proud man neuer hath. Either …

    Robert Sanderson · Two Sermons at Pauls Cross · p. 63 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … on the one eye, and will not looke at both. Sometimes he seeth the GuiftGift but too much, and boasteth of it: but then he forgetteth the Giuer; he …
    With rule
    … on the one eye, and will not looke at both. Sometimes he seeth the GuiftGift but too much, and boasteth of it: but then he forgetteth the Giuer; he …

    Robert Sanderson · Two Sermons at Pauls Cross · p. 63 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … he boasteth, as if hee had not receiued it. Sometimes again he ouerlooketh the GuiftGift, as not good enough for him; and so repineth at the Giuer, as if …
    With rule
    … he boasteth, as if hee had not receiued it. Sometimes again he ouerlooketh the GuiftGift, as not good enough for him; and so repineth at the Giuer, as if …

    Robert Sanderson · Two Sermons at Pauls Cross · p. 63 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … if hee had not giuen him according to his worth. Either he vnderualueth the GuiftGift, or else he overualueth himselfe; as if he were himselfe the giuer, or at …
    With rule
    … if hee had not giuen him according to his worth. Either he vnderualueth the GuiftGift, or else he overualueth himselfe; as if he were himselfe the giuer, or at …

    Robert Sanderson · Two Sermons at Pauls Cross · p. 63 · Open in the reader

The Civil Right of Tithes A38604

  • Printed
    Tradition is here therefore ſet aſide, in other caſes neceſſary, and this GuiftGift being perfect without it, our next muſt be of Ratihabition or Confirmation, under which …
    With rule
    Tradition is here therefore ſet aſide, in other caſes neceſſary, and this GuiftGift being perfect without it, our next muſt be of Ratihabition or Confirmation, under which …

    Christopher Elderfield · The Civil Right of Tithes · p. 80 · Open in the reader

The Doctrine of the Saints Perseverance A53688

  • Printed
    This is confirmed, James 1. 16, 17, 18. Doe not erre my beloved Brethren, every Good GuiftGift and every perfect guiftgift cometh downe from the Father of Lights; with whom is …
    With rule
    This is confirmed, James 1. 16, 17, 18. Doe not erre my beloved Brethren, every Good GuiftGift and every perfect guiftgift cometh downe from the Father of Lights; with whom is …

    John Owen · The Doctrine of the Saints Perseverance · p. 33 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … they would never Believe: for Faith is not of our selves, it is the GuiftGift of God. God certainely bestowes no such Guifts, but from a Covenant. Spirituall Graces …
    With rule
    … they would never Believe: for Faith is not of our selves, it is the GuiftGift of God. God certainely bestowes no such Guifts, but from a Covenant. Spirituall Graces …

    John Owen · The Doctrine of the Saints Perseverance · p. 172 · Open in the reader

Of Communion with God A53713

  • Printed
    … our Communion with the Comforter. The Conjunction and accord of his Will, with the GuiftGift of Father and Sonne: The one respecting the distinct operation of the Deity in …
    With rule
    … our Communion with the Comforter. The Conjunction and accord of his Will, with the GuiftGift of Father and Sonne: The one respecting the distinct operation of the Deity in …

    John Owen · Of Communion with God · p. 264 · Open in the reader

Twenty Sermons A62137

  • Printed
    … Kingdoms and Common-wealths (not repugnant thereunto) are allowed for that end: as Descent, GuiftGift, Purchase, Industry, &c. Whose distributions, howsoever unequal they may seem to us, are yet …
    With rule
    … Kingdoms and Common-wealths (not repugnant thereunto) are allowed for that end: as Descent, GuiftGift, Purchase, Industry, &c. Whose distributions, howsoever unequal they may seem to us, are yet …

    Robert Sanderson · Twenty Sermons · p. 98 · Open in the reader

Two Sheets for Poor Families B17569

  • Printed
    … in these Relations.] This Covenant in the tenor of it, is a Deed of GuiftGift, of Christ, and Pardon, and Salvation to all the world, if by true Faith …
    With rule
    … in these Relations.] This Covenant in the tenor of it, is a Deed of GuiftGift, of Christ, and Pardon, and Salvation to all the world, if by true Faith …

    Richard Baxter · Two Sheets for Poor Families · p. 5 · Open in the reader