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dispairedespair

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

Puritas changed it
659 times in 333 works
Consistency
95.6% (659 of 689)
Reach if approved
~724 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: despair
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
689 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (659 changes in 333 works, 95.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 659)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … first brunt, but they gathered thē selues together in ye market place: & being in dispairedespair of any victorie (many of them being slayn at ye first bursting in) they …
    With rule
    … first brunt, but they gathered thē selues together in ye market place: & being in dispairedespair of any victorie (many of them being slayn at ye first bursting in) they …

    John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 440 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … courage, beyng louingly called of God vnto life euerlasting, he runneth in danger to dispairedespair, when as by fearful death hee shalbe forced to forsake this world, this life …
    With rule
    … courage, beyng louingly called of God vnto life euerlasting, he runneth in danger to dispairedespair, when as by fearful death hee shalbe forced to forsake this world, this life …

    Thomas Lever · The Right Way from Danger of Sin and Vengeance · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Gentle brother faint not in your faith, neither dispairedespair you of the great mercies of God, but cal on the lord your God …
    With rule
    Gentle brother faint not in your faith, neither dispairedespair you of the great mercies of God, but cal on the lord your God …

    Thomas Becon · The Sick Mans Salve · p. 348 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … to doubt of our saluation, but to be out of all doubt, yea to dispairedespair before the iudgement seate of God. For they which are of the workes of …
    With rule
    … to doubt of our saluation, but to be out of all doubt, yea to dispairedespair before the iudgement seate of God. For they which are of the workes of …

    William Perkins · Conscience · p. 130 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … and not so much look that, by him, any reformatiō should come, as to dispairedespair that he could be cured: till at last, the eyes of some (through the …
    With rule
    … and not so much look that, by him, any reformatiō should come, as to dispairedespair that he could be cured: till at last, the eyes of some (through the …

    Patrick Forbes · Defense of the Lawful Calling of Ministers of Reformed Churches · p. 17 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … good & ſound triall in themſelues: which is not the way to bring men to diſpairedespair, but to bring them to true godlineſſe: to cauſe them to ſhake of ſecuritie …
    With rule
    … good & ſound triall in themſelues: which is not the way to bring men to diſpairedespair, but to bring them to true godlineſſe: to cauſe them to ſhake of ſecuritie …

    George Gifford · Sermon on the Parable of the Sower · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … the euill: great cause you haue of griefe I confesse, but no cause of dispairedespair dare I graunt, because I am perswaded that your perswatiō is somewhat false, partly …
    With rule
    … the euill: great cause you haue of griefe I confesse, but no cause of dispairedespair dare I graunt, because I am perswaded that your perswatiō is somewhat false, partly …

    Richard Greenham · Comfort for All Those Afflicted in Conscience · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    70 To diſpairedespair of Gods mercies. Pag. 95
    With rule
    70 To diſpairedespair of Gods mercies. Pag. 95

    Robert Hill · The Pathway to Prayer and Piety · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (30)

19 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 16 are listed here. 11 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Returning Backslider A12190

  • Printed
    … us practiſe the graces thereof, take heed of murmuring and repining Dejection of ſpirit, DiſpaireDespair and the like. This is to walke like a wiſe man in all conditions …
    With rule
    … us practiſe the graces thereof, take heed of murmuring and repining Dejection of ſpirit, DiſpaireDespair and the like. This is to walke like a wiſe man in all conditions …

    Richard Sibbes · The Returning Backslider · p. 471 · Open in the reader

Abuses Stripped and Whipped A15623

  • Printed
    We call DispaireDespair, with ghastly looks he stands,
    With rule
    We call DispaireDespair, with ghastly looks he stands,

    George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    (DispaireDespair & feare ar sitting for no other)
    With rule
    (DispaireDespair & feare ar sitting for no other)

    George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    When black DispaireDespair doth pinch him, that indeed
    With rule
    When black DispaireDespair doth pinch him, that indeed

    George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete A15639

  • Printed
    But cruellest DISDAIN, DISPAIREDESPAIR, and DEATH?
    With rule
    But cruellest DISDAIN, DISPAIREDESPAIR, and DEATH?

    George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    One of Loue, one of DispaireDespair.
    With rule
    One of Loue, one of DispaireDespair.

    George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    From DispaireDespair, shee keepes them to;
    With rule
    From DispaireDespair, shee keepes them to;

    George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Iust betwixt DispaireDespair, and Hope.
    With rule
    Iust betwixt DispaireDespair, and Hope.

    George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    As might haue brought a Prince vnto DispaireDespair.
    With rule
    As might haue brought a Prince vnto DispaireDespair.

    George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader

The Plain Mans Spiritual Plow A18014

  • Printed
    … but holdeth the Tractory by the helpe of the Key. This vice faſtened to DiſpaireDespair by the Key of Impietie, embraceth the luſt of the fleſh, the luſt of …
    With rule
    … but holdeth the Tractory by the helpe of the Key. This vice faſtened to DiſpaireDespair by the Key of Impietie, embraceth the luſt of the fleſh, the luſt of …

    John Carpenter · The Plain Mans Spiritual Plow · p. 214 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Batter quills, the tenours & the halters By the firſt, we may vnderſtand Preſumption and DiſpaireDespair, as depending on the aſſurance of this worldly felicitie, and diſtruſting vtterly the promiſes …
    With rule
    … Batter quills, the tenours & the halters By the firſt, we may vnderſtand Preſumption and DiſpaireDespair, as depending on the aſſurance of this worldly felicitie, and diſtruſting vtterly the promiſes …

    John Carpenter · The Plain Mans Spiritual Plow · p. 228 · Open in the reader

Gospel Reconciliation A30581

  • Printed
    Chap. 23. Ʋſe, 4. DiſpaireDespair not of Gods making peace in this Nation. Page 118
    With rule
    Chap. 23. Ʋſe, 4. DiſpaireDespair not of Gods making peace in this Nation. Page 118

    Jeremiah Burroughs · Gospel Reconciliation · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Uſe, 4. DiſpaireDespair not of Gods making peace in this Nation.
    With rule
    Uſe, 4. DiſpaireDespair not of Gods making peace in this Nation.

    Jeremiah Burroughs · Gospel Reconciliation · p. 118 · Open in the reader

The Dead Yet Speaking A40646

  • Printed
    DispaireDespair not of Gods helpe, thy state to …sy,
    With rule
    DispaireDespair not of Gods helpe, thy state to …sy,

    Thomas Fuller · The Dead Yet Speaking · p. 46 · Open in the reader

Christ Dying and Drawing Sinners to Himself A57963

  • Printed
    Object. 2. DispaireDespair of salvation in my selfe, is a part of Faith, so you exhort the …
    With rule
    Object. 2. DispaireDespair of salvation in my selfe, is a part of Faith, so you exhort the …

    Samuel Rutherford · Christ Dying and Drawing Sinners to Himself · p. 246 · Open in the reader

Commentaries A68840

  • Printed
    DiſpaireDespair in Gods help not lawful, though delay be much. 92. b
    With rule
    DiſpaireDespair in Gods help not lawful, though delay be much. 92. b

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · Open in the reader