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fourefour

A final e dropped: selfe → self, beene → been, hee → he.

Puritas changed it
20,429 times in 2,231 works
Consistency
99.8% (20,429 of 20,453)
Reach if approved
~21,496 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: four
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
20,458 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (20,429 changes in 2,231 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 20,429)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … all thynges, was more reuerentely obserued then the rest: in so much that by fourefour they were wonte to sweare. But you wyll say…, that for the holye …rinities …
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    … all thynges, was more reuerentely obserued then the rest: in so much that by fourefour they were wonte to sweare. But you wyll say…, that for the holye …rinities …

    William Fulke · Anti-Prognostication · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … brother Huma (for so was he called) being not all out deade, with in fourefour and twenty houres came reasonably to him selfe againe: an… gathering with all some …
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    … brother Huma (for so was he called) being not all out deade, with in fourefour and twenty houres came reasonably to him selfe againe: an… gathering with all some …

    William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 329 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … the Conclusion of mine Enthymem or imperfect Syllogisme: And by another Enthymem grounded on fourefour instances, endeuoureth duplicate page duplicate page to proue the direct contrary to it. His Argument is this:
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    … the Conclusion of mine Enthymem or imperfect Syllogisme: And by another Enthymem grounded on fourefour instances, endeuoureth duplicate page duplicate page to proue the direct contrary to it. His Argument is this:

    Thomas Gataker · A Just Defense of Certain Passages · p. 71 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … haue a trentall of Maſſes, a ſacke full of ſeven Pſalmes, and three or fourefour pokes packt with Pater noſters and Aue Maries, all well meaſured and filled, whereof …
    With rule
    … haue a trentall of Maſſes, a ſacke full of ſeven Pſalmes, and three or fourefour pokes packt with Pater noſters and Aue Maries, all well meaſured and filled, whereof …

    John Gee · New Shreds of the Old Snare · p. 70 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … him on Friday following; and if after dinner Mr. Fisher would come thither with fourefour or six at the most, they should be admitted for his sake and his …
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    … him on Friday following; and if after dinner Mr. Fisher would come thither with fourefour or six at the most, they should be admitted for his sake and his …

    Daniel Featley · The Fisher Catched in his Own Net · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    Concerning youre fourefour propositions of Doctrine inferred as it seemeth altogether from the Prophete Ionas, hath not …
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    Concerning youre fourefour propositions of Doctrine inferred as it seemeth altogether from the Prophete Ionas, hath not …

    John Field · A Caveat for Parsons Howlet · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … the swiftest of fourefour footed creatures, and yet winged, nay beyond any fowle, with fourefour wings, for more speed, because in so short a time, as ten yeares, that …
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    … the swiftest of fourefour footed creatures, and yet winged, nay beyond any fowle, with fourefour wings, for more speed, because in so short a time, as ten yeares, that …

    Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · p. 52 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    The first of the fourefour Scriptures written Deuteronomy 12. teacheth the old Iewes, and in them all Gods' people, that …
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    The first of the fourefour Scriptures written Deuteronomy 12. teacheth the old Iewes, and in them all Gods' people, that …

    James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · p. 157 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (24)

22 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture A00593

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    FOUREFOUR ROWES OF PRECIOUS STONES. A Rehearſall Sermon preached in Saint Maries Church at Oxford …
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    FOUREFOUR ROWES OF PRECIOUS STONES. A Rehearſall Sermon preached in Saint Maries Church at Oxford …

    Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 498 · Open in the reader

The Doctrine of Justification A01033

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    FOureFour groundes proponed which ſerve to make vs conceyve aright of the nature of the …
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    FOureFour groundes proponed which ſerve to make vs conceyve aright of the nature of the …

    John Forbes · The Doctrine of Justification · Open in the reader

Arrow Against the Separationists A08811

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    FOureFour examples of your waverings were obſerved by me. The firſt inſtance of H. Barow …
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    FOureFour examples of your waverings were obſerved by me. The firſt inſtance of H. Barow …

    John Paget · Arrow Against the Separationists · p. 322 · Open in the reader

Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies A09002

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    FOureFour things are here replied. Firſt, that the law commandeth it not as an holy …
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    FOureFour things are here replied. Firſt, that the law commandeth it not as an holy …

    Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · p. 83 · Open in the reader

Seven Treatises A10945

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    FOureFour ſorts of men which hope for ſaluation, and yet renounce not open ſinnes.
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    FOureFour ſorts of men which hope for ſaluation, and yet renounce not open ſinnes.

    Richard Rogers · Seven Treatises · Open in the reader

Commentary on Genesis and Exodus A15408

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    FOureFour waies they used to aske counsell of God in Israel: 1. Beside the casting of …
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    FOureFour waies they used to aske counsell of God in Israel: 1. Beside the casting of …

    Andrew Willet · Commentary on Genesis and Exodus · p. 238 · Open in the reader

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    Vers. 16. FOureFour-square shall it be. The breast-plate is thus described: 1. For the manner of …
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    Vers. 16. FOureFour-square shall it be. The breast-plate is thus described: 1. For the manner of …

    Andrew Willet · Commentary on Genesis and Exodus · p. 529 · Open in the reader

Grounds of Divinity Study A17000

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    CHAP. 7. FOureFour Angells helde the fower Windes of the earth, that they ſhould not blow vpon …
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    CHAP. 7. FOureFour Angells helde the fower Windes of the earth, that they ſhould not blow vpon …

    Hugh Broughton · Grounds of Divinity Study · p. 66 · Open in the reader

A Brief Explanation of the Whole Book of Proverbs A18960

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    FOureFour crooked & wicked generation of ſinners (as it were) in this verſe, and the three …
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    FOureFour crooked & wicked generation of ſinners (as it were) in this verſe, and the three …

    Robert Cleaver · A Brief Explanation of the Whole Book of Proverbs · p. 521 · Open in the reader

Sermon Preached in London A19590

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    FOureFour places of Scripture are abused by the Papists aboue the rest. First, those words …
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    FOureFour places of Scripture are abused by the Papists aboue the rest. First, those words …

    William Crashaw · Sermon Preached in London · Open in the reader

The Subtle Sophistry of Watsons Sermons before Queen Mary A19670

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    FOureFour lyes affirmed in leſſe then twentie lines. 184.
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    FOureFour lyes affirmed in leſſe then twentie lines. 184.

    Robert Crowley · The Subtle Sophistry of Watsons Sermons before Queen Mary · Open in the reader

Westminster Annotations A36467

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    Vers. 1. FOureFour chariots] Whereby are signified, as it were, fourefour squadrons of Angels, which execute Gods …
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    Vers. 1. FOureFour chariots] Whereby are signified, as it were, fourefour squadrons of Angels, which execute Gods …

    John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

Assertion of the Government of the Church of Scotland A42758

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    FOureFour significations of the word Elder in Scripture. Of the nickname of Lay-Elders. That …
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    FOureFour significations of the word Elder in Scripture. Of the nickname of Lay-Elders. That …

    George Gillespie · Assertion of the Government of the Church of Scotland · Open in the reader

The Resurrection Revealed A44277

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    … and gather together the diſperſed of IUDAH that is, the two Tribes) from the FOUREFOUR CORNERS of the EARTH, For firſt, we ſee that this recovering of Gods Elect …
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    … and gather together the diſperſed of IUDAH that is, the two Tribes) from the FOUREFOUR CORNERS of the EARTH, For firſt, we ſee that this recovering of Gods Elect …

    Nathanael Homes · The Resurrection Revealed · p. 195 · Open in the reader

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    … and Magog ſhall bee fetched up againſt the Church by the Devil, from the FOUREFOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH.
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    … and Magog ſhall bee fetched up againſt the Church by the Devil, from the FOUREFOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH.

    Nathanael Homes · The Resurrection Revealed · p. 510 · Open in the reader

Twenty Sermons A62137

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    FOUREFOUR INFERENCES briefly touched.
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    FOUREFOUR INFERENCES briefly touched.

    Robert Sanderson · Twenty Sermons · Open in the reader

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    FOUREFOUR PARTICULAR RULES for direction herein. viz.
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    FOUREFOUR PARTICULAR RULES for direction herein. viz.

    Robert Sanderson · Twenty Sermons · Open in the reader

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    FOUREFOUR OBSERVATIONS from the Apostles Protestation.
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    FOUREFOUR OBSERVATIONS from the Apostles Protestation.

    Robert Sanderson · Twenty Sermons · Open in the reader

The Jews Now in America A62471

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    FOureFour of the English, having sought God, went among the Indians, Oct…. …8. 1646. to make knowne …
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    FOureFour of the English, having sought God, went among the Indians, Oct…. …8. 1646. to make knowne …

    Thomas Thorowgood · The Jews Now in America · p. 104 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Ezra Nehemiah Ester Job and Psalms A63066

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    FOureFour yeares after his marriage with Eſther, (or near upon) did Ahaſhuerus magnifie and exalt …
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    FOureFour yeares after his marriage with Eſther, (or near upon) did Ahaſhuerus magnifie and exalt …

    John Trapp · Commentary on Ezra Nehemiah Ester Job and Psalms · p. 126 · Open in the reader

Jews in America A94301

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    FOureFour of the Engliſh, having ſought God, went among the Indians, Octo. 28. 1646. to make knowne …
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    FOureFour of the Engliſh, having ſought God, went among the Indians, Octo. 28. 1646. to make knowne …

    Thomas Thorowgood · Jews in America · p. 104 · Open in the reader

The Cause Use Cure of Fear A96884

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    … ſervants are ſtill hammering there) The Ad-Adverſary ſent to Nehemiah no leſſe then FOUREFOUR TIMES to procure a brotherly conference about an an Accommodation forſooth (but they thought …
    With rule
    … ſervants are ſtill hammering there) The Ad-Adverſary ſent to Nehemiah no leſſe then FOUREFOUR TIMES to procure a brotherly conference about an an Accommodation forſooth (but they thought …

    Hezekiah Woodward · The Cause Use Cure of Fear · p. 51 · Open in the reader