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vertuallyvirtually

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

Puritas changed it
580 times in 318 works
Consistency
95.0% (580 of 610)
Reach if approved
~642 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: virtually
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
611 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (580 changes in 318 works, 95.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 580)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    To these Interrogatories, some have added these additionals, which vertuallyvirtually are contained in the former: Whether dost thou come with an earnest desire, and …
    With rule
    To these Interrogatories, some have added these additionals, which vertuallyvirtually are contained in the former: Whether dost thou come with an earnest desire, and …

    Thomas Fuller · Josephs Party-Colored Coat · p. 74 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … not the particular end of Baptiſme, to repreſent Chriſt crucified, but as he is vertuallyvirtually in vs, clenſing our ſoules, and making vs to dye, and to be buried …
    With rule
    … not the particular end of Baptiſme, to repreſent Chriſt crucified, but as he is vertuallyvirtually in vs, clenſing our ſoules, and making vs to dye, and to be buried …

    John Mayer · The English Catechism Explained · p. 516 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Anſ. Firſt, that the generall compriſeth vertuallyvirtually all particulars: and that out of the generals rightly aſſumed, may the particular concluſion …
    With rule
    Anſ. Firſt, that the generall compriſeth vertuallyvirtually all particulars: and that out of the generals rightly aſſumed, may the particular concluſion …

    William Sclater · A Key to the Key of Scripture · p. 345 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … euery Plant yeelding ſeed after his kind. Gen. 1.12. Teaching vs thereby, that the ſeed vertuallyvirtually, and potentially, anſweres the creature in euery part and member of it?
    With rule
    … euery Plant yeelding ſeed after his kind. Gen. 1.12. Teaching vs thereby, that the ſeed vertuallyvirtually, and potentially, anſweres the creature in euery part and member of it?

    John Yates · A Model of Divinity · p. 141 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … to rules given him, (which is the caſe here) then hee hath this power vertuallyvirtually in his hand.
    With rule
    … to rules given him, (which is the caſe here) then hee hath this power vertuallyvirtually in his hand.

    John Allin · A Defense of the Answer Made Unto Nine Questions · p. 174 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … devest Reason and Sense so as to choose directly and intentionally Eternal Misery, but vertuallyvirtually and by consequence he does. For the deliberate choice of Sin as pleasant or …
    With rule
    … devest Reason and Sense so as to choose directly and intentionally Eternal Misery, but vertuallyvirtually and by consequence he does. For the deliberate choice of Sin as pleasant or …

    William Bates · The Existence of God and the Immortality of the Soul · p. 253 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … could they rightly look back to their Baptiſm, they would remember that they there vertuallyvirtually vowed all this, and were ſacramentally waſhed from their old ſins.
    With rule
    … could they rightly look back to their Baptiſm, they would remember that they there vertuallyvirtually vowed all this, and were ſacramentally waſhed from their old ſins.

    Richard Baxter · A Paraphrase on the New Testament · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … qualified with a diſpoſition of heart to break them all. Every ſingle ſin contains vertuallyvirtually all ſin in it. He that allows himſelf a liberty to live in the …
    With rule
    … qualified with a diſpoſition of heart to break them all. Every ſingle ſin contains vertuallyvirtually all ſin in it. He that allows himſelf a liberty to live in the …

    Thomas Brooks · A Golden Key to Open Hidden Treasures · p. 43 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (30)

15 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 15 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Arraignment of Covetousness A13005

  • Printed
    3. VertuallyVirtually, in the actions; for the propenſity of the ſoule towards vertues or vices, towards …
    With rule
    3. VertuallyVirtually, in the actions; for the propenſity of the ſoule towards vertues or vices, towards …

    John Stoughton · The Arraignment of Covetousness · p. 14 · Open in the reader

Existence and Attributes of God A32723

  • Printed
    2. VertuallyVirtually and implicitely. When he loves any thing againſt the Command of God, and preferrs …
    With rule
    2. VertuallyVirtually and implicitely. When he loves any thing againſt the Command of God, and preferrs …

    Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 85 · Open in the reader

Neonomianism Unmasked A32770

  • Printed
    … Chriſt's Satisfaction for Sin he ſhould have an immediate Diſcharge, and all the Elect VertuallyVirtually and Really in him, a general Diſcharge, but not manifeſted, and perſonally applyed to …
    With rule
    … Chriſt's Satisfaction for Sin he ſhould have an immediate Diſcharge, and all the Elect VertuallyVirtually and Really in him, a general Diſcharge, but not manifeſted, and perſonally applyed to …

    Isaac Chauncy · Neonomianism Unmasked · p. 47 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Job 38-42 A35538

  • Printed
    Secondly, They praiſe God VertuallyVirtually, or equivalently, they ſhew how praiſe-worthy God is.
    With rule
    Secondly, They praiſe God VertuallyVirtually, or equivalently, they ſhew how praiſe-worthy God is.

    Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 38-42 · p. 79 · Open in the reader

A New Creature A43586

  • Printed
    9. God created ſome things Actually, other things Potentially, or VertuallyVirtually, Gen. 1.11, 12. And God ſaid, Let the Earth bring forth Graſs, the Herb yielding Seed …
    With rule
    9. God created ſome things Actually, other things Potentially, or VertuallyVirtually, Gen. 1.11, 12. And God ſaid, Let the Earth bring forth Graſs, the Herb yielding Seed …

    Oliver Heywood · A New Creature · p. 37 · Open in the reader

A Comment Upon Christs Last Prayer A44344

  • Printed
    … All that Chriſt wil teach returnes to this: All that we can learn is VertuallyVirtually contained in this: As a Father of mercies, he hath al, begets all good …
    With rule
    … All that Chriſt wil teach returnes to this: All that we can learn is VertuallyVirtually contained in this: As a Father of mercies, he hath al, begets all good …

    Thomas Hooker · A Comment Upon Christs Last Prayer · p. 461 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Amos 4-9 A45333

  • Printed
    … relating to Christ, who was the Lambe slaine from the beginning of the world VertuallyVirtually, though not Actually, Revel. 13.8. and so they were of great weight and worth, assuring …
    With rule
    … relating to Christ, who was the Lambe slaine from the beginning of the world VertuallyVirtually, though not Actually, Revel. 13.8. and so they were of great weight and worth, assuring …

    Thomas Hall · Exposition of Amos 4-9 · p. 233 · Open in the reader

The Lightless Star A57064

  • Printed
    … spirituall and of religious nature; therefore, grace and the efficacy of it, are supernatural. VertuallyVirtually then at the least, this word supernatural is found in Scripture, in this argument …
    With rule
    … spirituall and of religious nature; therefore, grace and the efficacy of it, are supernatural. VertuallyVirtually then at the least, this word supernatural is found in Scripture, in this argument …

    Richard Resbury · The Lightless Star · p. 101 · Open in the reader

Lex Rex A57975

  • Printed
    … P. Prelate cannot name. That Soveraigne power is primarily and naturally in the multitude. VertuallyVirtually (it may be) Soveraignty is in the multitude, but primarily and naturally, as heat …
    With rule
    … P. Prelate cannot name. That Soveraigne power is primarily and naturally in the multitude. VertuallyVirtually (it may be) Soveraignty is in the multitude, but primarily and naturally, as heat …

    Samuel Rutherford · Lex Rex · p. 419 · Open in the reader

Divine Comforts A59579

  • Printed
    1. VertuallyVirtually and Practically as far as in the Sinner lies it annihilates,
    With rule
    1. VertuallyVirtually and Practically as far as in the Sinner lies it annihilates,

    Thomas Sharpe · Divine Comforts · p. 39 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … the Accumulation of other things. But ſince there is in God all that good VertuallyVirtually, Unitedly and Tranſcendently (as in a common Store-Houſe and Treaſury, and that without …
    With rule
    … the Accumulation of other things. But ſince there is in God all that good VertuallyVirtually, Unitedly and Tranſcendently (as in a common Store-Houſe and Treaſury, and that without …

    Thomas Sharpe · Divine Comforts · p. 146 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Juſtice! What can we expect more to ſatisfie our utmoſt Cravings? Since theſe are VertuallyVirtually all Spiritual and Coeleſtial Mercies, giving a right to Peace and Glory. Oh everlaſting …
    With rule
    … Juſtice! What can we expect more to ſatisfie our utmoſt Cravings? Since theſe are VertuallyVirtually all Spiritual and Coeleſtial Mercies, giving a right to Peace and Glory. Oh everlaſting …

    Thomas Sharpe · Divine Comforts · p. 207 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … the two former Clauſes. Indeed in the New Covenant Oeconomy, Satisfaction made [Actually or VertuallyVirtually] (as the Lamb of God was ſlain from the beginning of the World,) is …
    With rule
    … the two former Clauſes. Indeed in the New Covenant Oeconomy, Satisfaction made [Actually or VertuallyVirtually] (as the Lamb of God was ſlain from the beginning of the World,) is …

    Thomas Sharpe · Divine Comforts · p. 282 · Open in the reader

The Sacred and Sovereign Church Remedy A77507

  • Printed
    … anſwered, that though theſe Decrees were not binding to them formally, yet Morally and VertuallyVirtually they were. As for Jeruſalem and Antioch, and ſuch other Churches as concurred with …
    With rule
    … anſwered, that though theſe Decrees were not binding to them formally, yet Morally and VertuallyVirtually they were. As for Jeruſalem and Antioch, and ſuch other Churches as concurred with …

    John Brinsley · The Sacred and Sovereign Church Remedy · p. 44 · Open in the reader

Treatise of Civil Policy A92147

  • Printed
    … P. Prelate cannot name. That Soveraigne power is primarily and naturally in the multitude. VertuallyVirtually (it may be) Soveraignty is in the multitude, but primarily and naturally, as heat …
    With rule
    … P. Prelate cannot name. That Soveraigne power is primarily and naturally in the multitude. VertuallyVirtually (it may be) Soveraignty is in the multitude, but primarily and naturally, as heat …

    Samuel Rutherford · Treatise of Civil Policy · p. 419 · Open in the reader