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weakningweakening

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

Puritas changed it
666 times in 494 works
Consistency
96.6% (666 of 689)
Reach if approved
~724 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: weakening
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 (666 changes in 494 works, 96.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 666)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … recourſe againe vnto it, to the ſtrengthening both of our faith, and to the weakningweakening of the power of ſinne, (howſoeuer the papiſtes would perſwade vs, that it ſerueth …
    With rule
    … recourſe againe vnto it, to the ſtrengthening both of our faith, and to the weakningweakening of the power of ſinne, (howſoeuer the papiſtes would perſwade vs, that it ſerueth …

    Thomas Sparke · The Highway to Heaven · p. 195 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … bitterly against the Law as our Antinomists doe, & have rather commended the Pharises for weakningweakening it by their glosses; than have vindicated it, and restored to the full strength …
    With rule
    … bitterly against the Law as our Antinomists doe, & have rather commended the Pharises for weakningweakening it by their glosses; than have vindicated it, and restored to the full strength …

    Thomas Taylor · The Rule of the Law Under the Gospel · p. 41 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … the ruine of the Philistims, but bringeth an inconuenience vpon his owne people, in weakningweakening and disabling of them: whereas a good Magistrate setteth as much by the life …
    With rule
    … the ruine of the Philistims, but bringeth an inconuenience vpon his owne people, in weakningweakening and disabling of them: whereas a good Magistrate setteth as much by the life …

    Andrew Willet · Harmony Upon 1 Samuel · p. 108 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … Dauid, Thou didſt turne thy face from me, and I was troubled. Of this weakningweakening and diminution, and extinguiſhing of faith, the ſpirit, and loue▪ is that Apoc. …. to …
    With rule
    … Dauid, Thou didſt turne thy face from me, and I was troubled. Of this weakningweakening and diminution, and extinguiſhing of faith, the ſpirit, and loue▪ is that Apoc. …. to …

    Girolamo Zanchi · A Christian Survey for the Conscience · p. 153 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … our enemies? Wee have those about us that watch for our halting, and our weakningweakening: therefore we should accord and hold together.
    With rule
    … our enemies? Wee have those about us that watch for our halting, and our weakningweakening: therefore we should accord and hold together.

    Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 109 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … of Conſcience ſubiect to his owne will, by falſe interpretations, by ſubtill diſtinctions; thereby weakningweakening the power of the Rule, that it hath not force vpon Conſcience. Secondly, the …
    With rule
    … of Conſcience ſubiect to his owne will, by falſe interpretations, by ſubtill diſtinctions; thereby weakningweakening the power of the Rule, that it hath not force vpon Conſcience. Secondly, the …

    Richard Bernard · Christian See to Thy Conscience · p. 170 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … fire; that so they stand not as Records against vs, to the shame, the weakningweakening, or betraying of our Cause, and Church.
    With rule
    … fire; that so they stand not as Records against vs, to the shame, the weakningweakening, or betraying of our Cause, and Church.

    William Prynne · Survey and Censure of Mr Cozens · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … unmarrow (or eat out the marrow of) their fat bones. It signifieth an utter weakningweakening of them, that they should never recover their strength. pierce them] in Greeke, shoot …
    With rule
    … unmarrow (or eat out the marrow of) their fat bones. It signifieth an utter weakningweakening of them, that they should never recover their strength. pierce them] in Greeke, shoot …

    Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 157 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (23)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 17 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul A10663

  • Printed
    … Vngarrison'd; which though it be a strengthning of the Better, yet it is a WeakningWeakening of the Major part, and this answereth unto Emptying or Vacuity. By all which …
    With rule
    … Vngarrison'd; which though it be a strengthning of the Better, yet it is a WeakningWeakening of the Major part, and this answereth unto Emptying or Vacuity. By all which …

    Edward Reynolds · Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul · p. 296 · Open in the reader

The History of the Old Testament Methodized A34874

  • Printed
    … ly,) Terrour and cauſeleſs aſtoniſhment, ſo that they ſhall flee when none purſueth. (4ly,) WeakningWeakening, and breaking the pride of their Power. (5ly,) Making the Heaven as Iron, and …
    With rule
    … ly,) Terrour and cauſeleſs aſtoniſhment, ſo that they ſhall flee when none purſueth. (4ly,) WeakningWeakening, and breaking the pride of their Power. (5ly,) Making the Heaven as Iron, and …

    Samuel Cradock · The History of the Old Testament Methodized · p. 168 · Open in the reader

Sermons Volume 4 A51840

  • Printed
    … man that hath this hope in him, purifieth himself even as he is pure. WeakningWeakening the relicks of sin, and getting more readiness and preparation of Heart for all …
    With rule
    … man that hath this hope in him, purifieth himself even as he is pure. WeakningWeakening the relicks of sin, and getting more readiness and preparation of Heart for all …

    Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 4 · p. 1090 · Open in the reader

Concerning the Holy Spirit A53720

  • Printed
    … Principle of Grace, wherewithall Believers are indued; so what we now propose, concerneth the WeakningWeakening, Impairing and Destroying of the Contrary Principle of Sin in its Root and Fruits …
    With rule
    … Principle of Grace, wherewithall Believers are indued; so what we now propose, concerneth the WeakningWeakening, Impairing and Destroying of the Contrary Principle of Sin in its Root and Fruits …

    John Owen · Concerning the Holy Spirit · p. 473 · Open in the reader

Gangrena Part 3 A83515

  • Printed
    6. WeakningWeakening and darkning the valour, faithfulneſſe and worth of other Commanders, not Independents (though of …
    With rule
    6. WeakningWeakening and darkning the valour, faithfulneſſe and worth of other Commanders, not Independents (though of …

    Thomas Edwards · Gangrena Part 3 · p. 132 · Open in the reader

Tropes and Figures B25425

  • Printed
    … and encroached upon Italy, and the Parts adjacent. II. This Power ariſing upon the WeakningWeakening and Diviſion of the old State of the Fourth Monarchy or Kingdom, is call'd …
    With rule
    … and encroached upon Italy, and the Parts adjacent. II. This Power ariſing upon the WeakningWeakening and Diviſion of the old State of the Fourth Monarchy or Kingdom, is call'd …

    Benjamin Keach · Tropes and Figures · p. 307 · Open in the reader