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compleatecomplete

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

Puritas changed it
725 times in 348 works
Consistency
96.0% (725 of 755)
Reach if approved
~793 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: complete
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
755 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (725 changes in 348 works, 96.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 725)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … this looking-glaſſe; and howſoever its vnpoliſhed ruggednes may rather be diſcovered by your compleatecomplete ſkill & Heroick experience in Armes, then its abilitie to direct ſo Princely a Director …
    With rule
    … this looking-glaſſe; and howſoever its vnpoliſhed ruggednes may rather be diſcovered by your compleatecomplete ſkill & Heroick experience in Armes, then its abilitie to direct ſo Princely a Director …

    Alexander Leighton · The Looking Glass of the Holy War · Open in the reader

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    Explan, Hauing ſpoken of Repentance, one thing neceſſarily required, that Baptiſme may be compleatecomplete, it remaineth that we ſpeake now of Faith, which is alike required. This I …
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    Explan, Hauing ſpoken of Repentance, one thing neceſſarily required, that Baptiſme may be compleatecomplete, it remaineth that we ſpeake now of Faith, which is alike required. This I …

    John Mayer · The English Catechism Explained · p. 508 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … alwaies make intercession for the faithfull by request and merit, till Christ shall be compleatecomplete in his members. And the Romane Catechisme saith as much. Saints are so much …
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    … alwaies make intercession for the faithfull by request and merit, till Christ shall be compleatecomplete in his members. And the Romane Catechisme saith as much. Saints are so much …

    William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 991 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    Before the Creation was compleatecomplete there was some light; the first day after the Sunne was created, and after …
    With rule
    Before the Creation was compleatecomplete there was some light; the first day after the Sunne was created, and after …

    John Preston · The Doctrine of the Saints Infirmities · p. 156 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … world, is the foundation, is not enough; vnleſſe this be added to make it compleatecomplete, as hee is reuealed in the Scriptures; for they teach concerning him, his Nature …
    With rule
    … world, is the foundation, is not enough; vnleſſe this be added to make it compleatecomplete, as hee is reuealed in the Scriptures; for they teach concerning him, his Nature …

    John Randall · Twenty-Nine Lectures · p. 149 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … particle of either kind, receiueth not a mingled, or imperfect; but an absolute, and compleatecomplete, entire, or perfect Sacrament.
    With rule
    … particle of either kind, receiueth not a mingled, or imperfect; but an absolute, and compleatecomplete, entire, or perfect Sacrament.

    Daniel Featley · The Grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome · p. 224 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … that great and laſt Edition, both of all Gods works, and likewiſe ours, then compleatecomplete and finiſhed, ſhall be publiſhed to all the world, they ſhall finde their names …
    With rule
    … that great and laſt Edition, both of all Gods works, and likewiſe ours, then compleatecomplete and finiſhed, ſhall be publiſhed to all the world, they ſhall finde their names …

    Thomas Goodwin · The Return of Prayers · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … by Mr. Gataker I should thinke he cannot wonder that a man of 64. yeares compleatecomplete, (and therefore his wittes may faile) doth wonder that ſo godly, wiſe, and learned …
    With rule
    … by Mr. Gataker I should thinke he cannot wonder that a man of 64. yeares compleatecomplete, (and therefore his wittes may faile) doth wonder that ſo godly, wiſe, and learned …

    James Balmford · Reply to Answers of Mr Gataker · p. 35 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (30)

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

Exposition on John 5 A01972

  • Printed
    Another quality, whereby this armour is deſcribed, is in this word (whole) or CompleateComplete, foreign, which ſignifieth ſuch an armour, as is ſufficient to de…end a man, and …
    With rule
    Another quality, whereby this armour is deſcribed, is in this word (whole) or CompleateComplete, foreign, which ſignifieth ſuch an armour, as is ſufficient to de…end a man, and …

    William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 124 · Open in the reader

The Breastplate of Faith and Love A09950

  • Printed
    CompleateComplete.
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    CompleateComplete.

    John Preston · The Breastplate of Faith and Love · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    CompleateComplete will in taking Christ.
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    CompleateComplete will in taking Christ.

    John Preston · The Breastplate of Faith and Love · Open in the reader

The Christians Daily Walk in Holy Security and Peace A11818

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    … improve it by ſeeking helpe of God, if withall he take to him the CompleateComplete armour and doe fight manfully under Chriſts bāner, he may ſo prevaile againſt them …
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    … improve it by ſeeking helpe of God, if withall he take to him the CompleateComplete armour and doe fight manfully under Chriſts bāner, he may ſo prevaile againſt them …

    Henry Scudder · The Christians Daily Walk in Holy Security and Peace · p. 426 · Open in the reader

Englands Hallelujah A14379

  • Printed
    These onely make a CompleateComplete Sacrifice;
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    These onely make a CompleateComplete Sacrifice;

    John Vicars · Englands Hallelujah · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

  • Printed
    Armour CompleateComplete. sig:
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    Armour CompleateComplete. sig:

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 16 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    CompleateComplete. sig:
    With rule
    CompleateComplete. sig:

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 60 · Open in the reader

The Fire of the Sanctuary Newly Uncovered A17270

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    … out of the ſeuerall Trauells of Others, and mine owne Suruey, to compile a CompleateComplete Treatiſe of Zeale. In perſuite of which proiect, my cheefe aime is to ſet …
    With rule
    … out of the ſeuerall Trauells of Others, and mine owne Suruey, to compile a CompleateComplete Treatiſe of Zeale. In perſuite of which proiect, my cheefe aime is to ſet …

    Cornelius Burges · The Fire of the Sanctuary Newly Uncovered · p. 7 · Open in the reader

Three Sermons A31445

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    Firſt, Justice or Holineſſe, makes God himſelfe a Competent and CompleateComplete Judge of the world: ſo the Scripture oft reſolves it: Shall not the Judge …
    With rule
    Firſt, Justice or Holineſſe, makes God himſelfe a Competent and CompleateComplete Judge of the world: ſo the Scripture oft reſolves it: Shall not the Judge …

    Daniel Cawdry · Three Sermons · p. 8 · Open in the reader

The Appeal of Injured Innocence A40651

  • Printed
    … Number, let therefore the Animadvertor be put in also, partly to make up a CompleateComplete company; partly that he may have the Benefit of his owne JEAR-PRAYERS to …
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    … Number, let therefore the Animadvertor be put in also, partly to make up a CompleateComplete company; partly that he may have the Benefit of his owne JEAR-PRAYERS to …

    Thomas Fuller · The Appeal of Injured Innocence · p. 58 · Open in the reader

Treatise of Divinity A47629

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    3. CompleateComplete, by which an Angel is distinguished from the reasonable soule of man, which also …
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    3. CompleateComplete, by which an Angel is distinguished from the reasonable soule of man, which also …

    Edward Leigh · Treatise of Divinity · p. 89 · Open in the reader

The Doctrine of the Saints Perseverance A53688

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    … the Question explained: of Holinesse in its severall acceptations. Created holinesse, Originall or Adventitious. CompleateComplete or Inchoate. Typicall by dedications, Reall by purification. 16. Holinesse Evangelicall, either so indeed, or …
    With rule
    … the Question explained: of Holinesse in its severall acceptations. Created holinesse, Originall or Adventitious. CompleateComplete or Inchoate. Typicall by dedications, Reall by purification. 16. Holinesse Evangelicall, either so indeed, or …

    John Owen · The Doctrine of the Saints Perseverance · p. 1 · Open in the reader

The Antipathy of the English Lordly Prelacy A56127

  • Printed
    A COMPLEATECOMPLETE TABLE OF THE SEVERALL CHAPTERS of this Second Part of the Antipathy, which may …
    With rule
    A COMPLEATECOMPLETE TABLE OF THE SEVERALL CHAPTERS of this Second Part of the Antipathy, which may …

    William Prynne · The Antipathy of the English Lordly Prelacy · Open in the reader

Instructions About Right Believing A75538

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    … the Worke of Bread of Life, who was now by former things, made fully, CompleateComplete Bread of Life: Yet this alſo was done as a Concurrence to His being …
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    … the Worke of Bread of Life, who was now by former things, made fully, CompleateComplete Bread of Life: Yet this alſo was done as a Concurrence to His being …

    Henry Archer · Instructions About Right Believing · p. 5 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    He ſhall be ſent away with a CompleateComplete Satisfaction, as the hungry Man when he is filled with Meate, or the thirſty …
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    He ſhall be ſent away with a CompleateComplete Satisfaction, as the hungry Man when he is filled with Meate, or the thirſty …

    Henry Archer · Instructions About Right Believing · p. 52 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … good, that is every Part was perfect, lacking nothing, and the Whole was very CompleateComplete & Full; He that filled the whole World that it lacked nothing, Cannot he fill …
    With rule
    … good, that is every Part was perfect, lacking nothing, and the Whole was very CompleateComplete & Full; He that filled the whole World that it lacked nothing, Cannot he fill …

    Henry Archer · Instructions About Right Believing · p. 55 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Faith; whoever Beleeves in Chriſt, hath all things actually in him: Coll. 2. 10. They are CompleateComplete in him, There is in Chriſt a Fullnes of Grace & Glory, and All that …
    With rule
    … Faith; whoever Beleeves in Chriſt, hath all things actually in him: Coll. 2. 10. They are CompleateComplete in him, There is in Chriſt a Fullnes of Grace & Glory, and All that …

    Henry Archer · Instructions About Right Believing · p. 62 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … the Goſpel; In Ieſus Chriſt, I may have to ſupply all my wants, a CompleateComplete Satisfaction: Why ſhould not I renounce my Selfe; Forſake my Sinne; and Goe to …
    With rule
    … the Goſpel; In Ieſus Chriſt, I may have to ſupply all my wants, a CompleateComplete Satisfaction: Why ſhould not I renounce my Selfe; Forſake my Sinne; and Goe to …

    Henry Archer · Instructions About Right Believing · p. 73 · Open in the reader

The Bloody Tenant Washed and Made White in the Blood of the Lamb A80608

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    … diſpoſed might find fault with the Comforts of God for not being full and CompleateComplete: with the Affirmative Comforts, becauſe they doe not expreſſe the Negative; and with the …
    With rule
    … diſpoſed might find fault with the Comforts of God for not being full and CompleateComplete: with the Affirmative Comforts, becauſe they doe not expreſſe the Negative; and with the …

    John Cotton · The Bloody Tenant Washed and Made White in the Blood of the Lamb · p. 4 · Open in the reader

Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature A91224

  • Printed
    CompleateComplete in All their parts, though All not view'd
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    CompleateComplete in All their parts, though All not view'd

    William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 166 · Open in the reader