Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #13138 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

confestconfessed

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

Puritas changed it: 1,361 times in 599 works
Consistency: 98.6% (1,361 of 1,379)
Reach if approved: ~1,449 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: confessed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,379 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,361 changes in 599 works, 98.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,361)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
It is confeſtconfessed by Salomon, that the heauens, and the heauen of heauens cannot containe him, 1. King …
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It is confeſtconfessed by Salomon, that the heauens, and the heauen of heauens cannot containe him, 1. King …
Samuel Gibson · Sermon of Ecclesiastical Benediction · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſay ſo, yet marke what I ſay, many in the anguiſh of conſcience have confeſtconfessed ſo much. As he is loath to inquire himſelfe, to know thoſe truths; ſo …
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… ſay ſo, yet marke what I ſay, many in the anguiſh of conſcience have confeſtconfessed ſo much. As he is loath to inquire himſelfe, to know thoſe truths; ſo …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Implantation into the Natural Olive · p. 251 · Open in the reader
Printed
… time of heatheniſh perſecution, for feare of death, offredincenſe to divels; as he after confeſtconfessed with griefe: as many Papiſts in their writings make mention.
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… time of heatheniſh perſecution, for feare of death, offredincenſe to divels; as he after confeſtconfessed with griefe: as many Papiſts in their writings make mention.
William Price · The Souls Porter to Cast Out Sin · p. 143 · Open in the reader
Printed
… or alter ſuch rites and ceremonies, as to continue them, as that plainely is confeſtconfessed they haue, both in our Common Booke it ſelfe, and in the booke of …
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… or alter ſuch rites and ceremonies, as to continue them, as that plainely is confeſtconfessed they haue, both in our Common Booke it ſelfe, and in the booke of …
Thomas Sparke · Brotherly Persuasion to Unity and Uniformity · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſome one that ſide▪ which he calleth the moſt moderate amongst them. p. 90. and confeſtconfessed by thoſe of ours. p. 87.
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… ſome one that ſide▪ which he calleth the moſt moderate amongst them. p. 90. and confeſtconfessed by thoſe of ours. p. 87.
Anthony Wotton · A Dangerous Plot Discovered · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… raiſed the warre; that of all theſe as included the foreign ſhould be meant, 'tis confeſtconfessed: for as our tithepayer jure belli had a right to theſe, in that they …
With rule
… raiſed the warre; that of all theſe as included the foreign ſhould be meant, 'tis confeſtconfessed: for as our tithepayer jure belli had a right to theſe, in that they …
John Carter · Of Tithes · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… just when dying, did deny on his Salvation things concerning Garnet, which he had confestconfessed before, and Garnet did himself confess too after, yea and several others of their …
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… just when dying, did deny on his Salvation things concerning Garnet, which he had confestconfessed before, and Garnet did himself confess too after, yea and several others of their …
Richard Allestree · Forty Sermons · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is this all, he is at peace with God, he hath humbled himſelf, and confeſtconfessed his fault, and cryed for mercy, and caſt himſelf upon Chriſt, and vowed amendment …
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… is this all, he is at peace with God, he hath humbled himſelf, and confeſtconfessed his fault, and cryed for mercy, and caſt himſelf upon Chriſt, and vowed amendment …
Isaac Ambrose · The First Things · p. 45 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (18)

10 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Immortality of Mans Soul A26976

Printed
§ 1. I ConfeſtConfessed my Ignorance of the Cauſe of the deſcenſus gravium; whether it be from a …
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§ 1. I ConfeſtConfessed my Ignorance of the Cauſe of the deſcenſus gravium; whether it be from a …
Richard Baxter · The Immortality of Mans Soul · p. 36 · Open in the reader

The Marrow of Gospel History A33990

Printed
ConfeſtConfessed he was that Spirit,
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ConfeſtConfessed he was that Spirit,
Hercules Collins · The Marrow of Gospel History · p. 29 · Open in the reader

Second Reply to Baxter A36626

Printed
… of their Churches under Antoninus Verus, anno 179. made out also by Morland, Scultetus, Beza; ConfestConfessed by the Papists themselves, Rainerius, Belvedre, and Riberia, as Treat. p. 333. 340. 341. to 345.
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… of their Churches under Antoninus Verus, anno 179. made out also by Morland, Scultetus, Beza; ConfestConfessed by the Papists themselves, Rainerius, Belvedre, and Riberia, as Treat. p. 333. 340. 341. to 345.
Henry Danvers · Second Reply to Baxter · p. 64 · Open in the reader

The Sifters Sieve Broken A42657

Printed
Neither have I, as you ſay, parag. 4. ConfeſtConfessed that what the King hath done, is right. Right it is indeed upon his …
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Neither have I, as you ſay, parag. 4. ConfeſtConfessed that what the King hath done, is right. Right it is indeed upon his …
John Geree · The Sifters Sieve Broken · p. 109 · Open in the reader

One Hundred Select Sermons A44565

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… of a Cracious Perſon, not onely to take heed of ſuch Sins as are ConfeſtConfessed, and Notorious, but alſo as well of the ſhaddows and Reſemblances of it. Abſtain …
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… of a Cracious Perſon, not onely to take heed of ſuch Sins as are ConfeſtConfessed, and Notorious, but alſo as well of the ſhaddows and Reſemblances of it. Abſtain …
Thomas Horton · One Hundred Select Sermons · p. 82 · Open in the reader

A Just Defense of Hearing the Sermons A62876

Printed
5. Scepsis Scientifica, or ConfestConfessed Ignorance the way to Science, by Joseph Glanvil, Fellow of the Royal Society.
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5. Scepsis Scientifica, or ConfestConfessed Ignorance the way to Science, by Joseph Glanvil, Fellow of the Royal Society.
John Tombes · A Just Defense of Hearing the Sermons · Open in the reader

George Fox Digged Out of His Burrows A66448

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… of Mahumetans did: and as one of the Popes in Merriment to his Cardinals ConfestConfessed it, saying, Quantum Lucri fecimus ex hac Fabula Christi? What gain have we made …
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… of Mahumetans did: and as one of the Popes in Merriment to his Cardinals ConfestConfessed it, saying, Quantum Lucri fecimus ex hac Fabula Christi? What gain have we made …
Roger Williams · George Fox Digged Out of His Burrows · p. 163 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to the World his mad Quaking Revelations, Inspirations, writing of Languages, many which he ConfestConfessed, he understood not, but Mysteries, Mysteries.
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… to the World his mad Quaking Revelations, Inspirations, writing of Languages, many which he ConfestConfessed, he understood not, but Mysteries, Mysteries.
Roger Williams · George Fox Digged Out of His Burrows · p. 389 · Open in the reader

Sigh for the Pitchers Breathed Out A66777

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ConfeſtConfessed in Publike, I with thoſe confeſtconfessed
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ConfeſtConfessed in Publike, I with thoſe confeſtconfessed
George Wither · Sigh for the Pitchers Breathed Out · p. 12 · Open in the reader

John Lilb Tried and Cast A86094

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… much as two, yea as tenn Witneſſes: And this was Mr. Lilb. Caſe: TREASON CONFESTCONFESSED: Thine owne mouth (ſaith Eliphaz to Job) condemneth thee, and not I: yea thine …
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… much as two, yea as tenn Witneſſes: And this was Mr. Lilb. Caſe: TREASON CONFESTCONFESSED: Thine owne mouth (ſaith Eliphaz to Job) condemneth thee, and not I: yea thine …
Arthur Hesilrige · John Lilb Tried and Cast · p. 70 · Open in the reader