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accessaryaccessory

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

Puritas changed it
733 times in 456 works
Consistency
93.0% (733 of 788)
Reach if approved
~828 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: accessary
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
788 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (733 changes in 456 works, 93.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 733)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … upon Magistrates to use their power for the good of the Church, be not accessaryaccessory to the absurd husbandry of them that plucke up good corne and let thistles …
    With rule
    … upon Magistrates to use their power for the good of the Church, be not accessaryaccessory to the absurd husbandry of them that plucke up good corne and let thistles …

    Thomas Taylor · Christs Victory Over the Dragon · p. 290 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … leaſt care; Learning will be but a burden, at the beſt but a needleſſe acceſſaryaccessory; ſo it is accounted, and ſo it falls out commonly, that the eldeſt childe …
    With rule
    … leaſt care; Learning will be but a burden, at the beſt but a needleſſe acceſſaryaccessory; ſo it is accounted, and ſo it falls out commonly, that the eldeſt childe …

    Hezekiah Woodward · A Childs Patrimony · p. 155 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … this may be conſidered in matters that are of the foundation of ſaluation, or acceſſaryaccessory, and not of the foundation.
    With rule
    … this may be conſidered in matters that are of the foundation of ſaluation, or acceſſaryaccessory, and not of the foundation.

    George Estey · Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … blaſpheme God, the Author of the Goſpell, for their vnworthy walking therin, make themſelues acceſſaryaccessory to this great and grieuous ſinne of blaſphemie: and accordingly ſhall bee iudged with …
    With rule
    … blaſpheme God, the Author of the Goſpell, for their vnworthy walking therin, make themſelues acceſſaryaccessory to this great and grieuous ſinne of blaſphemie: and accordingly ſhall bee iudged with …

    William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 582 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … cannot in it selfe bee sinne, which sinne is not nature, but thereof an accessaryaccessory deprivation.
    With rule
    … cannot in it selfe bee sinne, which sinne is not nature, but thereof an accessaryaccessory deprivation.

    Richard Hooker · A Remedy Against Sorrow and Fear · p. 10 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … the faut, saying: that among other greuous offences yt he dad done he was accessaryaccessory to this robbery, and sayth he, I had my part of it, I cry …
    With rule
    … the faut, saying: that among other greuous offences yt he dad done he was accessaryaccessory to this robbery, and sayth he, I had my part of it, I cry …

    Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · p. 54 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … not rob or pilfer themſelues, but a great number make no bones to be acceſſaryaccessory vnto euill doers, and are glad when they may haue any ſhare in a …
    With rule
    … not rob or pilfer themſelues, but a great number make no bones to be acceſſaryaccessory vnto euill doers, and are glad when they may haue any ſhare in a …

    Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 275 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … of the multiplying his seed, as the starres of Heaven, they were all but accessaryaccessory, this is the grand promise, in thy seed, in Christ, shall all the Nations …
    With rule
    … of the multiplying his seed, as the starres of Heaven, they were all but accessaryaccessory, this is the grand promise, in thy seed, in Christ, shall all the Nations …

    Richard Sibbes · Evangelical Sacrifices · p. 250 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (55)

21 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 34 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Plea to an Appeal A17306

  • Printed
    But in Law, if there be any default, the AccessaryAccessory is no lesse guiltie then the Principall, the Receauer then the Thiefe.
    With rule
    But in Law, if there be any default, the AccessaryAccessory is no lesse guiltie then the Principall, the Receauer then the Thiefe.

    Henry Burton · A Plea to an Appeal · p. 4 · Open in the reader

The Duties Commanded and Sins Forbidden in the Law of God A20720

  • Printed
    AccessaryAccessory, and that diuers waies, whereof some are
    With rule
    AccessaryAccessory, and that diuers waies, whereof some are

    George Downame · The Duties Commanded and Sins Forbidden in the Law of God · Open in the reader

Fifty Sermons A36296

  • Printed
    … And then, Catera adjicientur, says Christ, All other cares are allowable by way of AccessaryAccessory, but not as principall. And therefore, though this History of Iob, may seeme to …
    With rule
    … And then, Catera adjicientur, says Christ, All other cares are allowable by way of AccessaryAccessory, but not as principall. And therefore, though this History of Iob, may seeme to …

    John Donne · Fifty Sermons · p. 263 · Open in the reader

Choice and Practical Expositions on Four Select Psalms A44563

  • Printed
    … of the Ammonites, he had kill'd him himself. There's Murther as well in the AccessaryAccessory, as in the Principal, though this of David's was more than so, who was …
    With rule
    … of the Ammonites, he had kill'd him himself. There's Murther as well in the AccessaryAccessory, as in the Principal, though this of David's was more than so, who was …

    Thomas Horton · Choice and Practical Expositions on Four Select Psalms · p. 421 · Open in the reader

One Hundred Select Sermons A44565

  • Printed
    … Metaphor to be obſerved and taken notice of by us, the Principal, and the AcceſſaryAccessory; the Principal, that is water, the acceſſaryaccessory, that is the water of life; and …
    With rule
    … Metaphor to be obſerved and taken notice of by us, the Principal, and the AcceſſaryAccessory; the Principal, that is water, the acceſſaryaccessory, that is the water of life; and …

    Thomas Horton · One Hundred Select Sermons · p. 456 · Open in the reader

A Philological Commentary A50063

  • Printed
    … Interpreter; I shall intreat the Iudicious, to compare what I have of the word AccessaryAccessory, Actions, Appeal, in the letter A. with what is in them, and so likewise …
    With rule
    … Interpreter; I shall intreat the Iudicious, to compare what I have of the word AccessaryAccessory, Actions, Appeal, in the letter A. with what is in them, and so likewise …

    Edward Leigh · A Philological Commentary · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … was principall. Some have holden, that neither f…r …elony nor m…im, the AccessaryAccessory shall be ar…aigned, till the attainder of the principals.
    With rule
    … was principall. Some have holden, that neither f…r …elony nor m…im, the AccessaryAccessory shall be ar…aigned, till the attainder of the principals.

    Edward Leigh · A Philological Commentary · p. 2 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    AccessaryAccessory, before and after the fact, who p. 2. 3. cases about Accessaries ib.
    With rule
    AccessaryAccessory, before and after the fact, who p. 2. 3. cases about Accessaries ib.

    Edward Leigh · A Philological Commentary · Open in the reader

Sermons Volume 4 A51840

  • Printed
    … the principal thing, therefore get Wisdom, and with all thy getting get understanding: The AccessaryAccessory things must give way to the Principal, the Arbitrary things to the Necessary. Food …
    With rule
    … the principal thing, therefore get Wisdom, and with all thy getting get understanding: The AccessaryAccessory things must give way to the Principal, the Arbitrary things to the Necessary. Food …

    Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 4 · p. 454 · Open in the reader

Loyalty and Peace A57599

  • Printed
    … will and intentions, and beyond all that they could ever imagine, in ſome ſort AcceſſaryAccessory to, and remotely concern'd in it, and at a great diſtance guilty of the …
    With rule
    … will and intentions, and beyond all that they could ever imagine, in ſome ſort AcceſſaryAccessory to, and remotely concern'd in it, and at a great diſtance guilty of the …

    Samuel Rolle · Loyalty and Peace · p. 189 · Open in the reader

Saul and David Compared A61680

  • Printed
    … laſt. Rather than he will bear the leaſt Appearance of Diſgrace, he will be AcceſſaryAccessory to his own deſtruction. He Glorieth in his Shame, and counteth that Bravery, which …
    With rule
    … laſt. Rather than he will bear the leaſt Appearance of Diſgrace, he will be AcceſſaryAccessory to his own deſtruction. He Glorieth in his Shame, and counteth that Bravery, which …

    Benjamin Stonham · Saul and David Compared · p. 23 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Samuel, 1 Sam. 28. 14; by whom his unavoidable deſtruction was foretold, v. 17, 18, 19; and whereunto himſelf was AcceſſaryAccessory, 1 Sam. 31. 4: Now this is an evident Sign of God's Wrath, when a Soul dies …
    With rule
    … Samuel, 1 Sam. 28. 14; by whom his unavoidable deſtruction was foretold, v. 17, 18, 19; and whereunto himſelf was AcceſſaryAccessory, 1 Sam. 31. 4: Now this is an evident Sign of God's Wrath, when a Soul dies …

    Benjamin Stonham · Saul and David Compared · p. 97 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … in that common Calamity, would have Killed him, v. 42, though he was no way AcceſſaryAccessory to that Danger, but gave Advice to have Prevented it, v. 10. 21. A man after …
    With rule
    … in that common Calamity, would have Killed him, v. 42, though he was no way AcceſſaryAccessory to that Danger, but gave Advice to have Prevented it, v. 10. 21. A man after …

    Benjamin Stonham · Saul and David Compared · p. 335 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Soul be overwhelmed with a Weakly Body. Onely let us take heed of being AcceſſaryAccessory to ſuch Infirmities by our Fooliſhneſs, (as David doth confeſs he was, Pſa. 38. 5.) ſinfully …
    With rule
    … Soul be overwhelmed with a Weakly Body. Onely let us take heed of being AcceſſaryAccessory to ſuch Infirmities by our Fooliſhneſs, (as David doth confeſs he was, Pſa. 38. 5.) ſinfully …

    Benjamin Stonham · Saul and David Compared · p. 351 · Open in the reader

Thirty-Six Sermons A62128

  • Printed
    … to a false Report when he may refuse or hinder it, by being an AccessaryAccessory maketh himself a Party; and becometh guilty of the same sins, the same wrongs …
    With rule
    … to a false Report when he may refuse or hinder it, by being an AccessaryAccessory maketh himself a Party; and becometh guilty of the same sins, the same wrongs …

    Robert Sanderson · Thirty-Six Sermons · p. 126 · Open in the reader

A Body of Practical Divinity A65285

  • Printed
    … of stollen Goods. The Receiver, if he be not the Principal, yet he is AccessaryAccessory to the Theft, and the Law makes him guilty. The Thief steals the Mony …
    With rule
    … of stollen Goods. The Receiver, if he be not the Principal, yet he is AccessaryAccessory to the Theft, and the Law makes him guilty. The Thief steals the Mony …

    Thomas Watson · A Body of Practical Divinity · p. 377 · Open in the reader

Jurisdictions A87798

  • Printed
    … but is not preſent when the other doth that, this Procurer or Commander is AcceſſaryAccessory: AcceſſaryAccessory after the Felony, is, where one receives a Felon and knowing of the …
    With rule
    … but is not preſent when the other doth that, this Procurer or Commander is AcceſſaryAccessory: AcceſſaryAccessory after the Felony, is, where one receives a Felon and knowing of the …

    John Kitchin · Jurisdictions · p. 18 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … is not preſent when the other doth that, this Procurer or Commander is AcceſſaryAccessory: AcceſſaryAccessory after the Felony, is, where one receives a Felon and knowing of the Felony …
    With rule
    … is not preſent when the other doth that, this Procurer or Commander is AcceſſaryAccessory: AcceſſaryAccessory after the Felony, is, where one receives a Felon and knowing of the Felony …

    John Kitchin · Jurisdictions · p. 18 · Open in the reader

New Discovery of Old Pontifical Practices A95750

  • Printed
    … his Liberty, or at leaſt to cleare his own conſcience from being any way AcceſſaryAccessory to his death. While theſe affaires were in agitation, JAMES King of Scotland wrote …
    With rule
    … his Liberty, or at leaſt to cleare his own conſcience from being any way AcceſſaryAccessory to his death. While theſe affaires were in agitation, JAMES King of Scotland wrote …

    John Udall · New Discovery of Old Pontifical Practices · Open in the reader

The Wonderful Mystery of Spiritual Growth B12200

  • Printed
    … that we may benefit thereby, and ſo commend the iſſue and ſucceſſe vnto God. AcceſſaryAccessory hereunto are,
    With rule
    … that we may benefit thereby, and ſo commend the iſſue and ſucceſſe vnto God. AcceſſaryAccessory hereunto are,

    Thomas Cooper · The Wonderful Mystery of Spiritual Growth · p. 52 · Open in the reader

The Power of Godliness B17454

  • Printed
    … reason do award that the Principall must be punished, at least equall with the AccessaryAccessory, then must not evill thoughts escape the censure, seeing they are ring-leaders, and …
    With rule
    … reason do award that the Principall must be punished, at least equall with the AccessaryAccessory, then must not evill thoughts escape the censure, seeing they are ring-leaders, and …

    John Ball · The Power of Godliness · p. 120 · Open in the reader