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affirmeaffirm

A final e dropped: selfe → self, beene → been, hee → he.

Puritas changed it
11,269 times in 1,619 works
Consistency
99.7% (11,269 of 11,296)
Reach if approved
~11,869 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: affirm
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
11,296 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (11,269 changes in 1,619 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 11,269)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … God. But Tho. Aquin. contra gent. lib. 4. cap. 38. cites Damaſcen to this purpoſe; We affirmeaffirm, that there is a perfect union of the two natures, not according to the …
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    … God. But Tho. Aquin. contra gent. lib. 4. cap. 38. cites Damaſcen to this purpoſe; We affirmeaffirm, that there is a perfect union of the two natures, not according to the …

    Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 174 · Open in the reader

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    … in one or two men: yea Alensis, and diuers among you, remembred by Tostatus, affirmeaffirm, that from the time of Christs suffering, vntil his resurrection, sides in sol… remansit …
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    … in one or two men: yea Alensis, and diuers among you, remembred by Tostatus, affirmeaffirm, that from the time of Christs suffering, vntil his resurrection, sides in sol… remansit …

    Daniel Featley · The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net · p. 69 · Open in the reader

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    … with his children: see Mar. 4. 11. 12.) How lewdly doth he thinke of God, who should affirmeaffirm, that he giues to his children a word, cals it light, commaunds them so …
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    … with his children: see Mar. 4. 11. 12.) How lewdly doth he thinke of God, who should affirmeaffirm, that he giues to his children a word, cals it light, commaunds them so …

    Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · p. 91 · Open in the reader

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    … perception, even of the Seers. Yea, which you will yet, perhaps, more admire, I affirmeaffirm, That they were not onlie visible, and seene, but perceived, al-so; though not …
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    … perception, even of the Seers. Yea, which you will yet, perhaps, more admire, I affirmeaffirm, That they were not onlie visible, and seene, but perceived, al-so; though not …

    Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 81 · Open in the reader

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    … of sins. Neither doe the fathers of the Primitiue church, w…ō he quoteth, affirmeaffirm the cōtrary. He beginneth wt Dionisius the counterfeite Areopagi…e, Hier. 3. Where beside y …
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    … of sins. Neither doe the fathers of the Primitiue church, w…ō he quoteth, affirmeaffirm the cōtrary. He beginneth wt Dionisius the counterfeite Areopagi…e, Hier. 3. Where beside y …

    William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · p. 40 · Open in the reader

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    … Tertulliane, and the rest of the Doctors dyd so account of Rome as you affirmeaffirm of them, they were much to blame to defame her wyth such odious names …
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    … Tertulliane, and the rest of the Doctors dyd so account of Rome as you affirmeaffirm of them, they were much to blame to defame her wyth such odious names …

    William Fulke · Sermon Preached 12 November 1570 · Open in the reader

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    1. That I barely affirmeaffirm that the Iewes before Christ did sacramentally receiue Christ as well as we, but …
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    1. That I barely affirmeaffirm that the Iewes before Christ did sacramentally receiue Christ as well as we, but …

    Thomas Gataker · Discussion of the Popish Doctrine of Transubstantiation · p. 128 · Open in the reader

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    … thing cannot be blamed iuſtly to be the cauſe of euill. We doe not affirmeaffirm that the knowledge and ſkill of all that is vnder the Sunne, is in …
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    … thing cannot be blamed iuſtly to be the cauſe of euill. We doe not affirmeaffirm that the knowledge and ſkill of all that is vnder the Sunne, is in …

    George Gifford · Eight Sermons on Ecclesiastes · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (27)

22 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright A01115

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    … Timmes) in king Edwards daies you did affirmeaffirm the trueth as I doe now. AffirmeAffirm (quoth Tirrel,) Nay by Gods bodie, I neuer thought it with my heart. Wel …
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    … Timmes) in king Edwards daies you did affirmeaffirm the trueth as I doe now. AffirmeAffirm (quoth Tirrel,) Nay by Gods bodie, I neuer thought it with my heart. Wel …

    John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 104 · Open in the reader

Answer to Giffords Defense of Read Prayers A02198

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    … I will exclude the Paraphrases vpon the Scriptures and the Psalmes in metre etc. AffirmeAffirm you them to be Apocrypha as you do / and can do no other / and …
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    … I will exclude the Paraphrases vpon the Scriptures and the Psalmes in metre etc. AffirmeAffirm you them to be Apocrypha as you do / and can do no other / and …

    John Greenwood · Answer to Giffords Defense of Read Prayers · p. 14 · Open in the reader

More Work for Priests A02199

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    … I will exclude the Paraphrases upon the Scriptures and the Psalmes in Metre etc. AffirmeAffirm you them to be Apocrypha as you doe, and can do no other, & I …
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    … I will exclude the Paraphrases upon the Scriptures and the Psalmes in Metre etc. AffirmeAffirm you them to be Apocrypha as you doe, and can do no other, & I …

    John Greenwood · More Work for Priests · p. 30 · Open in the reader

Two Sermons at Pauls Cross A11458

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    … or Goodnesse, in any kinde or in any measure, in any of the Creatures? AffirmeAffirm the same, but without measure of God: and learne that he is infinitely wiser …
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    … or Goodnesse, in any kinde or in any measure, in any of the Creatures? AffirmeAffirm the same, but without measure of God: and learne that he is infinitely wiser …

    Robert Sanderson · Two Sermons at Pauls Cross · p. 8 · Open in the reader

Christs Victory Over the Dragon A13533

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    1. AffirmeAffirm the Catholike Church to be a visible company of men under one visible head …
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    1. AffirmeAffirm the Catholike Church to be a visible company of men under one visible head …

    Thomas Taylor · Christs Victory Over the Dragon · p. 296 · Open in the reader

Britains Remembrancer A15627

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    AffirmeAffirm they saw, what they but misconceived;
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    AffirmeAffirm they saw, what they but misconceived;

    George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader

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    AffirmeAffirm this Realme is beggerly: and say
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    AffirmeAffirm this Realme is beggerly: and say

    George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · p. 238 · Open in the reader

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    AffirmeAffirm that ev'ry sev'rall mystery
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    AffirmeAffirm that ev'ry sev'rall mystery

    George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader

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    AffirmeAffirm to be a Law Monarchiall
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    AffirmeAffirm to be a Law Monarchiall

    George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · p. 266 · Open in the reader

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

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    AffirmeAffirm that euill of our selues, which is false, to
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    AffirmeAffirm that euill of our selues, which is false, to

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

The Gentile Sinner A39252

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    … he, that were there no more but himselfe I should take the boldnesse to AffirmeAffirm there were no such Creature as a Man in the world.
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    … he, that were there no more but himselfe I should take the boldnesse to AffirmeAffirm there were no such Creature as a Man in the world.

    Clement Ellis · The Gentile Sinner · p. 21 · Open in the reader

Annotations Upon the New Testament A50050

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    Vers. 37. But let your communication be yea, yea, nay, nay,] AffirmeAffirm a truth, and deny a falsehood simply and barely, without making the name of …
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    Vers. 37. But let your communication be yea, yea, nay, nay,] AffirmeAffirm a truth, and deny a falsehood simply and barely, without making the name of …

    Edward Leigh · Annotations Upon the New Testament · p. 14 · Open in the reader

The Doctrine of the Saints Perseverance A53688

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    … things Imaginable, this is the greatest Abomination, which if the Scriptures did any where AffirmeAffirm, it were sufficient to make a rationall considering man, to Question their Authority.
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    … things Imaginable, this is the greatest Abomination, which if the Scriptures did any where AffirmeAffirm, it were sufficient to make a rationall considering man, to Question their Authority.

    John Owen · The Doctrine of the Saints Perseverance · p. 22 · Open in the reader

The Nullity of the Romish Faith A55387

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    … were bound to believe & obey him, or not, to worship an Idol, or not? AffirmeAffirm it none will, but one of a Jesuiticall h.e.a feared conscience nor …
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    … were bound to believe & obey him, or not, to worship an Idol, or not? AffirmeAffirm it none will, but one of a Jesuiticall h.e.a feared conscience nor …

    Matthew Poole · The Nullity of the Romish Faith · p. 27 · Open in the reader

George Fox Digged Out of His Burrows A66448

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    … Christ, and that [135] the Church of Rome is not the great Whore: The Papists AffirmeAffirm that Anti-Christ is not yet come, and that he shall come just in …
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    … Christ, and that [135] the Church of Rome is not the great Whore: The Papists AffirmeAffirm that Anti-Christ is not yet come, and that he shall come just in …

    Roger Williams · George Fox Digged Out of His Burrows · p. 205 · Open in the reader

A Prophecy Written for the Year 1641 A66774

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    AffirmeAffirm that ev'ry ſev'rall myſtery
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    AffirmeAffirm that ev'ry ſev'rall myſtery

    George Wither · A Prophecy Written for the Year 1641 · p. 15 · Open in the reader

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    AffirmeAffirm to be a Law Monarchicall
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    AffirmeAffirm to be a Law Monarchicall

    George Wither · A Prophecy Written for the Year 1641 · p. 46 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

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    AffirmeAffirm, quoth Tyrrell? nay by Gods body, I neuer thought it with my hart.
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    AffirmeAffirm, quoth Tyrrell? nay by Gods body, I neuer thought it with my hart.

    John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1896 · Open in the reader

Answer to a Popish Pamphlet Called the Touchstone of the Reformed Gospel A70152

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    … the contrarie, Alexander Ales) p. 4. 11. memb. art. 2. (as alſo Bonaventure) in 4. ſent. d. 12. art. 3.) AffirmeAffirm that the eating of Chriſts bodie is mysticall, and not orall or corporall and …
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    … the contrarie, Alexander Ales) p. 4. 11. memb. art. 2. (as alſo Bonaventure) in 4. ſent. d. 12. art. 3.) AffirmeAffirm that the eating of Chriſts bodie is mysticall, and not orall or corporall and …

    William Guild · Answer to a Popish Pamphlet Called the Touchstone of the Reformed Gospel · p. 121 · Open in the reader

The Morning Exercise Methodized A81247

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    3. The thankful life in a fruitful courſe of holineſſe and good works, ver. 8. — AffirmeAffirm conſtantly that they which believe in God may be careful to maintain good works.
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    3. The thankful life in a fruitful courſe of holineſſe and good works, ver. 8. — AffirmeAffirm conſtantly that they which believe in God may be careful to maintain good works.

    Thomas Case · The Morning Exercise Methodized · p. 11 · Open in the reader

Vindication of Baptizing Believers Infants A86506

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    … he is an Engliſhman, Sco…, Dutchman, &c. In this ſpeech JOPPOSE NOT THEM WHICH AFFIRMEAFFIRM, THE OUTWARD GOVERNMENT OF THE CHURCH SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO NATIONALL SYNODS. Secondly, Exod …
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    … he is an Engliſhman, Sco…, Dutchman, &c. In this ſpeech JOPPOSE NOT THEM WHICH AFFIRMEAFFIRM, THE OUTWARD GOVERNMENT OF THE CHURCH SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO NATIONALL SYNODS. Secondly, Exod …

    Nathanael Homes · Vindication of Baptizing Believers Infants · p. 77 · Open in the reader

The Liar Confounded A91211

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    … Parliament againſt Lay-Preachers, did among other their lavaſh ſpeeches, MOST FALSLY AND SEDITIOUSLY AFFIRMEAFFIRM; That the Generall and all the Colonels in the Army were deeply engaged in …
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    … Parliament againſt Lay-Preachers, did among other their lavaſh ſpeeches, MOST FALSLY AND SEDITIOUSLY AFFIRMEAFFIRM; That the Generall and all the Colonels in the Army were deeply engaged in …

    William Prynne · The Liar Confounded · p. 32 · Open in the reader