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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1400 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

followefollow

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

Puritas changed it
4,410 times in 553 works
Consistency
99.6% (4,410 of 4,427)
Reach if approved
~4,652 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: follow
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
4,427 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (4,410 changes in 553 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 4,410)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … the office of euery Apostle is aboue the office of euery Bishop, it will followefollow, that euery Apostle as Apostle, is aboue Peter as Bishop of Rome, which were …
    With rule
    … the office of euery Apostle is aboue the office of euery Bishop, it will followefollow, that euery Apostle as Apostle, is aboue Peter as Bishop of Rome, which were …

    William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 218 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … you say he did the butchers sonne, and they seéke to him, and will followefollow his presciptions, as to draw blood of the witch, he goeth out willingly, I …
    With rule
    … you say he did the butchers sonne, and they seéke to him, and will followefollow his presciptions, as to draw blood of the witch, he goeth out willingly, I …

    George Gifford · Dialogue Concerning Witches and Witchcrafts · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … the fleſh of Chriſt, and yet do die in their ſinnes: what will then followefollow? if this reaſon do ſtand in force; Your fathers did eat Manna in the …
    With rule
    … the fleſh of Chriſt, and yet do die in their ſinnes: what will then followefollow? if this reaſon do ſtand in force; Your fathers did eat Manna in the …

    George Gifford · Two Sermons on 1 Peter 5:8-9 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … or for invocatiō / which you shall neuer be able to do / it doth not followefollow that mēs writinges shoud be brought into the assemblies and read for praier. The …
    With rule
    … or for invocatiō / which you shall neuer be able to do / it doth not followefollow that mēs writinges shoud be brought into the assemblies and read for praier. The …

    John Greenwood · Answer to Giffords Defense of Read Prayers · p. 17 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … festly opened her wickednesse vnto all the worlde / wherupon her vtter destruccyon must shortlye followefollow. Watche good Christen reader / ād praye ernestlye.
    With rule
    … festly opened her wickednesse vnto all the worlde / wherupon her vtter destruccyon must shortlye followefollow. Watche good Christen reader / ād praye ernestlye.

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation 2 · p. 129 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … now come by Gods good prouidence to tel thee, that thou maiſt purſue and followefollow after them with all the power and ſpeed that may be.
    With rule
    … now come by Gods good prouidence to tel thee, that thou maiſt purſue and followefollow after them with all the power and ſpeed that may be.

    Henry Holland · The Christian Exercise of Fasting · p. 176 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    HEtherto of the partes of righteouſneſſe: The ſeuerall kindes followefollow.
    With rule
    HEtherto of the partes of righteouſneſſe: The ſeuerall kindes followefollow.

    Henry Finch · The Sacred Doctrine of Divinity · p. 30 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … will to guide our ſelues to Godward and to attayne euerlaſting life: it would followefollow of neceſſitie that firſt of all wee ſhould haue faith, righteouſnes, and holines. But …
    With rule
    … will to guide our ſelues to Godward and to attayne euerlaſting life: it would followefollow of neceſſitie that firſt of all wee ſhould haue faith, righteouſnes, and holines. But …

    John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 260 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (17)

16 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

An Invective Against Swearing A06866

  • Printed
    … looke what the custome but the trueth of Gods worde wylleth vs to do. FolloweFollow not the cōmō sorte of people, saythe the scripture, for to do euell. Agen …
    With rule
    … looke what the custome but the trueth of Gods worde wylleth vs to do. FolloweFollow not the cōmō sorte of people, saythe the scripture, for to do euell. Agen …

    Thomas Becon · An Invective Against Swearing · p. lx · Open in the reader

A Pleasant New Nosegay A07010

  • Printed
    … innocēcy & purite of lyfe, I se not what al fayth, fear or loue profyt. FolloweFollow your LORDE God, sayth Moses, feare hym & kepe hys cōmaūdementes, & heare his voyce, ye …
    With rule
    … innocēcy & purite of lyfe, I se not what al fayth, fear or loue profyt. FolloweFollow your LORDE God, sayth Moses, feare hym & kepe hys cōmaūdementes, & heare his voyce, ye …

    Thomas Becon · A Pleasant New Nosegay · Open in the reader

A Potion for This Holy Time of Lent A07085

  • Printed
    … that ye maye be healed with ye moost swete and confortable salue of Absoluciō FolloweFollow the godly & wholesome ad monicions of youre ghostly father Go vnto him wyth such …
    With rule
    … that ye maye be healed with ye moost swete and confortable salue of Absoluciō FolloweFollow the godly & wholesome ad monicions of youre ghostly father Go vnto him wyth such …

    Thomas Becon · A Potion for This Holy Time of Lent · Open in the reader

The Relics of Rome A07146

  • Printed
    … walke in his ordinaunces, & fulfill his lawes and statutes? Is not this Gods precept? FolloweFollow not the multitude to do euill. Again do not ye those thynges, whiche they …
    With rule
    … walke in his ordinaunces, & fulfill his lawes and statutes? Is not this Gods precept? FolloweFollow not the multitude to do euill. Again do not ye those thynges, whiche they …

    Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · Open in the reader

The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ A11012

  • Printed
    … time of this conference they were ſitting together, And the Lord ſayes to Peter, FolloweFollow thou mee. The meaning is this, as though He would ſay, Well Peter, I …
    With rule
    … time of this conference they were ſitting together, And the Lord ſayes to Peter, FolloweFollow thou mee. The meaning is this, as though He would ſay, Well Peter, I …

    Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 519 · Open in the reader

Satans Compassing the Earth A12373

  • Printed
    … that which they did, and shall we do that which hey repented? Christ saith FolloweFollow me, without limites, but Paul saith, Be ye followers of me as I follow …
    With rule
    … that which they did, and shall we do that which hey repented? Christ saith FolloweFollow me, without limites, but Paul saith, Be ye followers of me as I follow …

    Henry Smith · Satans Compassing the Earth · p. 7 · Open in the reader

Answer to John De Albines A12701

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    … the cleere ayre, from darkeneſſe to …ight, from an horrible phrenſie to godly wiſedome. FolloweFollow the wholeſome counſel of Saint Paule in the fourth to the Epheſians, Vt non …
    With rule
    … the cleere ayre, from darkeneſſe to …ight, from an horrible phrenſie to godly wiſedome. FolloweFollow the wholeſome counſel of Saint Paule in the fourth to the Epheſians, Vt non …

    Thomas Sparke · Answer to John De Albines · Open in the reader

Reply Against Gilbert Brown A14926

  • Printed
    … for their maintenance, that they might be encouraged in the Law of the Lord. FolloweFollow theſe examples Sir: ſend Paſtors throughout all the borders of your kingdome, to teache …
    With rule
    … for their maintenance, that they might be encouraged in the Law of the Lord. FolloweFollow theſe examples Sir: ſend Paſtors throughout all the borders of your kingdome, to teache …

    John Welch · Reply Against Gilbert Brown · Open in the reader

A General View of Papistry A15422

  • Printed
    … and pictures. Of these he warneth men to take heed, Noli consectari turbas imperitorum: FolloweFollow not such vnlearned and vnskilful multitudes. Bellarmine answereth, that Augustine wrote thus when he …
    With rule
    … and pictures. Of these he warneth men to take heed, Noli consectari turbas imperitorum: FolloweFollow not such vnlearned and vnskilful multitudes. Bellarmine answereth, that Augustine wrote thus when he …

    Andrew Willet · A General View of Papistry · p. 352 · Open in the reader

Harmony of the Gospels A16078

  • Printed
    … he should glorifie God. And when he had thus spoken, he sayeth vnto him: FolloweFollow me.
    With rule
    … he should glorifie God. And when he had thus spoken, he sayeth vnto him: FolloweFollow me.

    John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 456 · Open in the reader

Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion A17183

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    … middeſt of the cities, or in the fieldes. He addeth moreouer, Goe not foorth. FolloweFollow not the multitude which by diſtance of place ſéeketh for Chriſte, as if he …
    With rule
    … middeſt of the cities, or in the fieldes. He addeth moreouer, Goe not foorth. FolloweFollow not the multitude which by diſtance of place ſéeketh for Chriſte, as if he …

    Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 1093 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

  • Printed
    FolloweFollow.
    With rule
    FolloweFollow.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

A Short Explanation of Hebrews A20414

  • Printed
    Vers. 14. FolloweFollow Peace with all men, and Holinesse, without the which, no man shall see the …
    With rule
    Vers. 14. FolloweFollow Peace with all men, and Holinesse, without the which, no man shall see the …

    David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · p. 293 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Marys Magnificat A68425

  • Printed
    … Yf I wyll that he tary tyll I come, what is that to the? FolloweFollow thou me. As thoughe he wolde ſaye: Ihons workes ſhall not auayle ye, thou …
    With rule
    … Yf I wyll that he tary tyll I come, what is that to the? FolloweFollow thou me. As thoughe he wolde ſaye: Ihons workes ſhall not auayle ye, thou …

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Marys Magnificat · Open in the reader

An Excellent and godly Sermon A69089

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    … the twelfth to the Hebrues, that without workes no man ſhall ſee GOD, ſaying, FolloweFollow peace vvith all men, and holines, vvithout the vvhich no man ſhall ſee the …
    With rule
    … the twelfth to the Hebrues, that without workes no man ſhall ſee GOD, ſaying, FolloweFollow peace vvith all men, and holines, vvithout the vvhich no man ſhall ſee the …

    Laurence Chaderton · An Excellent and godly Sermon · Open in the reader

Sermon 30 May 1591 A72180

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    … loue towards the Lords people, without which this care can not rightly bée performed. FolloweFollow herein the example of S. Paul, who ſetting foorth his labour and trauaile, not …
    With rule
    … loue towards the Lords people, without which this care can not rightly bée performed. FolloweFollow herein the example of S. Paul, who ſetting foorth his labour and trauaile, not …

    George Gifford · Sermon 30 May 1591 · Open in the reader