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sealeseal

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

Puritas changed it
11,403 times in 1,630 works
Consistency
99.4% (11,403 of 11,470)
Reach if approved
~12,053 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: seal
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
11,471 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (11,403 changes in 1,630 works, 99.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 11,403)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … capitall crime. But to deface the Armes of the King, to counterfeit his Broad SealeSeal, or priuy Signet, is no lesse then Treason: because the disgrace redounds vpon the …
    With rule
    … capitall crime. But to deface the Armes of the King, to counterfeit his Broad SealeSeal, or priuy Signet, is no lesse then Treason: because the disgrace redounds vpon the …

    Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 11 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … of it with your strengthes, sound it with your prayses, and (if need be) sealeseal it with your bloodes; and God shall write your Names (not shortned like Dumahs …
    With rule
    … of it with your strengthes, sound it with your prayses, and (if need be) sealeseal it with your bloodes; and God shall write your Names (not shortned like Dumahs …

    Thomas Adams · The Gallants Burden · p. 3 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … not an Apoſtle vnto others, yet am I vnto you, for you are the ſealeseal of mine Apoſtleſhip in the Lord▪ 1. Cor. 9. ver. 2. Euen ſo, if the Miniſtery of …
    With rule
    … not an Apoſtle vnto others, yet am I vnto you, for you are the ſealeseal of mine Apoſtleſhip in the Lord▪ 1. Cor. 9. ver. 2. Euen ſo, if the Miniſtery of …

    George Gifford · Short Treatise Against the Donatists of England · p. 80 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … bee sung for their soules: they giue full absolution to such a man, and sealeseal him a generall acquittance of all his sinnes. They make the besotted Laity, especially …
    With rule
    … bee sung for their soules: they giue full absolution to such a man, and sealeseal him a generall acquittance of all his sinnes. They make the besotted Laity, especially …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 235 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … that hee taught nothing but the truth of the Gospel, which he would now sealeseal with his bloud. Hee had no sooner thus cleared his innocencie, but his enemies …
    With rule
    … that hee taught nothing but the truth of the Gospel, which he would now sealeseal with his bloud. Hee had no sooner thus cleared his innocencie, but his enemies …

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

  6. Printed
    … and death are thine, nay, the Lord of life is thine, thy portion, the sealeseal of thy portion, and of thine inheritance in glory.
    With rule
    … and death are thine, nay, the Lord of life is thine, thy portion, the sealeseal of thy portion, and of thine inheritance in glory.

    Phineas Fletcher · Joy in Tribulation · p. 116 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    2. How Peter commaunded that the sealeseal should bee set to the word, that is, that they should bee baptised in …
    With rule
    2. How Peter commaunded that the sealeseal should bee set to the word, that is, that they should bee baptised in …

    James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · p. 165 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … circumloquution by the verbe, and sayth, Abraham receyued the signe of circumcision, whiche should sealeseal vp, or by sealeseal confirme the iustice of faith, &c. yet are not you …
    With rule
    … circumloquution by the verbe, and sayth, Abraham receyued the signe of circumcision, whiche should sealeseal vp, or by sealeseal confirme the iustice of faith, &c. yet are not you …

    William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 381 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (67)

64 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 15 are listed here. 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Life Eternal A09977

  • Printed
    TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE, VVILLIAM; VISCOVNT SAY AND SEALESEAL, ENCREASE OF GRACE.
    With rule
    TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE, VVILLIAM; VISCOVNT SAY AND SEALESEAL, ENCREASE OF GRACE.

    John Preston · Life Eternal · Open in the reader

A Quench-Coal A10197

  • Printed
    … from his Minyestey? Noe I warrant you:) having FIRST obtained LEAVE UNDER OUR BRODE SEALESEAL SO TO DOE, AND WEE APPROVING THEIR SAID ORDINANCES AND CONSTITUTIONS; providing that none …
    With rule
    … from his Minyestey? Noe I warrant you:) having FIRST obtained LEAVE UNDER OUR BRODE SEALESEAL SO TO DOE, AND WEE APPROVING THEIR SAID ORDINANCES AND CONSTITUTIONS; providing that none …

    William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 190 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … to time in Convocation vpon their humble desire SHALL HAVE LICENCE UNDER OUR BRODE SEALESEAL to deliberate of and, to doe all such things, as being made plaine by …
    With rule
    … to time in Convocation vpon their humble desire SHALL HAVE LICENCE UNDER OUR BRODE SEALESEAL to deliberate of and, to doe all such things, as being made plaine by …

    William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 191 · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms A56211

  • Printed
    … in the Holy Land, Proclaimed him King, swore fealty to him, CAUSED A NEW SEALESEAL TO BE MADE; appointed …it Officers and Ministers, for the Custody of his Treasure …
    With rule
    … in the Holy Land, Proclaimed him King, swore fealty to him, CAUSED A NEW SEALESEAL TO BE MADE; appointed …it Officers and Ministers, for the Custody of his Treasure …

    William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 50 · Open in the reader

A Survey of the Sum of Church Discipline A86533

  • Printed
    The enumeration is sufficient, For the SEALESEAL OF BAPTISME and A PROFESSION OF THE TRƲTH, is that which maketh one a …
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    The enumeration is sufficient, For the SEALESEAL OF BAPTISME and A PROFESSION OF THE TRƲTH, is that which maketh one a …

    Thomas Hooker · A Survey of the Sum of Church Discipline · p. 55 · Open in the reader

The Opening of the Great Seal of England A91237

  • Printed
    … as Eadmerus, and others write: To this Charter he ſet both his hand AND SEALESEAL, commanding as many copies as there were Counties in England to be tranſcribed, and …
    With rule
    … as Eadmerus, and others write: To this Charter he ſet both his hand AND SEALESEAL, commanding as many copies as there were Counties in England to be tranſcribed, and …

    William Prynne · The Opening of the Great Seal of England · p. 7 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … enjoy thoſe Liberties ſhould renew their Charters AND HAVE THEM CONFIRMED UNDER HIS NEW SEALESEAL (which he had then cauſed to be made, onely by way of project to …
    With rule
    … enjoy thoſe Liberties ſhould renew their Charters AND HAVE THEM CONFIRMED UNDER HIS NEW SEALESEAL (which he had then cauſed to be made, onely by way of project to …

    William Prynne · The Opening of the Great Seal of England · p. 13 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    HAving thus traced out the originall, progreſſe, uſe, and neceſſity of the GREAT SEALESEAL, through the obſcure paths of abſtruce Antiquity, with as much Verity, Perſpicuity, Brevity as …
    With rule
    HAving thus traced out the originall, progreſſe, uſe, and neceſſity of the GREAT SEALESEAL, through the obſcure paths of abſtruce Antiquity, with as much Verity, Perſpicuity, Brevity as …

    William Prynne · The Opening of the Great Seal of England · p. 16 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Faires, And that the ſame ſhall bee ſent unto every Faire, under THE KINGS SEALESEAL, by a Clerke ſworne, or by the Keeper of the Faire. And of the …
    With rule
    … Faires, And that the ſame ſhall bee ſent unto every Faire, under THE KINGS SEALESEAL, by a Clerke ſworne, or by the Keeper of the Faire. And of the …

    William Prynne · The Opening of the Great Seal of England · p. 19 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … ordained, AND IN WAX. And 4. E. 4. c. 1 That for Kerſies and ſhort Cloathes A SEALESEAL OF LEAD SHALL BEE ORDAINED, and by the Treaſurer of England for the time …
    With rule
    … ordained, AND IN WAX. And 4. E. 4. c. 1 That for Kerſies and ſhort Cloathes A SEALESEAL OF LEAD SHALL BEE ORDAINED, and by the Treaſurer of England for the time …

    William Prynne · The Opening of the Great Seal of England · p. 20 · Open in the reader

Suspension Suspended A91293

  • Printed
    … ſpirit of God in ſacred Writ) a Sacrament, and a SealeSeal; yea, Gods GREAT SEALESEAL of Grace, and of the Covenant of Grace; wher of our Syon Colledg Miniſters …
    With rule
    … ſpirit of God in ſacred Writ) a Sacrament, and a SealeSeal; yea, Gods GREAT SEALESEAL of Grace, and of the Covenant of Grace; wher of our Syon Colledg Miniſters …

    William Prynne · Suspension Suspended · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Authority to ſuſpend al ſuch whom they ſhall deem Ignorant or Scandalous from this SEALESEAL (though they earneſtly thirſt & hunger after it, and be not actually excō municated from …
    With rule
    … Authority to ſuſpend al ſuch whom they ſhall deem Ignorant or Scandalous from this SEALESEAL (though they earneſtly thirſt & hunger after it, and be not actually excō municated from …

    William Prynne · Suspension Suspended · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … in the Now Teſtament, to wit, Rom. 4. 11. ſtiled, The SIGNE of Circum…iſion, A SEALESEAL of the righteouſneſſe of faith, which Abraham had yet being uncircumc…ſed: Whence Divines …
    With rule
    … in the Now Teſtament, to wit, Rom. 4. 11. ſtiled, The SIGNE of Circum…iſion, A SEALESEAL of the righteouſneſſe of faith, which Abraham had yet being uncircumc…ſed: Whence Divines …

    William Prynne · Suspension Suspended · p. 19 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … the Covenant on his part; IS THERE ANY REASON YOU SHOULD SAY, THAT THE SEALESEAL IS PUT TO A BLANK, WHERE THE SPIRITUALL PART OF SAVING GRACE IS NOT …
    With rule
    … the Covenant on his part; IS THERE ANY REASON YOU SHOULD SAY, THAT THE SEALESEAL IS PUT TO A BLANK, WHERE THE SPIRITUALL PART OF SAVING GRACE IS NOT …

    William Prynne · Suspension Suspended · p. 21 · Open in the reader

Truth Triumphing Over Falsehood A91309

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    … you have called us together, ſo you would likewiſe CORROBORATE WITH YOƲR DECREE AND SEALESEAL, THE SƲMME AND CONCLƲSION OF THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE DECREED. And hereupon (writes Nicephorus …
    With rule
    … you have called us together, ſo you would likewiſe CORROBORATE WITH YOƲR DECREE AND SEALESEAL, THE SƲMME AND CONCLƲSION OF THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE DECREED. And hereupon (writes Nicephorus …

    William Prynne · Truth Triumphing Over Falsehood · p. 34 · Open in the reader