Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1447 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

speakesspeaks

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

Puritas changed it: 12,480 times in 1,601 works
Consistency: 99.7% (12,480 of 12,510)
Reach if approved: ~13,146 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: speaks
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 12,511 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (12,480 changes in 1,601 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 12,480)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… dayes, it is euident, that he meanes not Epicuriſh loue (as ſome thinke he ſpeakesspeaks all here in the perſon of the Epicure) which proceedeth from luſt onely, and …
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… dayes, it is euident, that he meanes not Epicuriſh loue (as ſome thinke he ſpeakesspeaks all here in the perſon of the Epicure) which proceedeth from luſt onely, and …
Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 233 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and to remember our iniquities no more then if they had neuer beene. This speakesspeaks to Mercy, to separate our sinnes from the face of God, to binde them …
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… and to remember our iniquities no more then if they had neuer beene. This speakesspeaks to Mercy, to separate our sinnes from the face of God, to binde them …
Thomas Adams · Mystical Bedlam · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſubmiſſion; calls vs from our feaſts, faſhions, laces, &c. 3. David forthwith executes what God ſpeakesspeaks, ſo muſt wee; you haue beene told that this expence in feaſting, in building …
With rule
… ſubmiſſion; calls vs from our feaſts, faſhions, laces, &c. 3. David forthwith executes what God ſpeakesspeaks, ſo muſt wee; you haue beene told that this expence in feaſting, in building …
Robert Harris · Davids Comfort at Ziklag · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
… others are choſen alſo to be heires of ſalvation. Of theſe latter our Saviour ſpeakesspeaks in St. John; My ſheepe heare my voyce, and I know them, and they …
With rule
… others are choſen alſo to be heires of ſalvation. Of theſe latter our Saviour ſpeakesspeaks in St. John; My ſheepe heare my voyce, and I know them, and they …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 484 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is it, when the riches of grace make thee poore in spirit: when Christ speakesspeaks unto thee, as somtime to the church of Smyrna, I know thy tribulation and …
With rule
… is it, when the riches of grace make thee poore in spirit: when Christ speakesspeaks unto thee, as somtime to the church of Smyrna, I know thy tribulation and …
Phineas Fletcher · Joy in Tribulation · p. 295 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Iuſtification, even whereas it is ſuppoſed to bee by the workes of the Lawe, ſpeakesspeaks paſſivelie of man, and never activelie: to ſhewe it is a worke which he …
With rule
… Iuſtification, even whereas it is ſuppoſed to bee by the workes of the Lawe, ſpeakesspeaks paſſivelie of man, and never activelie: to ſhewe it is a worke which he …
John Forbes · The Doctrine of Justification · p. 74 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Prophets words, O death, I will bee thy death; and in his power, ſpeakesspeaks the Apoſtle here, O death, where is thy ſting? Quia in electis funditus occidit …
With rule
… the Prophets words, O death, I will bee thy death; and in his power, ſpeakesspeaks the Apoſtle here, O death, where is thy ſting? Quia in electis funditus occidit …
John Gaule · A Defiance to Death · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſayes in a certaine caſe, Haſt thou knowledge? keepe it to thy ſelfe. He ſpeakesspeaks it of opinions, or practices about things indifferent, which might ſcandalize the weake; but …
With rule
… ſayes in a certaine caſe, Haſt thou knowledge? keepe it to thy ſelfe. He ſpeakesspeaks it of opinions, or practices about things indifferent, which might ſcandalize the weake; but …
Thomas Goodwin · Aggravation of Sin · p. 58 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (30)

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

Lectures Upon John 4 A03342

Printed
… and yet the mysteries of Gods Kingdome were hidden from them, and Paul, 1. Cor. 8. 1. 2. SpeakesSpeaks of some, that haue knowledge, and yet know nothing as they ought to know …
With rule
… and yet the mysteries of Gods Kingdome were hidden from them, and Paul, 1. Cor. 8. 1. 2. SpeakesSpeaks of some, that haue knowledge, and yet know nothing as they ought to know …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 21 · Open in the reader

The Godly Mans Journey to Heaven A05560

Printed
… telling Abraham what a sonne and seruant he must prooue to his Maiestie againe. SpeakesSpeaks not Dauid thus to thee touching thy God: With the godly thou wilt shew …
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… telling Abraham what a sonne and seruant he must prooue to his Maiestie againe. SpeakesSpeaks not Dauid thus to thee touching thy God: With the godly thou wilt shew …
David Lindsay · The Godly Mans Journey to Heaven · p. 206 · Open in the reader
Printed
… heauie groanes out of his heart, and some bitter teares out of his eyes. SpeakesSpeaks not our God Exodus, 3. 8. thus vnto Moses. I am come downe to deliuer them …
With rule
… heauie groanes out of his heart, and some bitter teares out of his eyes. SpeakesSpeaks not our God Exodus, 3. 8. thus vnto Moses. I am come downe to deliuer them …
David Lindsay · The Godly Mans Journey to Heaven · p. 217 · Open in the reader

Epigrams A08687

Printed
SpeakesSpeaks with applause most high.
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SpeakesSpeaks with applause most high.
John Owen · Epigrams · Open in the reader

Of Justification By Faith A09274

Printed
… words which he would answere mee, and vnderstand what he would say vnto me. SpeakesSpeaks the man reason? or is he beside himselfe? what? challenge God to dispute with …
With rule
… words which he would answere mee, and vnderstand what he would say vnto me. SpeakesSpeaks the man reason? or is he beside himselfe? what? challenge God to dispute with …
William Pemble · Of Justification By Faith · p. 98 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Search me, O God and know my heart, try me and know my thoughts. SpeakesSpeaks the Prophet this out of confidence, that God vpon search and tryall, shall finde …
With rule
… Search me, O God and know my heart, try me and know my thoughts. SpeakesSpeaks the Prophet this out of confidence, that God vpon search and tryall, shall finde …
William Pemble · Of Justification By Faith · p. 109 · Open in the reader

Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians A11010

Printed
… Gods judgementes? To whom belongs conſolations, promiſes, and ſpeaches of comfort in the Scriptures? SpeakesSpeaks the Apoſtle to the Heathen that ly in ignorance and not conuerted to the …
With rule
… Gods judgementes? To whom belongs conſolations, promiſes, and ſpeaches of comfort in the Scriptures? SpeakesSpeaks the Apoſtle to the Heathen that ly in ignorance and not conuerted to the …
Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 244 · Open in the reader

The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama A15137

Printed
SpeakesSpeaks high importance with the Prioreſſe:
With rule
SpeakesSpeaks high importance with the Prioreſſe:
Nathaniel Whiting · The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama · p. 23 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Isaiah A17640

Printed
… a thing of nought, weake and brittle. Doth not Rabſhekeh affirme the ſame here? SpeakesSpeaks he any otherwiſe then if he were a Prophet ſent of God? It behoues …
With rule
… a thing of nought, weake and brittle. Doth not Rabſhekeh affirme the ſame here? SpeakesSpeaks he any otherwiſe then if he were a Prophet ſent of God? It behoues …
John Calvin · Commentary on Isaiah · p. 357 · Open in the reader

Against Human Ceremonies in Gods Worship A19142

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… it, that he leaveth no ground for any suche conclusion: Honestly] 1. e. while one SpeakesSpeaks that other be silent, and that woemen speak not in Church. in order] 1. e …
With rule
… it, that he leaveth no ground for any suche conclusion: Honestly] 1. e. while one SpeakesSpeaks that other be silent, and that woemen speak not in Church. in order] 1. e …
William Ames · Against Human Ceremonies in Gods Worship · p. 53 · Open in the reader

Sermon 5 April 1628 A21056

Printed
… that God giues vs warning by Oracle? Seemes he not to doe it, Apoc. 3. 10. SpeakesSpeaks he not of an houre of temptation which ſhall come vpon all the world …
With rule
… that God giues vs warning by Oracle? Seemes he not to doe it, Apoc. 3. 10. SpeakesSpeaks he not of an houre of temptation which ſhall come vpon all the world …
Jeremiah Dyke · Sermon 5 April 1628 · p. 22 · Open in the reader

Christ Inviting Sinners to Come to Him for Rest A30566

Printed
… dominion over you, for you are not under, the law, but under grace; He SpeakesSpeaks to thoſe that were delivered, and faith, they were not now under the Law …
With rule
… dominion over you, for you are not under, the law, but under grace; He SpeakesSpeaks to thoſe that were delivered, and faith, they were not now under the Law …
Jeremiah Burroughs · Christ Inviting Sinners to Come to Him for Rest · p. 32 · Open in the reader

The Schismatics Cheater in Chief Discovered A64889

Printed
… Man) is evermore (herein) unhappy, to be continually mistaken in what he writes or SpeakesSpeaks, and to have his words daily wrested, and taken alwayes in the worst Sense …
With rule
… Man) is evermore (herein) unhappy, to be continually mistaken in what he writes or SpeakesSpeaks, and to have his words daily wrested, and taken alwayes in the worst Sense …
John Vicars · The Schismatics Cheater in Chief Discovered · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Proper Psalms A68966

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… their bondage, both in Egypt, and Babylon. Now the Prophet treating of Chriſts Aduent, SpeakesSpeaks,
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… their bondage, both in Egypt, and Babylon. Now the Prophet treating of Chriſts Aduent, SpeakesSpeaks,
John Boys · Exposition of the Proper Psalms · p. 19 · Open in the reader

A Reply to a Relation A69024

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… worship him in Spirit and Truth, are the true Worshipers, as the same Scripture SpeakesSpeaks; and GOD seeketh such to worship him; as is noted before. So as that …
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… worship him in Spirit and Truth, are the true Worshipers, as the same Scripture SpeakesSpeaks; and GOD seeketh such to worship him; as is noted before. So as that …
Henry Burton · A Reply to a Relation · p. 103 · Open in the reader
Printed
… who seemeth to have sucked in Errour with his Nurses Milke; As the Orator SpeakesSpeaks of all naturall men: and what to expect of you hereafter: that as you …
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… who seemeth to have sucked in Errour with his Nurses Milke; As the Orator SpeakesSpeaks of all naturall men: and what to expect of you hereafter: that as you …
Henry Burton · A Reply to a Relation · p. 111 · Open in the reader
Printed
… you would exclude your Christians from being of those blessed men, of whom David SpeakesSpeaks, which delight in the Law of the Lord, and in his Law to meditate …
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… you would exclude your Christians from being of those blessed men, of whom David SpeakesSpeaks, which delight in the Law of the Lord, and in his Law to meditate …
Henry Burton · A Reply to a Relation · p. 113 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Christs Descent into Hell, as you doe his Ascent into Heaven, Seeing the Scriptures SpeakesSpeaks clearely and expresly of this, but not so of that; and whether you are …
With rule
… Christs Descent into Hell, as you doe his Ascent into Heaven, Seeing the Scriptures SpeakesSpeaks clearely and expresly of this, but not so of that; and whether you are …
Henry Burton · A Reply to a Relation · p. 126 · Open in the reader
Printed
… true Divinity, but to a Spoyling through Philosophy and vaine deceit, as the Apostle SpeakesSpeaks. But the summe of all your inducements (the Prime whereof must necessarily be your …
With rule
… true Divinity, but to a Spoyling through Philosophy and vaine deceit, as the Apostle SpeakesSpeaks. But the summe of all your inducements (the Prime whereof must necessarily be your …
Henry Burton · A Reply to a Relation · p. 155 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

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… it is ſayde heere that God did ſet his Archers in aray againſt Iob. SpeakesSpeaks hee heere of men? No: But of all the miſeries that Iob had to …
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… it is ſayde heere that God did ſet his Archers in aray againſt Iob. SpeakesSpeaks hee heere of men? No: But of all the miſeries that Iob had to …
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 321 · Open in the reader

Poems A69225

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SpeakesSpeaks of all States, and deeds, that hath been ſince
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SpeakesSpeaks of all States, and deeds, that hath been ſince
John Donne · Poems · p. 340 · Open in the reader
Printed
SpeakesSpeaks Fates words, and tells who muſt bee
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SpeakesSpeaks Fates words, and tells who muſt bee
John Donne · Poems · p. 348 · Open in the reader

The Christian Sabbath Vindicated A78427

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But he urges that Saint Stephen, Act. 7.38. SpeakesSpeaks of an Angell being with Moſes in the wilderneſſe, and v. 53. of receiving the …
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But he urges that Saint Stephen, Act. 7.38. SpeakesSpeaks of an Angell being with Moſes in the wilderneſſe, and v. 53. of receiving the …
Daniel Cawdry · The Christian Sabbath Vindicated · p. 49 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Job 22-26 A81199

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… might repent, and live; knoweſt thou not what Meſſage the goodneſſe of God brings? SpeakesSpeaks it not thus? Repent, repent; yea doth not divine goodneſſe (taking thee by the …
With rule
… might repent, and live; knoweſt thou not what Meſſage the goodneſſe of God brings? SpeakesSpeaks it not thus? Repent, repent; yea doth not divine goodneſſe (taking thee by the …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 22-26 · p. 170 · Open in the reader

Loves Intercourse Between the Lamb and His Bride A85763

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… is that comlineſs which the Lord put upon Her, and whereby (as the Pſalmiſt SpeakesSpeaks, Pſal. 45. 13.) The kings daughter is all glorious within, ſo that, like the cloud which …
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… is that comlineſs which the Lord put upon Her, and whereby (as the Pſalmiſt SpeakesSpeaks, Pſal. 45. 13.) The kings daughter is all glorious within, ſo that, like the cloud which …
William Guild · Loves Intercourse Between the Lamb and His Bride · p. 36 · Open in the reader

Sermon 7 March 1632 A96352

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… to whom the Word of God comes to make them ſo, as our Saviour SpeakesSpeaks citing my Text, Iohn 10.35. Men called to bee Gods nor by a Writ under …
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… to whom the Word of God comes to make them ſo, as our Saviour SpeakesSpeaks citing my Text, Iohn 10.35. Men called to bee Gods nor by a Writ under …
John White · Sermon 7 March 1632 · p. 2 · Open in the reader

The Bloody Tenant Yet more Bloody A96610

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… ſpeech of that wiſe Woman of Tekoah unto David came freſh unto my Thoughts: SpeakesSpeaks not the King this Thing as one that is Guiltie? For will my honoured …
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… ſpeech of that wiſe Woman of Tekoah unto David came freſh unto my Thoughts: SpeakesSpeaks not the King this Thing as one that is Guiltie? For will my honoured …
Roger Williams · The Bloody Tenant Yet more Bloody · p. 304 · Open in the reader