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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1560 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

reproofereproof

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

Puritas changed it
4,132 times in 969 works
Consistency
99.9% (4,132 of 4,135)
Reach if approved
~4,346 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: reproof
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
4,136 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (4,132 changes in 969 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 4,132)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    This firſt belongeth as a reproofereproof to ſome, who (like the old Phariſies) louing the praiſe of men, more than …
    With rule
    This firſt belongeth as a reproofereproof to ſome, who (like the old Phariſies) louing the praiſe of men, more than …

    Samuel Hieron · The Abridgment of the Gospel · p. 94 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    Whereof the firſt (in this fourth Chapter) hath a notable reproofereproof of the Iſraelites ſinnes, three in number: vnfaithfulneſſe, inhumanitie, ignorance of God, and an …
    With rule
    Whereof the firſt (in this fourth Chapter) hath a notable reproofereproof of the Iſraelites ſinnes, three in number: vnfaithfulneſſe, inhumanitie, ignorance of God, and an …

    Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 196 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    To theſe articles were adioyned reaſons in reproofereproof of the practiſe of the Church of Rome therein. And vnto the articles theſe …
    With rule
    To theſe articles were adioyned reaſons in reproofereproof of the practiſe of the Church of Rome therein. And vnto the articles theſe …

    John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 293 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … Harborough be reuoked, nor M. Foxe call in his booke, nor M. Nowell his reproofereproof. It will not suffice a wrangling cauiller, an hundreth times to affirme, that the …
    With rule
    … Harborough be reuoked, nor M. Foxe call in his booke, nor M. Nowell his reproofereproof. It will not suffice a wrangling cauiller, an hundreth times to affirme, that the …

    William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 34 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Hil. I anſwere, Firſt the holy Scripture is profitable for doctrine, for inſtruction, for reproofereproof, &c. But the object of our faith is onely the Holy Trinity in Vnity …
    With rule
    … Hil. I anſwere, Firſt the holy Scripture is profitable for doctrine, for inſtruction, for reproofereproof, &c. But the object of our faith is onely the Holy Trinity in Vnity …

    Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 40 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … moſt plentifull there; for Sathan neither can, nor will haue any nay, reſiſtance or reproofereproof, but by the word of the Lord; it is that onely that bindeth Sathan …
    With rule
    … moſt plentifull there; for Sathan neither can, nor will haue any nay, reſiſtance or reproofereproof, but by the word of the Lord; it is that onely that bindeth Sathan …

    Thomas Granger · The Application of Scripture · p. 16 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    Ʋſe. This therefore ſerveth for the juſt and ſharpe reproofereproof of all ſuch as doe not heartily, feelingly, and affectionately bewaile the departure, death …
    With rule
    Ʋſe. This therefore ſerveth for the juſt and ſharpe reproofereproof of all ſuch as doe not heartily, feelingly, and affectionately bewaile the departure, death …

    Alexander Grosse · Deaths Deliverance and Elijahs Fiery Chariot · p. 46 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … in proſperitie, eaſe and fulneſſe, are ready to paſſe by rebukes, and to ſlight reproofereproof as unſeaſonable, and as that which belongs not unto them, but when the chaſtiſements …
    With rule
    … in proſperitie, eaſe and fulneſſe, are ready to paſſe by rebukes, and to ſlight reproofereproof as unſeaſonable, and as that which belongs not unto them, but when the chaſtiſements …

    Adam Harsnett · A Cordial for the Afflicted · p. 518 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Ready Way to Remember the Scriptures A19692

  • Printed
    Ch…p 1 REproofeReproof for not building the Temple, 4. Exhort. to build it, 8. Promiſe of Gods aſſiſtance, Verſes 13.
    With rule
    Ch…p 1 REproofeReproof for not building the Temple, 4. Exhort. to build it, 8. Promiſe of Gods aſſiſtance, Verſes 13.

    Ezekiel Culverwell · A Ready Way to Remember the Scriptures · p. 66 · Open in the reader

A Door of Hope A28659

  • Printed
    1. REPROOFEREPROOF. Application. Ʋſe 1
    With rule
    1. REPROOFEREPROOF. Application. Ʋſe 1

    John Bond · A Door of Hope · p. 85 · Open in the reader

The Mighty Christ the Saints Help A29348

  • Printed
    II. ƲSE of REPROOFEREPROOF.
    With rule
    II. ƲSE of REPROOFEREPROOF.

    Richard Breviter · The Mighty Christ the Saints Help · p. 235 · Open in the reader