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entertaineentertain

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

Puritas changed it
2,710 times in 958 works
Consistency
98.8% (2,710 of 2,743)
Reach if approved
~2,882 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: entertain
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
2,743 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,710 changes in 958 works, 98.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,710)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … and rowle up and down in her mind though they were bitter, and would entertaineentertain thoughts of nothing elſe. But when on the contrary, ſhee began to take into …
    With rule
    … and rowle up and down in her mind though they were bitter, and would entertaineentertain thoughts of nothing elſe. But when on the contrary, ſhee began to take into …

    Thomas Goodwin · A Child of Light Walking in Darkness · p. 26 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … godly ſpéeches, and religious carriage. To make much of them that feare God, and entertaineentertain them gladly: to embrace the fellowſhip of the godly wiſe, and to eſchew the …
    With rule
    … godly ſpéeches, and religious carriage. To make much of them that feare God, and entertaineentertain them gladly: to embrace the fellowſhip of the godly wiſe, and to eſchew the …

    Thomas Granger · The Blind Mans Sermon · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Refuſe no good motions knocking at the dore of thy heart, but entertaineentertain them willingly; according to the counſell of Auguſtine: If hee offereth thee grace to …
    With rule
    Refuſe no good motions knocking at the dore of thy heart, but entertaineentertain them willingly; according to the counſell of Auguſtine: If hee offereth thee grace to …

    Henry Greenwood · Works · p. 71 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … the roome and house of our soule, with open gates to receiue, retaine, and entertaineentertain with ioy, that spirit of all cleannes, of ioy, and endlesse comfort. As Iesus …
    With rule
    … the roome and house of our soule, with open gates to receiue, retaine, and entertaineentertain with ioy, that spirit of all cleannes, of ioy, and endlesse comfort. As Iesus …

    William Guild · A Young Mans Inquisition · p. 149 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … faith conceiue thee, my profession bring thee forth, my loue embrace thee, and Deuotion entertaineentertain and continually keepe thee with mee till thy second comming. So come vnto me …
    With rule
    … faith conceiue thee, my profession bring thee forth, my loue embrace thee, and Deuotion entertaineentertain and continually keepe thee with mee till thy second comming. So come vnto me …

    Daniel Featley · The Handmaid to Private Devotion · p. 178 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    And here she sets me to entertaineentertain all commers:
    With rule
    And here she sets me to entertaineentertain all commers:

    Phineas Fletcher · Sicelides a Piscatory · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Wardrobe of righteousnesse to apparrell vs, 2. a glorious house, a City of golde to entertaineentertain vs; whose foundation is Iasper and Saphire, and such precious stone; the least of …
    With rule
    … Wardrobe of righteousnesse to apparrell vs, 2. a glorious house, a City of golde to entertaineentertain vs; whose foundation is Iasper and Saphire, and such precious stone; the least of …

    Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 23 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … our harts be vnstabled of these beastiall lusts, and trimmed vp with Sanctimony to entertaineentertain our holy Guest, there shall be a reciprocall and enterchangeable comming of vs to …
    With rule
    … our harts be vnstabled of these beastiall lusts, and trimmed vp with Sanctimony to entertaineentertain our holy Guest, there shall be a reciprocall and enterchangeable comming of vs to …

    Thomas Adams · The Gallants Burden · p. 32 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (33)

22 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 11 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The City of Peace A01085

  • Printed
    … the publicke good, and hazard of their own soules: but who prouides for strangers? EntertaineEntertain strangers, for thereby some haue entertained Angels vnawares: but for all this possible happinesse …
    With rule
    … the publicke good, and hazard of their own soules: but who prouides for strangers? EntertaineEntertain strangers, for thereby some haue entertained Angels vnawares: but for all this possible happinesse …

    Thomas Adams · The City of Peace · p. 59 · Open in the reader

Contemplating Mortality and Immortality A07629

  • Printed
    EntertaineEntertain thy laſt houres with ſuch like thoughts. Et hatibi dabunt ad aeternitatem Iter, & in …
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    EntertaineEntertain thy laſt houres with ſuch like thoughts. Et hatibi dabunt ad aeternitatem Iter, & in …

    Henry Montagu · Contemplating Mortality and Immortality · p. 114 · Open in the reader

Reformation Unjustly Charged as Enemies A09299

  • Printed
    EntertaineEntertain the falſe religion of the pope, & deny the receauing of the hierarchie, ye do …
    With rule
    EntertaineEntertain the falſe religion of the pope, & deny the receauing of the hierarchie, ye do …

    John Penry · Reformation Unjustly Charged as Enemies · Open in the reader

Explication of Psalm 110 A10650

  • Printed
    … the soule in this case will abundantly love and cherish the Spirit of Christ. EntertaineEntertain with dearest embraces, as worthy of all acceptation, the motions, and dictates, and secret …
    With rule
    … the soule in this case will abundantly love and cherish the Spirit of Christ. EntertaineEntertain with dearest embraces, as worthy of all acceptation, the motions, and dictates, and secret …

    Edward Reynolds · Explication of Psalm 110 · p. 71 · Open in the reader

The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ A11012

  • Printed
    … and if thou entreateſt Him on, thou ſhalt finde in ende, an exceeding joy: EntertaineEntertain Him now, as a paſſenger, and in the ende, thou ſhalt ſee Him to …
    With rule
    … and if thou entreateſt Him on, thou ſhalt finde in ende, an exceeding joy: EntertaineEntertain Him now, as a paſſenger, and in the ende, thou ſhalt ſee Him to …

    Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 382 · Open in the reader

Exposition of 2 Thessalonians A11588

  • Printed
    … the Children of light. Thoſe Locuſts of the bottomeleſſe pit, haue ad vnguem, this foreign. EntertaineEntertain their diſcourſe, the firſt bout is, about Religion in generall, whither theirs or ours …
    With rule
    … the Children of light. Thoſe Locuſts of the bottomeleſſe pit, haue ad vnguem, this foreign. EntertaineEntertain their diſcourſe, the firſt bout is, about Religion in generall, whither theirs or ours …

    William Sclater · Exposition of 2 Thessalonians · p. 96 · Open in the reader

Christs Victory Over the Dragon A13533

  • Printed
    EntertaineEntertain Christ & his truth: motiues, meanes, letts, 686
    With rule
    EntertaineEntertain Christ & his truth: motiues, meanes, letts, 686

    Thomas Taylor · Christs Victory Over the Dragon · Open in the reader

Commentary on Titus A13535

  • Printed
    … from beeing turned from the truth, some rules are to be deliuered and practised. 1. EntertaineEntertain it not for outward respects, neither for the laws of the land, nor the …
    With rule
    … from beeing turned from the truth, some rules are to be deliuered and practised. 1. EntertaineEntertain it not for outward respects, neither for the laws of the land, nor the …

    Thomas Taylor · Commentary on Titus · p. 280 · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

  • Printed
    … English and easie tearmes, the minde and meaning of thy good God towards thee. EntertaineEntertain it kindly, and take it vp vnto thee, as that Noble Eunuch did his …
    With rule
    … English and easie tearmes, the minde and meaning of thy good God towards thee. EntertaineEntertain it kindly, and take it vp vnto thee, as that Noble Eunuch did his …

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · Open in the reader

Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God A16338

  • Printed
    … himselfe, by giuing way to the first wicked thought, Disc. of true Happinesse, pag. 150. 3. EntertaineEntertain euer with all holy greedinesse, and make exceedingly much of all good motions put …
    With rule
    … himselfe, by giuing way to the first wicked thought, Disc. of true Happinesse, pag. 150. 3. EntertaineEntertain euer with all holy greedinesse, and make exceedingly much of all good motions put …

    Robert Bolton · Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God · p. 91 · Open in the reader

A Familiar Treatise Laying Down Cases of Conscience A19293

  • Printed
    19. EntertaineEntertain wee cheerefully the motions of the Spirit, and put them in practize diligently, Eph. 4.
    With rule
    19. EntertaineEntertain wee cheerefully the motions of the Spirit, and put them in practize diligently, Eph. 4.

    Thomas Cooper · A Familiar Treatise Laying Down Cases of Conscience · p. 30 · Open in the reader

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

  • Printed
    EntertaineEntertain no cause which they know to be euil.
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    EntertaineEntertain no cause which they know to be euil.

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

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms A56211

  • Printed
    EntertaineEntertain it therefore, with that Candidnesse and Ingenuity, as becomes the cordiallest Endevours, of a …
    With rule
    EntertaineEntertain it therefore, with that Candidnesse and Ingenuity, as becomes the cordiallest Endevours, of a …

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

Instructions About Right Believing A75538

  • Printed
    … Receiving of Him, is the Effect of this; (for therefore, they Come to Him & EntertaineEntertain Him, becauſe they Truſt to be Helped by Him) but this may not allwayes …
    With rule
    … Receiving of Him, is the Effect of this; (for therefore, they Come to Him & EntertaineEntertain Him, becauſe they Truſt to be Helped by Him) but this may not allwayes …

    Henry Archer · Instructions About Right Believing · p. 19 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … the Cauſe is oft more obſcure then the Effect, And ſo, a Man may EntertaineEntertain Chriſt, when he thinks he cannot Relye on Him & Truſt in Him:
    With rule
    … the Cauſe is oft more obſcure then the Effect, And ſo, a Man may EntertaineEntertain Chriſt, when he thinks he cannot Relye on Him & Truſt in Him:

    Henry Archer · Instructions About Right Believing · p. 19 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … one thing is neceſſary Viz: to Come to Chriſt, and Beleeve in him; to EntertaineEntertain him, and Give up your Selves to Him in all his Offices; doe this …
    With rule
    … one thing is neceſſary Viz: to Come to Chriſt, and Beleeve in him; to EntertaineEntertain him, and Give up your Selves to Him in all his Offices; doe this …

    Henry Archer · Instructions About Right Believing · p. 28 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … if ye Come to Him, Receive Him, Beleeve in Him; that is, If ye EntertaineEntertain Him, and give up your Selves to Him in all his Offices; upon theſe …
    With rule
    … if ye Come to Him, Receive Him, Beleeve in Him; that is, If ye EntertaineEntertain Him, and give up your Selves to Him in all his Offices; upon theſe …

    Henry Archer · Instructions About Right Believing · p. 45 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … that ye would be perſwaded this Day, to abandon the World & your Sinnes, and EntertaineEntertain Chriſt for your Lord & King; Doe it, when as you heare, that if you …
    With rule
    … that ye would be perſwaded this Day, to abandon the World & your Sinnes, and EntertaineEntertain Chriſt for your Lord & King; Doe it, when as you heare, that if you …

    Henry Archer · Instructions About Right Believing · p. 48 · Open in the reader

Treatise on Three Things A86423

  • Printed
    … caſt in a thouſand ſeverall motions of ſinne, and though the heart doth not EntertaineEntertain them, but lyes groaning, as being afraid of them, yet the Devill immediately will …
    With rule
    … caſt in a thouſand ſeverall motions of ſinne, and though the heart doth not EntertaineEntertain them, but lyes groaning, as being afraid of them, yet the Devill immediately will …

    Paul Hobson · Treatise on Three Things · p. 46 · Open in the reader

Judgment and Mercy A93242

  • Printed
    … thou ſhalt finde more and more inlargement. And it is the ſpeech of Auſten, EntertaineEntertain the ſervice of the Spirit of God, and thou ſhalt not be ſtraitned, but …
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    … thou ſhalt finde more and more inlargement. And it is the ſpeech of Auſten, EntertaineEntertain the ſervice of the Spirit of God, and thou ſhalt not be ſtraitned, but …

    Josias Shute · Judgment and Mercy · p. 12 · Open in the reader

The Hypocrite Discovered and Cured A94758

  • Printed
    2. Baniſh popularitie, and complying with opinion. EntertaineEntertain not greedily the applauſe and affection of the multitude. It may prove to be …
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    2. Baniſh popularitie, and complying with opinion. EntertaineEntertain not greedily the applauſe and affection of the multitude. It may prove to be …

    Samuel Torshell · The Hypocrite Discovered and Cured · p. 149 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Proverbs 18-20 B12458

  • Printed
    … may build vp the conſcience. Be fayling in no dutie of kindnes and curteſie. EntertaineEntertain or ſalute one an other, with cheerfulnes, if preſent: either viſite, or ſend tokens …
    With rule
    … may build vp the conſcience. Be fayling in no dutie of kindnes and curteſie. EntertaineEntertain or ſalute one an other, with cheerfulnes, if preſent: either viſite, or ſend tokens …

    John Dod · Exposition of Proverbs 18-20 · p. 31 · Open in the reader