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relieuerelieve

u and v used by position, not sound: haue → have, vnto → unto.

Puritas changed it
915 times in 339 works
Consistency
99.2% (915 of 922)
Reach if approved
~969 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: relieve
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
922 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (915 changes in 339 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 915)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … others; then secondly, mercy must set our heads a worke, to deuise how to relieuerelieve them, we must consult with our owne hearts, as Nehemiah in like case did …
    With rule
    … others; then secondly, mercy must set our heads a worke, to deuise how to relieuerelieve them, we must consult with our owne hearts, as Nehemiah in like case did …

    Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 207 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … he will now also much more haue compassion on thee, and be ready to relieuerelieve thee in all thy wants and distresses; specially in the anguish and misery of …
    With rule
    … he will now also much more haue compassion on thee, and be ready to relieuerelieve thee in all thy wants and distresses; specially in the anguish and misery of …

    Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 450 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … gaping for the deſtruction of thoſe, who haue by al means' endeuoured to preſerue, relieuerelieve, and promote thē. Now you knowe the fable of AEſope of the ſnake found …
    With rule
    … gaping for the deſtruction of thoſe, who haue by al means' endeuoured to preſerue, relieuerelieve, and promote thē. Now you knowe the fable of AEſope of the ſnake found …

    Laurence Humphrey · A View of the Romish Hydra · p. 53 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … and call vnto the Lorde: for then he wyll heare thee, and he wyl relieuerelieve thee, and he wyll delyuer thee.
    With rule
    … and call vnto the Lorde: for then he wyll heare thee, and he wyl relieuerelieve thee, and he wyll delyuer thee.

    Thomas Lever · A Fruitful Sermon · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    Their eſpeciall recompence is, to relieuerelieve and maintain them, or any other, which is knit vnto them in any eſpeciall …
    With rule
    Their eſpeciall recompence is, to relieuerelieve and maintain them, or any other, which is knit vnto them in any eſpeciall …

    Dudley Fenner · Godly and Learned Treatises · p. 59 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … as our hearts are shaken with mistrust and feare; this faith doth comfort and relieuerelieve vs againe. By faith wee are graffed into Christ, as branches into the root …
    With rule
    … as our hearts are shaken with mistrust and feare; this faith doth comfort and relieuerelieve vs againe. By faith wee are graffed into Christ, as branches into the root …

    John Frewen · Choice Grounds and Principles of our Christian Religion · p. 306 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … denie it to be a matter of neceſſitie, and doth appoint it but to relieuerelieve the trouble which might ariſe in weake conſciences through the want thereof, for theſe …
    With rule
    … denie it to be a matter of neceſſitie, and doth appoint it but to relieuerelieve the trouble which might ariſe in weake conſciences through the want thereof, for theſe …

    George Gifford · Short Treatise Against the Donatists of England · p. 9 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … not therfore whether with wordes of rebuke, or of comfort, I should seeke to relieuerelieve you. Because I cannot come vnto you, my counsell and desire is, that you …
    With rule
    … not therfore whether with wordes of rebuke, or of comfort, I should seeke to relieuerelieve you. Because I cannot come vnto you, my counsell and desire is, that you …

    Richard Greenham · Two Treatises Comforting an Afflicted Conscience · p. 101 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

7 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.

The Happiness of the Church A01956

  • Printed
    … thou may est. On these and these termes, Hell fire shall decide the question. RelieueRelieve the poore, saith the Lord. Thou suckest their blouds rather: but howsoeuer wilt giue …
    With rule
    … thou may est. On these and these termes, Hell fire shall decide the question. RelieueRelieve the poore, saith the Lord. Thou suckest their blouds rather: but howsoeuer wilt giue …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 233 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … approues done to himselfe, let him doe that to others. Wouldst thou be relieued? RelieueRelieve. Wouldest thou borrow? lend.
    With rule
    … approues done to himselfe, let him doe that to others. Wouldst thou be relieued? RelieueRelieve. Wouldest thou borrow? lend.

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 260 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Ecclesiastes A02031

  • Printed
    … to ſaue, not to deſtroy. And Salomon ſayth, Doe good for the commaundement ſake. RelieueRelieve the godly in loue, the euill in pittie: we may be ſure of this …
    With rule
    … to ſaue, not to deſtroy. And Salomon ſayth, Doe good for the commaundement ſake. RelieueRelieve the godly in loue, the euill in pittie: we may be ſure of this …

    Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 287 · Open in the reader

Twenty-Seven Sermons A05143

  • Printed
    … but this you must not forget that s. Paul saith Sitis necesitatibus sanctorum communicantes, RelieueRelieve the necessitie of those which haue nede. Thinges are not so cōmon, that another …
    With rule
    … but this you must not forget that s. Paul saith Sitis necesitatibus sanctorum communicantes, RelieueRelieve the necessitie of those which haue nede. Thinges are not so cōmon, that another …

    Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · Open in the reader

Commentary on Isaiah A17640

  • Printed
    RelieueRelieve the oppreſſed.] The Prophet after his accuſtomed manner comes to particulars, after he hath …
    With rule
    RelieueRelieve the oppreſſed.] The Prophet after his accuſtomed manner comes to particulars, after he hath …

    John Calvin · Commentary on Isaiah · p. 13 · Open in the reader

A Treasury of Similes A18271

  • Printed
    To RelieueRelieve the poore.
    With rule
    To RelieueRelieve the poore.

    Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 630 · Open in the reader

Pseudo-Martyr A20647

  • Printed
    … Hyol Holy 278 17 Fall Fallen 280 13 Certaintie (Certainely) 297 21 After Alleadge adde This 304 27 Name Nature 305 5 Recei…e RelieueRelieve 313 20 God The good. 322 2 There This 324 25 Since Sinne 378 21 A… Vs 379 11 Dominium. Domicilium
    With rule
    … Hyol Holy 278 17 Fall Fallen 280 13 Certaintie (Certainely) 297 21 After Alleadge adde This 304 27 Name Nature 305 5 Recei…e RelieueRelieve 313 20 God The good. 322 2 There This 324 25 Since Sinne 378 21 A… Vs 379 11 Dominium. Domicilium

    John Donne · Pseudo-Martyr · Open in the reader