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transgressetransgress

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

Puritas changed it
1,946 times in 853 works
Consistency
99.2% (1,946 of 1,961)
Reach if approved
~2,062 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: transgress
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,962 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,946 changes in 853 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,946)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … Among which there is none found so righteous, but that in many things they transgressetransgress the lawe of God: and therefore the iustice of God is not to be …
    With rule
    … Among which there is none found so righteous, but that in many things they transgressetransgress the lawe of God: and therefore the iustice of God is not to be …

    William Fulke · Sermon 26 February 1580 · p. 13 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    We may not for the commandement of men transgressetransgress the rule of Piety, by doing any thing which is not for Gods glory …
    With rule
    We may not for the commandement of men transgressetransgress the rule of Piety, by doing any thing which is not for Gods glory …

    George Gillespie · Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies · p. 11 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … order which he hath ſet vnto them; and yet the ſonnes of men daily tranſgreſſetransgress the Ordinances which the Lord their God hath giuen them. The very earth which …
    With rule
    … order which he hath ſet vnto them; and yet the ſonnes of men daily tranſgreſſetransgress the Ordinances which the Lord their God hath giuen them. The very earth which …

    William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 586 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … Cusanus testifieth, it beeing but later, that the Bishops that succeeded those, did farre transgressetransgress those limits of ancient Moderation.
    With rule
    … Cusanus testifieth, it beeing but later, that the Bishops that succeeded those, did farre transgressetransgress those limits of ancient Moderation.

    William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 135 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    A treble fault ſome to tranſgreſſetransgress.
    With rule
    A treble fault ſome to tranſgreſſetransgress.

    Samuel Hieron · An Answer to a Popish Rhyme · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … grace, whē with his grace they are not assisted but permitted & that greevously to transgressetransgress, whereby as they were in over great liking of themselus supplanted, so the dislike …
    With rule
    … grace, whē with his grace they are not assisted but permitted & that greevously to transgressetransgress, whereby as they were in over great liking of themselus supplanted, so the dislike …

    Richard Hooker · Sermon of the Nature of Pride · p. 16 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … is iudge, abaſing one & exalting another. And therfore while Dauid is godly, & doth not tranſgreſſetransgress, while the people and all liue within their compaſſe, there is no doubt but …
    With rule
    … is iudge, abaſing one & exalting another. And therfore while Dauid is godly, & doth not tranſgreſſetransgress, while the people and all liue within their compaſſe, there is no doubt but …

    Laurence Humphrey · A View of the Romish Hydra · p. 181 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … of death; some lower then other, and neerer to the gates of hell. Some transgressetransgress of ignorance, some of knowledge; sinnes of knowledge are some of infirmitie, not without …
    With rule
    … of death; some lower then other, and neerer to the gates of hell. Some transgressetransgress of ignorance, some of knowledge; sinnes of knowledge are some of infirmitie, not without …

    Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · p. 70 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (15)

8 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Commentary on Isaiah A17640

  • Printed
    … this place ſeemes to require ſomewhat more. This noune comes of the verb to TranſgreſſeTransgress, as if we ſhould ſay in Latine, To exceed, and therefore I haue thought …
    With rule
    … this place ſeemes to require ſomewhat more. This noune comes of the verb to TranſgreſſeTransgress, as if we ſhould ſay in Latine, To exceed, and therefore I haue thought …

    John Calvin · Commentary on Isaiah · p. 173 · Open in the reader

Westminster Annotations A36467

  • Printed
    V. 41. TransgresseTransgress] They confesse they sinned by rebelling against God, but considered not they offended in …
    With rule
    V. 41. TransgresseTransgress] They confesse they sinned by rebelling against God, but considered not they offended in …

    John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

The Saints Amity with God in Christ A41751

  • Printed
    … alſo that of a Redeemer. And oh! What an hainous crime is this, to TranſgreſſeTransgress this Evangelick Law of the Mediator; which is twiſted, and compoſed of ſuch ſilken …
    With rule
    … alſo that of a Redeemer. And oh! What an hainous crime is this, to TranſgreſſeTransgress this Evangelick Law of the Mediator; which is twiſted, and compoſed of ſuch ſilken …

    Theophilus Gale · The Saints Amity with God in Christ · p. 255 · Open in the reader

A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic A56191

  • Printed
    TranſgreſſeTransgress Chriſts precept, and his forme forſake;
    With rule
    TranſgreſſeTransgress Chriſts precept, and his forme forſake;

    William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 129 · Open in the reader

Commentary on the Gospels and Acts A63067

  • Printed
    Verse 2. TransgresseTransgress the tradition of the Elders?]
    With rule
    Verse 2. TransgresseTransgress the tradition of the Elders?]

    John Trapp · Commentary on the Gospels and Acts · p. 419 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    TransgresseTransgress the Commandment of God by your tradition?]
    With rule
    TransgresseTransgress the Commandment of God by your tradition?]

    John Trapp · Commentary on the Gospels and Acts · p. 419 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

  • Printed
    TransgresseTransgress]
    With rule
    TransgresseTransgress]

    Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 665 · Open in the reader

The Mystery of the Gospel Vindicated and Socinianism Examined A90295

  • Printed
    … thereof is a Rebellion against him; Hence, to sinne, is to rebell, and to TransgresseTransgress, and to be Perverse, to Turne aside from the way, to cast off the …
    With rule
    … thereof is a Rebellion against him; Hence, to sinne, is to rebell, and to TransgresseTransgress, and to be Perverse, to Turne aside from the way, to cast off the …

    John Owen · The Mystery of the Gospel Vindicated and Socinianism Examined · p. 590 · Open in the reader