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sowesow

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

Puritas changed it
1,203 times in 566 works
Consistency
94.7% (1,203 of 1,270)
Reach if approved
~1,334 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: sow
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,270 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,203 changes in 566 works, 94.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,203)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … rather than as rogues, as maſters: 4. you that haue meanes without land, helpe to ſowesow the land that this year will lye vntilled and vnſowne, without helpe, and make …
    With rule
    … rather than as rogues, as maſters: 4. you that haue meanes without land, helpe to ſowesow the land that this year will lye vntilled and vnſowne, without helpe, and make …

    Robert Harris · Davids Comfort at Ziklag · p. 23 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … imperfection of the formare. Alwayes, howsoeuer he is troubled with him self, to patche, sowesow, clamp and set together such peaces as will neuer aggre, let vs procead to …
    With rule
    … imperfection of the formare. Alwayes, howsoeuer he is troubled with him self, to patche, sowesow, clamp and set together such peaces as will neuer aggre, let vs procead to …

    George Hay · The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … worde privately spoken? He might haue considered that men doe sometimes reape where they sowesow but with small hope; hee might haue considered that although vnto me (whereof he …
    With rule
    … worde privately spoken? He might haue considered that men doe sometimes reape where they sowesow but with small hope; hee might haue considered that although vnto me (whereof he …

    Richard Hooker · Answer to Supplication Preferred by Walter Tavers · p. 30 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … him that teacheth him, and againe, is it anye great thing, that while we sowesow vnto you spirituall things, that we shuld reape of you carnall things? of which …
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    … him that teacheth him, and againe, is it anye great thing, that while we sowesow vnto you spirituall things, that we shuld reape of you carnall things? of which …

    John Knox · Sermon in Edinburgh · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … now, whiles God is sowing the seede of Life, will this Enemy forbeare to sowesow tares. Hee runnes about the seats, like a Pick-purse; and if he sees …
    With rule
    … now, whiles God is sowing the seede of Life, will this Enemy forbeare to sowesow tares. Hee runnes about the seats, like a Pick-purse; and if he sees …

    Thomas Adams · The Black Devil · p. 9 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … haue a delight in burning: but if I might haue my will, I would ſowesow your mouthes, and put you into ſackes, and drowne you.
    With rule
    … haue a delight in burning: but if I might haue my will, I would ſowesow your mouthes, and put you into ſackes, and drowne you.

    John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 253 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … second yeare such springeth of the same: and in the third yeare yee shall sowesow and reape, &c. the third yeare might afford him somewhat. But doth hee forbeare …
    With rule
    … second yeare such springeth of the same: and in the third yeare yee shall sowesow and reape, &c. the third yeare might afford him somewhat. But doth hee forbeare …

    Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 20 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … expect a crop and a harveſt, if hee takes not pains to plow, and ſowesow his Corne? no more if you doe not take paines with your hearts in …
    With rule
    … expect a crop and a harveſt, if hee takes not pains to plow, and ſowesow his Corne? no more if you doe not take paines with your hearts in …

    Thomas Goodwin · The Return of Prayers · p. 232 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (67)

40 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 37 are listed here. 27 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Calling of the Jews A00746

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    12. SoweSow to your ſelues to righteouſneſſe, (ſaid I) reape vnto kindneſſe, ſwallow vp your fallow …
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    12. SoweSow to your ſelues to righteouſneſſe, (ſaid I) reape vnto kindneſſe, ſwallow vp your fallow …

    Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 219 · Open in the reader

Works A02178

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    … is an easie thing, and there is nothing to bee learned there, but to SoweSow, Plough, and Reape: and yet to set his hand to any of these without …
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    … is an easie thing, and there is nothing to bee learned there, but to SoweSow, Plough, and Reape: and yet to set his hand to any of these without …

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 735 · Open in the reader

The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith A06491

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    … Popyſhe aſſhes, muche leſſe vnderſtande, Vvhat Churche or God is then a Cowe or SoweSow vnderſtandeth. The church is a hygh, depe, hydden thinge, that noman may know her …
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    … Popyſhe aſſhes, muche leſſe vnderſtande, Vvhat Churche or God is then a Cowe or SoweSow vnderſtandeth. The church is a hygh, depe, hydden thinge, that noman may know her …

    Martin Luther · The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith · Open in the reader

Commentary on Galatians A06492

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    … euer were the Gentiles. For it hapneth to them, as it doth to the SoweSow, which after ſhe is waſhed, walloweth her ſelfe againe in the myre. And as …
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    … euer were the Gentiles. For it hapneth to them, as it doth to the SoweSow, which after ſhe is waſhed, walloweth her ſelfe againe in the myre. And as …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · Open in the reader

The Bee Hive of the Romish Church A07026

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    … meete auncient bearer. For, as a litter of pigges are farrowed of a fruitfull SoweSow, so are the Priestes and Monkes, and all the Spiritualtie sprong from her. And …
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    … meete auncient bearer. For, as a litter of pigges are farrowed of a fruitfull SoweSow, so are the Priestes and Monkes, and all the Spiritualtie sprong from her. And …

    Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · p. 291 · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

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    … sufficient meanes of maintenance, and then seeke new aduentures. For they neither Plant nor SoweSow, nor breed vp Cattell: and which is more strange, they nourish vp none of …
    With rule
    … sufficient meanes of maintenance, and then seeke new aduentures. For they neither Plant nor SoweSow, nor breed vp Cattell: and which is more strange, they nourish vp none of …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 589 · Open in the reader

Exposition on the Seven Psalms of Repentance A12260

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    … to looke vpon a Dogge when hee licketh vp his vomit, neither on a SoweSow while ſhe is wallowing in the puddle, and our onely delight is to ſwallow …
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    … to looke vpon a Dogge when hee licketh vp his vomit, neither on a SoweSow while ſhe is wallowing in the puddle, and our onely delight is to ſwallow …

    Archibald Simson · Exposition on the Seven Psalms of Repentance · p. 10 · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Moral Law A14909

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    … then no man can bee juſtified by his workes, for mercy ſecludeth merit. Hoſ. 10.12. SoweSow to your ſelves in righteouſneſſe, and reape in mercy; the Church muſt looke for …
    With rule
    … then no man can bee juſtified by his workes, for mercy ſecludeth merit. Hoſ. 10.12. SoweSow to your ſelves in righteouſneſſe, and reape in mercy; the Church muſt looke for …

    John Weemes · Exposition of the Moral Law · p. 135 · Open in the reader

The Drunkards Character A15845

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    … said his Farmer had surely coosened him, when he heard him tell that his SoweSow had eleven Pigs, and his Mare but one Foale. Yea, I have read of …
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    … said his Farmer had surely coosened him, when he heard him tell that his SoweSow had eleven Pigs, and his Mare but one Foale. Yea, I have read of …

    Richard Younge · The Drunkards Character · p. 351 · Open in the reader

Sin Stigmatized A15847

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    … ſaid his Farmer had ſurely cooſened him, when he heard him tell that his SoweSow had eleven Pigs, and his Mare but one Foale. Yea, I have read of …
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    … ſaid his Farmer had ſurely cooſened him, when he heard him tell that his SoweSow had eleven Pigs, and his Mare but one Foale. Yea, I have read of …

    Richard Younge · Sin Stigmatized · p. 351 · Open in the reader

The Hurt of Hearing Mass A16588

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    … a tongue as fewe preſtes can or do pronounce otherwyſe then kyreleſon, that is SoweSow haue mercye, or Pigge ſhewe mercye, this pope Gregorie) though ſome ſaye it was …
    With rule
    … a tongue as fewe preſtes can or do pronounce otherwyſe then kyreleſon, that is SoweSow haue mercye, or Pigge ſhewe mercye, this pope Gregorie) though ſome ſaye it was …

    John Bradford · The Hurt of Hearing Mass · Open in the reader

Daily Sermons Upon Jonah A17683

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    A SoweSow to Ceres offered they, to Venus eke a Swan.
    With rule
    A SoweSow to Ceres offered they, to Venus eke a Swan.

    John Calvin · Daily Sermons Upon Jonah · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

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    SoweSow.
    With rule
    SoweSow.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

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    The meaning of these wordes, that men breake vp their layes, and SoweSow not among bushes.
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    The meaning of these wordes, that men breake vp their layes, and SoweSow not among bushes.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

Sermons on Galatians A17706

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    ¶ Seede and SoweSow.
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    ¶ Seede and SoweSow.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Galatians · Open in the reader

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    VVhat is ment by the wordes Seede and SoweSow. 303. a 11 and 304. b 19
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    VVhat is ment by the wordes Seede and SoweSow. 303. a 11 and 304. b 19

    John Calvin · Sermons on Galatians · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    VVhat it is to SoweSow to eternall lyfe 304. b 26
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    VVhat it is to SoweSow to eternall lyfe 304. b 26

    John Calvin · Sermons on Galatians · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    After what maner al men ought to SoweSow, that is to ſay, to trauaile in their ſeueral trades, craftes and vocations 304. b …
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    After what maner al men ought to SoweSow, that is to ſay, to trauaile in their ſeueral trades, craftes and vocations 304. b …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Galatians · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Such as men SoweSow ſuch ſhall they reape 303. a 7. b and 304. a b and 305. a b
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    Such as men SoweSow ſuch ſhall they reape 303. a 7. b and 304. a b and 305. a b

    John Calvin · Sermons on Galatians · Open in the reader

The Plain Mans Spiritual Plow A18014

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    The waies and meanes thereof are noted in certaine actions of husbandry: As, SoweSow yee, reape yee, Plough yee: And finally in the word, Seeke yee the Lord.
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    The waies and meanes thereof are noted in certaine actions of husbandry: As, SoweSow yee, reape yee, Plough yee: And finally in the word, Seeke yee the Lord.

    John Carpenter · The Plain Mans Spiritual Plow · p. 18 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Lord be mercifull vnto him: ſo the Lord ſhould heere ſay by his Prophet: SoweSow to your ſelues for Righteouſnes: and then ſhall ye reape according to the meaſure …
    With rule
    … Lord be mercifull vnto him: ſo the Lord ſhould heere ſay by his Prophet: SoweSow to your ſelues for Righteouſnes: and then ſhall ye reape according to the meaſure …

    John Carpenter · The Plain Mans Spiritual Plow · p. 45 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … endeuour & applie on this obiect, or matter commended to vs. The firſt word is, SoweSow yee. The ſecond is, Reape yee. The third is, Plough yee. The fourth is …
    With rule
    … endeuour & applie on this obiect, or matter commended to vs. The firſt word is, SoweSow yee. The ſecond is, Reape yee. The third is, Plough yee. The fourth is …

    John Carpenter · The Plain Mans Spiritual Plow · p. 60 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … the dutie of the Sower, to either of theſe thus ſaith the wiſe man. SoweSow thy Seede in the Morning, and alſo in the euening: Let not thine hand …
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    … the dutie of the Sower, to either of theſe thus ſaith the wiſe man. SoweSow thy Seede in the Morning, and alſo in the euening: Let not thine hand …

    John Carpenter · The Plain Mans Spiritual Plow · p. 83 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … the Lord, partly for others, but chieflie for themſelues, according to that he ſaid: SoweSow to yourſelues for Righteouſnes. And this is not to be neglected for as by …
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    … the Lord, partly for others, but chieflie for themſelues, according to that he ſaid: SoweSow to yourſelues for Righteouſnes. And this is not to be neglected for as by …

    John Carpenter · The Plain Mans Spiritual Plow · p. 86 · Open in the reader

A Treasury of Similes A18271

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    2 As in old time it was not lawfull to offer a SoweSow, or any vncleane beaſt, by the lawe, but onely ſuch as were cleane, according …
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    2 As in old time it was not lawfull to offer a SoweSow, or any vncleane beaſt, by the lawe, but onely ſuch as were cleane, according …

    Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 857 · Open in the reader

Observations Upon the Old Testament A57230

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    bury my dead] SoweSow it as seed in the ground, till the Resurrection, where they rest, as in …
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    bury my dead] SoweSow it as seed in the ground, till the Resurrection, where they rest, as in …

    John Richardson · Observations Upon the Old Testament · Open in the reader

Letters in Two Parts A57970

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    … salvation sleepeth not. Ye have the prayers and blessing of a prisoner of Christ SoweSow fast, deal bread plentifully: The pantry door will be locked on the bairns in …
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    … salvation sleepeth not. Ye have the prayers and blessing of a prisoner of Christ SoweSow fast, deal bread plentifully: The pantry door will be locked on the bairns in …

    Samuel Rutherford · Letters in Two Parts · p. 200 · Open in the reader

The Protectors Protection A60350

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    … unsavory▪ I will not say, that for this Sermon I have been called A SoweSow… of Sedition, but because I there in spake against a lawless Liberty, calling it …
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    … unsavory▪ I will not say, that for this Sermon I have been called A SoweSow… of Sedition, but because I there in spake against a lawless Liberty, calling it …

    Samuel Slater · The Protectors Protection · Open in the reader

Commentary on the Minor Prophets A63068

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    Verſe 12. SoweSow to your ſelves in righteouſneſſe, reap in mercy:] Righteouſneſſe is a ſure ſeed, a …
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    Verſe 12. SoweSow to your ſelves in righteouſneſſe, reap in mercy:] Righteouſneſſe is a ſure ſeed, a …

    John Trapp · Commentary on the Minor Prophets · p. 145 · Open in the reader

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    … exhortation, and whether it might not leave ſome impreſſion, being delivered in few words? SoweSow (therefore ſaith he) to your ſelves in righteouſneſſe, &c. but firſt break up your …
    With rule
    … exhortation, and whether it might not leave ſome impreſſion, being delivered in few words? SoweSow (therefore ſaith he) to your ſelves in righteouſneſſe, &c. but firſt break up your …

    John Trapp · Commentary on the Minor Prophets · p. 145 · Open in the reader

A Christian Library A67744

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    … So that if a man should observe the Winde of Applause, he should never SoweSow, or regard the Clouds of Aspersion, he should never Reap. But I had rather …
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    … So that if a man should observe the Winde of Applause, he should never SoweSow, or regard the Clouds of Aspersion, he should never Reap. But I had rather …

    Richard Younge · A Christian Library · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

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    SoweSow and Reape.
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    SoweSow and Reape.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader

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    Such as we SoweSow, ſuch ſhal we reape 74. b 28.
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    Such as we SoweSow, ſuch ſhal we reape 74. b 28.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader

Exposition of the 12 Small Prophets A86936

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    Verſ. 12. SoweSow to your ſelves in righteouſneſſe: reap in mercy, break up your fallow ground: for …
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    Verſ. 12. SoweSow to your ſelves in righteouſneſſe: reap in mercy, break up your fallow ground: for …

    George Hutcheson · Exposition of the 12 Small Prophets · p. 196 · Open in the reader

Moses Prayer A93404

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    Thou maiſt ride and run, dig and delve, plow, and SoweSow, riſe up early, and go late to bed, and eat the bread of Car …
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    Thou maiſt ride and run, dig and delve, plow, and SoweSow, riſe up early, and go late to bed, and eat the bread of Car …

    Samuel Smith · Moses Prayer · p. 537 · Open in the reader

Balm from Gilead B15555

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    … returne to thine olde byas, as a dogge to thy former vomit, as a SoweSow thou wilt wallow in thy former mire: Thou wilt be as notorious a swearer …
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    … returne to thine olde byas, as a dogge to thy former vomit, as a SoweSow thou wilt wallow in thy former mire: Thou wilt be as notorious a swearer …

    Henry Roborough · Balm from Gilead · p. 119 · Open in the reader

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    … begin in the spirit, and ende in the flesh; such as returne with the SoweSow to her wallow, and with the Dogge to his vomit? These answere the call …
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    … begin in the spirit, and ende in the flesh; such as returne with the SoweSow to her wallow, and with the Dogge to his vomit? These answere the call …

    Henry Roborough · Balm from Gilead · p. 310 · Open in the reader