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belieuersbelievers

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

Puritas changed it
97 times in 46 works
Consistency
77.6% (97 of 125)
Reach if approved
~131 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: believers
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
125 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (97 changes in 46 works, 77.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 97)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … set downe heretofore, may haue the more force. Hitherto he had spoken to the belieuersbelievers, and to such as haue eares to heare God withall, and to such as …
    With rule
    … set downe heretofore, may haue the more force. Hitherto he had spoken to the belieuersbelievers, and to such as haue eares to heare God withall, and to such as …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 1170 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … but alſo to take heed of doing any thing that may proue vnto young belieuersbelievers, matter of offence & ſcandal. And ſo he takes occaſion to enter vpon a large …
    With rule
    … but alſo to take heed of doing any thing that may proue vnto young belieuersbelievers, matter of offence & ſcandal. And ſo he takes occaſion to enter vpon a large …

    Jeremiah Dyke · The Mischief and Misery of Scandals · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … and broke out at every vein of his maſſacred body, will not permit thoſe belieuersbelievers, whom death brought with the veil, and uſhered into the preſence of God, to …
    With rule
    … and broke out at every vein of his maſſacred body, will not permit thoſe belieuersbelievers, whom death brought with the veil, and uſhered into the preſence of God, to …

    John Wells · A Prospect of Eternity · p. 136 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … men both Iewes & Gentiles, are of themſelues grieuous ſinners, voide of righteouſneſſe. The true belieuersbelievers are iuſtified or made righteous in Chriſt. So the righteouſneſſe of God, is that …
    With rule
    … men both Iewes & Gentiles, are of themſelues grieuous ſinners, voide of righteouſneſſe. The true belieuersbelievers are iuſtified or made righteous in Chriſt. So the righteouſneſſe of God, is that …

    George Gifford · Four Sermons · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … defence of error more earnest a great deale, then (for the most part) sound belieuersbelievers in the maintenance of truth apprehended according to the nature of that euidence which …
    With rule
    … defence of error more earnest a great deale, then (for the most part) sound belieuersbelievers in the maintenance of truth apprehended according to the nature of that euidence which …

    Richard Hooker · The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity · p. 10 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … inriching in grace, and that two wayes: Firſt, in regard of the company of belieuersbelievers, when the thouſands of Iſrael ſhal come in, which ſhall doubtleſſe cauſe many Gentiles …
    With rule
    … inriching in grace, and that two wayes: Firſt, in regard of the company of belieuersbelievers, when the thouſands of Iſrael ſhal come in, which ſhall doubtleſſe cauſe many Gentiles …

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 53 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    As to Saints, ſo to belieuersbelievers is this glorie appropried; places a…e plentifull, ſee theſe pregnant, Mar. 16.16. Iohn 3.15, 16, 17, 18. whither …
    With rule
    As to Saints, ſo to belieuersbelievers is this glorie appropried; places a…e plentifull, ſee theſe pregnant, Mar. 16.16. Iohn 3.15, 16, 17, 18. whither …

    William Sclater · Exposition of 2 Thessalonians · p. 52 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … succession entreth on the inheritance of his dead Father: yet both Christ and all belieuersbelievers are heires while their Father doth liue, because he cannot die being the euerlasting …
    With rule
    … succession entreth on the inheritance of his dead Father: yet both Christ and all belieuersbelievers are heires while their Father doth liue, because he cannot die being the euerlasting …

    Thomas Wilson · Theological Rules to Guide Us in the Understanding and Practice of Scripture · p. 53 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (28)

24 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 10 are listed here. 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Treatise of Faith A03064

  • Printed
    There be ſeuerall ſtates of BelieuersBelievers, but all ſubiect to manifold temptations, §. 4. 98. 99
    With rule
    There be ſeuerall ſtates of BelieuersBelievers, but all ſubiect to manifold temptations, §. 4. 98. 99

    John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … carnall preſumption, though it caſteth out feare which proceedeth from vnbeliefe. But what need BelieuersBelievers feare the threatnings, ſeeing there is no condemnation or cauſe of feare to them …
    With rule
    … carnall preſumption, though it caſteth out feare which proceedeth from vnbeliefe. But what need BelieuersBelievers feare the threatnings, ſeeing there is no condemnation or cauſe of feare to them …

    John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 67 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … men, they ſay to euery man: what to penitents, to euery penitent; what to BelieuersBelievers, to euery Belieuer; what to ſinners and vngodly, to euery ſinner. God gaue his …
    With rule
    … men, they ſay to euery man: what to penitents, to euery penitent; what to BelieuersBelievers, to euery Belieuer; what to ſinners and vngodly, to euery ſinner. God gaue his …

    John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 100 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … and imploy their talent. God giueth not the ſame meaſure of grace to all BelieuersBelievers: all be not of equall ſtanding in Chriſts ſchoole, nor of equall paines to …
    With rule
    … and imploy their talent. God giueth not the ſame meaſure of grace to all BelieuersBelievers: all be not of equall ſtanding in Chriſts ſchoole, nor of equall paines to …

    John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 148 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … they are vnder one Couenant, and liue by the ſame faith. The Adoption of BelieuersBelievers is confirmed on Gods part vnto them by his word, ſeales, oath, pledge and …
    With rule
    … they are vnder one Couenant, and liue by the ſame faith. The Adoption of BelieuersBelievers is confirmed on Gods part vnto them by his word, ſeales, oath, pledge and …

    John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 264 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Romans 8-11 A09031

  • Printed
    … is enough if the promiſes be vniuerſally deliuered, becauſe vniuerſalls include all particulars. All BelieuersBelievers ſhall be ſaued, therefore I alſo belieuing, ſhall be ſaued.
    With rule
    … is enough if the promiſes be vniuerſally deliuered, becauſe vniuerſalls include all particulars. All BelieuersBelievers ſhall be ſaued, therefore I alſo belieuing, ſhall be ſaued.

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 266 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    2. The Reſtruction of the generall, Whoſoeuer belieueth. Whoſoeuer, concludes all BelieuersBelievers; BelieuersBelievers, excludes all vnbelieuers.
    With rule
    2. The Reſtruction of the generall, Whoſoeuer belieueth. Whoſoeuer, concludes all BelieuersBelievers; BelieuersBelievers, excludes all vnbelieuers.

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 268 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    2. The Reſtruction of the generall, Whoſoeuer belieueth. Whoſoeuer, concludes all BelieuersBelievers; BelieuersBelievers, excludes all vnbelieuers.
    With rule
    2. The Reſtruction of the generall, Whoſoeuer belieueth. Whoſoeuer, concludes all BelieuersBelievers; BelieuersBelievers, excludes all vnbelieuers.

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 268 · Open in the reader

Christian Economy A09377

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    … to those that are strangers, & not of the familie, if they be Christians, and BelieuersBelievers; but specially to the Ministers of the Word. Rom. 12. 13. Giuing your selues to hospitalitie …
    With rule
    … to those that are strangers, & not of the familie, if they be Christians, and BelieuersBelievers; but specially to the Ministers of the Word. Rom. 12. 13. Giuing your selues to hospitalitie …

    William Perkins · Christian Economy · p. 171 · Open in the reader

Conflicts and Comforts of Conscience A17297

  • Printed
    … will be found far inferiour to Peter, who did these things. So also many BelieuersBelievers, hauing neither des…red any mans wife, nor persecuted the husband of any desired …
    With rule
    … will be found far inferiour to Peter, who did these things. So also many BelieuersBelievers, hauing neither des…red any mans wife, nor persecuted the husband of any desired …

    Henry Burton · Conflicts and Comforts of Conscience · p. 176 · Open in the reader