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inuectiuesinvectives

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

Puritas changed it
77 times in 58 works
Consistency
89.5% (77 of 86)
Reach if approved
~90 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: invectives
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
86 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (77 changes in 58 works, 89.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 77)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … feare into deſperate rage. So the angry man being ſo hardly purſued with ſharpe inuectiuesinvectives and bitter reprehenſions, that he hath no euaſion of excuſe to couer his fault …
    With rule
    … feare into deſperate rage. So the angry man being ſo hardly purſued with ſharpe inuectiuesinvectives and bitter reprehenſions, that he hath no euaſion of excuſe to couer his fault …

    John Downame · Four Treatises Dissuading from Four Heinous and Common Sins · p. 80 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    The inuectiuesinvectives of our Popiſh Diuines, eſpecially Pighius, Bellarmine, Baronius, haue made good that note of …
    With rule
    The inuectiuesinvectives of our Popiſh Diuines, eſpecially Pighius, Bellarmine, Baronius, haue made good that note of …

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 762 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … good fellow , nor strengthen our words with the credite of an Oath; but bitter inuectiuesinvectives must be shot, like Porcupines Quils, at these slight scapes. I answer…, God knowes …
    With rule
    … good fellow , nor strengthen our words with the credite of an Oath; but bitter inuectiuesinvectives must be shot, like Porcupines Quils, at these slight scapes. I answer…, God knowes …

    Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 244 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … enemy: all to make worke. Search his pockets, and they are stuff'd with libels, inuectiuesinvectives, detractions. He hates all men, and the Lord him; being that seuenth abomination, that …
    With rule
    … enemy: all to make worke. Search his pockets, and they are stuff'd with libels, inuectiuesinvectives, detractions. He hates all men, and the Lord him; being that seuenth abomination, that …

    Thomas Adams · Mystical Bedlam · p. 67 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … to returne to our purpoſe, when will our Reuerend Fathers returne to their old inuectiuesinvectives againſt the holines of croſſing? Our children to the doctrine of their Fathers which …
    With rule
    … to returne to our purpoſe, when will our Reuerend Fathers returne to their old inuectiuesinvectives againſt the holines of croſſing? Our children to the doctrine of their Fathers which …

    Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · p. 83 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … of our Temples; I hope, neuer againe to be reſtored: many exclamations, and bitter inuectiuesinvectives they haue heard from Idolatrous mouthes; but who knowes not but the Lord hath …
    With rule
    … of our Temples; I hope, neuer againe to be reſtored: many exclamations, and bitter inuectiuesinvectives they haue heard from Idolatrous mouthes; but who knowes not but the Lord hath …

    William Sclater · A Key to the Key of Scripture · p. 130 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … with their priuate opinions, and seeke not one to grieue another with their mutuall inuectiuesinvectives either in speaking or writing. Augustine saith well to Hierome: I am not so …
    With rule
    … with their priuate opinions, and seeke not one to grieue another with their mutuall inuectiuesinvectives either in speaking or writing. Augustine saith well to Hierome: I am not so …

    Andrew Willet · A Canvas of Limbus Patrum · p. 5 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … in number, as it appeares by the Prophets complaints, who make ſharp and bitter inuectiuesinvectives againſt the drouzines wherewith this people was whollie poſſeſſed. He ſpeakes to thoſe then …
    With rule
    … in number, as it appeares by the Prophets complaints, who make ſharp and bitter inuectiuesinvectives againſt the drouzines wherewith this people was whollie poſſeſſed. He ſpeakes to thoſe then …

    John Calvin · Commentary on Isaiah · p. 591 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Devils Banket Described A00888

  • Printed
    From this foule neast haue fluttered abroad all those clamorous Bils, slanderous Libels, malicious InuectiuesInvectives, seditious Pamphlets; whence not onely good names haue beene traduced, but good things abused …
    With rule
    From this foule neast haue fluttered abroad all those clamorous Bils, slanderous Libels, malicious InuectiuesInvectives, seditious Pamphlets; whence not onely good names haue beene traduced, but good things abused …

    Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 57 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … few, true, substantiall: many words, false words, vaine words, become not a Christians lips. InuectiuesInvectives against other men are euer euill, but then worse, when they be false▪ a …
    With rule
    … few, true, substantiall: many words, false words, vaine words, become not a Christians lips. InuectiuesInvectives against other men are euer euill, but then worse, when they be false▪ a …

    Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 67 · Open in the reader

Exposition of 1 Thessalonians A11591

  • Printed
    I might be infinite, to ſet downe the bitter InuectiuesInvectives of Diuines and Heathen againſt it. Ambroſe ſaid of them, They bring on themſelues …
    With rule
    I might be infinite, to ſet downe the bitter InuectiuesInvectives of Diuines and Heathen againſt it. Ambroſe ſaid of them, They bring on themſelues …

    William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · p. 431 · Open in the reader

The Fire of the Sanctuary Newly Uncovered A17270

  • Printed
    InuectiuesInvectives (though but againſt an Equall, or Inferior) are euer odious; but againſt a Prince …
    With rule
    InuectiuesInvectives (though but againſt an Equall, or Inferior) are euer odious; but againſt a Prince …

    Cornelius Burges · The Fire of the Sanctuary Newly Uncovered · p. 277 · Open in the reader