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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1992 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

keepeskeeps

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

Puritas changed it
2,263 times in 704 works
Consistency
99.5% (2,263 of 2,274)
Reach if approved
~2,389 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: keeps
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
2,274 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,263 changes in 704 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,263)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … after righteousnesse, and seeke it by all meanes, Mat. 5.3, 4, 6. It is privie pride, that keepeskeeps men from prayer, as it doth that poore wretch that being in extreame want …
    With rule
    … after righteousnesse, and seeke it by all meanes, Mat. 5.3, 4, 6. It is privie pride, that keepeskeeps men from prayer, as it doth that poore wretch that being in extreame want …

    Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 65 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … the rule and command of the heart: But when Satan that ſtrong man armed keepeskeeps the houſe, and ſinne rules in the ſoule (in a mans naturall condition) and …
    With rule
    … the rule and command of the heart: But when Satan that ſtrong man armed keepeskeeps the houſe, and ſinne rules in the ſoule (in a mans naturall condition) and …

    Thomas Hooker · The Souls Implantation into the Natural Olive · p. 167 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … his enterpriſes: therefore it is called the breaſt-plate of righteouſneſſe, Epheſ. 6.14. becauſe it keepeskeeps off gun-ſhot, darts, ſpears, and all the deuils munition. As Iob, by ſound …
    With rule
    … his enterpriſes: therefore it is called the breaſt-plate of righteouſneſſe, Epheſ. 6.14. becauſe it keepeskeeps off gun-ſhot, darts, ſpears, and all the deuils munition. As Iob, by ſound …

    William Jemmat · A Spiritual Trumpet Sounded to Christian Warfare · p. 28 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    And as it prevents destruction, so also sinne the cause of it, and keepeskeeps us from our owne wickednesse; It workes many good and profitable things in us …
    With rule
    And as it prevents destruction, so also sinne the cause of it, and keepeskeeps us from our owne wickednesse; It workes many good and profitable things in us …

    Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · p. 164 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … them he lets rust, I meane, the sword of the Spirit: the other, he keepeskeeps bright with the blood of Saints, and makes it shine with the Gall of …
    With rule
    … them he lets rust, I meane, the sword of the Spirit: the other, he keepeskeeps bright with the blood of Saints, and makes it shine with the Gall of …

    Thomas Adams · The Gallants Burden · p. 12 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … ſhift off ſinne, doe bring the greater load vpon their owne ſoules. For this keepeskeeps them from that degree of humiliation and contrition which would moue God to pitie …
    With rule
    … ſhift off ſinne, doe bring the greater load vpon their owne ſoules. For this keepeskeeps them from that degree of humiliation and contrition which would moue God to pitie …

    William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 245 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … sinfull the father was, the sonne is an vnthrift, I aske then, why another keepeskeeps his inheritance. Thus they say, he is wiser; then this man was a foole …
    With rule
    … sinfull the father was, the sonne is an vnthrift, I aske then, why another keepeskeeps his inheritance. Thus they say, he is wiser; then this man was a foole …

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 786 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … himſelf, and, The righteous hath care of his owne ſoule. 4. This watching at home, keepeskeeps out pride, iudging in buſineſſes abroad, makes one quiet with others, tame in himſelfe …
    With rule
    … himſelf, and, The righteous hath care of his owne ſoule. 4. This watching at home, keepeskeeps out pride, iudging in buſineſſes abroad, makes one quiet with others, tame in himſelfe …

    Robert Harris · Pauls Confidence · p. 10 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

10 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Abuses Stripped and Whipped A15623

  • Printed
    KeepesKeeps Vmpire, and hath got predomination.
    With rule
    KeepesKeeps Vmpire, and hath got predomination.

    George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    KeepesKeeps all himselfe; and for a little ease,
    With rule
    KeepesKeeps all himselfe; and for a little ease,

    George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete A15639

  • Printed
    KeepesKeeps with a continuall guard,
    With rule
    KeepesKeeps with a continuall guard,

    George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    KeepesKeeps my Mistresse Good, or Chast.
    With rule
    KeepesKeeps my Mistresse Good, or Chast.

    George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader

Prince Henrys Obsequies A15651

  • Printed
    KeepesKeeps all his bloudy and imperious plea)
    With rule
    KeepesKeeps all his bloudy and imperious plea)

    George Wither · Prince Henrys Obsequies · Open in the reader

The Drunkards Character A15845

  • Printed
    … into a religious course. 2. Staggers many Which have made some progresse in the way. 3. KeepesKeeps many From doing the good which they would, or appearing the same which they …
    With rule
    … into a religious course. 2. Staggers many Which have made some progresse in the way. 3. KeepesKeeps many From doing the good which they would, or appearing the same which they …

    Richard Younge · The Drunkards Character · p. 531 · Open in the reader

Sin Stigmatized A15847

  • Printed
    3. KeepesKeeps
    With rule
    3. KeepesKeeps

    Richard Younge · Sin Stigmatized · p. 532 · Open in the reader

The Abatement of Popish Brags Pretending Scripture to be Theirs A19242

  • Printed
    … things wee ſinne all: Yet you ſay, He who is iuſtified, Legem omnino implet, KeepesKeeps the Law wholly.
    With rule
    … things wee ſinne all: Yet you ſay, He who is iuſtified, Legem omnino implet, KeepesKeeps the Law wholly.

    Alexander Cooke · The Abatement of Popish Brags Pretending Scripture to be Theirs · p. 42 · Open in the reader

The Dead Yet Speaking A40646

  • Printed
    KeepesKeeps life and soul together in their Names,
    With rule
    KeepesKeeps life and soul together in their Names,

    Thomas Fuller · The Dead Yet Speaking · p. 408 · Open in the reader

Poems A69225

  • Printed
    KeepesKeeps off, or cures what can be done or ſaid.
    With rule
    KeepesKeeps off, or cures what can be done or ſaid.

    John Donne · Poems · p. 78 · Open in the reader