Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2048 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

pleadeplead

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

Puritas changed it: 1,364 times in 562 works
Consistency: 98.0% (1,364 of 1,391)
Reach if approved: ~1,462 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: plead
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,391 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,364 changes in 562 works, 98.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,364)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… to doe thus and thus, if God will vouchſafe us ſuch a mercy, and pleadeplead it to God to move him to beſtow it; and God, hee thereupon (it …
With rule
… to doe thus and thus, if God will vouchſafe us ſuch a mercy, and pleadeplead it to God to move him to beſtow it; and God, hee thereupon (it …
Thomas Goodwin · The Return of Prayers · p. 111 · Open in the reader
Printed
… mille teſtes▪ Thy Conſcience is a thouſand witneſſes to condemne thee. The diuell ſhall pleadeplead hard (moſt pitifull wretch) for thy Soule and body, accuſing thee on this manner …
With rule
… mille teſtes▪ Thy Conſcience is a thouſand witneſſes to condemne thee. The diuell ſhall pleadeplead hard (moſt pitifull wretch) for thy Soule and body, accuſing thee on this manner …
Henry Greenwood · Works · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
… could remooue mountaines, cast out Diuells, and worke many miracles (as many reprobates shall pleadeplead at that day) in Christs name, wee are notwithstanding, but as tinckling cimballs, if …
With rule
… could remooue mountaines, cast out Diuells, and worke many miracles (as many reprobates shall pleadeplead at that day) in Christs name, wee are notwithstanding, but as tinckling cimballs, if …
William Guild · A Young Mans Inquisition · p. 172 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ignorant perſon, is able by the priuate teaching of his owne corrupt hearte, to pleadeplead on the behalfe of his owne careleſnes. Well, the ſcope of this place (which …
With rule
… ignorant perſon, is able by the priuate teaching of his owne corrupt hearte, to pleadeplead on the behalfe of his owne careleſnes. Well, the ſcope of this place (which …
Samuel Hieron · The Dignity of the Scripture · p. 38 · Open in the reader
Printed
… truth and all religion vnder our feet. Against this third sort, God himselfe shall pleadeplead our cause, in that day, when they shall answer vs for these words, not …
With rule
… truth and all religion vnder our feet. Against this third sort, God himselfe shall pleadeplead our cause, in that day, when they shall answer vs for these words, not …
Richard Hooker · Two Sermons Upon Jude · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Rent: wee must be all at one, least at all none. Let vs not pleadeplead so hard for paritie in the Church, till wee bring Anarchie into the Common …
With rule
… Rent: wee must be all at one, least at all none. Let vs not pleadeplead so hard for paritie in the Church, till wee bring Anarchie into the Common …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sauiour Iesus Christ. By this we sée what merite or worthynes we haue to pleadeplead before God, and likewyse what cause we haue to be proude among men. Which …
With rule
… sauiour Iesus Christ. By this we sée what merite or worthynes we haue to pleadeplead before God, and likewyse what cause we haue to be proude among men. Which …
William Fulke · A Comfortable Sermon of Faith in Temptations · Open in the reader
Printed
… art thou O man that pleadeſt with God? They aunſwer that they doe not pleadeplead with God, but they ſtand for the defence of the iuſtice and mercie of …
With rule
… art thou O man that pleadeſt with God? They aunſwer that they doe not pleadeplead with God, but they ſtand for the defence of the iuſtice and mercie of …
George Gifford · Sermons Upon Divers Texts · p. 100 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (27)

25 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 22 are listed here. 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Happiness of the Church A01956

Printed
… to the much-robbed Church, that can discharge you: but you must giue proportionably. PleadePlead what you can to the poore, Christ vvill not be so answered. Who can …
With rule
… to the much-robbed Church, that can discharge you: but you must giue proportionably. PleadePlead what you can to the poore, Christ vvill not be so answered. Who can …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 134 · Open in the reader

Works A02178

Printed
… that wee our selues can answere it, because the man of God saith, portion 20. 2. PleadePlead my cause and deliuer me: that is, Lord put an answere into my mouth …
With rule
… that wee our selues can answere it, because the man of God saith, portion 20. 2. PleadePlead my cause and deliuer me: that is, Lord put an answere into my mouth …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 506 · Open in the reader
Printed
PleadePlead my cause and deliuer me, quicken me according to thy word.
With rule
PleadePlead my cause and deliuer me, quicken me according to thy word.
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 571 · Open in the reader

The Players Scourge A10187

Printed
… serue onely to feed the sinfull lusts of the flesh;) and yet shall wee PleadePlead for them with our Tongues, Cherish them with our Purses, Runne to them with …
With rule
… serue onely to feed the sinfull lusts of the flesh;) and yet shall wee PleadePlead for them with our Tongues, Cherish them with our Purses, Runne to them with …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 53 · Open in the reader

Gods Love A13872

Printed
… tendereſt affections. Now our jealous God, that hates putting away , though he may ſay, PleadePlead with your mother pleadeplead, for ſhee is not my wife, neither am I her …
With rule
… tendereſt affections. Now our jealous God, that hates putting away , though he may ſay, PleadePlead with your mother pleadeplead, for ſhee is not my wife, neither am I her …
John Trapp · Gods Love · p. 186 · Open in the reader

The True Catholic A13971

Printed
… Saints pleadeplead, at the tribunall ſeate of Gods iuſtice. They muſt ſaie with Dauid: PleadePlead thou my cauſe, O Lord, with them that striue with me, fight thou againſt …
With rule
… Saints pleadeplead, at the tribunall ſeate of Gods iuſtice. They muſt ſaie with Dauid: PleadePlead thou my cauſe, O Lord, with them that striue with me, fight thou againſt …
Francis Trigge · The True Catholic · p. 74 · Open in the reader

The Saints Sufferings and Sinners Sorrows A15826

Printed
… ſhall expire: then the latter end of Antichriſt ſhall be worſe than his beginning. PleadePlead therefore the cauſe of Gods people, and let the world take notice, that theſe …
With rule
… ſhall expire: then the latter end of Antichriſt ſhall be worſe than his beginning. PleadePlead therefore the cauſe of Gods people, and let the world take notice, that theſe …
John Yates · The Saints Sufferings and Sinners Sorrows · p. 43 · Open in the reader

A Mild and Just Defense of Certain Arguments A16615

Printed
… ſay agayne beware, you ſinne not for any worldly prefermēt, againſt your former knowledge. PleadePlead not better judgment now, then before you had. Examine your owne heart (as it …
With rule
… ſay agayne beware, you ſinne not for any worldly prefermēt, againſt your former knowledge. PleadePlead not better judgment now, then before you had. Examine your owne heart (as it …
William Bradshaw · A Mild and Just Defense of Certain Arguments · Open in the reader

Twenty-Two Sermons on Psalm 119 A17724

Printed
PleadePlead my cauſe and deliuer me: quicken me according vnto thy woorde.
With rule
PleadePlead my cauſe and deliuer me: quicken me according vnto thy woorde.
John Calvin · Twenty-Two Sermons on Psalm 119 · Open in the reader
Printed
PleadePlead my cauſe and deliuer me: quicken me according vnto thy worde.
With rule
PleadePlead my cauſe and deliuer me: quicken me according vnto thy worde.
John Calvin · Twenty-Two Sermons on Psalm 119 · p. 165 · Open in the reader

The Bibles Abstract and Epitome A27502

Printed
I may know with The Rhetorician to PleadePlead eloquently,
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I may know with The Rhetorician to PleadePlead eloquently,
Richard Bernard · The Bibles Abstract and Epitome · p. 27 · Open in the reader

One-Hundred Forty-Five Sermons Upon John 17 A30241

Printed
… thy endeavours be in thy place to inform and heal before thou doſt depart; PleadePlead and ſtrive with thy mother, as Hoſ. 2. becauſe ſhe hath committed whoredomes: And then …
With rule
… thy endeavours be in thy place to inform and heal before thou doſt depart; PleadePlead and ſtrive with thy mother, as Hoſ. 2. becauſe ſhe hath committed whoredomes: And then …
Anthony Burgess · One-Hundred Forty-Five Sermons Upon John 17 · p. 580 · Open in the reader

An Exposition of Hosea 1-3 A30572

Printed
PleadePlead, Litigate, ſo ſome, Contendite, ſtrive, the old Latine hath Iudicate, Iudge your mother. It …
With rule
PleadePlead, Litigate, ſo ſome, Contendite, ſtrive, the old Latine hath Iudicate, Iudge your mother. It …
Jeremiah Burroughs · An Exposition of Hosea 1-3 · p. 149 · Open in the reader
Printed
… deale plainly and to tell her that ſhe is not the wife of God. PleadePlead with her,
With rule
… deale plainly and to tell her that ſhe is not the wife of God. PleadePlead with her,
Jeremiah Burroughs · An Exposition of Hosea 1-3 · p. 149 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that way, and not preſently give over, for though it is not ſaid here, PleadePlead with your brothers and ſiſters, yet they are included in this when he ſaith …
With rule
… that way, and not preſently give over, for though it is not ſaid here, PleadePlead with your brothers and ſiſters, yet they are included in this when he ſaith …
Jeremiah Burroughs · An Exposition of Hosea 1-3 · p. 150 · Open in the reader
Printed
Fifthly, PleadePlead with your mother. It is very fit that God ſhould have ſome to pleadeplead …
With rule
Fifthly, PleadePlead with your mother. It is very fit that God ſhould have ſome to pleadeplead …
Jeremiah Burroughs · An Exposition of Hosea 1-3 · p. 151 · Open in the reader
Printed
Seventhly, PleadePlead with your Mother. That is, with the Church, called a Mother, becauſe as the …
With rule
Seventhly, PleadePlead with your Mother. That is, with the Church, called a Mother, becauſe as the …
Jeremiah Burroughs · An Exposition of Hosea 1-3 · p. 151 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

Printed
PleadePlead.
With rule
PleadePlead.
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader
Printed
It would not boote vs or auayle vs, though we had libertie to PleadePlead againſt God. 663. … 36.
With rule
It would not boote vs or auayle vs, though we had libertie to PleadePlead againſt God. 663. … 36.
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Hebrew word that he vſeth, ſignifieth to Reproue, and alſo to Debate, or PleadePlead. So then his ſaying and proteſtation is, that hee is not the man whom …
With rule
… the Hebrew word that he vſeth, ſignifieth to Reproue, and alſo to Debate, or PleadePlead. So then his ſaying and proteſtation is, that hee is not the man whom …
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 254 · Open in the reader

Lectures Upon Hosea 1-4 A69234

Printed
… the next place the Prophet returneth to the legall threatnings; in theſe words: Verſ. 2. PleadePlead (or, contend) with your mother, pleadeplead with her, Verſ. 2 for ſhe is not my …
With rule
… the next place the Prophet returneth to the legall threatnings; in theſe words: Verſ. 2. PleadePlead (or, contend) with your mother, pleadeplead with her, Verſ. 2 for ſhe is not my …
John Downame · Lectures Upon Hosea 1-4 · p. 153 · Open in the reader

Concerning Gods Decrees A77243

Printed
… anſwers, that it was for this End — foreign, Rom. 1.20. That they might have nothing to PleadePlead, no quirke nor Apology left to Excuſe their Atheiſme and Idolatry.
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… anſwers, that it was for this End — foreign, Rom. 1.20. That they might have nothing to PleadePlead, no quirke nor Apology left to Excuſe their Atheiſme and Idolatry.
Edward Bagshaw · Concerning Gods Decrees · p. 13 · Open in the reader