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excessiueexcessive

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

Puritas changed it: 1,109 times in 338 works
Consistency: 98.4% (1,109 of 1,126)
Reach if approved: ~1,183 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: excessive
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,126 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,109 changes in 338 works, 98.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,109)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… part of my Letter I gaue you to vnderstād was the cause of your excessiueexcessive distresse. I beseech you, and I charge you in the name of our Lord …
With rule
… part of my Letter I gaue you to vnderstād was the cause of your excessiueexcessive distresse. I beseech you, and I charge you in the name of our Lord …
Richard Greenham · Comfort for All Those Afflicted in Conscience · Open in the reader
Printed
… at the passages of Iordane: Evē so, that al such Churches that are not excessiueexcessive in burden and bounds, and of the grossest and greatest in the Land; but …
With rule
… at the passages of Iordane: Evē so, that al such Churches that are not excessiueexcessive in burden and bounds, and of the grossest and greatest in the Land; but …
William Guild · The Humble Address Both of Church and Poor to Britains Monarch · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… then my maſter deſerueth, nor beare a ſhewe of vice in mee or any exceſſiueexcessive affection. Pſa. 34.13. 1. Peter. 4.11.
With rule
… then my maſter deſerueth, nor beare a ſhewe of vice in mee or any exceſſiueexcessive affection. Pſa. 34.13. 1. Peter. 4.11.
Robert Hill · Christs Prayer Expounded · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
But the ſwarming and exceſſiueexcessive multitude of Friars is otherwayes thought ſeruiceable to the Sea of Rome, firſt, in …
With rule
But the ſwarming and exceſſiueexcessive multitude of Friars is otherwayes thought ſeruiceable to the Sea of Rome, firſt, in …
Robert Jenison · The Height of Israels Heathenish Idolatry · p. 138 · Open in the reader
Printed
… reiecting none, bearing all our ſinnes and offences, repelling no man from him with exceſſiueexcessive ſeueritie. For we read and heare nothing to be declared in the Goſpell but …
With rule
… reiecting none, bearing all our ſinnes and offences, repelling no man from him with exceſſiueexcessive ſeueritie. For we read and heare nothing to be declared in the Goſpell but …
Martin Luther · Collected Sermons · p. 130 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it were too long to write, and may bee offensiue in regarde of the excessiueexcessive commendations aboue the rest: & euen of late, that noble men may finde some worth …
With rule
… it were too long to write, and may bee offensiue in regarde of the excessiueexcessive commendations aboue the rest: & euen of late, that noble men may finde some worth …
George Estey · Exposition Upon the Ten Commandments · Open in the reader
Printed
… Hall writing of this matter, declareth, that the cauſe of the let, was the exceſſiueexcessive fées, which were ſo great, of canonizing a king aboue any prelat, that the …
With rule
… Hall writing of this matter, declareth, that the cauſe of the let, was the exceſſiueexcessive fées, which were ſo great, of canonizing a king aboue any prelat, that the …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 388 · Open in the reader
Printed
Or, (becauſe ſuch exceſſiueexcessive great ones are not ſo much regarded, the ſunne ſheweth not ſo great when …
With rule
Or, (becauſe ſuch exceſſiueexcessive great ones are not ſo much regarded, the ſunne ſheweth not ſo great when …
Thomas Gataker · True Contentment in the Gain of Godliness · p. 56 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (17)

11 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Treatise of Faith A03064

Printed
… doe him the greateſt pleaſure that may be, when we yeeld vnto him therein. ExceſſiueExcessive feare brings that vpon vs, from which eſpecially we deſire to be freed, and …
With rule
… doe him the greateſt pleaſure that may be, when we yeeld vnto him therein. ExceſſiueExcessive feare brings that vpon vs, from which eſpecially we deſire to be freed, and …
John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 306 · Open in the reader

The Nobles A03850

Printed
For the cominalty complayneth new lordes ſucceded theyr olde auncients. ExceſſiueExcessive in aſkinge, rigorous in exactinge, readier in takinge, ſparer in geuinge, worſte almoſt in …
With rule
For the cominalty complayneth new lordes ſucceded theyr olde auncients. ExceſſiueExcessive in aſkinge, rigorous in exactinge, readier in takinge, ſparer in geuinge, worſte almoſt in …
Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount A09432

Printed
… then which Christ here forbids? Ans. Sundry practises of couetousnes, wherof the first is, ExcessiueExcessive seeking of worldly wealth, whē men keep no measure nor morderation therein; although God …
With rule
… then which Christ here forbids? Ans. Sundry practises of couetousnes, wherof the first is, ExcessiueExcessive seeking of worldly wealth, whē men keep no measure nor morderation therein; although God …
William Perkins · Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount · p. 343 · Open in the reader

Healths Sickness A10184

Printed
… and respect vs most? which are oft times ruined, and alwayes hazzarded, by these ExcessiueExcessive, Ebrious, Heathenish, and superfluous Healthes? Doubtlesse, if there bee any dishonour in the World …
With rule
… and respect vs most? which are oft times ruined, and alwayes hazzarded, by these ExcessiueExcessive, Ebrious, Heathenish, and superfluous Healthes? Doubtlesse, if there bee any dishonour in the World …
William Prynne · Healths Sickness · p. 44 · Open in the reader

The True Convert A10929

Printed
… to adorne a dung-hill. See then what a fruitfull mother of much wickedneſſe, ExceſſiueExcessive brauery is. Let it therefore be auoyded of all ſuch as beare any loue …
With rule
… to adorne a dung-hill. See then what a fruitfull mother of much wickedneſſe, ExceſſiueExcessive brauery is. Let it therefore be auoyded of all ſuch as beare any loue …
Nehemiah Rogers · The True Convert · p. 272 · Open in the reader

Seven Treatises A10945

Printed
ExceſſiueExcessive delight in aboundance.
With rule
ExceſſiueExcessive delight in aboundance.
Richard Rogers · Seven Treatises · Open in the reader

Abuses Stripped and Whipped A15623

Printed
Themselues with an ExcessiueExcessive Ouer-ioying,
With rule
Themselues with an ExcessiueExcessive Ouer-ioying,
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

Harmony of the Gospels A16078

Printed
ExcessiueExcessive Care is from infidelitie, 205. 26. and 130. 4.
With rule
ExcessiueExcessive Care is from infidelitie, 205. 26. and 130. 4.
John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · Open in the reader

Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God A16338

Printed
ExcessiueExcessive sleepe. 205
With rule
ExcessiueExcessive sleepe. 205
Robert Bolton · Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

Printed
ExcessiueExcessive Moorning for the dead kinsfolkes forbidden. 553. a 10.20. and of our follie & disfiguring of ourselues …
With rule
ExcessiueExcessive Moorning for the dead kinsfolkes forbidden. 553. a 10.20. and of our follie & disfiguring of ourselues …
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

Ten Sermons for the Worthy Receiving of the Lords Supper A20536

Printed
3 ExceſſiueExcessive eating and drinking, which cauſeth drunkenneſſe, and vnfitneſſe for Gods worſhip.
With rule
3 ExceſſiueExcessive eating and drinking, which cauſeth drunkenneſſe, and vnfitneſſe for Gods worſhip.
John Dod · Ten Sermons for the Worthy Receiving of the Lords Supper · p. 5 · Open in the reader