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deuotionsdevotions

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

Puritas changed it
787 times in 198 works
Consistency
100% (787 of 787)
Reach if approved
~827 places (estimated)
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Agrees: devotions
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
787 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (787 changes in 198 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 787)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … with Religion: We serue God in iest; our selues, with all respect & earnest: Our DeuotionsDevotions are like Winter, frosty, misty, & windy of many natures, none other then cold: Nothing …
    With rule
    … with Religion: We serue God in iest; our selues, with all respect & earnest: Our DeuotionsDevotions are like Winter, frosty, misty, & windy of many natures, none other then cold: Nothing …

    Thomas Adams · The Gallants Burden · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … point, because all men can doe it; & what is more vsuall than this, mens deuotionsdevotions growe cold. And indeed there is greathardnes of heart, there is much complaining, but …
    With rule
    … point, because all men can doe it; & what is more vsuall than this, mens deuotionsdevotions growe cold. And indeed there is greathardnes of heart, there is much complaining, but …

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 697 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … ſeruice, but yt a body may do well inough at home, with ſome priuate deuotionsdevotions: that common men néed not trouble themſelues greatly with the ſcripture, or with knowledge …
    With rule
    … ſeruice, but yt a body may do well inough at home, with ſome priuate deuotionsdevotions: that common men néed not trouble themſelues greatly with the ſcripture, or with knowledge …

    Samuel Hieron · The Preachers Plea · p. 242 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … to bee accuſed and troubled in his minde, for neglecting his Maſſe and Popiſh deuotionsdevotions, or a Lay-papiſt for peruſing the Scriptures, when as it is not againſt …
    With rule
    … to bee accuſed and troubled in his minde, for neglecting his Maſſe and Popiſh deuotionsdevotions, or a Lay-papiſt for peruſing the Scriptures, when as it is not againſt …

    Thomas Barnes · The Court of Conscience · p. 28 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    All ye higheſt religions, the holines & moſt feruent deuotionsdevotions of thoſe which do reiect Chriſt ye Mediatour & worſhip God wtout his word & cōmaundement …
    With rule
    All ye higheſt religions, the holines & moſt feruent deuotionsdevotions of thoſe which do reiect Chriſt ye Mediatour & worſhip God wtout his word & cōmaundement …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · p. 259 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … vnto them, and their ſinnes and miſeries vnto him: and their prayers, faſtings, and deuotionsdevotions are made common vnto one another, not only amongſt the liuing, but euen amongſt …
    With rule
    … vnto them, and their ſinnes and miſeries vnto him: and their prayers, faſtings, and deuotionsdevotions are made common vnto one another, not only amongſt the liuing, but euen amongſt …

    John Mayer · The English Catechism Explained · p. 139 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … the Godhead, but acknowledge it, and are circumcised, and liue more strictly in their deuotionsdevotions then most Christians. Here is therefore more required, or else we shall make them …
    With rule
    … the Godhead, but acknowledge it, and are circumcised, and liue more strictly in their deuotionsdevotions then most Christians. Here is therefore more required, or else we shall make them …

    William Perkins · A Cloud of Faithful Witnesses · p. 96 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … deserued, and so ioyfully rendred of al tongues: dedicating to your Honour some publicke deuotionsdevotions, that can neuer forget you in my priuate. I will not thinke of adding …
    With rule
    … deserued, and so ioyfully rendred of al tongues: dedicating to your Honour some publicke deuotionsdevotions, that can neuer forget you in my priuate. I will not thinke of adding …

    Thomas Adams · A Divine Herbal Together with a Forest of Thorns · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.