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desertesdeserts

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

Puritas changed it
353 times in 128 works
Consistency
99.1% (353 of 356)
Reach if approved
~374 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: deserts
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
356 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (353 changes in 128 works, 99.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 353)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … the iuſt, that is, the iuſt abhorre the vngodly iuſtly and according to their deſertesdeserts. For in deede, what fellowſhip is there betweene righteouſneſſe and vnrighteouſneſſe, or the ſeede …
    With rule
    … the iuſt, that is, the iuſt abhorre the vngodly iuſtly and according to their deſertesdeserts. For in deede, what fellowſhip is there betweene righteouſneſſe and vnrighteouſneſſe, or the ſeede …

    Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 279 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … was committed, and the power of binding & loosing granted vnto me, not through my desertesdeserts, but by thy grace. Trusting therefore on this assuraunce, for the honour and sauegard …
    With rule
    … was committed, and the power of binding & loosing granted vnto me, not through my desertesdeserts, but by thy grace. Trusting therefore on this assuraunce, for the honour and sauegard …

    John Rainolds · Conference Between Rainolds and Hart · p. 47 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … whatsoeuer, and more, if they were able to doe them, are but duties, not desertesdeserts. That they are all sinners, and offenders: and must craue grace and fauour. That …
    With rule
    … whatsoeuer, and more, if they were able to doe them, are but duties, not desertesdeserts. That they are all sinners, and offenders: and must craue grace and fauour. That …

    Francis Trigge · Touchstone to Determine the True Catholic Faith · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … by his word, that he will be vnto vs a merciful father and without … deſertesdeserts (ſeeing we can deſerue nothing) will freely giue vnto vs remiſſion of ſinnes, righteouſnes …
    With rule
    … by his word, that he will be vnto vs a merciful father and without … deſertesdeserts (ſeeing we can deſerue nothing) will freely giue vnto vs remiſſion of ſinnes, righteouſnes …

    John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 239 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Sith the law praiſeth or puniſheth all, not for their kinſfolkes, but their, owne deſertesdeserts.
    With rule
    … Sith the law praiſeth or puniſheth all, not for their kinſfolkes, but their, owne deſertesdeserts.

    Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    Therfore can we not boaſte many deſertesdeserts of our workes, yf they be loked vpon, withoute grace and mercy. But as …
    With rule
    Therfore can we not boaſte many deſertesdeserts of our workes, yf they be loked vpon, withoute grace and mercy. But as …

    Martin Luther · The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … passion, & confessed that both he & hys felowe thefe suffered worthely, euen according to their desertesdeserts, and in the middes of his troubled conscience, he cryed vnto the Lord Christe …
    With rule
    … passion, & confessed that both he & hys felowe thefe suffered worthely, euen according to their desertesdeserts, and in the middes of his troubled conscience, he cryed vnto the Lord Christe …

    Thomas Becon · The Castle of Comfort · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … maye pacify Gods wrath, & deserue remission of youre synnes thorowe youre owne merytes and desertesdeserts? Cā he that is deade erecte & lyfte vp hym selfe? Can he resume & take …
    With rule
    … maye pacify Gods wrath, & deserue remission of youre synnes thorowe youre owne merytes and desertesdeserts? Cā he that is deade erecte & lyfte vp hym selfe? Can he resume & take …

    Thomas Becon · News Out of Heaven · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

2 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.

The World Possessed with Devils A68845

  • Printed
    … maieſt well place thoſe in the nomber of thoſe poſſeſſed that fled into the DeſertesDeserts. For there are ſome wicked ones ſo enuious and hatefull to euery mā, through …
    With rule
    … maieſt well place thoſe in the nomber of thoſe poſſeſſed that fled into the DeſertesDeserts. For there are ſome wicked ones ſo enuious and hatefull to euery mā, through …

    Pierre Viret · The World Possessed with Devils · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

  • Printed
    It is a renouncing of God for a man to truſt in his owne DeſertesDeserts. 594. a 44.
    With rule
    It is a renouncing of God for a man to truſt in his owne DeſertesDeserts. 594. a 44.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader