Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2197 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

instrumentesinstruments

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

Puritas changed it: 608 times in 212 works
Consistency: 96.2% (608 of 632)
Reach if approved: ~664 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: instruments
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 632 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (608 changes in 212 works, 96.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 608)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… péece of clay what him liketh, the Smith may make of his yron diuers inſtrumentesinstruments, yet following the godly wiſdome of S. Paule, I thinke it more méete to …
With rule
… péece of clay what him liketh, the Smith may make of his yron diuers inſtrumentesinstruments, yet following the godly wiſdome of S. Paule, I thinke it more méete to …
Anthony Gilby · Of Election and Reprobation · Open in the reader
Printed
… his owne malyngnaunt myschefe: who can denye these Bysshoppes and Prestes to be the instrumentesinstruments of sathan / vnderstandynge the scripturs and beholdynge theyr daylye doyinges: Onlye persecute they simple …
With rule
… his owne malyngnaunt myschefe: who can denye these Bysshoppes and Prestes to be the instrumentesinstruments of sathan / vnderstandynge the scripturs and beholdynge theyr daylye doyinges: Onlye persecute they simple …
John Bale · Exhortation of an English Christian unto his Beloved Country · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Pariſh. He might have ſeene it conceited before me by thoſe noble and ſacred inſtrumentesinstruments Zuinglius, Luther, & the reſt of our Attestators. But malice drave him againſt me, as …
With rule
… Pariſh. He might have ſeene it conceited before me by thoſe noble and ſacred inſtrumentesinstruments Zuinglius, Luther, & the reſt of our Attestators. But malice drave him againſt me, as …
Henry Jacob · Attestation of Many Learned Godly and Famous Divines · p. 203 · Open in the reader
Printed
Ye shall haue ministers …, to be furtherers and instrumentesinstruments of it. But Dauid by hys wysdome and pollicye thought so to haue cloked …
With rule
Ye shall haue ministers …, to be furtherers and instrumentesinstruments of it. But Dauid by hys wysdome and pollicye thought so to haue cloked …
Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
… like it not. I folow them in y^e meane ſeaſon, that thinke they are inſtrumentesinstruments of muſike, and that becauſe of that is ſaid before, where he thus writeth …
With rule
… like it not. I folow them in y^e meane ſeaſon, that thinke they are inſtrumentesinstruments of muſike, and that becauſe of that is ſaid before, where he thus writeth …
Martin Luther · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vnto God, as they that are alyue from death, and gyue youre members as instrumentesinstruments of ryghteousnes vnto God. Agayne in that same chapter, as ye haue gyuē your …
With rule
… vnto God, as they that are alyue from death, and gyue youre members as instrumentesinstruments of ryghteousnes vnto God. Agayne in that same chapter, as ye haue gyuē your …
Thomas Becon · A New Years Gift More Precious than Gold · Open in the reader
Printed
… haue euermore bene … by their …, … de … and … discharged from all disloyaltie by their publique instrumentesinstruments and vvritings, their souldiers haue bene payed from their Princes paye, and so haue …
With rule
… haue euermore bene … by their …, … de … and … discharged from all disloyaltie by their publique instrumentesinstruments and vvritings, their souldiers haue bene payed from their Princes paye, and so haue …
John Field · A Caveat for Parsons Howlet · Open in the reader
Printed
… for the destruction of the same, now he sheweth in this chapter, what principall instrumentesinstruments he would vse, in oppugning the saluatiō of the same, verely euen the Romayne …
With rule
… for the destruction of the same, now he sheweth in this chapter, what principall instrumentesinstruments he would vse, in oppugning the saluatiō of the same, verely euen the Romayne …
William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (24)

16 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Prelections Upon Revelation A01320

Printed
… that they are the spirites of deuils, that is euen the verie members and InstrumentesInstruments of the deuill, that all may knowe that the counsell wherewith they inspire kinges …
With rule
… that they are the spirites of deuils, that is euen the verie members and InstrumentesInstruments of the deuill, that all may knowe that the counsell wherewith they inspire kinges …
William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · p. 107 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sayeth he, shall the voice of singers be heard, or of them whiche handle InstrumentesInstruments of musike, so that whatsoeuer thinges serue for there pleasure are taken awaye. Neither …
With rule
… sayeth he, shall the voice of singers be heard, or of them whiche handle InstrumentesInstruments of musike, so that whatsoeuer thinges serue for there pleasure are taken awaye. Neither …
William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · p. 123 · Open in the reader

The Nobles A03850

Printed
InſtrumentesInstruments I terme them, for euē in baſe apparayle, the mynde maye be no leſſe …
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InſtrumentesInstruments I terme them, for euē in baſe apparayle, the mynde maye be no leſſe …
Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

Attestation of Many Learned Godly and Famous Divines A04207

Printed
… are of men are contrary. For by the true Outward Meanes as by ordinary InſtrumentesInstruments God cōveyeth to vs his grace, giveth vs faith, and bringeth vs to ſalvation …
With rule
… are of men are contrary. For by the true Outward Meanes as by ordinary InſtrumentesInstruments God cōveyeth to vs his grace, giveth vs faith, and bringeth vs to ſalvation …
Henry Jacob · Attestation of Many Learned Godly and Famous Divines · p. 193 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Peter and Jude A06502

Printed
… thou muſt none otherwiſe frame thy dealinges, then thou wouldeſt doe about any other InſtrumentesInstruments whatſoeuer, that thou haſt neede for any purpoſe to vſe: as if thou wouldeſt …
With rule
… thou muſt none otherwiſe frame thy dealinges, then thou wouldeſt doe about any other InſtrumentesInstruments whatſoeuer, that thou haſt neede for any purpoſe to vſe: as if thou wouldeſt …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 71 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ecclesiastes A06504

Printed
I prouided me ſingers, and women playeng on InſtrumentesInstruments, to make myrth and paſſe tyme.
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I prouided me ſingers, and women playeng on InſtrumentesInstruments, to make myrth and paſſe tyme.
Martin Luther · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 36 · Open in the reader

The Treasure of Truth Touching Salvation and the Christian Religion A10213

Printed
¶InstrumentesInstruments indued with rea…on and iudgement, are eyther Angels, …r men, and the same …
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¶InstrumentesInstruments indued with rea…on and iudgement, are eyther Angels, …r men, and the same …
Theodore Beza · The Treasure of Truth Touching Salvation and the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

Answer to a Supplicatory Epistle for the Pretended Catholics A13877

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… of God how to reſpect the giftes of God in his holy Organes and InſtrumentesInstruments of his glorie, without derogatyng from God his honor to giue it to an …
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… of God how to reſpect the giftes of God in his holy Organes and InſtrumentesInstruments of his glorie, without derogatyng from God his honor to giue it to an …
Walter Travers · Answer to a Supplicatory Epistle for the Pretended Catholics · p. 347 · Open in the reader

Defense of the Ecclesiastical Discipline A13880

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… Tabernacle, & the furniture thereof, the Arke of couenant, the Table, the Candleſtickes, with the InſtrumentesInstruments neceſſarie for it, and with ſpeciall direction both for the matter, fourme and meaſure …
With rule
… Tabernacle, & the furniture thereof, the Arke of couenant, the Table, the Candleſtickes, with the InſtrumentesInstruments neceſſarie for it, and with ſpeciall direction both for the matter, fourme and meaſure …
Walter Travers · Defense of the Ecclesiastical Discipline · p. 10 · Open in the reader

Reproof of Howlets Untimely Shrieking A15295

Printed
… the Christian Catholike Religion, or the holy catholike and Apostolike Religion, of the first InstrumentesInstruments and Planters thereof, as wee see set vs downe in their writinges, or such …
With rule
… the Christian Catholike Religion, or the holy catholike and Apostolike Religion, of the first InstrumentesInstruments and Planters thereof, as wee see set vs downe in their writinges, or such …
Perceval Wiburn · Reproof of Howlets Untimely Shrieking · p. 113 · Open in the reader

Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion A17183

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… but conſider, that both the Temple and the two altars with all the holye InſtrumentesInstruments, are vtterly ouerthrowen and come to nothing.
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… but conſider, that both the Temple and the two altars with all the holye InſtrumentesInstruments, are vtterly ouerthrowen and come to nothing.
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 419 · Open in the reader
Printed
InſtrumentesInstruments belonging to the Church, ought to be holy, cleane, and voyde of all riot …
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InſtrumentesInstruments belonging to the Church, ought to be holy, cleane, and voyde of all riot …
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 1127 · Open in the reader

Of the Head Cornerstone A17242

Printed
… their Beesoms are noted to bee of Brasse also, it seemeth, that all such InstrumentesInstruments are meant thereby, as whereby such places or Courts, yards, or streets, are wont …
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… their Beesoms are noted to bee of Brasse also, it seemeth, that all such InstrumentesInstruments are meant thereby, as whereby such places or Courts, yards, or streets, are wont …
Edmund Bunny · Of the Head Cornerstone · p. 355 · Open in the reader
Printed
… whole solemnity with the sound of Trumpets, with their voyce also, and with many InstrumentesInstruments of Musicke besides: so expressing the ioy of their owne heartes; and giuing glory …
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… whole solemnity with the sound of Trumpets, with their voyce also, and with many InstrumentesInstruments of Musicke besides: so expressing the ioy of their owne heartes; and giuing glory …
Edmund Bunny · Of the Head Cornerstone · Open in the reader

The Institutes of the Christian Religion A17662

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… therefore I admitte that there are fyue Senses, whyche Plato better lyked to calle InstrumentesInstruments, whereby all Obiectes, are powred into Common sense, as into a place of receypte …
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… therefore I admitte that there are fyue Senses, whyche Plato better lyked to calle InstrumentesInstruments, whereby all Obiectes, are powred into Common sense, as into a place of receypte …
John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

The World Possessed with Devils A68845

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That is: that God ſo maketh wicked InſtrumentesInstruments to ſerue to his glorie, that by them he executeth his eternall ordenaunce, and …
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That is: that God ſo maketh wicked InſtrumentesInstruments to ſerue to his glorie, that by them he executeth his eternall ordenaunce, and …
Pierre Viret · The World Possessed with Devils · Open in the reader