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schismesschisms

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

Puritas changed it
1,566 times in 644 works
Consistency
99.9% (1,566 of 1,567)
Reach if approved
~1,646 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: schisms
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,567 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,566 changes in 644 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,566)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … power, euen to God. So if I ſhoulde vexe my ſelfe much about the ſchiſmesschisms and ſectes which diſturbe the Church, and contaminate the Goſpell, what ſhould I preuaile …
    With rule
    … power, euen to God. So if I ſhoulde vexe my ſelfe much about the ſchiſmesschisms and ſectes which diſturbe the Church, and contaminate the Goſpell, what ſhould I preuaile …

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 85 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … make a way for thy redeemed: remoove the ſtones of offence, the Idolatries, ſuperſtitions, ſchiſmesschisms and ſeparations among Chriſtians▪ Take away the vayle that is ſpread vpon the eyes …
    With rule
    … make a way for thy redeemed: remoove the ſtones of offence, the Idolatries, ſuperſtitions, ſchiſmesschisms and ſeparations among Chriſtians▪ Take away the vayle that is ſpread vpon the eyes …

    John Paget · Arrow Against the Separationists · p. 475 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … to Lambeth, to the Cardinall, who the ſame day forgaue them all their periurations, ſchiſmesschisms, hereſies, and all they knéeled downe, and receiued his abſolution.
    With rule
    … to Lambeth, to the Cardinall, who the ſame day forgaue them all their periurations, ſchiſmesschisms, hereſies, and all they knéeled downe, and receiued his abſolution.

    John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 118 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … to shewe, that as GOD appointed one high Priest to the Iewes, to avoide schismesschisms, so he appointed Peter among the Christians: and for this purpose he citeth diuers …
    With rule
    … to shewe, that as GOD appointed one high Priest to the Iewes, to avoide schismesschisms, so he appointed Peter among the Christians: and for this purpose he citeth diuers …

    William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 134 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … be readie to leane to their owne wiſedome, and ſeeke not vnto God. When SchiſmesSchisms and Hereſies ariſe, it doth awaken them, cauſeth them to ſearch more diligently, yea …
    With rule
    … be readie to leane to their owne wiſedome, and ſeeke not vnto God. When SchiſmesSchisms and Hereſies ariſe, it doth awaken them, cauſeth them to ſearch more diligently, yea …

    George Gifford · Short Treatise Against the Donatists of England · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … bewail'd, that we are no wiser in our generation. Looke into the Church, what schismesschisms and rends find wee there? one drawing this way, another that; one holding this …
    With rule
    … bewail'd, that we are no wiser in our generation. Looke into the Church, what schismesschisms and rends find wee there? one drawing this way, another that; one holding this …

    Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 8 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … tyrannie of potentates, ambition of nobles, rebellion of subiects in civill states; by heresies, schismesschisms, divisions in the Church; naming pride wee name the mother which brought them forth …
    With rule
    … tyrannie of potentates, ambition of nobles, rebellion of subiects in civill states; by heresies, schismesschisms, divisions in the Church; naming pride wee name the mother which brought them forth …

    Richard Hooker · Sermon of the Nature of Pride · p. 13 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … sins on earth; but they haue rather the keyes of hell, to broach errors & schismesschisms. a And most lamentably doe they abuse Gods ordinance hereabout. Ergo, By these scriptures …
    With rule
    … sins on earth; but they haue rather the keyes of hell, to broach errors & schismesschisms. a And most lamentably doe they abuse Gods ordinance hereabout. Ergo, By these scriptures …

    Christopher Lawne · Brownish Turn Inside Outward · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Sword of Christian Magistracy A56215

  • Printed
    … by comparing it with the next preceding words; I heare there be Diviſions (or SCHISMESSCHISMS) among you, and I partly beleeve it: for there muſt be alſo Sects (as …
    With rule
    … by comparing it with the next preceding words; I heare there be Diviſions (or SCHISMESSCHISMS) among you, and I partly beleeve it: for there muſt be alſo Sects (as …

    William Prynne · The Sword of Christian Magistracy · p. 164 · Open in the reader