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vnwrittenunwritten

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

Puritas changed it
753 times in 214 works
Consistency
97.5% (753 of 772)
Reach if approved
~811 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: unwritten
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
772 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (753 changes in 214 works, 97.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 753)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … God to bee the ground of faith: you beleeue so, but adde thereunto the vnwrittenunwritten word.
    With rule
    … God to bee the ground of faith: you beleeue so, but adde thereunto the vnwrittenunwritten word.

    Daniel Featley · The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net · p. 98 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … of the Bible written: & how was the word of God then continued, but by vnwrittenunwritten traditiō: There is not therfore such necessitie of the scriptures, seeing ye church could …
    With rule
    … of the Bible written: & how was the word of God then continued, but by vnwrittenunwritten traditiō: There is not therfore such necessitie of the scriptures, seeing ye church could …

    William Fulke · Sermon Preached 12 March 1581 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … he not see all sufficiencie therein, but complaining of some defect, he looketh to vnwrittenunwritten verities, and leaneth to old traditions to be giuen to the Church, & therefore he …
    With rule
    … he not see all sufficiencie therein, but complaining of some defect, he looketh to vnwrittenunwritten verities, and leaneth to old traditions to be giuen to the Church, & therefore he …

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 218 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … Apoſtles, as the Word of God, why not their conſtitutions accordingly? I meane not vnwrittenunwritten verities, or rather the very lies of Antichriſtian Papiſts, but ſuch ordinances, as are …
    With rule
    … Apoſtles, as the Word of God, why not their conſtitutions accordingly? I meane not vnwrittenunwritten verities, or rather the very lies of Antichriſtian Papiſts, but ſuch ordinances, as are …

    James Balmford · Concerning the Lords Day, State of the Church of Rome, Execution of Priests · p. 24 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … c. When you muſter the Fathers to diſprove the Scriptures, and to eſtabliſh an vnwrittenunwritten faith vnder the credit of traditions, you corrupt the Writers, and abuſe the Readers …
    With rule
    … c. When you muſter the Fathers to diſprove the Scriptures, and to eſtabliſh an vnwrittenunwritten faith vnder the credit of traditions, you corrupt the Writers, and abuſe the Readers …

    Henry Jacob · Attestation of Many Learned Godly and Famous Divines · p. 220 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … health of our soules. If this be true as it is in dede, wher … vnwrittenunwritten verities? I meruayle not at the sentence, but to fynde it in such an …
    With rule
    … health of our soules. If this be true as it is in dede, wher … vnwrittenunwritten verities? I meruayle not at the sentence, but to fynde it in such an …

    Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · p. 75 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    Against mens traditions and vnwrittenunwritten verities.
    With rule
    Against mens traditions and vnwrittenunwritten verities.

    Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · p. 61 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Chriſt author of their filthy reuelations. So the papiſts make him author of their vnwrittenunwritten verities. And as the Tacians, Maniches, & Mahomet, equall their deuiſes & traditions vnto the holy …
    With rule
    … Chriſt author of their filthy reuelations. So the papiſts make him author of their vnwrittenunwritten verities. And as the Tacians, Maniches, & Mahomet, equall their deuiſes & traditions vnto the holy …

    Josias Nichols · Abrahams Faith · p. 193 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (19)

10 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 9 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Attestation of Many Learned Godly and Famous Divines A04207

  • Printed
    … that ſo much is contained ſome-where in the New Teſtament. This is no VnwrittenUnwritten Tradition, neither can be by any meanes, if Chriſt him ſelfe be the Author …
    With rule
    … that ſo much is contained ſome-where in the New Teſtament. This is no VnwrittenUnwritten Tradition, neither can be by any meanes, if Chriſt him ſelfe be the Author …

    Henry Jacob · Attestation of Many Learned Godly and Famous Divines · p. 75 · Open in the reader

Necessity of Reforming Our Churches A04218

  • Printed
    … of all which this doctrine remaineth cleare and firme, that all Humane inventions, or VnwrittenUnwritten Traditions Eccleſiasticall are directly contrarie to Gods woord. Yea being but Beſide the Scripture …
    With rule
    … of all which this doctrine remaineth cleare and firme, that all Humane inventions, or VnwrittenUnwritten Traditions Eccleſiasticall are directly contrarie to Gods woord. Yea being but Beſide the Scripture …

    Henry Jacob · Necessity of Reforming Our Churches · p. 3 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Nevertheles there is no need, nor good vſe of theſe, nor of anie Eccleſiaſticall VnwrittenUnwritten Traditions in Chriſtes Churches. We believe and know Gods Written word to bee ſufficient …
    With rule
    … Nevertheles there is no need, nor good vſe of theſe, nor of anie Eccleſiaſticall VnwrittenUnwritten Traditions in Chriſtes Churches. We believe and know Gods Written word to bee ſufficient …

    Henry Jacob · Necessity of Reforming Our Churches · p. 30 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … and Epiſtles? Where his meaning in brief is, that every ſuch (that is Eccleſiaſticall) VnwrittenUnwritten Tradition whatſoever, ought to be vtterly reiected.
    With rule
    … and Epiſtles? Where his meaning in brief is, that every ſuch (that is Eccleſiaſticall) VnwrittenUnwritten Tradition whatſoever, ought to be vtterly reiected.

    Henry Jacob · Necessity of Reforming Our Churches · p. 77 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Galatians 1-5 A09383

  • Printed
    VnwrittenUnwritten Traditions tendered as a part of gods word are abominations. 24. 29
    With rule
    VnwrittenUnwritten Traditions tendered as a part of gods word are abominations. 24. 29

    William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · Open in the reader

Exposition of 2 Thessalonians A11588

  • Printed
    … Iudaeorum, which to them was a ſecond Miſhne, equalled with Moſes his written Deuteronomie. VnwrittenUnwritten traditions (who doubts but pretended from Moſes or ſome other great Prophet? which they …
    With rule
    … Iudaeorum, which to them was a ſecond Miſhne, equalled with Moſes his written Deuteronomie. VnwrittenUnwritten traditions (who doubts but pretended from Moſes or ſome other great Prophet? which they …

    William Sclater · Exposition of 2 Thessalonians · p. 91 · Open in the reader

A Learned Treatise of Traditions A20950

  • Printed
    Cardinall Bellarmine a Ieſuite, in his Booke of the VnwrittenUnwritten word Chap. 4. The Scriptures without Traditions are not ſimply neceſſary nor ſufficient. And there …
    With rule
    Cardinall Bellarmine a Ieſuite, in his Booke of the VnwrittenUnwritten word Chap. 4. The Scriptures without Traditions are not ſimply neceſſary nor ſufficient. And there …

    Peter du Moulin Jr · A Learned Treatise of Traditions · p. 35 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Bellarmine in his 4. Booke of the VnwrittenUnwritten word of God, chap. 2. calleth ſome Traditions Divine, which Ieſus Chriſt hath taught by …
    With rule
    Bellarmine in his 4. Booke of the VnwrittenUnwritten word of God, chap. 2. calleth ſome Traditions Divine, which Ieſus Chriſt hath taught by …

    Peter du Moulin Jr · A Learned Treatise of Traditions · p. 46 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Colossians A21260

  • Printed
    VnwrittenUnwritten traditions confuted p. 534
    With rule
    VnwrittenUnwritten traditions confuted p. 534

    Edward Elton · Exposition of Colossians · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

  • Printed
    VnwrittenUnwritten Truths (ſaith our wittie Chancellour, More) are equiualent to the Word of God: What …
    With rule
    VnwrittenUnwritten Truths (ſaith our wittie Chancellour, More) are equiualent to the Word of God: What …

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 654 · Open in the reader