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confirmesconfirms

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

Puritas changed it
1,017 times in 421 works
Consistency
98.7% (1,017 of 1,030)
Reach if approved
~1,082 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: confirms
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,030 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,017 changes in 421 works, 98.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,017)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … the ſoule of man, before he comes as a Comforter to him. Which Chriſt confirmesconfirms where he ſaith, Bleſſed are they that mourne, for they ſhall be comforted.
    With rule
    … the ſoule of man, before he comes as a Comforter to him. Which Chriſt confirmesconfirms where he ſaith, Bleſſed are they that mourne, for they ſhall be comforted.

    Nicholas Lockyer · Christs Communion with his Church Militant · p. 74 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … in the good hee encreaſeth grace. He reforms our waies, informes our iudgement, and confirmesconfirms our faith. Hee changeth diſcord into duties of loue, and turneth all miſdeeds, into …
    With rule
    … in the good hee encreaſeth grace. He reforms our waies, informes our iudgement, and confirmesconfirms our faith. Hee changeth diſcord into duties of loue, and turneth all miſdeeds, into …

    Richard Bernard · Contemplative Pictures with Wholesome Precepts Part 1 · p. 37 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Thus much of the similitude: nowe I come to the first reason, whereby Paul confirmesconfirms his maine argument. Christ hath purchased and procured your libertie: therefore the time therof …
    With rule
    Thus much of the similitude: nowe I come to the first reason, whereby Paul confirmesconfirms his maine argument. Christ hath purchased and procured your libertie: therefore the time therof …

    William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 278 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … I sworne, that I will make it good: this is not enough, but he confirmesconfirms it by the blood of Christ himselfe; the Mediator shall come, and confirme this …
    With rule
    … I sworne, that I will make it good: this is not enough, but he confirmesconfirms it by the blood of Christ himselfe; the Mediator shall come, and confirme this …

    John Preston · The New Covenant · p. 121 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … of Common Prayer, service and administration of the Sacrament, then this which this Statute confirmesconfirms; which enacts, that the sayd Booke &c. with the Alterations and additions therein added …
    With rule
    … of Common Prayer, service and administration of the Sacrament, then this which this Statute confirmesconfirms; which enacts, that the sayd Booke &c. with the Alterations and additions therein added …

    William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 153 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … way, and the issue of both; now in the conclusion by a necessarie argument confirmesconfirms all that truth, and giues an evident reason, why the godly who seeke the …
    With rule
    … way, and the issue of both; now in the conclusion by a necessarie argument confirmesconfirms all that truth, and giues an evident reason, why the godly who seeke the …

    Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · p. 251 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … dead; shall passe the Court of Gods Iustice vncensured. Where the Lord conferres and confirmesconfirms Honour, woe to the tongue that shall traduce it. This second poynt hath held …
    With rule
    … dead; shall passe the Court of Gods Iustice vncensured. Where the Lord conferres and confirmesconfirms Honour, woe to the tongue that shall traduce it. This second poynt hath held …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 276 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … or a hearing others read. This rubs vp the memory of things heard publiquely, confirmesconfirms the iudgment, makes fit to depend vpon the church inſtruction, and inures to the …
    With rule
    … or a hearing others read. This rubs vp the memory of things heard publiquely, confirmesconfirms the iudgment, makes fit to depend vpon the church inſtruction, and inures to the …

    Samuel Hieron · The Dignity of the Scripture · p. 40 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (13)

9 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Doctrine of the Saints Perseverance A53688

  • Printed
    And this the same Authour further ConfirmesConfirms, (saith he) p: p: Q: 109. A: 9. Cùm nullum agens secundum agat nisi in Virtute …
    With rule
    And this the same Authour further ConfirmesConfirms, (saith he) p: p: Q: 109. A: 9. Cùm nullum agens secundum agat nisi in Virtute …

    John Owen · The Doctrine of the Saints Perseverance · Open in the reader

The Signal Loyalty and Devotion of Gods True Saints Part 1 and 2 A56163

  • Printed
    … ac destruas, viduas & pupillos clementer adjuves ac defendas, desolata restaures, restaurata conserves, ulciscaris injusta, ConfirmesConfirms bene disposita, quatenus haec in agendo virtutum triumpho gloriosus. Justitiaeque cultor egregius cum mundi …
    With rule
    … ac destruas, viduas & pupillos clementer adjuves ac defendas, desolata restaures, restaurata conserves, ulciscaris injusta, ConfirmesConfirms bene disposita, quatenus haec in agendo virtutum triumpho gloriosus. Justitiaeque cultor egregius cum mundi …

    William Prynne · The Signal Loyalty and Devotion of Gods True Saints Part 1 and 2 · p. 292 · Open in the reader

Observations Upon the Old Testament A57230

  • Printed
    V. 10. But Israel shall be thy name] ConfirmesConfirms this name to him the second time. See Annotat. on chap. 32. 28.
    With rule
    V. 10. But Israel shall be thy name] ConfirmesConfirms this name to him the second time. See Annotat. on chap. 32. 28.

    John Richardson · Observations Upon the Old Testament · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    V. 11. I am God Almighty] ConfirmesConfirms and amplifies the Promises made, ch. 28. and ch. 32.
    With rule
    V. 11. I am God Almighty] ConfirmesConfirms and amplifies the Promises made, ch. 28. and ch. 32.

    John Richardson · Observations Upon the Old Testament · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    But thou] ConfirmesConfirms and strengthens his against all fear from the enemies; verse 8 undertaking to secure them …
    With rule
    But thou] ConfirmesConfirms and strengthens his against all fear from the enemies; verse 8 undertaking to secure them …

    John Richardson · Observations Upon the Old Testament · p. 391 · Open in the reader

The Key of the Bible A57377

  • Printed
    1. ConfirmesConfirms them in the faith, by Promising to them Gods perfecting grace, Praising their zeal …
    With rule
    1. ConfirmesConfirms them in the faith, by Promising to them Gods perfecting grace, Praising their zeal …

    Francis Roberts · The Key of the Bible · Open in the reader

The Signal Loyalty and Devotion of Gods Saints Part 2 A91273

  • Printed
    … ac deſtruas, viduas & pupillos clementer adjuves ac defendas, deſolata reſtaures, reſtaurata conſerves, ulciſcaris injuſta, ConfirmesConfirms bene diſpoſita, quatenus haec in agendo virtutum triumpho glorioſus▪ Juſtitiaeque cultor egregius cum mundi …
    With rule
    … ac deſtruas, viduas & pupillos clementer adjuves ac defendas, deſolata reſtaures, reſtaurata conſerves, ulciſcaris injuſta, ConfirmesConfirms bene diſpoſita, quatenus haec in agendo virtutum triumpho glorioſus▪ Juſtitiaeque cultor egregius cum mundi …

    William Prynne · The Signal Loyalty and Devotion of Gods Saints Part 2 · p. 292 · Open in the reader

The Signal Loyalty and Devotion of Gods Saints A91279

  • Printed
    … ac deſtruas, viduas & pupillos clementer adjuves ac defendas, deſolata reſtaures, reſtaurata conſerves, ulciſcaris injuſta, ConfirmesConfirms bene diſpoſita, quatenus haec in agendo virtutum triumpho glorioſus. Juſtitiaeque cultor egregius cum mundi …
    With rule
    … ac deſtruas, viduas & pupillos clementer adjuves ac defendas, deſolata reſtaures, reſtaurata conſerves, ulciſcaris injuſta, ConfirmesConfirms bene diſpoſita, quatenus haec in agendo virtutum triumpho glorioſus. Juſtitiaeque cultor egregius cum mundi …

    William Prynne · The Signal Loyalty and Devotion of Gods Saints · p. 292 · Open in the reader

Truth Triumphing Over Falsehood A91309

  • Printed
    … Wee therefore beſeech your Clemency, (ƲT PER LITERAS TƲAE PIET ATIS RATƲM ESSE IƲBEAS CONFIRMESCONFIRMS QƲE CONCILII DECRETƲM,) that by your Majeſties Letters you would command the Decree of …
    With rule
    … Wee therefore beſeech your Clemency, (ƲT PER LITERAS TƲAE PIET ATIS RATƲM ESSE IƲBEAS CONFIRMESCONFIRMS QƲE CONCILII DECRETƲM,) that by your Majeſties Letters you would command the Decree of …

    William Prynne · Truth Triumphing Over Falsehood · p. 34 · Open in the reader