Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #249 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

reprouingreproving

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

Puritas changed it: 506 times in 228 works
Consistency: 98.4% (506 of 514)
Reach if approved: ~540 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: reproving
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 514 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (506 changes in 228 works, 98.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 506)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and fighting. On the contrary ſide, brotherly charitie, forgiuing iniuries, concealing ſecret faults, and reprouingreproving miſdemeanors in a friendly ſort; by theſe meanes ſo couereth offences of all kinds …
With rule
… and fighting. On the contrary ſide, brotherly charitie, forgiuing iniuries, concealing ſecret faults, and reprouingreproving miſdemeanors in a friendly ſort; by theſe meanes ſo couereth offences of all kinds …
Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 85 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a sound minde. Where he sets downe three caueats. First, that this libertie in reprouingreproving, is not the fruite of a bold and rash disposition, but it is a …
With rule
… a sound minde. Where he sets downe three caueats. First, that this libertie in reprouingreproving, is not the fruite of a bold and rash disposition, but it is a …
William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 103 · Open in the reader
Printed
… you together ſtay and hold vp the declined Synagogue and Church of Iſrael; By reprouingreproving her for her ſinnes, thoſe ſpirituall whoredomes that haue broken the marriage bond betweene …
With rule
… you together ſtay and hold vp the declined Synagogue and Church of Iſrael; By reprouingreproving her for her ſinnes, thoſe ſpirituall whoredomes that haue broken the marriage bond betweene …
Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 186 · Open in the reader
Printed
… pride, for finding fault with the primitiue Church, and bringing no reason of his reprouingreproving. For Caluine opposeth the commaundement of Christ, the end of the institution, which he …
With rule
… pride, for finding fault with the primitiue Church, and bringing no reason of his reprouingreproving. For Caluine opposeth the commaundement of Christ, the end of the institution, which he …
William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 435 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by teaching ſound doctrine, and inſtructing in good maners: to offend by confuting errors, & reprouingreproving ſins. Many errors in iudgement, and much corruption in life creepeth into the Church …
With rule
… by teaching ſound doctrine, and inſtructing in good maners: to offend by confuting errors, & reprouingreproving ſins. Many errors in iudgement, and much corruption in life creepeth into the Church …
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 315 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſhall adde to it other particulars, ſuch as are wiſedome in admoniſhing, courage in reprouingreproving, ſoundneſſe in opening the treaſure of the holy text, diſcretiō in applying according to …
With rule
… ſhall adde to it other particulars, ſuch as are wiſedome in admoniſhing, courage in reprouingreproving, ſoundneſſe in opening the treaſure of the holy text, diſcretiō in applying according to …
Samuel Hieron · The Preachers Plea · p. 139 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of these thre offences aforenamed, that is to saye: the lacke of feruencye in reprouingreproving synne, the lacke of indifferency in fedyng those that were hongrye, and the lacke …
With rule
… of these thre offences aforenamed, that is to saye: the lacke of feruencye in reprouingreproving synne, the lacke of indifferency in fedyng those that were hongrye, and the lacke …
John Knox · A Faithful Admonition · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… expreſſe their liberty and Chriſtianity in any one thing elſe, than in deſpiſing, and reprouingreproving of Ceremonies, of mens traditions and conſtitutions, as though they ought for this cauſe …
With rule
… expreſſe their liberty and Chriſtianity in any one thing elſe, than in deſpiſing, and reprouingreproving of Ceremonies, of mens traditions and conſtitutions, as though they ought for this cauſe …
Martin Luther · The Liberty of a Christian · p. 76 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Commentary Upon Proverbs A07874

Printed
ReprouingReproving of friends for their offences and wounding of them by ſharpe wordes, is better …
With rule
ReprouingReproving of friends for their offences and wounding of them by ſharpe wordes, is better …
Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 227 · Open in the reader

A Strange Vineyard in Palestine A10926

Printed
… who no ſooner was ſet into it, but he beares fruit in an inſtant: 1. ReprouingReproving his fellow theefe, for his ſinne in railing vpon Chriſt. 2. Iuſtifying Chriſt, and pleading …
With rule
… who no ſooner was ſet into it, but he beares fruit in an inſtant: 1. ReprouingReproving his fellow theefe, for his ſinne in railing vpon Chriſt. 2. Iuſtifying Chriſt, and pleading …
Nehemiah Rogers · A Strange Vineyard in Palestine · p. 143 · Open in the reader

The Wild Vine A10928

Printed
… who no ſooner was ſet into it, but he beares fruit in an inſtant: 1. ReprouingReproving his fellow theefe, for his ſinne in railing vpon Chriſt. 2. Iuſtifying Chriſt, and pleading …
With rule
… who no ſooner was ſet into it, but he beares fruit in an inſtant: 1. ReprouingReproving his fellow theefe, for his ſinne in railing vpon Chriſt. 2. Iuſtifying Chriſt, and pleading …
Nehemiah Rogers · The Wild Vine · p. 143 · Open in the reader

Exposition of 1 Thessalonians A11591

Printed
… themſelues from the vntoward generation. I forbeare much proofe, rather apply it to vſe. ReprouingReproving, not without indignation, the profane opinion and practice of men, that turne the grace …
With rule
… themſelues from the vntoward generation. I forbeare much proofe, rather apply it to vſe. ReprouingReproving, not without indignation, the profane opinion and practice of men, that turne the grace …
William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · p. 565 · Open in the reader

Commentaries A68840

Printed
ReprouingReproving lawful. 37
With rule
ReprouingReproving lawful. 37
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · Open in the reader

A Hundred Sermons on Revelation B11837

Printed
ReprouingReproving of the Lord. 133
With rule
ReprouingReproving of the Lord. 133
Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · Open in the reader