Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2714 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

returnesreturns

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

Puritas changed it: 1,494 times in 642 works
Consistency: 96.9% (1,494 of 1,541)
Reach if approved: ~1,619 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: returns
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,541 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,494 changes in 642 works, 96.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,494)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Loue comes and goes, retyres, returnesreturns,
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Loue comes and goes, retyres, returnesreturns,
John Owen · Epigrams · Open in the reader
Printed
… Trinitie Terme ſhall begin the Monday after Trinitie Sonday for keeping of Eſſoynes, profers, returnesreturns, &c. The full Terme ſhall begin the Friday after Corpus Chriſti day. And haue …
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… Trinitie Terme ſhall begin the Monday after Trinitie Sonday for keeping of Eſſoynes, profers, returnesreturns, &c. The full Terme ſhall begin the Friday after Corpus Chriſti day. And haue …
Henry Finch · Law · p. 236 · Open in the reader
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First, the seruant returnesreturns and brings answere to the goodman of the house, and feast-maker, who in …
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First, the seruant returnesreturns and brings answere to the goodman of the house, and feast-maker, who in …
James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · p. 184 · Open in the reader
Printed
… prooued vnto vs by theſe Scriptures, Gen. 2.7. Gen. 18.27. Iob 33.6. Man alſo when hee dies, returnesreturns to duſt, now it is a ſure rule, that euery thing is made of …
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… prooued vnto vs by theſe Scriptures, Gen. 2.7. Gen. 18.27. Iob 33.6. Man alſo when hee dies, returnesreturns to duſt, now it is a ſure rule, that euery thing is made of …
William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 110 · Open in the reader
Printed
… broken, lacerated, deformed, defaced; that though it went forth rich, like the Prodigall, it returnesreturns home tattered and torne, and worne, no more like a heart, then Michols image …
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… broken, lacerated, deformed, defaced; that though it went forth rich, like the Prodigall, it returnesreturns home tattered and torne, and worne, no more like a heart, then Michols image …
Thomas Adams · Mystical Bedlam · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
… doth tranſire into hire. If he lends mony, that by number, weight and quality, returnesreturns as good as it went out, yet for the bare loane requires reward, here …
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… doth tranſire into hire. If he lends mony, that by number, weight and quality, returnesreturns as good as it went out, yet for the bare loane requires reward, here …
Nathanael Homes · Usury is Injury Cleared · p. 10 · Open in the reader
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… were rending of him; but he was never cut off altogether: and therfore he returnesreturns as vile, and as base, if not worse then before, and he growes more …
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… were rending of him; but he was never cut off altogether: and therfore he returnesreturns as vile, and as base, if not worse then before, and he growes more …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Preparation for Christ · p. 196 · Open in the reader
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… is some fault found with the dealer in his proceeding, and so the reproofe returnesreturns vpon the head of the Innocent. ^a Witnesse Tho. Cooky, and Iac. Iohnson, their …
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… is some fault found with the dealer in his proceeding, and so the reproofe returnesreturns vpon the head of the Innocent. ^a Witnesse Tho. Cooky, and Iac. Iohnson, their …
Christopher Lawne · Brownish Turn Inside Outward · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (47)

34 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 31 are listed here. 13 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Black Devil A00564

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Hence inferre. Though Satan be gone, yet expect his …. He hath his Termes and ReturnesReturns, as well as vacations. And by this thou may i… iudge, whether this vncleane …
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Hence inferre. Though Satan be gone, yet expect his …. He hath his Termes and ReturnesReturns, as well as vacations. And by this thou may i… iudge, whether this vncleane …
Thomas Adams · The Black Devil · p. 42 · Open in the reader

Law A00741

Printed
So of Pleas in Barre, Replications, ReturnesReturns of the Sherife, &c.
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So of Pleas in Barre, Replications, ReturnesReturns of the Sherife, &c.
Henry Finch · Law · p. 231 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Michaelmas, and Hillarie Terme, Eaſter and Trinitie Terme, and euerie Terme ſeuerall dayes of ReturnesReturns. If either the returne day, or firſt or laſt day of Terme fall vpon …
With rule
… Michaelmas, and Hillarie Terme, Eaſter and Trinitie Terme, and euerie Terme ſeuerall dayes of ReturnesReturns. If either the returne day, or firſt or laſt day of Terme fall vpon …
Henry Finch · Law · p. 235 · Open in the reader

The Return of Prayers A01902

Printed
CHAP. 10. Application: A reproofe of them that pray, but looke not after the ReturnesReturns of their prayers: The cauſes of this neglect: are 212
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CHAP. 10. Application: A reproofe of them that pray, but looke not after the ReturnesReturns of their prayers: The cauſes of this neglect: are 212
Thomas Goodwin · The Return of Prayers · Open in the reader

Oil of Scorpions A11075

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… brests of the Nurse. Warre the Step-mother of Trade, hath somtimes nourished more ReturnesReturns, then now Peace the Naturall Mother, and what shall we say vnto this, but …
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… brests of the Nurse. Warre the Step-mother of Trade, hath somtimes nourished more ReturnesReturns, then now Peace the Naturall Mother, and what shall we say vnto this, but …
Francis Rous · Oil of Scorpions · p. 8 · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

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… Psal. 61, 20. Thou wilt Returne. Psal. 40, 13. Ioel. 2, 14. Who knoweth if God will Returne? Thus God ReturnesReturns to vs.
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… Psal. 61, 20. Thou wilt Returne. Psal. 40, 13. Ioel. 2, 14. Who knoweth if God will Returne? Thus God ReturnesReturns to vs.
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 405 · Open in the reader

Eighty Sermons A20637

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… the Lord, which was with thee in the firſt conception of any good purpoſe, ReturnesReturns to thee againe, to give thee a quickning of that bleſſed childe of his …
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… the Lord, which was with thee in the firſt conception of any good purpoſe, ReturnesReturns to thee againe, to give thee a quickning of that bleſſed childe of his …
John Donne · Eighty Sermons · p. 525 · Open in the reader

The Court of the Gentiles Part 2 A41659

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… Stars, the miraculous Sounds of Thunders, the oblique Courſes of the Stars, the Annual ReturnesReturns, or Solſtices of the Sun, the Increaſes of the New Moon, as the Decreaſes …
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… Stars, the miraculous Sounds of Thunders, the oblique Courſes of the Stars, the Annual ReturnesReturns, or Solſtices of the Sun, the Increaſes of the New Moon, as the Decreaſes …
Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 2 · p. 109 · Open in the reader

A Comment Upon Christs Last Prayer A44344

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2. ReturnesReturns it.
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2. ReturnesReturns it.
Thomas Hooker · A Comment Upon Christs Last Prayer · p. 423 · Open in the reader

The Zealous Christian Taking Heaven by Holy Violence A49262

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Corol∣lary 1 1. ReturnesReturns to prayer are not given for the works ſake, but for the perſons ſake …
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Corol∣lary 1 1. ReturnesReturns to prayer are not given for the works ſake, but for the perſons ſake …
Christopher Love · The Zealous Christian Taking Heaven by Holy Violence · p. 101 · Open in the reader

The Doctrine of the Saints Perseverance A53688

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… it, delight in it, and be pained and straitned, untill it make some suitable ReturnesReturns of Love and Obedience unto God; If not, it may well doubt it never …
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… it, delight in it, and be pained and straitned, untill it make some suitable ReturnesReturns of Love and Obedience unto God; If not, it may well doubt it never …
John Owen · The Doctrine of the Saints Perseverance · p. 238 · Open in the reader

Of Communion with God A53713

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… Believers, to hold communion with the Father in Love. His Love received by Faith. ReturnesReturns of Love to him. Gods Love to us, and ours to him wherein they …
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… Believers, to hold communion with the Father in Love. His Love received by Faith. ReturnesReturns of Love to him. Gods Love to us, and ours to him wherein they …
John Owen · Of Communion with God · p. 15 · Open in the reader
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… are immediately to eye in him, to receive of him, and to make such ReturnesReturns thereof, as he is delighted withall. This is the great discovery of the Gospell …
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… are immediately to eye in him, to receive of him, and to make such ReturnesReturns thereof, as he is delighted withall. This is the great discovery of the Gospell …
John Owen · Of Communion with God · p. 17 · Open in the reader
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2. §. 20 Our ReturnesReturns are all in him, and by him also. And well is it with us …
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2. §. 20 Our ReturnesReturns are all in him, and by him also. And well is it with us …
John Owen · Of Communion with God · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
Ob: 3. I cannot find my heart making ReturnesReturns of Love unto God. Could I find my Soule set upon him, I could …
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Ob: 3. I cannot find my heart making ReturnesReturns of Love unto God. Could I find my Soule set upon him, I could …
John Owen · Of Communion with God · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sweetnesse, by lying in the dark to their Author; nor coming short of the ReturnesReturns which are required of us.
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… sweetnesse, by lying in the dark to their Author; nor coming short of the ReturnesReturns which are required of us.
John Owen · Of Communion with God · p. 289 · Open in the reader

The Key of the Bible A57377

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… his reproofe drawn from the Majesty of God, c. 34. 3. Exhorts Iob to Repentance, c. 35. 4. ReturnesReturns to the description of Gods Majesty, c. 36, 37.
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… his reproofe drawn from the Majesty of God, c. 34. 3. Exhorts Iob to Repentance, c. 35. 4. ReturnesReturns to the description of Gods Majesty, c. 36, 37.
Francis Roberts · The Key of the Bible · p. 83 · Open in the reader

The Disabled Debtor Discharged A57544

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… a malicious ſpirit (as did other Objections made by ſome of his fellow Phariſees) ReturnesReturns a Convictive Anſwer by way of Parable, telling him of a certaine Creditor which …
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… a malicious ſpirit (as did other Objections made by ſome of his fellow Phariſees) ReturnesReturns a Convictive Anſwer by way of Parable, telling him of a certaine Creditor which …
Nehemiah Rogers · The Disabled Debtor Discharged · p. 5 · Open in the reader

Declaration Upon the Coasts of America A67702

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… Proportions of Goods which they have ſent to you, they have received very ſhort ReturnesReturns. If there be a ſcarcity, we conceive it ariſeth from your ſelves, …eſt Factours …
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… Proportions of Goods which they have ſent to you, they have received very ſhort ReturnesReturns. If there be a ſcarcity, we conceive it ariſeth from your ſelves, …eſt Factours …
Robert Rich · Declaration Upon the Coasts of America · Open in the reader
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… ſend ſuch Proportions as may ſupply your occaſions; We hope they ſhall receive ſuch ReturnesReturns by this Ship, as may both manifeſt your good Affection, and encourage their future …
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… ſend ſuch Proportions as may ſupply your occaſions; We hope they ſhall receive ſuch ReturnesReturns by this Ship, as may both manifeſt your good Affection, and encourage their future …
Robert Rich · Declaration Upon the Coasts of America · Open in the reader

The Christian Sabbath Vindicated A78427

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… while together, as now and then it will happen. However, the very Frequencie of ReturnesReturns will greatly help to prevent much decay in Learning, and keep him in breath …
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… while together, as now and then it will happen. However, the very Frequencie of ReturnesReturns will greatly help to prevent much decay in Learning, and keep him in breath …
Daniel Cawdry · The Christian Sabbath Vindicated · p. 99 · Open in the reader
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… determination, clearly of ſo much Continuance, and no leſſe while together; and ſo often ReturnesReturns, and no ſeldomer, (and even of ſo ſoon, and no later Beginning.) And upon …
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… determination, clearly of ſo much Continuance, and no leſſe while together; and ſo often ReturnesReturns, and no ſeldomer, (and even of ſo ſoon, and no later Beginning.) And upon …
Daniel Cawdry · The Christian Sabbath Vindicated · p. 103 · Open in the reader

Treatise on Three Things A86423

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… Diſcovery of the ſweet and unexſpected Entertainment that wandring hearts meet with in their ReturnesReturns to God.
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… Diſcovery of the ſweet and unexſpected Entertainment that wandring hearts meet with in their ReturnesReturns to God.
Paul Hobson · Treatise on Three Things · p. 103 · Open in the reader
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… of his Love cannot be the Cauſe, & this would all Prodigalls ſay in their ReturnesReturns, if they were ſencible what God is: and they will be drawne to acknowledge …
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… of his Love cannot be the Cauſe, & this would all Prodigalls ſay in their ReturnesReturns, if they were ſencible what God is: and they will be drawne to acknowledge …
Paul Hobson · Treatise on Three Things · p. 105 · Open in the reader
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… poore ſoules who have ſtrangely wandred from the Father, and are aſhamed in their ReturnesReturns to beg Entertainment, even in the loweſt degree. They undoubtedly ſhall be ſweetly Entertained …
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… poore ſoules who have ſtrangely wandred from the Father, and are aſhamed in their ReturnesReturns to beg Entertainment, even in the loweſt degree. They undoubtedly ſhall be ſweetly Entertained …
Paul Hobson · Treatise on Three Things · p. 105 · Open in the reader
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… readines in God, in mercy to minde and meet poore wandring hearts in their ReturnesReturns to God.
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… readines in God, in mercy to minde and meet poore wandring hearts in their ReturnesReturns to God.
Paul Hobson · Treatise on Three Things · p. 131 · Open in the reader
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… forth of God in mercy to minde and meet poore wandring hearts in their ReturnesReturns. What can be ſaid more to manifeſt his Love and ſweetnes; for he doth …
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… forth of God in mercy to minde and meet poore wandring hearts in their ReturnesReturns. What can be ſaid more to manifeſt his Love and ſweetnes; for he doth …
Paul Hobson · Treatise on Three Things · p. 133 · Open in the reader

Zions Birth-Register A86581

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… lawful, though in ſuch circumstances not ſo convenient. From whence there are likewiſe gracious ReturnesReturns from God upon the ſoul again; In exciting to duty; in aſſiſting in it …
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… lawful, though in ſuch circumstances not ſo convenient. From whence there are likewiſe gracious ReturnesReturns from God upon the ſoul again; In exciting to duty; in aſſiſting in it …
Thomas Horton · Zions Birth-Register · p. 63 · Open in the reader

Jurisdictions A87798

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Here follow divers Cauſes, upon ReturnesReturns of this VVrit of Corpus cum cauſa, to be brought in, &c.
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Here follow divers Cauſes, upon ReturnesReturns of this VVrit of Corpus cum cauſa, to be brought in, &c.
John Kitchin · Jurisdictions · p. 517 · Open in the reader
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Here follow certain Caſes of the Common Law, upon the ReturnesReturns aforeſaid, and others.
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Here follow certain Caſes of the Common Law, upon the ReturnesReturns aforeſaid, and others.
John Kitchin · Jurisdictions · p. 557 · Open in the reader

Of Temptation A90277

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… that afterwards brought forth bitter fruit in their lives and waies: from ſome few ReturnesReturns, from folly, we have every day theſe dolefull complaints made. Oh I neglected private …
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… that afterwards brought forth bitter fruit in their lives and waies: from ſome few ReturnesReturns, from folly, we have every day theſe dolefull complaints made. Oh I neglected private …
John Owen · Of Temptation · p. 92 · Open in the reader