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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27445 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvrestlewrestle

Two v's (or u's) for w: vvhich → which.

Puritas changed it
11 times in 8 works
Consistency
100% (11 of 11)
Reach if approved
~12 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: wrestle
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
11 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (11 changes in 8 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 11)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … he aſſaileth vs both on the righte hande and on the lefte. For vve vvreſtlewrestle not againſt flesh and bloud, but againſt rule, againſt povver, againſt the vvorldly gonerners …
    With rule
    … he aſſaileth vs both on the righte hande and on the lefte. For vve vvreſtlewrestle not againſt flesh and bloud, but againſt rule, againſt povver, againſt the vvorldly gonerners …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · p. 26 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … or vvytnesse of their owne conscience shall so reproue them, that a beit they vvrestlewrestle neuer so muche against it, yet God his exceeding iustice in their iust condempnation …
    With rule
    … or vvytnesse of their owne conscience shall so reproue them, that a beit they vvrestlewrestle neuer so muche against it, yet God his exceeding iustice in their iust condempnation …

    Theodore Beza · The Treasure of Truth Touching Salvation and the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … Yet Deborah aroſe a mother in Iſrael, vvho ſtyrred vp Barak of Nephthali, to vvreſtlewrestle the vvreſtlynges of God, and to goe lyke an Hart louſed agaynſt Siſera and …
    With rule
    … Yet Deborah aroſe a mother in Iſrael, vvho ſtyrred vp Barak of Nephthali, to vvreſtlewrestle the vvreſtlynges of God, and to goe lyke an Hart louſed agaynſt Siſera and …

    Hugh Broughton · A Consent of Scripture · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … ye may be able to stand against the vviles of the Divell; For vvee vvrestlewrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against povvers, against the Rulers of …
    With rule
    … ye may be able to stand against the vviles of the Divell; For vvee vvrestlewrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against povvers, against the Rulers of …

    Henry Lawrence · A History of Angels · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … within (which I look upon to be vvorſe enemies) vvhich vve do and muſt vvreſtlewrestle vvith (inteſtine enemies are in many reſpects the vvorſt) theſe war againſt our ſouls …
    With rule
    … within (which I look upon to be vvorſe enemies) vvhich vve do and muſt vvreſtlewrestle vvith (inteſtine enemies are in many reſpects the vvorſt) theſe war againſt our ſouls …

    Edward Pearse · The Great Concern · p. 203 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … Obſtruction in it: Nor did he Slubber over his Prayers vvith haſty Amputations, but vvreſtlewrestle in them for a good part of an hour together.
    With rule
    … Obſtruction in it: Nor did he Slubber over his Prayers vvith haſty Amputations, but vvreſtlewrestle in them for a good part of an hour together.

    Cotton Mather · Early Piety Exemplified · p. 28 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … day of battle. Therefore we are ſtill commanded in the Scripture, to fight, to vvreſtlewrestle, to quit our ſelves like men, to withſtand and to reſiſt, but never to …
    With rule
    … day of battle. Therefore we are ſtill commanded in the Scripture, to fight, to vvreſtlewrestle, to quit our ſelves like men, to withſtand and to reſiſt, but never to …

    Benjamin Hinton · Eighteen Choice and Useful Sermons · p. 88 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … I may caſt down from his ſtanding, and lay along him againſt whom I vvreſtlewrestle: ſo the life of a Chriſtian, is the receiuing of a ſpirituall impreſſion from …
    With rule
    … I may caſt down from his ſtanding, and lay along him againſt whom I vvreſtlewrestle: ſo the life of a Chriſtian, is the receiuing of a ſpirituall impreſſion from …

    Paul Baynes · The Spiritual Armor · p. 56 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.