Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #285 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

deuicesdevices

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

Puritas changed it: 572 times in 227 works
Consistency: 99.6% (572 of 574)
Reach if approved: ~603 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: devices
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 574 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (572 changes in 227 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 572)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… reason the matter with any of them who endeuoured by their lyings or new deuicesdevices, to corrupt the truth. … I am sure, I can neuer take good by hearing …
With rule
… reason the matter with any of them who endeuoured by their lyings or new deuicesdevices, to corrupt the truth. … I am sure, I can neuer take good by hearing …
William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · Open in the reader
Printed
… the minde. Thus hath hée in generall pronounced, what he found in al the deuicesdevices, ſtudies, and workes, which are wrought vnder heauen.
With rule
… the minde. Thus hath hée in generall pronounced, what he found in al the deuicesdevices, ſtudies, and workes, which are wrought vnder heauen.
George Gifford · Eight Sermons on Ecclesiastes · Open in the reader
Printed
… Temples be not profaned with Idols, nor the Seruice of God blended with ſuperſtitious deuicesdevices: that our temporall eſtate is preſerued in liberty, our ſpirituall eſtate may bee improued …
With rule
… Temples be not profaned with Idols, nor the Seruice of God blended with ſuperſtitious deuicesdevices: that our temporall eſtate is preſerued in liberty, our ſpirituall eſtate may bee improued …
Thomas Adams · The Temple · p. 66 · Open in the reader
Printed
… eye: you ſee the works of the Lord, and his wonders in theſe deep deuicesdevices: further then is fit for euery one to knowe, and which time will more …
With rule
… eye: you ſee the works of the Lord, and his wonders in theſe deep deuicesdevices: further then is fit for euery one to knowe, and which time will more …
William Hubbock · Great Britains Resurrection · Open in the reader
Printed
… vnderstode & knew with the sorowe of my harte, the manyfest contempte and the craftie deuicesdevices of the deuil, aswell against those most godlye Preachers, that this last …ent, …. M …
With rule
… vnderstode & knew with the sorowe of my harte, the manyfest contempte and the craftie deuicesdevices of the deuil, aswell against those most godlye Preachers, that this last …ent, …. M …
John Knox · An Admonition to the Faithful in London · Open in the reader
Printed
… will to do miſchiefe. And diſſipate and confounde their counſayll their wicked imaginations and deuicesdevices, that they fall vpon their owne heades, as the.vij. Pſalme ſyngeth. Amen.
With rule
… will to do miſchiefe. And diſſipate and confounde their counſayll their wicked imaginations and deuicesdevices, that they fall vpon their owne heades, as the.vij. Pſalme ſyngeth. Amen.
Martin Luther · The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith · Open in the reader
Printed
… them; they will haue many times files to get off their bolts; they haue deuicesdevices to open lockes, to breake barres, and find ſhifts to make a way for …
With rule
… them; they will haue many times files to get off their bolts; they haue deuicesdevices to open lockes, to breake barres, and find ſhifts to make a way for …
William Negus · Mans Active Obedience · p. 334 · Open in the reader
Printed
AVTHORS of new deuicesdevices are ſelfe pleaſing, they are conceited and like onely their owne inuentions: I perceiue …
With rule
AVTHORS of new deuicesdevices are ſelfe pleaſing, they are conceited and like onely their owne inuentions: I perceiue …
Richard Bernard · Plain Evidences the Church of England is Apostolical · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Seven Golden Candlesticks A09320

Printed
… arrogate any thing to thy ſelfe aboue others, to be an author of new DeuicesDevices, thereby to draw Diciples after thee. Beware of Hereſie and Schiſme, hate alſo hypocriſie …
With rule
… arrogate any thing to thy ſelfe aboue others, to be an author of new DeuicesDevices, thereby to draw Diciples after thee. Beware of Hereſie and Schiſme, hate alſo hypocriſie …
Richard Bernard · The Seven Golden Candlesticks · Open in the reader