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proclaimesproclaims

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

Puritas changed it
395 times in 283 works
Consistency
97.2% (395 of 406)
Reach if approved
~427 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: proclaims
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
406 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (395 changes in 283 works, 97.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 395)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … baptized, the third ſits vpon him in the likenes of a Doue, the firſt proclaimesproclaims him from heauen. This is that my Sonne, that beloued one, in whome I …
    With rule
    … baptized, the third ſits vpon him in the likenes of a Doue, the firſt proclaimesproclaims him from heauen. This is that my Sonne, that beloued one, in whome I …

    Anthony Wotton · Sermons Upon John 1 · p. 258 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … the Lambe of God which taketh away the sinnes of the world. The Gospell proclaimesproclaims an vniuersall Si quis; Whosoeuer beleeues, and is baptised, shall be saued. Qui seipsum …
    With rule
    … the Lambe of God which taketh away the sinnes of the world. The Gospell proclaimesproclaims an vniuersall Si quis; Whosoeuer beleeues, and is baptised, shall be saued. Qui seipsum …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 158 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … your pulſe, if your converſation be naught your hearts are worſer. Eccleſ. 10.3. The foole proclaimesproclaims himſelfe a foole, ſo doth the drunkard.
    With rule
    … your pulſe, if your converſation be naught your hearts are worſer. Eccleſ. 10.3. The foole proclaimesproclaims himſelfe a foole, ſo doth the drunkard.

    Thomas Hooker · Four Learned and Godly Treatises · p. 44 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … is wrought; it is not till a man have beene firſt humbled; God firſt proclaimesproclaims warre to the guilty conſcience, in the voyce of the Law, before hee ſpeake …
    With rule
    … is wrought; it is not till a man have beene firſt humbled; God firſt proclaimesproclaims warre to the guilty conſcience, in the voyce of the Law, before hee ſpeake …

    Richard Maden · Christs Love and Affection Towards Jerusalem · p. 230 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … eaſily: hee lets not them goe out of his hands: by his Miniſters hee proclaimesproclaims and diſplaies the infinite worth and value of them: if any man bee ſo …
    With rule
    … eaſily: hee lets not them goe out of his hands: by his Miniſters hee proclaimesproclaims and diſplaies the infinite worth and value of them: if any man bee ſo …

    William Pinke · The Trial of a Christians Sincere Love Unto Christ · p. 11 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    First, the Gospell proclaimesproclaims a remedy, and tells the world▪ and this terrified sinner, that there is yet …
    With rule
    First, the Gospell proclaimesproclaims a remedy, and tells the world▪ and this terrified sinner, that there is yet …

    John Rogers · The Doctrine of Faith · p. 113 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    It may bee objected, that every thing proclaimesproclaims this, to seeke God, though God had not spoken, nor his word, every creature …
    With rule
    It may bee objected, that every thing proclaimesproclaims this, to seeke God, though God had not spoken, nor his word, every creature …

    Richard Sibbes · Evangelical Sacrifices · p. 139 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … will of God, it is now: whilſt vnder the ſhadow of termes indefinit, he proclaimesproclaims honour, and felicitie, with the flouriſhing increaſe of triumphant exaltation to the Lord, and …
    With rule
    … will of God, it is now: whilſt vnder the ſhadow of termes indefinit, he proclaimesproclaims honour, and felicitie, with the flouriſhing increaſe of triumphant exaltation to the Lord, and …

    John Wall · The Seraphims Wings to Raise Us Unto Heaven · p. 29 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

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

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms A56211

  • Printed
    … instrumentall to advance his cruelty, and oppressions; gives liberty to all manner of wickednesses, ProclaimesProclaims impunity to his ill instruments, knowing that of the Poet to be true; Libert …
    With rule
    … instrumentall to advance his cruelty, and oppressions; gives liberty to all manner of wickednesses, ProclaimesProclaims impunity to his ill instruments, knowing that of the Poet to be true; Libert …

    William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 105 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Genesis 1-3 A65748

  • Printed
    2. ProclaimesProclaims our own innocency, 2 Cor. 7.11.
    With rule
    2. ProclaimesProclaims our own innocency, 2 Cor. 7.11.

    John White · Commentary Upon Genesis 1-3 · p. 158 · Open in the reader

Eighteen Choice and Useful Sermons A86368

  • Printed
    … thing that is proclaimed, There is no peace to the wicked, The Perſon that ProclaimesProclaims it, is the Prophet Eſay, as Gods Herald, and therefore proclaimesproclaims it not in …
    With rule
    … thing that is proclaimed, There is no peace to the wicked, The Perſon that ProclaimesProclaims it, is the Prophet Eſay, as Gods Herald, and therefore proclaimesproclaims it not in …

    Benjamin Hinton · Eighteen Choice and Useful Sermons · p. 108 · Open in the reader

The Bloody Tenant Yet more Bloody A96610

  • Printed
    … wittingly and willingly reject him from raigning over them: The contrary whereof he ſayth ProclaimesProclaims the Goſpel to the ſeede of the Serpent: Sows pillowes under all ellbowes, makes …
    With rule
    … wittingly and willingly reject him from raigning over them: The contrary whereof he ſayth ProclaimesProclaims the Goſpel to the ſeede of the Serpent: Sows pillowes under all ellbowes, makes …

    Roger Williams · The Bloody Tenant Yet more Bloody · p. 286 · Open in the reader

The Unsearchable Riches of Christ B02840

  • Printed
    … muſt either cloſe the bargain, or it will be their own fault. Firſt, it ProclaimesProclaims the Fair (as it were) to all round about, that there are ſuch wares …
    With rule
    … muſt either cloſe the bargain, or it will be their own fault. Firſt, it ProclaimesProclaims the Fair (as it were) to all round about, that there are ſuch wares …

    James Durham · The Unsearchable Riches of Christ · p. 144 · Open in the reader