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seruileservile

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

Puritas changed it
801 times in 309 works
Consistency
98.0% (801 of 817)
Reach if approved
~858 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: servile
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
817 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (801 changes in 309 works, 98.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 801)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … ye he helith thē in the ſaboth day. Thus the law doth wiſely forbid ſeruileservile workes, y• is aſſiduus labor taken or done for cauſe of lucre and not …
    With rule
    … ye he helith thē in the ſaboth day. Thus the law doth wiſely forbid ſeruileservile workes, y• is aſſiduus labor taken or done for cauſe of lucre and not …

    Philipp Melanchthon · A Civil Nosegay · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … if hee may not haue his head vnder his girdle, and his attendance as seruileservile as his Liuerie-groomes; hee thinkes himselfe indignified, and rages, like the Pope, that …
    With rule
    … if hee may not haue his head vnder his girdle, and his attendance as seruileservile as his Liuerie-groomes; hee thinkes himselfe indignified, and rages, like the Pope, that …

    Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 206 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … doth not exclude but plant in vs the feare of God, though not a seruileservile feare. As for ye deepe secretes of Gods predestination, we take not vpon vs …
    With rule
    … doth not exclude but plant in vs the feare of God, though not a seruileservile feare. As for ye deepe secretes of Gods predestination, we take not vpon vs …

    William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 154 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … an honourable function yee haue heard. Hittites, Amorites, Perizites, Hiuites, Iebusites, and such like seruileservile persons comming from a base ofspring were counted vnworthy hereof. In Israel Israelites, Children …
    With rule
    … an honourable function yee haue heard. Hittites, Amorites, Perizites, Hiuites, Iebusites, and such like seruileservile persons comming from a base ofspring were counted vnworthy hereof. In Israel Israelites, Children …

    William Gouge · The Dignity of Chivalry · p. 10 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … with too much trembling, and wee shall learne nothing; let vs pray with too seruileservile a feare, and our worshipping of God will be without all comfort and vnchearfull …
    With rule
    … with too much trembling, and wee shall learne nothing; let vs pray with too seruileservile a feare, and our worshipping of God will be without all comfort and vnchearfull …

    Richard Greenham · Two Treatises Comforting an Afflicted Conscience · p. 37 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … For there is no ſuch ſlaue, but he keepeth a free mind in a ſeruileservile eſtate: but men generally being in this moſt filthy and wretched thraldome, thinke thēſelues …
    With rule
    … For there is no ſuch ſlaue, but he keepeth a free mind in a ſeruileservile eſtate: but men generally being in this moſt filthy and wretched thraldome, thinke thēſelues …

    Samuel Hieron · The Preachers Plea · p. 17 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … the Temple dore, and after in the Temple they humble themſelues in a moſt ſeruileservile and baſe manner: by all which it is euident, that they affie and truſt …
    With rule
    … the Temple dore, and after in the Temple they humble themſelues in a moſt ſeruileservile and baſe manner: by all which it is euident, that they affie and truſt …

    Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 193 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … c. to whome all thorowe the synne of oure father Adam, we ware made seruileservile, captiue bonde & thraull, & that we are nowe replenysshed wyth lyfe, ioye, pleasure, felicite, wealth …
    With rule
    … c. to whome all thorowe the synne of oure father Adam, we ware made seruileservile, captiue bonde & thraull, & that we are nowe replenysshed wyth lyfe, ioye, pleasure, felicite, wealth …

    Thomas Becon · Davids Harp · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (16)

15 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 Praise of a Godly Woman A01431

  • Printed
    … the Soule, the Only Dreadfull Threatner of euerlasting Burnings. Nor that feare which is SeruileServile or adulterate, for this is no Vertue proues Paris. when men seare the Euill …
    With rule
    … the Soule, the Only Dreadfull Threatner of euerlasting Burnings. Nor that feare which is SeruileServile or adulterate, for this is no Vertue proues Paris. when men seare the Euill …

    Hannibal Gamon · The Praise of a Godly Woman · p. 12 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Ecclesiastes A02031

  • Printed
    Fourth, SeruileServile feare. It is proper to the wicked. For their conſcience being guilty of ſin …
    With rule
    Fourth, SeruileServile feare. It is proper to the wicked. For their conſcience being guilty of ſin …

    Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 339 · Open in the reader

The Nobles A03850

  • Printed
    … to haue taken fleſhe of a wemleſſe Virgine, to haue walked in earthe in SeruileServile forme as man:, to haue taught, proclaimd ye new league, made Caytifes and ſinners …
    With rule
    … to haue taken fleſhe of a wemleſſe Virgine, to haue walked in earthe in SeruileServile forme as man:, to haue taught, proclaimd ye new league, made Caytifes and ſinners …

    Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

Exposition of Romans 8-11 A09031

  • Printed
    … is a worldly feare, and a feare that hath reſpect to God, which is SeruileServile, or Filiall: this, Initiall or more perfect. The filiall feare is heere meant, which …
    With rule
    … is a worldly feare, and a feare that hath reſpect to God, which is SeruileServile, or Filiall: this, Initiall or more perfect. The filiall feare is heere meant, which …

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 81 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Galatians 1-5 A09383

  • Printed
    … their own good: and this was before the fall, yeilded by Eve to Adam. SeruileServile subiection, when they are subiect for the good of their masters: and this onely …
    With rule
    … their own good: and this was before the fall, yeilded by Eve to Adam. SeruileServile subiection, when they are subiect for the good of their masters: and this onely …

    William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 269 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Jude A09434

  • Printed
    … vnder subiection to Adam, Genes. 3. Ans. There bee two kindes of subiection: the first SeruileServile, the second Ciuill. The former is the subiection of a slaue or vassall, who …
    With rule
    … vnder subiection to Adam, Genes. 3. Ans. There bee two kindes of subiection: the first SeruileServile, the second Ciuill. The former is the subiection of a slaue or vassall, who …

    William Perkins · Exposition of Jude · p. 76 · Open in the reader

Two Sermons Preached at Several Visitations A11457

  • Printed
    … of Meates, accounting them Cleane, or Vncleane; and of Dayes, accounting them Holy, or SeruileServile, according as they stood vnder the Leuiticall Law. These later, Saint Paul calleth foreign, weake …
    With rule
    … of Meates, accounting them Cleane, or Vncleane; and of Dayes, accounting them Holy, or SeruileServile, according as they stood vnder the Leuiticall Law. These later, Saint Paul calleth foreign, weake …

    Robert Sanderson · Two Sermons Preached at Several Visitations · p. 1 · Open in the reader

The Sum of Christian Religion 2 A14216

  • Printed
    … it ſhunneth the diſpleaſing and offending of God, and is certaine of euerlaſting life. SeruileServile feare ariſeth from a knowledge, and an accuſing of ſinne, and from a feeling …
    With rule
    … it ſhunneth the diſpleaſing and offending of God, and is certaine of euerlaſting life. SeruileServile feare ariſeth from a knowledge, and an accuſing of ſinne, and from a feeling …

    Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 881 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … repugnant, 1 In the defect Prophanenes Carnal ſecurity, Not to fear God. 2 In the exceſſe, SeruileServile feare, which is to ſhun puniſhment without faith, & without a deſire of chaunging & amending …
    With rule
    … repugnant, 1 In the defect Prophanenes Carnal ſecurity, Not to fear God. 2 In the exceſſe, SeruileServile feare, which is to ſhun puniſhment without faith, & without a deſire of chaunging & amending …

    Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 888 · Open in the reader

Abridgment of Institutes of the Christian Religion A17676

  • Printed
    SeruileServile feare.
    With rule
    SeruileServile feare.

    John Calvin · Abridgment of Institutes of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

The Duties Commanded and Sins Forbidden in the Law of God A20720

  • Printed
    SeruileServile workes, whereby men serue the diuell.
    With rule
    SeruileServile workes, whereby men serue the diuell.

    George Downame · The Duties Commanded and Sins Forbidden in the Law of God · Open in the reader

Gods Holy Mind Touching Matters Moral A21266

  • Printed
    2. A SeruileServile feare, a feare of God, as Seruants.
    With rule
    2. A SeruileServile feare, a feare of God, as Seruants.

    Edward Elton · Gods Holy Mind Touching Matters Moral · p. 21 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    But SeruileServile feare ariseth from the consideration of the Iustice, and wrath of God.
    With rule
    But SeruileServile feare ariseth from the consideration of the Iustice, and wrath of God.

    Edward Elton · Gods Holy Mind Touching Matters Moral · p. 21 · Open in the reader

The Triumph of a True Christian Described A21269

  • Printed
    … Rom. 13.4. The magiſtrate is the miniſter of God for the wealth of the inferiour. SeruileServile or ſlauiſh ſubiection, is that whereby a ſlaue or vaſſall is in ſubiection onely …
    With rule
    … Rom. 13.4. The magiſtrate is the miniſter of God for the wealth of the inferiour. SeruileServile or ſlauiſh ſubiection, is that whereby a ſlaue or vaſſall is in ſubiection onely …

    Edward Elton · The Triumph of a True Christian Described · p. 11 · Open in the reader

Of Domestical Duties A68107

  • Printed
    SeruileServile, as being borne ſeruants, or ſold for ſeruants, or taken in warre, or ranſomed …
    With rule
    SeruileServile, as being borne ſeruants, or ſold for ſeruants, or taken in warre, or ranſomed …

    William Gouge · Of Domestical Duties · p. 160 · Open in the reader