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examinexamine

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

Puritas changed it
741 times in 321 works
Consistency
92.7% (741 of 799)
Reach if approved
~840 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: examine
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
799 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (741 changes in 321 works, 92.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 741)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
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    … of the new and old Teſtament. To which agreeth that of Gerſon part 1. de examinexamine. doct. More credit is to be giuen to a priuate ſimple man alledging the …
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    … of the new and old Teſtament. To which agreeth that of Gerſon part 1. de examinexamine. doct. More credit is to be giuen to a priuate ſimple man alledging the …

    Richard Bernard · Reims Against Rome · p. 43 · Open in the reader

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    … more particular direction. Yee will therefore (I hope) giue leaue ſomething more particularly to examinexamine the matter. And herein J hold it not amiſſe, firſt to propoūd what is …
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    … more particular direction. Yee will therefore (I hope) giue leaue ſomething more particularly to examinexamine the matter. And herein J hold it not amiſſe, firſt to propoūd what is …

    William Sclater · The Ministers Portion · p. 4 · Open in the reader

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    … they are parallel. But, leauing the manner of the reason, we wil a little examinexamine the matter in both the parts of it.
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    … they are parallel. But, leauing the manner of the reason, we wil a little examinexamine the matter in both the parts of it.

    Thomas Taylor · Davids Learning · Open in the reader

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    … Oh that it were as …ruly, as it is commonly ſpoken. I will not examinexamine thee vpon any Interrogatories. Let thine owne ſoule tell thee in ſecret, betwixt it …
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    … Oh that it were as …ruly, as it is commonly ſpoken. I will not examinexamine thee vpon any Interrogatories. Let thine owne ſoule tell thee in ſecret, betwixt it …

    Anthony Wotton · Sermons Upon John 1 · p. 175 · Open in the reader

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    … no place for the Kingdom of the Beast in the harts of those that examinexamine all things by the word of GOD before they beleeue them: what other way …
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    … no place for the Kingdom of the Beast in the harts of those that examinexamine all things by the word of GOD before they beleeue them: what other way …

    Edmund Bunny · A Brief Answer · Open in the reader

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    … thou maist know these things which are given thee of God,) take a perfect examinexamine…tion, and triall of thy estate: Thou hearest, and frequentest the Word, so doe …
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    … thou maist know these things which are given thee of God,) take a perfect examinexamine…tion, and triall of thy estate: Thou hearest, and frequentest the Word, so doe …

    Phineas Fletcher · Joy in Tribulation · p. 288 · Open in the reader

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    … let every minister that heareth me this day, enter into his owne heart, and examinexamine his inmoſt affection, and try whither he hath received his miniſterie of the Lord …
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    … let every minister that heareth me this day, enter into his owne heart, and examinexamine his inmoſt affection, and try whither he hath received his miniſterie of the Lord …

    Samuel Hieron · Aarons Bells · p. 27 · Open in the reader

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    … which onelie one example we affirme oght to admonish euery man most carefully to examinexamine him felf, with what simplicitie he walketh before gods Maiestie. But whether that Salomon …
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    … which onelie one example we affirme oght to admonish euery man most carefully to examinexamine him felf, with what simplicitie he walketh before gods Maiestie. But whether that Salomon …

    John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 273 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (58)

34 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 32 are listed here. 24 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist A04920

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    … the or vnto any of thy pestilent sect, that which he hath not perfourmed? ExaminExamine thy conscience, and denie if thow canst, but more hath bene perfourmed vnto the …
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    … the or vnto any of thy pestilent sect, that which he hath not perfourmed? ExaminExamine thy conscience, and denie if thow canst, but more hath bene perfourmed vnto the …

    John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 112 · Open in the reader

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    … punishment, as the earthlie reigning of the others, shalbe their heauen and ioye promised. ExaminExamine I say your selues, if that any of you be infected with these, and …
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    … punishment, as the earthlie reigning of the others, shalbe their heauen and ioye promised. ExaminExamine I say your selues, if that any of you be infected with these, and …

    John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 297 · Open in the reader

A Preparative to Marriage A12367

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    … an examination before we come to the Sacramēt. Touching the first, here Paul saith ExaminExamine your selues, but in 2. Cor. 13. he doubleth his charge, Proue your selues, and againe …
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    … an examination before we come to the Sacramēt. Touching the first, here Paul saith ExaminExamine your selues, but in 2. Cor. 13. he doubleth his charge, Proue your selues, and againe …

    Henry Smith · A Preparative to Marriage · Open in the reader

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    The preparatiue before we receyue, is to ExaminExamine. As Iohn was the forerunner of Christ, so examination is the forerunner of the …
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    The preparatiue before we receyue, is to ExaminExamine. As Iohn was the forerunner of Christ, so examination is the forerunner of the …

    Henry Smith · A Preparative to Marriage · Open in the reader

A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 A18080

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    ExaminExamine…on, an other part off election.
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    ExaminExamine…on, an other part off election.

    Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 · Open in the reader

An Exposition of Hosea 8-10 A30574

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    Oh! this is an excellent thing. ExaminExamine your hearts in that; when at any time you have ſeen things go very …
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    Oh! this is an excellent thing. ExaminExamine your hearts in that; when at any time you have ſeen things go very …

    Jeremiah Burroughs · An Exposition of Hosea 8-10 · p. 499 · Open in the reader

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    ExaminExamine principles wel firſt, and then keep to them 292
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    ExaminExamine principles wel firſt, and then keep to them 292

    Jeremiah Burroughs · An Exposition of Hosea 8-10 · Open in the reader

An Exposition of Hosea 11-13 A30575

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    ExaminExamine I beſeech you, when you were low any of you, ſay, had you not …
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    ExaminExamine I beſeech you, when you were low any of you, ſay, had you not …

    Jeremiah Burroughs · An Exposition of Hosea 11-13 · p. 453 · Open in the reader

Gospel Conversation A30579

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    9. ExaminExamine thy ſervices what they are:
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    9. ExaminExamine thy ſervices what they are:

    Jeremiah Burroughs · Gospel Conversation · p. 347 · Open in the reader

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    12. ExaminExamine thy heart by this, whether hath God convinced thee, of that which ſtops the …
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    12. ExaminExamine thy heart by this, whether hath God convinced thee, of that which ſtops the …

    Jeremiah Burroughs · Gospel Conversation · p. 347 · Open in the reader

Why Nonconforming Ministers Judge it Sinful A33973

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    … and of ſermons; which indeed may enfeeble our Minor Propoſition we have onely to ExaminExamine what he ſaith, whether it will amount to what he would have it? For …
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    … and of ſermons; which indeed may enfeeble our Minor Propoſition we have onely to ExaminExamine what he ſaith, whether it will amount to what he would have it? For …

    John Collinges · Why Nonconforming Ministers Judge it Sinful · p. 103 · Open in the reader

A Brief Sum of Divinity A36462

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    1. First, because the Lord commanded it: ExaminExamine your own selves whether ye be in the faith prove your selves: know ye …
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    1. First, because the Lord commanded it: ExaminExamine your own selves whether ye be in the faith prove your selves: know ye …

    George Downame · A Brief Sum of Divinity · p. 15 · Open in the reader

The Present State of London A37482

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    … two Courts in one: The Equitable part is by Bills, Anſwers, and Decrees, to ExaminExamine Frauds, Combinations, Trusts, Secret Ʋſes, &c. To moderate the Rigour of the Laws, and …
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    … two Courts in one: The Equitable part is by Bills, Anſwers, and Decrees, to ExaminExamine Frauds, Combinations, Trusts, Secret Ʋſes, &c. To moderate the Rigour of the Laws, and …

    Thomas De Laune · The Present State of London · p. 128 · Open in the reader

Eternal Glorification Begun in Regeneration A39929

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    … duty, that you muſt do, and your Priviledge, which you may obtain and enjoy. ExaminExamine your ſelves (therefore) whether you are in the Faith, and under Regeneration or no …
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    … duty, that you muſt do, and your Priviledge, which you may obtain and enjoy. ExaminExamine your ſelves (therefore) whether you are in the Faith, and under Regeneration or no …

    Stephen Ford · Eternal Glorification Begun in Regeneration · p. 238 · Open in the reader

The Hierarchical Bishops Claim Tried at the Scripture-Bar A39998

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    BEING about to ExaminExamine the Pleadings of this Doctor, for the Divine Right of Episcopacy; it is necessary …
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    BEING about to ExaminExamine the Pleadings of this Doctor, for the Divine Right of Episcopacy; it is necessary …

    Thomas Forrester · The Hierarchical Bishops Claim Tried at the Scripture-Bar · Open in the reader

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    … Authority to Consecrat and Ordain. 3ly. The whole Authority of Spirituall Iurisdiction, to Cite, ExaminExamine Judg, Censure, and absolve Delinquents. 4ly. To Confirm the Baptized. From all which, he …
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    … Authority to Consecrat and Ordain. 3ly. The whole Authority of Spirituall Iurisdiction, to Cite, ExaminExamine Judg, Censure, and absolve Delinquents. 4ly. To Confirm the Baptized. From all which, he …

    Thomas Forrester · The Hierarchical Bishops Claim Tried at the Scripture-Bar · p. 56 · Open in the reader

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    … in them, as their peculiar Prerogative, viz. (as the Dr. explains it) to Cite, ExaminExamine, Admonish Offenders, Exclud from, or Admit to Church Communion, Censure or Absolve, Bind or …
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    … in them, as their peculiar Prerogative, viz. (as the Dr. explains it) to Cite, ExaminExamine, Admonish Offenders, Exclud from, or Admit to Church Communion, Censure or Absolve, Bind or …

    Thomas Forrester · The Hierarchical Bishops Claim Tried at the Scripture-Bar · p. 72 · Open in the reader

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    … hereby Charge with a new Opinion on this Ground, but am not Concerned to ExaminExamine their Arguments, or make good my own. 3. He tells us they are sometime considered …
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    … hereby Charge with a new Opinion on this Ground, but am not Concerned to ExaminExamine their Arguments, or make good my own. 3. He tells us they are sometime considered …

    Thomas Forrester · The Hierarchical Bishops Claim Tried at the Scripture-Bar · p. 59 · Open in the reader

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    TO ExaminExamine with as Succinct Perspicuity as we can, the Surveyers Scripture Pleadings for Episcopacy, in …
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    TO ExaminExamine with as Succinct Perspicuity as we can, the Surveyers Scripture Pleadings for Episcopacy, in …

    Thomas Forrester · The Hierarchical Bishops Claim Tried at the Scripture-Bar · p. 1 · Open in the reader

A Century of Sermons A43515

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    … works, it is meerly for Chriſts ſake, and for his obedience imputed to us. ExaminExamine in the weight of a reaſon, what I give to a man above the …
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    … works, it is meerly for Chriſts ſake, and for his obedience imputed to us. ExaminExamine in the weight of a reaſon, what I give to a man above the …

    John Hacket · A Century of Sermons · p. 797 · Open in the reader

A Comment Upon Christs Last Prayer A44344

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    USE. 2. ExaminExamine.
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    USE. 2. ExaminExamine.

    Thomas Hooker · A Comment Upon Christs Last Prayer · p. 380 · Open in the reader

Exposition of John 17 A52249

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    1. Vſe. Therefore the world ſtorms and rageth at mens being given up to Chriſt. 2. ExaminExamine. Are we given up to Chriſt? p. 192.
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    1. Vſe. Therefore the world ſtorms and rageth at mens being given up to Chriſt. 2. ExaminExamine. Are we given up to Chriſt? p. 192.

    George Newton · Exposition of John 17 · Open in the reader

History of the Catholic Church from 600 to 1600 A54576

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    … a party equall or able to reſiſt them by appearance, doth bridle their fury. ExaminExamine your own conſciences, and weigh that ſentence of our Maſter Chriſt Jeſus, ſaying, Whoſoever …
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    … a party equall or able to reſiſt them by appearance, doth bridle their fury. ExaminExamine your own conſciences, and weigh that ſentence of our Maſter Chriſt Jeſus, ſaying, Whoſoever …

    Alexander Petrie · History of the Catholic Church from 600 to 1600 · p. 195 · Open in the reader

The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France A56905

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    … Saumur to be their Profeſſor in Divinity, upon condition that he ſhould undergo an ExaminExamine in the Province of Anjou according to the Canons of our Church-Diſcipline, and …
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    … Saumur to be their Profeſſor in Divinity, upon condition that he ſhould undergo an ExaminExamine in the Province of Anjou according to the Canons of our Church-Diſcipline, and …

    John Quick · The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France · p. 15 · Open in the reader

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    … Deputies of Anjou and of thoſe other Paſtors which were imployed in the ſaid ExaminExamine; and yet nevertheleſs for divers reaſons and Conſiderations, and for the Repoſe and Comfort …
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    … Deputies of Anjou and of thoſe other Paſtors which were imployed in the ſaid ExaminExamine; and yet nevertheleſs for divers reaſons and Conſiderations, and for the Repoſe and Comfort …

    John Quick · The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France · p. 15 · Open in the reader

Fall Not Out of the Way A57577

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    … not make ready for it? Oh! repent of all your Follies, Pray in Secret, ExaminExamine any Try your ſelves, and put your Souls in Order that it may be …
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    … not make ready for it? Oh! repent of all your Follies, Pray in Secret, ExaminExamine any Try your ſelves, and put your Souls in Order that it may be …

    Timothy Rogers · Fall Not Out of the Way · p. 98 · Open in the reader

The Christian Life A58787

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    … as a necessary Part of the militant Life of a Christian, So 2 Cor. xiii.5, ExaminExamine your selves whether you be in the faith, prove your own selves; and particularly …
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    … as a necessary Part of the militant Life of a Christian, So 2 Cor. xiii.5, ExaminExamine your selves whether you be in the faith, prove your own selves; and particularly …

    John Scott · The Christian Life · p. 343 · Open in the reader

The Mysteries of the Christian Faith Asserted and Vindicated A61575

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    But let such men ExaminExamine their own thoughts about this matter; and try, whether the utmost they can attain …
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    But let such men ExaminExamine their own thoughts about this matter; and try, whether the utmost they can attain …

    Edward Stillingfleet · The Mysteries of the Christian Faith Asserted and Vindicated · p. 19 · Open in the reader

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    II. And so I come to the second Way, by which, we are to ExaminExamine the several Senses of Christ Jesus coming to save Sinners: Which of them tends …
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    II. And so I come to the second Way, by which, we are to ExaminExamine the several Senses of Christ Jesus coming to save Sinners: Which of them tends …

    Edward Stillingfleet · The Mysteries of the Christian Faith Asserted and Vindicated · p. 31 · Open in the reader

Anti-Paedobaptism Part 3 A62864

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    … Augustines, Innocentius, and others errour about infant Communion, which Cameron doth c. …7. of his ExaminExamine. of Rom. prejudices, to take away the unjust fore-judging of the refusal of …
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    … Augustines, Innocentius, and others errour about infant Communion, which Cameron doth c. …7. of his ExaminExamine. of Rom. prejudices, to take away the unjust fore-judging of the refusal of …

    John Tombes · Anti-Paedobaptism Part 3 · p. 896 · Open in the reader

Answer to Several Late Treatises A71070

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    … on these concessions, I shall, 1. Shew in what sense they are granted by us. 2. ExaminExamine the strength of the propositions he draws from hence, towards the making this a …
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    … on these concessions, I shall, 1. Shew in what sense they are granted by us. 2. ExaminExamine the strength of the propositions he draws from hence, towards the making this a …

    Edward Stillingfleet · Answer to Several Late Treatises · p. 39 · Open in the reader

An Exposition of Hosea 4-7 A77979

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    … and ſweetly many yeers, do they fall out afterwards? Is there a bitter controverſie? ExaminExamine it, it is but about ſome toy. So between one brother and another. I …
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    … and ſweetly many yeers, do they fall out afterwards? Is there a bitter controverſie? ExaminExamine it, it is but about ſome toy. So between one brother and another. I …

    Jeremiah Burroughs · An Exposition of Hosea 4-7 · p. 21 · Open in the reader