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forbornforborne

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

Puritas changed it
844 times in 510 works
Consistency
99.4% (844 of 849)
Reach if approved
~892 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
849 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (844 changes in 510 works, 99.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 844)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … have been so far from dealing hardly or uncharitably with them, that we have forbornforborne that Communion, which else our own judgements would have charged on us as our …
    With rule
    … have been so far from dealing hardly or uncharitably with them, that we have forbornforborne that Communion, which else our own judgements would have charged on us as our …

    Richard Baxter · A Defense of the Principles of Love · p. 39 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … in the Lord, 1 Theſ. 5. 12. Heb. 13. 7. 17, &c. And therefore a certain duty may not be forbornforborne on uncertain conjectures, or upon every miſcarriage of them that we owe it to …
    With rule
    … in the Lord, 1 Theſ. 5. 12. Heb. 13. 7. 17, &c. And therefore a certain duty may not be forbornforborne on uncertain conjectures, or upon every miſcarriage of them that we owe it to …

    Richard Baxter · Last Legacy in Select Admonitions and Directions · p. 65 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … been called Chriſtians by your ſelves and others, and have come to Church, and forbornforborne thoſe ſins that would have moſt …emiſhed your honour in the world: This is …
    With rule
    … been called Chriſtians by your ſelves and others, and have come to Church, and forbornforborne thoſe ſins that would have moſt …emiſhed your honour in the world: This is …

    Richard Baxter · A Saint or a Brute · p. 20 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … yielded to come into the Conforming Church, if that one word had been but forbornforborne: For when any practice againſt their Conſciences about baptizing, Communion, or Burials had faln …
    With rule
    … yielded to come into the Conforming Church, if that one word had been but forbornforborne: For when any practice againſt their Conſciences about baptizing, Communion, or Burials had faln …

    Richard Baxter · The True History of Councils · p. 189 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … to the Lord. And therfore if both have a Religious respect, censure may be forbornforborne.
    With rule
    … to the Lord. And therfore if both have a Religious respect, censure may be forbornforborne.

    Richard Sibbes · The Christians End · p. 3 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … turns into Fury; Nay perhaps it may be in Judgement that a Sinner is forbornforborne; for God hath sometimes suffered the Nations to walk in their own wayes, Acts …
    With rule
    … turns into Fury; Nay perhaps it may be in Judgement that a Sinner is forbornforborne; for God hath sometimes suffered the Nations to walk in their own wayes, Acts …

    Vincent Alsop · Opposition to Errors of William Sherlock · p. 186 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … yet longs to see the peace and prosperity of his Church] and should have forbornforborne their undeserved praise, as other men should have done their slanderous libels. But if …
    With rule
    … yet longs to see the peace and prosperity of his Church] and should have forbornforborne their undeserved praise, as other men should have done their slanderous libels. But if …

    Joseph Alleine · The Way to True Happiness · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … to better Purposes. If Priests Marriages be forbidden for ill Ends, it may be forbornforborne for good Ends. If Glebe and Tythes were here given first to maintain the …
    With rule
    … to better Purposes. If Priests Marriages be forbidden for ill Ends, it may be forbornforborne for good Ends. If Glebe and Tythes were here given first to maintain the …

    Richard Baxter · Catholic Communion Defended Against Both Extremes · p. 19 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Westminster Annotations A36467

  • Printed
    V. 14. holden my peace] ForbornForborne executing judgement, and taking vengeance in behalf of my people. Psal. 50. 21. & 83. 1.
    With rule
    V. 14. holden my peace] ForbornForborne executing judgement, and taking vengeance in behalf of my people. Psal. 50. 21. & 83. 1.

    John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

The Healing Paper A45131

  • Printed
    And to the intent the ForbornForborne may be wrought upon by the proper Motives of their own Good, and at …
    With rule
    And to the intent the ForbornForborne may be wrought upon by the proper Motives of their own Good, and at …

    John Humfrey · The Healing Paper · p. 34 · Open in the reader

An Epistle at Random in Prose and Meter A96748

  • Printed
    ForbornForborne to speak, what few men love to hear;
    With rule
    ForbornForborne to speak, what few men love to hear;

    George Wither · An Epistle at Random in Prose and Meter · p. 26 · Open in the reader