Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #31397 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

proverbiallproverbial

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 227 times in 103 works
Consistency: 85.0% (227 of 267)
Reach if approved: ~281 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: proverbial
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 267 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (227 changes in 103 works, 85.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 227)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and detestation amongst God people, as the word Iew is now amongst us; a proverbiallproverbial word to cast reproach and shame upon men. Therefore the Apostle saith of the …
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… and detestation amongst God people, as the word Iew is now amongst us; a proverbiallproverbial word to cast reproach and shame upon men. Therefore the Apostle saith of the …
Edward Reynolds · Explication of Psalm 110 · p. 508 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Mensa parata sive posita contentio tollitur. Men…am & salem non transgredi, was an old proverbiallproverbial speach importing, that the table, was, and should be a band of fellowship.
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… Mensa parata sive posita contentio tollitur. Men…am & salem non transgredi, was an old proverbiallproverbial speach importing, that the table, was, and should be a band of fellowship.
David Calderwood · A Reexamination of the Five Articles Enacted at Perth in 1618 · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of ſpeaking (Iniquity or affliction ſprings or commeth not forth of the duſt) is proverbiallproverbial: and no doubt was well knowne and often uſed in thoſe times. When they …
With rule
… of ſpeaking (Iniquity or affliction ſprings or commeth not forth of the duſt) is proverbiallproverbial: and no doubt was well knowne and often uſed in thoſe times. When they …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 4-7 · p. 218 · Open in the reader
Printed
… soweth sparingly, shall reap sparingly: and he which soweth bountifully, shall reap bountifully. This proverbiallproverbial speech the Apostle applyeth to the dispersing of almes. Now as Husbandmen, who sow …
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… soweth sparingly, shall reap sparingly: and he which soweth bountifully, shall reap bountifully. This proverbiallproverbial speech the Apostle applyeth to the dispersing of almes. Now as Husbandmen, who sow …
Thomas Gouge · The Surest and Safest Way of Thriving · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of all power to help himſelf; yet I rather take it to be a proverbiallproverbial ſpeech, ſignifying with what extreme contempt they abuſed him, that they ſported themſelves with …
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… of all power to help himſelf; yet I rather take it to be a proverbiallproverbial ſpeech, ſignifying with what extreme contempt they abuſed him, that they ſported themſelves with …
Arthur Jackson · Annotations Upon the Books of Poetry · p. 222 · Open in the reader
Printed
Firſt, they gnaw their tongues: By which proverbiallproverbial Speech is noted the extreame rage they ſhall fall into: And the cauſe is …
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Firſt, they gnaw their tongues: By which proverbiallproverbial Speech is noted the extreame rage they ſhall fall into: And the cauſe is …
David Pareus · Commentary on Revelation · p. 389 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are not to be accommodated to the ſubtillty of the Schooles. For they ſpeak proverbiallproverbial ſpeeches and vulgar, which commonly are ſomewhat hyperbollicall, as Iob 3. 11. Why haſt thou brought …
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… are not to be accommodated to the ſubtillty of the Schooles. For they ſpeak proverbiallproverbial ſpeeches and vulgar, which commonly are ſomewhat hyperbollicall, as Iob 3. 11. Why haſt thou brought …
William Twisse · The Riches of Gods Love · p. 45 · Open in the reader
Printed
Well therefore may that proverbiallproverbial ſpeech which Ahab uſed to Benhadad, be applied to ſuch as are over-forward …
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Well therefore may that proverbiallproverbial ſpeech which Ahab uſed to Benhadad, be applied to ſuch as are over-forward …
William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · p. 291 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (40)

15 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 25 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture A00593

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… of the words, give mee leave to glance at the occaſion, which was a ProverbiallProverbial ſpeech taken up by the Jewes in thoſe dayes wherein Ezekiel prophecied; (The fathers …
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… of the words, give mee leave to glance at the occaſion, which was a ProverbiallProverbial ſpeech taken up by the Jewes in thoſe dayes wherein Ezekiel prophecied; (The fathers …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 748 · Open in the reader

Gods Three Arrows A01974

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… Gods Providence, is according to my accuſtomed manner, very plaine. But I remember a ProverbiallProverbial ſpeech in uſe among the Iewes, noted by Druſius that great Hebrician, to bee …
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… Gods Providence, is according to my accuſtomed manner, very plaine. But I remember a ProverbiallProverbial ſpeech in uſe among the Iewes, noted by Druſius that great Hebrician, to bee …
William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · Open in the reader

Irenicum to the Lover of Truth and Peace A30587

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… it? When this is brought down to the people, it is expreſſed by that ProverbiallProverbial ſpeech, It is good fiſhing in troubled waters. The diviſions of the times are …
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… it? When this is brought down to the people, it is expreſſed by that ProverbiallProverbial ſpeech, It is good fiſhing in troubled waters. The diviſions of the times are …
Jeremiah Burroughs · Irenicum to the Lover of Truth and Peace · p. 72 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Job 4-7 A35438

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… And ſo the ſumme of all is, that Job in this place by a ProverbiallProverbial speech (for ſo I take this to be) intends only thus much, that he …
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… And ſo the ſumme of all is, that Job in this place by a ProverbiallProverbial speech (for ſo I take this to be) intends only thus much, that he …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 4-7 · p. 443 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Job 15-17 A35473

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… it is both come and gone in a moment; A breathing time, is a ProverbiallProverbial, for a little time (much like that, In the twinckling of an eye.) Thus …
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… it is both come and gone in a moment; A breathing time, is a ProverbiallProverbial, for a little time (much like that, In the twinckling of an eye.) Thus …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 15-17 · p. 167 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by affliction, and yet he was ſet up to receive more affliction: 'Tis a ProverbiallProverbial ſpeech, ſignifying that a man is made the common receit, or ſubject of miſery …
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… by affliction, and yet he was ſet up to receive more affliction: 'Tis a ProverbiallProverbial ſpeech, ſignifying that a man is made the common receit, or ſubject of miſery …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 15-17 · p. 293 · Open in the reader

Fifty Sermons A36296

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May wee not piously apply that ProverbiallProverbial speech, Corruptio optimi pessima, (that when good things take in another nature then their …
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May wee not piously apply that ProverbiallProverbial speech, Corruptio optimi pessima, (that when good things take in another nature then their …
John Donne · Fifty Sermons · p. 170 · Open in the reader

Westminster Annotations A36467

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neither root nor branch] ProverbiallProverbial termes: as Job 18. 16. & 29. 19. Isa. 5. 24. Amos 2. 9.
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neither root nor branch] ProverbiallProverbial termes: as Job 18. 16. & 29. 19. Isa. 5. 24. Amos 2. 9.
John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

Justification of the Fathers and Schoolmen A43716

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… ſo great a ſtranger to them, that he may very well take up the ProverbiallProverbial verſe.
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… ſo great a ſtranger to them, that he may very well take up the ProverbiallProverbial verſe.
Henry Hickman · Justification of the Fathers and Schoolmen · p. 8 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Revelation A55917

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A ProverbiallProverbial deſcription of the ungodly deſpairing 133.
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A ProverbiallProverbial deſcription of the ungodly deſpairing 133.
David Pareus · Commentary on Revelation · Open in the reader

An Answer Made to an Open Challenge A80157

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He reſolves the words into a ProverbiallProverbial admonition, and conſiders in them:
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He reſolves the words into a ProverbiallProverbial admonition, and conſiders in them:
John Collinges · An Answer Made to an Open Challenge · p. 203 · Open in the reader

A Double Reply A80160

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He reſolves the words into a ProverbiallProverbial admonition, and conſiders in them:
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He reſolves the words into a ProverbiallProverbial admonition, and conſiders in them:
John Collinges · A Double Reply · p. 203 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Job 22-26 A81199

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… or as a light thing, upon the face of the water; which is a ProverbiallProverbial ſpeech to Expreſſe that which is nothing worth. Thus the deſtruction of the King …
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… or as a light thing, upon the face of the water; which is a ProverbiallProverbial ſpeech to Expreſſe that which is nothing worth. Thus the deſtruction of the King …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 22-26 · p. 600 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ezekiel 1-5 A85666

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… find by that paſſage, 1 Sam. 10.11. Is Saul alſo among the Prophets? It is a ProverbiallProverbial ſpeech, and noteth a thing that is very rare and unuſuall; What, is Saul …
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… find by that paſſage, 1 Sam. 10.11. Is Saul alſo among the Prophets? It is a ProverbiallProverbial ſpeech, and noteth a thing that is very rare and unuſuall; What, is Saul …
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 1-5 · p. 9 · Open in the reader

Scottish Proverbs B03446

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ProverbiallProverbial speeches of persons given to such vices or vertues as follows.
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ProverbiallProverbial speeches of persons given to such vices or vertues as follows.
David Fergusson · Scottish Proverbs · Open in the reader