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councillscouncils

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
178 times in 55 works
Consistency
95.7% (178 of 186)
Reach if approved
~195 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: councils
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
186 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (178 changes in 55 works, 95.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 178)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … for Ordering them, save the Word of GOD, contained in the Scriptures. For General CouncillsCouncils, that medled most with these, were later than the times we speak of. And …
    With rule
    … for Ordering them, save the Word of GOD, contained in the Scriptures. For General CouncillsCouncils, that medled most with these, were later than the times we speak of. And …

    Gilbert Rule · The Good Old Way Defended · p. 8 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    THe Catholick Hiſtory collected and gathered out of Scripture, CouncillsCouncils, and Ancient Fathers, in anſwer to Dr. Vanes Loſt ſheep returned home, by Edward …
    With rule
    THe Catholick Hiſtory collected and gathered out of Scripture, CouncillsCouncils, and Ancient Fathers, in anſwer to Dr. Vanes Loſt ſheep returned home, by Edward …

    Jeremiah Burroughs · Gospel Revelation · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … inſtance alſo the Council at Eliberis, Carthage, Arragon, Maſcon, Chalons and other both Fathers, CouncillsCouncils and Chriſtian Emperours; but others have prevented me in this kind of Antiquity. So …
    With rule
    … inſtance alſo the Council at Eliberis, Carthage, Arragon, Maſcon, Chalons and other both Fathers, CouncillsCouncils and Chriſtian Emperours; but others have prevented me in this kind of Antiquity. So …

    Edmund Warren · The Jews Sabbath Antiquated and the Lords Day Instituted · p. 235 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … is it aſcribed onely vnto him the worlds high Prieſt, but alſo to their CouncillsCouncils and inferiour Paſtors, animated by his ſpirit, whoſe doctrine is to be heard, and …
    With rule
    … is it aſcribed onely vnto him the worlds high Prieſt, but alſo to their CouncillsCouncils and inferiour Paſtors, animated by his ſpirit, whoſe doctrine is to be heard, and …

    Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 75 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … p. 79. whereas there are fiue of that number wanting: for Bellarmine citeth in all 36. CouncillsCouncils and fathers, of the which 25. doe either directly, or by necessarie consequent affirme, that …
    With rule
    … p. 79. whereas there are fiue of that number wanting: for Bellarmine citeth in all 36. CouncillsCouncils and fathers, of the which 25. doe either directly, or by necessarie consequent affirme, that …

    Andrew Willet · A Scourge for a Railer · p. 42 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … Pope is better than Chriſt and his Apoſtles and their contemptible Decretals and firebrand CouncillsCouncils are better than the ſacred ſcriptures, and their degenerate Clergie and people better than …
    With rule
    … Pope is better than Chriſt and his Apoſtles and their contemptible Decretals and firebrand CouncillsCouncils are better than the ſacred ſcriptures, and their degenerate Clergie and people better than …

    Richard Baxter · The Nonconformists Plea for Peace · p. 73 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … as angers the world, and therefore he is in danger to be had before CouncillsCouncils, and therefore hee had need to have an extemporary faculty, that he may anſwer …
    With rule
    … as angers the world, and therefore he is in danger to be had before CouncillsCouncils, and therefore hee had need to have an extemporary faculty, that he may anſwer …

    William Fenner · Christs Alarm to Drowsy Saints · p. 136 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … of the Church, and Eccleſiaſticall Libertie hath alwayes bin ſtrengthened, defended, and augmented by CouncillsCouncils, and now doe we feare it ſhould be taken away?
    With rule
    … of the Church, and Eccleſiaſticall Libertie hath alwayes bin ſtrengthened, defended, and augmented by CouncillsCouncils, and now doe we feare it ſhould be taken away?

    David Pareus · Commentary on Revelation · p. 418 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Answer to a Popish Pamphlet A15733

  • Printed
    … well as they. For example they aledge ſcriptures, ſo did the Arrians: they contemne councillscouncils; the Arrians did not regard them. They challenge to themſelues the true interpretation: the …
    With rule
    … well as they. For example they aledge ſcriptures, ſo did the Arrians: they contemne councillscouncils; the Arrians did not regard them. They challenge to themſelues the true interpretation: the …

    Anthony Wotton · Answer to a Popish Pamphlet · p. 57 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … both that Councill which the Arrians refuſed, and all the other generall, and particuler councillscouncils, ſaue thoſe, that (as we are perſwaded) conteyne in them apparaunt falſhood, and impietie …
    With rule
    … both that Councill which the Arrians refuſed, and all the other generall, and particuler councillscouncils, ſaue thoſe, that (as we are perſwaded) conteyne in them apparaunt falſhood, and impietie …

    Anthony Wotton · Answer to a Popish Pamphlet · p. 75 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … their owne priuas opinion, or vpon the expoſition of the Church, the fathers, or councillscouncils.
    With rule
    … their owne priuas opinion, or vpon the expoſition of the Church, the fathers, or councillscouncils.

    Anthony Wotton · Answer to a Popish Pamphlet · p. 142 · Open in the reader

Review and Examination of the Doctrine A39999

  • Printed
    … that the prelacy now existant with us hath the universall consent of all histories councillscouncils and fathers] to be as far from the thoughts of Zanchie, as its necessary …
    With rule
    … that the prelacy now existant with us hath the universall consent of all histories councillscouncils and fathers] to be as far from the thoughts of Zanchie, as its necessary …

    Thomas Forrester · Review and Examination of the Doctrine · p. 192 · Open in the reader