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vnderstandingunderstanding

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

Puritas changed it
15,476 times in 1,291 works
Consistency
99.9% (15,476 of 15,488)
Reach if approved
~16,279 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: understanding
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
15,493 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (15,476 changes in 1,291 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 15,476)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … against a numberlesse multitude of ancient Fathers and moderne Doctors of better note contrarily vnderstandingunderstanding them; yeelding better reasons for that their literall true explication, and easily soluing all …
    With rule
    … against a numberlesse multitude of ancient Fathers and moderne Doctors of better note contrarily vnderstandingunderstanding them; yeelding better reasons for that their literall true explication, and easily soluing all …

    Thomas Gataker · Discussion of the Popish Doctrine of Transubstantiation · p. 127 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … not onely externall proſperity, but alſo that happy peace with God, which paſſeth all vnderſtandingunderstanding, which the world cannot giue. Loe, thus did the Lord appoint his Prieſts to …
    With rule
    … not onely externall proſperity, but alſo that happy peace with God, which paſſeth all vnderſtandingunderstanding, which the world cannot giue. Loe, thus did the Lord appoint his Prieſts to …

    Samuel Gibson · Sermon of Ecclesiastical Benediction · p. 13 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … helpe receiued from the holy Ghost, that consisteth onely in the enlightening of the vnderstandingunderstanding. But as for the Will, that needes no inward Grace.
    With rule
    … helpe receiued from the holy Ghost, that consisteth onely in the enlightening of the vnderstandingunderstanding. But as for the Will, that needes no inward Grace.

    Daniel Featley · A Parallel of New-Old Pelgiarminian Error · p. 8 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … a iust recompēce, the fruits of their … rebellion, to vvit, ignorance, blindnes, a levvd vnderstandingunderstanding, and in the ende iust demnation.
    With rule
    … a iust recompēce, the fruits of their … rebellion, to vvit, ignorance, blindnes, a levvd vnderstandingunderstanding, and in the ende iust demnation.

    John Field · A Caveat for Parsons Howlet · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    1. Cleare vnderſtandingunderstanding, 1. Cor. 2. ver. 10.12.15.
    With rule
    1. Cleare vnderſtandingunderstanding, 1. Cor. 2. ver. 10.12.15.

    John Foorthe · The Apostles Catechism · p. 32 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … feare is the beginning of wisedome, that the keepers of his commandements haue good vnderstandingunderstanding, that the praise of this feare endures for euer, and men are to do …
    With rule
    … feare is the beginning of wisedome, that the keepers of his commandements haue good vnderstandingunderstanding, that the praise of this feare endures for euer, and men are to do …

    James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · p. 117 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … the head too heauy: the legges cannot stand, the tongue cannot speake: so both vnderstandingunderstanding and affections are stifled in this deluge, inward faith, and outward profession falling sicke …
    With rule
    … the head too heauy: the legges cannot stand, the tongue cannot speake: so both vnderstandingunderstanding and affections are stifled in this deluge, inward faith, and outward profession falling sicke …

    Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 70 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … his flesh in a banket, the Iewes vnderstoode his flesh really, not erring in vnderstandingunderstanding, but in faith: for Christ cōfirmeth their vnderstandingunderstanding with an oth, sayth: verily, verily …
    With rule
    … his flesh in a banket, the Iewes vnderstoode his flesh really, not erring in vnderstandingunderstanding, but in faith: for Christ cōfirmeth their vnderstandingunderstanding with an oth, sayth: verily, verily …

    William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 514 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

10 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.

Works A02178

  • Printed
    A PROFITABLE TREATISE CONTAINING A DIRECTION FOR THE READING AND VNDERSTANDINGUNDERSTANDING OF THE HOLY SCRIPTVRES: BY MAISTER Greeneham.
    With rule
    A PROFITABLE TREATISE CONTAINING A DIRECTION FOR THE READING AND VNDERSTANDINGUNDERSTANDING OF THE HOLY SCRIPTVRES: BY MAISTER Greeneham.

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 173 · Open in the reader

Propositions and Principles of Divinity Disputed A10250

  • Printed
    THE FACVLTIES OF THE VNDERſtandingUnderstanding, and the will, are alwaies accompanied with that power, which is commonlie called Free …
    With rule
    THE FACVLTIES OF THE VNDERſtandingUnderstanding, and the will, are alwaies accompanied with that power, which is commonlie called Free …

    Theodore Beza · Propositions and Principles of Divinity Disputed · p. 35 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    VNTO THE FVLL VNDERSTANDINGUNDERSTANDING of thoſe things, which wee haue to beleeue concerning the perſon of Chriſt▪ it …
    With rule
    VNTO THE FVLL VNDERSTANDINGUNDERSTANDING of thoſe things, which wee haue to beleeue concerning the perſon of Chriſt▪ it …

    Theodore Beza · Propositions and Principles of Divinity Disputed · p. 43 · Open in the reader

Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649

  • Printed
    … SONGS IN ENGLISH METRE: VVITH ANNOTATIONS AND REFERENCES TO OTHER SCRIPTVRES, FOR THE EASIER VNDERSTANDINGUNDERSTANDING OF IT.
    With rule
    … SONGS IN ENGLISH METRE: VVITH ANNOTATIONS AND REFERENCES TO OTHER SCRIPTVRES, FOR THE EASIER VNDERSTANDINGUNDERSTANDING OF IT.

    Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · Open in the reader

Theological Rules to Guide Us in the Understanding and Practice of Scripture A15529

  • Printed
    Theologicall Rules, TO GVIDE VS IN THE VNDERSTANDINGUNDERSTANDING and practise of holy Scriptures:
    With rule
    Theologicall Rules, TO GVIDE VS IN THE VNDERSTANDINGUNDERSTANDING and practise of holy Scriptures:

    Thomas Wilson · Theological Rules to Guide Us in the Understanding and Practice of Scripture · Open in the reader

A Brief Explanation of the Whole Book of Proverbs A18960

  • Printed
    VNderstandingUnderstanding] The true knowledge of Gods holie will is a wel-ſpring of life, a …
    With rule
    VNderstandingUnderstanding] The true knowledge of Gods holie will is a wel-ſpring of life, a …

    Robert Cleaver · A Brief Explanation of the Whole Book of Proverbs · p. 257 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Proverbs 15-17 A20556

  • Printed
    VNderſtandingUnderstanding] The true knowledge of Gods holy will [is a well-ſpring of life] a …
    With rule
    VNderſtandingUnderstanding] The true knowledge of Gods holy will [is a well-ſpring of life] a …

    John Dod · Exposition of Proverbs 15-17 · p. 90 · Open in the reader

Canterburys Doom A56144

  • Printed
    VNderſtandingUnderstanding from the Earle of Corke, that Your Grace hath intimated unto the Right Honourable …
    With rule
    VNderſtandingUnderstanding from the Earle of Corke, that Your Grace hath intimated unto the Right Honourable …

    William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · p. 84 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

  • Printed
    VNderstandingUnderstanding that one Glouer an heretick is dead in the parish of Weme, whiche Glouer …
    With rule
    VNderstandingUnderstanding that one Glouer an heretick is dead in the parish of Weme, whiche Glouer …

    John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1715 · Open in the reader

An Antidote Against Popery B09202

  • Printed
    … accordi… to the vulgar translation, whi… hath, SING WYSELIE, t… interlinearie hath, SING WI… VNDERSTANDINGUNDERSTANDING. For accordi… to Augustine's wordes, (sayeth… ordinarie Glosse) no man do… that wyselie, which …
    With rule
    … accordi… to the vulgar translation, whi… hath, SING WYSELIE, t… interlinearie hath, SING WI… VNDERSTANDINGUNDERSTANDING. For accordi… to Augustine's wordes, (sayeth… ordinarie Glosse) no man do… that wyselie, which …

    William Guild · An Antidote Against Popery · p. 66 · Open in the reader