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containescontains

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

Puritas changed it
1,435 times in 573 works
Consistency
97.7% (1,435 of 1,468)
Reach if approved
~1,542 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: contains
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,468 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,435 changes in 573 works, 97.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,435)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … can bee knowne by no light but its owne. In the firſt place God containescontains all things, all manner of divine perfections are bound up in him. The pleaſures …
    With rule
    … can bee knowne by no light but its owne. In the firſt place God containescontains all things, all manner of divine perfections are bound up in him. The pleaſures …

    Thomas Goodwin · The Happiness of the Saints in Glory · p. 37 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … of this laſt, which excludes not the former, but eminently and vertually includes and containescontains them alſo.
    With rule
    … of this laſt, which excludes not the former, but eminently and vertually includes and containescontains them alſo.

    Robert Harris · The Blessedness of a Sound Spirit · p. 4 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … of Chriſt, and the comfort of a Chriſtian: the text includes two things, which duplicate page duplicate page containescontains the very dregs of the cup: Firſt, that God tooke away the ſenſe and …
    With rule
    … of Chriſt, and the comfort of a Chriſtian: the text includes two things, which duplicate page duplicate page containescontains the very dregs of the cup: Firſt, that God tooke away the ſenſe and …

    Thomas Hooker · The Souls Exaltation · p. 266 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … tongue is contained in the Bible, and no one booke else in the world, containescontains in it a whole language. And this shewes that the Scripture speakes to all …
    With rule
    … tongue is contained in the Bible, and no one booke else in the world, containescontains in it a whole language. And this shewes that the Scripture speakes to all …

    John Lightfoot · Miscellanies Christian and Judaical · p. 108 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … that there is another week of yeares, containing ſeuen yeares, as the common week containescontains ſeuen daies. And another yeare of yeares, containing 360. years, as the common year (not …
    With rule
    … that there is another week of yeares, containing ſeuen yeares, as the common week containescontains ſeuen daies. And another yeare of yeares, containing 360. years, as the common year (not …

    John Napier · The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    On the contrarie, the lusting of the spirit containescontains two other actions. The first is to beget good meditations, motions, inclinations, and desires …
    With rule
    On the contrarie, the lusting of the spirit containescontains two other actions. The first is to beget good meditations, motions, inclinations, and desires …

    William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 764 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … the conclusion is the foundation of all our ioy and spirituall comfort. For it containescontains in it the chiefest certentie of our adoption and saluation that can be had …
    With rule
    … the conclusion is the foundation of all our ioy and spirituall comfort. For it containescontains in it the chiefest certentie of our adoption and saluation that can be had …

    William Perkins · How to Live Well · p. 26 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … vs willingly, if our Text be Commodity, and our Sermon Policie. A Bill, that containescontains the sale of a Lordship, or the newes of a Morgage, or the offer …
    With rule
    … vs willingly, if our Text be Commodity, and our Sermon Policie. A Bill, that containescontains the sale of a Lordship, or the newes of a Morgage, or the offer …

    Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 83 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (33)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 26 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Christ Inviting Sinners to Come to Him for Rest A30566

  • Printed
    Chap. 43. ContainesContains the concluſion of the former doctrine of Sanctification, with divers directions how to come …
    With rule
    Chap. 43. ContainesContains the concluſion of the former doctrine of Sanctification, with divers directions how to come …

    Jeremiah Burroughs · Christ Inviting Sinners to Come to Him for Rest · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    ContainesContains the Concluſion of the former Doctrine of Sanctification, with divers directions how to come …
    With rule
    ContainesContains the Concluſion of the former Doctrine of Sanctification, with divers directions how to come …

    Jeremiah Burroughs · Christ Inviting Sinners to Come to Him for Rest · p. 341 · Open in the reader

Glad Tidings from Heaven to the Worst of Sinners on Earth A34879

  • Printed
    That the Ministerie of the Gospel (especially after the resurrection of Jesus Christ) ContainesContains nothing but glad tidings, and good newes even to the worst of sinners.
    With rule
    That the Ministerie of the Gospel (especially after the resurrection of Jesus Christ) ContainesContains nothing but glad tidings, and good newes even to the worst of sinners.

    Walter Cradock · Glad Tidings from Heaven to the Worst of Sinners on Earth · p. 6 · Open in the reader

Observations Upon the Old Testament A57230

  • Printed
    Shinar] ContainesContains Babylon, Mes…potamia, and the Countries adjacent, foure Cities, afterwards built there by Nimrod …
    With rule
    Shinar] ContainesContains Babylon, Mes…potamia, and the Countries adjacent, foure Cities, afterwards built there by Nimrod …

    John Richardson · Observations Upon the Old Testament · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    EXODUS ContainesContains an History of 141 years, and some few dayes over; And not of about 146 years …
    With rule
    EXODUS ContainesContains an History of 141 years, and some few dayes over; And not of about 146 years …

    John Richardson · Observations Upon the Old Testament · p. 10 · Open in the reader

Gospel Liberty A80742

  • Printed
    That the Miniſterie of the Goſpel (eſpecially after the reſurrection of Jeſus Chriſt) ContainesContains nothing but glad tidings, Doct. and good newes even to the worſt of ſinners.
    With rule
    That the Miniſterie of the Goſpel (eſpecially after the reſurrection of Jeſus Chriſt) ContainesContains nothing but glad tidings, Doct. and good newes even to the worſt of ſinners.

    Walter Cradock · Gospel Liberty · p. 6 · Open in the reader

A Treatise of Prayer A96904

  • Printed
    … being compleat as we all know, in the whole and in every part, and ContainesContains in it, as the Creed, all things to be beleived, ſo this, all things …
    With rule
    … being compleat as we all know, in the whole and in every part, and ContainesContains in it, as the Creed, all things to be beleived, ſo this, all things …

    Hezekiah Woodward · A Treatise of Prayer · p. 50 · Open in the reader