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prouidingproviding

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

Puritas changed it
649 times in 283 works
Consistency
97.8% (649 of 663)
Reach if approved
~697 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: providing
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
663 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (649 changes in 283 works, 97.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 649)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … be establyshed in youre rowmes, and increased in honor, to serue god & the kynge, prouidingproviding for hys real me in holines & righteousnes al … daies of yourlyues.
    With rule
    … be establyshed in youre rowmes, and increased in honor, to serue god & the kynge, prouidingproviding for hys real me in holines & righteousnes al … daies of yourlyues.

    Thomas Lever · Sermon Preached at Pauls Cross · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … ſhould beſtowe the reſt of they care / in maintaining his health by recreation / and prouidingproviding for his family: giue him leaue but to keepe out the gouernment of the …
    With rule
    … ſhould beſtowe the reſt of they care / in maintaining his health by recreation / and prouidingproviding for his family: giue him leaue but to keepe out the gouernment of the …

    Martin Marprelate · Work for a Cooper 2 · p. 32 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … do all that he can to winne his wife more and more to God, prouidingproviding as he can thinges necessarie for her: dwelling with her as a man of …
    With rule
    … do all that he can to winne his wife more and more to God, prouidingproviding as he can thinges necessarie for her: dwelling with her as a man of …

    George Estey · Exposition Upon the Ten Commandments · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … diuels, of them that were possessed, the Subdeacons, to serue vnder the Deacons, in prouidingproviding for the poore, &c. But in the Popish Church, they haue none but … offices …
    With rule
    … diuels, of them that were possessed, the Subdeacons, to serue vnder the Deacons, in prouidingproviding for the poore, &c. But in the Popish Church, they haue none but … offices …

    William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · p. 37 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … hand, right or power in disposing of their Children, or in aduising them and prouidingproviding in that kinde for them. Sampson requireth his Parents consent. And God chargeth his …
    With rule
    … hand, right or power in disposing of their Children, or in aduising them and prouidingproviding in that kinde for them. Sampson requireth his Parents consent. And God chargeth his …

    Thomas Gataker · Two Marriage Sermons · p. 8 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … politicall act maintaining nature, ordained for their comfort, which haue no chidren, the law prouidingproviding children for them, whom nature hath failed. And thus may a man be ſaid …
    With rule
    … politicall act maintaining nature, ordained for their comfort, which haue no chidren, the law prouidingproviding children for them, whom nature hath failed. And thus may a man be ſaid …

    Thomas Granger · The Light of the World · p. 22 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … concerne our ſoules to be miſtaken, how graciouſly God hath dealt with vs in prouidingproviding vs a Guide; What ſhould we now learne hereby but this? In all thankfulneſſe …
    With rule
    … concerne our ſoules to be miſtaken, how graciouſly God hath dealt with vs in prouidingproviding vs a Guide; What ſhould we now learne hereby but this? In all thankfulneſſe …

    Samuel Hieron · The Abridgment of the Gospel · p. 121 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … gouernment bee in the handes of a few of the wealthiest, that then lawes prouidingproviding for continuance thereof must make the punishment of contumelie and wrong offered vnto any …
    With rule
    … gouernment bee in the handes of a few of the wealthiest, that then lawes prouidingproviding for continuance thereof must make the punishment of contumelie and wrong offered vnto any …

    Richard Hooker · The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity · p. 68 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

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

Exposition on John 5 A01972

  • Printed
    1 ProuidingProviding of its place and perſonall calling for the exerciſe of that gift, whereunto they …
    With rule
    1 ProuidingProviding of its place and perſonall calling for the exerciſe of that gift, whereunto they …

    William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 76 · Open in the reader

Lectures Upon John 4 A03342

  • Printed
    … no man should blame vs, in this abundance that is ministred by vs. Ver. 21. ProuidingProviding for honest things, not onely before the Lord, but also before men. And on …
    With rule
    … no man should blame vs, in this abundance that is ministred by vs. Ver. 21. ProuidingProviding for honest things, not onely before the Lord, but also before men. And on …

    Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 86 · Open in the reader

Exposition of 2 Thessalonians A11588

  • Printed
    3 ProuidingProviding alwayes, gratious qualification, or diſpoſition, and vſe of meanes to partake them.
    With rule
    3 ProuidingProviding alwayes, gratious qualification, or diſpoſition, and vſe of meanes to partake them.

    William Sclater · Exposition of 2 Thessalonians · p. 210 · Open in the reader

Exposition of 1 Thessalonians A11591

  • Printed
    … and exactly according to our rule; to hate the garment ſpotted of the fleſh: ProuidingProviding for Conſcience, by eſchewing euill; for Fame, by auoyding the ſhewes of euill. And …
    With rule
    … and exactly according to our rule; to hate the garment ſpotted of the fleſh: ProuidingProviding for Conſcience, by eſchewing euill; for Fame, by auoyding the ſhewes of euill. And …

    William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · p. 555 · Open in the reader

The Parable of the Sower and of the Seed A13547

  • Printed
    Ciuill honesty is inioyned, Rom. 12.17. ProuidingProviding things honest before all men: that is, in such grauity, sobriety, equity, and comelinesse …
    With rule
    Ciuill honesty is inioyned, Rom. 12.17. ProuidingProviding things honest before all men: that is, in such grauity, sobriety, equity, and comelinesse …

    Thomas Taylor · The Parable of the Sower and of the Seed · p. 262 · Open in the reader

Defense of Perkins Book Called a Reformed Catholic A15735

  • Printed
    … our Sauiour, to secure Princes in their estate, if they begin their gouernment with ProuidingProviding for obedience to God, by true religion. But how little agreement there is betwixt …
    With rule
    … our Sauiour, to secure Princes in their estate, if they begin their gouernment with ProuidingProviding for obedience to God, by true religion. But how little agreement there is betwixt …

    Anthony Wotton · Defense of Perkins Book Called a Reformed Catholic · p. 3 · Open in the reader

The Art of Giving A19280

  • Printed
    First prouidingproviding for our selues. 2 Giuing where there is most need. 3. ProuidingProviding that wee may be still able to giue. Yet, 4. Keeping within the compasse of …
    With rule
    First prouidingproviding for our selues. 2 Giuing where there is most need. 3. ProuidingProviding that wee may be still able to giue. Yet, 4. Keeping within the compasse of …

    Thomas Cooper · The Art of Giving · Open in the reader

The Duties Commanded and Sins Forbidden in the Law of God A20720

  • Printed
    ProuidingProviding things needfull, according to his ability; and communicating his goods to her, &c.
    With rule
    ProuidingProviding things needfull, according to his ability; and communicating his goods to her, &c.

    George Downame · The Duties Commanded and Sins Forbidden in the Law of God · Open in the reader

Of Domestical Duties A68107

  • Printed
    1. ProuidingProviding fit places and callings for them to exerciſe their gifts.
    With rule
    1. ProuidingProviding fit places and callings for them to exerciſe their gifts.

    William Gouge · Of Domestical Duties · p. 559 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    2. ProuidingProviding fit mariages for them.
    With rule
    2. ProuidingProviding fit mariages for them.

    William Gouge · Of Domestical Duties · p. 559 · Open in the reader

The Wonderful Mystery of Spiritual Growth B12200

  • Printed
    4 ProuidingProviding neceſſarie things for them, both for body and ſoule. Rom. 13.4. Iſay 49.13.
    With rule
    4 ProuidingProviding neceſſarie things for them, both for body and ſoule. Rom. 13.4. Iſay 49.13.

    Thomas Cooper · The Wonderful Mystery of Spiritual Growth · p. 226 · Open in the reader