Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #33592 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

gouernesgoverns

Two or more mechanical changes in one word: sinne → sin, vnderstande → understand.

Puritas changed it: 146 times in 62 works
Consistency: 97.9% (146 of 149)
Reach if approved: ~157 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: governs
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 149 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (146 changes in 62 works, 97.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 146)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… ouer his Church, that hee hath a generall dominion ouer other things, & that he gouernesgoverns his Church, and the members of it in ſpeciall manner, yea, ſo as hee …
With rule
… ouer his Church, that hee hath a generall dominion ouer other things, & that he gouernesgoverns his Church, and the members of it in ſpeciall manner, yea, ſo as hee …
Edward Elton · Exposition of Colossians · p. 229 · Open in the reader
Printed
Secondly he gouernesgoverns the wills of the wicked and vngodlie by sixe actions. The first is permission …
With rule
Secondly he gouernesgoverns the wills of the wicked and vngodlie by sixe actions. The first is permission …
William Perkins · Gods Free Grace and Mans Free Will · p. 140 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vpon his ſhoulder; that is, the Church which is his Kingdome, and which he gouernesgoverns. Of which it is further ſaid, that being the Sauiour of his people, In …
With rule
… vpon his ſhoulder; that is, the Church which is his Kingdome, and which he gouernesgoverns. Of which it is further ſaid, that being the Sauiour of his people, In …
Robert Jenison · The Christians Apparelling · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… deuill and all his angels and instruments: and the kingdome of grace, whereby he gouernesgoverns his Church by his word and spirit: and both these are here to be …
With rule
… deuill and all his angels and instruments: and the kingdome of grace, whereby he gouernesgoverns his Church by his word and spirit: and both these are here to be …
William Perkins · Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount · p. 316 · Open in the reader
Printed
… shee asses. In thys tragedy she played her part naturally, and shewed howe she gouernesgoverns all Fraunce. Her daughter Margerit vvas the stale to lure and allure them that …
With rule
… shee asses. In thys tragedy she played her part naturally, and shewed howe she gouernesgoverns all Fraunce. Her daughter Margerit vvas the stale to lure and allure them that …
John Stubbes · England to be Swallowed by Another French Marriage · Open in the reader
Printed
… loue towards them be manifested. For as the eye guides the body, so doctrine gouernesgoverns duty; and what a foundation is vnto an house, that the doctrine of grace …
With rule
… loue towards them be manifested. For as the eye guides the body, so doctrine gouernesgoverns duty; and what a foundation is vnto an house, that the doctrine of grace …
Thomas Wilson · Commentary on Romans · p. 1008 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Heauen; quhere hee ſits at the right hand of the father; quher he gouernesgoverns and directs all things in heuen and earth; fra the quhilk place, hee is …
With rule
… the Heauen; quhere hee ſits at the right hand of the father; quher he gouernesgoverns and directs all things in heuen and earth; fra the quhilk place, hee is …
Robert Bruce · Sermons Upon the Lords Supper · Open in the reader
Printed
Aye rules and gouernesgoverns euerie thing.
With rule
Aye rules and gouernesgoverns euerie thing.
John Carpenter · A Preparative to Contention · p. 147 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

0 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.