Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #344 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

deceiuersdeceivers

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

Puritas changed it: 417 times in 183 works
Consistency: 96.3% (417 of 433)
Reach if approved: ~455 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: deceivers
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 433 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (417 changes in 183 works, 96.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 417)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… called Gods people, as the papists are called the Christian worlde) called heretikes and deceiuersdeceivers. Bristowe biddeth me bate an ace of that, except I can shewe by predictions …
With rule
… called Gods people, as the papists are called the Christian worlde) called heretikes and deceiuersdeceivers. Bristowe biddeth me bate an ace of that, except I can shewe by predictions …
William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 267 · Open in the reader
Printed
… grounde of Gods veritie, be it ceremony or Sacramente, priesthode or sacryfice, reseruinge the deceiuersdeceivers to his most fearefull iudgement.
With rule
… grounde of Gods veritie, be it ceremony or Sacramente, priesthode or sacryfice, reseruinge the deceiuersdeceivers to his most fearefull iudgement.
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
… of a mediator and interceſſor. Only ſo? Nay whatſoeuer bawds, Franciſſes, Dominiks, and other deceiuersdeceivers and coſeners they would canonize among the ſaints, they brought vs in the ſame …
With rule
… of a mediator and interceſſor. Only ſo? Nay whatſoeuer bawds, Franciſſes, Dominiks, and other deceiuersdeceivers and coſeners they would canonize among the ſaints, they brought vs in the ſame …
François Hotman · The Brutish Thunderbolt · p. 83 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Papiſtes wee may vnderſtande both them and all the rable of ſeducyng Impoſters and deceiuersdeceivers beſide, which ſhal come a little before the laſt Daie, and all ſuche as …
With rule
… Papiſtes wee may vnderſtande both them and all the rable of ſeducyng Impoſters and deceiuersdeceivers beſide, which ſhal come a little before the laſt Daie, and all ſuche as …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 169 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the beaſt Scorpions, diſguiſed hypocrites; rauening wolues; deceitfull watchmen; fooliſh and preſumptuous ſhepheards; pernicious deceiuersdeceivers; Sycophants, Angel… of hell, bright ſtarres of the ſmokie Egyptian fornace: and ſuch as …
With rule
… the beaſt Scorpions, diſguiſed hypocrites; rauening wolues; deceitfull watchmen; fooliſh and preſumptuous ſhepheards; pernicious deceiuersdeceivers; Sycophants, Angel… of hell, bright ſtarres of the ſmokie Egyptian fornace: and ſuch as …
Richard Bernard · Christian Advertisements and Counsels of Peace · p. 72 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Temple of God, aboue all that is called God, or that is worshipped: 5. Many deceiuersdeceivers, false Christs, and false Prophets, that shall seduce many. 6. Generall corruption of manners, and …
With rule
… Temple of God, aboue all that is called God, or that is worshipped: 5. Many deceiuersdeceivers, false Christs, and false Prophets, that shall seduce many. 6. Generall corruption of manners, and …
John Phillips · The Christians Alphabet · p. 187 · Open in the reader
Printed
… good ſpeeches, what they ſaid: And yet this is the beſt dealing, that ſuch deceiuersdeceivers and diſſemblers can afford him: for, as Traytours ſet on the racke, doe vtter …
With rule
… good ſpeeches, what they ſaid: And yet this is the beſt dealing, that ſuch deceiuersdeceivers and diſſemblers can afford him: for, as Traytours ſet on the racke, doe vtter …
Richard Rogers · Samuels Encounter with Saul · p. 286 · Open in the reader
Printed
… c. Here is the particular reaſon why God would deſtroy them, becauſe there was deceiuersdeceivers amongſt them and they were willing to be deceiued; as if he ſhould ſay …
With rule
… c. Here is the particular reaſon why God would deſtroy them, becauſe there was deceiuersdeceivers amongſt them and they were willing to be deceiued; as if he ſhould ſay …
Richard Stock · Sermon 2 November 1606 · p. 6 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (16)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 10 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny A07225

Printed
… honesty nor honour; for the most part of the Bishops and Priests are Adulterers, DeceiuersDeceivers, Theeues, Seducers: I should not speake against the holy Church, but I speake against …
With rule
… honesty nor honour; for the most part of the Bishops and Priests are Adulterers, DeceiuersDeceivers, Theeues, Seducers: I should not speake against the holy Church, but I speake against …
John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 202 · Open in the reader

Twenty-Nine Lectures A10399

Printed
Seuenthly, Counterfeits and DeceiuersDeceivers are very cunning, Reaſ. 7 and will ſet as good a face on idolatry and …
With rule
Seuenthly, Counterfeits and DeceiuersDeceivers are very cunning, Reaſ. 7 and will ſet as good a face on idolatry and …
John Randall · Twenty-Nine Lectures · p. 135 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Titus A13535

Printed
DeceiuersDeceivers of minds,]
With rule
DeceiuersDeceivers of minds,]
Thomas Taylor · Commentary on Titus · p. 290 · Open in the reader

Lectures Upon Philippians A14185

Printed
Let this teach vs to beware of ſuch DeceiuersDeceivers as tell vs that we are not iuſtified before God by Chriſt his righteouſneſſe …
With rule
Let this teach vs to beware of ſuch DeceiuersDeceivers as tell vs that we are not iuſtified before God by Chriſt his righteouſneſſe …
Henry Airay · Lectures Upon Philippians · p. 679 · Open in the reader

A Treatise Concerning Antichrist A20740

Printed
… then it followeth, he is Seruus seruorum Dei indeed, because he calleth himselfe so. DeceiuersDeceivers, such as Antichrist is, pretend good names: false Prophets, such as Antichrist is, are …
With rule
… then it followeth, he is Seruus seruorum Dei indeed, because he calleth himselfe so. DeceiuersDeceivers, such as Antichrist is, pretend good names: false Prophets, such as Antichrist is, are …
George Downame · A Treatise Concerning Antichrist · p. 5 · Open in the reader

Balm from Gilead B15555

Printed
… all sorts, Vsurers, Swearers, Cursers, Contemners of the publique worship of GOD, Drunkards, Lyars, DeceiuersDeceivers, and the rest; and good Lord how many such men are there to bee …
With rule
… all sorts, Vsurers, Swearers, Cursers, Contemners of the publique worship of GOD, Drunkards, Lyars, DeceiuersDeceivers, and the rest; and good Lord how many such men are there to bee …
Henry Roborough · Balm from Gilead · p. 319 · Open in the reader