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preseruingpreserving

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

Puritas changed it
865 times in 339 works
Consistency
98.9% (865 of 874)
Reach if approved
~919 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: preserving
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
875 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (865 changes in 339 works, 98.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 865)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    3 His preseruingpreserving their rayment miraculously.
    With rule
    3 His preseruingpreserving their rayment miraculously.

    James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · p. 145 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … in Hebrue, more faithfully than euer the Papistes. And because they boast of safe preseruingpreserving of the scriptures, all men, that are learned in the tongues can testifie, in …
    With rule
    … in Hebrue, more faithfully than euer the Papistes. And because they boast of safe preseruingpreserving of the scriptures, all men, that are learned in the tongues can testifie, in …

    William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 6 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    2. They are very needfull and vſefull. Needfull (as meanes ſanctified of God▪) for preſeruingpreserving our being in the world, which like a Lampe would ſoone be extinguiſhed if …
    With rule
    2. They are very needfull and vſefull. Needfull (as meanes ſanctified of God▪) for preſeruingpreserving our being in the world, which like a Lampe would ſoone be extinguiſhed if …

    William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 101 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … proceedeth therefrom, to present before the nosthrills of God our heauenly Father, by this preseruingpreserving Salt of his word, whereby no stincking corruption of the flesh and of sinne …
    With rule
    … proceedeth therefrom, to present before the nosthrills of God our heauenly Father, by this preseruingpreserving Salt of his word, whereby no stincking corruption of the flesh and of sinne …

    William Guild · A Young Mans Inquisition · p. 230 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    For the conuincing of this error, and preseruingpreserving men from it, two things are to be considered.
    With rule
    For the conuincing of this error, and preseruingpreserving men from it, two things are to be considered.

    Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 78 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … authoritie for the ſuppreſſing of diſorders, the ſhaming and puniſhing of euill members, the preſeruingpreserving of the holineſſe of the Lords Sabbaths: If one that is rich, will be …
    With rule
    … authoritie for the ſuppreſſing of diſorders, the ſhaming and puniſhing of euill members, the preſeruingpreserving of the holineſſe of the Lords Sabbaths: If one that is rich, will be …

    William Jemmat · A Spiritual Trumpet Sounded to Christian Warfare · p. 242 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … we ſay) nor wherefore, are often diſpoſed as occaſions of their greateſt good, of preſeruingpreserving them from many ſins: Nay, the ſins they liued in before their calling, God …
    With rule
    … we ſay) nor wherefore, are often diſpoſed as occaſions of their greateſt good, of preſeruingpreserving them from many ſins: Nay, the ſins they liued in before their calling, God …

    Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Ephesians 1 · p. 120 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … by any meanes be made to ſtay. What was this but a moſt miraculous preſeruingpreserving of the Church by Gods owne immediate hand, there being nothing but the very …
    With rule
    … by any meanes be made to ſtay. What was this but a moſt miraculous preſeruingpreserving of the Church by Gods owne immediate hand, there being nothing but the very …

    John Mayer · Exposition on the Catholic Epistles · p. 402 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

8 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Concerning the Plagues Infection A03264

  • Printed
    … the Peſtilence, but euery puniſhment for ſinne is meant thereby. Hiding is put for PreſeruingPreserving, as Ioaſh was, by hiding preſerued from murther. But it is to be conſidered …
    With rule
    … the Peſtilence, but euery puniſhment for ſinne is meant thereby. Hiding is put for PreſeruingPreserving, as Ioaſh was, by hiding preſerued from murther. But it is to be conſidered …

    James Balmford · Concerning the Plagues Infection · p. 74 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Galatians 1-5 A09383

  • Printed
    But to consider this more particularly. Goodnes is threefold. PreseruingPreserving, Vniting, Communicating: in all which particulars we are to practise this dutie. And first …
    With rule
    But to consider this more particularly. Goodnes is threefold. PreseruingPreserving, Vniting, Communicating: in all which particulars we are to practise this dutie. And first …

    William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 589 · Open in the reader

A General View of Papistry A15422

  • Printed
    3 PreseruingPreserving of Reliques. pag. 342.
    With rule
    3 PreseruingPreserving of Reliques. pag. 342.

    Andrew Willet · A General View of Papistry · Open in the reader

A Manual for True Catholics A19583

  • Printed
    PreſeruingPreserving in the Eſſence true
    With rule
    PreſeruingPreserving in the Eſſence true

    William Crashaw · A Manual for True Catholics · p. 10 · Open in the reader

Pseudo-Martyr A20647

  • Printed
    … from him, that which is his, by many deare titles; as Creating, Redeeming, and PreseruingPreserving; but at such a time, as his honour hath vse of such a seruice …
    With rule
    … from him, that which is his, by many deare titles; as Creating, Redeeming, and PreseruingPreserving; but at such a time, as his honour hath vse of such a seruice …

    John Donne · Pseudo-Martyr · p. 4 · Open in the reader

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

  • Printed
    PreseruingPreserving his, or our owne goods.
    With rule
    PreseruingPreserving his, or our owne goods.

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

  • Printed
    PreseruingPreserving and retaining of our owne goods.
    With rule
    PreseruingPreserving and retaining of our owne goods.

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

  • Printed
    PreseruingPreserving,
    With rule
    PreseruingPreserving,

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