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preuentingpreventing

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

Puritas changed it
690 times in 296 works
Consistency
98.8% (690 of 698)
Reach if approved
~733 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: preventing
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
698 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (690 changes in 296 works, 98.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 690)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    Now for the preuentingpreventing of all suspitious misconstruing…,, I must (before I mention the vse) say thus much …
    With rule
    Now for the preuentingpreventing of all suspitious misconstruing…,, I must (before I mention the vse) say thus much …

    Samuel Hieron · Three Sermons 2 · p. 52 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … theyr deaths alike? See we not them dayly die? Yea as I ſaid, ofte preuentingpreventing others? and ſome time more perillouſlye? ſome ſpente with warre, other with ſurfet and …
    With rule
    … theyr deaths alike? See we not them dayly die? Yea as I ſaid, ofte preuentingpreventing others? and ſome time more perillouſlye? ſome ſpente with warre, other with ſurfet and …

    Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    The Apoſtle in them doth make a digreſſion for the preuentingpreventing of an obiection which ſome Iew might make againſt his former concluſion. For the …
    With rule
    The Apoſtle in them doth make a digreſſion for the preuentingpreventing of an obiection which ſome Iew might make againſt his former concluſion. For the …

    Paul Baynes · Epitome of Mans Misery and Delivery · p. 2 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … the liberty of al chriſtiandome, doth now ſeem to be more cowardly & rechleſſe in preuentingpreventing the eſtabliſhing of that yoke that threatneth the whole world, then any other nation …
    With rule
    … the liberty of al chriſtiandome, doth now ſeem to be more cowardly & rechleſſe in preuentingpreventing the eſtabliſhing of that yoke that threatneth the whole world, then any other nation …

    Phillips Marnix · An Exhortation Concerning the Estate of Christendom · p. 44 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    Thalander, heart and hand had now beene cold but for, Glaucilla, she preuentingpreventing Cosma, temperd the poysonous viall, changing death for sleepe, so gaue mee life, thee …
    With rule
    Thalander, heart and hand had now beene cold but for, Glaucilla, she preuentingpreventing Cosma, temperd the poysonous viall, changing death for sleepe, so gaue mee life, thee …

    Phineas Fletcher · Sicelides a Piscatory · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … of escape; and where such vehement desire, a most earnest and carefull endeuour of preuentingpreventing, if by any meanes it may be, that euill.
    With rule
    … of escape; and where such vehement desire, a most earnest and carefull endeuour of preuentingpreventing, if by any meanes it may be, that euill.

    Thomas Gataker · Two Sermons for the Direction for Christian Carriage · p. 122 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    2 Extraordinary prayer is extraordinarily powerfull and effectuall, either for preuentingpreventing and remouing great iudgements, or for obtaining and recouering ſingular bleſſings, as we haue …
    With rule
    2 Extraordinary prayer is extraordinarily powerfull and effectuall, either for preuentingpreventing and remouing great iudgements, or for obtaining and recouering ſingular bleſſings, as we haue …

    William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 469 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … power and mercie is ſeene, but former: Wee ſee what power was vſed in preuentingpreventing miſerie, what mercie in giuing comfort.
    With rule
    … power and mercie is ſeene, but former: Wee ſee what power was vſed in preuentingpreventing miſerie, what mercie in giuing comfort.

    Robert Harris · Davids Comfort at Ziklag · p. 5 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

7 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.

Exposition on John 5 A01972

  • Printed
    1 PreuentingPreventing of danger, as in the example of Dauid, 1 Sam. 27.3.
    With rule
    1 PreuentingPreventing of danger, as in the example of Dauid, 1 Sam. 27.3.

    William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 50 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Galatians 1-5 A09383

  • Printed
    … grace. God must first vouchsafe to acknowledge vs, before we can acknowledge him. Ioh. 10. 14. PreuentingPreventing grace, is twofold. The first, and the second. The first, when God in our …
    With rule
    … grace. God must first vouchsafe to acknowledge vs, before we can acknowledge him. Ioh. 10. 14. PreuentingPreventing grace, is twofold. The first, and the second. The first, when God in our …

    William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 308 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    PreuentingPreventing grace is two fould. 308. 24.
    With rule
    PreuentingPreventing grace is two fould. 308. 24.

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

Predestination A09386

  • Printed
    … Augustine makes a fiuefold grace, preuentingpreventing, preparing working, coworking, and the gift of perseuerance. PreuentingPreventing grace is that, whereby God inspireth into the mind of the sinner that is …
    With rule
    … Augustine makes a fiuefold grace, preuentingpreventing, preparing working, coworking, and the gift of perseuerance. PreuentingPreventing grace is that, whereby God inspireth into the mind of the sinner that is …

    William Perkins · Predestination · p. 162 · Open in the reader

The True Convert A10929

  • Printed
    … thy charge; if yet theſe will not preuaile, then put all together conſider his PreuentingPreventing, his Sparing his renewing, his pardoning mercies, & if there be any hope of thee …
    With rule
    … thy charge; if yet theſe will not preuaile, then put all together conſider his PreuentingPreventing, his Sparing his renewing, his pardoning mercies, & if there be any hope of thee …

    Nehemiah Rogers · The True Convert · p. 113 · Open in the reader

A Dangerous Plot Discovered A15734

  • Printed
    PreuentingPreventing grace is giuen by God, man hauing no merits, cap. 5. Wee are iuſtified freely …
    With rule
    PreuentingPreventing grace is giuen by God, man hauing no merits, cap. 5. Wee are iuſtified freely …

    Anthony Wotton · A Dangerous Plot Discovered · p. 167 · Open in the reader

A Treasury of Similes A18271

  • Printed
    PreuentingPreventing of Sinne.
    With rule
    PreuentingPreventing of Sinne.

    Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 726 · Open in the reader