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selfdenyalself-denial

Words joined or split: to day → today, it selfe → itself, aswell → as well.

Puritas changed it
24 times in 19 works
Consistency
51.0% (24 of 47)
Reach if approved
~50 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: self-denial
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
48 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (24 changes in 19 works, 51.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 24)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … them for our examples? If any thing in the world ſhould waken Miniſters to ſelfdenyalself-denial and diligence, one would think we had ſeen enough to do it! If the …
    With rule
    … them for our examples? If any thing in the world ſhould waken Miniſters to ſelfdenyalself-denial and diligence, one would think we had ſeen enough to do it! If the …

    Richard Baxter · The Reformed Pastor · p. 376 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    But when Sanctification hath brought men to ſelfdenyalself-denial, then they diſcern and lament this folly: They ſee what ſilly giddy worms they …
    With rule
    But when Sanctification hath brought men to ſelfdenyalself-denial, then they diſcern and lament this folly: They ſee what ſilly giddy worms they …

    Richard Baxter · A Treatise of Self-Denial · p. 18 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … cryed out, Fra Felice a un capello. Thus did theſe Saints by a great ſelfdenyalself-denial, mutually communicate their holineſs to each other.
    With rule
    … cryed out, Fra Felice a un capello. Thus did theſe Saints by a great ſelfdenyalself-denial, mutually communicate their holineſs to each other.

    Pierre du Moulin Sr · The Monks Hood Pulled Off · p. 33 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … make that his end, is againſt that great and glorious principle of the Goſpel, ſelfdenyalself-denial. It's a great principle, and a glorious truth, ſelf-denyal: in the 16. Matth. ſaith …
    With rule
    … make that his end, is againſt that great and glorious principle of the Goſpel, ſelfdenyalself-denial. It's a great principle, and a glorious truth, ſelf-denyal: in the 16. Matth. ſaith …

    William Greenhill · The Sound-Hearted Christian · p. 289 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … abominable practises. 2. The truth is that which God requireth of us, that is, with selfdenyalself-denial, deposition of the body of sin, and renovation of Spirit to approach unto him …
    With rule
    … abominable practises. 2. The truth is that which God requireth of us, that is, with selfdenyalself-denial, deposition of the body of sin, and renovation of Spirit to approach unto him …

    George Hughes · An Exposition of Genesis · p. 657 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … than the plain Spiritual means of the word and prayer. It is thought great ſelfdenyalself-denial to forſake the world, to live in wilderneſſes and Monaſteries, to vow ſingle life …
    With rule
    … than the plain Spiritual means of the word and prayer. It is thought great ſelfdenyalself-denial to forſake the world, to live in wilderneſſes and Monaſteries, to vow ſingle life …

    John Troughton · Popery the Grand Apostasy · p. 94 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … exemplary Christians, let him borrow the single beauties of meekness, patience, humility, charity, faith, selfdenyalself-denial, constancy; that like the Sporades lie dispersed and scattered up and down the world …
    With rule
    … exemplary Christians, let him borrow the single beauties of meekness, patience, humility, charity, faith, selfdenyalself-denial, constancy; that like the Sporades lie dispersed and scattered up and down the world …

    Vincent Alsop · A Sober Inquiry Into the Reasonings of the Serious Inquiry · p. 12 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … holding our ſelves cloſely to every duty, in ſpecial to thoſe harder duties, of ſelfdenyalself-denial and mortification; the taming of our fleſh, the beating down our bodies, and bringing …
    With rule
    … holding our ſelves cloſely to every duty, in ſpecial to thoſe harder duties, of ſelfdenyalself-denial and mortification; the taming of our fleſh, the beating down our bodies, and bringing …

    Richard Alleine · Godly Fear · p. 358 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (23)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 19 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Crucifying of the World A26905

  • Printed
    Among all this seeming Charity and SelfdenyalSelf-denial, that proveth not a sanctified heart, how excellent (but too rare) is the true …
    With rule
    Among all this seeming Charity and SelfdenyalSelf-denial, that proveth not a sanctified heart, how excellent (but too rare) is the true …

    Richard Baxter · The Crucifying of the World · Open in the reader

A Saint or a Brute A27016

  • Printed
    … godly are kept in fears and doubtings to the death. Yea and Humility and SelfdenyalSelf-denial are part of this Condition: And all their Honour and Glory with Chriſt is …
    With rule
    … godly are kept in fears and doubtings to the death. Yea and Humility and SelfdenyalSelf-denial are part of this Condition: And all their Honour and Glory with Chriſt is …

    Richard Baxter · A Saint or a Brute · p. 264 · Open in the reader

A Treatise of Self-Denial A27053

  • Printed
    … will readily yield you. Juſtice requireth that every one have his own.] And thus SelfdenyalSelf-denial doth take off the ſanctified from giving that which is God's unto themſelves.
    With rule
    … will readily yield you. Juſtice requireth that every one have his own.] And thus SelfdenyalSelf-denial doth take off the ſanctified from giving that which is God's unto themſelves.

    Richard Baxter · A Treatise of Self-Denial · p. 9 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Jude A89503

  • Printed
    … and the other Jeſus, 2 Cor. 11. 4. namely, ſuch an one as they had ſet up. 4. SelfdenyalSelf-denial; as ſome falſe Teachers at Corinth would take no maintenance to diſgrace Paul; ſee …
    With rule
    … and the other Jeſus, 2 Cor. 11. 4. namely, ſuch an one as they had ſet up. 4. SelfdenyalSelf-denial; as ſome falſe Teachers at Corinth would take no maintenance to diſgrace Paul; ſee …

    Thomas Manton · Commentary on Jude · p. 171 · Open in the reader