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deuisesdevises

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

Puritas changed it: 1,322 times in 368 works
Consistency: 98.8% (1,322 of 1,337)
Reach if approved: ~1,405 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: devises
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,337 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,322 changes in 368 works, 98.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,322)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… say, is this giuen to the Ministers onely? what if they teach their owne deuisesdevises, and not the pure word of God, and make vs beleeue wee are in …
With rule
… say, is this giuen to the Ministers onely? what if they teach their owne deuisesdevises, and not the pure word of God, and make vs beleeue wee are in …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 351 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Hiere. vii. Amos. v. Mich. vi. Zacha. vii. moche more than the selfe ydell deuisesdevises. Are not they (thinke yow) plesaunt gentylmen, whych stande afore god, all trapped, dysguysed …
With rule
… Hiere. vii. Amos. v. Mich. vi. Zacha. vii. moche more than the selfe ydell deuisesdevises. Are not they (thinke yow) plesaunt gentylmen, whych stande afore god, all trapped, dysguysed …
John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · p. cxii · Open in the reader
Printed
… that whereas the Northerne Earles had ill ſucceſſe in executing the ſaid Bull, other deuiſesdevises were fruſtrated, and the hope of Papiſts their preſent preuailing much failed Parſons and …
With rule
… that whereas the Northerne Earles had ill ſucceſſe in executing the ſaid Bull, other deuiſesdevises were fruſtrated, and the hope of Papiſts their preſent preuailing much failed Parſons and …
James Balmford · Concerning the Lords Day, State of the Church of Rome, Execution of Priests · p. 58 · Open in the reader
Printed
… foes: by friendes, in procuring them & in ſtrengthning them: by foes, in confounding their deuiſesdevises, and in bridling their furious affections, as wel it is expreſſed by Origen. Duobus …
With rule
… foes: by friendes, in procuring them & in ſtrengthning them: by foes, in confounding their deuiſesdevises, and in bridling their furious affections, as wel it is expreſſed by Origen. Duobus …
Laurence Humphrey · A View of the Romish Hydra · p. 174 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vvidowes, vnder the … of long prayer, by their … and trentals, and suche paltrye robbing deuisesdevises, yea that they maintein … committed in time of …, it is more then apparant
With rule
… vvidowes, vnder the … of long prayer, by their … and trentals, and suche paltrye robbing deuisesdevises, yea that they maintein … committed in time of …, it is more then apparant
John Field · A Caveat for Parsons Howlet · Open in the reader
Printed
… with any, that had corrupted the sinceritie of the Gospell, with lying and false deuisesdevises. And this circumspection Polycarpus learned indeede of Saint Iohn, who saith in his second …
With rule
… with any, that had corrupted the sinceritie of the Gospell, with lying and false deuisesdevises. And this circumspection Polycarpus learned indeede of Saint Iohn, who saith in his second …
William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… together at burialls for an other purpose. But such is the nature of mens deuisesdevises, that although at the first they seeme not altogether euill, yet in processe of …
With rule
… together at burialls for an other purpose. But such is the nature of mens deuisesdevises, that although at the first they seeme not altogether euill, yet in processe of …
William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 236 · Open in the reader
Printed
… help our ſelues with ſuch a broken ſtaffe, wearying our ſelues with our owne deuiſesdevises, without any promiſe to receyue bleſsing thereby. And therefore where you affirme, that a …
With rule
… help our ſelues with ſuch a broken ſtaffe, wearying our ſelues with our owne deuiſesdevises, without any promiſe to receyue bleſsing thereby. And therefore where you affirme, that a …
George Gifford · Short Treatise Against the Donatists of England · p. 19 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (15)

13 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 11 are listed here. 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Christian Dictionary A15520

Printed
… thought, counsell, or purpose of doing some thing. Psal. 33, 10. Thou bringest to nought the DeuisesDevises of the people.
With rule
… thought, counsell, or purpose of doing some thing. Psal. 33, 10. Thou bringest to nought the DeuisesDevises of the people.
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 99 · Open in the reader
Printed
2 The euent that doth follow vpon a mans DeuisesDevises. Prou. 1, 31. They shall be filled with their owne DeuisesDevises, that is; with the fruite …
With rule
2 The euent that doth follow vpon a mans DeuisesDevises. Prou. 1, 31. They shall be filled with their owne DeuisesDevises, that is; with the fruite …
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 99 · Open in the reader
Printed
… doth follow vpon a mans DeuisesDevises. Prou. 1, 31. They shall be filled with their owne DeuisesDevises, that is; with the fruite of their DeuisesDevises, or with that which comes of …
With rule
… doth follow vpon a mans DeuisesDevises. Prou. 1, 31. They shall be filled with their owne DeuisesDevises, that is; with the fruite of their DeuisesDevises, or with that which comes of …
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 99 · Open in the reader
Printed
… shall be filled with their owne DeuisesDevises, that is; with the fruite of their DeuisesDevises, or with that which comes of their owne purposes and plots.
With rule
… shall be filled with their owne DeuisesDevises, that is; with the fruite of their DeuisesDevises, or with that which comes of their owne purposes and plots.
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 99 · Open in the reader

Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion A17183

Printed
DeuiſesDevises of newe fangled worſhips are curſed of God. 185
With rule
DeuiſesDevises of newe fangled worſhips are curſed of God. 185
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

Printed
DeuisesDevises.
With rule
DeuisesDevises.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader
Printed
What skil we must haue to beate backe all Satans DeuisesDevises.
With rule
What skil we must haue to beate backe all Satans DeuisesDevises.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader
Printed
Against new DeuisesDevises in apparell, and other things.
With rule
Against new DeuisesDevises in apparell, and other things.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader
Printed
908. b 10.20. Looke DeuisesDevises, and Inuentions.
With rule
908. b 10.20. Looke DeuisesDevises, and Inuentions.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader
Printed
266. a 10.20. Looke DeuisesDevises and Inuentions.
With rule
266. a 10.20. Looke DeuisesDevises and Inuentions.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

Printed
… bearing a candle in his hand aboute the market in the Towne of the DeuisesDevises, which is in the sayd coūty. Neuertheles his feruēcy did not abate, but by …
With rule
… bearing a candle in his hand aboute the market in the Towne of the DeuisesDevises, which is in the sayd coūty. Neuertheles his feruēcy did not abate, but by …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1894 · Open in the reader