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vniuersaluniversal

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

Puritas changed it
574 times in 230 works
Consistency
96.6% (574 of 594)
Reach if approved
~624 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: universal
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
594 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (574 changes in 230 works, 96.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 574)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … his michtie power, al the chosen children of God (quhilk is his halie and vniuersaluniversal Kirk) ay and quhill Iesus Christ come againe to finish al things. If thou …
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    … his michtie power, al the chosen children of God (quhilk is his halie and vniuersaluniversal Kirk) ay and quhill Iesus Christ come againe to finish al things. If thou …

    Alexander Hume · Treatise of Conscience Wherein Divers Secrets are Discovered · p. 56 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … reuenge to the vttermost of their power the iniurie done against his Maiestie. In vniuersaluniversal defections, and in a general reuolt, such as was in Israel after Ieroboam, there …
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    … reuenge to the vttermost of their power the iniurie done against his Maiestie. In vniuersaluniversal defections, and in a general reuolt, such as was in Israel after Ieroboam, there …

    John Knox · Appellation from the Cruel and Unjust Sentence Against Him · p. 35 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … as the apoſtels did / and all biſſhops after ward did like wiſe in the vniuerſaluniversal primatyue church vntil ſuch tyme as the pope began to lift vp his heade …
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    … as the apoſtels did / and all biſſhops after ward did like wiſe in the vniuerſaluniversal primatyue church vntil ſuch tyme as the pope began to lift vp his heade …

    Martin Luther · Last Will and Confession · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … And Christ hymselfe after his resurreccion sayde to his Apostles: Go ye into ye vniuersaluniversal world & preach the Gospel, that is to say, good & mery tydinges to euery creature …
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    … And Christ hymselfe after his resurreccion sayde to his Apostles: Go ye into ye vniuersaluniversal world & preach the Gospel, that is to say, good & mery tydinges to euery creature …

    Thomas Becon · News Out of Heaven · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … wes a word that any man durste clame to him self the name of vniuersaluniversal Bishop or head of the Church, after so many Boniface the thrid of that …
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    … wes a word that any man durste clame to him self the name of vniuersaluniversal Bishop or head of the Church, after so many Boniface the thrid of that …

    David Fergusson · Answer to Epistle by Renat Benedict · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … taught to yong and olde, and in steede of Catholike Church, call it the vniuersaluniversal congregation or assembly? Wel Dauus, these things be not aptely diuided according to their …
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    … taught to yong and olde, and in steede of Catholike Church, call it the vniuersaluniversal congregation or assembly? Wel Dauus, these things be not aptely diuided according to their …

    William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 93 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … are this daye ſet before oure eyes to beholde in all places throughout the vniuerſaluniversal worlde, and haue bene likewiſe euen from the beginninge. When Adam was placed in …
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    … are this daye ſet before oure eyes to beholde in all places throughout the vniuerſaluniversal worlde, and haue bene likewiſe euen from the beginninge. When Adam was placed in …

    Christopher Goodman · How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects · p. 9 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Princes amongst the Christians, commaund and make lawes in causes ecclesiasticall, and acknowledged no vniuersaluniversal father-hood of your Pope. I wish he did discharge the dutie of a …
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    … Princes amongst the Christians, commaund and make lawes in causes ecclesiasticall, and acknowledged no vniuersaluniversal father-hood of your Pope. I wish he did discharge the dutie of a …

    Francis Hastings · Defense of the Watch-Word Against the Ward-Word · p. 138 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (20)

19 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.

A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse A01299

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    … so reuerently, calling him. The high Priest of the Church, The Bishop of the VniuersalUniversal Church. The Pastor of the Church. The Iudge of matters of faith The repurger …
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    … so reuerently, calling him. The high Priest of the Church, The Bishop of the VniuersalUniversal Church. The Pastor of the Church. The Iudge of matters of faith The repurger …

    William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · p. 33 · Open in the reader

Carpenters Chips A03221

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    … any mention of Peter, if Peter had been at Rome, and had ſuch an VniuerſalUniversal authoritie? Sith Paul (as is ſaid) ioyned with himſelfe (for the more authorie of …
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    … any mention of Peter, if Peter had been at Rome, and had ſuch an VniuerſalUniversal authoritie? Sith Paul (as is ſaid) ioyned with himſelfe (for the more authorie of …

    James Balmford · Carpenters Chips · p. 41 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Popes champion (father Bellarmine, made a Cardinall for his deſerts) doth confeſſe, that this VniuerſalUniversal Biſhopricke is deſcended to the Pope by a conueyance indeed, but not of the …
    With rule
    … Popes champion (father Bellarmine, made a Cardinall for his deſerts) doth confeſſe, that this VniuerſalUniversal Biſhopricke is deſcended to the Pope by a conueyance indeed, but not of the …

    James Balmford · Carpenters Chips · p. 43 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … to bee neglected. For if Iohn the Patriarch of Conſtātinople claimed the title of VniuerſalUniversal Biſhop, becauſe the Emperours had then their ſeat there, howſoeuer they then bare the …
    With rule
    … to bee neglected. For if Iohn the Patriarch of Conſtātinople claimed the title of VniuerſalUniversal Biſhop, becauſe the Emperours had then their ſeat there, howſoeuer they then bare the …

    James Balmford · Carpenters Chips · p. 48 · Open in the reader

Concerning the Lords Day, State of the Church of Rome, Execution of Priests A03271

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    … any mention of Peter, if Peter had been at Rome, and had ſuch an VniuerſalUniversal authoritie? Sith Paul (as is ſaid) ioyned with himſelfe (for the more authorie of …
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    … any mention of Peter, if Peter had been at Rome, and had ſuch an VniuerſalUniversal authoritie? Sith Paul (as is ſaid) ioyned with himſelfe (for the more authorie of …

    James Balmford · Concerning the Lords Day, State of the Church of Rome, Execution of Priests · p. 41 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Popes champion (father Bellarmine, made a Cardinall for his deſerts) doth confeſſe, that this VniuerſalUniversal Biſhopricke is deſcended to the Pope by a conueyance indeed, but not of the …
    With rule
    … Popes champion (father Bellarmine, made a Cardinall for his deſerts) doth confeſſe, that this VniuerſalUniversal Biſhopricke is deſcended to the Pope by a conueyance indeed, but not of the …

    James Balmford · Concerning the Lords Day, State of the Church of Rome, Execution of Priests · p. 43 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … to bee neglected. For if Iohn the Patriarch of Conſtātinople claimed the title of VniuerſalUniversal Biſhop, becauſe the Emperours had then their ſeat there, howſoeuer they then bare the …
    With rule
    … to bee neglected. For if Iohn the Patriarch of Conſtātinople claimed the title of VniuerſalUniversal Biſhop, becauſe the Emperours had then their ſeat there, howſoeuer they then bare the …

    James Balmford · Concerning the Lords Day, State of the Church of Rome, Execution of Priests · p. 48 · Open in the reader

A Golden Chain A09339

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    … and since him all his successours haue taken vnto thē the same title of VniuersalUniversal and Catholike Bishop, whereby it doeth plainely appeare, that at Rome hath bin and …
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    … and since him all his successours haue taken vnto thē the same title of VniuersalUniversal and Catholike Bishop, whereby it doeth plainely appeare, that at Rome hath bin and …

    William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 422 · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Apostles Creed A09411

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    As for the VniuersalUniversal redemption of all & euery man, it is no better then a forgerie of mans …
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    As for the VniuersalUniversal redemption of all & euery man, it is no better then a forgerie of mans …

    William Perkins · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 471 · Open in the reader

The Church of Englands Antithesis to Arminianism A10180

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    … Diuinity Professor, Doctor Iohn Prideaux, De Absoluto Reprobationis Decreto: De scientia media: De Gratia VniuersalUniversal… De Conuersionis modo: De Perseuerantia Sanctorum: De salutis Certudine. and De salute Ethnicorum: all …
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    … Diuinity Professor, Doctor Iohn Prideaux, De Absoluto Reprobationis Decreto: De scientia media: De Gratia VniuersalUniversal… De Conuersionis modo: De Perseuerantia Sanctorum: De salutis Certudine. and De salute Ethnicorum: all …

    William Prynne · The Church of Englands Antithesis to Arminianism · p. 124 · Open in the reader

A General View of Papistry A15422

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    … an article of faith, to beleeue, that the Pope was the head of the VniuersalUniversal Church: yea about the yeare 600. the title of VniuersalUniversal Bishop first began to be …
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    … an article of faith, to beleeue, that the Pope was the head of the VniuersalUniversal Church: yea about the yeare 600. the title of VniuersalUniversal Bishop first began to be …

    Andrew Willet · A General View of Papistry · p. 168 · Open in the reader

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    … was the head of the VniuersalUniversal Church: yea about the yeare 600. the title of VniuersalUniversal Bishop first began to be appropriate to Rome: whereby was insinuated, that all Churches …
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    … was the head of the VniuersalUniversal Church: yea about the yeare 600. the title of VniuersalUniversal Bishop first began to be appropriate to Rome: whereby was insinuated, that all Churches …

    Andrew Willet · A General View of Papistry · p. 168 · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

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    … whole World. Psal. 24, 10. Who is the King of Glory? This is a Celestiall and VniuersalUniversal King ouer the World. And thus God the Father, Sonne, and Spirit be King …
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    … whole World. Psal. 24, 10. Who is the King of Glory? This is a Celestiall and VniuersalUniversal King ouer the World. And thus God the Father, Sonne, and Spirit be King …

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 271 · Open in the reader

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    … sence it comprehends regeneration, Reconciliation, Iustification, and Adoption. 1 Pet. 1, 2. Elect vnto Sanctification. This is VniuersalUniversal Sanctification, comprehending the whole work of grace.
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    … sence it comprehends regeneration, Reconciliation, Iustification, and Adoption. 1 Pet. 1, 2. Elect vnto Sanctification. This is VniuersalUniversal Sanctification, comprehending the whole work of grace.

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 422 · Open in the reader

Harmony of the Gospels A16078

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    the particle VniuersalUniversal, is not alwayes vniuersally taken, 148. 43.
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    the particle VniuersalUniversal, is not alwayes vniuersally taken, 148. 43.

    John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · Open in the reader

A Defense of the Sermon Preached at the Consecration of the Bishop of Bath A20733

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    VniuersalUniversal company of them that are elected in Christ, or called to be Saints, as …
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    VniuersalUniversal company of them that are elected in Christ, or called to be Saints, as …

    George Downame · A Defense of the Sermon Preached at the Consecration of the Bishop of Bath · p. 4 · Open in the reader

A Defense of the Catholic Faith A20944

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    … be ſubiect to the Biſhop of Rome, or acknowledge him the head of the VniuerſalUniversal Church, admits no manner of proofe. In the yeare of our Lord 530. that Warlike …
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    … be ſubiect to the Biſhop of Rome, or acknowledge him the head of the VniuerſalUniversal Church, admits no manner of proofe. In the yeare of our Lord 530. that Warlike …

    Pierre du Moulin Sr · A Defense of the Catholic Faith · p. 124 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

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    … Tradition of reſtraint, and to inlarge this libertie through all the Territories of the VniuerſalUniversal Church; For this purpoſe is the Deinceps, of the Conſtantinopolitane Fathers, who well knew …
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    … Tradition of reſtraint, and to inlarge this libertie through all the Territories of the VniuerſalUniversal Church; For this purpoſe is the Deinceps, of the Conſtantinopolitane Fathers, who well knew …

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 769 · Open in the reader

The By-Way A72851

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    … who well vnderſtood how to make a difference betwixt the particular Roman, and the VniuerſalUniversal Catholike Church, tels vs: The Church whoſe faith neuer faileth, according to the promiſe …
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    … who well vnderſtood how to make a difference betwixt the particular Roman, and the VniuerſalUniversal Catholike Church, tels vs: The Church whoſe faith neuer faileth, according to the promiſe …

    Humphrey Lynde · The By-Way · p. 489 · Open in the reader