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auoidingavoiding

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

Puritas changed it
712 times in 281 works
Consistency
97.9% (712 of 727)
Reach if approved
~764 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: avoiding
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
727 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (712 changes in 281 works, 97.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 712)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … marriage is vndefiled and honorable amongst all men: And in the 1. Cor. 7. chap. For auoidingavoiding of whoredome, let euery men haue his owne wife: and in that they say …
    With rule
    … marriage is vndefiled and honorable amongst all men: And in the 1. Cor. 7. chap. For auoidingavoiding of whoredome, let euery men haue his owne wife: and in that they say …

    John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 194 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … executed, and we are come to the ſecond part of the booke concerning the auoidingavoiding of the danger.How many things haue we in this part of the booke …
    With rule
    … executed, and we are come to the ſecond part of the booke concerning the auoidingavoiding of the danger.How many things haue we in this part of the booke …

    Eusebius Pagit · The History of the Bible · p. 200 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … no fellowship (in the meane season) with vnfruitfull works of darknesse, but eschewing and auoidingavoiding them from the bottome of your heart. And (good Sir) bee you well assured …
    With rule
    … no fellowship (in the meane season) with vnfruitfull works of darknesse, but eschewing and auoidingavoiding them from the bottome of your heart. And (good Sir) bee you well assured …

    John Frewen · Choice Grounds and Principles of our Christian Religion · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … without longer delay, to betake them to such courses, as for the preuenting and auoidingavoiding of those euils are deemed requisite, which to the eye of their faith are …
    With rule
    … without longer delay, to betake them to such courses, as for the preuenting and auoidingavoiding of those euils are deemed requisite, which to the eye of their faith are …

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

  5. Printed
    … bee occupied about some especiall sins: for as it is not sufficient for the auoidingavoiding of hypocrisie, to see sinne generally: so it is not enough to escheue the …
    With rule
    … bee occupied about some especiall sins: for as it is not sufficient for the auoidingavoiding of hypocrisie, to see sinne generally: so it is not enough to escheue the …

    Richard Greenham · Two Treatises Comforting an Afflicted Conscience · p. 47 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … muſt redeeme, or buy out the time, and preſent oportunitie of doing good, and auoidingavoiding euill. Epheſ. 5.15.
    With rule
    … muſt redeeme, or buy out the time, and preſent oportunitie of doing good, and auoidingavoiding euill. Epheſ. 5.15.

    Robert Hill · The Pathway to Prayer and Piety · p. 67 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … and daungerous it is to obey Idolatry, or (dissemblyng to consente … that abhomination, then auoidingavoiding the same) to … …hat in…ōueniēces …ay folow therupō by mās …. O be not …
    With rule
    … and daungerous it is to obey Idolatry, or (dissemblyng to consente … that abhomination, then auoidingavoiding the same) to … …hat in…ōueniēces …ay folow therupō by mās …. O be not …

    John Knox · An Admonition to the Faithful in London · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … the name of the Church, vnleſſe hee be canonized by the Pope, for the auoidingavoiding of miſpriſion: and yet they confeſſe that none were canonized till 800. yeeres after Chriſt …
    With rule
    … the name of the Church, vnleſſe hee be canonized by the Pope, for the auoidingavoiding of miſpriſion: and yet they confeſſe that none were canonized till 800. yeeres after Chriſt …

    Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 286 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (15)

8 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Lectures Upon John 4 A03342

  • Printed
    … he was carefull to auoid all suspition of dealing ill in that businesse, 2. Cor. 8. 20. AuoidingAvoiding this, that no man should blame vs, in this abundance that is ministred by …
    With rule
    … he was carefull to auoid all suspition of dealing ill in that businesse, 2. Cor. 8. 20. AuoidingAvoiding this, that no man should blame vs, in this abundance that is ministred by …

    Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 86 · Open in the reader

A Golden Chain A09339

  • Printed
    … yet he sought not to the Lord in his disease, but to the Phisitiās. 3. AuoidingAvoiding of an iniury, offered by some priuate person: this, if it be against an …
    With rule
    … yet he sought not to the Lord in his disease, but to the Phisitiās. 3. AuoidingAvoiding of an iniury, offered by some priuate person: this, if it be against an …

    William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 81 · Open in the reader

The Rules of a Holy Life A17410

  • Printed
    AuoidingAvoiding euill when good might come of it.
    With rule
    AuoidingAvoiding euill when good might come of it.

    Nicholas Byfield · The Rules of a Holy Life · Open in the reader

The Plain Mans Pathway to Heaven A20202

  • Printed
    AuoidingAvoiding of ill company.
    With rule
    AuoidingAvoiding of ill company.

    Arthur Dent · The Plain Mans Pathway to Heaven · p. 168 · Open in the reader

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

  • Printed
    AuoidingAvoiding dangers.
    With rule
    AuoidingAvoiding dangers.

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

  • Printed
    AuoidingAvoiding sin, which is the bane of the soule, either by not
    With rule
    AuoidingAvoiding sin, which is the bane of the soule, either by not

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

  • Printed
    AuoidingAvoiding all iust suspicions and shewes of euill. Pro. 5. 8.
    With rule
    AuoidingAvoiding all iust suspicions and shewes of euill. Pro. 5. 8.

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

  • Printed
    AuoidingAvoiding the meanes of
    With rule
    AuoidingAvoiding the meanes of

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