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Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #377 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

deseruingdeserving

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

Puritas changed it
871 times in 350 works
Consistency
99.5% (871 of 875)
Reach if approved
~919 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: deserving
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
875 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (871 changes in 350 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 871)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … thou canſt giue equiualent to the worth thereof, or by any merit or good deſeruingdeserving in thee; but onely by parting with thy luſts, and thy ſinnes, by true …
    With rule
    … thou canſt giue equiualent to the worth thereof, or by any merit or good deſeruingdeserving in thee; but onely by parting with thy luſts, and thy ſinnes, by true …

    Robert Jenison · The Christians Apparelling · p. 96 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … in the confidence of hys owne merites, but in the sure. trust of the deseruingdeserving of our Sauiour Iesus Christ, & in his passion. Whosoeuer doth inuocat the father of …
    With rule
    … in the confidence of hys owne merites, but in the sure. trust of the deseruingdeserving of our Sauiour Iesus Christ, & in his passion. Whosoeuer doth inuocat the father of …

    Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · p. 58 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … of ſinne from the ſame dailie, how is it not mercie onely, without all deſeruingdeserving, when he giueth vs by imputation the righteouſnes of his Son, and ſo eternal …
    With rule
    … of ſinne from the ſame dailie, how is it not mercie onely, without all deſeruingdeserving, when he giueth vs by imputation the righteouſnes of his Son, and ſo eternal …

    Dudley Fenner · Brief Treatise Upon the First Table of the Law · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … his workes. In which as perhaps he might vse the tearmes of merit and deseruingdeserving, then commonly vsed in his tyme, yet that he had not the same meaning …
    With rule
    … his workes. In which as perhaps he might vse the tearmes of merit and deseruingdeserving, then commonly vsed in his tyme, yet that he had not the same meaning …

    William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 121 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … they haue with oute cauſe vniuſtly triumphed ouer vs, hated, oppreſſed and murthered vs, deſeruingdeserving no ſuch cruelty at theyr hands, for too the Lorde longeth vengaunce. And he …
    With rule
    … they haue with oute cauſe vniuſtly triumphed ouer vs, hated, oppreſſed and murthered vs, deſeruingdeserving no ſuch cruelty at theyr hands, for too the Lorde longeth vengaunce. And he …

    Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … of God doth not burne among vs, as it doth among many, perhaps lesse deseruingdeserving then we: no question, a good part of the cause is, the seed of …
    With rule
    … of God doth not burne among vs, as it doth among many, perhaps lesse deseruingdeserving then we: no question, a good part of the cause is, the seed of …

    Walter Balcanquhall · Sermon Preached 14 April 1623 · p. 73 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … manner of power and ſword. Rom. 13. Chap. If our lord the King by his deſeruingdeserving iudgment ſee this, then our lord the King will eaſily ſee that as Queene …
    With rule
    … manner of power and ſword. Rom. 13. Chap. If our lord the King by his deſeruingdeserving iudgment ſee this, then our lord the King will eaſily ſee that as Queene …

    Thomas Helwys · Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity · p. 42 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    The third thing deseruingdeserving sorrowe, to be handled, are the Euidences (in the times) of Gods displeasure against …
    With rule
    The third thing deseruingdeserving sorrowe, to be handled, are the Euidences (in the times) of Gods displeasure against …

    Samuel Hieron · Three Sermons 2 · p. 18 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

  • Printed
    DeseruingDeserving.
    With rule
    DeseruingDeserving.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    The papists doctrine of DeseruingDeserving foolishly inferred.
    With rule
    The papists doctrine of DeseruingDeserving foolishly inferred.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

  • Printed
    Deſerts and DeſeruingDeserving.
    With rule
    Deſerts and DeſeruingDeserving.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader

Vindication of the Appendix to The Sober Remarks N02211

  • Printed
    … Biſhop Timothy, for his Direction in the Government of his Presbyters, To prefer the DeſeruingDeserving. — Which may at leaſt have the Force of an Argumentum ad Hominem.
    With rule
    … Biſhop Timothy, for his Direction in the Government of his Presbyters, To prefer the DeſeruingDeserving. — Which may at leaſt have the Force of an Argumentum ad Hominem.

    Thomas Foxcroft · Vindication of the Appendix to The Sober Remarks · p. 57 · Open in the reader