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figuratiuefigurative

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

Puritas changed it
1,049 times in 231 works
Consistency
98.4% (1,049 of 1,066)
Reach if approved
~1,120 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: figurative
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,066 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,049 changes in 231 works, 98.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,049)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … thundering Angels; declaring euen preſentlie, the horrible fall and decay to become of that figuratiuefigurative h Babylon, and great Antichriſtian city, becaus ſhe had entiſed all nations, hitherto, to …
    With rule
    … thundering Angels; declaring euen preſentlie, the horrible fall and decay to become of that figuratiuefigurative h Babylon, and great Antichriſtian city, becaus ſhe had entiſed all nations, hitherto, to …

    John Napier · The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises · p. 179 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … vs for this figuratiuefigurative interpretation of workes, then we haue of them for their figuratiuefigurative interpretation of faith. For when we are saied to be justified by faith, they …
    With rule
    … vs for this figuratiuefigurative interpretation of workes, then we haue of them for their figuratiuefigurative interpretation of faith. For when we are saied to be justified by faith, they …

    William Pemble · Of Justification By Faith · p. 209 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … your selfe, D. Smith, and shew vs, how the selfe same speech can be figuratiuefigurative and proper, that is, proper and improper. For in my vnderstanding, euery figuratiuefigurative speech …
    With rule
    … your selfe, D. Smith, and shew vs, how the selfe same speech can be figuratiuefigurative and proper, that is, proper and improper. For in my vnderstanding, euery figuratiuefigurative speech …

    Daniel Featley · The Grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome · p. 294 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … Budee (you saye) to whose commentaries I sende you, are of moste sine and figuratiuefigurative phrases. If they be suche, they doe the better proue, that for which I …
    With rule
    … Budee (you saye) to whose commentaries I sende you, are of moste sine and figuratiuefigurative phrases. If they be suche, they doe the better proue, that for which I …

    William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 42 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … in the name of the ſonne of God. How then? Is there not ſome figuratiuefigurative or myſticall ſpeech in theſe words? They cannot for ſhame ſay ſo. Then it …
    With rule
    … in the name of the ſonne of God. How then? Is there not ſome figuratiuefigurative or myſticall ſpeech in theſe words? They cannot for ſhame ſay ſo. Then it …

    George Gifford · Four Sermons · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … none of theſe houſholds, and to ſay that there is in ſuch ſpeeches and figuratiuefigurative ſpeaking, all the family being put for the greateſt part of the family, and …
    With rule
    … none of theſe houſholds, and to ſay that there is in ſuch ſpeeches and figuratiuefigurative ſpeaking, all the family being put for the greateſt part of the family, and …

    Samuel Hieron · The Baptizing of the Eunuch · p. 15 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … wherein the diſciples of Chriſt were comprehended, excelled farre away all cleereneſſe of the figuratiuefigurative ſeruices. The ſame reaſon hee rendreth in the next Section, ſaying, that the prieſthood …
    With rule
    … wherein the diſciples of Chriſt were comprehended, excelled farre away all cleereneſſe of the figuratiuefigurative ſeruices. The ſame reaſon hee rendreth in the next Section, ſaying, that the prieſthood …

    John Knewstubs · Confutation of Monstrous and Horrible Heresies · p. 59 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … whereof the one is called Typica, and the other Physica, that is to say, figuratiuefigurative and naturall. For these two keyes shee doth vse most in the Scholes and …
    With rule
    … whereof the one is called Typica, and the other Physica, that is to say, figuratiuefigurative and naturall. For these two keyes shee doth vse most in the Scholes and …

    Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (17)

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

The Pope Confuted A01130

  • Printed
    … they leaue nothing there but naked and bare signes, whom the Papists do tearme FiguratiueFigurative men and Significatists.
    With rule
    … they leaue nothing there but naked and bare signes, whom the Papists do tearme FiguratiueFigurative men and Significatists.

    John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … his body and blood. In like maner before Supper he vouchsafed by a like FiguratiueFigurative phrase of speache too call his owne fleshe meate, and feeding bread from heaue …
    With rule
    … his body and blood. In like maner before Supper he vouchsafed by a like FiguratiueFigurative phrase of speache too call his owne fleshe meate, and feeding bread from heaue …

    John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · p. 85 · Open in the reader

The Sin Against the Holy Ghost A08402

  • Printed
    A FiguratiueFigurative ſpeech not to bee taken after the letter. 172
    With rule
    A FiguratiueFigurative ſpeech not to bee taken after the letter. 172

    Sebastian Benefield · The Sin Against the Holy Ghost · Open in the reader

Commentary on Galatians 1-5 A09383

  • Printed
    … spirituall. Literall is twofold. Proper, when the words are taken in their proper signification. FiguratiueFigurative, when the holy Ghost signifies his meaning in borrowed tearmes.
    With rule
    … spirituall. Literall is twofold. Proper, when the words are taken in their proper signification. FiguratiueFigurative, when the holy Ghost signifies his meaning in borrowed tearmes.

    William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 345 · Open in the reader

Sermons in One Volume A12406

  • Printed
    … a vine, becauſe he ſaith, I am a vine: for his ſayings are like. FiguratiueFigurative ſpeeches muſt not be conſtrued literally, but this is heretikes faſhion. If you mark …
    With rule
    … a vine, becauſe he ſaith, I am a vine: for his ſayings are like. FiguratiueFigurative ſpeeches muſt not be conſtrued literally, but this is heretikes faſhion. If you mark …

    Henry Smith · Sermons in One Volume · p. 84 · Open in the reader

Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion A17183

  • Printed
    … is ſounge. I ſay nothing at this preſent of their muſicke which they call FiguratiueFigurative, and of their muſicall inſtrumentes, all whiche are conteined in a manner in their …
    With rule
    … is ſounge. I ſay nothing at this preſent of their muſicke which they call FiguratiueFigurative, and of their muſicall inſtrumentes, all whiche are conteined in a manner in their …

    Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 935 · Open in the reader

Answer unto a Crafy and Sophistical Cavillation A19563

  • Printed
    FiguratiueFigurative speaches especially vsed in Scripture concernyng the Sacramentes. 135
    With rule
    FiguratiueFigurative speaches especially vsed in Scripture concernyng the Sacramentes. 135

    Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Answer unto a Crafy and Sophistical Cavillation · Open in the reader

Defense of the True Doctrine of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper A19571

  • Printed
    FiguratiueFigurative speeches bee not straunge,
    With rule
    FiguratiueFigurative speeches bee not straunge,

    Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Defense of the True Doctrine of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper · Open in the reader

A Short Explanation of Hebrews A20414

  • Printed
    … Campe, yet the bloode of it was brought within the Sanctuarie, to make a FiguratiueFigurative Attonement: Even so, howe baselie so-ever men did vse CHRIST'S Bodie, in casting …
    With rule
    … Campe, yet the bloode of it was brought within the Sanctuarie, to make a FiguratiueFigurative Attonement: Even so, howe baselie so-ever men did vse CHRIST'S Bodie, in casting …

    David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · p. 319 · Open in the reader

The Buckler of the Faith A20936

  • Printed
    … saith, I am the true vine; where the word true excludeth not the figure. FiguratiueFigurative words ceasse not to be true: seeing that the flesh of Iesus Christ crucified …
    With rule
    … saith, I am the true vine; where the word true excludeth not the figure. FiguratiueFigurative words ceasse not to be true: seeing that the flesh of Iesus Christ crucified …

    Peter du Moulin Jr · The Buckler of the Faith · p. 506 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

  • Printed
    FiguratiueFigurative speache howe to bee knowne .1393. what it is. 1950.
    With rule
    FiguratiueFigurative speache howe to bee knowne .1393. what it is. 1950.

    John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · Open in the reader

Whole Works A68831

  • Printed
    FiguratiueFigurative ſpeaches vſed in Scriptures. 469. b
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    FiguratiueFigurative ſpeaches vſed in Scriptures. 469. b

    William Tyndale · Whole Works · Open in the reader

Commentaries A68840

  • Printed
    FiguratiueFigurative ſpeeches ar no lies. 111
    With rule
    FiguratiueFigurative ſpeeches ar no lies. 111

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · Open in the reader