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peruertpervert

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

Puritas changed it
1,004 times in 371 works
Consistency
99.6% (1,004 of 1,008)
Reach if approved
~1,060 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: pervert
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,009 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,004 changes in 371 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,004)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … them shall presumptuously take vpon him to adde any thing thervnto, in purpose to peruertpervert the truth, or cōtrary to ye holy ghostes meaning, as Carpocras, Hebion, Cerinthus, and …
    With rule
    … them shall presumptuously take vpon him to adde any thing thervnto, in purpose to peruertpervert the truth, or cōtrary to ye holy ghostes meaning, as Carpocras, Hebion, Cerinthus, and …

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Teſtimonies of learned men, whoſe names and writings you pretend for your cauſe, and peruertpervert, to your owne purpoſe, as being of the ſame minde, and wrapt in the …
    With rule
    … Teſtimonies of learned men, whoſe names and writings you pretend for your cauſe, and peruertpervert, to your owne purpoſe, as being of the ſame minde, and wrapt in the …

    William Hinde · The Office and Use of the Moral Law · p. 86 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … we not reade in Deuteronomie, That rewardes blinde the eies of the wiſe, and peruertpervert the wordes of the iuſt? And this is the cauſe, why in that ſame …
    With rule
    … we not reade in Deuteronomie, That rewardes blinde the eies of the wiſe, and peruertpervert the wordes of the iuſt? And this is the cauſe, why in that ſame …

    John Knewstubs · Sermon Preached 1579 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … to some men, viz. the Cleargie. Which two texts of Scripture the Romanists lewdly peruertpervert, and ridiculously contradict themselues in the interpretation of them, extending all to the Laietie …
    With rule
    … to some men, viz. the Cleargie. Which two texts of Scripture the Romanists lewdly peruertpervert, and ridiculously contradict themselues in the interpretation of them, extending all to the Laietie …

    Daniel Featley · The Grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome · p. 8 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … or of the fathers going downe into Hell, euen in like maner as they peruertpervert other Hebrew wordes, of the holy scripture, as namely, alma, to signifie a young …
    With rule
    … or of the fathers going downe into Hell, euen in like maner as they peruertpervert other Hebrew wordes, of the holy scripture, as namely, alma, to signifie a young …

    William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 230 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … proceedeth from the tongue? Saint Iames ſheweth that it doth as a monſtrous thing peruertpervert the order and courſe of nature: when out of the ſame mouth there proceedeth …
    With rule
    … proceedeth from the tongue? Saint Iames ſheweth that it doth as a monſtrous thing peruertpervert the order and courſe of nature: when out of the ſame mouth there proceedeth …

    George Gifford · Sermons Upon Divers Texts · p. 241 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … ſouldiers are diſcerned frō the ſouldiers of Chriſt, &c. The third, that I falſifie & peruertpervert the places of Scripture which I alleadge to prooue that Gods Church may be …
    With rule
    … ſouldiers are diſcerned frō the ſouldiers of Chriſt, &c. The third, that I falſifie & peruertpervert the places of Scripture which I alleadge to prooue that Gods Church may be …

    George Gifford · Short Treatise Against the Donatists of England · p. 83 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    XX. Giuing and receiuing of gifts and bribes, to peruertpervert iudgement, iuſtice, and equity; Ex. 23. 6. 7. 8.
    With rule
    XX. Giuing and receiuing of gifts and bribes, to peruertpervert iudgement, iuſtice, and equity; Ex. 23. 6. 7. 8.

    Thomas Granger · The Tree of Good and Evil · p. 65 · 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.

Healths Sickness A10184

  • Printed
    … and those whose Healthes wee drinke, as this obiection doeth pretend: they doe but PeruertPervert, and abuse the vse and end of drinking: and so by consequence, abuse Gods …
    With rule
    … and those whose Healthes wee drinke, as this obiection doeth pretend: they doe but PeruertPervert, and abuse the vse and end of drinking: and so by consequence, abuse Gods …

    William Prynne · Healths Sickness · p. 44 · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

  • Printed
    to PeruertPervert. sig:
    With rule
    to PeruertPervert. sig:

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 358 · Open in the reader

Abuses Stripped and Whipped A15623

  • Printed
    PeruertPervert them both; supposing his intent,
    With rule
    PeruertPervert them both; supposing his intent,

    George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

A Guide Unto Godliness A17258

  • Printed
    … alwaies follow thoſe rules, which Moſes from God giueth to the people of Iſrael: PeruertPervert not iudgement, accept no perſons, take no bribes: for bribes blind the eyes of …
    With rule
    … alwaies follow thoſe rules, which Moſes from God giueth to the people of Iſrael: PeruertPervert not iudgement, accept no perſons, take no bribes: for bribes blind the eyes of …

    Francis Bunny · A Guide Unto Godliness · p. 158 · Open in the reader