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deceiuingdeceiving

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

Puritas changed it
599 times in 262 works
Consistency
98.2% (599 of 610)
Reach if approved
~641 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: deceiving
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
610 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (599 changes in 262 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 599)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … a thouſand yeeres, wherein the Deuill ſhould continue locked and tied vp from the deceiuingdeceiving the nations, begin? and what time is that little time, of which it is …
    With rule
    … a thouſand yeeres, wherein the Deuill ſhould continue locked and tied vp from the deceiuingdeceiving the nations, begin? and what time is that little time, of which it is …

    John Mayer · Exposition on the Catholic Epistles · p. 501 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … pretended Reuelations, Apoſtolicall Traditions, and alleadged counterfer writings. They had the Propheticall woman and deceiuingdeceiving Propheteſſes, They had their Miracle-workers, Caſters out of Diuels, and Dreamers of dreames …
    With rule
    … pretended Reuelations, Apoſtolicall Traditions, and alleadged counterfer writings. They had the Propheticall woman and deceiuingdeceiving Propheteſſes, They had their Miracle-workers, Caſters out of Diuels, and Dreamers of dreames …

    Richard Bernard · The Isle of Man · p. 273 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … also of grand fraud and impietie, in violating the Testament of our Sauiour, and deceiuingdeceiving the people of a most pretious legacie bequeathed by him vnto them.
    With rule
    … also of grand fraud and impietie, in violating the Testament of our Sauiour, and deceiuingdeceiving the people of a most pretious legacie bequeathed by him vnto them.

    Daniel Featley · The Grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome · p. 27 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … the Apoſtle S. Iames willeth: Be doers of the worde and not hearers onely, deceiuingdeceiving your ſelues. Iam. 2.19. for the great diſturbāce of peace & the grieuous breaches of vnity …
    With rule
    … the Apoſtle S. Iames willeth: Be doers of the worde and not hearers onely, deceiuingdeceiving your ſelues. Iam. 2.19. for the great diſturbāce of peace & the grieuous breaches of vnity …

    George Gifford · Sermons Upon Divers Texts · p. 274 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … mindes of men what can there be but pride, vaineglory, drunkenneſſe, exceſſiue drinkings, oppreſſion, deceiuingdeceiving one another, and being deceiued, euery Superiour treading his Inferiour vnder foote; politicke and …
    With rule
    … mindes of men what can there be but pride, vaineglory, drunkenneſſe, exceſſiue drinkings, oppreſſion, deceiuingdeceiving one another, and being deceiued, euery Superiour treading his Inferiour vnder foote; politicke and …

    Thomas Granger · The Light of the World · p. 25 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … exhortation euen to the Head. Paul ſaith that euill men waxe worſe and worſe, deceiuingdeceiving and being deceiued. Therefore leaſt we ſhould (as in deede without very great care …
    With rule
    … exhortation euen to the Head. Paul ſaith that euill men waxe worſe and worſe, deceiuingdeceiving and being deceiued. Therefore leaſt we ſhould (as in deede without very great care …

    Samuel Hieron · Three Sermons · p. 77 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    Thirdly, reſiſt the deuill vniuerſally, in all his feats and arts of deceiuingdeceiving. Quench all the fierie darts of the wicked, Epheſ. 6.16. One poiſoned dart is enough …
    With rule
    Thirdly, reſiſt the deuill vniuerſally, in all his feats and arts of deceiuingdeceiving. Quench all the fierie darts of the wicked, Epheſ. 6.16. One poiſoned dart is enough …

    William Jemmat · A Spiritual Trumpet Sounded to Christian Warfare · p. 66 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … may be denied, vnleſſe I bid him perſwade himſelfe ſo, with a minde of deceiuingdeceiving him. Abraham by Gods command was bound to perſwade himſelfe that Iſaac was to …
    With rule
    … may be denied, vnleſſe I bid him perſwade himſelfe ſo, with a minde of deceiuingdeceiving him. Abraham by Gods command was bound to perſwade himſelfe that Iſaac was to …

    Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Ephesians 1 · p. 286 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

4 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.

Exposition on the Catholic Epistles A07348

  • Printed
    … beaſt be fallen vnder his burthen, thou ſhalt helpe to lift him vp againe. DeceiuingDeceiving his owne heart, that is, his conſcience, whilſt he thinketh himſelfe religious & is not …
    With rule
    … beaſt be fallen vnder his burthen, thou ſhalt helpe to lift him vp againe. DeceiuingDeceiving his owne heart, that is, his conſcience, whilſt he thinketh himſelfe religious & is not …

    John Mayer · Exposition on the Catholic Epistles · p. 19 · Open in the reader

Satan Transformed Into an Angel of Light A19294

  • Printed
    2. DeceiuingDeceiving them vnder pretence of these naturall medicins, as if it were by vertue of …
    With rule
    2. DeceiuingDeceiving them vnder pretence of these naturall medicins, as if it were by vertue of …

    Thomas Cooper · Satan Transformed Into an Angel of Light · p. 111 · Open in the reader

The Mystery of Witchcraft Discovering the Truth of Nature A19295

  • Printed
    2 DeceiuingDeceiving them vnder pretence of these naturall medicins, as if it were by vertue of …
    With rule
    2 DeceiuingDeceiving them vnder pretence of these naturall medicins, as if it were by vertue of …

    Thomas Cooper · The Mystery of Witchcraft Discovering the Truth of Nature · p. 111 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

  • Printed
    … ſo much curious as idle Arts, haue their word giuen them by the Apoſtle, DeceiuingDeceiving and deceiued; neither can theſe men make any worſe fooles, than their hearts haue …
    With rule
    … ſo much curious as idle Arts, haue their word giuen them by the Apoſtle, DeceiuingDeceiving and deceiued; neither can theſe men make any worſe fooles, than their hearts haue …

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 502 · Open in the reader