Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40143 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

josiah'sjosiah

Apostrophes added or expanded, mostly possessives: gods → god's. Approve one at a time: some places are plurals.

Puritas changed it: 92 times in 42 works
Consistency: 57.8% (92 of 159)
Reach if approved: ~167 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 159 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (92 changes in 42 works, 57.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 92)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

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… God, coming with an Authority more than Humane, and ſetting the heart, made like Joſiah'sJosiah tender by Faith, into an holy trembling at it, as a ſignal proof, that …
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… God, coming with an Authority more than Humane, and ſetting the heart, made like Joſiah'sJosiah tender by Faith, into an holy trembling at it, as a ſignal proof, that …
Edward Polhill · Precious Faith Considered · p. 375 · Open in the reader
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… agree not. Jeremiah (his contemporary) began not to prophecy till the thirteenth yeer of Joſiah'sJosiah raigne Ier. 1.1, 2. at what time, (viz. in his twelfth yeer) he had begun to …
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… agree not. Jeremiah (his contemporary) began not to prophecy till the thirteenth yeer of Joſiah'sJosiah raigne Ier. 1.1, 2. at what time, (viz. in his twelfth yeer) he had begun to …
John Trapp · Commentary on the Minor Prophets · p. 444 · Open in the reader
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… adverſity light upon the beſt Gardens, as well as upon the Wilderneſs. Ahab's and Joſiah'sJosiah ends concurr in the very circumſtances. Saul and Jonathan, though different in their deportments …
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… adverſity light upon the beſt Gardens, as well as upon the Wilderneſs. Ahab's and Joſiah'sJosiah ends concurr in the very circumſtances. Saul and Jonathan, though different in their deportments …
James Wood · Shepherdy Spiritualized · p. 95 · Open in the reader
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… civil things, and leave no ſhape of the fomer Eccleſiaſtical ſtate in them. Take Joſiah'sJosiah example in demoliſhing the Altar of Bethel, and the high place there; he brake …
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… civil things, and leave no ſhape of the fomer Eccleſiaſtical ſtate in them. Take Joſiah'sJosiah example in demoliſhing the Altar of Bethel, and the high place there; he brake …
Gaulter Postlethwaite · A Voice from Heaven · p. 69 · Open in the reader
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… God reveal'd himſelf to pious Samuel while he was yet a Child. Becauſe young Joſiah'sJosiah Heart was tender, therefore God bro't not the Evils in his Days. Timothy was …
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… God reveal'd himſelf to pious Samuel while he was yet a Child. Becauſe young Joſiah'sJosiah Heart was tender, therefore God bro't not the Evils in his Days. Timothy was …
Benjamin Colman · The Fathers Tears over his Daughters Remains · p. 94 · Open in the reader
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… them … we comfortably meet; but with a broken and contrite Spirit. If Judgment comes, Josiah'sJosiah posture of Tenderness will be the best we can be found in; and also …
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… them … we comfortably meet; but with a broken and contrite Spirit. If Judgment comes, Josiah'sJosiah posture of Tenderness will be the best we can be found in; and also …
John Bunyan · The Acceptable Sacrifice · Open in the reader
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… he did it in his Youth. A Crown (better than one of Gold) on Joſiah'sJosiah Head, that he was Religious in his tender Years: The Honour of Moſes and …
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… he did it in his Youth. A Crown (better than one of Gold) on Joſiah'sJosiah Head, that he was Religious in his tender Years: The Honour of Moſes and …
Francis Fuller · Words to Give to the Young Man Knowledge and Discretion · p. 53 · Open in the reader
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Secondly, They did what in them lay to pluck the Crown from Joſiah'sJosiah head, the faireſt Flower in his Garland, ſtudiouſneſs of Reformation, there was none like …
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Secondly, They did what in them lay to pluck the Crown from Joſiah'sJosiah head, the faireſt Flower in his Garland, ſtudiouſneſs of Reformation, there was none like …
Thomas Harrison · Ireland Sympathizing with England and Scotland · p. 13 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (67)

23 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 21 are listed here. 44 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

An Exposition of the Song of Songs A27602

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Joſiah'sJosiah Reign.
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Joſiah'sJosiah Reign.
Thomas Beverley · An Exposition of the Song of Songs · p. 11 · Open in the reader

Reformation Sure and Steadfast A39935

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… but what should such a Prophet, a reproving Prophet, a threatning Prophet doe in Josiah'sJosiah time, a time of great reformation, and a very reforming Prince?
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… but what should such a Prophet, a reproving Prophet, a threatning Prophet doe in Josiah'sJosiah time, a time of great reformation, and a very reforming Prince?
Thomas Ford · Reformation Sure and Steadfast · p. 3 · Open in the reader
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… the greatest part of the Subjects, both Rulers, and People, were rotten-hearted towards Josiah'sJosiah Reformation. Which appeares both by some expresse places of Scripture, and by good consequence …
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… the greatest part of the Subjects, both Rulers, and People, were rotten-hearted towards Josiah'sJosiah Reformation. Which appeares both by some expresse places of Scripture, and by good consequence …
Thomas Ford · Reformation Sure and Steadfast · p. 3 · Open in the reader
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… Inhabitants of Judah, that they burnt Incense to other Gods; which charge was in Josiah'sJosiah time: So that notwithstanding the religious reformation, hee had endeavoured amongst them, yet they …
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… Inhabitants of Judah, that they burnt Incense to other Gods; which charge was in Josiah'sJosiah time: So that notwithstanding the religious reformation, hee had endeavoured amongst them, yet they …
Thomas Ford · Reformation Sure and Steadfast · p. 3 · Open in the reader

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

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Remark the Fifth; Joſiah'sJosiah Repairing the Temple. 2 Kin. 22. ver. 3, to ver. 20. 2 Chron. 3 34. ver. 8, to ver. 28. Wherein, Mark firſt …
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Remark the Fifth; Joſiah'sJosiah Repairing the Temple. 2 Kin. 22. ver. 3, to ver. 20. 2 Chron. 3 34. ver. 8, to ver. 28. Wherein, Mark firſt …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 615 · Open in the reader
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… or pounded them into Duſt near to the Brook Kidron; and ſuch was good Joſiah'sJosiah Abhorrency of them, that he did not caſt the Aſhes of thoſe Abominable things …
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… or pounded them into Duſt near to the Brook Kidron; and ſuch was good Joſiah'sJosiah Abhorrency of them, that he did not caſt the Aſhes of thoſe Abominable things …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 618 · Open in the reader
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… thoſe Times, do evidently demonſtrate this; and Wolphius adds, That not only all good Joſiah'sJosiah Sons were bad, following rather Manaſſeh in his Wickedneſs, than their own Father Joſiah …
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… thoſe Times, do evidently demonſtrate this; and Wolphius adds, That not only all good Joſiah'sJosiah Sons were bad, following rather Manaſſeh in his Wickedneſs, than their own Father Joſiah …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 623 · Open in the reader
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Secondly, The Concomitants of Joſiah'sJosiah Death: Where, how, and by whom?
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Secondly, The Concomitants of Joſiah'sJosiah Death: Where, how, and by whom?
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 624 · Open in the reader
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… him whoſe worth he had fully known, and by his Prophetic Spirit foreknew that Joſiah'sJosiah Death did draw up the Sluce to let in an Inundation of all manner …
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… him whoſe worth he had fully known, and by his Prophetic Spirit foreknew that Joſiah'sJosiah Death did draw up the Sluce to let in an Inundation of all manner …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 625 · Open in the reader

Observations Upon the Old Testament A57230

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… Books of Moses. And this seemes to some to be the Book found in Josiah'sJosiah time; and to have been lost in the dayes of wicked Manasseh, and Amon …
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… Books of Moses. And this seemes to some to be the Book found in Josiah'sJosiah time; and to have been lost in the dayes of wicked Manasseh, and Amon …
John Richardson · Observations Upon the Old Testament · p. 15 · Open in the reader
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had not cleansed themselves, yet] And, verse 18 it seemes, in Josiah'sJosiah time, all did not eate at the very hour appointed, at Even, 2 Chron. XXXV …
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had not cleansed themselves, yet] And, verse 18 it seemes, in Josiah'sJosiah time, all did not eate at the very hour appointed, at Even, 2 Chron. XXXV …
John Richardson · Observations Upon the Old Testament · p. 129 · Open in the reader
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… not to Jerusalem to eat & celebrate the Passeover. Yet see a larger commendation of Josiah'sJosiah Passeover, which followed after this, chap. XXXV. 18. 2 Kings XXIII. 22, 23.
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… not to Jerusalem to eat & celebrate the Passeover. Yet see a larger commendation of Josiah'sJosiah Passeover, which followed after this, chap. XXXV. 18. 2 Kings XXIII. 22, 23.
John Richardson · Observations Upon the Old Testament · p. 129 · Open in the reader
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… in Benjamin, prophesied fourty one years, and upwards; thus, From the thirteenth of King Josiah'sJosiah reigne, to the end of it, being nineteene years; eleven in the reigne of …
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… in Benjamin, prophesied fourty one years, and upwards; thus, From the thirteenth of King Josiah'sJosiah reigne, to the end of it, being nineteene years; eleven in the reigne of …
John Richardson · Observations Upon the Old Testament · p. 414 · Open in the reader
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A new Sermon in Josiah'sJosiah dayes. verse 6
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A new Sermon in Josiah'sJosiah dayes. verse 6
John Richardson · Observations Upon the Old Testament · p. 417 · Open in the reader

Commentary on the Minor Prophets A63068

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… known. In the dayes of Manaſſeh, moſt think: but ſome are of opinion, in Joſiah'sJosiah time rather, or not long before: becauſe he foretelleth the Babyloniſh captivity, and ſeemeth …
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… known. In the dayes of Manaſſeh, moſt think: but ſome are of opinion, in Joſiah'sJosiah time rather, or not long before: becauſe he foretelleth the Babyloniſh captivity, and ſeemeth …
John Trapp · Commentary on the Minor Prophets · p. 416 · Open in the reader
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… abroad upon thoſe two wings of Example and Scandal. See this threatening fulfilled in Joſiah'sJosiah ſonnes (thoſe degenerate plants, Heroum filii noxae.) Jehoahaz ambitiouſly ſtep into his fathers throne …
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… abroad upon thoſe two wings of Example and Scandal. See this threatening fulfilled in Joſiah'sJosiah ſonnes (thoſe degenerate plants, Heroum filii noxae.) Jehoahaz ambitiouſly ſtep into his fathers throne …
John Trapp · Commentary on the Minor Prophets · p. 447 · Open in the reader
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… neither dare any queſtion, or controul them. Loe ſuch things were done in good Joſiah'sJosiah dayes, without his conſent, or ſo much as knowledge: for none might be ſuffered …
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… neither dare any queſtion, or controul them. Loe ſuch things were done in good Joſiah'sJosiah dayes, without his conſent, or ſo much as knowledge: for none might be ſuffered …
John Trapp · Commentary on the Minor Prophets · p. 448 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Prov Ecc SoS Isa Jer Lam Eze Dan A63069

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… was, that God would ſend him Senatum fidelem, a faithful Council. There were in Joſiah'sJosiah dayes horrible abominations: And why? The Princes were as roaring Lions, the Judges Wolves …
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… was, that God would ſend him Senatum fidelem, a faithful Council. There were in Joſiah'sJosiah dayes horrible abominations: And why? The Princes were as roaring Lions, the Judges Wolves …
John Trapp · Commentary on Prov Ecc SoS Isa Jer Lam Eze Dan · p. 61 · Open in the reader
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… trouble without comfort. This was Jehoſaphats folly at Jabeſh Gilead, and (as ſome think) Joſiah'sJosiah when he went up againſt Pharah Necho: thinking thereby to ingratiate with the Aſſyrian …
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… trouble without comfort. This was Jehoſaphats folly at Jabeſh Gilead, and (as ſome think) Joſiah'sJosiah when he went up againſt Pharah Necho: thinking thereby to ingratiate with the Aſſyrian …
John Trapp · Commentary on Prov Ecc SoS Isa Jer Lam Eze Dan · p. 174 · Open in the reader

Expositions Upon Matthew 1-10 A76798

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… to profeſs Religion forwardly where it is in credit, as many hypocrites did in Joſiah'sJosiah time, whoſe hypocriſie was ſeen when he was dead.
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… to profeſs Religion forwardly where it is in credit, as many hypocrites did in Joſiah'sJosiah time, whoſe hypocriſie was ſeen when he was dead.
Christopher Blackwood · Expositions Upon Matthew 1-10 · p. 883 · Open in the reader

Gospel Fear B18355

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2. The Frame and Disposition of Josiah'sJosiah Heart; it did melt.
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2. The Frame and Disposition of Josiah'sJosiah Heart; it did melt.
Jeremiah Burroughs · Gospel Fear · p. 84 · Open in the reader