Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40148 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

baal'sbaal

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

Puritas changed it: 80 times in 50 works
Consistency: 65.5% (80 of 122)
Reach if approved: ~128 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 122 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (80 changes in 50 works, 65.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 80)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… ſhould have an end, and together with it there ſhould be a ſuppreſſion of Baal'sBaal Worſhip in the Land. 2ly, He Commands him to throw down Baal'sBaal Altar, which …
With rule
… ſhould have an end, and together with it there ſhould be a ſuppreſſion of Baal'sBaal Worſhip in the Land. 2ly, He Commands him to throw down Baal'sBaal Altar, which …
Samuel Cradock · The History of the Old Testament Methodized · p. 314 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Text ſaith, They think they ſhall be heard for their much ſpeaking; juſt as Baal'sBaal Prieſts. 1 King. 18.26. They called on the name of Baal from morning even till noon …
With rule
… Text ſaith, They think they ſhall be heard for their much ſpeaking; juſt as Baal'sBaal Prieſts. 1 King. 18.26. They called on the name of Baal from morning even till noon …
Oliver Heywood · Closet Prayer a Christian Duty · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… been cruel to themselves in cutting and lancing, but they were either idolatrous, as Baal'sBaal Priests, or Daemoniaacks, as he in the Gospel; and surely we may account them …
With rule
… been cruel to themselves in cutting and lancing, but they were either idolatrous, as Baal'sBaal Priests, or Daemoniaacks, as he in the Gospel; and surely we may account them …
Nathaniel Hardy · Love and Fear the Inseparable Twins of a Blessed Matrimony · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with a Christian name; their penal satisfactions are like the gashing and launcing of Baal'sBaal Priests: their Mediators of Intercession, are like the doctrines of Demons among the Gentiles …
With rule
… with a Christian name; their penal satisfactions are like the gashing and launcing of Baal'sBaal Priests: their Mediators of Intercession, are like the doctrines of Demons among the Gentiles …
Thomas Manton · Sermons on Psalm 119 · p. 199 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the Jewish Church in her degenerate times, who sinned not in abstaining from Baal'sBaal worship, and the Groves, and High Places. If we should say the 2d. That …
With rule
… of the Jewish Church in her degenerate times, who sinned not in abstaining from Baal'sBaal worship, and the Groves, and High Places. If we should say the 2d. That …
Gilbert Rule · Defense of Non-Conformity · p. 96 · Open in the reader
Printed
… glory in. VVho were those he calls Dogs? They were the Concision (alluding to Baal'sBaal Priests) or the Jews that rejected Christ, by an Opinion of more Excellency in …
With rule
… glory in. VVho were those he calls Dogs? They were the Concision (alluding to Baal'sBaal Priests) or the Jews that rejected Christ, by an Opinion of more Excellency in …
Daniel Williams · Gospel Truth Stated and Vindicated · p. 202 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is to come. All that the Capucins do, is nothing, in compariſon of what Baal'sBaal Prieſts did: for they did cut and mangle their bodies with knives, and imbrued …
With rule
… is to come. All that the Capucins do, is nothing, in compariſon of what Baal'sBaal Prieſts did: for they did cut and mangle their bodies with knives, and imbrued …
Pierre du Moulin Sr · The Capucin Treated · p. 38 · Open in the reader
Printed
… were then loaded with Obloquy and open Contempt, termed, No better than legal Preachers, Baal'sBaal Prieſts, Popiſh Factors, Scribes, Phariſees, and oppoſers of CHRIST himſelf — Such a Church-Officer …
With rule
… were then loaded with Obloquy and open Contempt, termed, No better than legal Preachers, Baal'sBaal Prieſts, Popiſh Factors, Scribes, Phariſees, and oppoſers of CHRIST himſelf — Such a Church-Officer …
Samuel Niles · Account of the Present State of the Churches in New England · p. 1 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (42)

18 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 9 are listed here. 24 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Truth and Innocence Vindicated A37263

Printed
… deſended the Ribaldry of it, by the example of the Prophet Elijah inſulting over Baal'sBaal Prieſts: So that People muſt put out their Eyes, that will not ſee what …
With rule
… deſended the Ribaldry of it, by the example of the Prophet Elijah inſulting over Baal'sBaal Prieſts: So that People muſt put out their Eyes, that will not ſee what …
Richard Davis · Truth and Innocence Vindicated · p. 7 · Open in the reader

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

Printed
… Bullocks were provided for diſcerning the True God from Falſe Gods, the one for Baal'sBaal Prophets, to ſacrifice to their Gods, the other was for the Lord's Prophet, Elijah …
With rule
… Bullocks were provided for diſcerning the True God from Falſe Gods, the one for Baal'sBaal Prophets, to ſacrifice to their Gods, the other was for the Lord's Prophet, Elijah …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 168 · Open in the reader
Printed
Mark 6. Baal'sBaal Prophets prepare their Bullock firſt (according to Elijah's grant) and pray for Fire to …
With rule
Mark 6. Baal'sBaal Prophets prepare their Bullock firſt (according to Elijah's grant) and pray for Fire to …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 495 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the beſt (ſaith Dr. Hall) of Elijah's Merits, telling her of his Challenge to Baal'sBaal Prophets; of his Conflict and Victory; of the Fire that fell down from Heaven …
With rule
… the beſt (ſaith Dr. Hall) of Elijah's Merits, telling her of his Challenge to Baal'sBaal Prophets; of his Conflict and Victory; of the Fire that fell down from Heaven …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 497 · Open in the reader
Printed
Remark the Second; Ahab durſt not truſt his Baal'sBaal Prophets ſo far, as to truſt himſelf in his own Royal Robes, but diſguiſes …
With rule
Remark the Second; Ahab durſt not truſt his Baal'sBaal Prophets ſo far, as to truſt himſelf in his own Royal Robes, but diſguiſes …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 515 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as it was a Profeſſion of Idolatry for the time, and a Confirmation of Baal'sBaal Worſhippers: So this act was a publick Scandal for the preſent, his Words being …
With rule
… as it was a Profeſſion of Idolatry for the time, and a Confirmation of Baal'sBaal Worſhippers: So this act was a publick Scandal for the preſent, his Words being …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 558 · Open in the reader

Defense of Non-Conformity A57860

Printed
… took away the High Places that other Reformers had left, when they threw out Baal'sBaal Worship.
With rule
… took away the High Places that other Reformers had left, when they threw out Baal'sBaal Worship.
Gilbert Rule · Defense of Non-Conformity · p. 42 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ecclesiastes A62085

Printed
… between God and Baal (as to own God's Words with their Mouth only, and Baal'sBaal in their Heart) that, at bottom, they down right hate God's, and love Baal'sBaal …
With rule
… between God and Baal (as to own God's Words with their Mouth only, and Baal'sBaal in their Heart) that, at bottom, they down right hate God's, and love Baal'sBaal …
George Sikes · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 170 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Christ's from Baal'sBaal Gospel, does but highly aggravate their Sin, in rejecting Christ's for Baal'sBaal. The Devil and his Angels had fuller Light, cleerer discerning of Christ's Gospel-Life …
With rule
… Christ's from Baal'sBaal Gospel, does but highly aggravate their Sin, in rejecting Christ's for Baal'sBaal. The Devil and his Angels had fuller Light, cleerer discerning of Christ's Gospel-Life …
George Sikes · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 170 · Open in the reader