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leauenleaven

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

Puritas changed it
841 times in 295 works
Consistency
99.8% (841 of 842)
Reach if approved
~885 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: leaven
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
842 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (841 changes in 295 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 841)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … accounted of, and vnder their names to ſow errour, and to diſperſe the corrupt leauenleaven of their owne doctrine. And herein they vſe Iacobs deceit, in counterfetting the voice …
    With rule
    … accounted of, and vnder their names to ſow errour, and to diſperſe the corrupt leauenleaven of their owne doctrine. And herein they vſe Iacobs deceit, in counterfetting the voice …

    Robert Jenison · The Height of Israels Heathenish Idolatry · p. 90 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … come to be ſpirit, not by carnall generation, but by ſpirituall regeneration. And this leauenleaven of vncleanneſſe hath crept into all the outward members, that the eyes, eares, lips …
    With rule
    … come to be ſpirit, not by carnall generation, but by ſpirituall regeneration. And this leauenleaven of vncleanneſſe hath crept into all the outward members, that the eyes, eares, lips …

    Paul Baynes · Epitome of Mans Misery and Delivery · p. 8 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … of a lie: what ſay the Inquiſitors to this doctrine? Deleatur, let that old leauenleaven be caſt out.
    With rule
    … of a lie: what ſay the Inquiſitors to this doctrine? Deleatur, let that old leauenleaven be caſt out.

    Humphrey Lynde · The Safe Way Leading All Christians · p. 272 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … their puddle water: thus haue they ſtrained gnats & ſwallowed camels: this is the very leauenleaven of the Scribs & Phariſeis which Christ calleth hypocriſie. Therfore if ſo be the thing …
    With rule
    … their puddle water: thus haue they ſtrained gnats & ſwallowed camels: this is the very leauenleaven of the Scribs & Phariſeis which Christ calleth hypocriſie. Therfore if ſo be the thing …

    John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … ambitious, and verie reprobates, Matth. 23. Then, next they alleadge, that a little leauenleaven doth leauenleaven the whole lumpe, 1. Cor. 5. Therefore where one open notorious Sinner is admitted to be …
    With rule
    … ambitious, and verie reprobates, Matth. 23. Then, next they alleadge, that a little leauenleaven doth leauenleaven the whole lumpe, 1. Cor. 5. Therefore where one open notorious Sinner is admitted to be …

    George Gifford · Short Treatise Against the Donatists of England · p. 63 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    Let euery Chriſtian therefore beware of the leauenleaven of the Phariſes, which is Hypocriſie. Beware of falſe Prophets, which come vnto you …
    With rule
    Let euery Chriſtian therefore beware of the leauenleaven of the Phariſes, which is Hypocriſie. Beware of falſe Prophets, which come vnto you …

    Henry Greenwood · Works · p. 80 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … godly, iuſtly and ſoberly in this preſent world: which being embraced by faith, doth leauenleaven euery facultie, and ſeaſon it in ſuch ſort, as the ſeuerall affections will readily …
    With rule
    … godly, iuſtly and ſoberly in this preſent world: which being embraced by faith, doth leauenleaven euery facultie, and ſeaſon it in ſuch ſort, as the ſeuerall affections will readily …

    John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 47 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    That age of the Prophets was corrupted not a little with this leauenleaven of ſuperſtition, as may appeare by the often complaints and cryes of the Prophets …
    With rule
    That age of the Prophets was corrupted not a little with this leauenleaven of ſuperſtition, as may appeare by the often complaints and cryes of the Prophets …

    Henry Holland · The Christian Exercise of Fasting · p. 96 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 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.

Twenty-One Sermons on Amos 1 A68508

  • Printed
    LEauenLeaven. 9…
    With rule
    LEauenLeaven. 9…

    Sebastian Benefield · Twenty-One Sermons on Amos 1 · Open in the reader