Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4083 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

poyntpoint

ie for a final y, y for i: mercie → mercy, tyme → time.

Puritas changed it: 4,791 times in 761 works
Consistency: 98.4% (4,791 of 4,865)
Reach if approved: ~5,112 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: point
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 4,865 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (4,791 changes in 761 works, 98.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 4,791)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
What an hygh poyntpoint in Religion is it made of the Papistes, to visite Hierusalem, that is nowe …
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What an hygh poyntpoint in Religion is it made of the Papistes, to visite Hierusalem, that is nowe …
William Fulke · Sermon Preached 17 March 1577 · Open in the reader
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… would he not willingly giue one hundred pound bagge, to be secured in this poyntpoint? Sure, it is (at the least) not safe wading farre in a questionable Water …
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… would he not willingly giue one hundred pound bagge, to be secured in this poyntpoint? Sure, it is (at the least) not safe wading farre in a questionable Water …
Thomas Adams · The Gallants Burden · Open in the reader
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… diuers other groſſe errors which ſundrie of the chiefe teachers held, ſome in one poyntpoint ſome in an other. Touching Ceremonies not for order and comlynes, but with ſignification …
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… diuers other groſſe errors which ſundrie of the chiefe teachers held, ſome in one poyntpoint ſome in an other. Touching Ceremonies not for order and comlynes, but with ſignification …
George Gifford · Plain Declaration that Brownists be Full Donatists · p. 37 · Open in the reader
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… things be done decently and in order. The one shall as soone prove his poyntpoint as the other, and that shall be never.
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… things be done decently and in order. The one shall as soone prove his poyntpoint as the other, and that shall be never.
George Gillespie · Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies · p. 84 · Open in the reader
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To the second poyntpoint, which was but your bare assuming of the question, to say a man may …
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To the second poyntpoint, which was but your bare assuming of the question, to say a man may …
John Greenwood · More Work for Priests · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ares at your pleasur? what remē bre youreselfe. Ye fare lyke them in thys poyntpoint, whych reckened a swearynge by the temple or aultre, for no byndynge othe, but …
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… ares at your pleasur? what remē bre youreselfe. Ye fare lyke them in thys poyntpoint, whych reckened a swearynge by the temple or aultre, for no byndynge othe, but …
John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · p. lii · Open in the reader
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… directing his reading to a better and heauenly reference. I intend to vrge this poyntpoint the more, as it is more necessarie; both for the profit of it being …
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… directing his reading to a better and heauenly reference. I intend to vrge this poyntpoint the more, as it is more necessarie; both for the profit of it being …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 212 · Open in the reader
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… credit vnto them, then vnto the words of God, and was brought vnto this poyntpoint, that vnaduiſedly eating of the fruit which was forbidden him, he made himſelfe (which …
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… credit vnto them, then vnto the words of God, and was brought vnto this poyntpoint, that vnaduiſedly eating of the fruit which was forbidden him, he made himſelfe (which …
John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 224 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (74)

69 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 35 are listed here. 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted A01042

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… in Logicke, is, that you take that for an Argument, which is the verie PoyntPoint in Question. All our Dispute, is, what Companie, of so manie Acclaimers, is the …
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… in Logicke, is, that you take that for an Argument, which is the verie PoyntPoint in Question. All our Dispute, is, what Companie, of so manie Acclaimers, is the …
Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 26 · Open in the reader
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I will presentlie prooue, what eyther PoyntPoint, or Edge, it hath; and, how piercing so-ever you presume it to bee …
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I will presentlie prooue, what eyther PoyntPoint, or Edge, it hath; and, how piercing so-ever you presume it to bee …
Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
… performe what you promise. For, I ever imagined, that all your Defence, in this PoyntPoint, had beene, to clayme vnto the Invisibilitie of the Church. But, you haue sharpened …
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… performe what you promise. For, I ever imagined, that all your Defence, in this PoyntPoint, had beene, to clayme vnto the Invisibilitie of the Church. But, you haue sharpened …
Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 71 · Open in the reader
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That I yeeld you, (Philomathes:) and truelie, if, in the present PoyntPoint of our Disputation, we had or could bring no more, but, (as you alleadged …
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That I yeeld you, (Philomathes:) and truelie, if, in the present PoyntPoint of our Disputation, we had or could bring no more, but, (as you alleadged …
Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 86 · Open in the reader
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… finde HOLINESSE to bee, yet, (Eriphilus) I take bitter Passion, to bee no proper PoyntPoint of it. And, therefore, what-so-ever your Man's Musicke, might worke in vs …
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… finde HOLINESSE to bee, yet, (Eriphilus) I take bitter Passion, to bee no proper PoyntPoint of it. And, therefore, what-so-ever your Man's Musicke, might worke in vs …
Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 98 · Open in the reader

Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame A02358

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The third PoyntPoint, where-in avowedlie Poperie rejecteth Antiquitie: to wit, in placing their consecration of the …
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The third PoyntPoint, where-in avowedlie Poperie rejecteth Antiquitie: to wit, in placing their consecration of the …
William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 58 · Open in the reader
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The fourth PoyntPoint, concerning Limbus Patrum: and for probation there-of whether it was Samuel truelie, who …
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The fourth PoyntPoint, concerning Limbus Patrum: and for probation there-of whether it was Samuel truelie, who …
William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 59 · Open in the reader
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… Fathers, I defende the doctrine of the Fathers, I transgresse them not in anie PoyntPoint.
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… Fathers, I defende the doctrine of the Fathers, I transgresse them not in anie PoyntPoint.
William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 60 · Open in the reader
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… no salvation to bee expected, because hee is without the Church. And this great PoyntPoint is the Pope's Supremacie.
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… no salvation to bee expected, because hee is without the Church. And this great PoyntPoint is the Pope's Supremacie.
William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 70 · Open in the reader
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… cunninglie brought out of him, so manie Testimonies, agaynst the true Orthodox, in the PoyntPoint of Man's naturall Abilitie, & Perfection; that Saynct Ierome restifieth of him, That they who …
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… cunninglie brought out of him, so manie Testimonies, agaynst the true Orthodox, in the PoyntPoint of Man's naturall Abilitie, & Perfection; that Saynct Ierome restifieth of him, That they who …
William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 147 · Open in the reader

Exercitations Divine A14907

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… whereof they account more then of any other Hebrew Bible; yet there is neyther PoyntPoint nor Accent in this booke, but onely Conſonants. This may be ſeene alſo in …
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… whereof they account more then of any other Hebrew Bible; yet there is neyther PoyntPoint nor Accent in this booke, but onely Conſonants. This may be ſeene alſo in …
John Weemes · Exercitations Divine · p. 125 · Open in the reader

Answer to Campian the Jesuit A15057

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… of time in the declining of this Church, which you demaund for your owne. PoyntPoint out the time, the Biſhop, and the growth of their Apoſtaſie. As the alteration …
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… of time in the declining of this Church, which you demaund for your owne. PoyntPoint out the time, the Biſhop, and the growth of their Apoſtaſie. As the alteration …
William Whitaker · Answer to Campian the Jesuit · p. 171 · Open in the reader

A General View of Papistry A15422

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THE FIRST POYNTPOINT OR ARTICLE, whether our Churches are for sacrifice.
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THE FIRST POYNTPOINT OR ARTICLE, whether our Churches are for sacrifice.
Andrew Willet · A General View of Papistry · p. 365 · Open in the reader

Six Evangelical Histories of Water Turned into Wine A21036

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The fourth PoyntPoint followes. The Notification of it, laid downe,
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The fourth PoyntPoint followes. The Notification of it, laid downe,
Daniel Dyke · Six Evangelical Histories of Water Turned into Wine · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
2. PoyntPoint. The Rules by which Zeale must be guided. They are these.
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2. PoyntPoint. The Rules by which Zeale must be guided. They are these.
Daniel Dyke · Six Evangelical Histories of Water Turned into Wine · p. 67 · Open in the reader
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The fourth PoyntPoint in the Comparison followes, But thou knowest not whence it comes, and whither it …
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The fourth PoyntPoint in the Comparison followes, But thou knowest not whence it comes, and whither it …
Daniel Dyke · Six Evangelical Histories of Water Turned into Wine · p. 140 · Open in the reader
Printed
2. PoyntPoint. The satisfaction of her thirst.
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2. PoyntPoint. The satisfaction of her thirst.
Daniel Dyke · Six Evangelical Histories of Water Turned into Wine · p. 316 · Open in the reader

The Bibles Abstract and Epitome A27502

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To conclude this PoyntPoint.
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To conclude this PoyntPoint.
Richard Bernard · The Bibles Abstract and Epitome · p. 19 · Open in the reader

A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government A29737

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… granted. Then rose up Doctor Cole, and made a large Declaration concerning the first PoyntPoint: when he had ended, the Lords demanded if any of them had more to …
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… granted. Then rose up Doctor Cole, and made a large Declaration concerning the first PoyntPoint: when he had ended, the Lords demanded if any of them had more to …
Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 3 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Job 35-37 A35537

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… appear that many things more may be ſaid and proved in purſuance of this PoyntPoint, for thy further humiliation under the mighty hand of God, and for the Lords …
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… appear that many things more may be ſaid and proved in purſuance of this PoyntPoint, for thy further humiliation under the mighty hand of God, and for the Lords …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 35-37 · p. 140 · Open in the reader
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… that were (ſignanter) notoriouſly wicked; and of …eſe we are eſpecially to underſtand the PoyntPoint and Text, He preſerveth not the life of the wicked. Take this Inference from …
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… that were (ſignanter) notoriouſly wicked; and of …eſe we are eſpecially to underſtand the PoyntPoint and Text, He preſerveth not the life of the wicked. Take this Inference from …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 35-37 · p. 192 · Open in the reader

The Beloved Disciple A40518

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… Oh! what ſhall I ſay to ſinners? or what will ſinners ſay to this PoyntPoint? I tremble, when I think of them: yet I can tell you what they …
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… Oh! what ſhall I ſay to ſinners? or what will ſinners ſay to this PoyntPoint? I tremble, when I think of them: yet I can tell you what they …
Thomas Froysell · The Beloved Disciple · p. 60 · Open in the reader

Sermon Concerning Swearing A61835

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To summe up this PoyntPoint, you have heard that a bare Assertion or at least a double one, where …
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To summe up this PoyntPoint, you have heard that a bare Assertion or at least a double one, where …
William Strode · Sermon Concerning Swearing · p. 19 · Open in the reader
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… be interposed. To pull the reignes yet stricter, let me passe to my last PoyntPoint, the Reason here given of this Restriction, because whatsoever is more then yea and …
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… be interposed. To pull the reignes yet stricter, let me passe to my last PoyntPoint, the Reason here given of this Restriction, because whatsoever is more then yea and …
William Strode · Sermon Concerning Swearing · p. 19 · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Laws of Moses A73378

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… whereof they account more then of any other Hebrew Bible; yet there is neyther PoyntPoint nor Accent in this booke, but onely Conſonants. This may be ſeene alſo in …
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… whereof they account more then of any other Hebrew Bible; yet there is neyther PoyntPoint nor Accent in this booke, but onely Conſonants. This may be ſeene alſo in …
John Weemes · Exposition of the Laws of Moses · p. 125 · Open in the reader

A Sincere Believer Comforted and Encouraged A81485

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Three Ʋſes of the PoyntPoint, ubi motives and helps to feare God evangelically. Page 162. to 165
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Three Ʋſes of the PoyntPoint, ubi motives and helps to feare God evangelically. Page 162. to 165
Robert Dingley · A Sincere Believer Comforted and Encouraged · Open in the reader
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The PoyntPoint opened, and three Queſtions anſwered. Page 240 to 243
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The PoyntPoint opened, and three Queſtions anſwered. Page 240 to 243
Robert Dingley · A Sincere Believer Comforted and Encouraged · Open in the reader
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The PoyntPoint may eaſily be prov'd from the Titles, Wiſdome, and Juſtice of Chriſt.
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The PoyntPoint may eaſily be prov'd from the Titles, Wiſdome, and Juſtice of Chriſt.
Robert Dingley · A Sincere Believer Comforted and Encouraged · p. 157 · Open in the reader

The Figless Fig Tree A91944

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… another Quaerie, which would be anſwered before I come to the Application of the PoyntPoint.
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… another Quaerie, which would be anſwered before I come to the Application of the PoyntPoint.
Nehemiah Rogers · The Figless Fig Tree · p. 159 · Open in the reader
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I ſhall end this PoyntPoint, with putting you in mind of that which our Saviour ſpeaks to the Phariſees …
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I ſhall end this PoyntPoint, with putting you in mind of that which our Saviour ſpeaks to the Phariſees …
Nehemiah Rogers · The Figless Fig Tree · p. 281 · Open in the reader
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Uſe 3 I cannot yet leave you, not the PoyntPoint in hand, till I have left with you a word of Exhortation, which I …
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Uſe 3 I cannot yet leave you, not the PoyntPoint in hand, till I have left with you a word of Exhortation, which I …
Nehemiah Rogers · The Figless Fig Tree · p. 354 · Open in the reader
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… and New Teſtament, are very many, that might be produced for confirmation of the PoyntPoint; Moſes having digged about the Iſrae…itiſh Figg-Tree, by repeating and applying the …
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… and New Teſtament, are very many, that might be produced for confirmation of the PoyntPoint; Moſes having digged about the Iſrae…itiſh Figg-Tree, by repeating and applying the …
Nehemiah Rogers · The Figless Fig Tree · p. 421 · Open in the reader
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All this is true, and yet the PoyntPoint delivered ſtands firm; Reſp. For firſt, the Word preached ſhall never return in vain …
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All this is true, and yet the PoyntPoint delivered ſtands firm; Reſp. For firſt, the Word preached ſhall never return in vain …
Nehemiah Rogers · The Figless Fig Tree · p. 453 · Open in the reader

Three Decades of Sermons A96523

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Method propounded. 1 the proofe of the PoyntPoint, pag. 52. 53.
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Method propounded. 1 the proofe of the PoyntPoint, pag. 52. 53.
Dean Henry Wilkinson · Three Decades of Sermons · Open in the reader

Heart Humiliation B01658

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… Faithful God, and that not one Jot of it will faill. Here is a PoyntPoint of Reformation I would put you to; If ye mind indeed to Reform, let …
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… Faithful God, and that not one Jot of it will faill. Here is a PoyntPoint of Reformation I would put you to; If ye mind indeed to Reform, let …
Hugh Binning · Heart Humiliation · p. 115 · Open in the reader