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vprightlyuprightly

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

Puritas changed it
979 times in 348 works
Consistency
99.2% (979 of 986)
Reach if approved
~1,037 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: uprightly
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
987 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (979 changes in 348 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 979)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … vs not (O heauenly Father) that faine would, as be ſaued of thee, ſo vprightlyuprightly ſerue thee: we pleade now and euer as for pardon ſo for grace, whereby …
    With rule
    … vs not (O heauenly Father) that faine would, as be ſaued of thee, ſo vprightlyuprightly ſerue thee: we pleade now and euer as for pardon ſo for grace, whereby …

    Henry Greenwood · Tormenting Tophet · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … intent, that men should see he did both that he might, & ought to do vprightlyuprightly, seeing the best learned, & most worthy men haue subcribed to it, shewing therein such …
    With rule
    … intent, that men should see he did both that he might, & ought to do vprightlyuprightly, seeing the best learned, & most worthy men haue subcribed to it, shewing therein such …

    Francis Hastings · Defense of the Watch-Word Against the Ward-Word · p. 135 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … to them that be vpright, doe not my words doegood, to him that walketh vprightlyuprightly? Micah 2. 7. And indeed this is the wisedome of a Christian in his hearing. Pro …
    With rule
    … to them that be vpright, doe not my words doegood, to him that walketh vprightlyuprightly? Micah 2. 7. And indeed this is the wisedome of a Christian in his hearing. Pro …

    Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 373 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … my truſt is that the godly and ſober minded will take in good worth vprightlyuprightly, even as my heart meaneth it (the Lord knoweth) ſincerely. The grace of our …
    With rule
    … my truſt is that the godly and ſober minded will take in good worth vprightlyuprightly, even as my heart meaneth it (the Lord knoweth) ſincerely. The grace of our …

    Henry Jacob · Defense of a Treatise Touching the Suffering and Victory of Christ · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … good conſcience maynteyned: wee ſhoulde haue more power to doe iuſtice, and to liue vprightlyuprightly in our callyng what ſoeuer. But while men are ſo drowned in profites, pleaſures …
    With rule
    … good conſcience maynteyned: wee ſhoulde haue more power to doe iuſtice, and to liue vprightlyuprightly in our callyng what ſoeuer. But while men are ſo drowned in profites, pleaſures …

    John Knewstubs · Sermon Preached 1579 · p. 28 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … mercie, juſtice, purity &c. We are drawne to behaue our ſelues more ſhamefaſtly and vprightlyuprightly, in his preſence, then before the greateſt majeſty in the world, Heb. 12, 28. By this …
    With rule
    … mercie, juſtice, purity &c. We are drawne to behaue our ſelues more ſhamefaſtly and vprightlyuprightly, in his preſence, then before the greateſt majeſty in the world, Heb. 12, 28. By this …

    Dudley Fenner · Godly and Learned Treatises · p. 88 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    The Catholikes require their cause to be vprightlyuprightly tryed by the holy scriptures, which they haue alwaies studied & reuerenced.
    With rule
    The Catholikes require their cause to be vprightlyuprightly tryed by the holy scriptures, which they haue alwaies studied & reuerenced.

    William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 437 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … tyme, neyther we in our tyme may boaſt of the promyſes, vnles in walkyng vprightlyuprightly we wyl fulfil our condicions and couenantes.
    With rule
    … tyme, neyther we in our tyme may boaſt of the promyſes, vnles in walkyng vprightlyuprightly we wyl fulfil our condicions and couenantes.

    Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Exposition of the Principal Scriptures Used in our English Liturgy A16547

  • Printed
    VprightlyUprightly.
    With rule
    VprightlyUprightly.

    John Boys · Exposition of the Principal Scriptures Used in our English Liturgy · p. 110 · Open in the reader

The Duties Commanded and Sins Forbidden in the Law of God A20720

  • Printed
    VprightlyUprightly, in respect of God. Psal. 119. 1. Gal. 2. 14. Gen. 17. 1.
    With rule
    VprightlyUprightly, in respect of God. Psal. 119. 1. Gal. 2. 14. Gen. 17. 1.

    George Downame · The Duties Commanded and Sins Forbidden in the Law of God · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

  • Printed
    It is a woonder that a man which walketh VprightlyUprightly ſhould be honored at this day. 555. b 57.
    With rule
    It is a woonder that a man which walketh VprightlyUprightly ſhould be honored at this day. 555. b 57.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    It is a woonder that a man vvhich walketh VprightlyUprightly ſhould be honored at this day. 555. b 57.
    With rule
    It is a woonder that a man vvhich walketh VprightlyUprightly ſhould be honored at this day. 555. b 57.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader