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sufficienciesufficiency

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

Puritas changed it
1,538 times in 569 works
Consistency
96.7% (1,538 of 1,590)
Reach if approved
~1,672 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: sufficiency
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,591 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,538 changes in 569 works, 96.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,538)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    In the meane while sufficienciesufficiency of his answering is but vpon the Triall, and not yet adiudged.
    With rule
    In the meane while sufficienciesufficiency of his answering is but vpon the Triall, and not yet adiudged.

    Thomas Gataker · A Just Defense of Certain Passages · p. 31 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … not ſufficient of our ſelues to thinke any thing as of our ſelues: our ſufficienciesufficiency is of God. God therefore worketh in man that abilitie, mind and will which …
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    … not ſufficient of our ſelues to thinke any thing as of our ſelues: our ſufficienciesufficiency is of God. God therefore worketh in man that abilitie, mind and will which …

    William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 37 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … ſufficient of our ſelues, to thinke anie thing, as of our ſelues: but our ſufficienciesufficiency is of God.
    With rule
    … ſufficient of our ſelues, to thinke anie thing, as of our ſelues: but our ſufficienciesufficiency is of God.

    William Guild · A Compend of the Controversies of Religion · p. 105 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … of place may pleade a kind of neceſſitie, to admit men of no better ſufficienciesufficiency, there being not that ſtore of learned men and Preachers, to furniſh euery ſeuerall …
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    … of place may pleade a kind of neceſſitie, to admit men of no better ſufficienciesufficiency, there being not that ſtore of learned men and Preachers, to furniſh euery ſeuerall …

    Samuel Hieron · The Preachers Plea · p. 137 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … all from another. To have ſupply in a mans ſelfe, and to ſee all-ſufficienciesufficiency in Chriſt, theſe two cannot ſtand together. So that while the ſoule is thus …
    With rule
    … all from another. To have ſupply in a mans ſelfe, and to ſee all-ſufficienciesufficiency in Chriſt, theſe two cannot ſtand together. So that while the ſoule is thus …

    Thomas Hooker · The Souls Implantation into the Natural Olive · p. 9 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … replied, This is true in deed, God hath given vs in his word this ſufficienciesufficiency for all Eccleſiaſticall or Religious matters neceſſarie to ſalvation: but not for all Eccleſiaſticall …
    With rule
    … replied, This is true in deed, God hath given vs in his word this ſufficienciesufficiency for all Eccleſiaſticall or Religious matters neceſſarie to ſalvation: but not for all Eccleſiaſticall …

    Henry Jacob · Necessity of Reforming Our Churches · p. 16 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … it of himselfe. Consider that thou art poore, wretched, miserable, blind and naked: no sufficienciesufficiency in thee to thinke one good thought. 2. When thou hast taken a good view …
    With rule
    … it of himselfe. Consider that thou art poore, wretched, miserable, blind and naked: no sufficienciesufficiency in thee to thinke one good thought. 2. When thou hast taken a good view …

    Phineas Fletcher · Joy in Tribulation · p. 129 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … tradition, straight way imagine they haue found a sufficient argument, against the perfection and sufficienciesufficiency of the holy Scripture, and to bring in all riffe raffe, and trishe trashe …
    With rule
    … tradition, straight way imagine they haue found a sufficient argument, against the perfection and sufficienciesufficiency of the holy Scripture, and to bring in all riffe raffe, and trishe trashe …

    William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 91 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (52)

40 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 33 are listed here. 12 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

True Contentment in the Gain of Godliness A01551

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    TRVE CONTENTMENT IN THE GAINE OF GODLINES, With its SELF-SUFFICIENCIESUFFICIENCY.
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    TRVE CONTENTMENT IN THE GAINE OF GODLINES, With its SELF-SUFFICIENCIESUFFICIENCY.

    Thomas Gataker · True Contentment in the Gain of Godliness · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … of the Common Pleas, True Contentment in the Gaine of Godlines, with its Self-SufficiencieSufficiency.
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    … of the Common Pleas, True Contentment in the Gaine of Godlines, with its Self-SufficiencieSufficiency.

    Thomas Gataker · True Contentment in the Gain of Godliness · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … there can be no Contentment where any want is, nor freedome from want where SufficiencieSufficiency is not;) we can haue no true Contentment, till we haue once gained Him …
    With rule
    … there can be no Contentment where any want is, nor freedome from want where SufficiencieSufficiency is not;) we can haue no true Contentment, till we haue once gained Him …

    Thomas Gataker · True Contentment in the Gain of Godliness · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Godlineſſe is great Gaine, with Selfe-ſufficienciesufficiency; or, with the SufficiencieSufficiency of it ſelfe.
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    Godlineſſe is great Gaine, with Selfe-ſufficienciesufficiency; or, with the SufficiencieSufficiency of it ſelfe.

    Thomas Gataker · True Contentment in the Gain of Godliness · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    THE SECOND PART. The SufficiencieSufficiency of it in it Selfe.
    With rule
    THE SECOND PART. The SufficiencieSufficiency of it in it Selfe.

    Thomas Gataker · True Contentment in the Gain of Godliness · p. 41 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Zechariah 1-9 A09272

  • Printed
    … more naturall, and cleare, to take Eyes, for Providence; and Seven, for Perfection and SufficiencieSufficiency: ſo the meaning ſhall be; Chriſt hath all ſufficienciesufficiency of Wiſedome and Councell, not …
    With rule
    … more naturall, and cleare, to take Eyes, for Providence; and Seven, for Perfection and SufficiencieSufficiency: ſo the meaning ſhall be; Chriſt hath all ſufficienciesufficiency of Wiſedome and Councell, not …

    William Pemble · Exposition of Zechariah 1-9 · p. 44 · Open in the reader

A Plea for Grace A09277

  • Printed
    … and operations of Faith and other vertues: when the Question is meant of the SufficiencieSufficiency of Grace in producing the Habit of all Inherent Holinesse. Now as in the …
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    … and operations of Faith and other vertues: when the Question is meant of the SufficiencieSufficiency of Grace in producing the Habit of all Inherent Holinesse. Now as in the …

    William Pemble · A Plea for Grace · p. 92 · Open in the reader

The New Covenant A09990

  • Printed
    … be judged fit, shall come forth. We send forth these Sermons of Gods All-SufficiencieSufficiency, and Mans Vprightnes, and the Covenant of Grace first, as being first prepared by …
    With rule
    … be judged fit, shall come forth. We send forth these Sermons of Gods All-SufficiencieSufficiency, and Mans Vprightnes, and the Covenant of Grace first, as being first prepared by …

    John Preston · The New Covenant · Open in the reader

Lord Bishops None of the Lords Bishops A10190

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    … his Relation, of almost 15 Sheets of paper, wherein he extremely abuses the clearenesse and SufficiencieSufficiency of Scripture, as wanting light enough of it selfe to show it to be …
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    … his Relation, of almost 15 Sheets of paper, wherein he extremely abuses the clearenesse and SufficiencieSufficiency of Scripture, as wanting light enough of it selfe to show it to be …

    William Prynne · Lord Bishops None of the Lords Bishops · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … to erre: doe so much depresse, vi…ifie and cry down the Authority and SufficiencieSufficiency of the Scripture, as if it were a dumbe, dead, and blind Iu…ge …
    With rule
    … to erre: doe so much depresse, vi…ifie and cry down the Authority and SufficiencieSufficiency of the Scripture, as if it were a dumbe, dead, and blind Iu…ge …

    William Prynne · Lord Bishops None of the Lords Bishops · Open in the reader

Three Treatises A10659

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    … thee; and there are two things in that promise, Grace to make it, and SufficiencieSufficiency to fulfill it. Lay aside saith the Apostle, every weight, and the sinne which …
    With rule
    … thee; and there are two things in that promise, Grace to make it, and SufficiencieSufficiency to fulfill it. Lay aside saith the Apostle, every weight, and the sinne which …

    Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · p. 352 · Open in the reader

Christian Observations and Resolutions A13075

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    SufficiencieSufficiency and aboundance doe but inflame, and not quench his desire. Hee gapeth on the …
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    SufficiencieSufficiency and aboundance doe but inflame, and not quench his desire. Hee gapeth on the …

    William Struther · Christian Observations and Resolutions · p. 48 · Open in the reader

A Hand of Fellowship to Help Keep Out Sin and Antichrist A19474

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    … at the leaſt a double defect in the things deſired. Firſt, there is no SufficiencieSufficiency in them: for all the world is too little for our appetites; they being …
    With rule
    … at the leaſt a double defect in the things deſired. Firſt, there is no SufficiencieSufficiency in them: for all the world is too little for our appetites; they being …

    Robert Abbot · A Hand of Fellowship to Help Keep Out Sin and Antichrist · p. 5 · Open in the reader

The Guide Unto True Blessedness A19634

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    A. SufficiencieSufficiency of earthly comforts, as tokens of Gods loue, and pledges of better things, wherewith …
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    A. SufficiencieSufficiency of earthly comforts, as tokens of Gods loue, and pledges of better things, wherewith …

    Samuel Crook · The Guide Unto True Blessedness · p. 79 · Open in the reader

A Godly and Learned Treatise of Prayer A20735

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    … Augustine, rectè appetitur, non propter seipsam quidem, sed ut eam habentes commodiùs Deo serviamus: SufficiencieSufficiency for life is rightly desired, not for it self, but that we may more …
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    … Augustine, rectè appetitur, non propter seipsam quidem, sed ut eam habentes commodiùs Deo serviamus: SufficiencieSufficiency for life is rightly desired, not for it self, but that we may more …

    George Downame · A Godly and Learned Treatise of Prayer · p. 324 · Open in the reader

The Doctrine of Practical Praying A36465

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    … Augustine, rectè appetitur, non propter seipsam quidem, sed ut eam habentes commodiùs Deo serviamus: SufficiencieSufficiency for life is rightly desired, not for it self, but that we may more …
    With rule
    … Augustine, rectè appetitur, non propter seipsam quidem, sed ut eam habentes commodiùs Deo serviamus: SufficiencieSufficiency for life is rightly desired, not for it self, but that we may more …

    George Downame · The Doctrine of Practical Praying · p. 324 · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Efficacy of Divine Providence A53283

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    … your own Wit, Art, Strength, Courage, military Accomplishments, Provisions for War, Advantages, or any SufficiencieSufficiency you have. Do not trust in any Qualifications you have, Natural or Acquired, Civil …
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    … your own Wit, Art, Strength, Courage, military Accomplishments, Provisions for War, Advantages, or any SufficiencieSufficiency you have. Do not trust in any Qualifications you have, Natural or Acquired, Civil …

    Urian Oakes · The Sovereign Efficacy of Divine Providence · p. 28 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … and Events, so as to be Thankful to Him for them. Whatever your own SufficiencieSufficiency may be, yet acknowledge God thankfully, as if you had been wholly Insufficient: for …
    With rule
    … and Events, so as to be Thankful to Him for them. Whatever your own SufficiencieSufficiency may be, yet acknowledge God thankfully, as if you had been wholly Insufficient: for …

    Urian Oakes · The Sovereign Efficacy of Divine Providence · p. 32 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … be, yet acknowledge God thankfully, as if you had been wholly Insufficient: for your SufficiencieSufficiency is of God, and He could have disappointed notwithstanding. The ground of our Unthankfulness …
    With rule
    … be, yet acknowledge God thankfully, as if you had been wholly Insufficient: for your SufficiencieSufficiency is of God, and He could have disappointed notwithstanding. The ground of our Unthankfulness …

    Urian Oakes · The Sovereign Efficacy of Divine Providence · p. 32 · Open in the reader

A Stock of Divine Knowledge A61645

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    … Word, which hath two parts: the firſt, the Authority of it; the ſecond, the SufficiencieSufficiency of it, becauſe wee are to build on it, and to reſt upon it …
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    … Word, which hath two parts: the firſt, the Authority of it; the ſecond, the SufficiencieSufficiency of it, becauſe wee are to build on it, and to reſt upon it …

    Richard Stock · A Stock of Divine Knowledge · p. 39 · Open in the reader

The Voice of the Rod A61667

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    … through Jeſus Chriſt, … therefore he adds, the Father of our Lord …us Chriſt. 3. Their SufficiencieSufficiency; it was univerſal cordial; comfort in all tribulation. The end, or uſe of it …
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    … through Jeſus Chriſt, … therefore he adds, the Father of our Lord …us Chriſt. 3. Their SufficiencieSufficiency; it was univerſal cordial; comfort in all tribulation. The end, or uſe of it …

    Samuel Stodden · The Voice of the Rod · p. 196 · Open in the reader

The Sum of Christian Religion A64611

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    For SufficiencieSufficiency, you may as well aske in the Church, If the doctrine of the Catechiſme …
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    For SufficiencieSufficiency, you may as well aske in the Church, If the doctrine of the Catechiſme …

    Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion · p. 823 · Open in the reader

A Reply to a Relation A69024

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    … the rest, That he hath given the Scripture all honour, and ascribed unto it SufficiencieSufficiency more then enough: And whereas also (as appeareth in this Reply) the Relator belyes …
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    … the rest, That he hath given the Scripture all honour, and ascribed unto it SufficiencieSufficiency more then enough: And whereas also (as appeareth in this Reply) the Relator belyes …

    Henry Burton · A Reply to a Relation · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … as will appeare yet more at large, pronounced so many disgracefull Sentences against the SufficiencieSufficiency of the Divine Scripture, to prove it selfe to be the word of God …
    With rule
    … as will appeare yet more at large, pronounced so many disgracefull Sentences against the SufficiencieSufficiency of the Divine Scripture, to prove it selfe to be the word of God …

    Henry Burton · A Reply to a Relation · p. 149 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … wheron then? On the Author (Say you) and the opinion we have of his SufficiencieSufficiency. Here be two things which you couple together: 1. The Author: 2. The opinion we have …
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    … wheron then? On the Author (Say you) and the opinion we have of his SufficiencieSufficiency. Here be two things which you couple together: 1. The Author: 2. The opinion we have …

    Henry Burton · A Reply to a Relation · p. 206 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … his SufficiencieSufficiency: And what if we fayle in our good opinion of the Authors SufficiencieSufficiency? Wheron will you then hang the Credit of the Scripture? Surely it must depend …
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    … his SufficiencieSufficiency: And what if we fayle in our good opinion of the Authors SufficiencieSufficiency? Wheron will you then hang the Credit of the Scripture? Surely it must depend …

    Henry Burton · A Reply to a Relation · p. 206 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … God may be expressed in an Image, what opinion can we have of his SufficiencieSufficiency, to be the God of truth, and the Author of the Scripture, as whereon …
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    … God may be expressed in an Image, what opinion can we have of his SufficiencieSufficiency, to be the God of truth, and the Author of the Scripture, as whereon …

    Henry Burton · A Reply to a Relation · p. 206 · Open in the reader

Sermon Preached Several Times A72143

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    True Contentment IN THE GAINE OF GODLINES, With its SELF-SUFFICIENCIESUFFICIENCY.
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    True Contentment IN THE GAINE OF GODLINES, With its SELF-SUFFICIENCIESUFFICIENCY.

    Thomas Gataker · Sermon Preached Several Times · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … of the Common Pleas, True Contentment in the Gaine of Godlineſſe, with its Self-SufficiencieSufficiency.
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    … of the Common Pleas, True Contentment in the Gaine of Godlineſſe, with its Self-SufficiencieSufficiency.

    Thomas Gataker · Sermon Preached Several Times · p. 125 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … there can be no Contentment where any want is, nor freedome from want where SufficiencieSufficiency is not;) we can have no true Contentment, till we have once gained Him …
    With rule
    … there can be no Contentment where any want is, nor freedome from want where SufficiencieSufficiency is not;) we can have no true Contentment, till we have once gained Him …

    Thomas Gataker · Sermon Preached Several Times · p. 125 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Godlineſſe is great Gaine with Selfe-ſufficienciesufficiency; or, with the SufficiencieSufficiency of it ſelfe.
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    Godlineſſe is great Gaine with Selfe-ſufficienciesufficiency; or, with the SufficiencieSufficiency of it ſelfe.

    Thomas Gataker · Sermon Preached Several Times · p. 127 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    THE SECOND PART. The SufficiencieSufficiency of it in it ſelfe.
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    THE SECOND PART. The SufficiencieSufficiency of it in it ſelfe.

    Thomas Gataker · Sermon Preached Several Times · p. 146 · Open in the reader

The Pagan Preacher Silenced A86612

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    The Remonſtrants give us a general definition of ſuffiencie, tending to this reſult, SufficiencieSufficiency is a poſition of things neceſſary and requiſite to that thing, in reſpect of …
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    The Remonſtrants give us a general definition of ſuffiencie, tending to this reſult, SufficiencieSufficiency is a poſition of things neceſſary and requiſite to that thing, in reſpect of …

    Obadiah Howe · The Pagan Preacher Silenced · p. 66 · Open in the reader