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touchyngtouching

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

Puritas changed it
537 times in 83 works
Consistency
94.8% (537 of 566)
Reach if approved
~595 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: touching
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
566 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (537 changes in 83 works, 94.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 537)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … yrked, to haue hearde it, & nowe God hathe brought more to lyghte. And as touchyngtouching the kynde of hys death, whether he be saued or no, I referre that …
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    … yrked, to haue hearde it, & nowe God hathe brought more to lyghte. And as touchyngtouching the kynde of hys death, whether he be saued or no, I referre that …

    Hugh Latimer · The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty · Open in the reader

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    … of dryncke, he hadde Gods plentye & inoughe, as they vse to saye. Now as touchyngtouching his meate, behold the wonderfull power of God, whyche commaunded the Rauens to fede …
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    … of dryncke, he hadde Gods plentye & inoughe, as they vse to saye. Now as touchyngtouching his meate, behold the wonderfull power of God, whyche commaunded the Rauens to fede …

    Thomas Becon · The Fortress of the Faithful Against the Cruel Assaults of Poverty and Hunger · Open in the reader

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    … endes. Fyrſt, to illuſtrate the glory… of God. Secondly, to profite the Churche. As touchyngtouching the fyrſt, Saynct Paule ſayth: Doo all thynges to the glorye of God. And …
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    … endes. Fyrſt, to illuſtrate the glory… of God. Secondly, to profite the Churche. As touchyngtouching the fyrſt, Saynct Paule ſayth: Doo all thynges to the glorye of God. And …

    Philipp Melanchthon · History of Three Renowned Reformers · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … argument i fet out of the xx. chapter of Exodus where allmyghty god ſayethe touchyngtouching images / non adorabis ea ne que coles, thow ſhal nether bow to them nor …
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    … argument i fet out of the xx. chapter of Exodus where allmyghty god ſayethe touchyngtouching images / non adorabis ea ne que coles, thow ſhal nether bow to them nor …

    William Turner · The Rescuing of the Romish Fox · Open in the reader

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    … other saying, I wyll be with you vntyll the worldes ende, that is as touchyngtouching his godly power and goodnes. Austen is of this our sentēce in his .l …
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    … other saying, I wyll be with you vntyll the worldes ende, that is as touchyngtouching his godly power and goodnes. Austen is of this our sentēce in his .l …

    Ulrich Zwingli · The Reckoning and Declaration of Faith and Belief · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    As touchyngtouching this article, I am ſufficiently taught, & I thanke God of it,
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    As touchyngtouching this article, I am ſufficiently taught, & I thanke God of it,

    Henrich Bullinger · A Wholesome Antidote Against Anabaptists · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … wel expounded. He willeth that the faithfull doe not onely take heede of the touchyngtouching of vices: But that no infection doe faſten vpon them, he teacheth that whatſoeuer …
    With rule
    … wel expounded. He willeth that the faithfull doe not onely take heede of the touchyngtouching of vices: But that no infection doe faſten vpon them, he teacheth that whatſoeuer …

    John Calvin · Commentary on 1 John and Jude · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … lines that I haue writtē (as my bodely weaknes, & inwarde grieues would ſuffer mee) touchyngtouching ſome pointes (wherein I might haue bene long and large I confeſſe) will bee …
    With rule
    … lines that I haue writtē (as my bodely weaknes, & inwarde grieues would ſuffer mee) touchyngtouching ſome pointes (wherein I might haue bene long and large I confeſſe) will bee …

    John Calvin · Three Propositions · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (29)

25 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 22 are listed here. 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel A01304

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    TouchyngTouching sainct Augustine, although the place by you alledged, is not to be foūd in …
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    TouchyngTouching sainct Augustine, although the place by you alledged, is not to be foūd in …

    William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · p. 9 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Peter and Jude A06502

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    … offices and functions whereof are theſe, Goyng, Standyng, Eatyng, Drinkyng, Sleapyng, Watchyng, Seeyng, Hearyng, TouchyngTouching, Feelyng, and to ſpeake all at one woorde, what ſoeuer is naturally to bee …
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    … offices and functions whereof are theſe, Goyng, Standyng, Eatyng, Drinkyng, Sleapyng, Watchyng, Seeyng, Hearyng, TouchyngTouching, Feelyng, and to ſpeake all at one woorde, what ſoeuer is naturally to bee …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 88 · Open in the reader

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    TouchyngTouching this purpoſe, wee reade in the hiſtorie of ſainct Martine, how a ceirtaine man …
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    TouchyngTouching this purpoſe, wee reade in the hiſtorie of ſainct Martine, how a ceirtaine man …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · Open in the reader

Commentary on Romans A14353

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    TouchyngTouching the Cilicians tounge, which is ſometimes obiected agaynſt the Apoſtle, thus we may anſwere …
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    TouchyngTouching the Cilicians tounge, which is ſometimes obiected agaynſt the Apoſtle, thus we may anſwere …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentary on Romans · Open in the reader

A Mild and Just Defense of Certain Arguments A16615

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    … his moſt chriſtian diſpoſition, would graciouſly reſpect the humble deſires of his ſubjects therein. TouchyngTouching the other parte of M. Powels ſpeech, it is no ſmall abuſe of his …
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    … his moſt chriſtian diſpoſition, would graciouſly reſpect the humble deſires of his ſubjects therein. TouchyngTouching the other parte of M. Powels ſpeech, it is no ſmall abuſe of his …

    William Bradshaw · A Mild and Just Defense of Certain Arguments · p. 6 · Open in the reader

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    … that theſe images were never worſhipped or abuſed. Here therfore behold agaīe your ſophiſtry. TouchyngTouching the ſubſtance of things abuſed to Idolatry, we urge not the deſtroying thereof, neyther …
    With rule
    … that theſe images were never worſhipped or abuſed. Here therfore behold agaīe your ſophiſtry. TouchyngTouching the ſubſtance of things abuſed to Idolatry, we urge not the deſtroying thereof, neyther …

    William Bradshaw · A Mild and Just Defense of Certain Arguments · p. 155 · Open in the reader

A Consent of Scripture A16964

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    … conſtant agreement in ſeuerall ages, for matters often tolde in diuers partes and maner. TouchyngTouching that, I labour in this Booke to lay downe certayne principall heades drawen through …
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    … conſtant agreement in ſeuerall ages, for matters often tolde in diuers partes and maner. TouchyngTouching that, I labour in this Booke to lay downe certayne principall heades drawen through …

    Hugh Broughton · A Consent of Scripture · Open in the reader

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    … they ryſing from Euphrates, Apo. 9. and 16. ouerthrovve Rome or Babylon for vvorshypping of Images. TouchyngTouching the ſtoying of the Sunne, it vvas for that age vvhē Chriſt vvas promiſed …
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    … they ryſing from Euphrates, Apo. 9. and 16. ouerthrovve Rome or Babylon for vvorshypping of Images. TouchyngTouching the ſtoying of the Sunne, it vvas for that age vvhē Chriſt vvas promiſed …

    Hugh Broughton · A Consent of Scripture · Open in the reader

A Wholesome Antidote Against Anabaptists A17186

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    TouchyngTouching the vnitie of the church againſt the Anabaptiſtes, ther is a ſinguler place, in …
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    TouchyngTouching the vnitie of the church againſt the Anabaptiſtes, ther is a ſinguler place, in …

    Henrich Bullinger · A Wholesome Antidote Against Anabaptists · Open in the reader

The Institutes of the Christian Religion A17662

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    TouchyngTouching makyng of Lawes.
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    TouchyngTouching makyng of Lawes.

    John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

Against the Errors of the Anabaptists A17726

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    … order: yet let vs beare that imperfection whiche is not in vs to correcte. TouchyngTouching that ſaynct Paul forbyddeth to eate and drincke wyth ſuche as lyue a ſlaunderouſe …
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    … order: yet let vs beare that imperfection whiche is not in vs to correcte. TouchyngTouching that ſaynct Paul forbyddeth to eate and drincke wyth ſuche as lyue a ſlaunderouſe …

    John Calvin · Against the Errors of the Anabaptists · Open in the reader

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    ☞ TouchyngTouching the fyrſt: which is of the bodye, or humayne nature of oure Lord Ieſus …
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    ☞ TouchyngTouching the fyrſt: which is of the bodye, or humayne nature of oure Lord Ieſus …

    John Calvin · Against the Errors of the Anabaptists · Open in the reader

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    … but that hindereth not, but that he ſpeaketh fy…ſte, of all in generall. TouchyngTouching that he putteth, as wel the ſoules of the good, as of the euyll …
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    … but that hindereth not, but that he ſpeaketh fy…ſte, of all in generall. TouchyngTouching that he putteth, as wel the ſoules of the good, as of the euyll …

    John Calvin · Against the Errors of the Anabaptists · Open in the reader

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    … that we are the lynage of God, to declare the excellencye of our ſoules. TouchyngTouching that ſaynt Paule putteth difference betwene a liuyng ſoule, and a liuyng ſpirite: is …
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    … that we are the lynage of God, to declare the excellencye of our ſoules. TouchyngTouching that ſaynt Paule putteth difference betwene a liuyng ſoule, and a liuyng ſpirite: is …

    John Calvin · Against the Errors of the Anabaptists · Open in the reader

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    TouchyngTouching the body it is ſayed, that it ſhal returne to the earth, whence it …
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    TouchyngTouching the body it is ſayed, that it ſhal returne to the earth, whence it …

    John Calvin · Against the Errors of the Anabaptists · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

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    TouchyngTouching the whole discourse of whiche Articles, with hys reply and aunswer to the same …
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    TouchyngTouching the whole discourse of whiche Articles, with hys reply and aunswer to the same …

    John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1736 · Open in the reader

A Hundred Sermons on Revelation B11837

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    … and take hede moreouer that they walke not naked, leeſte their filthines be eſpied. TouchyngTouching garmentes I haue ſpoken moſte largely in an other place of this boke. He …
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    … and take hede moreouer that they walke not naked, leeſte their filthines be eſpied. TouchyngTouching garmentes I haue ſpoken moſte largely in an other place of this boke. He …

    Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · p. 497 · Open in the reader

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    … ſuperſtitions, like drōkardes, and can not for furie receaue the preaching of the goſpel. TouchyngTouching this wine of fornication and whoredome, and of that dronkennes I haue ſpoken in …
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    … ſuperſtitions, like drōkardes, and can not for furie receaue the preaching of the goſpel. TouchyngTouching this wine of fornication and whoredome, and of that dronkennes I haue ſpoken in …

    Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · p. 507 · Open in the reader

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    … But who ſhal be taken? the beaſt and the falſe prophet, which wrought miracles. TouchyngTouching theſe thinges, ſee what is ſayde about the ende of the .13. chapt. The cauſe …
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    … But who ſhal be taken? the beaſt and the falſe prophet, which wrought miracles. TouchyngTouching theſe thinges, ſee what is ſayde about the ende of the .13. chapt. The cauſe …

    Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · p. 584 · Open in the reader

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    … ſure and vnmouable. For the walle of the Citie, ſayeth he, hath twelue foundations. TouchyngTouching the foundation of the churche and our ſaluation haue ſpoken expreſſely Dauid in the …
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    … ſure and vnmouable. For the walle of the Citie, ſayeth he, hath twelue foundations. TouchyngTouching the foundation of the churche and our ſaluation haue ſpoken expreſſely Dauid in the …

    Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · p. 652 · Open in the reader

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    … thouſande furlonges, whiche make in al fourtie and eight thouſande in the whole circuite. TouchyngTouching the furlonge, what & how much it conteyneth, I ſee that learned menne varie. Plinie …
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    … thouſande furlonges, whiche make in al fourtie and eight thouſande in the whole circuite. TouchyngTouching the furlonge, what & how much it conteyneth, I ſee that learned menne varie. Plinie …

    Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · p. 655 · Open in the reader

The Tragedies of Tyrants Exercised Upon the Church of God B11843

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    … aſiſtance of the ſeculer arme: they proclamed them euerywhere hereticks, perſecuted, and oppreſſed them. TouchyngTouching which purpoſe, in the Decretals there is extant a decrée of Pope Lucius the …
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    … aſiſtance of the ſeculer arme: they proclamed them euerywhere hereticks, perſecuted, and oppreſſed them. TouchyngTouching which purpoſe, in the Decretals there is extant a decrée of Pope Lucius the …

    Henrich Bullinger · The Tragedies of Tyrants Exercised Upon the Church of God · Open in the reader