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prouokingprovoking

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

Puritas changed it
596 times in 276 works
Consistency
99.0% (596 of 602)
Reach if approved
~633 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: provoking
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
602 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (596 changes in 276 works, 99.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 596)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    3 Marke mens dispositions, such as are giuen to anger, take heede of prouokingprovoking.
    With rule
    3 Marke mens dispositions, such as are giuen to anger, take heede of prouokingprovoking.

    George Estey · Exposition Upon the Ten Commandments · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … they neuerthelesse most wicked and vngodly: by their idolatry and other abominations, most fearefully prouokingprovoking the heauy wrath, and iudgements of God against them. Ananias and his wife (as …
    With rule
    … they neuerthelesse most wicked and vngodly: by their idolatry and other abominations, most fearefully prouokingprovoking the heauy wrath, and iudgements of God against them. Ananias and his wife (as …

    John Frewen · Choice Grounds and Principles of our Christian Religion · p. 223 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Let vs therefore take heed of making any way to this ſin, and of prouokingprovoking God to caſt vs cleane ouer into Satans power, or rather to ſuffer vs …
    With rule
    Let vs therefore take heed of making any way to this ſin, and of prouokingprovoking God to caſt vs cleane ouer into Satans power, or rather to ſuffer vs …

    William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 623 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … in amazing ſome, in reioycing others, in drawing ſome earneſtly to loue it, in prouokingprovoking others deeply and tiranouſly to deteſt it, this ſame ſecret and effectuall working of …
    With rule
    … in amazing ſome, in reioycing others, in drawing ſome earneſtly to loue it, in prouokingprovoking others deeply and tiranouſly to deteſt it, this ſame ſecret and effectuall working of …

    Samuel Hieron · The Dignity of the Scripture · p. 27 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … ſacrificing their Children to the Deuill; As alſo in many other particulars: To the prouokingprovoking, or elſe ſhaming, of CHRISTIANS.
    With rule
    … ſacrificing their Children to the Deuill; As alſo in many other particulars: To the prouokingprovoking, or elſe ſhaming, of CHRISTIANS.

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

  6. Printed
    … not ouertly skinne our ſoares, ſparing our ſelues in our ſinnes, partly by not prouokingprovoking our ſelues to due repentance, partly by not ſeeking to get the roots of …
    With rule
    … not ouertly skinne our ſoares, ſparing our ſelues in our ſinnes, partly by not prouokingprovoking our ſelues to due repentance, partly by not ſeeking to get the roots of …

    Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Ephesians 1 · p. 32 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … the godly ſhould be watchful, for the deuil ſtubbornly reſiſteth the Goſpel, not only prouokingprovoking tyrants vnto cruelty, but alſo craftely laying ſnares, vnder a pretence of wyſedome, and …
    With rule
    … the godly ſhould be watchful, for the deuil ſtubbornly reſiſteth the Goſpel, not only prouokingprovoking tyrants vnto cruelty, but alſo craftely laying ſnares, vnder a pretence of wyſedome, and …

    Philipp Melanchthon · In Defense of the True Church of God · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … conſcience, in regard of her Iudgement of good actions, may be called aſpurring or prouokingprovoking conſcience: As thus, if the queſtion be concerning kéeping of the Sabaoth: the commaundement …
    With rule
    … conſcience, in regard of her Iudgement of good actions, may be called aſpurring or prouokingprovoking conſcience: As thus, if the queſtion be concerning kéeping of the Sabaoth: the commaundement …

    Elnathan Parr · The Grounds of Divinity · p. 110 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Exposition of 1 Thessalonians A11591

  • Printed
    … reconciled to God. Impious. Chriſt dyed for the vngodly. Vnthankefull? thou more to God. ProuokingProvoking? God alſo is prouoked euery day, and yet renewes his mercies with the Morning.
    With rule
    … reconciled to God. Impious. Chriſt dyed for the vngodly. Vnthankefull? thou more to God. ProuokingProvoking? God alſo is prouoked euery day, and yet renewes his mercies with the Morning.

    William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · p. 252 · Open in the reader

The Christians Daily Sacrifice A19284

  • Printed
    Slownes is seene either in First, ProuokingProvoking; or Secondly, Answering.
    With rule
    Slownes is seene either in First, ProuokingProvoking; or Secondly, Answering.

    Thomas Cooper · The Christians Daily Sacrifice · p. 98 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    7 ProuokingProvoking vs to a daily iudging of our selues, that we be not cō demned …
    With rule
    7 ProuokingProvoking vs to a daily iudging of our selues, that we be not cō demned …

    Thomas Cooper · The Christians Daily Sacrifice · p. 227 · Open in the reader

Commentaries A68840

  • Printed
    ProuokingProvoking occaſion of deſtruction geuen by God. 97
    With rule
    ProuokingProvoking occaſion of deſtruction geuen by God. 97

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · Open in the reader