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seruesserves

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

Puritas changed it
1,673 times in 325 works
Consistency
99.7% (1,673 of 1,677)
Reach if approved
~1,762 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: serves
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,677 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,673 changes in 325 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,673)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    The Riuer that seruesserves this Citie of Peace
    With rule
    The Riuer that seruesserves this Citie of Peace

    Thomas Adams · The City of Peace · p. 151 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … made himselfe Minister for; but his owne or worse. He hath three Masters: he seruesserves his Lord, hee seruesserves himselfe, hee seruesserves the Deuill; which of these will pay …
    With rule
    … made himselfe Minister for; but his owne or worse. He hath three Masters: he seruesserves his Lord, hee seruesserves himselfe, hee seruesserves the Deuill; which of these will pay …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 118 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … holde his purse short of the smallest gaine. To conclude, the God whom hee seruesserves, cannot helpe him; the God, whom hee should serue, will not helpe him, because …
    With rule
    … holde his purse short of the smallest gaine. To conclude, the God whom hee seruesserves, cannot helpe him; the God, whom hee should serue, will not helpe him, because …

    Thomas Adams · Mystical Bedlam · p. 57 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    This ſeruesserves to put downe the great, rich and mightie men of the world, who doe …
    With rule
    This ſeruesserves to put downe the great, rich and mightie men of the world, who doe …

    Samuel Hieron · The Abridgment of the Gospel · p. 32 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … better then an other in the darke chambers of the dead? Difference of perſons ſeruesserves but for this life; after it, all goe to one place: and great men …
    With rule
    … better then an other in the darke chambers of the dead? Difference of perſons ſeruesserves but for this life; after it, all goe to one place: and great men …

    Robert Horne · Of the Rich Man and Lazarus · p. 52 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    In the next place, this ſeruesserves to condemne the vncharitableneſſe of ſome in the Church of Chriſt, which call into …
    With rule
    In the next place, this ſeruesserves to condemne the vncharitableneſſe of ſome in the Church of Chriſt, which call into …

    Thomas Barnes · The Gales of Grace · p. 206 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … is not for owles, battes, and wagtailes to soore toward this pitch, their sight seruesserves them not, their flight is impt with feathers of a lower traine.
    With rule
    … is not for owles, battes, and wagtailes to soore toward this pitch, their sight seruesserves them not, their flight is impt with feathers of a lower traine.

    William Loe · The Kings Shoe · p. 25 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … in the exerciſe of vertue; As pouertie ſeruesserves well to bridle their luſts; baſeneſſe ſeruesserves to humble their pride; ſickneſſe to meeken their ſtoutnes, and all manner of incumbrances …
    With rule
    … in the exerciſe of vertue; As pouertie ſeruesserves well to bridle their luſts; baſeneſſe ſeruesserves to humble their pride; ſickneſſe to meeken their ſtoutnes, and all manner of incumbrances …

    William Negus · Mans Active Obedience · p. 219 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Treatise of Faith A03064

  • Printed
    … Meate or Drinke or whatſoeuer is more ordinary for the comfort of the Bodie. SeruesServes faith for entrance and beginnings, and not for continuance, progreſſe and encreaſings? Is faith …
    With rule
    … Meate or Drinke or whatſoeuer is more ordinary for the comfort of the Bodie. SeruesServes faith for entrance and beginnings, and not for continuance, progreſſe and encreaſings? Is faith …

    John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 228 · Open in the reader

The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ A11012

  • Printed
    … booke. Then it may be asked? Wherefore are they not written? Were they vnprofitable? SeruesServes the knowledge of them to no vſe? To this I anſwere: That theſe miracles …
    With rule
    … booke. Then it may be asked? Wherefore are they not written? Were they vnprofitable? SeruesServes the knowledge of them to no vſe? To this I anſwere: That theſe miracles …

    Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 468 · Open in the reader

Exposition of 2 Thessalonians A11588

  • Printed
    2. SeruesServes it not alſo to terrifie and aſtoniſh all graceleſſe men? Eſpecially thoſe of the …
    With rule
    2. SeruesServes it not alſo to terrifie and aſtoniſh all graceleſſe men? Eſpecially thoſe of the …

    William Sclater · Exposition of 2 Thessalonians · p. 33 · Open in the reader