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cleauingcleaving

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

Puritas changed it
347 times in 177 works
Consistency
98.3% (347 of 353)
Reach if approved
~371 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: cleaving
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
353 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (347 changes in 177 works, 98.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 347)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    Chap. 3. Of cleauingcleaving vnto God.
    With rule
    Chap. 3. Of cleauingcleaving vnto God.

    Henry Finch · The Sacred Doctrine of Divinity · p. 20 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … kingdomes Samaria & Ieruſalē, ſet forthe by open ſimilitude of the moūtaines melting, ye vallies cleauingcleaving in ſondre, like as wax doth before the fyrye flame, he ſheweth the cauſe …
    With rule
    … kingdomes Samaria & Ieruſalē, ſet forthe by open ſimilitude of the moūtaines melting, ye vallies cleauingcleaving in ſondre, like as wax doth before the fyrye flame, he ſheweth the cauſe …

    Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … this is the heroicall proteſtant) as Ruth the Moabitiſh did to Naomi: concerning her cleauingcleaving to the trueth and Gods people, though diſcouraged by contrarie example of one that …
    With rule
    … this is the heroicall proteſtant) as Ruth the Moabitiſh did to Naomi: concerning her cleauingcleaving to the trueth and Gods people, though diſcouraged by contrarie example of one that …

    William Hubbock · An Apology of Infants · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … other lyke / are not made bythe law of the Pope / but are very ſinnes / cleauingcleaving and faſted in fleſh and bloude / ād borne even wyth man / the which can …
    With rule
    … other lyke / are not made bythe law of the Pope / but are very ſinnes / cleauingcleaving and faſted in fleſh and bloude / ād borne even wyth man / the which can …

    Martin Luther · Sermon on John 20 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … verie deed, inaſmuch as he ſheweth the naturalneſſe and ſoundneſſe of his affection, by cleauingcleaving to his neighbour in his trouble, & by comforting him all maner of wayes.
    With rule
    … verie deed, inaſmuch as he ſheweth the naturalneſſe and ſoundneſſe of his affection, by cleauingcleaving to his neighbour in his trouble, & by comforting him all maner of wayes.

    Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 147 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … would not bee of so many religions: but all would bee of one religion, cleauingcleaving fast to the doctrine of the Apostles, and contenting themselues with it, which is …
    With rule
    … would not bee of so many religions: but all would bee of one religion, cleauingcleaving fast to the doctrine of the Apostles, and contenting themselues with it, which is …

    William Perkins · Exposition of Revelation 1-3 · p. 152 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … may bee participated by bodily ſenſes, but I vtterly reiecte that reall, touching and cleauingcleaving together of the bodie of Chriſte with our bodies, as a Monſter, then which …
    With rule
    … may bee participated by bodily ſenſes, but I vtterly reiecte that reall, touching and cleauingcleaving together of the bodie of Chriſte with our bodies, as a Monſter, then which …

    Theodore Beza · Christian Questions and Answers Part 2 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … thus: If credit, gaine, commendation, or fauour (all which I may obtaine by the cleauingcleaving to the godly) ſeeme ſo much to be deſired: how much more deſirable is …
    With rule
    … thus: If credit, gaine, commendation, or fauour (all which I may obtaine by the cleauingcleaving to the godly) ſeeme ſo much to be deſired: how much more deſirable is …

    Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 439 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

3 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.

Commentary on Romans A15414

  • Printed
    3. CleauingCleaving to that is good. 1. that is saith Haymo, to God, who is the chiefe …
    With rule
    3. CleauingCleaving to that is good. 1. that is saith Haymo, to God, who is the chiefe …

    Andrew Willet · Commentary on Romans · p. 549 · Open in the reader

The Christians Daily Sacrifice A19284

  • Printed
    5 CleauingCleaving thereto, though it cost vs the setting on. Hebr. 10. 34.
    With rule
    5 CleauingCleaving thereto, though it cost vs the setting on. Hebr. 10. 34.

    Thomas Cooper · The Christians Daily Sacrifice · p. 111 · Open in the reader

The Sum of Sacred Divinity A20766

  • Printed
    CleauingCleaving, I call that ſtraight and holy bond, whereby we are tyed and glued as …
    With rule
    CleauingCleaving, I call that ſtraight and holy bond, whereby we are tyed and glued as …

    John Downame · The Sum of Sacred Divinity · p. 149 · Open in the reader