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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4731 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

poyntspoints

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

Puritas changed it
1,058 times in 337 works
Consistency
96.8% (1,058 of 1,092)
Reach if approved
~1,147 places (estimated)
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Agrees: points
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,092 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,058 changes in 337 works, 96.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,058)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    Theſe bee high poyntspoints, and of great cōſequence. For who would not rather dye, than loſe the libertie …
    With rule
    Theſe bee high poyntspoints, and of great cōſequence. For who would not rather dye, than loſe the libertie …

    Francis Hastings · A Watch-Word to All Religious and True Hearted Englishmen · p. 111 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … foreſaid perfection: as knowing that vnleſſe hee clothes and armes himſelfe fully at all poyntspoints, all is as good as nothing, ſeeing he hath vigilant enemies, who goe about …
    With rule
    … foreſaid perfection: as knowing that vnleſſe hee clothes and armes himſelfe fully at all poyntspoints, all is as good as nothing, ſeeing he hath vigilant enemies, who goe about …

    Robert Jenison · The Christians Apparelling · p. 446 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … true Church, and neuer had ſo much as a ſuſpition of error in fundamentall poyntspoints of religion; and in putrid pamphlets ſet forth by their autority they confirme the …
    With rule
    … true Church, and neuer had ſo much as a ſuſpition of error in fundamentall poyntspoints of religion; and in putrid pamphlets ſet forth by their autority they confirme the …

    John Bastwick · Answer to Exceptions Against His Litany Part 2 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … bi the spirite of God, nor renewed by the holy baptisme, but in all poyntspoints led captyue at the deuilles pleasure wt the affectes of the world, shoulde heare …
    With rule
    … bi the spirite of God, nor renewed by the holy baptisme, but in all poyntspoints led captyue at the deuilles pleasure wt the affectes of the world, shoulde heare …

    Thomas Becon · The Jewel of Joy · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … man be destroyed. Such is the negation, the denyall of the fundamentall and substantiall poyntspoints in Religion, it will eate, it will frett and weare them all away, and …
    With rule
    … man be destroyed. Such is the negation, the denyall of the fundamentall and substantiall poyntspoints in Religion, it will eate, it will frett and weare them all away, and …

    Thomas Bedford · The Sin Unto Death · p. 32 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … into a very Sabbath-worke. I binde not man in a Mathematicall manner to poyntspoints of Physicall necessity. And therefore, if it stand for the conveniencie of Man, and …
    With rule
    … into a very Sabbath-worke. I binde not man in a Mathematicall manner to poyntspoints of Physicall necessity. And therefore, if it stand for the conveniencie of Man, and …

    William Pemble · The Period of the Persian Monarchy · p. 65 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … same their Bishop, a like bishoply church, which least should not be in al poyntspoints correspondent to her owne head, must bee such, as may glitter and shine in …
    With rule
    … same their Bishop, a like bishoply church, which least should not be in al poyntspoints correspondent to her owne head, must bee such, as may glitter and shine in …

    John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    The poyntspoints, you see, lie as readie for our discourse, as the way did from Bethanie …
    With rule
    The poyntspoints, you see, lie as readie for our discourse, as the way did from Bethanie …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 162 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (34)

22 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 19 are listed here. 12 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted A01042

  • Printed
    The Church of CHRIST, must bee a Companie, keeping Vnitie, in all PoyntsPoints.
    With rule
    The Church of CHRIST, must bee a Companie, keeping Vnitie, in all PoyntsPoints.

    Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 91 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    But, onlie, of all Companies, the Church of Rome, keepeth Vnitie, in all PoyntsPoints.
    With rule
    But, onlie, of all Companies, the Church of Rome, keepeth Vnitie, in all PoyntsPoints.

    Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 91 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … for the Proposition, though you shold modifie your indefinite, all PoyntsPoints, to definitlie, all PoyntsPoints, of Trueth: yet hath it in-folded a deepe Deceit. For, if it bee …
    With rule
    … for the Proposition, though you shold modifie your indefinite, all PoyntsPoints, to definitlie, all PoyntsPoints, of Trueth: yet hath it in-folded a deepe Deceit. For, if it bee …

    Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 91 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Poet's Proposition, absolutelie affirmed, is false; even when hee hath modified his indefinite, All PoyntsPoints, to all PoyntsPoints, of Trueth.
    With rule
    … Poet's Proposition, absolutelie affirmed, is false; even when hee hath modified his indefinite, All PoyntsPoints, to all PoyntsPoints, of Trueth.

    Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 91 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … humurouslie, and vnnecessarilie, the Peace of the Church) I affirme, that no such materiall PoyntsPoints are in differ betwixt vs, in common, wherefore, wee, both, may not, and ought …
    With rule
    … humurouslie, and vnnecessarilie, the Peace of the Church) I affirme, that no such materiall PoyntsPoints are in differ betwixt vs, in common, wherefore, wee, both, may not, and ought …

    Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 93 · Open in the reader

Exercitations Divine A14907

  • Printed
    But they who maintaine that the PoyntsPoints were from Object. the beginning, ſay, that this reaſon holdeth not; for the names …
    With rule
    But they who maintaine that the PoyntsPoints were from Object. the beginning, ſay, that this reaſon holdeth not; for the names …

    John Weemes · Exercitations Divine · p. 125 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … The difference of their reading aroſe from this; becauſe the Hebrew Text wanted the PoyntsPoints. Example, Gen. 47. 31. and Iſrael bowed himſelfe, gnal roſh hamitta, upon bis beds head. But …
    With rule
    … The difference of their reading aroſe from this; becauſe the Hebrew Text wanted the PoyntsPoints. Example, Gen. 47. 31. and Iſrael bowed himſelfe, gnal roſh hamitta, upon bis beds head. But …

    John Weemes · Exercitations Divine · p. 125 · Open in the reader

The History of the Worthies of England A40672

  • Printed
    … ut prius 6 Joh. Huggford, at. 7 Joh. Newton, ar 8 Joh. Grivel, mil. ut prius 9 Rob. PoyntsPoints, mil. ut prius 10 Joh. Cassy, arm. Arg. a Cheveron betwixt three Griffons heads erased …
    With rule
    … ut prius 6 Joh. Huggford, at. 7 Joh. Newton, ar 8 Joh. Grivel, mil. ut prius 9 Rob. PoyntsPoints, mil. ut prius 10 Joh. Cassy, arm. Arg. a Cheveron betwixt three Griffons heads erased …

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 366 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Anno 1 Alex. Baynam. ut prius 2 Joh. Hudleston, ar. 3 Will. Berkley, m. ut prius 3 & Rob. PoyntsPoints. ut prius HEN. VII. Anno 1 Rob. Poyntz, mil, ut prius 2 Joh. St. Low, mil …
    With rule
    … Anno 1 Alex. Baynam. ut prius 2 Joh. Hudleston, ar. 3 Will. Berkley, m. ut prius 3 & Rob. PoyntsPoints. ut prius HEN. VII. Anno 1 Rob. Poyntz, mil, ut prius 2 Joh. St. Low, mil …

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 366 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … mil. ut prius 10 Edw. Berkley. mil. ut prius 11 Joh. Whitington, a ut prius 12 Rob. PoyntsPoints, mil. ut prius 13 Rich. Pole, ar. ut prius 14 Alex. Baynam, mil. ut prius 15 Egidius …
    With rule
    … mil. ut prius 10 Edw. Berkley. mil. ut prius 11 Joh. Whitington, a ut prius 12 Rob. PoyntsPoints, mil. ut prius 13 Rich. Pole, ar. ut prius 14 Alex. Baynam, mil. ut prius 15 Egidius …

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 366 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Alex. Baynam, mil. ut prius 15 Egidius Brugge, m. ut prius 16 Joh. Huddleston, m. 17 Rob. PoyntsPoints, mil. ut prius 18 Alex. Bay nam, mil. ut prius 19 Idem. ut prius 20 Egidius Genel …
    With rule
    … Alex. Baynam, mil. ut prius 15 Egidius Brugge, m. ut prius 16 Joh. Huddleston, m. 17 Rob. PoyntsPoints, mil. ut prius 18 Alex. Bay nam, mil. ut prius 19 Idem. ut prius 20 Egidius Genel …

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 366 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Palmer, ar. 9 Wil. Hungerford, ar ut prius 10 Rob. Brane, ar. ut pr…us 11 Nich. PoyntsPoints, mil. ut prius 12 Rich. Baynam, ar. ut prius 13 Tho. Smith, ar. 14 Ioh. Bigford, ar …
    With rule
    … Palmer, ar. 9 Wil. Hungerford, ar ut prius 10 Rob. Brane, ar. ut pr…us 11 Nich. PoyntsPoints, mil. ut prius 12 Rich. Baynam, ar. ut prius 13 Tho. Smith, ar. 14 Ioh. Bigford, ar …

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 366 · Open in the reader

The Novelty of Popery Discovered A42313

  • Printed
    The PoyntsPoints are these that follow.
    With rule
    The PoyntsPoints are these that follow.

    William Guild · The Novelty of Popery Discovered · p. 9 · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Laws of Moses A73378

  • Printed
    Object. But they who maintaine that the PoyntsPoints were from the beginning, ſay, that this reaſon holdeth not; for the names of …
    With rule
    Object. But they who maintaine that the PoyntsPoints were from the beginning, ſay, that this reaſon holdeth not; for the names of …

    John Weemes · Exposition of the Laws of Moses · p. 125 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … The difference of their reading aroſe from this; becauſe the Hebrew Text wanted the PoyntsPoints. Example, Gen. 47.31. and Iſrael bowed himſelfe, gnal roſh hamitta, upon his beds head. But …
    With rule
    … The difference of their reading aroſe from this; becauſe the Hebrew Text wanted the PoyntsPoints. Example, Gen. 47.31. and Iſrael bowed himſelfe, gnal roſh hamitta, upon his beds head. But …

    John Weemes · Exposition of the Laws of Moses · p. 125 · Open in the reader

A Sincere Believer Comforted and Encouraged A81485

  • Printed
    The Text divided and PoyntsPoints raiſed. Page 155, 156
    With rule
    The Text divided and PoyntsPoints raiſed. Page 155, 156

    Robert Dingley · A Sincere Believer Comforted and Encouraged · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Two PoyntsPoints raiſed from the Coherence.
    With rule
    Two PoyntsPoints raiſed from the Coherence.

    Robert Dingley · A Sincere Believer Comforted and Encouraged · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    So that the main PoyntsPoints are foure. Doctrines. 4
    With rule
    So that the main PoyntsPoints are foure. Doctrines. 4

    Robert Dingley · A Sincere Believer Comforted and Encouraged · p. 156 · Open in the reader

The Figless Fig Tree A91944

  • Printed
    … be of the ſame mind and Judgment, at leaſt in all fundamental and neceſſary PoyntsPoints, Gal. 1.8, 9. If any other preach any other Goſpel then that which you have received …
    With rule
    … be of the ſame mind and Judgment, at leaſt in all fundamental and neceſſary PoyntsPoints, Gal. 1.8, 9. If any other preach any other Goſpel then that which you have received …

    Nehemiah Rogers · The Figless Fig Tree · p. 173 · Open in the reader