Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #476 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

perseuerepersevere

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

Puritas changed it: 921 times in 249 works
Consistency: 99.4% (921 of 926)
Reach if approved: ~973 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: persevere
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 926 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (921 changes in 249 works, 99.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 921)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… nothing else, but the continuance of the first worke begun, that a man may perseuerepersevere in grace to the ende.
With rule
… nothing else, but the continuance of the first worke begun, that a man may perseuerepersevere in grace to the ende.
William Perkins · Cases of Conscience Part 1 · p. 49 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to loue God when hee shewes him to be an enemie, and thus to perseuerepersevere vnto the ende.
With rule
… to loue God when hee shewes him to be an enemie, and thus to perseuerepersevere vnto the ende.
William Perkins · A Grain of Mustard Seed · p. 67 · Open in the reader
Printed
… longer continuance? or to what purpose might it serue afterwards? what? That they might perseuerepersevere still in sacrificing y^e blood of goates and lambes to the Lorde? And where …
With rule
… longer continuance? or to what purpose might it serue afterwards? what? That they might perseuerepersevere still in sacrificing y^e blood of goates and lambes to the Lorde? And where …
John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader
Printed
… dangerous, much lesse is it fearfull, vnlesse any be so wilful, that they do perseuerepersevere and continue in desperate refusing of all good meanes. Vnlesse they persevere I say …
With rule
… dangerous, much lesse is it fearfull, vnlesse any be so wilful, that they do perseuerepersevere and continue in desperate refusing of all good meanes. Vnlesse they persevere I say …
Richard Greenham · Propositions Containing Answers in Divers Spiritual Matters · Open in the reader
Printed
… him of the Royall Diado…. And when once he had it, he promiseth to perseuerepersevere in a godly course, till God should take him away, and till his cha …
With rule
… him of the Royall Diado…. And when once he had it, he promiseth to perseuerepersevere in a godly course, till God should take him away, and till his cha …
Robert Horne · The Christian Governor in the Commonwealth and Private Families · Open in the reader
Printed
… not with his truth. His word ſaith, I would haue thee come to life, & perſeuerepersevere in obeying me: this ſaith, I will not haue thee come to life, nor …
With rule
… not with his truth. His word ſaith, I would haue thee come to life, & perſeuerepersevere in obeying me: this ſaith, I will not haue thee come to life, nor …
Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Ephesians 1 · p. 257 · Open in the reader
Printed
… therefore he addeth moreouer an exhortation, whereby he stirreth vp him selfe constantly to perseuerepersevere in this knowledge of grace, and not to suffer him selfe by any meanes …
With rule
… therefore he addeth moreouer an exhortation, whereby he stirreth vp him selfe constantly to perseuerepersevere in this knowledge of grace, and not to suffer him selfe by any meanes …
Martin Luther · Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent · p. 229 · Open in the reader
Printed
… four Churches of Epheſus, Smyrna. Pergamus, & Thyatira, being in the former chapter admoniſhed to perſeuerepersevere in their wel doings, and amend their euill doings, our Sauiour in this chapter …
With rule
… four Churches of Epheſus, Smyrna. Pergamus, & Thyatira, being in the former chapter admoniſhed to perſeuerepersevere in their wel doings, and amend their euill doings, our Sauiour in this chapter …
John Napier · The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises · p. 91 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Whole Armor of God A01979

Printed
PerſeuerePersevere. 116
With rule
PerſeuerePersevere. 116
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · Open in the reader
Printed
How long we muſt PerſeuerePersevere. 497
With rule
How long we muſt PerſeuerePersevere. 497
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · Open in the reader
Printed
PerſeuerePersevere in prayer, ſee Perſeuerance.
With rule
PerſeuerePersevere in prayer, ſee Perſeuerance.
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · Open in the reader

Exposition of Colossians A21260

Printed
PerſeuerePersevere, and be inceſſant in making and offering vp to God by faith, in the …
With rule
PerſeuerePersevere, and be inceſſant in making and offering vp to God by faith, in the …
Edward Elton · Exposition of Colossians · p. 1226 · Open in the reader

Balm from Gilead B15555

Printed
… ascention, and exaltation at the right hand of God, to giue remission of sinnes. PerseuerePersevere vntill the Lord heareth: though Ioseph for a time seem harsh, and deale toughly …
With rule
… ascention, and exaltation at the right hand of God, to giue remission of sinnes. PerseuerePersevere vntill the Lord heareth: though Ioseph for a time seem harsh, and deale toughly …
Henry Roborough · Balm from Gilead · p. 158 · Open in the reader