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peruertingperverting

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

Puritas changed it
356 times in 195 works
Consistency
98.0% (356 of 363)
Reach if approved
~381 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: perverting
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
363 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (356 changes in 195 works, 98.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 356)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … that so they may all stand together without crossing or contradicting one another, or peruertingperverting and corrupting the true sense, scope, and meaning one of the other. Now if …
    With rule
    … that so they may all stand together without crossing or contradicting one another, or peruertingperverting and corrupting the true sense, scope, and meaning one of the other. Now if …

    William Prynne · The Perpetuity of a Regenerate Mans Estate · p. 66 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … plainelie, and at greater length. The Iewes ſay (Luke 23.2,) Wee haue founde this man peruertingperverting the people, and forbidding the people to paye tribute to Caeſar, ſaying, he is …
    With rule
    … plainelie, and at greater length. The Iewes ſay (Luke 23.2,) Wee haue founde this man peruertingperverting the people, and forbidding the people to paye tribute to Caeſar, ſaying, he is …

    Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 51 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … should either be so ignoraunt in the Arte of reasoning, or so impudent in peruertingperverting a good reason, that a very Childe might reproue, either the one or the …
    With rule
    … should either be so ignoraunt in the Arte of reasoning, or so impudent in peruertingperverting a good reason, that a very Childe might reproue, either the one or the …

    William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 221 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … their folly in prouing to their faces, that they cauill too much for the peruertingperverting of the Sabbath, seeing they are driuen to reprehend that in others, which they …
    With rule
    … their folly in prouing to their faces, that they cauill too much for the peruertingperverting of the Sabbath, seeing they are driuen to reprehend that in others, which they …

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 144 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … to fulfill our own luſts. Therfore take héed, that you be not guilty of peruertingperverting the ordinance of the Lord, of taking the name of God in vaine, & of …
    With rule
    … to fulfill our own luſts. Therfore take héed, that you be not guilty of peruertingperverting the ordinance of the Lord, of taking the name of God in vaine, & of …

    James Balmford · To the Major Aldermen · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … pitch doth polute theyr handes that … with it: so brybes wyll bryng you to peruertingperverting of iustyce. Beware of pytch, you iudges of the world, brybes wyl make you …
    With rule
    … pitch doth polute theyr handes that … with it: so brybes wyll bryng you to peruertingperverting of iustyce. Beware of pytch, you iudges of the world, brybes wyl make you …

    Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · p. 64 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … vnpoſſible that any innouations, or alterations in kingdomes and common wealths, can hapen without peruertingperverting, moleſting or general confounding of al things, it muſt neceſſarily folow that not only …
    With rule
    … vnpoſſible that any innouations, or alterations in kingdomes and common wealths, can hapen without peruertingperverting, moleſting or general confounding of al things, it muſt neceſſarily folow that not only …

    Phillips Marnix · An Exhortation Concerning the Estate of Christendom · p. 3 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … yet it hindred not the meritoriousnes of the worke, with such other fond imaginations peruertingperverting the simplicity of the Trueth. But first they are not agreed among themselues whether …
    With rule
    … yet it hindred not the meritoriousnes of the worke, with such other fond imaginations peruertingperverting the simplicity of the Trueth. But first they are not agreed among themselues whether …

    William Pemble · Of Justification By Faith · p. 213 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

6 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.

The Tree of Good and Evil A02039

  • Printed
    XXIIII. PeruertingPerverting of iuſtice in Courts for filthy lucre: Deut. 16. 18. Pro. 21. 7. Eſay 1. 23.
    With rule
    XXIIII. PeruertingPerverting of iuſtice in Courts for filthy lucre: Deut. 16. 18. Pro. 21. 7. Eſay 1. 23.

    Thomas Granger · The Tree of Good and Evil · p. 55 · Open in the reader

Plain Evidences the Church of England is Apostolical A09265

  • Printed
    … I had miſtaken any place, hee may not doe wickedly, becauſe others doe ill. PeruertingPerverting of Scripture is great impietie againſt God: Is this a Doctor to aske ſuch …
    With rule
    … I had miſtaken any place, hee may not doe wickedly, becauſe others doe ill. PeruertingPerverting of Scripture is great impietie againſt God: Is this a Doctor to aske ſuch …

    Richard Bernard · Plain Evidences the Church of England is Apostolical · p. 58 · Open in the reader

Survey and Censure of Mr Cozens A10177

  • Printed
    … or Coyne be capitall: what shall the Treacherous, Scandalous, and Pernicious forging, Slandering, Sophisticating, PeruertingPerverting, Deprauing, and ruinating of the Religion, of such a Royall, and Religious Princesse as …
    With rule
    … or Coyne be capitall: what shall the Treacherous, Scandalous, and Pernicious forging, Slandering, Sophisticating, PeruertingPerverting, Deprauing, and ruinating of the Religion, of such a Royall, and Religious Princesse as …

    William Prynne · Survey and Censure of Mr Cozens · p. 46 · Open in the reader

Exposition of 2 Thessalonians A11588

  • Printed
    … of any ſort ſhould be giuen way vnto. Amongſt thoſe other ye may number, 1 PeruertingPerverting of Authentique Scriptures. 2 Miracles. 3 Apparition of the dead, with the like. The chiefe meanes …
    With rule
    … of any ſort ſhould be giuen way vnto. Amongſt thoſe other ye may number, 1 PeruertingPerverting of Authentique Scriptures. 2 Miracles. 3 Apparition of the dead, with the like. The chiefe meanes …

    William Sclater · Exposition of 2 Thessalonians · p. 99 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    4 Meditation of their ſingular effects. 1 PeruertingPerverting ſinnes. 2 Reducing from ſinne. 3 Mortifying it in our members. 4 Making knowne grace ſecret. 5 Quickning …
    With rule
    4 Meditation of their ſingular effects. 1 PeruertingPerverting ſinnes. 2 Reducing from ſinne. 3 Mortifying it in our members. 4 Making knowne grace ſecret. 5 Quickning …

    William Sclater · Exposition of 2 Thessalonians · p. 248 · Open in the reader

Opening of the Ten Commandments A15011

  • Printed
    3. PeruertingPerverting his meaning.
    With rule
    3. PeruertingPerverting his meaning.

    William Whately · Opening of the Ten Commandments · p. 247 · Open in the reader