Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #481 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

seuersever

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

Puritas changed it: 437 times in 189 works
Consistency: 98.2% (437 of 445)
Reach if approved: ~468 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: sever
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 445 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (437 changes in 189 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 437)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Ʋſe 1 This Queſtion vnderſtandingly anſwered, doth ſeuersever vs and Papiſts. Why can we not helpe our ſelues? we ſay becauſe wee …
With rule
Ʋſe 1 This Queſtion vnderſtandingly anſwered, doth ſeuersever vs and Papiſts. Why can we not helpe our ſelues? we ſay becauſe wee …
Paul Baynes · A Help to True Happiness · p. 84 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be ſaued; thus ioyning them together, ſo that it is vnlawfull for any to ſeuersever them. Baptiſme is then perfect and ſalutiferous when the conſcience is baptized, there being …
With rule
… be ſaued; thus ioyning them together, ſo that it is vnlawfull for any to ſeuersever them. Baptiſme is then perfect and ſalutiferous when the conſcience is baptized, there being …
John Mayer · Exposition on the Catholic Epistles · p. 114 · Open in the reader
Printed
… made to sit together in heauenly places in Christ Iesus, Eph. 2.5.6. Naturall death may seuersever soule & body for a time: but it can neuer hinder the fruition of eternall …
With rule
… made to sit together in heauenly places in Christ Iesus, Eph. 2.5.6. Naturall death may seuersever soule & body for a time: but it can neuer hinder the fruition of eternall …
William Perkins · A Cloud of Faithful Witnesses · p. 544 · Open in the reader
Printed
… onely (to weet) in the floore of the Church, to take the fanne, and seuersever the chaffe from the wheat. The elect are the first borne, whose names are …
With rule
… onely (to weet) in the floore of the Church, to take the fanne, and seuersever the chaffe from the wheat. The elect are the first borne, whose names are …
Daniel Featley · The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net · Open in the reader
Printed
… to wit, to fauour him that hath the better right in this, as to seuersever the innocent from the nocent in that. How far forth the place produced proueth …
With rule
… to wit, to fauour him that hath the better right in this, as to seuersever the innocent from the nocent in that. How far forth the place produced proueth …
Thomas Gataker · A Just Defense of Certain Passages · p. 173 · Open in the reader
Printed
They therefore who boaſt of their iuſtification and are not truely ſanctified, ſeuersever Gods purity from his mercy, and the vertue of Chriſts ſacrifice from the merit …
With rule
They therefore who boaſt of their iuſtification and are not truely ſanctified, ſeuersever Gods purity from his mercy, and the vertue of Chriſts ſacrifice from the merit …
William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 254 · Open in the reader
Printed
3 Magiſtrates may and ought to ſeuersever the ſound from the infected, and the infected from the ſound. pag. 5, 6, 7, 8.
With rule
3 Magiſtrates may and ought to ſeuersever the ſound from the infected, and the infected from the ſound. pag. 5, 6, 7, 8.
James Balmford · Concerning the Plagues Infection · Open in the reader
Printed
… commers to the Lords table, doe detract from the perfection of Chriſts body, and ſeuersever themſelues from the ſociety of his Church.
With rule
… commers to the Lords table, doe detract from the perfection of Chriſts body, and ſeuersever themſelues from the ſociety of his Church.
Robert Horne · Life and Death · Open in the reader

Read-only. Sign in as a reviewer to approve or dismiss candidates.

Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians A11010

Printed
… ſhake it, if thou can ſhake God, then thou may ſhake our life euerlaſting. SeuerSever juſtice from him, and ſeuersever life from his owne, both are alyke; do the …
With rule
… ſhake it, if thou can ſhake God, then thou may ſhake our life euerlaſting. SeuerSever juſtice from him, and ſeuersever life from his owne, both are alyke; do the …
Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 17 · Open in the reader

Christs Combat and Conquest A13530

Printed
… ll, and the roote ouerturned, all the tree and branches come downe with it? SeuerSever a man from his faith, he tumbles in impietie and vnrighteousnes, hee is odious …
With rule
… ll, and the roote ouerturned, all the tree and branches come downe with it? SeuerSever a man from his faith, he tumbles in impietie and vnrighteousnes, hee is odious …
Thomas Taylor · Christs Combat and Conquest · p. 84 · Open in the reader

The Last Battle of the Soul A16539

Printed
… to saue man, set the print and stampe of thy mercie vpon this Soule. SeuerSever all his thoughts from all that is earthlie, whether it bee Life, Lands, Children …
With rule
… to saue man, set the print and stampe of thy mercie vpon this Soule. SeuerSever all his thoughts from all that is earthlie, whether it bee Life, Lands, Children …
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 96 · Open in the reader

A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 A18080

Printed
… the people. For yt had bene better for him to haue appoincted one as SeuerSever us did / vvithowte communicatinge the matter vnto them: then in communicatinge yt / to take …
With rule
… the people. For yt had bene better for him to haue appoincted one as SeuerSever us did / vvithowte communicatinge the matter vnto them: then in communicatinge yt / to take …
Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 · p. CCLXXVIII · Open in the reader