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kirkeChurch

Proper names whose form changes beyond mechanical spelling: Ionas → Jonah. Approve one at a time.

Puritas changed it: 527 times in 55 works
Consistency: 94.1% (527 of 560)
Reach if approved: ~604 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: kirk
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 575 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (527 changes in 55 works, 94.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 527)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… themſelues againſt our Kings authority, as though he had nothing to doe with the KirkeChurch. Looke into the carriage of our preciſians at home, and you ſhall find them …
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… themſelues againſt our Kings authority, as though he had nothing to doe with the KirkeChurch. Looke into the carriage of our preciſians at home, and you ſhall find them …
Anthony Wotton · Answer to a Popish Pamphlet · p. 54 · Open in the reader
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Howbeit we differed before from the KirkeChurch of France by our sitting, yet we do differ Further both from the KirkeChurch …
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Howbeit we differed before from the KirkeChurch of France by our sitting, yet we do differ Further both from the KirkeChurch …
David Calderwood · A Solution of Doctor Resolutus Resolutions for Kneeling · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
Radul. Stanley personae de KirkeChurch-Ireton
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Radul. Stanley personae de KirkeChurch-Ireton
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 240 · Open in the reader
Printed
… whole diſcipline and government of our KirkeChurch, by generall and provinciall Aſſemblies, Presbyteries, and KirkeChurch Seſſions, which was ſetled by Law, and in continuall practiſe ſince the time of …
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… whole diſcipline and government of our KirkeChurch, by generall and provinciall Aſſemblies, Presbyteries, and KirkeChurch Seſſions, which was ſetled by Law, and in continuall practiſe ſince the time of …
William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to vote whether it ſhould be ſent at all to the Commiſsioners of the KirkeChurch, it was reſolved in the negative: the Commiſsioners of War ſit daily to put …
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… to vote whether it ſhould be ſent at all to the Commiſsioners of the KirkeChurch, it was reſolved in the negative: the Commiſsioners of War ſit daily to put …
John Vicars · The Cause of All Our Troubles · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of this Language, for in Epiſcopall Government, you differ little leſſe from the ancient KirkeChurch, then from the Reformed, of whom yee were ſpeaking, for the ancient Presbyterie is …
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… of this Language, for in Epiſcopall Government, you differ little leſſe from the ancient KirkeChurch, then from the Reformed, of whom yee were ſpeaking, for the ancient Presbyterie is …
Robert Baillie · The Unlawfulness and Danger of Limited Episcopacy · p. 30 · Open in the reader
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… David the 2. the 12th chapter, is of Pilgranners; and chapter 42. For freedome of holy KirkeChurch. Not to mention all the ſtatutes made in the Parliaments of Scotland in times …
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… David the 2. the 12th chapter, is of Pilgranners; and chapter 42. For freedome of holy KirkeChurch. Not to mention all the ſtatutes made in the Parliaments of Scotland in times …
William Prynne · Truth Triumphing Over Falsehood · p. 88 · Open in the reader
Printed
… some Dauncer or Gambolder had displeased them at the Gamings and Showes in the KirkeChurch, or because some Malefactor had bin conueyed that way to the Gallowes. What a …
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… some Dauncer or Gambolder had displeased them at the Gamings and Showes in the KirkeChurch, or because some Malefactor had bin conueyed that way to the Gallowes. What a …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 397 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (33)

27 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 18 are listed here. 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ A11012

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… are ſtanding about Him: there are Gentiles, there are Jewes, and the falſe adulterous kirkeChurch, there are Prieſtes, Phariſes, Elders, blinde guides of the people, & a prophane multitude, enemies …
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… are ſtanding about Him: there are Gentiles, there are Jewes, and the falſe adulterous kirkeChurch, there are Prieſtes, Phariſes, Elders, blinde guides of the people, & a prophane multitude, enemies …
Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 214 · Open in the reader
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… neuer bitternes nor gal of heart like their bitternes, who wil cal thēſelues the kirkeChurch (they are a falſe & a deceiuing kirkeChurch) they haue not bene content to martyre …
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… neuer bitternes nor gal of heart like their bitternes, who wil cal thēſelues the kirkeChurch (they are a falſe & a deceiuing kirkeChurch) they haue not bene content to martyre …
Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 248 · Open in the reader
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… their bitternes, who wil cal thēſelues the kirkeChurch (they are a falſe & a deceiuing kirkeChurch) they haue not bene content to martyre the deare Saincts of God, (that bloody …
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… their bitternes, who wil cal thēſelues the kirkeChurch (they are a falſe & a deceiuing kirkeChurch) they haue not bene content to martyre the deare Saincts of God, (that bloody …
Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 248 · Open in the reader

Answer to a Popish Pamphlet A15733

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… iuſtly be ſuſpected, that they thinke the king hath nothing to do with the kirkeChurch, they haue gone beyond their bounds, and ſhall neuer haue eyther approbation, or excuſe …
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… iuſtly be ſuſpected, that they thinke the king hath nothing to do with the kirkeChurch, they haue gone beyond their bounds, and ſhall neuer haue eyther approbation, or excuſe …
Anthony Wotton · Answer to a Popish Pamphlet · p. 69 · Open in the reader

An Epistle Exhorting Another to Keep Himself Undefiled A17574

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… the Lord, there is no small number of religious and honest men in the kirkeChurch and common-weale, and the hearts of all are in the hands of the …
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… the Lord, there is no small number of religious and honest men in the kirkeChurch and common-weale, and the hearts of all are in the hands of the …
David Calderwood · An Epistle Exhorting Another to Keep Himself Undefiled · p. 1 · Open in the reader
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… that somtime solid body, and restraining the members thereof from their proper functions; the kirkeChurch-service, prayers, and other exercises, atled to a new mould, and as farre from …
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… that somtime solid body, and restraining the members thereof from their proper functions; the kirkeChurch-service, prayers, and other exercises, atled to a new mould, and as farre from …
David Calderwood · An Epistle Exhorting Another to Keep Himself Undefiled · p. 7 · Open in the reader
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… And this is the cause moving you to like the first condition of the kirkeChurch, and to refuse the novations introduced, as they are prejudiciall in part or in …
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… And this is the cause moving you to like the first condition of the kirkeChurch, and to refuse the novations introduced, as they are prejudiciall in part or in …
David Calderwood · An Epistle Exhorting Another to Keep Himself Undefiled · p. 7 · Open in the reader
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10 This service is recōmended to be continued in the kirkeChurch, and frequently used. For as often as yee shall eate this bread, and drinke …
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10 This service is recōmended to be continued in the kirkeChurch, and frequently used. For as often as yee shall eate this bread, and drinke …
David Calderwood · An Epistle Exhorting Another to Keep Himself Undefiled · p. 14 · Open in the reader
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… any other man, or societie of men, and rather the forme of our owne kirkeChurch observed since reformation, wherin yee haue gotten the comfort that ever yee had, or …
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… any other man, or societie of men, and rather the forme of our owne kirkeChurch observed since reformation, wherin yee haue gotten the comfort that ever yee had, or …
David Calderwood · An Epistle Exhorting Another to Keep Himself Undefiled · p. 20 · Open in the reader

A Solution of Doctor Resolutus Resolutions for Kneeling A17588

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… I sayd before, we are not to look to the formes of the anciēt kirkeChurch. For the very Papists themselves have thought shame of some of them, and the …
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… I sayd before, we are not to look to the formes of the anciēt kirkeChurch. For the very Papists themselves have thought shame of some of them, and the …
David Calderwood · A Solution of Doctor Resolutus Resolutions for Kneeling · p. 25 · Open in the reader

Answers to the Replies of Aberdeen A20388

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… Pent…st, for the solemne times of Baptisme, and the other of the Popish kirkeChurch, and other Kirks, not well purged of the dregs of Poperie; ministring Baptisme and …
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… Pent…st, for the solemne times of Baptisme, and the other of the Popish kirkeChurch, and other Kirks, not well purged of the dregs of Poperie; ministring Baptisme and …
Alexander Henderson · Answers to the Replies of Aberdeen · Open in the reader

Relation of the Sufferings of Ministers in Scotland Since 1660 A29746

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… which his own tabernacle should be framed, & that they would not bring into the kirkeChurch of God, the Ordinance of man, which hath been found the ground of much …
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… which his own tabernacle should be framed, & that they would not bring into the kirkeChurch of God, the Ordinance of man, which hath been found the ground of much …
John Brown · Relation of the Sufferings of Ministers in Scotland Since 1660 · p. 34 · Open in the reader
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… the kingdome of Scotland, as they are approven by the Generall assembly of this kirkeChurch, & Parliamet of this Kingdome. And that I shall give my royall assent to the …
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… the kingdome of Scotland, as they are approven by the Generall assembly of this kirkeChurch, & Parliamet of this Kingdome. And that I shall give my royall assent to the …
John Brown · Relation of the Sufferings of Ministers in Scotland Since 1660 · p. 65 · Open in the reader

The Antipathy of the English Lordly Prelacy A56127

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… being called and constitu…e quite contrary to the Order and constitutions of this kirkeChurch, received and practized ever since the reformation o… Religion, and withall labouring to introduce …
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… being called and constitu…e quite contrary to the Order and constitutions of this kirkeChurch, received and practized ever since the reformation o… Religion, and withall labouring to introduce …
William Prynne · The Antipathy of the English Lordly Prelacy · p. 356 · Open in the reader
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… obliges me never to exercise nor use the said pretended Office in the said kirkeChurch of Scotland, nor no power of Ordination, Jurisdiction, voyce in Parliament, neither any other …
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… obliges me never to exercise nor use the said pretended Office in the said kirkeChurch of Scotland, nor no power of Ordination, Jurisdiction, voyce in Parliament, neither any other …
William Prynne · The Antipathy of the English Lordly Prelacy · p. 357 · Open in the reader
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… of Faith, and therefore most justly ought to be removed out of this said kirkeChurch of Scotland, and the whole premises, I heartily acknowledge, as I will answer to …
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… of Faith, and therefore most justly ought to be removed out of this said kirkeChurch of Scotland, and the whole premises, I heartily acknowledge, as I will answer to …
William Prynne · The Antipathy of the English Lordly Prelacy · p. 357 · Open in the reader

Declaration Concerning the Late Tumults in Scotland A68707

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… the subsequent Act. 69. Parl. 6. K. James 6. declares, That there is no other face of kirkeChurch, nor other face of Religion, then was presently at that time, by the favour …
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… the subsequent Act. 69. Parl. 6. K. James 6. declares, That there is no other face of kirkeChurch, nor other face of Religion, then was presently at that time, by the favour …
Walter Balcanquhall · Declaration Concerning the Late Tumults in Scotland · p. 61 · Open in the reader
Printed
… our soveraigne Lord and his predecessors anent the freedome and liberty of the true kirkeChurch of God, are ratified and approved.
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… our soveraigne Lord and his predecessors anent the freedome and liberty of the true kirkeChurch of God, are ratified and approved.
Walter Balcanquhall · Declaration Concerning the Late Tumults in Scotland · p. 334 · Open in the reader