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rubricksRubrics

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

Puritas changed it
175 times in 82 works
Consistency
95.6% (175 of 183)
Reach if approved
~192 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: rubrics
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
183 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (175 changes in 82 works, 95.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 175)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … at the least, though they have no reaſonable cauſe to the contrary, as the RubricksRubrics enjoyne them. And may not your Sacred Majeſty then with as much wiſdom, honour …
    With rule
    … at the least, though they have no reaſonable cauſe to the contrary, as the RubricksRubrics enjoyne them. And may not your Sacred Majeſty then with as much wiſdom, honour …

    William Prynne · Why Some do Not Conform to Common Prayer · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … and when it shall be used. If he means by the new Law, the RubricksRubrics or practise of their Church, he saith true; for Incense is appointed to be …
    With rule
    … and when it shall be used. If he means by the new Law, the RubricksRubrics or practise of their Church, he saith true; for Incense is appointed to be …

    Edward Stillingfleet · Defense of the Discourse Concerning Idolatry in the Church of Rome · p. 242 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … do / that the Papists haue not so weake a reason for their Idolatrous liturgies / RubricksRubrics, & Canons. You say yt appeareth by all my Arguments / how meete a man I …
    With rule
    … do / that the Papists haue not so weake a reason for their Idolatrous liturgies / RubricksRubrics, & Canons. You say yt appeareth by all my Arguments / how meete a man I …

    John Greenwood · Answer to Giffords Defense of Read Prayers · p. 33 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … reforme your Canon. You muſt blot out al your croſſings, & the reſt of your RubricksRubrics: for Chriſt did vſe none of al thoſe things. Neither had he diſguiſed & halowed …
    With rule
    … reforme your Canon. You muſt blot out al your croſſings, & the reſt of your RubricksRubrics: for Chriſt did vſe none of al thoſe things. Neither had he diſguiſed & halowed …

    Robert Crowley · The Subtle Sophistry of Watsons Sermons before Queen Mary · p. 106 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … of all its faults are in the By-Offices, Baptism, Confirmation, and Burial, & the RubricksRubrics, which the Lords-Day common Worship is not concerned in, nor do the Congregation …
    With rule
    … of all its faults are in the By-Offices, Baptism, Confirmation, and Burial, & the RubricksRubrics, which the Lords-Day common Worship is not concerned in, nor do the Congregation …

    Richard Baxter · The English Nonconformity Under King Charles II and James II · p. 226 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    Beſides ſuch direction as is in thoſe Canons, other written RubricksRubrics were not needful. For the actual diſpoſing of the ſeverals in their proper place …
    With rule
    Beſides ſuch direction as is in thoſe Canons, other written RubricksRubrics were not needful. For the actual diſpoſing of the ſeverals in their proper place …

    David Clarkson · A Discourse Concerning Liturgies · p. 5 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … by more prudent men; the original Liturgies of both Jew and Chriſtian, were plain RubricksRubrics; Engliſh Directories for the method and order of preaching, reading, prayer, adminiſtrations of Sacraments …
    With rule
    … by more prudent men; the original Liturgies of both Jew and Chriſtian, were plain RubricksRubrics; Engliſh Directories for the method and order of preaching, reading, prayer, adminiſtrations of Sacraments …

    Giles Firmin · The Liturgical Considerator Considered · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … other Forms when he came into England, ſcrupled many things in our Liturgy and RubricksRubrics. Conf. at Hampton-Court.
    With rule
    … other Forms when he came into England, ſcrupled many things in our Liturgy and RubricksRubrics. Conf. at Hampton-Court.

    Philip Nye · Ecclesiastical Laws and Supremacy of the Kings of England · p. 37 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Altar of Damascus A17571

  • Printed
    … substance of the book, it is taken out of the Popes portuis, with some rubricksRubrics, and glosses of their own framing. The same matter which is conteined in the …
    With rule
    … substance of the book, it is taken out of the Popes portuis, with some rubricksRubrics, and glosses of their own framing. The same matter which is conteined in the …

    David Calderwood · The Altar of Damascus · p. 178 · Open in the reader

The Canterburians Self-Conviction A68103

  • Printed
    … the prieſts armes, except it be for making of large croſſes as the maſſe rubricksRubrics at this place doth direct, We do not underſtand: only we have heard before …
    With rule
    … the prieſts armes, except it be for making of large croſſes as the maſſe rubricksRubrics at this place doth direct, We do not underſtand: only we have heard before …

    Robert Baillie · The Canterburians Self-Conviction · p. 105 · Open in the reader

A Parallel Comparison of the Liturgy with the Mass Book A77473

  • Printed
    … acknowledged by Durand, Lib. 4. fol. 224. col. 2. yea, in the Roman pontifical there are ſundry rubricksRubrics ſpent upon it, among the reſt we have theſe words, fol. 224. col. 4. Si autem …
    With rule
    … acknowledged by Durand, Lib. 4. fol. 224. col. 2. yea, in the Roman pontifical there are ſundry rubricksRubrics ſpent upon it, among the reſt we have theſe words, fol. 224. col. 4. Si autem …

    Robert Baillie · A Parallel Comparison of the Liturgy with the Mass Book · p. 24 · Open in the reader

Reasons Showing the Necessity of Reformation of the Public A77860

  • Printed
    The RUBRICKSRUBRICS.
    With rule
    The RUBRICKSRUBRICS.

    Cornelius Burges · Reasons Showing the Necessity of Reformation of the Public · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    II. Of the RUBRICKSRUBRICS.
    With rule
    II. Of the RUBRICKSRUBRICS.

    Cornelius Burges · Reasons Showing the Necessity of Reformation of the Public · p. 22 · Open in the reader