Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #504 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

obseruancesobservances

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

Puritas changed it: 79 times in 58 works
Consistency: 92.9% (79 of 85)
Reach if approved: ~89 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: observances
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 85 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (79 changes in 58 works, 92.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 79)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… not the leaſt piece of commendation to them. For they watch to keepe the obſeruancesobservances of men; but watchfulnes muſt bee vſed for the obeying of the commaundements of …
With rule
… not the leaſt piece of commendation to them. For they watch to keepe the obſeruancesobservances of men; but watchfulnes muſt bee vſed for the obeying of the commaundements of …
Richard Rogers · Seven Treatises · p. 231 · Open in the reader
Printed
… shalbe so many prouisoes, so many circumstances, so many exceptions, particles, & clauses, & so many obseruancesobservances, that it is hard for a poore ignorant man to kéep halfe of thē …
With rule
… shalbe so many prouisoes, so many circumstances, so many exceptions, particles, & clauses, & so many obseruancesobservances, that it is hard for a poore ignorant man to kéep halfe of thē …
Philip Stubbes · The Anatomy of Abuses Part 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
Argum. All these superstitious obseruancesobservances are cleane contrarie and repugnant to the institution of Christ. First, he sayth, Take …
With rule
Argum. All these superstitious obseruancesobservances are cleane contrarie and repugnant to the institution of Christ. First, he sayth, Take …
Andrew Willet · A General View of Papistry · p. 485 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Rome on the contrarie, hath almoſt all her Religion conſiſting in ſuch outward obſeruancesobservances, all her holyneſſe in a maner is contayned within theſe few precepts, Touch not …
With rule
… of Rome on the contrarie, hath almoſt all her Religion conſiſting in ſuch outward obſeruancesobservances, all her holyneſſe in a maner is contayned within theſe few precepts, Touch not …
Francis Bunny · The Ancient Faith of the Romans and the Romish Religion · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of tithes (g), Offerings, Contributions, &c. And ſhall wee thinke that all theſe outward obſeruancesobservances, are novv out of uſe, and that men in ſuch reſpects may publickly countenance …
With rule
… of tithes (g), Offerings, Contributions, &c. And ſhall wee thinke that all theſe outward obſeruancesobservances, are novv out of uſe, and that men in ſuch reſpects may publickly countenance …
John Canne · A Stay Against Straying · p. 104 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the worldlings, in theſe words, I pray not for the world. Wherin note three obſeruancesobservances. 1. The perſon I. 2. The exception, I pray not. 3. The deſignation, for the world. Firſt …
With rule
… the worldlings, in theſe words, I pray not for the world. Wherin note three obſeruancesobservances. 1. The perſon I. 2. The exception, I pray not. 3. The deſignation, for the world. Firſt …
William Loe · The Joy of Jerusalem and Woe of the Worldlings · Open in the reader
Printed
… High Steward of Iſrael; Thoſe that are truly gratious cannot be niggardly of their obſeruancesobservances to the meſſengers of God.
With rule
… High Steward of Iſrael; Thoſe that are truly gratious cannot be niggardly of their obſeruancesobservances to the meſſengers of God.
Joseph Hall · History of the Old Testament Volume 7 · p. 165 · Open in the reader
Printed
… cannot bee without her borders and laces. On necessitie there must be some outward obseruancesobservances; but thus qualified. That they be for number few, for signification plaine, for obseruation …
With rule
… cannot bee without her borders and laces. On necessitie there must be some outward obseruancesobservances; but thus qualified. That they be for number few, for signification plaine, for obseruation …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 52 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

2 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.

The By-Way A72851

Printed
… this firſt part of the article, the reformed Churches doe ſubſcribe: but the other ObſeruancesObservances and Conſtitutions of the Church, which is the latter part of the Article, we …
With rule
… this firſt part of the article, the reformed Churches doe ſubſcribe: but the other ObſeruancesObservances and Conſtitutions of the Church, which is the latter part of the Article, we …
Humphrey Lynde · The By-Way · p. 330 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Article, we thinke it great reaſon to gaineſay: for vnder the pretence of (other ObſeruancesObservances) the Church of Rome doeth vphold her priuate Maſſe, her Latine Seruice, her halfe …
With rule
… Article, we thinke it great reaſon to gaineſay: for vnder the pretence of (other ObſeruancesObservances) the Church of Rome doeth vphold her priuate Maſſe, her Latine Seruice, her halfe …
Humphrey Lynde · The By-Way · p. 330 · Open in the reader