Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50636 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

shepardShepherd

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

Puritas changed it: 112 times in 68 works
Consistency: 79.4% (112 of 141)
Reach if approved: ~148 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: shepherd
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 141 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (112 changes in 68 works, 79.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 112)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… be admitted for compagnions off his ſeruantes: as if my lord biſhop onely were ShepardShepherd ouer the people / and al the reſt were Swinardes. I omitt that ſome of …
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… be admitted for compagnions off his ſeruantes: as if my lord biſhop onely were ShepardShepherd ouer the people / and al the reſt were Swinardes. I omitt that ſome of …
Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 · p. DCLIIII · Open in the reader
Printed
… he had never before converſed; and did there Diſcourſe what had paſt betwixt Mr. ShepardShepherd and him; and particularly, about remitting of Money to the ſaid Earl from England …
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… he had never before converſed; and did there Diſcourſe what had paſt betwixt Mr. ShepardShepherd and him; and particularly, about remitting of Money to the ſaid Earl from England …
William Carstares · A Full Discovery of the Late Fanatical Plot in Scotland · Open in the reader
Printed
… ordinary diſpenſation only a Shepardly Office act, Math▪ 28.19. The Reaſon of the Conſequence is, ShepardShepherd and Flock are Relatives, and Relatorum mutuu…eſt ambitus. The walk of Relates is …
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… ordinary diſpenſation only a Shepardly Office act, Math▪ 28.19. The Reaſon of the Conſequence is, ShepardShepherd and Flock are Relatives, and Relatorum mutuu…eſt ambitus. The walk of Relates is …
Increase Mather · Concerning Baptism and Communion of Churches in New England · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
Mr. ShepardShepherd in his firſt part of the Parable of the Virgins, page 166. Who ſeeth not …
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Mr. ShepardShepherd in his firſt part of the Parable of the Virgins, page 166. Who ſeeth not …
John Oxenbridge · New England Freemen Warned and Warmed · Open in the reader
Printed
And what is this but (as Mr. ShepardShepherd rightly calls it) a bramble faith, which indeed layes hold upon Chriſt, but as …
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And what is this but (as Mr. ShepardShepherd rightly calls it) a bramble faith, which indeed layes hold upon Chriſt, but as …
William Trevethick · Funeral Sermon for Robert Rolle · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
… other Sabbath-exerciſes; that had been but a faint devotion, will ſome ſay, Mr. ShepardShepherd anſwers it well. Breaking of bread is here put Synecdochically, the part for the …
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… other Sabbath-exerciſes; that had been but a faint devotion, will ſome ſay, Mr. ShepardShepherd anſwers it well. Breaking of bread is here put Synecdochically, the part for the …
Edmund Warren · The Jews Sabbath Antiquated and the Lords Day Instituted · p. 201 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in Excels…s, by Symmachus, 508. At last came the Host in, about 106…. Thus Mr. ShepardShepherd concerning the Original of the Mass and Common-Prayer. Yea, such a Popish piece …
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… in Excels…s, by Symmachus, 508. At last came the Host in, about 106…. Thus Mr. ShepardShepherd concerning the Original of the Mass and Common-Prayer. Yea, such a Popish piece …
Samuel Mather · Against Idolatry and Superstition · Open in the reader
Printed
I Remain Your Devoted Servant Jeremiah ShepardShepherd.
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I Remain Your Devoted Servant Jeremiah ShepardShepherd.
Jeremiah Shepard · Gods Conduct of His Church Through the Wilderness · p. 2 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (29)

10 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 19 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Defense of the Answer Made Unto Nine Questions A23641

Printed
THO. SHEPARDSHEPHERD.
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THO. SHEPARDSHEPHERD.
John Allin · A Defense of the Answer Made Unto Nine Questions · p. 25 · Open in the reader

Church Membership of Children and their Right to Baptism A59660

Printed
… Friend of the AVTHOR, and many Yeares agoe written touching that subject; By THOMAS SHEPARDSHEPHERD, somtimes Pastor of the Church of Christ at Cambridg in New-England. Published … the …
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… Friend of the AVTHOR, and many Yeares agoe written touching that subject; By THOMAS SHEPARDSHEPHERD, somtimes Pastor of the Church of Christ at Cambridg in New-England. Published … the …
Thomas Shepard · Church Membership of Children and their Right to Baptism · Open in the reader
Printed
II. THOMAS SHEPARDSHEPHERD. Anagr: ô a map's thresh'd.
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II. THOMAS SHEPARDSHEPHERD. Anagr: ô a map's thresh'd.
Thomas Shepard · Church Membership of Children and their Right to Baptism · Open in the reader
Printed
III. THOMAS SHEPARDSHEPHERD Anagr: More hath po…s'd.
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III. THOMAS SHEPARDSHEPHERD Anagr: More hath po…s'd.
Thomas Shepard · Church Membership of Children and their Right to Baptism · Open in the reader
Printed
IIII. THOMAS SHEPARDSHEPHERD Anagr: Arm'd as the Shop.
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IIII. THOMAS SHEPARDSHEPHERD Anagr: Arm'd as the Shop.
Thomas Shepard · Church Membership of Children and their Right to Baptism · Open in the reader

The Parable of the Ten Virgins A59665

Printed
BY THOMAS SHEPARDSHEPHERD late Worthy and Faithfull Pastor of the Church of Christ at Cambridge in NEW …
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BY THOMAS SHEPARDSHEPHERD late Worthy and Faithfull Pastor of the Church of Christ at Cambridge in NEW …
Thomas Shepard · The Parable of the Ten Virgins · Open in the reader

The Sound Believer A59685

Printed
By THO: SHEPARDSHEPHERD, sometimes of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge, Now Preacher of Gods Word in NEW-ENGLAND.
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By THO: SHEPARDSHEPHERD, sometimes of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge, Now Preacher of Gods Word in NEW-ENGLAND.
Thomas Shepard · The Sound Believer · Open in the reader

Elegy Upon the Death of Reverend Thomas Shepherd B09610

Printed
AN ELEGIE UPON The Death of the Reverend Mr. THOMAS SHEPARDSHEPHERD, Late Teacher of the Church at Charlstown in New-England:
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AN ELEGIE UPON The Death of the Reverend Mr. THOMAS SHEPARDSHEPHERD, Late Teacher of the Church at Charlstown in New-England:
Urian Oakes · Elegy Upon the Death of Reverend Thomas Shepherd · Open in the reader
Printed
… Reverend, Learned, Eminently Pious, and Singularly Accompliſhed Divine, my ever Honoured BROTHER Mr. THOMAS SHEPARDSHEPHERD, The late Faithful and Worthy Teacher of the Church of Chriſt at Charlſtown in …
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… Reverend, Learned, Eminently Pious, and Singularly Accompliſhed Divine, my ever Honoured BROTHER Mr. THOMAS SHEPARDSHEPHERD, The late Faithful and Worthy Teacher of the Church of Chriſt at Charlſtown in …
Urian Oakes · Elegy Upon the Death of Reverend Thomas Shepherd · p. 3 · Open in the reader

Gods Conduct of His Church Through the Wilderness N01500

Printed
By JEREMIAH SHEPARDSHEPHERD, A. M. Paſtor of the Church of Lynn.
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By JEREMIAH SHEPARDSHEPHERD, A. M. Paſtor of the Church of Lynn.
Jeremiah Shepard · Gods Conduct of His Church Through the Wilderness · Open in the reader