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saboathSabbath

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

Puritas changed it
73 times in 30 works
Consistency
94.8% (73 of 77)
Reach if approved
~81 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
77 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (73 changes in 30 works, 94.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 73)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … chew the cud, drunkenneſſe would be as bitter as hell; ſwearing and ſecurity, and SaboathSabbath breaking, would be as bitter as wormwood; thou durſt not go on in them …
    With rule
    … chew the cud, drunkenneſſe would be as bitter as hell; ſwearing and ſecurity, and SaboathSabbath breaking, would be as bitter as wormwood; thou durſt not go on in them …

    William Fenner · Twenty-Nine Sermons · p. 5 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    4 The fourth generall and great ſinne is, Prophanation of the SaboathSabbath. A common ſinne euery where, and yet ſo great a ſinne, that where it …
    With rule
    4 The fourth generall and great ſinne is, Prophanation of the SaboathSabbath. A common ſinne euery where, and yet ſo great a ſinne, that where it …

    William Perkins · Exhortation to Repentance · p. 64 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … appointed miniſters for the ſame, and the reading of the law with preaching euerie SaboathSabbath day: in the goſpell touching all ſuch thinges wee haue this rule: Let all …
    With rule
    … appointed miniſters for the ſame, and the reading of the law with preaching euerie SaboathSabbath day: in the goſpell touching all ſuch thinges wee haue this rule: Let all …

    Josias Nichols · Abrahams Faith · p. 8 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … walke in the waies of the Lorde: If heretofore thou hast prophaned the Lords SaboathSabbath, remember that henceforth thou sanctifie it: If thou hast beene a Blasphemer of the …
    With rule
    … walke in the waies of the Lorde: If heretofore thou hast prophaned the Lords SaboathSabbath, remember that henceforth thou sanctifie it: If thou hast beene a Blasphemer of the …

    Henry Smith · The Layers Question · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … voice speaketh: for we call men from swearing, lying, couetousnes which is idolatrie, from SaboathSabbath breaking, intemperance, drinkings, and vncleannes; but mens hearts speake by their liues; we will …
    With rule
    … voice speaketh: for we call men from swearing, lying, couetousnes which is idolatrie, from SaboathSabbath breaking, intemperance, drinkings, and vncleannes; but mens hearts speake by their liues; we will …

    Thomas Taylor · Commentary on Titus · p. 599 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … charge, of bare reading, of quarterly, or monethly, yea, or of once on the SaboathSabbath preaching onely, as if that were fully sufficient, without endeauoring or desiring any more …
    With rule
    … charge, of bare reading, of quarterly, or monethly, yea, or of once on the SaboathSabbath preaching onely, as if that were fully sufficient, without endeauoring or desiring any more …

    Samuel Ward · A Coal from the Altar to Kindle the Holy Fire of Zeal · p. 61 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … his glory, to whom they owe themſelves, and as the Apoſtle… kept the Iewiſh SaboathSabbath, to gaine them by the opportunit… r…tie of the day. They kept alſo …
    With rule
    … his glory, to whom they owe themſelves, and as the Apoſtle… kept the Iewiſh SaboathSabbath, to gaine them by the opportunit… r…tie of the day. They kept alſo …

    John Yates · The Honor of Gods House · p. 57 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … before Eaſter, to day is the paſſion of Ieſus Chriſt; and when vpon the SaboathSabbath we ſay, to day is the reſurrection of Ieſus Chriſt; not that it is …
    With rule
    … before Eaſter, to day is the paſſion of Ieſus Chriſt; and when vpon the SaboathSabbath we ſay, to day is the reſurrection of Ieſus Chriſt; not that it is …

    Pierre du Moulin Sr · A Defense of the Catholic Faith · p. 242 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Commentary on Titus A13535

  • Printed
    … neuer see hurt in giuing their seruants and children libertie, to goe on the saboathSabbath and doe what they list, and themselues may with good companie play and passe …
    With rule
    … neuer see hurt in giuing their seruants and children libertie, to goe on the saboathSabbath and doe what they list, and themselues may with good companie play and passe …

    Thomas Taylor · Commentary on Titus · p. 475 · Open in the reader

The Marginal Notes of the Popish Testament Translated Into English A15622

  • Printed
    That is the first day of the weeke as some interprete it, taking saboathSabbath (as somtime it is) for a weeke. This is our Sunday, called dies dominica …
    With rule
    That is the first day of the weeke as some interprete it, taking saboathSabbath (as somtime it is) for a weeke. This is our Sunday, called dies dominica …

    Clergy George Wither · The Marginal Notes of the Popish Testament Translated Into English · p. 112 · Open in the reader

Exhortation to Repentance A73023

  • Printed
    … feare of God, nor any true grace in them: for the keeping of the ſaboathSabbath, is the maintaining, increaſing, and publiſhing of religion.
    With rule
    … feare of God, nor any true grace in them: for the keeping of the ſaboathSabbath, is the maintaining, increaſing, and publiſhing of religion.

    William Perkins · Exhortation to Repentance · p. 64 · Open in the reader