Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50807 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

beraeansBereans

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

Puritas changed it: 60 times in 49 works
Consistency: 100% (60 of 60)
Reach if approved: ~63 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 60 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (60 changes in 49 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 60)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… not ſatisfied this is truth, becauſe this, that man ſaith, but as the honourable BeraeansBereans ſearched the Scriptures about the things which even Saint Paul himſelfe delivered, ſo doe …
With rule
… not ſatisfied this is truth, becauſe this, that man ſaith, but as the honourable BeraeansBereans ſearched the Scriptures about the things which even Saint Paul himſelfe delivered, ſo doe …
Obadiah Sedgwick · Christs Counsel to His Languishing Church of Sardis · p. 238 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that Angels of Satan do ſometimes clothe themſelves with light. The prudence of the BeraeansBereans is praiſed by the Holy Ghoſt, who examined S. Paul's preaching, comparing what he …
With rule
… that Angels of Satan do ſometimes clothe themſelves with light. The prudence of the BeraeansBereans is praiſed by the Holy Ghoſt, who examined S. Paul's preaching, comparing what he …
Jean Daille · Forty-nine Sermons upon Colossians · p. 213 · Open in the reader
Printed
… so many myriads of words, single letters, tittles and stops, no more then the BeraeansBereans were, who searched the Scriptures given to them, without such excessive labour.
With rule
… so many myriads of words, single letters, tittles and stops, no more then the BeraeansBereans were, who searched the Scriptures given to them, without such excessive labour.
George Hughes · Sure Footing in Christianity · p. 86 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Instruction from them; but must have leave to examine all by Scripture, as the BeraeansBereans did the Doctrine even of Paul. Again, Beza is far from advising Ministers to …
With rule
… Instruction from them; but must have leave to examine all by Scripture, as the BeraeansBereans did the Doctrine even of Paul. Again, Beza is far from advising Ministers to …
Gilbert Rule · Defense of Non-Conformity · p. 65 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and to hold faſt that which is good. And the example of thoſe noble BeraeansBereans is commended unto us, Act. 17. 11, 12. that ſearched the Scriptures dayly, concerning thoſe things that …
With rule
… and to hold faſt that which is good. And the example of thoſe noble BeraeansBereans is commended unto us, Act. 17. 11, 12. that ſearched the Scriptures dayly, concerning thoſe things that …
Robert Bolton · The Saints Sure and Perpetual Guide · p. 186 · Open in the reader
Printed
… build our faith on humane, but on divine authority; we muſt imitate the noble BeraeansBereans, and daily ſearch the Scriptures, whether thoſe Doctrines that we heare, bee indeed the …
With rule
… build our faith on humane, but on divine authority; we muſt imitate the noble BeraeansBereans, and daily ſearch the Scriptures, whether thoſe Doctrines that we heare, bee indeed the …
Christopher Love · A Christians Duty and Safety in Evil Times · p. 79 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to reading, meditation and conference. Read and ſearch the Scripture, bring all with the BeraeansBereans to the touchſtone of the word. John Huſſe was converted by reading the Scripture …
With rule
… to reading, meditation and conference. Read and ſearch the Scripture, bring all with the BeraeansBereans to the touchſtone of the word. John Huſſe was converted by reading the Scripture …
Dean Henry Wilkinson · Three Decades of Sermons · p. 93 · Open in the reader
Printed
… word, it is becauſe there is no light in them. By this thoſe noble BeraeansBereans tried what they heard, receiuing the word with all readineſſe of mind, and ſearching …
With rule
… word, it is becauſe there is no light in them. By this thoſe noble BeraeansBereans tried what they heard, receiuing the word with all readineſſe of mind, and ſearching …
Robert Jenison · The Height of Israels Heathenish Idolatry · p. 145 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.