Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50865 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

obediahObadiah

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

Puritas changed it: 54 times in 32 works
Consistency: 98.1% (54 of 55)
Reach if approved: ~58 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 55 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (54 changes in 32 works, 98.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 54)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the storme be over, Isa. 26. 20. In the storme raised by Ahab, he hath an ObediahObadiah to hide a 100 of them, a third part, from Iezabels rage. If Christ the …
With rule
… the storme be over, Isa. 26. 20. In the storme raised by Ahab, he hath an ObediahObadiah to hide a 100 of them, a third part, from Iezabels rage. If Christ the …
Thomas Taylor · Christs Victory Over the Dragon · p. 242 · Open in the reader
Printed
Chap. 6 Arke removed, 3. Vzzah, 7. ObediahObadiah bleſſed, 12. Arke to Sion, ibid. Michol ſcoffeth. 16. Barren, Verſ. 23.
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Chap. 6 Arke removed, 3. Vzzah, 7. ObediahObadiah bleſſed, 12. Arke to Sion, ibid. Michol ſcoffeth. 16. Barren, Verſ. 23.
Ezekiel Culverwell · A Ready Way to Remember the Scriptures · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
The beſt and Worſt Magiſtrate. By ObediahObadiah Sedgwick. A ſermon.
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The beſt and Worſt Magiſtrate. By ObediahObadiah Sedgwick. A ſermon.
Jeremiah Burroughs · The Excellency of Holy Courage in Evil Times · Open in the reader
Printed
… and Orations of his in Latine, set forth by Henry Jackson. 10 His Lectures upon ObediahObadiah in English with a Sermon of thanksgiving for the Queens Majesties deliverance from a …
With rule
… and Orations of his in Latine, set forth by Henry Jackson. 10 His Lectures upon ObediahObadiah in English with a Sermon of thanksgiving for the Queens Majesties deliverance from a …
Thomas Fuller · The Dead Yet Speaking · p. 491 · Open in the reader
Printed
The best and Worst Magistrate. By ObediahObadiah Sedgwick. A sermon.
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The best and Worst Magistrate. By ObediahObadiah Sedgwick. A sermon.
Stephen Marshall · Works Part 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… enemies are to looke for, as Chriſt foretells, Luke 19. 42. 43. Rom. 2. 8. Zepha. 2. 2. 8. 9. 10. Reuelat. 6. 17. and 20. 9. Pſalme. 110. 5. 6. ObediahObadiah verſ. 10.
With rule
… enemies are to looke for, as Chriſt foretells, Luke 19. 42. 43. Rom. 2. 8. Zepha. 2. 2. 8. 9. 10. Reuelat. 6. 17. and 20. 9. Pſalme. 110. 5. 6. ObediahObadiah verſ. 10.
Richard Bernard · Davids Music · p. 66 · Open in the reader
Printed
… was with Nebuchadnezzar and Darius, Dan. 2.48. & 6.3. Abedmelech was one in Zedechias Court, Ierem. 38.7. And ObediahObadiah, one fearing God was in Achabs house, 1. King. 18.3. Yet were they not left of …
With rule
… was with Nebuchadnezzar and Darius, Dan. 2.48. & 6.3. Abedmelech was one in Zedechias Court, Ierem. 38.7. And ObediahObadiah, one fearing God was in Achabs house, 1. King. 18.3. Yet were they not left of …
Richard Bernard · A Staff of Comfort to Stay the Weak · p. 219 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for the word of the Prophets, the meſſengers of God to his people, Eſai 1. 1. ObediahObadiah 1. 1. where by viſion is meant prophecie, and viſion and prophecie both one, 2. Chron. 32. 32. Act …
With rule
… for the word of the Prophets, the meſſengers of God to his people, Eſai 1. 1. ObediahObadiah 1. 1. where by viſion is meant prophecie, and viſion and prophecie both one, 2. Chron. 32. 32. Act …
Richard Bernard · The Faithful Shepherd · p. 43 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 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.