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ʋsurerUsurer

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

Puritas changed it
53 times in 16 works
Consistency
100% (53 of 53)
Reach if approved
~56 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
53 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (53 changes in 16 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 53)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … name of Vsury is detested of thee, and thou hatest to be called an ƲsurerUsurer. Take heed then, that by thy taking of pawnes, thou become not one of …
    With rule
    … name of Vsury is detested of thee, and thou hatest to be called an ƲsurerUsurer. Take heed then, that by thy taking of pawnes, thou become not one of …

    Sebastian Benefield · Twenty-One Sermons on Amos 2 · p. 168 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … the Lord) that is, to the poore with thee, thou shalt not be an ƲsurerUsurer vnto him; thou shalt not oppresse him with Ʋsurie. And againe. If thy brother …
    With rule
    … the Lord) that is, to the poore with thee, thou shalt not be an ƲsurerUsurer vnto him; thou shalt not oppresse him with Ʋsurie. And againe. If thy brother …

    William Ward · A Sinners Indictment · p. 65 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … better men. I have left that undetermined, whether God or man ſhould puniſh the ƲſurerUsurer, but have expreſſed all that the Law forbids in this caſe: which was to …
    With rule
    … better men. I have left that undetermined, whether God or man ſhould puniſh the ƲſurerUsurer, but have expreſſed all that the Law forbids in this caſe: which was to …

    Simon Patrick · The Book of Proverbs Paraphrased · p. 486 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … people that is poor by thee, thou ſhalt not be to him as an ƲſurerUsurer, nor an exacting Creditor, neither ſhalt thou lay upon him Ʋſury; that is, a …
    With rule
    … people that is poor by thee, thou ſhalt not be to him as an ƲſurerUsurer, nor an exacting Creditor, neither ſhalt thou lay upon him Ʋſury; that is, a …

    Samuel Cradock · The History of the Old Testament Methodized · p. 127 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … exerciſe of a bad Calling. The ſecond limb of this diviſion, which is an ƲſurerUsurer, is ſo guilty in his own conſcience of that bad opinion which the world …
    With rule
    … exerciſe of a bad Calling. The ſecond limb of this diviſion, which is an ƲſurerUsurer, is ſo guilty in his own conſcience of that bad opinion which the world …

    John Hacket · A Century of Sermons · p. 280 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … JEWS, And that all (Jewiſh) Ʋſurers might be known, the King commanded that every ƲſurerUsurer ſhould wear a Tablet on his breſt, the bredth of a paveline, or elſe …
    With rule
    … JEWS, And that all (Jewiſh) Ʋſurers might be known, the King commanded that every ƲſurerUsurer ſhould wear a Tablet on his breſt, the bredth of a paveline, or elſe …

    William Prynne · Demurrer to the Jews · p. 35 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … committed, and that ſometimes ſooner, ſometimes later: I had almoſt compared Conſcience to an ƲſurerUsurer, who though he long forbear his Money, when it is well ſecured, as by …
    With rule
    … committed, and that ſometimes ſooner, ſometimes later: I had almoſt compared Conſcience to an ƲſurerUsurer, who though he long forbear his Money, when it is well ſecured, as by …

    Samuel Rolle · Loyalty and Peace · p. 44 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … his glory, with the rich robes of Chriſts righteouſneſs; or the life of an ƲſurerUsurer, who whether hee ſleep or wake, his profit comes tumbling in, and hee hath …
    With rule
    … his glory, with the rich robes of Chriſts righteouſneſs; or the life of an ƲſurerUsurer, who whether hee ſleep or wake, his profit comes tumbling in, and hee hath …

    John Sheffeild · The Hypocrites Ladder · p. 67 · 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.