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apostellApostle

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

Puritas changed it
53 times in 17 works
Consistency
91.3% (53 of 58)
Reach if approved
~61 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: apostle
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
58 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 17 works, 91.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 53)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … ouer, yet are wee deſirous not to runne beyond thoſe bounds of the holy ApoſtellApostle: I haue naught to accuſe my Nation of: and brethren ye haue not hurt …
    With rule
    … ouer, yet are wee deſirous not to runne beyond thoſe bounds of the holy ApoſtellApostle: I haue naught to accuſe my Nation of: and brethren ye haue not hurt …

    Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … the wycked harlott hath bewitched almooste the whole worlde? Dyd not Peter the true ApostellApostle of Christe, of whom this stinking strumpette beareth her selfe so high (but falsely …
    With rule
    … the wycked harlott hath bewitched almooste the whole worlde? Dyd not Peter the true ApostellApostle of Christe, of whom this stinking strumpette beareth her selfe so high (but falsely …

    Nicholas Ridley · A Piteous Lamentation of the Miserable Estate of the Church · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    And let them not obiecte againſt vs that ſayinge off the ApoſtellApostle that He that deſireth the office off a Biſhoppe deſireth a good thing, to …
    With rule
    And let them not obiecte againſt vs that ſayinge off the ApoſtellApostle that He that deſireth the office off a Biſhoppe deſireth a good thing, to …

    Walter Travers · Declaration of Ecclesiastical Discipline out of the Word of God · p. 33 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … is to no purpoſe where as the magiſtrate is a Chriſtian: nor did the ApoſtellApostle euer thinke to burthen the Elderſhipp with the hearing off ſuche meere ciuill cauſes …
    With rule
    … is to no purpoſe where as the magiſtrate is a Chriſtian: nor did the ApoſtellApostle euer thinke to burthen the Elderſhipp with the hearing off ſuche meere ciuill cauſes …

    William Whittingham · Brief Discourse of the Troubles at Frankfort · p. CCVIII · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … godly gentiles, and incoraging of the froward Iewes: by the doctryne of the ſame ApoſtellApostle. 2. Cor. 13. where he teachith that Mynyſters haue power to edifye, not to deſtroye: by …
    With rule
    … godly gentiles, and incoraging of the froward Iewes: by the doctryne of the ſame ApoſtellApostle. 2. Cor. 13. where he teachith that Mynyſters haue power to edifye, not to deſtroye: by …

    Martin Bucer · Woe to the World Because of Offenses · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … and lyghtneſſe. Theſe two things are to be marked in the words of the ApoſtellApostle: viz. that the firmenes of them who reſt vpon Chriſt muſte be vnmoueable: and …
    With rule
    … and lyghtneſſe. Theſe two things are to be marked in the words of the ApoſtellApostle: viz. that the firmenes of them who reſt vpon Chriſt muſte be vnmoueable: and …

    John Calvin · Commentary on Colossians · p. 37 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … the Goſpell by the preachinge off Thaddeus / ſente to kinge Agbarus by Thomas the ApoſtellApostle: off vvhom yt is vvritten / that he browght all to the knowledge of the …
    With rule
    … the Goſpell by the preachinge off Thaddeus / ſente to kinge Agbarus by Thomas the ApoſtellApostle: off vvhom yt is vvritten / that he browght all to the knowledge of the …

    Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 · p. CCXXXV · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … continuall & vnweried study. But it is worthy to be noted with what circumstances: the ApostellApostle commendeth this ther diligēce. First he sheweth that they fell vpō there faces before …
    With rule
    … continuall & vnweried study. But it is worthy to be noted with what circumstances: the ApostellApostle commendeth this ther diligēce. First he sheweth that they fell vpō there faces before …

    William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Historical Table of the Bible A06660

  • Printed
    … was called in to the nōbre of the diſciples. Iohn. i.e. Became an apoſtellApostle of Chriſte. Math. x.a. Deſyreth to ſee the father. Ioan. xiiij.a.
    With rule
    … was called in to the nōbre of the diſciples. Iohn. i.e. Became an apoſtellApostle of Chriſte. Math. x.a. Deſyreth to ſee the father. Ioan. xiiij.a.

    Henrich Bullinger · Historical Table of the Bible · Open in the reader