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ʋncertainUncertain

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

Puritas changed it
24 times in 23 works
Consistency
100% (24 of 24)
Reach if approved
~25 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
24 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (24 changes in 23 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 24)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … of their Sin and Damnation: which may be put in the Ballance againſt the ƲncertainUncertain Comforts of thoſe who have Children, abſtracting from that Conſolation, which ariſes from the …
    With rule
    … of their Sin and Damnation: which may be put in the Ballance againſt the ƲncertainUncertain Comforts of thoſe who have Children, abſtracting from that Conſolation, which ariſes from the …

    John Shower · Family Religion · p. 82 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … of the New Teſtament, or tend to make the number of the Canonical Books ƲncertainUncertain or Precarious.
    With rule
    … of the New Teſtament, or tend to make the number of the Canonical Books ƲncertainUncertain or Precarious.

    Samuel Clarke · Reflections on The Defense of Miltons Life · p. 9 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … to their Joy and Peace. If the state of Believers be so Lubrick and ƲncertainUncertain, as some would have it; then what ground can they have for such an …
    With rule
    … to their Joy and Peace. If the state of Believers be so Lubrick and ƲncertainUncertain, as some would have it; then what ground can they have for such an …

    John Barret · Goodwill Towards Men · p. 461 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    2. ƲncertainUncertain, viz. When the Creators pleaſe, and can agree, for the more particular Time is …
    With rule
    2. ƲncertainUncertain, viz. When the Creators pleaſe, and can agree, for the more particular Time is …

    John Wise · The Churchs Quarrel Espoused · p. 135 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    The fifth Conſideration is, The Ʋncertainty of all theſe things, ƲncertainUncertain Riches. How may any Cauſuality come and take away from thee al the things …
    With rule
    The fifth Conſideration is, The Ʋncertainty of all theſe things, ƲncertainUncertain Riches. How may any Cauſuality come and take away from thee al the things …

    Jeremiah Burroughs · Two Treatises · p. 71 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … obſcure, not Evident and Divinct. Heb 11.1. foreign, i. e. either Natural or Philoſophic. (5) 'Twas only ƲncertainUncertain and Opiniative; foreign. Faith is 1 Cor. 2.4 foreign, Gal. 3.1. foreign, Col. 2.2. foreign. (6) 'Twas not truely Dianoetic or diſcurſive, but …
    With rule
    … obſcure, not Evident and Divinct. Heb 11.1. foreign, i. e. either Natural or Philoſophic. (5) 'Twas only ƲncertainUncertain and Opiniative; foreign. Faith is 1 Cor. 2.4 foreign, Gal. 3.1. foreign, Col. 2.2. foreign. (6) 'Twas not truely Dianoetic or diſcurſive, but …

    Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 3 · p. 70 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Iſrael; they could not abide within Gods mounds. They would not truſt to an ƲncertainUncertain Moſes, or Ʋnſeen God: they would have one in ſight, in hand; they would …
    With rule
    … Iſrael; they could not abide within Gods mounds. They would not truſt to an ƲncertainUncertain Moſes, or Ʋnſeen God: they would have one in ſight, in hand; they would …

    Robert Harris · Several Sermons · p. 41 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … voice like a Trumpet. And what has been the Voice of the Trumpet? Not ƲncertainUncertain, but Universally concurring in this thing. Reformation, or Desolation! Reformation, or Desolation! and, I …
    With rule
    … voice like a Trumpet. And what has been the Voice of the Trumpet? Not ƲncertainUncertain, but Universally concurring in this thing. Reformation, or Desolation! Reformation, or Desolation! and, I …

    Cotton Mather · The Day and the Work of the Day · p. 59 · 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.