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preistspriests

Everything else the mechanical classes do not explain: shew → show, then → than.

Puritas changed it
1,142 times in 228 works
Consistency
98.5% (1,142 of 1,159)
Reach if approved
~1,219 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: priests
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,160 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,142 changes in 228 works, 98.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,142)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … have no crucifixes, but uſe the Croſſe as a badge of their profeſſion, their preiſtspriests carrying croſſes in their hands.
    With rule
    … have no crucifixes, but uſe the Croſſe as a badge of their profeſſion, their preiſtspriests carrying croſſes in their hands.

    Ephraim Pagitt · Christianography · p. 110 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … of the Sacrament twice printed of late l. 6. c. 5. sect: 15. p. 46. expresly resolve. That PreistsPriests, Altar & Sacrifice are relatives, & haue mutuall & vnseperable dependance one on the other; & since there …
    With rule
    … of the Sacrament twice printed of late l. 6. c. 5. sect: 15. p. 46. expresly resolve. That PreistsPriests, Altar & Sacrifice are relatives, & haue mutuall & vnseperable dependance one on the other; & since there …

    William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 201 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … vnto you. And thus alſo did he plead his owne cauſe before the cheife PreiſtsPriests and Councell. And ſo likewiſe when he was brought before the Gouernour, he made …
    With rule
    … vnto you. And thus alſo did he plead his owne cauſe before the cheife PreiſtsPriests and Councell. And ſo likewiſe when he was brought before the Gouernour, he made …

    Nehemiah Rogers · The True Convert · p. 336 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    A… the holy place with the altar & PreiſtsPriests did properly Signify the Church, worship, & Saynts, Revel. 11.1. 1. Pet. 2.5, vnder the new Teſtament: So …
    With rule
    A… the holy place with the altar & PreiſtsPriests did properly Signify the Church, worship, & Saynts, Revel. 11.1. 1. Pet. 2.5, vnder the new Teſtament: So …

    John Smyth · The Differences of the Churches of the Separation · p. 21 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … filthy lucre and falsehood, are inseperable companions. The Prophet Micha telleth vs, that the PreistsPriests that teach for hire, and the Prophets that prophecie for mony, while they bite …
    With rule
    … filthy lucre and falsehood, are inseperable companions. The Prophet Micha telleth vs, that the PreistsPriests that teach for hire, and the Prophets that prophecie for mony, while they bite …

    Thomas Taylor · Commentary on Titus · p. 230 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … but freemen, yea so many kings: for in him we are made Kings and PreistsPriests, Revel. 1.6.
    With rule
    … but freemen, yea so many kings: for in him we are made Kings and PreistsPriests, Revel. 1.6.

    Andrew Willet · Commentary on Romans · p. 668 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Anicetus, Pius, Higinus, Telesphorus, and Xystus, vsed solemnely to sende the Eucharisty to those preistspriests, who came out of those quarters, where Easter was kept otherwise then it was …
    With rule
    … Anicetus, Pius, Higinus, Telesphorus, and Xystus, vsed solemnely to sende the Eucharisty to those preistspriests, who came out of those quarters, where Easter was kept otherwise then it was …

    William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 434 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … or did goe vnto the altar to miniſter; which outward waſhing cōmanded to the preiſtspriests (and that with ſuch a ſtrait penalty, that they muſt do it leſt they …
    With rule
    … or did goe vnto the altar to miniſter; which outward waſhing cōmanded to the preiſtspriests (and that with ſuch a ſtrait penalty, that they muſt do it leſt they …

    Samuel Hieron · The Dignity of the Scripture · p. 8 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (17)

16 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 12 are listed here. 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Answer to Exceptions Against His Litany Part 2 A05604

  • Printed
    … mighty maſse of money, muſt be ſpent in making a ſeate for a A PREISTSPRIESTS ARSE to ſit in: for it is cathedra Epiſcopi a Bishops chaire, and for …
    With rule
    … mighty maſse of money, muſt be ſpent in making a ſeate for a A PREISTSPRIESTS ARSE to ſit in: for it is cathedra Epiſcopi a Bishops chaire, and for …

    John Bastwick · Answer to Exceptions Against His Litany Part 2 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … shall bow, & ſo the commandement runneth with out reſtriction, AND THIS ALSO HAVE NEITHER PREISTSPRIESTS NOR PRELATS YET EVER DONE; but liue and dye in the breach of this …
    With rule
    … shall bow, & ſo the commandement runneth with out reſtriction, AND THIS ALSO HAVE NEITHER PREISTSPRIESTS NOR PRELATS YET EVER DONE; but liue and dye in the breach of this …

    John Bastwick · Answer to Exceptions Against His Litany Part 2 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … the ſame LETANY feruently and vnceſſantly praying From plague pestilence and famin, from BISHOPS PREISTSPRIESTS AND DEACONS GOOD LORD DELIVER VS: by the agony and bloudy ſweat, by the …
    With rule
    … the ſame LETANY feruently and vnceſſantly praying From plague pestilence and famin, from BISHOPS PREISTSPRIESTS AND DEACONS GOOD LORD DELIVER VS: by the agony and bloudy ſweat, by the …

    John Bastwick · Answer to Exceptions Against His Litany Part 2 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … glorious reſurrection and aſcention, and by the comming of the holy ghoſt: FROM BISHOPS PREISTSPRIESTS AND DEACONS good Lord deliuer vs. VVe Sinners do beſeech thee to heare vs …
    With rule
    … glorious reſurrection and aſcention, and by the comming of the holy ghoſt: FROM BISHOPS PREISTSPRIESTS AND DEACONS good Lord deliuer vs. VVe Sinners do beſeech thee to heare vs …

    John Bastwick · Answer to Exceptions Against His Litany Part 2 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … heare ſometime foure or fiue in a terme of ſuch baſe filthyneſſe OF THEIR PREISTSPRIESTS, as no chaſt eares can heare them, ſuch things indeed as the apoſtle ſayes …
    With rule
    … heare ſometime foure or fiue in a terme of ſuch baſe filthyneſſe OF THEIR PREISTSPRIESTS, as no chaſt eares can heare them, ſuch things indeed as the apoſtle ſayes …

    John Bastwick · Answer to Exceptions Against His Litany Part 2 · Open in the reader

Answer to Exceptions Against His Litany Part 2 A05611

  • Printed
    … mighty maſse of money, muſt be ſpent in making a ſeate for a A PREISTSPRIESTS ARSE to ſit in: for it is cathedra Epiſcopi a Bishops chaire, and for …
    With rule
    … mighty maſse of money, muſt be ſpent in making a ſeate for a A PREISTSPRIESTS ARSE to ſit in: for it is cathedra Epiſcopi a Bishops chaire, and for …

    John Bastwick · Answer to Exceptions Against His Litany Part 2 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … shall bow, & ſo the commandement runneth with out reſtriction, AND THIS ALSO HAVE NEITHER PREISTSPRIESTS NOR PRELATS YET EVER DONE; but liue and dye in the breach of this …
    With rule
    … shall bow, & ſo the commandement runneth with out reſtriction, AND THIS ALSO HAVE NEITHER PREISTSPRIESTS NOR PRELATS YET EVER DONE; but liue and dye in the breach of this …

    John Bastwick · Answer to Exceptions Against His Litany Part 2 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … the ſame LETANY feruently and vnceſſantly praying From plague pestilence and famin, from BISHOPS PREISTSPRIESTS AND DEACONS GOOD LORD DELIVER VS: by the agony and bloudy ſweat, by the …
    With rule
    … the ſame LETANY feruently and vnceſſantly praying From plague pestilence and famin, from BISHOPS PREISTSPRIESTS AND DEACONS GOOD LORD DELIVER VS: by the agony and bloudy ſweat, by the …

    John Bastwick · Answer to Exceptions Against His Litany Part 2 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … glorious reſurrection and aſcention, and by the comming of the holy ghoſt: FROM BISHOPS PREISTSPRIESTS AND DEACONS good Lord deliuer vs. VVe Sinners do beſeech thee to heare vs …
    With rule
    … glorious reſurrection and aſcention, and by the comming of the holy ghoſt: FROM BISHOPS PREISTSPRIESTS AND DEACONS good Lord deliuer vs. VVe Sinners do beſeech thee to heare vs …

    John Bastwick · Answer to Exceptions Against His Litany Part 2 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … heare ſometime foure or fiue in a terme of ſuch baſe filthyneſſe OF THEIR PREISTSPRIESTS, as no chaſt eares can heare them, ſuch things indeed as the apoſtle ſayes …
    With rule
    … heare ſometime foure or fiue in a terme of ſuch baſe filthyneſſe OF THEIR PREISTSPRIESTS, as no chaſt eares can heare them, ſuch things indeed as the apoſtle ſayes …

    John Bastwick · Answer to Exceptions Against His Litany Part 2 · Open in the reader

A Quench-Coal A10197

  • Printed
    … the Lord Iesus, and his theifest place of presence in our Church: Where his PREISTSPRIESTS SACRIFICE THE LORDS SUPPER to reconcile us to God, offended with our dayly sinnes.
    With rule
    … the Lord Iesus, and his theifest place of presence in our Church: Where his PREISTSPRIESTS SACRIFICE THE LORDS SUPPER to reconcile us to God, offended with our dayly sinnes.

    William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 281 · Open in the reader

Justification of Separation from the Church of England A10835

  • Printed
    … yet that solemn kinde of blessing spoken of Numb: 6. and which the PATRIARKS, and PREISTSPRIESTS did vse in their places, was cleane of an other nature. In prayer the …
    With rule
    … yet that solemn kinde of blessing spoken of Numb: 6. and which the PATRIARKS, and PREISTSPRIESTS did vse in their places, was cleane of an other nature. In prayer the …

    John Robinson · Justification of Separation from the Church of England · p. 466 · Open in the reader