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oppressouroppressor

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

Puritas changed it
574 times in 268 works
Consistency
99.4% (574 of 577)
Reach if approved
~606 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: oppressor
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
577 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (574 changes in 268 works, 99.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 574)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … remove his choſen from the raging evills of the ſword, and fury of the oppreſſouroppressor, by withdrawing them with his owne hand, and fetching them home to himſelfe by …
    With rule
    … remove his choſen from the raging evills of the ſword, and fury of the oppreſſouroppressor, by withdrawing them with his owne hand, and fetching them home to himſelfe by …

    Robert Jenison · Newcastles Call to Her Neighbor and Sister Towns · p. 62 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … a ſinner, which hath and carieth the ſinne of Paule, which was a blaſphemer, oppreſſouroppressor and perſecuter: of Peter which denied Chriſt: of Dauid which was an adulterer, a …
    With rule
    … a ſinner, which hath and carieth the ſinne of Paule, which was a blaſphemer, oppreſſouroppressor and perſecuter: of Peter which denied Chriſt: of Dauid which was an adulterer, a …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … out the proper fruit, of it owne nature. By couetouſneſſe man growes niggardly, an oppreſſouroppressor, vnmercifull: by pride, arrogant, hauty and hatefull: by gormandizing, gluttonous; by faithleſneſſe, treacherous: by …
    With rule
    … out the proper fruit, of it owne nature. By couetouſneſſe man growes niggardly, an oppreſſouroppressor, vnmercifull: by pride, arrogant, hauty and hatefull: by gormandizing, gluttonous; by faithleſneſſe, treacherous: by …

    Richard Bernard · Contemplative Pictures with Wholesome Precepts Part 1 · p. 67 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … for the seruice of god; as knowing no faith nor religion at all: an oppressouroppressor of ye poore, a persecuter of iustice, a mainteiner of the wicked, a sanctuarie …
    With rule
    … for the seruice of god; as knowing no faith nor religion at all: an oppressouroppressor of ye poore, a persecuter of iustice, a mainteiner of the wicked, a sanctuarie …

    John Rainolds · Conference Between Rainolds and Hart · p. 334 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … the second is, the restitution of his vniust gotten goods. Before, Zaccheus was an oppressouroppressor of the poore, now hee is a great benefactor to the poore: before, he …
    With rule
    … the second is, the restitution of his vniust gotten goods. Before, Zaccheus was an oppressouroppressor of the poore, now hee is a great benefactor to the poore: before, he …

    Henry Smith · The Sinners Confession · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … prayers, the wanton to speed in his wantonnesse, the deceiuer in his bargaines, the oppressouroppressor in his oppressions. Loud crying doth meete with this, for although we dread not …
    With rule
    … prayers, the wanton to speed in his wantonnesse, the deceiuer in his bargaines, the oppressouroppressor in his oppressions. Loud crying doth meete with this, for although we dread not …

    Archbishop George Abbot · Sermons on Jonah · p. 474 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … profit them, when the Lord taketh away their soule , he that is a great oppressouroppressor shall not prolong his dayes , for he that getteth riches and not by right …
    With rule
    … profit them, when the Lord taketh away their soule , he that is a great oppressouroppressor shall not prolong his dayes , for he that getteth riches and not by right …

    Nicholas Byfield · An Exposition Upon Colossians · p. 41 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … of them be discredited through an euyll name, yf the Magistrate be accompted an oppressouroppressor, or a tyrant: yf the Lawyer be reported to deale deceitefully, yf the Minister …
    With rule
    … of them be discredited through an euyll name, yf the Magistrate be accompted an oppressouroppressor, or a tyrant: yf the Lawyer be reported to deale deceitefully, yf the Minister …

    Richard Greenham · Two Learned and Godly Sermons · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.