Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #535 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

deuilishdevilish

u and v used by position, not sound: haue → have, vnto → unto.

Puritas changed it: 264 times in 113 works
Consistency: 93.2% (264 of 283)
Reach if approved: ~297 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: devilish
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 283 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (264 changes in 113 works, 93.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 264)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… séeke, is by prayer to God. As for treasons, poysons, wilchcraftes, coniurations, and other deuilishdevilish d…uises, haue they not procéeded, from them y^• seek none other meanes of …
With rule
… séeke, is by prayer to God. As for treasons, poysons, wilchcraftes, coniurations, and other deuilishdevilish d…uises, haue they not procéeded, from them y^• seek none other meanes of …
William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
… no doubt saith he, but that this wrangling and cauilling Logicke proceeded from some deuilishdevilish disposition: it loueth alwaies to striue so against the truth, refusing to yeeld to …
With rule
… no doubt saith he, but that this wrangling and cauilling Logicke proceeded from some deuilishdevilish disposition: it loueth alwaies to striue so against the truth, refusing to yeeld to …
Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 212 · Open in the reader
Printed
… also, yea euen vpon a very point of time, in which to accomplish their deuilishdevilish enterprise. These had disposed the manner of the Iewes destruction by a Lot, euery …
With rule
… also, yea euen vpon a very point of time, in which to accomplish their deuilishdevilish enterprise. These had disposed the manner of the Iewes destruction by a Lot, euery …
Samuel Hieron · Three Sermons 2 · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
… As the bokes of our Ladies Psalters, of Stellaries, Rosaries, Coronaries; and such lyke deuilishdevilish trash. And here I wyl rehearse a storye, that happened at Augspurg, that al …
With rule
… As the bokes of our Ladies Psalters, of Stellaries, Rosaries, Coronaries; and such lyke deuilishdevilish trash. And here I wyl rehearse a storye, that happened at Augspurg, that al …
Martin Luther · Admonition to the Germans · Open in the reader
Printed
… by theſe plagues, repented not of their ^k vngodlie workes, nor abſtained from ^l deuiliſhdevilish worſhipping of ^m images of gold, of ſiluer, of braſſe, of ſtone and of …
With rule
… by theſe plagues, repented not of their ^k vngodlie workes, nor abſtained from ^l deuiliſhdevilish worſhipping of ^m images of gold, of ſiluer, of braſſe, of ſtone and of …
John Napier · The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises · p. 133 · Open in the reader
Printed
… damnable thought may appeare by the cursed fruits therof; for first, hence ariseth that deuilishdevilish and carnall opinion of sundrie men, that thinke, and hold religion to be but …
With rule
… damnable thought may appeare by the cursed fruits therof; for first, hence ariseth that deuilishdevilish and carnall opinion of sundrie men, that thinke, and hold religion to be but …
William Perkins · Mans Imaginations · p. 62 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he will not only pardon without exception, but he will abette them in their deuilishdevilish deuised, and perswade them forward in their damnable courses, till at last (when it …
With rule
… he will not only pardon without exception, but he will abette them in their deuilishdevilish deuised, and perswade them forward in their damnable courses, till at last (when it …
Henry Smith · Gods Arrow Against Atheists · Open in the reader
Printed
… Layolites, will trie the obedience of their disciples in maters vnhonest, vncomly, vngodly, and deuilishdevilish such as to walter themselues into a filthie mire, if so it please the …
With rule
… Layolites, will trie the obedience of their disciples in maters vnhonest, vncomly, vngodly, and deuilishdevilish such as to walter themselues into a filthie mire, if so it please the …
Patrick Simson · History of the First Ten Persecutions · p. 149 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (19)

11 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Prelections Upon Revelation A01320

Printed
… before them. Not wicked inchaū ters, which abuse the sacred name of God, to DeuilishDevilish impietie. Not fornicatours, nor adulterours, which haue defiled thē selues with filthie iustes, like …
With rule
… before them. Not wicked inchaū ters, which abuse the sacred name of God, to DeuilishDevilish impietie. Not fornicatours, nor adulterours, which haue defiled thē selues with filthie iustes, like …
William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · Open in the reader

Commentary on Galatians A06492

Printed
… heare, that this our glorying is not onely vaine, raſh, and arrogant, but alſo DeuiliſhDevilish and full of blaſphemie. But if we abaſe our ſelues, and geue place to …
With rule
… heare, that this our glorying is not onely vaine, raſh, and arrogant, but alſo DeuiliſhDevilish and full of blaſphemie. But if we abaſe our ſelues, and geue place to …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · p. 34 · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

Printed
… vnthankfull the most? That beastly Sinne of Drunkennesse, that biting Sinne of Vsurie, that DeuilishDevilish Sinne of Swaggering, ruffling in deformitie of clothes, like monstrous Chimaeras, and barking out …
With rule
… vnthankfull the most? That beastly Sinne of Drunkennesse, that biting Sinne of Vsurie, that DeuilishDevilish Sinne of Swaggering, ruffling in deformitie of clothes, like monstrous Chimaeras, and barking out …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · Open in the reader

History of the First Ten Persecutions A13296

Printed
… wrongfully, said, there was a time wherein the Sonne was not existant: and that DeuilishDevilish opinion neither in word, nor in matter, is to bee found in Scripture.
With rule
… wrongfully, said, there was a time wherein the Sonne was not existant: and that DeuilishDevilish opinion neither in word, nor in matter, is to bee found in Scripture.
Patrick Simson · History of the First Ten Persecutions · p. 116 · Open in the reader

The Amendment of Life A13339

Printed
… are heere condemned, and they bee properly tearmed ſlaunderers. Yea they may be called DeuiliſhDevilish. For the word Deuill ſignifieth a ſlaunderer or falſe accuſer. All ſlaunderers therefore are …
With rule
… are heere condemned, and they bee properly tearmed ſlaunderers. Yea they may be called DeuiliſhDevilish. For the word Deuill ſignifieth a ſlaunderer or falſe accuſer. All ſlaunderers therefore are …
Jean Taffin · The Amendment of Life · p. 262 · Open in the reader

Answer to a Supplicatory Epistle for the Pretended Catholics A13877

Printed
… of a naturall man, who can not conceyue the things which are of God. DeuiliſhDevilish (which followeth next to carnal wiſedome, and ſheweth that they which are ledde by …
With rule
… of a naturall man, who can not conceyue the things which are of God. DeuiliſhDevilish (which followeth next to carnal wiſedome, and ſheweth that they which are ledde by …
Walter Travers · Answer to a Supplicatory Epistle for the Pretended Catholics · p. 90 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Divinity Humanity and Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ A17690

Printed
… and to be nothing at all. And when they will come with ſuch a DeuiliſhDevilish boldneſſe as to ouerthrow the vnchaungeable decrée of God, how can they hope any …
With rule
… and to be nothing at all. And when they will come with ſuch a DeuiliſhDevilish boldneſſe as to ouerthrow the vnchaungeable decrée of God, how can they hope any …
John Calvin · Sermons on Divinity Humanity and Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 146 · Open in the reader
Printed
… God: but are euen like Witches, and Sorcerers, who can not forget their olde DeuiliſhDevilish ſuperſtitions. And therefore we muſt not meruayle ouermuch at ſuch relikes of Satan: becauſe …
With rule
… God: but are euen like Witches, and Sorcerers, who can not forget their olde DeuiliſhDevilish ſuperſtitions. And therefore we muſt not meruayle ouermuch at ſuch relikes of Satan: becauſe …
John Calvin · Sermons on Divinity Humanity and Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 188 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Philemon A22481

Printed
… ſelues againſt wordes and Swords, we muſt buckle both with the Deuill and with DeuiliſhDevilish men, hand to hand, except we will yeild him both our bodies and Soules …
With rule
… ſelues againſt wordes and Swords, we muſt buckle both with the Deuill and with DeuiliſhDevilish men, hand to hand, except we will yeild him both our bodies and Soules …
William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · p. 41 · Open in the reader

Ruths Recompense A68568

Printed
… is Earthly, making men couetous; and Senſuall, making men delight in beaſtly pleaſures; and DeuiliſhDevilish, full of craft, fraud, wicked policie, and ſubtill deuices. This wiſedome below followeth the …
With rule
… is Earthly, making men couetous; and Senſuall, making men delight in beaſtly pleaſures; and DeuiliſhDevilish, full of craft, fraud, wicked policie, and ſubtill deuices. This wiſedome below followeth the …
Richard Bernard · Ruths Recompense · p. 362 · Open in the reader

Whole Works A68831

Printed
DeuiliſhDevilish doctrine. 415. a. practiſes. 368. b. pride. 353. a. expoundyng the Scriptures by Papiſtes. 175. a
With rule
DeuiliſhDevilish doctrine. 415. a. practiſes. 368. b. pride. 353. a. expoundyng the Scriptures by Papiſtes. 175. a
William Tyndale · Whole Works · Open in the reader