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diuesdives

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

Puritas changed it
365 times in 144 works
Consistency
91.7% (365 of 398)
Reach if approved
~418 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: dives
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
398 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (365 changes in 144 works, 91.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 365)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … fornicatiō; the Lord punished her in the bed, with some great disease and sicknes. DiuesDives abused his tongue and tast in Gods creatures, & he is punished in them. Luke …
    With rule
    … fornicatiō; the Lord punished her in the bed, with some great disease and sicknes. DiuesDives abused his tongue and tast in Gods creatures, & he is punished in them. Luke …

    William Perkins · Lectures Upon Revelation 1-3 · p. 235 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … what, and seeketh for ease he knoweth not where. Then hee would giue all DiuesDives his wealth for a drop of water to coole the heate hee feeleth; and …
    With rule
    … what, and seeketh for ease he knoweth not where. Then hee would giue all DiuesDives his wealth for a drop of water to coole the heate hee feeleth; and …

    Robert Sanderson · Ten Sermons · p. 309 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Woe, woe, woe, that euer wee were borne, O where is that DiuesDives that would beleeue this, before hee felt the fire in hell, or that would …
    With rule
    Woe, woe, woe, that euer wee were borne, O where is that DiuesDives that would beleeue this, before hee felt the fire in hell, or that would …

    Henry Smith · Two Sermons of Jonahs Punishment · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … Israel, of whom Christ thus testifies; This adulterous generation seekes for a Signe? Thus DiuesDives despayred of his brethrens beliefe, except one rose from the dead. I confesse wee …
    With rule
    … Israel, of whom Christ thus testifies; This adulterous generation seekes for a Signe? Thus DiuesDives despayred of his brethrens beliefe, except one rose from the dead. I confesse wee …

    Thomas Adams · The Gallants Burden · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    DiuesDives, a great perſonage, yet tormented in thoſe flames: Quid profuit ſibi ſuperbia? quid diuitiarū …
    With rule
    DiuesDives, a great perſonage, yet tormented in thoſe flames: Quid profuit ſibi ſuperbia? quid diuitiarū …

    Henry Greenwood · Works · p. 27 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … their pleasures, hereafter suffer paine; being here comforted as DiuesDives, and hereafter tormented as DiuesDives was. Lu. 16.25.
    With rule
    … their pleasures, hereafter suffer paine; being here comforted as DiuesDives, and hereafter tormented as DiuesDives was. Lu. 16.25.

    Robert Horne · The Christian Governor in the Commonwealth and Private Families · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    What's this? thus DiuesDives cryes;
    With rule
    What's this? thus DiuesDives cryes;

    John Owen · Epigrams · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … man, for the Miniſter. The Hebrew word Decimauit, hath affinitie with another, that is, DiuesDives fuit, for that a tenth is as a rich preſent, giuen vnto the Lord …
    With rule
    … man, for the Miniſter. The Hebrew word Decimauit, hath affinitie with another, that is, DiuesDives fuit, for that a tenth is as a rich preſent, giuen vnto the Lord …

    Richard Bernard · Two Twins · p. 40 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (33)

14 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 19 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Devils Banket Described A00888

  • Printed
    Tota que thuriferis Panchaia diuesdives arenis.
    With rule
    Tota que thuriferis Panchaia diuesdives arenis.

    Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 290 · Open in the reader

Englands Sickness Compared to Israels A01281

  • Printed
    His insinuations are many, 1. by promises. Pollicitis diuesdives. He is neither a begger, nor a niggard in promising They are the cheapest …
    With rule
    His insinuations are many, 1. by promises. Pollicitis diuesdives. He is neither a begger, nor a niggard in promising They are the cheapest …

    Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 21 · Open in the reader

The Happiness of the Church A01956

  • Printed
    … but all will not embrace the vnity of order. Saepe inter ciues turbauerit amnia diuesdives. It must be as the rich will haue it, or there is no rule …
    With rule
    … but all will not embrace the vnity of order. Saepe inter ciues turbauerit amnia diuesdives. It must be as the rich will haue it, or there is no rule …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 18 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … by indirect means, sits downe with contented Pouertie. But Bonus non cito e…sit diuesdives: a good man seldome becomes rich on the suddaine. Wealth comes not easily, not …
    With rule
    … by indirect means, sits downe with contented Pouertie. But Bonus non cito e…sit diuesdives: a good man seldome becomes rich on the suddaine. Wealth comes not easily, not …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 256 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … good man promise, though to his owne hurt, he changeth not. Indeed now Promissis diuesdives quilibet esse potest: men are rich in promises, but they are poore in performance …
    With rule
    … good man promise, though to his owne hurt, he changeth not. Indeed now Promissis diuesdives quilibet esse potest: men are rich in promises, but they are poore in performance …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 263 · Open in the reader

The Pathway to Prayer and Piety A03356

  • Printed
    … without gold: and ſeemed to thinke, as Lactantius did write, that Qui apud Deum diuesdives eſt, pauper eſſe non poteſt: Hee that is rich in God, cannot be accounted …
    With rule
    … without gold: and ſeemed to thinke, as Lactantius did write, that Qui apud Deum diuesdives eſt, pauper eſſe non poteſt: Hee that is rich in God, cannot be accounted …

    Robert Hill · The Pathway to Prayer and Piety · Open in the reader

The View and Downfall of Pride A15000

  • Printed
    … ſaith o… the rich, proud, and mightie men of th… world. Quid enim ſuperbis diuesdives? quid dicis pauperi, noli me tangere? &c. Wherefore ô rich man, art thou ſo …
    With rule
    … ſaith o… the rich, proud, and mightie men of th… world. Quid enim ſuperbis diuesdives? quid dicis pauperi, noli me tangere? &c. Wherefore ô rich man, art thou ſo …

    William Whately · The View and Downfall of Pride · p. 25 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … not ſhewe forth our faith by our good works? Qui dines est in miſericordia, diuesdives est in deo. He that is rich in the workes of mercy, is rich …
    With rule
    … not ſhewe forth our faith by our good works? Qui dines est in miſericordia, diuesdives est in deo. He that is rich in the workes of mercy, is rich …

    William Whately · The View and Downfall of Pride · p. 167 · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Principal Scriptures Used in our English Liturgy A16547

  • Printed
    PAter noster: Excelsus in creatione, suauis in a more, diuesdives in haereditate; qui es in coelis: speculum aeternitatis, corona iucunditatis, the saurus felicitatis. Sanctificetur …
    With rule
    PAter noster: Excelsus in creatione, suauis in a more, diuesdives in haereditate; qui es in coelis: speculum aeternitatis, corona iucunditatis, the saurus felicitatis. Sanctificetur …

    John Boys · Exposition of the Principal Scriptures Used in our English Liturgy · p. 7 · Open in the reader

The Autumn Part from the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity A16554

  • Printed
    … rather giue then take from other; acknowledging that axiome to bee true, Magis delinquit diuesdives non largiendo superflua, quàm pauper rapiendo n…cessaria. Vnregenerate men haue filthy communication and …
    With rule
    … rather giue then take from other; acknowledging that axiome to bee true, Magis delinquit diuesdives non largiendo superflua, quàm pauper rapiendo n…cessaria. Vnregenerate men haue filthy communication and …

    John Boys · The Autumn Part from the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity · p. 132 · Open in the reader

The Plea of the Poor A20764

  • Printed
    … In which regard one ſaith well, Non qui habet & ſeruat, ſed qui impertit eſt diuesdives, & impertitio, non autem poſſeſsio diuites facit. Not he that hath wealth and keepeth it …
    With rule
    … In which regard one ſaith well, Non qui habet & ſeruat, ſed qui impertit eſt diuesdives, & impertitio, non autem poſſeſsio diuites facit. Not he that hath wealth and keepeth it …

    John Downame · The Plea of the Poor · p. 12 · Open in the reader

A Treasury of Ancient Adages and Proverbs A20796

  • Printed
    Si vix toleratur diuesdives superbus, pauperem superbum quis feret? Ambros.
    With rule
    Si vix toleratur diuesdives superbus, pauperem superbum quis feret? Ambros.

    Thomas Draxe · A Treasury of Ancient Adages and Proverbs · p. 8 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Aere alieno diuesdives.
    With rule
    Aere alieno diuesdives.

    Thomas Draxe · A Treasury of Ancient Adages and Proverbs · p. 18 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

  • Printed
    … All, with an emphaſis. Welfare yet the honeſt Phariſes, whoſe rule was: (Decima vt diuesdives fias) Tithe and be rich: If euer thou be the fatter for this grauell …
    With rule
    … All, with an emphaſis. Welfare yet the honeſt Phariſes, whoſe rule was: (Decima vt diuesdives fias) Tithe and be rich: If euer thou be the fatter for this grauell …

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 412 · Open in the reader