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conuertingconverting

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

Puritas changed it
355 times in 195 works
Consistency
98.3% (355 of 361)
Reach if approved
~379 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: converting
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
361 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (355 changes in 195 works, 98.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 355)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … is hereby repreſented, who ſhall beginne and bee the firſt amongſt the twelue in conuertingconverting the people vnto God: and as the foure laſt haue each of them ſome …
    With rule
    … is hereby repreſented, who ſhall beginne and bee the firſt amongſt the twelue in conuertingconverting the people vnto God: and as the foure laſt haue each of them ſome …

    John Mayer · Exposition on the Catholic Epistles · p. 532 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … in the Lord. When the Lord Ieſus hath abundantly bleſſed his people here in conuertingconverting them by our miniſterie; yet are ſome ſo fooliſh amongſt vs, as they will …
    With rule
    … in the Lord. When the Lord Ieſus hath abundantly bleſſed his people here in conuertingconverting them by our miniſterie; yet are ſome ſo fooliſh amongſt vs, as they will …

    Richard Bernard · Christian Advertisements and Counsels of Peace · p. 154 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … his Law, that he hath written vnto vs, Hos. 8. 12. A Law that is Perfect, conuertingconverting the soule; a Testimony that is Sure, making wise the simple; Statutes that are …
    With rule
    … his Law, that he hath written vnto vs, Hos. 8. 12. A Law that is Perfect, conuertingconverting the soule; a Testimony that is Sure, making wise the simple; Statutes that are …

    William Pemble · A Plea for Grace · p. 220 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    Thus the Lord after hee had vſed all good meanes, for the conuertingconverting of Ephraim and Iudah, demands of no other than of themſelues, what hee ſhould …
    With rule
    Thus the Lord after hee had vſed all good meanes, for the conuertingconverting of Ephraim and Iudah, demands of no other than of themſelues, what hee ſhould …

    Nehemiah Rogers · A Strange Vineyard in Palestine · p. 182 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … this Epistle it is called a double-edged sword, &c. It is either a conuertingconverting or conuincing power; sealing receiuers to redemption, contemners to reiection. The word which I …
    With rule
    … this Epistle it is called a double-edged sword, &c. It is either a conuertingconverting or conuincing power; sealing receiuers to redemption, contemners to reiection. The word which I …

    Thomas Adams · A Divine Herbal Together with a Forest of Thorns · p. 109 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … the Brytish nation, in whose ayde they required, and at last obtayned, to the conuertingconverting of the Saxones, reteyned the foundation of fayth Iesus Christ, and the onely sacrifice …
    With rule
    … the Brytish nation, in whose ayde they required, and at last obtayned, to the conuertingconverting of the Saxones, reteyned the foundation of fayth Iesus Christ, and the onely sacrifice …

    William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 335 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    THE onely courſe the Lord our God doth take in the effectuall calling and conuertingconverting of ſuch, whoſe names are written in the booke of Life, is this: hee …
    With rule
    THE onely courſe the Lord our God doth take in the effectuall calling and conuertingconverting of ſuch, whoſe names are written in the booke of Life, is this: hee …

    Henry Greenwood · The Jailors Jail · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … ſaide by the Prophet in the Pſalme, The lawe of the Lorde is perfect, conuertingconverting the ſoule, the ſtatues of the Lorde reioyce the heart, &c.
    With rule
    … ſaide by the Prophet in the Pſalme, The lawe of the Lorde is perfect, conuertingconverting the ſoule, the ſtatues of the Lorde reioyce the heart, &c.

    John Knewstubs · Lectures Upon Exodus 20 · p. 2 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

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

Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture A00415

  • Printed
    ConuertingConverting, is the ſame that is to cauſe to repent: yet by it is implied …
    With rule
    ConuertingConverting, is the ſame that is to cauſe to repent: yet by it is implied …

    George Estey · Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    ConuertingConverting is changing. For better vnderſtanding whereof, we may conſider the thing to be conuerted …
    With rule
    ConuertingConverting is changing. For better vnderſtanding whereof, we may conſider the thing to be conuerted …

    George Estey · Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture · p. 129 · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

  • Printed
    … saith, that they haue indeed wrought miracles amongst the Indians: among which he reckoneth ConuertingConverting the Pagans, by butcherly subuerting and …oting them out. In Hispaniola, by keeping the …
    With rule
    … saith, that they haue indeed wrought miracles amongst the Indians: among which he reckoneth ConuertingConverting the Pagans, by butcherly subuerting and …oting them out. In Hispaniola, by keeping the …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 750 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    ConuertingConverting of the Indians by subuerting, or peruerting them. 749
    With rule
    ConuertingConverting of the Indians by subuerting, or peruerting them. 749

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

  • Printed
    … already regenerate, who being already renewed by grace, doo work together with his Grace; ConuertingConverting grace being accompanied with assisting and supporting grace.
    With rule
    … already regenerate, who being already renewed by grace, doo work together with his Grace; ConuertingConverting grace being accompanied with assisting and supporting grace.

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 67 · Open in the reader