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reuengerrevenger

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

Puritas changed it: 236 times in 120 works
Consistency: 96.3% (236 of 245)
Reach if approved: ~257 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: revenger
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 245 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (236 changes in 120 works, 96.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 236)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… thy holy ſpirite. Seing that thou arte the father of the fatherleſſe, and a reuengerrevenger of ſuch as be miſerably oppreſſed, vouchſafe alſo to deliuer vs from the fetters …
With rule
… thy holy ſpirite. Seing that thou arte the father of the fatherleſſe, and a reuengerrevenger of ſuch as be miſerably oppreſſed, vouchſafe alſo to deliuer vs from the fetters …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Godly Prayers out of Davids Psalms · Open in the reader
Printed
… of truth himselfe, …, the louer and rewarder of truth in others, and a seuere reuengerrevenger of all falsehood. For which causes, the godly are alwayes ready to stand vnto …
With rule
… of truth himselfe, …, the louer and rewarder of truth in others, and a seuere reuengerrevenger of all falsehood. For which causes, the godly are alwayes ready to stand vnto …
Thomas Wilson · Saints by Calling · p. 399 · Open in the reader
Printed
Lawe is the reuengerrevenger, the man maye do no yll.
With rule
Lawe is the reuengerrevenger, the man maye do no yll.
John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader
Printed
… oppreſſe or defraude his brother, in any thing, for euen the Lorde is a reuengerrevenger of ſuche thinges. Knowe you not (ſayeth Saint Paule) that the vnrighteous ſhall not …
With rule
… oppreſſe or defraude his brother, in any thing, for euen the Lorde is a reuengerrevenger of ſuche thinges. Knowe you not (ſayeth Saint Paule) that the vnrighteous ſhall not …
John Knewstubs · Sermon Preached 1579 · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… judgements againſt offenders. And in that generall ſenſe, how Chriſt our righteous judge and reuengerrevenger doeth tread this preſſe, read Eſay. 63. and Lament. 1.15.
With rule
… judgements againſt offenders. And in that generall ſenſe, how Chriſt our righteous judge and reuengerrevenger doeth tread this preſſe, read Eſay. 63. and Lament. 1.15.
John Napier · The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises · p. 230 · Open in the reader
Printed
… God: so mercifull a rewarder of him that deales moderately, and so powerfull a reuengerrevenger of him that deales hardly, and extreamely with his brother. Let vs then ende …
With rule
… God: so mercifull a rewarder of him that deales moderately, and so powerfull a reuengerrevenger of him that deales hardly, and extreamely with his brother. Let vs then ende …
William Perkins · Christian Equity and Moderation · p. 87 · Open in the reader
Printed
… offered, wee ſhould diligently conſider the perſon of the Lord, how he is a reuengerrevenger of all ſuch as take his holy name in vaine: and the matter it …
With rule
… offered, wee ſhould diligently conſider the perſon of the Lord, how he is a reuengerrevenger of all ſuch as take his holy name in vaine: and the matter it …
Richard Rogers · Seven Treatises · p. 164 · Open in the reader
Printed
… bargaining, selling, or otherwise howsoeuer, for the Lord (as the Apostle witnesseth) is the reuengerrevenger of all such wickednes: and though thou escapest for a time the lawes of …
With rule
… bargaining, selling, or otherwise howsoeuer, for the Lord (as the Apostle witnesseth) is the reuengerrevenger of all such wickednes: and though thou escapest for a time the lawes of …
Philip Stubbes · A Motive to Good Works · p. 195 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Sermon 29 September 1574 A19669

Printed
… puniſhing their wickedneſſes: For as ſaynt Paule writeth to the Romanes, he is Gods ReuengerRevenger. And he muſt doo this earneſtly and diligently: Leaſt he come wythin the reatche …
With rule
… puniſhing their wickedneſſes: For as ſaynt Paule writeth to the Romanes, he is Gods ReuengerRevenger. And he muſt doo this earneſtly and diligently: Leaſt he come wythin the reatche …
Robert Crowley · Sermon 29 September 1574 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

Printed
… their death; that the Midianites and they muſt tremble at one and the ſame ReuengerRevenger. To ſee themſelues priſoners to Zeba and Zalmunna, had not been ſo fearefull, as …
With rule
… their death; that the Midianites and they muſt tremble at one and the ſame ReuengerRevenger. To ſee themſelues priſoners to Zeba and Zalmunna, had not been ſo fearefull, as …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 913 · Open in the reader