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seruethserveth

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

Puritas changed it
3,632 times in 636 works
Consistency
99.7% (3,632 of 3,640)
Reach if approved
~3,826 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: serveth
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
3,641 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
1 places (not counted against it)

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (3,632 changes in 636 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 3,632)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … ſwell, and ſo leadeth them into ſectes, errours, and hereſies, as his fit occaſion ſeruethserveth, one parte into one, another into another.
    With rule
    … ſwell, and ſo leadeth them into ſectes, errours, and hereſies, as his fit occaſion ſeruethserveth, one parte into one, another into another.

    George Gifford · Two Sermons on 1 Peter 5:8-9 · p. 58 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … bring forth in vs any pure worſhip of God, or holineſſe of life, but ſeruethserveth rather to bridle and reſtraine vs from outragious ſinne, and to giue vs ſome …
    With rule
    … bring forth in vs any pure worſhip of God, or holineſſe of life, but ſeruethserveth rather to bridle and reſtraine vs from outragious ſinne, and to giue vs ſome …

    Thomas Granger · The Light of the World · p. 30 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … for any ſinne, a Popes pardon is ſufficient for all: but to what end ſeruethserveth pardons, when as there is no Purgatorie? for neither the ancient Fathers make mention …
    With rule
    … for any ſinne, a Popes pardon is ſufficient for all: but to what end ſeruethserveth pardons, when as there is no Purgatorie? for neither the ancient Fathers make mention …

    John Harding · A Recantation · p. 16 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    This ſeruethserveth firſt, to batter downe the wals of the Popes ſuppoſed purgatorie: the ground whereof …
    With rule
    This ſeruethserveth firſt, to batter downe the wals of the Popes ſuppoſed purgatorie: the ground whereof …

    Samuel Hieron · The Abridgment of the Gospel · p. 70 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    The other is as occaſion ſeruethserveth mutuallie to edifie one another, by callinge to minde Gods workes, mutuall inſtructions and …
    With rule
    The other is as occaſion ſeruethserveth mutuallie to edifie one another, by callinge to minde Gods workes, mutuall inſtructions and …

    Dudley Fenner · The Arts of Logic and Rhetoric · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … it is the voice of transportiue fury, I cannot moderate my anger. Cannot? Wherfore seruethserveth grace, but to mortifie such natural, yea rather vnnatural passions?
    With rule
    … it is the voice of transportiue fury, I cannot moderate my anger. Cannot? Wherfore seruethserveth grace, but to mortifie such natural, yea rather vnnatural passions?

    Thomas Adams · The City of Peace · p. 37 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … name of a sonne: neyther can he be worthily called a Christian man, that seruethserveth Christ with this minde. For what? if God should say so, that he would …
    With rule
    … name of a sonne: neyther can he be worthily called a Christian man, that seruethserveth Christ with this minde. For what? if God should say so, that he would …

    William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 296 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    Againe, this ſeruethserveth to ouerthrow the opinion of ſuch perſons as thinke that there is litle or …
    With rule
    Againe, this ſeruethserveth to ouerthrow the opinion of ſuch perſons as thinke that there is litle or …

    Thomas Gataker · True Contentment in the Gain of Godliness · p. 27 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

8 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Office and Use of the Moral Law A03392

  • Printed
    … One word in chap. 3.19. miſ-tranſlated in moſt vulgar tranſlations drawes many men awry; SeruethServeth. Neither the Greeke nor any Latine tranſlation hath it. But grant the word must …
    With rule
    … One word in chap. 3.19. miſ-tranſlated in moſt vulgar tranſlations drawes many men awry; SeruethServeth. Neither the Greeke nor any Latine tranſlation hath it. But grant the word must …

    William Hinde · The Office and Use of the Moral Law · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … word you ſay Galat. 3 19. miſtranſlated in moſt vulgar tranſlations, which drawes many men away, SeruethServeth; Wherefore then SeruethServeth the Law? Neither the Greeke (you ſay) nor any Latine tranſlation …
    With rule
    … word you ſay Galat. 3 19. miſtranſlated in moſt vulgar tranſlations, which drawes many men away, SeruethServeth; Wherefore then SeruethServeth the Law? Neither the Greeke (you ſay) nor any Latine tranſlation …

    William Hinde · The Office and Use of the Moral Law · p. 39 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Galat. 3 19. miſtranſlated in moſt vulgar tranſlations, which drawes many men away, SeruethServeth; Wherefore then SeruethServeth the Law? Neither the Greeke (you ſay) nor any Latine tranſlation hath it. If …
    With rule
    … Galat. 3 19. miſtranſlated in moſt vulgar tranſlations, which drawes many men away, SeruethServeth; Wherefore then SeruethServeth the Law? Neither the Greeke (you ſay) nor any Latine tranſlation hath it. If …

    William Hinde · The Office and Use of the Moral Law · p. 39 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … but miſtranſlated (as you ſay) it cannot be. And why doth not this word SeruethServeth, ſerue your turne? Becauſe (forſooth) it is in the Preſent Tenſe, SeruethServeth, and not …
    With rule
    … but miſtranſlated (as you ſay) it cannot be. And why doth not this word SeruethServeth, ſerue your turne? Becauſe (forſooth) it is in the Preſent Tenſe, SeruethServeth, and not …

    William Hinde · The Office and Use of the Moral Law · p. 39 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … this word SeruethServeth, ſerue your turne? Becauſe (forſooth) it is in the Preſent Tenſe, SeruethServeth, and not in the Preterimperfect Tenſe, Serued, Wherefore then [ſerued] the Law? And why …
    With rule
    … this word SeruethServeth, ſerue your turne? Becauſe (forſooth) it is in the Preſent Tenſe, SeruethServeth, and not in the Preterimperfect Tenſe, Serued, Wherefore then [ſerued] the Law? And why …

    William Hinde · The Office and Use of the Moral Law · p. 39 · Open in the reader

Historical Table of the Bible A06660

  • Printed
    … to Laban. xxviii.a. Seeth the ladder and maketh a nowe, xxviij.c.d. SeruethServeth Laban for hys two daughters. xxix.d, Retourneth agayne into hys owne countre xxxi …
    With rule
    … to Laban. xxviii.a. Seeth the ladder and maketh a nowe, xxviij.c.d. SeruethServeth Laban for hys two daughters. xxix.d, Retourneth agayne into hys owne countre xxxi …

    Henrich Bullinger · Historical Table of the Bible · Open in the reader

Exposition of Romans 13-16 B15167

  • Printed
    SeruethServeth Chriſt: For it is the will of the Father, that all men ſhould honor …
    With rule
    SeruethServeth Chriſt: For it is the will of the Father, that all men ſhould honor …

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 13-16 · p. 196 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    SeruethServeth, that is, behaues himſelf as a ſeruant, applying himſelfe to the will of his …
    With rule
    SeruethServeth, that is, behaues himſelf as a ſeruant, applying himſelfe to the will of his …

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 13-16 · p. 196 · Open in the reader