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defectiuedefective

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

Puritas changed it
419 times in 199 works
Consistency
98.8% (419 of 424)
Reach if approved
~446 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: defective
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
424 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (419 changes in 199 works, 98.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 419)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … three waies of breaking the Law: By committing ſomthing forbidden; By omitting; And by defectiuedefective performing of ſomething commaunded. The Soule in moouing or reſting may miſſe the rule …
    With rule
    … three waies of breaking the Law: By committing ſomthing forbidden; By omitting; And by defectiuedefective performing of ſomething commaunded. The Soule in moouing or reſting may miſſe the rule …

    Paul Baynes · A Help to True Happiness · p. 31 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … ſelues being iudges. Leges humanae. &c. The lawes of man in ſome caſes are defectiuedefective, in which it is not expedient for the publique good, that they ſhould be …
    With rule
    … ſelues being iudges. Leges humanae. &c. The lawes of man in ſome caſes are defectiuedefective, in which it is not expedient for the publique good, that they ſhould be …

    Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · p. 14 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … the ſeruice of God in his pure worſhip, being as you heare, many waies defectiuedefective and corrupt among the people, may be without delay reſtored vnto the integritie, which …
    With rule
    … the ſeruice of God in his pure worſhip, being as you heare, many waies defectiuedefective and corrupt among the people, may be without delay reſtored vnto the integritie, which …

    John Penry · View of Public Wants and Disorders in Wales · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … we haue beene answerable to Gods word in obedience, and wherin we haue beene defectiuedefective by transgressions. Againe in the word of God, there bee both commandements, and promisses …
    With rule
    … we haue beene answerable to Gods word in obedience, and wherin we haue beene defectiuedefective by transgressions. Againe in the word of God, there bee both commandements, and promisses …

    William Perkins · Mans Imaginations · p. 202 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … if any Record, Proceſſe, Writ, Warrant of Atturney, Returne, or Pannell, to be certified defectiuedefective, otherwiſe than according to the writing which thereof remaineth in the Treaſurie, Courts, or …
    With rule
    … if any Record, Proceſſe, Writ, Warrant of Atturney, Returne, or Pannell, to be certified defectiuedefective, otherwiſe than according to the writing which thereof remaineth in the Treaſurie, Courts, or …

    Henry Finch · Law · p. 228 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … as this blasphemous wretch saith) repeated, it must needs be (by the Apostles Argument) defectiuedefective and imperfect. But Christs Sacrifice was most absolutely perfect, consummate and all-sufficient. For …
    With rule
    … as this blasphemous wretch saith) repeated, it must needs be (by the Apostles Argument) defectiuedefective and imperfect. But Christs Sacrifice was most absolutely perfect, consummate and all-sufficient. For …

    Thomas Gataker · Discussion of the Popish Doctrine of Transubstantiation · p. 200 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … a foote: Impediuntur necessarijs auxilijs, their necessary helpes, are their hindrances: If they be defectiuedefective, they can but limpe. Therefore in our Motion, let Zeale further Discretion, that not …
    With rule
    … a foote: Impediuntur necessarijs auxilijs, their necessary helpes, are their hindrances: If they be defectiuedefective, they can but limpe. Therefore in our Motion, let Zeale further Discretion, that not …

    Thomas Adams · Heaven and Earth Reconciled · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … grace soeuer any of vs want, wherein we find our selues most weake, and defectiuedefective (as who feeles not in himselfe many defects?) we should seeke (with faith and …
    With rule
    … grace soeuer any of vs want, wherein we find our selues most weake, and defectiuedefective (as who feeles not in himselfe many defects?) we should seeke (with faith and …

    Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 9 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

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

Commentary Upon Ephesians 1 A05995

  • Printed
    Fiftly, The Papiſts doctrine is heere very defectiuedefective, and falſe in part; DefectiueDefective, for they ſpeake nothing of preparatory courſes, by which God doth bring vs to …
    With rule
    Fiftly, The Papiſts doctrine is heere very defectiuedefective, and falſe in part; DefectiueDefective, for they ſpeake nothing of preparatory courſes, by which God doth bring vs to …

    Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Ephesians 1 · p. 358 · Open in the reader

The Art of Prophesying A09449

  • Printed
    DefectiueDefective Speeches. Their Supplie. Esay 1. 13. I cannot iniquity. I cannot (beare) iniquitie.
    With rule
    DefectiueDefective Speeches. Their Supplie. Esay 1. 13. I cannot iniquity. I cannot (beare) iniquitie.

    William Perkins · The Art of Prophesying · p. 52 · Open in the reader

Exposition of 1 Thessalonians A11591

  • Printed
    … ſwallowes it vp for want of comfort? Example ſee in Iobs friends, Barzillai, &c. DefectiueDefective in this duty, are, firſt, all men inſenſible of others ſorrowes; whom the afflictions …
    With rule
    … ſwallowes it vp for want of comfort? Example ſee in Iobs friends, Barzillai, &c. DefectiueDefective in this duty, are, firſt, all men inſenſible of others ſorrowes; whom the afflictions …

    William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · p. 346 · Open in the reader