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ouerplusoverplus

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

Puritas changed it
186 times in 100 works
Consistency
99.4% (186 of 187)
Reach if approved
~196 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: overplus
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
187 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (186 changes in 100 works, 99.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 186)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    But I ſee well enough what the cauſe is: why in ſo great an ouerplusoverplus of cares for other things, there is yet ſo ſmall care taken of this …
    With rule
    But I ſee well enough what the cauſe is: why in ſo great an ouerplusoverplus of cares for other things, there is yet ſo ſmall care taken of this …

    John Knewstubs · Confutation of Monstrous and Horrible Heresies · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … all the rest of our friendes in riches, and may bestowe some of our ouerplusoverplus vpon them, which wee like best. Like as our louing mother the holie Church …
    With rule
    … all the rest of our friendes in riches, and may bestowe some of our ouerplusoverplus vpon them, which wee like best. Like as our louing mother the holie Church …

    Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … haue deuised a Treasurie of the Church containing beside the merits of Christ, the ouerplusoverplus of the merits of saints to be dispensed to men, at the discretion of …
    With rule
    … haue deuised a Treasurie of the Church containing beside the merits of Christ, the ouerplusoverplus of the merits of saints to be dispensed to men, at the discretion of …

    William Perkins · A Reformed Catholic · p. 338 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … meaſured out largely vnto you, might entirely returne their honour vnto the giuer with ouerplusoverplus. The veſſell that is full, and runneth ouer, hath for itſelfe, and bedeweth the …
    With rule
    … meaſured out largely vnto you, might entirely returne their honour vnto the giuer with ouerplusoverplus. The veſſell that is full, and runneth ouer, hath for itſelfe, and bedeweth the …

    Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … they ſeeke to make men beleeue, will ſerue well, to that end, of the ouerplusoverplus merits, and ſatiſfactions of others to be communicated to ſuch as lacke, either through …
    With rule
    … they ſeeke to make men beleeue, will ſerue well, to that end, of the ouerplusoverplus merits, and ſatiſfactions of others to be communicated to ſuch as lacke, either through …

    Thomas Sparke · The Highway to Heaven · p. 32 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … thoſe dreames, then the Fatherd before mentioned: you haue added this ſaying as an ouerplusoverplus to the things that went before. Theſe your old ſouldiers haue imployed in this …
    With rule
    … thoſe dreames, then the Fatherd before mentioned: you haue added this ſaying as an ouerplusoverplus to the things that went before. Theſe your old ſouldiers haue imployed in this …

    William Whitaker · Answer to Campian the Jesuit · p. 142 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … in this matter v. 22 herevpon Moſes informeth thē what they ſhould doe with their ouerplusoverplus of Ma…n… on the Sabbath day v. 23. ſaying, to morrow it being the …
    With rule
    … in this matter v. 22 herevpon Moſes informeth thē what they ſhould doe with their ouerplusoverplus of Ma…n… on the Sabbath day v. 23. ſaying, to morrow it being the …

    Theophilus Brabourne · A Defense of the Sabbath Day · p. 566 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … ſatisfied and find comfort: and that they who are already ſtrong, may by this ouerplusoverplus, triumph in the goodneſſe of God, who requires them to beleeue no more, then …
    With rule
    … ſatisfied and find comfort: and that they who are already ſtrong, may by this ouerplusoverplus, triumph in the goodneſſe of God, who requires them to beleeue no more, then …

    Alexander Gill · Treatise Concerning the Trinity of Persons in Unity of the Deity · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 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.

Sermons on Galatians A17706

  • Printed
    … Sainct Paule doth heere ſet downe the name of God the father as an OuerplusOverplus. True it is that the whole fulneſſe of the Godhead dwelleth in Ieſus Chriſte …
    With rule
    … Sainct Paule doth heere ſet downe the name of God the father as an OuerplusOverplus. True it is that the whole fulneſſe of the Godhead dwelleth in Ieſus Chriſte …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Galatians · Open in the reader