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perillousperilous

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
990 times in 576 works
Consistency
97.2% (990 of 1,018)
Reach if approved
~1,070 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: perilous
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,018 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (990 changes in 576 works, 97.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 990)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … that, that it is a thing not neceſſary, not cōmaunded not counſaylled vncertain, & alſo perillousperilous: therfore is here alſo no ſhrynkyng, or geuyng ouer. And let thys be preached …
    With rule
    … that, that it is a thing not neceſſary, not cōmaunded not counſaylled vncertain, & alſo perillousperilous: therfore is here alſo no ſhrynkyng, or geuyng ouer. And let thys be preached …

    Martin Luther · The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … true godlynes lefte among vs, into such miserable case are we fallen in these perillousperilous & latter dayes, accordyng to the prophecy of Christ. Who lame tethe not to heare …
    With rule
    … true godlynes lefte among vs, into such miserable case are we fallen in these perillousperilous & latter dayes, accordyng to the prophecy of Christ. Who lame tethe not to heare …

    Thomas Becon · The New Policy of War · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … temper, he never tooke any draught of poyſon, but it was both painfull and perillousperilous to him. A man muſt needs have many conflicts within him, many terrours and …
    With rule
    … temper, he never tooke any draught of poyſon, but it was both painfull and perillousperilous to him. A man muſt needs have many conflicts within him, many terrours and …

    Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 887 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    It is verye perillousperilous to bee amongest the enemyes of GOD. If Lot hee had stayed but two …
    With rule
    It is verye perillousperilous to bee amongest the enemyes of GOD. If Lot hee had stayed but two …

    William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … haue liberty to aſſault vs. This the Apoſtle expreſly foretold, ſaying, There ſhall come perillousperilous times. Marke the anſwere that was made to the ſoules vnder the Altar, That …
    With rule
    … haue liberty to aſſault vs. This the Apoſtle expreſly foretold, ſaying, There ſhall come perillousperilous times. Marke the anſwere that was made to the ſoules vnder the Altar, That …

    William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 105 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … ſelves whether you had not need to conſider, when the daies are ſo dangerous & perillousperilous, as if it were poſſible the very elect ſhould be deceived: ſuch is the …
    With rule
    … ſelves whether you had not need to conſider, when the daies are ſo dangerous & perillousperilous, as if it were poſſible the very elect ſhould be deceived: ſuch is the …

    Thomas Helwys · Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity · p. 85 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Kingdomes of Europe. As it would be a matter of infinite harshnes and of perillousperilous sequele to sovereine Princes, if one amongst them should seaze vpon the peculiar soveraintie …
    With rule
    … Kingdomes of Europe. As it would be a matter of infinite harshnes and of perillousperilous sequele to sovereine Princes, if one amongst them should seaze vpon the peculiar soveraintie …

    Henry Jacob · To Prince James · p. 17 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … allured of loue to walke in the way of saluation. And it is a perillousperilous presumption of man, with gréeuous offence against God, and a great blemishing of the …
    With rule
    … allured of loue to walke in the way of saluation. And it is a perillousperilous presumption of man, with gréeuous offence against God, and a great blemishing of the …

    Thomas Lever · The Right Way from Danger of Sin and Vengeance · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (28)

15 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 13 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion A17183

  • Printed
    PerillousPerilous for a ſubiect, to ſpeake againſt his prince. 170
    With rule
    PerillousPerilous for a ſubiect, to ſpeake againſt his prince. 170

    Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

The Best Treasure A26034

  • Printed
    … Scripture gives us that will abound at that time, 2 Tim. 3. 1. In the laſt daies PerillousPerilous times ſhall come, for Men ſhall be lovers of themſelves—Having a form of …
    With rule
    … Scripture gives us that will abound at that time, 2 Tim. 3. 1. In the laſt daies PerillousPerilous times ſhall come, for Men ſhall be lovers of themſelves—Having a form of …

    Bartholomew Ashwood · The Best Treasure · p. 251 · Open in the reader

The Present State of London A37482

  • Printed
    Your Prudent, Zealous, and Couragious Conduct in theſe PerillousPerilous and Menacing Times, ſuitable to thoſe Never-to-be-forgotten Speeches, delivered by Your …
    With rule
    Your Prudent, Zealous, and Couragious Conduct in theſe PerillousPerilous and Menacing Times, ſuitable to thoſe Never-to-be-forgotten Speeches, delivered by Your …

    Thomas De Laune · The Present State of London · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … which they call Ʋniverſal Medicines, or Panpharm…c…. And certainly it is a very PerillousPerilous and Deſtructive abuſe, to ſuffer unskilful Perſons, that know not the Nature of Diſeaſes …
    With rule
    … which they call Ʋniverſal Medicines, or Panpharm…c…. And certainly it is a very PerillousPerilous and Deſtructive abuſe, to ſuffer unskilful Perſons, that know not the Nature of Diſeaſes …

    Thomas De Laune · The Present State of London · p. 166 · Open in the reader

The Present State of New England Considered A50155

  • Printed
    … things that Bode ill unto us. We read in 2 Tim. 3.1, 2. In tho last Days PerillousPerilous Times shall come; for men shall be lovers of their own selves. I krow …
    With rule
    … things that Bode ill unto us. We read in 2 Tim. 3.1, 2. In tho last Days PerillousPerilous Times shall come; for men shall be lovers of their own selves. I krow …

    Cotton Mather · The Present State of New England Considered · p. 23 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … New-England may not now be Running; tis too Evident, that we have most PerillousPerilous Times, and, I wish it were not as Evident, that men are too generally …
    With rule
    … New-England may not now be Running; tis too Evident, that we have most PerillousPerilous Times, and, I wish it were not as Evident, that men are too generally …

    Cotton Mather · The Present State of New England Considered · p. 23 · Open in the reader

The Wonders of the Invisible World A50177

  • Printed
    … the Divel knows, that he is got into his Last days, he will make PerillousPerilous Times for us; the times will grow more full of Divels, and therefore more …
    With rule
    … the Divel knows, that he is got into his Last days, he will make PerillousPerilous Times for us; the times will grow more full of Divels, and therefore more …

    Cotton Mather · The Wonders of the Invisible World · p. 23 · Open in the reader

Sermon at Public Fast in Boston A50232

  • Printed
    … the last Dayes, (& how much more then, in the last of the last Dayes?) PerillousPerilous Times shall come: Times perillousperilous especially on account of the great persecutions that the …
    With rule
    … the last Dayes, (& how much more then, in the last of the last Dayes?) PerillousPerilous Times shall come: Times perillousperilous especially on account of the great persecutions that the …

    Increase Mather · Sermon at Public Fast in Boston · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ecclesiastes A62085

  • Printed
    … Sodom, do seem to carry all before them, in this most Antichristian-day and PerillousPerilous Season. A Gospel-Testimony is (almost) universally rejected. When Christ himself Preach'd, he met …
    With rule
    … Sodom, do seem to carry all before them, in this most Antichristian-day and PerillousPerilous Season. A Gospel-Testimony is (almost) universally rejected. When Christ himself Preach'd, he met …

    George Sikes · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 85 · Open in the reader

The Parents Primer and the Mothers Looking-glass A66068

  • Printed
    … from Heaven, to burn them down to Hell. A proud perſon is in a PerillousPerilous condition: eſpecially if a Preacher, or a Profeſſor. But whoſoever it be, the higher …
    With rule
    … from Heaven, to burn them down to Hell. A proud perſon is in a PerillousPerilous condition: eſpecially if a Preacher, or a Profeſſor. But whoſoever it be, the higher …

    Joseph Waite · The Parents Primer and the Mothers Looking-glass · p. 207 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

  • Printed
    ;;PerillousPerilous places in the Sea, like unto whirlpools. Act. 27. 17. Fearing lest they should have saln …
    With rule
    ;;PerillousPerilous places in the Sea, like unto whirlpools. Act. 27. 17. Fearing lest they should have saln …

    Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 592 · Open in the reader

A Reply to a Relation A69024

  • Printed
    PerillousPerilous Consequences of Prelates practises in altering of Religion, how considerable for States. 30, 31.
    With rule
    PerillousPerilous Consequences of Prelates practises in altering of Religion, how considerable for States. 30, 31.

    Henry Burton · A Reply to a Relation · Open in the reader

A Two-Fold Shaking of the Earth A79856

  • Printed
    … intereſt of the Head and Body: and ſo much lies plainly in the Text; PerillousPerilous days ſhall come; intimating a power in the Apoſtacie, to act wickedneſs by a …
    With rule
    … intereſt of the Head and Body: and ſo much lies plainly in the Text; PerillousPerilous days ſhall come; intimating a power in the Apoſtacie, to act wickedneſs by a …

    John Canne · A Two-Fold Shaking of the Earth · p. 71 · Open in the reader

Maxims of Pious Policy A85688

  • Printed
    … preſent doth diſtemper this State, but to prevent what in future may occaſion a PerillousPerilous Relapſe, ut …hil defi…it, quod ad ſalutem ſufficit. Theſe acts of your doe …
    With rule
    … preſent doth diſtemper this State, but to prevent what in future may occaſion a PerillousPerilous Relapſe, ut …hil defi…it, quod ad ſalutem ſufficit. Theſe acts of your doe …

    Enoch Grey · Maxims of Pious Policy · Open in the reader

The Orthodox Evangelist A89737

  • Printed
    PerillousPerilous conſequences from not distinguiſhing between common and ſaving grace, c. 8. p. 168, 169
    With rule
    PerillousPerilous conſequences from not distinguiſhing between common and ſaving grace, c. 8. p. 168, 169

    John Norton · The Orthodox Evangelist · Open in the reader