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hardneshardness

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
932 times in 391 works
Consistency
96.2% (932 of 968)
Reach if approved
~1,017 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: hardness
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
968 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (932 changes in 391 works, 96.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 932)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … to look to Chriſt the giuer of repentance, the ſtone of your hearts, the hardneshardness wil come away by little & litle, & whē in bodily wounds the approuedſt plaiſters muſt …
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    … to look to Chriſt the giuer of repentance, the ſtone of your hearts, the hardneshardness wil come away by little & litle, & whē in bodily wounds the approuedſt plaiſters muſt …

    Paul Baynes · A Letter Instructing to Repentance Love and New Obedience · p. 13 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … deſire, the thinges of God. and this oftentymes is ſignified in ſcripture, by the hardneshardness of mans heart that cannot repent: and by his ſtiff-neckednes, and by reſiſting …
    With rule
    … deſire, the thinges of God. and this oftentymes is ſignified in ſcripture, by the hardneshardness of mans heart that cannot repent: and by his ſtiff-neckednes, and by reſiſting …

    John Forbes · The Doctrine of Justification · p. 142 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … ſtand vp) for then would we not ſo looſely and ſecurely walke in the hardneshardness of our hearts: there would not be ſo manye backſliders in time of perſecution …
    With rule
    … ſtand vp) for then would we not ſo looſely and ſecurely walke in the hardneshardness of our hearts: there would not be ſo manye backſliders in time of perſecution …

    George Gifford · Sermon on the Parable of the Sower · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … hath two effects. 1. It reſtrayneth the furious, and curbeth the violent. Act. 24. 25. 2 It works hardneshardness of heart through deſperatiō in ſome, when it groweth to an height of wicked …
    With rule
    … hath two effects. 1. It reſtrayneth the furious, and curbeth the violent. Act. 24. 25. 2 It works hardneshardness of heart through deſperatiō in ſome, when it groweth to an height of wicked …

    Thomas Granger · A Looking-Glass for Christians · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … inclined to it: so if a man be not wonderous wise and chary, this hardneshardness of his heart will soone grow vpon him againe. And this euery christian finds …
    With rule
    … inclined to it: so if a man be not wonderous wise and chary, this hardneshardness of his heart will soone grow vpon him againe. And this euery christian finds …

    Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 51 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    For thou must 1. complaine to God of the hardneshardness of thy heart, as Esa, 63. 17. O Lord why hast thou hardned my heart from …
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    For thou must 1. complaine to God of the hardneshardness of thy heart, as Esa, 63. 17. O Lord why hast thou hardned my heart from …

    Arthur Hildersham · The Doctrine of Fasting and Prayer · p. 128 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … ſaid, a parable where his chiefe purpoſe is to diſſwade theſe Phariſes from cruell hardneshardness and a carnall life by the example of this rich man, hung vp (as …
    With rule
    … ſaid, a parable where his chiefe purpoſe is to diſſwade theſe Phariſes from cruell hardneshardness and a carnall life by the example of this rich man, hung vp (as …

    Robert Horne · Of the Rich Man and Lazarus · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … ſhall (as he dayly doth) caſt in great and mightie ſtones of ſecuritie, and hardneshardness of heart? Nowe the Scripture hath plainely foretolde vs, that in theſe latter Dayes …
    With rule
    … ſhall (as he dayly doth) caſt in great and mightie ſtones of ſecuritie, and hardneshardness of heart? Nowe the Scripture hath plainely foretolde vs, that in theſe latter Dayes …

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

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (36)

28 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Works A02178

  • Printed
    HardnesHardness of heart.
    With rule
    HardnesHardness of heart.

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 16 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    A LETTER AGAINST HARDNESHARDNESS OF HEART.
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    A LETTER AGAINST HARDNESHARDNESS OF HEART.

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 859 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    A LETTER AGAINST HARDNESHARDNESS OF HEART.
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    A LETTER AGAINST HARDNESHARDNESS OF HEART.

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 865 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    HArdnesHardness, 716 79… the cause thereof, 16 57 two kinds thereof, 255 a great plague, 718 to haue a feeling thereof …
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    HArdnesHardness, 716 79… the cause thereof, 16 57 two kinds thereof, 255 a great plague, 718 to haue a feeling thereof …

    Richard Greenham · Works · Open in the reader

Exposition of Romans 8-11 A09031

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    … thereof was broken downe. Thy heart is this field. What growes in it? Ignorance? HardnesHardness of heart? Pride? Couetouſnes, &c. Surely an Ill Husband owes it: Heere is not …
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    … thereof was broken downe. Thy heart is this field. What growes in it? Ignorance? HardnesHardness of heart? Pride? Couetouſnes, &c. Surely an Ill Husband owes it: Heere is not …

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 48 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    A. There is a difference betweene hardneshardness and hardning. HardnesHardness is ſinne, but to harden is not alwayes ſo: and this is from God …
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    A. There is a difference betweene hardneshardness and hardning. HardnesHardness is ſinne, but to harden is not alwayes ſo: and this is from God …

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 193 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    HardnesHardness then is cauſed by the Commandement, Occaſionally, by our owne malice Meritoriouſly. By Satan …
    With rule
    HardnesHardness then is cauſed by the Commandement, Occaſionally, by our owne malice Meritoriouſly. By Satan …

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 194 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … as are hard before. Neither can it be auoided, by an interpretation of Actuall HardnesHardness: For here is to be remembred, that Paul ſpeakes of Gods purpoſe, as hath …
    With rule
    … as are hard before. Neither can it be auoided, by an interpretation of Actuall HardnesHardness: For here is to be remembred, that Paul ſpeakes of Gods purpoſe, as hath …

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 194 · Open in the reader

A Golden Chain A09339

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    VII. HardnesHardness of heart, or carnall seruice, when a man, neither acknowledging Gods iudgements, nor his …
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    VII. HardnesHardness of heart, or carnall seruice, when a man, neither acknowledging Gods iudgements, nor his …

    William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 42 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    HardnesHardness of heart. 23
    With rule
    HardnesHardness of heart. 23

    William Perkins · A Golden Chain · Open in the reader

A Pattern of True Prayer A12554

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    2 HardnesHardness of heart, which is a fruit of the former, when men are neuer troubled …
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    2 HardnesHardness of heart, which is a fruit of the former, when men are neuer troubled …

    John Smyth · A Pattern of True Prayer · p. 153 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Romans A15414

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    3. Obiect. HardnesHardness of heart is of God, hardneshardness of heart is sinne, therefore is would hence …
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    3. Obiect. HardnesHardness of heart is of God, hardneshardness of heart is sinne, therefore is would hence …

    Andrew Willet · Commentary on Romans · p. 422 · Open in the reader

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    Ans. HardnesHardness of heart is not of God simply, or as it is sinne, but accidentally …
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    Ans. HardnesHardness of heart is not of God simply, or as it is sinne, but accidentally …

    Andrew Willet · Commentary on Romans · p. 422 · Open in the reader

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    Answ. HardnesHardness of heart as it is sinne, or the cause of sinne it is not …
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    Answ. HardnesHardness of heart as it is sinne, or the cause of sinne it is not …

    Andrew Willet · Commentary on Romans · p. 422 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

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    The HardnesHardness of our hearts is the thing that hindereth charitie.
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    The HardnesHardness of our hearts is the thing that hindereth charitie.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

Abrahams Trial A20718

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    HardnesHardness of that which he was to vndergo, shewed by the
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    HardnesHardness of that which he was to vndergo, shewed by the

    George Downame · Abrahams Trial · Open in the reader

The Mischief and Misery of Scandals A21049

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    … off by feare, then of ſuch as are kept off by a ſetled, reſolued HardnesHardness of Heart. In ſcandals of the Croſſe men may haue ſome ſecret likings of …
    With rule
    … off by feare, then of ſuch as are kept off by a ſetled, reſolued HardnesHardness of Heart. In ſcandals of the Croſſe men may haue ſome ſecret likings of …

    Jeremiah Dyke · The Mischief and Misery of Scandals · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … did it. Exod. 10. 1. Goe into Pharaoh for I haue hardened his heart. Therefore the HardnesHardness, or Hardening of the heart is the plague of the heart. God ſent ten …
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    … did it. Exod. 10. 1. Goe into Pharaoh for I haue hardened his heart. Therefore the HardnesHardness, or Hardening of the heart is the plague of the heart. God ſent ten …

    Jeremiah Dyke · The Mischief and Misery of Scandals · p. 87 · Open in the reader

Two Treatises A21059

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    … off by feare, then of ſuch as are kept off by a ſetled, reſolued HardnesHardness of Heart. In ſcandals of the Croſſe men may haue ſome ſecret likings of …
    With rule
    … off by feare, then of ſuch as are kept off by a ſetled, reſolued HardnesHardness of Heart. In ſcandals of the Croſſe men may haue ſome ſecret likings of …

    Jeremiah Dyke · Two Treatises · Open in the reader

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    … did it. Exod. 10. 2. Goe into Pharaoh for I haue hardened his heart. Therefore the HardnesHardness, or Hardening of the heart is the plague of the heart. God ſent ten …
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    … did it. Exod. 10. 2. Goe into Pharaoh for I haue hardened his heart. Therefore the HardnesHardness, or Hardening of the heart is the plague of the heart. God ſent ten …

    Jeremiah Dyke · Two Treatises · p. 97 · Open in the reader

The Saints Amity with God in Christ A41751

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    … of al other ſin. Whence ſprings carnal confidence, groundles preſumtion, ſoul-deluſion, Formalitie, Hypocriſie, HardnesHardness of heart, and final Apoſtaſie, but from enmitie againſt Chriſt, or ſome eſſential defect …
    With rule
    … of al other ſin. Whence ſprings carnal confidence, groundles preſumtion, ſoul-deluſion, Formalitie, Hypocriſie, HardnesHardness of heart, and final Apoſtaſie, but from enmitie againſt Chriſt, or ſome eſſential defect …

    Theophilus Gale · The Saints Amity with God in Christ · p. 259 · Open in the reader

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    (9.) Hence follows a ſpirit of ſlumber, Judicial blindnes, and obduration, or HardnesHardness of heart; which Chriſt, in righteous Judgement, at laſt leaves ſuch falſe friends unto …
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    (9.) Hence follows a ſpirit of ſlumber, Judicial blindnes, and obduration, or HardnesHardness of heart; which Chriſt, in righteous Judgement, at laſt leaves ſuch falſe friends unto …

    Theophilus Gale · The Saints Amity with God in Christ · p. 285 · Open in the reader

An Exposition of Genesis A44894

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    D. 7. HardnesHardness of heart is that which makes men resist Gods wonders.
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    D. 7. HardnesHardness of heart is that which makes men resist Gods wonders.

    George Hughes · An Exposition of Genesis · p. 689 · Open in the reader

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    1. HardnesHardness, or sinful obstinacy as mans own sin arising from a corrupt principle within him …
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    1. HardnesHardness, or sinful obstinacy as mans own sin arising from a corrupt principle within him …

    George Hughes · An Exposition of Genesis · p. 724 · Open in the reader

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    D. 7. HardnesHardness of heart in oppressors cannot hinder God from redeeming his people.
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    D. 7. HardnesHardness of heart in oppressors cannot hinder God from redeeming his people.

    George Hughes · An Exposition of Genesis · p. 725 · Open in the reader

The Works of Heaven Upon Earth A46702

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    … wax whileſt hard: they cannot ſoak or ſink into its joy, love and admiration. HardnesHardness of heart begets unthankfulnes, and an hard heart is of a very baſe temper …
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    … wax whileſt hard: they cannot ſoak or ſink into its joy, love and admiration. HardnesHardness of heart begets unthankfulnes, and an hard heart is of a very baſe temper …

    Henry Jeanes · The Works of Heaven Upon Earth · p. 46 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Job 22-26 A81199

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    HardnesHardness of heart in ſin, when the ſinner can feed upon it. 494. Hard heart trembles …
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    HardnesHardness of heart in ſin, when the ſinner can feed upon it. 494. Hard heart trembles …

    Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 22-26 · Open in the reader

A Short Treatise Containing the Principal Grounds of Christian Religion B00150

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    28. HardnesHardness of heart, is a fearfull iudgement of God, whereby the heart is paſt all …
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    28. HardnesHardness of heart, is a fearfull iudgement of God, whereby the heart is paſt all …

    John Ball · A Short Treatise Containing the Principal Grounds of Christian Religion · Open in the reader