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vsurpationusurpation

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

Puritas changed it
442 times in 193 works
Consistency
77.8% (442 of 568)
Reach if approved
~597 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: usurpation
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
568 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (442 changes in 193 works, 77.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 442)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … and all kind of crueltie: if it weaken all common wealthes, by exactions, extortions, vſurpationusurpation, and arrogancie, and open the gate to all villanie and falſhood, by diſpenſations and …
    With rule
    … and all kind of crueltie: if it weaken all common wealthes, by exactions, extortions, vſurpationusurpation, and arrogancie, and open the gate to all villanie and falſhood, by diſpenſations and …

    Josias Nichols · Abrahams Faith · p. 293 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … humane lawes of Kings and Princes in their Countries and Prouinces, (which is grosse vsurpationusurpation) yet with what face dare he challenge to dispense with the lawes of God …
    With rule
    … humane lawes of Kings and Princes in their Countries and Prouinces, (which is grosse vsurpationusurpation) yet with what face dare he challenge to dispense with the lawes of God …

    William Perkins · Exposition of Jude · p. 79 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … they are no members of the Church. They are ſo but by intruſion and vſurpationusurpation, and haue gotten poſſeſſion by colourable and fraudulent meanes, pretending to bee that they …
    With rule
    … they are no members of the Church. They are ſo but by intruſion and vſurpationusurpation, and haue gotten poſſeſſion by colourable and fraudulent meanes, pretending to bee that they …

    John Randall · Twenty-Nine Lectures · p. 197 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … weakenes and ſpirituall power is carefullie to bee marked, not onelie againſt the ſacriligious vſurpationusurpation of both powers or ſwords by the Pope as Chriſts vicar, but alſo againſt …
    With rule
    … weakenes and ſpirituall power is carefullie to bee marked, not onelie againſt the ſacriligious vſurpationusurpation of both powers or ſwords by the Pope as Chriſts vicar, but alſo againſt …

    John Forbes · A Fruitful Sermon · p. 14 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … they shewed euidently, that the Christian worlde in those dayes, did not acknowledge the vsurpationusurpation of the bishop of Rome, as M. Sander saith they did. Neither durst they …
    With rule
    … they shewed euidently, that the Christian worlde in those dayes, did not acknowledge the vsurpationusurpation of the bishop of Rome, as M. Sander saith they did. Neither durst they …

    William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 271 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … Principallities heere ſpoken of, exalted and glorified themſelues. In regard of this ambitious tyrannicall vſurpationusurpation; the Diuell hauing ſhewed Chriſt all the Kingdomes of the world, and the glory …
    With rule
    … Principallities heere ſpoken of, exalted and glorified themſelues. In regard of this ambitious tyrannicall vſurpationusurpation; the Diuell hauing ſhewed Chriſt all the Kingdomes of the world, and the glory …

    William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 62 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … to haue any rule and authority of right, ouer Gods inheritance, but onely by vſurpationusurpation, violence, and deceit; though in the meane time, we, who ſo thinke and know …
    With rule
    … to haue any rule and authority of right, ouer Gods inheritance, but onely by vſurpationusurpation, violence, and deceit; though in the meane time, we, who ſo thinke and know …

    Robert Jenison · The Height of Israels Heathenish Idolatry · p. 125 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … called the Prince of this world, yea, 2. Cor. 4.4. the god of this world; his vſurpationusurpation, and the ſpirits of euill men yeelding him no leſſe. Great is their power …
    With rule
    … called the Prince of this world, yea, 2. Cor. 4.4. the god of this world; his vſurpationusurpation, and the ſpirits of euill men yeelding him no leſſe. Great is their power …

    Paul Baynes · The Spiritual Armor · p. 88 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (126)

59 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 29 are listed here. 67 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Law A00741

  • Printed
    VſurpationUsurpation in time of warre gaineth no poſſeſſion; but the other may haue an aſſiſe …
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    VſurpationUsurpation in time of warre gaineth no poſſeſſion; but the other may haue an aſſiſe …

    Henry Finch · Law · p. 37 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    VſurpationUsurpation is, when the Church becommeth ful by the preſentment of a wrōg Patron: which …
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    VſurpationUsurpation is, when the Church becommeth ful by the preſentment of a wrōg Patron: which …

    Henry Finch · Law · p. 196 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Weſtm̄. 2. Cap. 5. VſurpationUsurpation vpon Gardeins tenants in Dower, or vpon femes couert, or houſes of religiō in …
    With rule
    Weſtm̄. 2. Cap. 5. VſurpationUsurpation vpon Gardeins tenants in Dower, or vpon femes couert, or houſes of religiō in …

    Henry Finch · Law · p. 197 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … ſome purpoſe. 62 Vſe, feoffement to the vſe of a villeine the Lord may enter. 159 VſurpationUsurpation, what. 196 how done. ibid.
    With rule
    … ſome purpoſe. 62 Vſe, feoffement to the vſe of a villeine the Lord may enter. 159 VſurpationUsurpation, what. 196 how done. ibid.

    Henry Finch · Law · Open in the reader

Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted A01042

  • Printed
    … whole Church, in common, yet that ever still, with-in the compasse of that VsurpationUsurpation, vnder the common Ensigne, were numbers of true, and lawfull Worshippers, and, a true …
    With rule
    … whole Church, in common, yet that ever still, with-in the compasse of that VsurpationUsurpation, vnder the common Ensigne, were numbers of true, and lawfull Worshippers, and, a true …

    Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 81 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … from the tyme of his open Endytement? Or, shall the first beginninges, of injurious VsurpationUsurpation, on the one part; and, an vndoubted, and cleare Right, on the other; be …
    With rule
    … from the tyme of his open Endytement? Or, shall the first beginninges, of injurious VsurpationUsurpation, on the one part; and, an vndoubted, and cleare Right, on the other; be …

    Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 134 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … the FATHER, yet filling all. For, in anie other, this Title were a sacrilegious VsurpationUsurpation of CHRIST His Honour.
    With rule
    … the FATHER, yet filling all. For, in anie other, this Title were a sacrilegious VsurpationUsurpation of CHRIST His Honour.

    Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 137 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … so farre, even in common, with that Antichristian Sore, as by Fraude, and tyrannicall VsurpationUsurpation, the Name or Number of the Beast, sitting there-in, were imposed: al-be …
    With rule
    … so farre, even in common, with that Antichristian Sore, as by Fraude, and tyrannicall VsurpationUsurpation, the Name or Number of the Beast, sitting there-in, were imposed: al-be …

    Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 153 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Three Chapters of Song of Songs A09998

  • Printed
    14 VſurpationUsurpation vpon the ſtate Propheticall of Ieſus Chriſt.
    With rule
    14 VſurpationUsurpation vpon the ſtate Propheticall of Ieſus Chriſt.

    Theodore Beza · Sermons on Three Chapters of Song of Songs · p. 126 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    15 VſurpationUsurpation vpon the ſacrificeſhippe or Prieſthood of expiation.
    With rule
    15 VſurpationUsurpation vpon the ſacrificeſhippe or Prieſthood of expiation.

    Theodore Beza · Sermons on Three Chapters of Song of Songs · p. 126 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    16 VſurpationUsurpation vpon the ſacrificeſhippe or Prieſthood of interceſſion.
    With rule
    16 VſurpationUsurpation vpon the ſacrificeſhippe or Prieſthood of interceſſion.

    Theodore Beza · Sermons on Three Chapters of Song of Songs · p. 126 · Open in the reader

A Looking Glass for All Lordly Prelates A10189

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    … fall downe and submit to them and their antichristian novell Ceremonies, Articles, Injunctions Oathes, VsurpationUsurpation, Extorsions, encroachments to bowe and cringe to Altars, Images, Crucifixes, Crosses, the Sacramentall Bread …
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    … fall downe and submit to them and their antichristian novell Ceremonies, Articles, Injunctions Oathes, VsurpationUsurpation, Extorsions, encroachments to bowe and cringe to Altars, Images, Crucifixes, Crosses, the Sacramentall Bread …

    William Prynne · A Looking Glass for All Lordly Prelates · p. 16 · Open in the reader

Ten Sermons A11454

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    First, it is an VsurpationUsurpation. Hee that is of right to iudge, must haue calling and commission for it …
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    First, it is an VsurpationUsurpation. Hee that is of right to iudge, must haue calling and commission for it …

    Robert Sanderson · Ten Sermons · p. 19 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … immediate parts of Gods worship, or of absolute necessitie vnto saluation. This Tyrannie and VsurpationUsurpation ouer mens Consciences, the Pharisees of old did, and the Church of Rome at …
    With rule
    … immediate parts of Gods worship, or of absolute necessitie vnto saluation. This Tyrannie and VsurpationUsurpation ouer mens Consciences, the Pharisees of old did, and the Church of Rome at …

    Robert Sanderson · Ten Sermons · p. 27 · Open in the reader

Two Sermons Preached at Several Visitations A11457

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    … as so many weighty reasons, why wee ought not to iudge one another. The VsurpationUsurpation, the Rashnesse, the Vncharitablenesse, and the scandall of it.
    With rule
    … as so many weighty reasons, why wee ought not to iudge one another. The VsurpationUsurpation, the Rashnesse, the Vncharitablenesse, and the scandall of it.

    Robert Sanderson · Two Sermons Preached at Several Visitations · p. 17 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    First, it is an VsurpationUsurpation. Hee that is of right to iudge, must haue calling and commission for it …
    With rule
    First, it is an VsurpationUsurpation. Hee that is of right to iudge, must haue calling and commission for it …

    Robert Sanderson · Two Sermons Preached at Several Visitations · p. 19 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … immediate parts of Gods worship, or of absolute necessitie vnto saluation. This Tyranny and VsurpationUsurpation ouer mens Consciences, the Pharises of old did, and the Church of Rome at …
    With rule
    … immediate parts of Gods worship, or of absolute necessitie vnto saluation. This Tyranny and VsurpationUsurpation ouer mens Consciences, the Pharises of old did, and the Church of Rome at …

    Robert Sanderson · Two Sermons Preached at Several Visitations · p. 27 · Open in the reader

A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered A13078

  • Printed
    … of the Gospel hath at once revealed his heresie in Doctrine, and tyrannie in VsurpationUsurpation. This is a tryall of Princes; for they are free and happie Princes who …
    With rule
    … of the Gospel hath at once revealed his heresie in Doctrine, and tyrannie in VsurpationUsurpation. This is a tryall of Princes; for they are free and happie Princes who …

    William Struther · A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Popes: OR A vindication of the Sacred Authoritie of Princes from the Popes Antichristian VsurpationUsurpation.
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    … Popes: OR A vindication of the Sacred Authoritie of Princes from the Popes Antichristian VsurpationUsurpation.

    William Struther · A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … the worke and character of Rome, as they are papalized, let vs consider the VsurpationUsurpation it selfe.
    With rule
    … the worke and character of Rome, as they are papalized, let vs consider the VsurpationUsurpation it selfe.

    William Struther · A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered · p. 3 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    THeir fourth VsurpationUsurpation over Princes is in Censures: They are not content with a directiue power, but …
    With rule
    THeir fourth VsurpationUsurpation over Princes is in Censures: They are not content with a directiue power, but …

    William Struther · A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered · p. 17 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    By this rule of prescription, wee finde their VsurpationUsurpation to be a Novaltie, and that both negatiuely and positiuely. Negatiuely, because it was …
    With rule
    By this rule of prescription, wee finde their VsurpationUsurpation to be a Novaltie, and that both negatiuely and positiuely. Negatiuely, because it was …

    William Struther · A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered · p. 30 · Open in the reader

A Defense of the Catholic Faith A20944

  • Printed
    THE FIRST BOOKE. ¶ Of the VſurpationUsurpation of Popes ouer Kings.
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    THE FIRST BOOKE. ¶ Of the VſurpationUsurpation of Popes ouer Kings.

    Pierre du Moulin Sr · A Defense of the Catholic Faith · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

  • Printed
    … ſignifies and attends; he is netled with the newes: Euery thing affrights the guilty: VſurpationUsurpation is full of ielouſies, and feare, no leſſe full of proiects and imaginations; it …
    With rule
    … ſignifies and attends; he is netled with the newes: Euery thing affrights the guilty: VſurpationUsurpation is full of ielouſies, and feare, no leſſe full of proiects and imaginations; it …

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 1171 · Open in the reader

The By-Way A72851

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    … all called by the Emperours: and that wee may iuſtly charge the Pope of VſurpationUsurpation, both in calling, and aſſuming a preheminence of place and dignitie in Councels, the …
    With rule
    … all called by the Emperours: and that wee may iuſtly charge the Pope of VſurpationUsurpation, both in calling, and aſſuming a preheminence of place and dignitie in Councels, the …

    Humphrey Lynde · The By-Way · p. 377 · Open in the reader

Contemplations and Devotions B13985

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    … throughout all Iury. 2. Seduction, hee peruerteth the nation, forbidding to give tribute to Caesar. 3. VsurpationUsurpation, hee saies that he himselfe is Christ, a King; and hee that maketh himselfe …
    With rule
    … throughout all Iury. 2. Seduction, hee peruerteth the nation, forbidding to give tribute to Caesar. 3. VsurpationUsurpation, hee saies that he himselfe is Christ, a King; and hee that maketh himselfe …

    Charles Herle · Contemplations and Devotions · p. 138 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … power shall speake his will, and his will againe his power. And then for VsurpationUsurpation; alas, so farre is he from the least ambition or desire of soveraignty, that …
    With rule
    … power shall speake his will, and his will againe his power. And then for VsurpationUsurpation; alas, so farre is he from the least ambition or desire of soveraignty, that …

    Charles Herle · Contemplations and Devotions · p. 138 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … in Eue, wee were seduced by the Serpent, and in her wee seduced Adam. VsurpationUsurpation, what did wee then but traiterously inuade and vsurpe that prerogative, divinely roiall, of …
    With rule
    … in Eue, wee were seduced by the Serpent, and in her wee seduced Adam. VsurpationUsurpation, what did wee then but traiterously inuade and vsurpe that prerogative, divinely roiall, of …

    Charles Herle · Contemplations and Devotions · p. 138 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … followers, his truth, their trust, the Scarlet vpbraids him of ambition, the Crowne of VsurpationUsurpation; but this their reeden Scepter of a deceitfull trustlesnesse, that hee was like Egypt …
    With rule
    … followers, his truth, their trust, the Scarlet vpbraids him of ambition, the Crowne of VsurpationUsurpation; but this their reeden Scepter of a deceitfull trustlesnesse, that hee was like Egypt …

    Charles Herle · Contemplations and Devotions · p. 202 · Open in the reader