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aduancingadvancing

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

Puritas changed it
397 times in 198 works
Consistency
98.5% (397 of 403)
Reach if approved
~423 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: advancing
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
403 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (397 changes in 198 works, 98.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 397)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … couetouſneſſe; the Deuill for malice; God for the probation of the afflicteds conſtancie, and aduancingadvancing his owne glory. The couetous Extortioner, or griping Vſurer, ſpoiles thee of thy goods …
    With rule
    … couetouſneſſe; the Deuill for malice; God for the probation of the afflicteds conſtancie, and aduancingadvancing his owne glory. The couetous Extortioner, or griping Vſurer, ſpoiles thee of thy goods …

    Nehemiah Rogers · A Strange Vineyard in Palestine · p. 224 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … lesse matter, because she founde meanes to diminish, and controll the authority therof by aduancingadvancing decrees of men, Popes, and Councells, to be equall or of greater authoritie than …
    With rule
    … lesse matter, because she founde meanes to diminish, and controll the authority therof by aduancingadvancing decrees of men, Popes, and Councells, to be equall or of greater authoritie than …

    William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 7 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … time for ſeeking the good of their ſoules, but will looſe no time for aduancingadvancing and encreaſing their temporall eſtate. They who put off their prouiding of oyle till …
    With rule
    … time for ſeeking the good of their ſoules, but will looſe no time for aduancingadvancing and encreaſing their temporall eſtate. They who put off their prouiding of oyle till …

    William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 209 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … of Lots, directly of it ſelfe and in a ſpeciall manner tendeth to the aduancingadvancing of the name of God, in attributing to his ſpeciall prouidence in the whole …
    With rule
    … of Lots, directly of it ſelfe and in a ſpeciall manner tendeth to the aduancingadvancing of the name of God, in attributing to his ſpeciall prouidence in the whole …

    James Balmford · Reply to Answers of Mr Gataker · p. 8 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … drawing neare vnto his bodie, and his bodie is drawing neare vnto the graue, aduancingadvancing more holy the excellencie of that loue wherewith the Father, Sonne, and holy Ghost …
    With rule
    … drawing neare vnto his bodie, and his bodie is drawing neare vnto the graue, aduancingadvancing more holy the excellencie of that loue wherewith the Father, Sonne, and holy Ghost …

    David Lindsay · The Godly Mans Journey to Heaven · p. 310 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … conſideration, maketh men ſo eager, in ſeeking worldly profit, and ſo ſlack about the aduancingadvancing of Gods Kingdome, and building of his houſe, to the ineuitable loſſe, not onely …
    With rule
    … conſideration, maketh men ſo eager, in ſeeking worldly profit, and ſo ſlack about the aduancingadvancing of Gods Kingdome, and building of his houſe, to the ineuitable loſſe, not onely …

    John Mayer · The English Catechism Explained · p. 460 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … by practiſe, in promoting the holy Scriptures aboue the authoritie of the Church; in aduancingadvancing his Maieſties Supremacie, who in his owne perſon with the whole Churches praiſe to …
    With rule
    … by practiſe, in promoting the holy Scriptures aboue the authoritie of the Church; in aduancingadvancing his Maieſties Supremacie, who in his owne perſon with the whole Churches praiſe to …

    Richard Bernard · Plain Evidences the Church of England is Apostolical · p. 243 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Angels by many degrees. Wherin we may behold the endlesse goodnesse of God, in aduancingadvancing our nature, which by sinne was made more vile then al earthly creatures, far …
    With rule
    … Angels by many degrees. Wherin we may behold the endlesse goodnesse of God, in aduancingadvancing our nature, which by sinne was made more vile then al earthly creatures, far …

    William Perkins · The Combat Between Christ and the Devil Displayed · p. 52 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

6 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.

An Exposition Upon Colossians A17389

  • Printed
    AduancingAdvancing themselues in things they neuer saw] Two things are here to be noted. First …
    With rule
    AduancingAdvancing themselues in things they neuer saw] Two things are here to be noted. First …

    Nicholas Byfield · An Exposition Upon Colossians · p. 79 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    AduancingAdvancing himselfe] The word signifieth to take possession, and to goe proudly, and to search …
    With rule
    AduancingAdvancing himselfe] The word signifieth to take possession, and to goe proudly, and to search …

    Nicholas Byfield · An Exposition Upon Colossians · p. 80 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Colossians A21260

  • Printed
    (AduancingAdvancing himſelfe in thoſe things which hee neuer ſaw.)
    With rule
    (AduancingAdvancing himſelfe in thoſe things which hee neuer ſaw.)

    Edward Elton · Exposition of Colossians · p. 684 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … boldly take on them the knowledge and determination of things they had neuer ſeene. (AduancingAdvancing himſelfe in thoſe things which he neuer ſaw.
    With rule
    … boldly take on them the knowledge and determination of things they had neuer ſeene. (AduancingAdvancing himſelfe in thoſe things which he neuer ſaw.

    Edward Elton · Exposition of Colossians · p. 684 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … them the knowledge of things which they had neuer ſeene expreſſed in theſe words, AduancingAdvancing himſelfe in thoſe things which he neuer ſaw.
    With rule
    … them the knowledge of things which they had neuer ſeene expreſſed in theſe words, AduancingAdvancing himſelfe in thoſe things which he neuer ſaw.

    Edward Elton · Exposition of Colossians · p. 699 · Open in the reader

The Sacred Mystery of the Government of the Thoughts B12199

  • Printed
    … but further alſo doe enſnare and enuenome the ſame, to affect and conſent thereunto. AduancingAdvancing hereby the admirable wiſdome and iustice of God: who makes the euill heart it …
    With rule
    … but further alſo doe enſnare and enuenome the ſame, to affect and conſent thereunto. AduancingAdvancing hereby the admirable wiſdome and iustice of God: who makes the euill heart it …

    Thomas Cooper · The Sacred Mystery of the Government of the Thoughts · p. 30 · Open in the reader