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reproovereprove

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
196 times in 105 works
Consistency
92.0% (196 of 213)
Reach if approved
~226 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: reprove
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
215 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (196 changes in 105 works, 92.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 196)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … of Homer and Syr Thomas Eliot, as making for that dansing, which I did reproovereprove. And bringing in the former of them by a figure, saying, To omit Homers …
    With rule
    … of Homer and Syr Thomas Eliot, as making for that dansing, which I did reproovereprove. And bringing in the former of them by a figure, saying, To omit Homers …

    John Rainolds · The Overthrow of Stage Plays · p. 135 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    Let Bishoppes haue a care of such as are oppressed, to reproovereprove the mightie men who oppresse them: and if the word of wholesome reproofe profite …
    With rule
    Let Bishoppes haue a care of such as are oppressed, to reproovereprove the mightie men who oppresse them: and if the word of wholesome reproofe profite …

    Patrick Simson · The History of the Church Since the Days of Christ · p. 603 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Which here wee doe reproovereprove, thy mind infect:
    With rule
    Which here wee doe reproovereprove, thy mind infect:

    George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 246 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … trueth, which belongeth to our present purpose. For Suarez his words are these: Others reproovereprove Ecclesiasticall Ceremonies as humane inventions without authority or precept in Scripture: For they thinke …
    With rule
    … trueth, which belongeth to our present purpose. For Suarez his words are these: Others reproovereprove Ecclesiasticall Ceremonies as humane inventions without authority or precept in Scripture: For they thinke …

    William Ames · Against Human Ceremonies in Gods Worship · p. 310 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … what doth he infer from thence? therefore you should have said, wherefore do we reproovereprove him, seeing the roote of the matter is in him? v. 26, 27. And so shal …
    With rule
    … what doth he infer from thence? therefore you should have said, wherefore do we reproovereprove him, seeing the roote of the matter is in him? v. 26, 27. And so shal …

    John Cotton · The Way of Life · p. 368 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    Art thou loth to practice Religion for fear of the croſſe? loth to reproovereprove ſinne for fear of a flout, or of the diſpleaſure of a great man …
    With rule
    Art thou loth to practice Religion for fear of the croſſe? loth to reproovereprove ſinne for fear of a flout, or of the diſpleaſure of a great man …

    William Fenner · Twenty-Nine Sermons · p. 315 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … were yet unbribed, did confeſſe. Yea, all the circumſtances of the action it ſelfe, reproovereprove the blindneſſe and infidelitie of the Iewes. O ye fooles and blind, how long …
    With rule
    … were yet unbribed, did confeſſe. Yea, all the circumſtances of the action it ſelfe, reproovereprove the blindneſſe and infidelitie of the Iewes. O ye fooles and blind, how long …

    Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 73 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … minde but Browniſts, and ſuch like. Hee maketh the Browniſtes happy men. Can hee reproovereprove them if they follow Zuinglius, Luther, Bucer, P. Martyr, Viret, Calvin, Beza, Danaeus, Vrſinees …
    With rule
    … minde but Browniſts, and ſuch like. Hee maketh the Browniſtes happy men. Can hee reproovereprove them if they follow Zuinglius, Luther, Bucer, P. Martyr, Viret, Calvin, Beza, Danaeus, Vrſinees …

    Henry Jacob · Attestation of Many Learned Godly and Famous Divines · p. 306 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (17)

13 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 10 are listed here. 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Commentary on Genesis and Exodus A15408

  • Printed
    … but that they would have hated him the more: as the wise man saith, ReprooveReprove a scor…er, and hee will hate thee, Prov. 9. and in this case one …
    With rule
    … but that they would have hated him the more: as the wise man saith, ReprooveReprove a scor…er, and hee will hate thee, Prov. 9. and in this case one …

    Andrew Willet · Commentary on Genesis and Exodus · p. 322 · Open in the reader

An Exposition of Genesis A44894

  • Printed
    … you that they keep the way of the Lord in doing justice and judgment. ReprooveReprove the sins of others with wisdom and love, and where you are not capable …
    With rule
    … you that they keep the way of the Lord in doing justice and judgment. ReprooveReprove the sins of others with wisdom and love, and where you are not capable …

    George Hughes · An Exposition of Genesis · Open in the reader

A Complete and Compendious Church History A52804

  • Printed
    … the Canaanites, Judg. 1. 18. 19. for this (and other Sins) the Angel of the Covenant did ReprooveReprove them, Judg. 2. 1, 2 and for this, Departs from them. Hereupon the People fall a Weeping …
    With rule
    … the Canaanites, Judg. 1. 18. 19. for this (and other Sins) the Angel of the Covenant did ReprooveReprove them, Judg. 2. 1, 2 and for this, Departs from them. Hereupon the People fall a Weeping …

    Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 104 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … added more Authority to him over his Wicked Sons, yet doth he ſo gently ReprooveReprove them for their Sins, (ſo exceeding ſinful, even to Black Sins under a White …
    With rule
    … added more Authority to him over his Wicked Sons, yet doth he ſo gently ReprooveReprove them for their Sins, (ſo exceeding ſinful, even to Black Sins under a White …

    Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 116 · Open in the reader

The Disabled Debtor Discharged A57544

  • Printed
    … ians, (who were alwaies word ſignifies.) Tit. 1.13. Thus did our Saviour at other times ReprooveReprove. He called Herod Fox, and the Maſter of the Synagogue, Hypocrite: and the Scribes …
    With rule
    … ians, (who were alwaies word ſignifies.) Tit. 1.13. Thus did our Saviour at other times ReprooveReprove. He called Herod Fox, and the Maſter of the Synagogue, Hypocrite: and the Scribes …

    Nehemiah Rogers · The Disabled Debtor Discharged · p. 14 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … be private, knowne to hee alone, or ſome few els, Corripe inter te & illum; ReprooveReprove him betwixt thee and him, (or before two or three at moſt,) make no …
    With rule
    … be private, knowne to hee alone, or ſome few els, Corripe inter te & illum; ReprooveReprove him betwixt thee and him, (or before two or three at moſt,) make no …

    Nehemiah Rogers · The Disabled Debtor Discharged · p. 16 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … repent forgive him, ſaid alſo (and in the firſt place) If thy Brother ſinne, ReprooveReprove him: Our fault may be held to be as great, not to reproovereprove our …
    With rule
    … repent forgive him, ſaid alſo (and in the firſt place) If thy Brother ſinne, ReprooveReprove him: Our fault may be held to be as great, not to reproovereprove our …

    Nehemiah Rogers · The Disabled Debtor Discharged · p. 21 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … it cannot be denied) there are amongſt us, who ſeeme to incline this way. ReprooveReprove them for ſinning, they will anſwer you they are ſinners as others are, &c …
    With rule
    … it cannot be denied) there are amongſt us, who ſeeme to incline this way. ReprooveReprove them for ſinning, they will anſwer you they are ſinners as others are, &c …

    Nehemiah Rogers · The Disabled Debtor Discharged · p. 52 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    How to ReprooveReprove aright is difficult, pag. 21.
    With rule
    How to ReprooveReprove aright is difficult, pag. 21.

    Nehemiah Rogers · The Disabled Debtor Discharged · Open in the reader

Law-Power A66997

  • Printed
    … deale faithfully. So deale with us, we pray you, as you may ſee cauſe; ReprooveReprove us, rebuke us, we ſhall take it as a great favour, as an excellent …
    With rule
    … deale faithfully. So deale with us, we pray you, as you may ſee cauſe; ReprooveReprove us, rebuke us, we ſhall take it as a great favour, as an excellent …

    Hezekiah Woodward · Law-Power · p. 40 · Open in the reader