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mettallmetal

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
649 times in 371 works
Consistency
92.4% (649 of 702)
Reach if approved
~739 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: mettle
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
703 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (649 changes in 371 works, 92.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 649)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    It must needs be good mettallmetal that will abide nine and twenty sayes or examinations. It must needes be a …
    With rule
    It must needs be good mettallmetal that will abide nine and twenty sayes or examinations. It must needes be a …

    James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · p. 85 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    One golden bough being pulled away, there buds out another of the ſame mettallmetal. So for auſpication of his Honourable Succeſſour, I doubt not to ſay, that hee …
    With rule
    One golden bough being pulled away, there buds out another of the ſame mettallmetal. So for auſpication of his Honourable Succeſſour, I doubt not to ſay, that hee …

    John Gee · Hold Fast · p. 52 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … members of thy body? Let not the ſword boaſt it ſelfe of the good mettallmetal, the curious workmanſhip, and ſharp edge, but rather who doth vſe it, and to …
    With rule
    … members of thy body? Let not the ſword boaſt it ſelfe of the good mettallmetal, the curious workmanſhip, and ſharp edge, but rather who doth vſe it, and to …

    Thomas Granger · The Blind Mans Sermon · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … patience wil make thy life comfortable, whatſoever thy afflictions be, Thou art armed with mettallmetal of proof: no dart of Satan, no malice of the world can wound thy …
    With rule
    … patience wil make thy life comfortable, whatſoever thy afflictions be, Thou art armed with mettallmetal of proof: no dart of Satan, no malice of the world can wound thy …

    Adam Harsnett · A Cordial for the Afflicted · p. 343 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … this is the apparent property of the first Stone. Whosoever be of such stubborne mettallmetal, as he will not receive impression, yet a Priest (like Iudah ) must be knowne …
    With rule
    … this is the apparent property of the first Stone. Whosoever be of such stubborne mettallmetal, as he will not receive impression, yet a Priest (like Iudah ) must be knowne …

    John Jackson · The Worthy Churchman · p. 2 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … our Sauiour either in colours or in ſtone, or in any other kinde of mettallmetal or matter: but whereſoeuer any ſuch Image ſhall be found, wee command it to …
    With rule
    … our Sauiour either in colours or in ſtone, or in any other kinde of mettallmetal or matter: but whereſoeuer any ſuch Image ſhall be found, wee command it to …

    Humphrey Lynde · The Safe Way Leading All Christians · p. 195 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … yet are not ſauing. We loue ſtuffe in our garments that will laſt, and mettallmetal in a horſe that will laſt: ſome horſe will at firſt ſetting out ſtand …
    With rule
    … yet are not ſauing. We loue ſtuffe in our garments that will laſt, and mettallmetal in a horſe that will laſt: ſome horſe will at firſt ſetting out ſtand …

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 116 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … commaundements, let euery of vs know, wee ſhall neuer finde our ſelues of better mettallmetal then he was, our nature is moſt abhominable, which (beſides outward tentations) will turne …
    With rule
    … commaundements, let euery of vs know, wee ſhall neuer finde our ſelues of better mettallmetal then he was, our nature is moſt abhominable, which (beſides outward tentations) will turne …

    George Estey · Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (53)

29 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 28 are listed here. 24 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome A00597

  • Printed
    … How then can it iustifie the Romish halfe Communion, sith it selfe is vniustifiable? MettallMetal vpon mettallmetal is no good hearaldrie, and error vpon error is no good D …
    With rule
    … How then can it iustifie the Romish halfe Communion, sith it selfe is vniustifiable? MettallMetal vpon mettallmetal is no good hearaldrie, and error vpon error is no good D …

    Daniel Featley · The Grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome · p. 184 · Open in the reader

Heaven and Earth Reconciled A02054

  • Printed
    … vse in the Garden, as well as he that drawes the Knot. Siluer is MettallMetal, as well as Gold: and the Beggar may be as good a Subiect as …
    With rule
    … vse in the Garden, as well as he that drawes the Knot. Siluer is MettallMetal, as well as Gold: and the Beggar may be as good a Subiect as …

    Thomas Adams · Heaven and Earth Reconciled · p. 2 · Open in the reader

Of Justification By Faith A09274

  • Printed
    … reckoned onely as dispositions vnto Regeneration: are, if they be true and not counterfeit MettallMetal, the maine parts and fruits of Regeneration.
    With rule
    … reckoned onely as dispositions vnto Regeneration: are, if they be true and not counterfeit MettallMetal, the maine parts and fruits of Regeneration.

    William Pemble · Of Justification By Faith · p. 42 · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

  • Printed
    … it to Serug; and addeth, That they had not grauen Images of Wood or MettallMetal, but pictures of men; and Thara, the father of Abraham, was the first Author …
    With rule
    … it to Serug; and addeth, That they had not grauen Images of Wood or MettallMetal, but pictures of men; and Thara, the father of Abraham, was the first Author …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 46 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Bell. The Temple within shineth with gold, and the Roofe is wholly of this MettallMetal; it yeeldeth so fragrant a smell, that the Garments of those, which come thither …
    With rule
    … Bell. The Temple within shineth with gold, and the Roofe is wholly of this MettallMetal; it yeeldeth so fragrant a smell, that the Garments of those, which come thither …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 68 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … the same are many Paphlagonian Temples. Sandaracurgium is another Mountaine, made hollow by the MettallMetal-miners, which were wont to be slaues redeemed from capitall Sentence, who here exchanged …
    With rule
    … the same are many Paphlagonian Temples. Sandaracurgium is another Mountaine, made hollow by the MettallMetal-miners, which were wont to be slaues redeemed from capitall Sentence, who here exchanged …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 272 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … they challenged their God Fire to be the strongest, as deuouring other Woodden and MettallMetal-Gods, he conueyed an Earthen pot full of holes, which he had stopped with …
    With rule
    … they challenged their God Fire to be the strongest, as deuouring other Woodden and MettallMetal-Gods, he conueyed an Earthen pot full of holes, which he had stopped with …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 484 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … formes of Birds, Fishes, and Beasts: They had also the Touch-stone for their MettallMetal, and Weights to weigh the same, things not elsewhere found in India. They make …
    With rule
    … formes of Birds, Fishes, and Beasts: They had also the Touch-stone for their MettallMetal, and Weights to weigh the same, things not elsewhere found in India. They make …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 694 · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

  • Printed
    A precious MettallMetal, whereof Money vseth to be made.
    With rule
    A precious MettallMetal, whereof Money vseth to be made.

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 446 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    An hollow Instrument, of Siluer, Brasse, or some other MettallMetal …giuing a great sound through the breath of a mans mouth, wherewith publicke Magistrates …
    With rule
    An hollow Instrument, of Siluer, Brasse, or some other MettallMetal …giuing a great sound through the breath of a mans mouth, wherewith publicke Magistrates …

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 495 · Open in the reader

Of the Head Cornerstone A17242

  • Printed
    … to bee all of Golde, all their Sockets were but of Siluer: a baser MettallMetal; yet so much the more sutable to be thrust so farre into the earth …
    With rule
    … to bee all of Golde, all their Sockets were but of Siluer: a baser MettallMetal; yet so much the more sutable to be thrust so farre into the earth …

    Edmund Bunny · Of the Head Cornerstone · p. 138 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Philemon A22481

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    … vſed, are too little, (though moſt earneſt) to worke vpon ſuch tough and rough MettallMetal. This doth the Apoſtle propheſie of long age, when perſwading Timothy to wait with …
    With rule
    … vſed, are too little, (though moſt earneſt) to worke vpon ſuch tough and rough MettallMetal. This doth the Apoſtle propheſie of long age, when perſwading Timothy to wait with …

    William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · p. 10 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … his ſeruants, to make them cry more earneſtly. We are made of a dull MettallMetal, we quickly wax weary in prayer; we muſt haue ſome means to kindle our …
    With rule
    … his ſeruants, to make them cry more earneſtly. We are made of a dull MettallMetal, we quickly wax weary in prayer; we muſt haue ſome means to kindle our …

    William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · p. 452 · Open in the reader

The Gentile Sinner A39252

  • Printed
    … stout Minucius, has by experience proved these Monsters to be of more Bulke then MettallMetal, and to want nothing but an Adversary, to bring them into Subjection.
    With rule
    … stout Minucius, has by experience proved these Monsters to be of more Bulke then MettallMetal, and to want nothing but an Adversary, to bring them into Subjection.

    Clement Ellis · The Gentile Sinner · p. 144 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … pay him a Reverence upon Earth. The Gold was not made so excellent a MettallMetal, that it might lie hid and rust in the Bowels of the Earth, but …
    With rule
    … pay him a Reverence upon Earth. The Gold was not made so excellent a MettallMetal, that it might lie hid and rust in the Bowels of the Earth, but …

    Clement Ellis · The Gentile Sinner · p. 218 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … reason if we require him to make it appear, that he is of better MettallMetal then others which is to be judged of, not by the Colour, but service.
    With rule
    … reason if we require him to make it appear, that he is of better MettallMetal then others which is to be judged of, not by the Colour, but service.

    Clement Ellis · The Gentile Sinner · p. 256 · Open in the reader

Good Thoughts in Bad Times A40662

  • Printed
    … alwayes the fittest time. In Nabuchadnezars Image, the lower the Members, the Courser the MettallMetal, the further off the Time, the more unfit. To day is the Golden Opportunity …
    With rule
    … alwayes the fittest time. In Nabuchadnezars Image, the lower the Members, the Courser the MettallMetal, the further off the Time, the more unfit. To day is the Golden Opportunity …

    Thomas Fuller · Good Thoughts in Bad Times · p. 17 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … I want in Wealth may I have in sincerity. I care not how mean MettallMetal my Estate be of, if my Soul have the true Stamp, really impressed with …
    With rule
    … I want in Wealth may I have in sincerity. I care not how mean MettallMetal my Estate be of, if my Soul have the true Stamp, really impressed with …

    Thomas Fuller · Good Thoughts in Bad Times · p. 203 · Open in the reader

Annotations Upon the New Testament A50050

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    … Prove all things] The Greeke word betokens such a triall, as Goldsmiths use touching MettallMetal, for the discerning whereof they have a touch-stone, at which that which will …
    With rule
    … Prove all things] The Greeke word betokens such a triall, as Goldsmiths use touching MettallMetal, for the discerning whereof they have a touch-stone, at which that which will …

    Edward Leigh · Annotations Upon the New Testament · p. 313 · Open in the reader

Great Britains Distractions A57134

  • Printed
    … ete with such as dare set their stampe of Divine Authority upon their Counterfeit MettallMetal, and with an unreverent and uncivill liberty censure the Magistrate: and heare they of …
    With rule
    … ete with such as dare set their stampe of Divine Authority upon their Counterfeit MettallMetal, and with an unreverent and uncivill liberty censure the Magistrate: and heare they of …

    Edward Reynolds · Great Britains Distractions · p. 2 · Open in the reader

Survey of the Spiritual Antichrist A57980

  • Printed
    And its of the same MettallMetal and Coine that Del bringeth, Pag. 89. Gospel-reformation is thorow and compleat in the …
    With rule
    And its of the same MettallMetal and Coine that Del bringeth, Pag. 89. Gospel-reformation is thorow and compleat in the …

    Samuel Rutherford · Survey of the Spiritual Antichrist · p. 201 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

  • Printed
    … drawne, and by whom it was taken? There was more in that Sword, then MettallMetal, and forme; Dauid could neuer caſt his eye vpon it, but hee ſaw an …
    With rule
    … drawne, and by whom it was taken? There was more in that Sword, then MettallMetal, and forme; Dauid could neuer caſt his eye vpon it, but hee ſaw an …

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 1092 · Open in the reader

The Divine Right of Church Government and Excommunication A92138

  • Printed
    … and ſome things of the Circumſtantials of the Sacrament, as what Cups, Wood or MettallMetal, in theſe the Directory layeth a tie upon no man, nor can the Church …
    With rule
    … and ſome things of the Circumſtantials of the Sacrament, as what Cups, Wood or MettallMetal, in theſe the Directory layeth a tie upon no man, nor can the Church …

    Samuel Rutherford · The Divine Right of Church Government and Excommunication · p. 78 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … the Pulpit be of ſtone or of timber, the Bell of this or this MettallMetal, the houſe of Worſhip ſtand thus or thus in Situation.
    With rule
    … the Pulpit be of ſtone or of timber, the Bell of this or this MettallMetal, the houſe of Worſhip ſtand thus or thus in Situation.

    Samuel Rutherford · The Divine Right of Church Government and Excommunication · p. 119 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … the Image, but that all that is really in it, is Wood, Gold, or MettallMetal, and ſo did the Gentiles believe their Images to be teaching books, Hab. 29. Ier …
    With rule
    … the Image, but that all that is really in it, is Wood, Gold, or MettallMetal, and ſo did the Gentiles believe their Images to be teaching books, Hab. 29. Ier …

    Samuel Rutherford · The Divine Right of Church Government and Excommunication · p. 157 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … of Idolat…ie, ſo as the matter of all theſe, whether Timber, Marble ſtones, MettallMetal of Gold, Silver, Braſſe, or the like to be imployed, for the neceſſarie uſe …
    With rule
    … of Idolat…ie, ſo as the matter of all theſe, whether Timber, Marble ſtones, MettallMetal of Gold, Silver, Braſſe, or the like to be imployed, for the neceſſarie uſe …

    Samuel Rutherford · The Divine Right of Church Government and Excommunication · p. 77 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … or other places, but we muſt be neceſſitate to ſtampe to powder the very MettallMetal of Bels, and to render them not only uſeleſſe in Churches, but any other …
    With rule
    … or other places, but we muſt be neceſſitate to ſtampe to powder the very MettallMetal of Bels, and to render them not only uſeleſſe in Churches, but any other …

    Samuel Rutherford · The Divine Right of Church Government and Excommunication · p. 77 · Open in the reader

The Power of Godliness B17454

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    … and reconcile the minds that are seperated by anger. As Founders or Casters of MettallMetal, by adding much fewel and making a great fire, do cause the hardest iron …
    With rule
    … and reconcile the minds that are seperated by anger. As Founders or Casters of MettallMetal, by adding much fewel and making a great fire, do cause the hardest iron …

    John Ball · The Power of Godliness · p. 263 · Open in the reader