Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #687 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

controuersycontroversy

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

Puritas changed it: 178 times in 64 works
Consistency: 98.3% (178 of 181)
Reach if approved: ~190 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: controversy
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 181 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (178 changes in 64 works, 98.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 178)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… ordeined by thē, hath his miniſtry frō Antichriſt, and from the Deuill. There is controuerſycontroversy about the ſtate & gouernmēt by Biſhops, whether y^e Church of Engl. hath not erred …
With rule
… ordeined by thē, hath his miniſtry frō Antichriſt, and from the Deuill. There is controuerſycontroversy about the ſtate & gouernmēt by Biſhops, whether y^e Church of Engl. hath not erred …
George Gifford · Short Treatise Against the Donatists of England · p. 71 · Open in the reader
Printed
… gyfte of God by anye other meane, than by tiue fayth, which faith withoute controuerſycontroversy is effectual alſo by good workes, becauſe it receaueth the holye Ghooſte, and reneweth …
With rule
… gyfte of God by anye other meane, than by tiue fayth, which faith withoute controuerſycontroversy is effectual alſo by good workes, becauſe it receaueth the holye Ghooſte, and reneweth …
Martin Luther · Exposition of Jeremiah 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Lift vp your hearts, if they haue all in their mouths? To end this controuersycontroversy. Here we may say as the Disciples sayd to Christ, Whether shall we goe …
With rule
… Lift vp your hearts, if they haue all in their mouths? To end this controuersycontroversy. Here we may say as the Disciples sayd to Christ, Whether shall we goe …
Henry Smith · A Preparative to Marriage · Open in the reader
Printed
… force and confirmation only by him. And that he is ſupreame Iudge in all controuerſycontroversy of Religion, whoſe iudgement is alſo infallible. And where God hes ordayned all cauſes …
With rule
… force and confirmation only by him. And that he is ſupreame Iudge in all controuerſycontroversy of Religion, whoſe iudgement is alſo infallible. And where God hes ordayned all cauſes …
John Welch · Reply Against Gilbert Brown · p. 339 · Open in the reader
Printed
… y^e meane season he maketh not word of the state it selfe of oure controuersycontroversy. And though we graunt the authoritye of this place to oure aduersaries, yet with …
With rule
… y^e meane season he maketh not word of the state it selfe of oure controuersycontroversy. And though we graunt the authoritye of this place to oure aduersaries, yet with …
Martin Bucer · Gratulation · Open in the reader
Printed
… Iustice, in which persuasion is enclosed the sede of religion. For as without all controuersycontroversy man was made to meditation of the heauenly life: so is it certaine that …
With rule
… Iustice, in which persuasion is enclosed the sede of religion. For as without all controuersycontroversy man was made to meditation of the heauenly life: so is it certaine that …
John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader
Printed
… counterfeyt ſuppoſing he were a counterfeyt: for if we will proue a thing in controuerſycontroversy or matter criminall by circumſtances, as they muſt be diuers, ſo they muſt be …
With rule
… counterfeyt ſuppoſing he were a counterfeyt: for if we will proue a thing in controuerſycontroversy or matter criminall by circumſtances, as they muſt be diuers, ſo they muſt be …
John Darrell · The Sinful Shameful Lying and Ridiculous Discourse of Samuel Harshnet · p. 94 · Open in the reader
Printed
… edification of him self by these contentecious sermons whiche onely intreate of matters in controuersycontroversy and in dout, and ouerflow with euil spéeches, brawlings, nips, and taunts, and therfore …
With rule
… edification of him self by these contentecious sermons whiche onely intreate of matters in controuersycontroversy and in dout, and ouerflow with euil spéeches, brawlings, nips, and taunts, and therfore …
Henrich Bullinger · Exhortation to the Ministers of Gods Word · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.