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confesconfess

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
369 times in 194 works
Consistency
83.6% (369 of 441)
Reach if approved
~463 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: confess
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
441 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (369 changes in 194 works, 83.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 369)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … another for the Communion in both kindes, to those that desire it: so they confesconfess it were as good in one kinde, and agrée with them in al other …
    With rule
    … another for the Communion in both kindes, to those that desire it: so they confesconfess it were as good in one kinde, and agrée with them in al other …

    William Fulke · Sermon Preached 12 November 1570 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … thy prefence, & bleſſed are we that we may come to thy preſence) acknowledge and confesconfess, that wee are of our ſelues moſt wofull, wicked, and curſed creatures. The corruption …
    With rule
    … thy prefence, & bleſſed are we that we may come to thy preſence) acknowledge and confesconfess, that wee are of our ſelues moſt wofull, wicked, and curſed creatures. The corruption …

    Robert Hill · Christs Prayer Expounded · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … mixture poudering, or blaūching. These be the properties of al true preachers, that these confesconfess to be in Christe. It was true euery word that they spake. … is our …
    With rule
    … mixture poudering, or blaūching. These be the properties of al true preachers, that these confesconfess to be in Christe. It was true euery word that they spake. … is our …

    Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · p. 100 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … the that do the wil of thee our Father which art in Heauen. To confesconfess thee with our mouth, and to deny thee with our deedes, worketh rather our …
    With rule
    … the that do the wil of thee our Father which art in Heauen. To confesconfess thee with our mouth, and to deny thee with our deedes, worketh rather our …

    Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … it hath bene, euer ſince our troubles, vve need not to be aſhamed to confesconfess: & vve referre our ſelues to all men. If vve haue committed any indignitie againſt …
    With rule
    … it hath bene, euer ſince our troubles, vve need not to be aſhamed to confesconfess: & vve referre our ſelues to all men. If vve haue committed any indignitie againſt …

    Josias Nichols · The Plea of the Innocent · p. 149 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    And herein plainly to confesconfess what I think of this bookiſh humor of writing bookes: truely, in them that …
    With rule
    And herein plainly to confesconfess what I think of this bookiſh humor of writing bookes: truely, in them that …

    John Prime · Exposition of Galatians · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … and thinges in earth, and thinges vnder the earth, and that euery tonge ſhoulde confesconfess that Ieſus Chriſt is the Lorde vnto the glorie of God the father. Thus …
    With rule
    … and thinges in earth, and thinges vnder the earth, and that euery tonge ſhoulde confesconfess that Ieſus Chriſt is the Lorde vnto the glorie of God the father. Thus …

    Thomas Sampson · Warning to Take Heed of Fowlers Psalter · p. 18 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … there is a God. Againe, euen in Gods ordinarie workes, they doo by ſpeech confesconfess that which they wil not beleeue. For whē they ſay, it raineth, it ſnoweth …
    With rule
    … there is a God. Againe, euen in Gods ordinarie workes, they doo by ſpeech confesconfess that which they wil not beleeue. For whē they ſay, it raineth, it ſnoweth …

    Jean Taffin · The Amendment of Life · p. 12 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (72)

15 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 57 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Works A05537

  • Printed
    ConfesConfess thy Syn, and ſore repent.
    With rule
    ConfesConfess thy Syn, and ſore repent.

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

Showing the Necessity of Conformity A12800

  • Printed
    … ſo contend, that for this cauſe the peace of the Churches ſhould be troubled, ConfeſConfess. cap. 25. §. 30. fol. 249.
    With rule
    … ſo contend, that for this cauſe the peace of the Churches ſhould be troubled, ConfeſConfess. cap. 25. §. 30. fol. 249.

    John Sprint · Showing the Necessity of Conformity · p. 135 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … in the Churches of Denm. Heming. Syntag. in 4. leg. Decal. §. 22. fol. 363. 364. Of Bohem. Harm. ConfeſConfess. §. 16. fol. 179. Saxony and high Germany, Harm. Confeſſ. §. 16. Augustan. fol. 186. Heluetia Harm. Confeſſ. §. 16. Heluet. poſterior …
    With rule
    … in the Churches of Denm. Heming. Syntag. in 4. leg. Decal. §. 22. fol. 363. 364. Of Bohem. Harm. ConfeſConfess. §. 16. fol. 179. Saxony and high Germany, Harm. Confeſſ. §. 16. Augustan. fol. 186. Heluetia Harm. Confeſſ. §. 16. Heluet. poſterior …

    John Sprint · Showing the Necessity of Conformity · p. 147 · Open in the reader

Harmony of the Gospels A16078

  • Printed
    Confession. ConfesConfess. must not bee separated from faith. 12. 24
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    Confession. ConfesConfess. must not bee separated from faith. 12. 24

    John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · Open in the reader

A Compendious Bulk of Godly Psalms and Spiritual Songs A16106

  • Printed
    ConfesConfess thy sinnis les and mair
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    ConfesConfess thy sinnis les and mair

    John Wedderburn · A Compendious Bulk of Godly Psalms and Spiritual Songs · p. 199 · Open in the reader

Right to Sacraments A26886

  • Printed
    Et in Exeges. ConfesConfess. August. pag. 823. [Si à Deo instituta sunt Sacramenta, ut generalis illa promissio gratiae de …
    With rule
    Et in Exeges. ConfesConfess. August. pag. 823. [Si à Deo instituta sunt Sacramenta, ut generalis illa promissio gratiae de …

    Richard Baxter · Right to Sacraments · p. 217 · Open in the reader

Quakerism the Path-Way to Paganism A29753

  • Printed
    … by the Orthodox Churches, and explained in their several Confessions; and particularly by our ConfesConfess. of faith Chap. 6. § 2.3, 4. By this sin, they (i. e. our first Parents) fell from …
    With rule
    … by the Orthodox Churches, and explained in their several Confessions; and particularly by our ConfesConfess. of faith Chap. 6. § 2.3, 4. By this sin, they (i. e. our first Parents) fell from …

    John Brown · Quakerism the Path-Way to Paganism · p. 111 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … patience. The truth, which we owne, is shortly and fully set downe, in our ConfesConfess. of faith, Chap. 17. thus, They, whom God hath accepted in his beloved, effectually called …
    With rule
    … patience. The truth, which we owne, is shortly and fully set downe, in our ConfesConfess. of faith, Chap. 17. thus, They, whom God hath accepted in his beloved, effectually called …

    John Brown · Quakerism the Path-Way to Paganism · p. 353 · Open in the reader

A Treatise of Original Sin A30247

  • Printed
    … wonder at that diſobedience which now man finds in himſelf, Superat animu corperi &c. (ConfeſConfess. lib. 8. cap. 9.) The ſoul commands the body, and preſently it obeyeth, but (ſaith he …
    With rule
    … wonder at that diſobedience which now man finds in himſelf, Superat animu corperi &c. (ConfeſConfess. lib. 8. cap. 9.) The ſoul commands the body, and preſently it obeyeth, but (ſaith he …

    Anthony Burgess · A Treatise of Original Sin · p. 114 · Open in the reader

Confession of His Faith A76156

  • Printed
    … many in one, viz. in the Confession and Catechism of our late Reverend Assembly: ConfesConfess. Ch. 6. §. 6. Every sin, both original and actual, being a transgression of the righteous Law …
    With rule
    … many in one, viz. in the Confession and Catechism of our late Reverend Assembly: ConfesConfess. Ch. 6. §. 6. Every sin, both original and actual, being a transgression of the righteous Law …

    Richard Baxter · Confession of His Faith · p. 112 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … and rest on Jesus Christ as he is offered to us in the Gospel. ConfesConfess. cap. 14. §. 2. By this faith a Christian believeth to be true whatsoever is revealed in …
    With rule
    … and rest on Jesus Christ as he is offered to us in the Gospel. ConfesConfess. cap. 14. §. 2. By this faith a Christian believeth to be true whatsoever is revealed in …

    Richard Baxter · Confession of His Faith · p. 317 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Evangelii Crede in Dominum Iesum: & sic fides est Obedientia erga Evangelium, inquit Apolog. August. ConfesConfess. pag. 125. Quantum ab Evangelio Lex distat, tantum haec obedientia ab illa disterminatur, (inquit Mentzerus …
    With rule
    … Evangelii Crede in Dominum Iesum: & sic fides est Obedientia erga Evangelium, inquit Apolog. August. ConfesConfess. pag. 125. Quantum ab Evangelio Lex distat, tantum haec obedientia ab illa disterminatur, (inquit Mentzerus …

    Richard Baxter · Confession of His Faith · p. 364 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … much as in the study of piety we begin eternal Life, &c.] Et Exeges. ConfesConfess. Belg. Art. 22. p. 318. he confesseth Faith and Repentance to be Conditions.
    With rule
    … much as in the study of piety we begin eternal Life, &c.] Et Exeges. ConfesConfess. Belg. Art. 22. p. 318. he confesseth Faith and Repentance to be Conditions.

    Richard Baxter · Confession of His Faith · p. 408 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    10. GEorg. Sohnius Exeges. ConfesConfess. August. saith as much against all the Arguments brought for Justi…ication by Works …
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    10. GEorg. Sohnius Exeges. ConfesConfess. August. saith as much against all the Arguments brought for Justi…ication by Works …

    Richard Baxter · Confession of His Faith · p. 446 · Open in the reader

Romanism Discussed A94737

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    … it is not lawful to ſwear in any caſe, &c. Illiricus in Catalog. Waldenſ. ConfeſConfess. Bohem. a. 1. and Waldo an unlearned Merchant of Lyons lived but in the year 1160.
    With rule
    … it is not lawful to ſwear in any caſe, &c. Illiricus in Catalog. Waldenſ. ConfeſConfess. Bohem. a. 1. and Waldo an unlearned Merchant of Lyons lived but in the year 1160.

    John Tombes · Romanism Discussed · p. 48 · Open in the reader