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diuorcementdivorcement

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

Puritas changed it
203 times in 87 works
Consistency
90.2% (203 of 225)
Reach if approved
~236 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: divorcement
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
225 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (203 changes in 87 works, 90.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 203)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … in worshipping Saints, Angels, Images, and the Virgin Mary, so as her Bill of diuorcementdivorcement is iustly giuen her, 2. Thess. 2.10. Reuel. 13.8. from whom we must separate, if we would …
    With rule
    … in worshipping Saints, Angels, Images, and the Virgin Mary, so as her Bill of diuorcementdivorcement is iustly giuen her, 2. Thess. 2.10. Reuel. 13.8. from whom we must separate, if we would …

    William Perkins · Exposition of Jude · p. 39 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … it: then the choise of it: then the dueties of it: and lastly the diuorcementdivorcement of it.
    With rule
    … it: then the choise of it: then the dueties of it: and lastly the diuorcementdivorcement of it.

    Henry Smith · A Preparative to Marriage · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … crucifying power against them: a perfit hatred will neuer be satisfied without death or diuorcementdivorcement. If thou hatest her in thine heart, why doest not thou put her away …
    With rule
    … crucifying power against them: a perfit hatred will neuer be satisfied without death or diuorcementdivorcement. If thou hatest her in thine heart, why doest not thou put her away …

    Thomas Taylor · Davids Learning · p. 53 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    1. Some are of opinion, that by the bill of diuorcementdivorcement giuen, the verie bond of matrimonie was dissolued, and that then it was lawful …
    With rule
    1. Some are of opinion, that by the bill of diuorcementdivorcement giuen, the verie bond of matrimonie was dissolued, and that then it was lawful …

    Andrew Willet · Commentary on Romans · p. 341 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … for her pride, God let her fall, and hath now giuen her … bill of diuorcementdivorcement.
    With rule
    … for her pride, God let her fall, and hath now giuen her … bill of diuorcementdivorcement.

    William Burton · Davids Evidence · p. 100 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … why set we vp new; schismes in doctrine, iarres in conuersation? The bill of diuorcementdivorcement is cancelled: let vs loue our husband Christ, and for his sake euery man …
    With rule
    … why set we vp new; schismes in doctrine, iarres in conuersation? The bill of diuorcementdivorcement is cancelled: let vs loue our husband Christ, and for his sake euery man …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 56 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … of men of conscience and credit, knowing that his wife will then easily by diuorcementdivorcement quit her selfe of him, and send him backe to his wonted miserie. And …
    With rule
    … of men of conscience and credit, knowing that his wife will then easily by diuorcementdivorcement quit her selfe of him, and send him backe to his wonted miserie. And …

    David Lindsay · The Godly Mans Journey to Heaven · p. 206 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … respect of temporall lucre. So also concerning Matrimony, he held, that the causes of diuorcementdivorcement, of consanguinity, or affinity, be not founded in the Scripture, but are onely the …
    With rule
    … respect of temporall lucre. So also concerning Matrimony, he held, that the causes of diuorcementdivorcement, of consanguinity, or affinity, be not founded in the Scripture, but are onely the …

    Thomas Bedford · Luthers Predecessors · p. 11 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (22)

20 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 19 are listed here. 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Plain Evidences the Church of England is Apostolical A09265

  • Printed
    … he did when they liued in adulteries: vntill he giue her a bill of DiuorcementDivorcement, of which, read Eſay. 50. 1. & that he doth remoue the Candleſticke out of the place …
    With rule
    … he did when they liued in adulteries: vntill he giue her a bill of DiuorcementDivorcement, of which, read Eſay. 50. 1. & that he doth remoue the Candleſticke out of the place …

    Richard Bernard · Plain Evidences the Church of England is Apostolical · p. 100 · Open in the reader

A Preparative to Marriage A12367

  • Printed
    Of DiuorcementDivorcement. Fol. 107.
    With rule
    Of DiuorcementDivorcement. Fol. 107.

    Henry Smith · A Preparative to Marriage · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    If these dueties bee performed in Marriage, then I need not speak of DiuorcementDivorcement, which is the rod of Marriage, and diuideth them which were one flesh, as …
    With rule
    If these dueties bee performed in Marriage, then I need not speak of DiuorcementDivorcement, which is the rod of Marriage, and diuideth them which were one flesh, as …

    Henry Smith · A Preparative to Marriage · p. 107 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … because all performe not their Wedlocke vowes, therfore hee which appoynted Marriage, hath appoynted DiuorcementDivorcement, as it were taking our priuiledge frō vs when we abuse it. As God …
    With rule
    … because all performe not their Wedlocke vowes, therfore hee which appoynted Marriage, hath appoynted DiuorcementDivorcement, as it were taking our priuiledge frō vs when we abuse it. As God …

    Henry Smith · A Preparative to Marriage · p. 107 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … disease of Marriage. The disease of Marriage is Adulterie, and the medicine hereof is DiuorcementDivorcement. Moses licenced thē to depart for hardnes of heart, but Christ licenseth them to …
    With rule
    … disease of Marriage. The disease of Marriage is Adulterie, and the medicine hereof is DiuorcementDivorcement. Moses licenced thē to depart for hardnes of heart, but Christ licenseth them to …

    Henry Smith · A Preparative to Marriage · p. 107 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … hath had in al ages & callings to prouide for thē which liue honestly: for DiuorcementDivorcement is not instituted for the carnall, but for the chast, least they should bee …
    With rule
    … hath had in al ages & callings to prouide for thē which liue honestly: for DiuorcementDivorcement is not instituted for the carnall, but for the chast, least they should bee …

    Henry Smith · A Preparative to Marriage · p. 107 · Open in the reader

Sermons in One Volume A12406

  • Printed
    Of DiuorcementDivorcement. 69
    With rule
    Of DiuorcementDivorcement. 69

    Henry Smith · Sermons in One Volume · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    If theſe duties bee performed in marriage, then I neede not ſpeake of DiuorcementDivorcement, which is the rod of mariage, and diuideth them which were one fleſh, as …
    With rule
    If theſe duties bee performed in marriage, then I neede not ſpeake of DiuorcementDivorcement, which is the rod of mariage, and diuideth them which were one fleſh, as …

    Henry Smith · Sermons in One Volume · p. 68 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Romans A14353

  • Printed
    DiuorcementDivorcement vſed among the Iewes. 160
    With rule
    DiuorcementDivorcement vſed among the Iewes. 160

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentary on Romans · Open in the reader

A General View of Papistry A15422

  • Printed
    2 Of DiuorcementDivorcement.
    With rule
    2 Of DiuorcementDivorcement.

    Andrew Willet · A General View of Papistry · Open in the reader

Harmony of the Gospels A16078

  • Printed
    DiuorcementDivorcement, why in times past permitted, 177. 31. and 5. 13.
    With rule
    DiuorcementDivorcement, why in times past permitted, 177. 31. and 5. 13.

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

Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion A17183

  • Printed
    DiuorcementDivorcement. 394. 1133
    With rule
    DiuorcementDivorcement. 394. 1133

    Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

Five Sermons 1 A20641

  • Printed
    Thus ſayth the Lord: Where is the Bill of your Mothers DiuorcementDivorcement whom I haue put away? Or which of my Creditors is it, to whom …
    With rule
    Thus ſayth the Lord: Where is the Bill of your Mothers DiuorcementDivorcement whom I haue put away? Or which of my Creditors is it, to whom …

    John Donne · Five Sermons 1 · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … of his goodneſſe, Thus ſayth the Lord, where is the bill of your mothers DiuorcementDivorcement, whom I haue put away, Or which of my Creditors is it to whom …
    With rule
    … of his goodneſſe, Thus ſayth the Lord, where is the bill of your mothers DiuorcementDivorcement, whom I haue put away, Or which of my Creditors is it to whom …

    John Donne · Five Sermons 1 · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … makes to eſtabliſh thy Conſcience, vbi libellus, Where is the Bill of thy Mothers DiuorcementDivorcement, &c.
    With rule
    … makes to eſtabliſh thy Conſcience, vbi libellus, Where is the Bill of thy Mothers DiuorcementDivorcement, &c.

    John Donne · Five Sermons 1 · p. 46 · Open in the reader

Sermon Preached to the King 24 February 1625 A20650

  • Printed
    Thus sayth the Lord: Where is the Bill of your Mothers DiuorcementDivorcement whom I haue put away? Or which of my Creditors is it, to whom …
    With rule
    Thus sayth the Lord: Where is the Bill of your Mothers DiuorcementDivorcement whom I haue put away? Or which of my Creditors is it, to whom …

    John Donne · Sermon Preached to the King 24 February 1625 · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … of his goodnesse, Thus sayth the Lord, where is the bill of your mothers DiuorcementDivorcement, whom I haue put away, Or which of my Creditors is it to whom …
    With rule
    … of his goodnesse, Thus sayth the Lord, where is the bill of your mothers DiuorcementDivorcement, whom I haue put away, Or which of my Creditors is it to whom …

    John Donne · Sermon Preached to the King 24 February 1625 · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … makes to establish thy Conscience, vbi libellus, Where is the Bill of thy Mothers DiuorcementDivorcement, &c.
    With rule
    … makes to establish thy Conscience, vbi libellus, Where is the Bill of thy Mothers DiuorcementDivorcement, &c.

    John Donne · Sermon Preached to the King 24 February 1625 · p. 46 · Open in the reader

Commentaries A68840

  • Printed
    DiuorcementDivorcement, onely aduoutry cauſeth & difference in religiō. 222. b.
    With rule
    DiuorcementDivorcement, onely aduoutry cauſeth & difference in religiō. 222. b.

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · Open in the reader