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linealllineal

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
150 times in 102 works
Consistency
91.4% (150 of 164)
Reach if approved
~172 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: lineal
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
164 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (150 changes in 102 works, 91.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 150)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … this present History: for Lewis the fourth, the thirty third King of France, by linealllineal discent, comming to the Crowne, (being the sonne to the before-named Charles the …
    With rule
    … this present History: for Lewis the fourth, the thirty third King of France, by linealllineal discent, comming to the Crowne, (being the sonne to the before-named Charles the …

    Thomas Taylor · The Theater of Gods Judgments Part 2 · p. 9 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … their kinred: vvhich novv is not ſo in the Paſtors and Teachers (for a linealllineal deſcent, one of another according to kinred, though otherwiſe they ſucceed and follovv one …
    With rule
    … their kinred: vvhich novv is not ſo in the Paſtors and Teachers (for a linealllineal deſcent, one of another according to kinred, though otherwiſe they ſucceed and follovv one …

    Francis Johnson · A Christian Plea · p. 270 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … for the comfort wherewith the Churches heart is comforted by you, and deſiring the linealllineal deſcent of theſe kingdomes to your Maieſties royall poſteritie, till Ieſus Chriſt with his …
    With rule
    … for the comfort wherewith the Churches heart is comforted by you, and deſiring the linealllineal deſcent of theſe kingdomes to your Maieſties royall poſteritie, till Ieſus Chriſt with his …

    Richard Rogers · Seven Treatises · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … faith that is in thee, which dwelt firſt in thy granmother Lois &c. The linealllineal and cordiall pietie of Timothy; the piety of Timothy which Paul knew, and was …
    With rule
    … faith that is in thee, which dwelt firſt in thy granmother Lois &c. The linealllineal and cordiall pietie of Timothy; the piety of Timothy which Paul knew, and was …

    John Stoughton · A Form of Wholesome Words · p. 8 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … that is, who are come to their kingdomes lawfully, either by free election, or linealllineal diſcent, and ſo are put in by God; it is true I ſay, that …
    With rule
    … that is, who are come to their kingdomes lawfully, either by free election, or linealllineal diſcent, and ſo are put in by God; it is true I ſay, that …

    Nicholas Bownd · Medicines for the Plague · p. 281 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … Christs Catho…icke Church, receiued from our forefathers (a good argument to proue the linealllineal descent of Popery) so farre is he from say…ng or assenting with the …
    With rule
    … Christs Catho…icke Church, receiued from our forefathers (a good argument to proue the linealllineal descent of Popery) so farre is he from say…ng or assenting with the …

    Henry Burton · A Trial of Private Devotions · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … one to another; the linealllineal deſcent of Chriſts name, is more honorable then the linealllineal deſcent of noble blood. Plinie telles us that it was accounted a great honour …
    With rule
    … one to another; the linealllineal deſcent of Chriſts name, is more honorable then the linealllineal deſcent of noble blood. Plinie telles us that it was accounted a great honour …

    Jeremiah Burroughs · Moses Self-Denial · p. 37 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … to fly upward; yea it is that which is derived to us by a linealllineal deſcent from our parents as our inheritance or birthright, Man is born unto trouble …
    With rule
    … to fly upward; yea it is that which is derived to us by a linealllineal deſcent from our parents as our inheritance or birthright, Man is born unto trouble …

    Arthur Jackson · Annotations Upon the Books of Poetry · p. 27 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Form of Wholesome Words A13014

  • Printed
    2 True faith to God, 5. 1 LineallLineal, 2 Cordiall.
    With rule
    2 True faith to God, 5. 1 LineallLineal, 2 Cordiall.

    John Stoughton · A Form of Wholesome Words · Open in the reader

History of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland A47584

  • Printed
    … adjudge the Imperiall Crown of the same to appertain to a Spanyard by inheritance LineallLineal discent? O Traiterous Traitours, how can you for shame shew your faces.
    With rule
    … adjudge the Imperiall Crown of the same to appertain to a Spanyard by inheritance LineallLineal discent? O Traiterous Traitours, how can you for shame shew your faces.

    John Knox · History of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland · p. 61 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

  • Printed
    LineallLineal discent of the B. of Rome. 1758
    With rule
    LineallLineal discent of the B. of Rome. 1758

    John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · Open in the reader

Discourse Proving Baptism in Defection to Antichrist to be of Jesus Christ A78133

  • Printed
    … hath not only neceſſarily included, but expreſt in that his everlaſting Covenant, namely the LineallLineal ſeed of the Faithfull: to forbid ſuch to come to Chriſt, as ſometime ſome …
    With rule
    … hath not only neceſſarily included, but expreſt in that his everlaſting Covenant, namely the LineallLineal ſeed of the Faithfull: to forbid ſuch to come to Chriſt, as ſometime ſome …

    Praise-God Barebone · Discourse Proving Baptism in Defection to Antichrist to be of Jesus Christ · p. 19 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … from Abraham, being an Infant, was the Sonne of promiſe, and ſo were his LineallLineal ſeed to a thouſand generations, that did proceed from him Lineally; of which LineallLineal …
    With rule
    … from Abraham, being an Infant, was the Sonne of promiſe, and ſo were his LineallLineal ſeed to a thouſand generations, that did proceed from him Lineally; of which LineallLineal …

    Praise-God Barebone · Discourse Proving Baptism in Defection to Antichrist to be of Jesus Christ · p. 23 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … LineallLineal ſeed to a thouſand generations, that did proceed from him Lineally; of which LineallLineal ſeed, ſome were in time, lively beleevers, and ſome carnall and voyd of the …
    With rule
    … LineallLineal ſeed to a thouſand generations, that did proceed from him Lineally; of which LineallLineal ſeed, ſome were in time, lively beleevers, and ſome carnall and voyd of the …

    Praise-God Barebone · Discourse Proving Baptism in Defection to Antichrist to be of Jesus Christ · p. 23 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … ſay, Iſmaell I ſay was noe child of promiſe, and though hee were Abrahams LineallLineal ſeed, hee was caſt out, and ſo were the Jewes that rejected Jeſus Chriſt …
    With rule
    … ſay, Iſmaell I ſay was noe child of promiſe, and though hee were Abrahams LineallLineal ſeed, hee was caſt out, and ſo were the Jewes that rejected Jeſus Chriſt …

    Praise-God Barebone · Discourse Proving Baptism in Defection to Antichrist to be of Jesus Christ · p. 23 · Open in the reader