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seruedserved

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

Puritas changed it
4,330 times in 803 works
Consistency
99.8% (4,330 of 4,338)
Reach if approved
~4,561 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: served
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
4,341 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (4,330 changes in 803 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 4,330)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    They that haue erst seruedserved the Diuell with an eager appetite, and were hurried by him with a voluntary …
    With rule
    They that haue erst seruedserved the Diuell with an eager appetite, and were hurried by him with a voluntary …

    Thomas Adams · A Divine Herbal Together with a Forest of Thorns · p. 16 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … who only, and alone, is to be beleeued in, called vpon, worshipped, loued, feared, seruedserved, and obeyed, the Scripture affoordeth plentifull Testimonie. As first, Mar. 12. in the answere of …
    With rule
    … who only, and alone, is to be beleeued in, called vpon, worshipped, loued, feared, seruedserved, and obeyed, the Scripture affoordeth plentifull Testimonie. As first, Mar. 12. in the answere of …

    John Frewen · Choice Grounds and Principles of our Christian Religion · p. 77 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … that they are full of good wine, because meate of olde time, hath beene seruedserved in such dishes, and wine preserued in such vessels.
    With rule
    … that they are full of good wine, because meate of olde time, hath beene seruedserved in such dishes, and wine preserued in such vessels.

    William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 275 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … had sent a Companie of Angels from heauen visibly to haue waited vpon and seruedserved the Bridegroome and Bride, that same day. If the Antichristian Papist had but such …
    With rule
    … had sent a Companie of Angels from heauen visibly to haue waited vpon and seruedserved the Bridegroome and Bride, that same day. If the Antichristian Papist had but such …

    Thomas Gataker · Two Marriage Sermons · p. 13 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … the better? Or ſhall wee not ſerue the better Lord as willing as we ſeruedserved the worſe? Conſider I pray you: what is the rewarde of thoſe which are …
    With rule
    … the better? Or ſhall wee not ſerue the better Lord as willing as we ſeruedserved the worſe? Conſider I pray you: what is the rewarde of thoſe which are …

    George Gifford · Four Sermons · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … nothing but death; yet of that little Meale and Oyle that was left, ſhee ſeruedserved the Lords Prophet firſt: a worthy example of faith. And Abigael, for a ſmal …
    With rule
    … nothing but death; yet of that little Meale and Oyle that was left, ſhee ſeruedserved the Lords Prophet firſt: a worthy example of faith. And Abigael, for a ſmal …

    Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 290 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … only the maintenance that they should haue who preach the Gospell, as they that seruedserved at the Altar, liued of the Altar, 1. Cor. 9. 13, 14. but also that the righteousnes of …
    With rule
    … only the maintenance that they should haue who preach the Gospell, as they that seruedserved at the Altar, liued of the Altar, 1. Cor. 9. 13, 14. but also that the righteousnes of …

    William Guild · Moses Unveiled · p. 116 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    The Samaritans feared the Lord, and seruedserved their owne Gods. The Malchamites worshipped and sware by the Lord, and sware by …
    With rule
    The Samaritans feared the Lord, and seruedserved their owne Gods. The Malchamites worshipped and sware by the Lord, and sware by …

    Daniel Featley · A Second Parallel · p. 85 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

8 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Office and Use of the Moral Law A03392

  • Printed
    … forſooth) it is in the Preſent Tenſe, Serueth, and not in the Preterimperfect Tenſe, SeruedServed, Wherefore then [ſeruedserved] the Law? And why would you haue it [ſeruedserved] and not …
    With rule
    … forſooth) it is in the Preſent Tenſe, Serueth, and not in the Preterimperfect Tenſe, SeruedServed, Wherefore then [ſeruedserved] the Law? And why would you haue it [ſeruedserved] and not …

    William Hinde · The Office and Use of the Moral Law · p. 39 · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

  • Printed
    … Rom. 1, 9. Whom I Serue in the Gospell of his Sonne. Actes 13, 36. After hee had SeruedServed his time. Math. 20, 28. This is our seruice of God, in respect of a particular …
    With rule
    … Rom. 1, 9. Whom I Serue in the Gospell of his Sonne. Actes 13, 36. After hee had SeruedServed his time. Math. 20, 28. This is our seruice of God, in respect of a particular …

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 440 · Open in the reader

Truth and Falsehood A17261

  • Printed
    … ſuch as ſerue them, they are called fleabogs: and where Gregory Martin tranſlateth, they SeruedServed grauen Idols, the word ſignifieth vexation. Becauſe idols bring vexation to them that ſerue …
    With rule
    … ſuch as ſerue them, they are called fleabogs: and where Gregory Martin tranſlateth, they SeruedServed grauen Idols, the word ſignifieth vexation. Becauſe idols bring vexation to them that ſerue …

    Francis Bunny · Truth and Falsehood · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

  • Printed
    SeruedServed.
    With rule
    SeruedServed.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    God will not bee SeruedServed by constraint but of free loue: note that.
    With rule
    God will not bee SeruedServed by constraint but of free loue: note that.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    How the worlde, when they haue once SeruedServed God a little, would haue truce for a good while a…ter.
    With rule
    How the worlde, when they haue once SeruedServed God a little, would haue truce for a good while a…ter.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    God will not be SeruedServed after the manner of idols: looke on that place.
    With rule
    God will not be SeruedServed after the manner of idols: looke on that place.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

Sermons on Galatians A17706

  • Printed
    God looketh to be SeruedServed by all men though they be of neuer ſo high degree and calling 176. a …
    With rule
    God looketh to be SeruedServed by all men though they be of neuer ſo high degree and calling 176. a …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Galatians · Open in the reader