Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7829 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

perseuerpersevere

Two or more mechanical changes in one word: sinne → sin, vnderstande → understand.

Puritas changed it: 395 times in 169 works
Consistency: 98.2% (395 of 402)
Reach if approved: ~422 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: persever
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 402 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (395 changes in 169 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 395)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… temporary, is only this: True beleeuers, true grace, and true liuing faith, they alwayes perseuerpersevere and hold out to the end, they neuer die, they neuer fade or end …
With rule
… temporary, is only this: True beleeuers, true grace, and true liuing faith, they alwayes perseuerpersevere and hold out to the end, they neuer die, they neuer fade or end …
William Prynne · The Perpetuity of a Regenerate Mans Estate · p. 113 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Chriſtes woorde maketh a man happie. And in kepinge the principall parte is too perſeuerpersevere in the doctrine off truthe / thys maketh Chriſtes diſciples / this maketh you free / yea …
With rule
… Chriſtes woorde maketh a man happie. And in kepinge the principall parte is too perſeuerpersevere in the doctrine off truthe / thys maketh Chriſtes diſciples / this maketh you free / yea …
Thomas Sampson · Letter to the True Professors of Christs Gospel · Open in the reader
Printed
… no reaſoning: wherevpon the magiſtrates commaunded them ſilence. The Biſhop deſired the Senate to perſeuerpersevere in their old religiō: but not preuailing, they did ſollicite the aſſembly of the …
With rule
… no reaſoning: wherevpon the magiſtrates commaunded them ſilence. The Biſhop deſired the Senate to perſeuerpersevere in their old religiō: but not preuailing, they did ſollicite the aſſembly of the …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 427 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a false traytour knaue, not withstandynge hys promes to the contrarye, persuaded her to perseuerpersevere in her obstynacye and vtterlye to resyst hym, allegynge her vowe and requyrynge a …
With rule
… a false traytour knaue, not withstandynge hys promes to the contrarye, persuaded her to perseuerpersevere in her obstynacye and vtterlye to resyst hym, allegynge her vowe and requyrynge a …
John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · Open in the reader
Printed
7 In it you muſt perſeuerpersevere.
With rule
7 In it you muſt perſeuerpersevere.
Robert Hill · The Pathway to Prayer and Piety · p. 118 · Open in the reader
Printed
… euery one by faith is certaine of his ſaluation, but conſtantly to ſtand and perſeuerpersevere, as it is the gift of the Lord, and not in our owne ſtrength …
With rule
… euery one by faith is certaine of his ſaluation, but conſtantly to ſtand and perſeuerpersevere, as it is the gift of the Lord, and not in our owne ſtrength …
Martin Luther · Collected Sermons · p. 279 · Open in the reader
Printed
Pope Anacletus made a lawe, that Bishops should perseuerpersevere and continue styll stedfaste and diligente in settyng forth the truth of Gods word …
With rule
Pope Anacletus made a lawe, that Bishops should perseuerpersevere and continue styll stedfaste and diligente in settyng forth the truth of Gods word …
Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the elect to life cannot perish: and vnlesse a man beleeue in Christ, and perseuerpersevere vnto the end, in this faith working by loue, hee shall perish. The reason …
With rule
… the elect to life cannot perish: and vnlesse a man beleeue in Christ, and perseuerpersevere vnto the end, in this faith working by loue, hee shall perish. The reason …
William Perkins · How a Man May Know Whether he be a Son of God · p. 72 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

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

A Second Parallel A00601

Printed
… faith and grace; as it is vrged by Saint Augustine in his booke de PerseuerPersevere. Sanctorum, cap. 2. [I will put my feare in their hearts, that they shall not …
With rule
… faith and grace; as it is vrged by Saint Augustine in his booke de PerseuerPersevere. Sanctorum, cap. 2. [I will put my feare in their hearts, that they shall not …
Daniel Featley · A Second Parallel · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Prosper, affirme more than M. Montague hitherto hath done. Saint August. lib. 1. de Bon. PerseuerPersevere. cap. 6. Si autem regeneratus & iustificatus in malam vitam suâ voluntate relabitur, non potest dicere …
With rule
… Prosper, affirme more than M. Montague hitherto hath done. Saint August. lib. 1. de Bon. PerseuerPersevere. cap. 6. Si autem regeneratus & iustificatus in malam vitam suâ voluntate relabitur, non potest dicere …
Daniel Featley · A Second Parallel · p. 69 · Open in the reader

The Image of Both Churches in Revelation A02872

Printed
10 PerseuerPersevere therefore stedfastlye, and be strong in the spirite vnto the ende. Let not faith …
With rule
10 PerseuerPersevere therefore stedfastlye, and be strong in the spirite vnto the ende. Let not faith …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · p. 28 · Open in the reader

The Perpetuity of a Regenerate Mans Estate A10194

Printed
… Pol. sect. 58. 59. 63. 64. Dr. Abbot Bishop of Salisburie: In Thomps: Diatr. cap. 7. Dr. Benefield de PerseuerPersevere: Sanctorum, lib. 1. cap. 14. Zanchius, Bucer, Melanthon, Beza, Dr. Francis white, Iewell, Willet, Master Fox …
With rule
… Pol. sect. 58. 59. 63. 64. Dr. Abbot Bishop of Salisburie: In Thomps: Diatr. cap. 7. Dr. Benefield de PerseuerPersevere: Sanctorum, lib. 1. cap. 14. Zanchius, Bucer, Melanthon, Beza, Dr. Francis white, Iewell, Willet, Master Fox …
William Prynne · The Perpetuity of a Regenerate Mans Estate · p. 343 · Open in the reader

The Marks of the Children of God and their Comforts in Affliction A13341

Printed
… filthines both of bodie and ſpirit, finiſhing your ſanctification in the feare of God. PerſeuerPersevere conſtantlie in the Church, which is your mother, that you may bee the heires …
With rule
… filthines both of bodie and ſpirit, finiſhing your ſanctification in the feare of God. PerſeuerPersevere conſtantlie in the Church, which is your mother, that you may bee the heires …
Jean Taffin · The Marks of the Children of God and their Comforts in Affliction · p. 103 · Open in the reader