Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #804 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

deceiuerdeceiver

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

Puritas changed it: 290 times in 165 works
Consistency: 95.7% (290 of 303)
Reach if approved: ~318 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: deceiver
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 303 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (290 changes in 165 works, 95.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 290)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… he any way to be truſted, for he is a lyar, he is a deceiuerdeceiver, hee is a Diuell. Your aduerſary the diuell. As hee is called Satan in …
With rule
… he any way to be truſted, for he is a lyar, he is a deceiuerdeceiver, hee is a Diuell. Your aduerſary the diuell. As hee is called Satan in …
George Gifford · Two Sermons on 1 Peter 5:8-9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… propertie in him, which is dissimulation; by a dissembling person, wee must vnderstand a deceiuerdeceiver and hypocrite in vvord and deed, and by dissimulation, falsehood and guile in both …
With rule
… propertie in him, which is dissimulation; by a dissembling person, wee must vnderstand a deceiuerdeceiver and hypocrite in vvord and deed, and by dissimulation, falsehood and guile in both …
Robert Horne · The Christian Governor in the Commonwealth and Private Families · Open in the reader
Printed
… his children, that they keepe them, lifting them vp with their hands. But the deceiuerdeceiver concealed that which is added, that is, in their wayes. For thus hath the …
With rule
… his children, that they keepe them, lifting them vp with their hands. But the deceiuerdeceiver concealed that which is added, that is, in their wayes. For thus hath the …
Martin Luther · Collected Sermons · p. 345 · Open in the reader
Printed
… idle fancies, and falſe conceites of his owne ſeducing and ſeduced heart, which the deceiuerdeceiver of the world, together with the deceit that is in it ſelfe, hath ſo …
With rule
… idle fancies, and falſe conceites of his owne ſeducing and ſeduced heart, which the deceiuerdeceiver of the world, together with the deceit that is in it ſelfe, hath ſo …
William Negus · Mans Active Obedience · p. 178 · Open in the reader
Printed
… God is a rewarder of them that seeke him: but the diuell is a deceiuerdeceiver of them that serue him. But will some say, There is none so mad …
With rule
… God is a rewarder of them that seeke him: but the diuell is a deceiuerdeceiver of them that serue him. But will some say, There is none so mad …
William Perkins · A Cloud of Faithful Witnesses · p. 97 · Open in the reader
Printed
… father, (ſaith he) peraduenture will feele mee, and I ſhall ſeeme to him a deceiuerdeceiver. His feare was not ſo much to be, as to ſeeme a deceiver. But …
With rule
… father, (ſaith he) peraduenture will feele mee, and I ſhall ſeeme to him a deceiuerdeceiver. His feare was not ſo much to be, as to ſeeme a deceiver. But …
William Price · The Souls Porter to Cast Out Sin · p. 152 · Open in the reader
Printed
… halfe defending him, and they ſay, If he vvere a ſinner, that is, a deceiuerdeceiver, he could not vvorke vvonders, but, he hes wroght this wonder; therefore, we conclude …
With rule
… halfe defending him, and they ſay, If he vvere a ſinner, that is, a deceiuerdeceiver, he could not vvorke vvonders, but, he hes wroght this wonder; therefore, we conclude …
Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 82 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that ſhe was abuſed by this leaud woman, how would ſhe handle ſuch a deceiuerdeceiver? with what indignation would ſhee looke vpon her? how full of wrath would her …
With rule
… that ſhe was abuſed by this leaud woman, how would ſhe handle ſuch a deceiuerdeceiver? with what indignation would ſhee looke vpon her? how full of wrath would her …
Richard Stock · The Doctrine and Use of Repentance · p. 258 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (13)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 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
… hee playeth Childiſhly the Sophiſter, and alſo in this his beſt manner wickedly a DeceiuerDeceiver. The ſequell of this Argument is ſeely; hee would here inferre a Miniſteriall power …
With rule
… hee playeth Childiſhly the Sophiſter, and alſo in this his beſt manner wickedly a DeceiuerDeceiver. The ſequell of this Argument is ſeely; hee would here inferre a Miniſteriall power …
Richard Bernard · Plain Evidences the Church of England is Apostolical · p. 198 · Open in the reader

Sermons in One Volume A12406

Printed
… As the Receiuer maketh a theefe, ſo Couetouſneſſe maketh an Vſurer, and Extortioner, and DeceiuerDeceiver, becauſe ſhed receiueth the bootie which they ſteale. Euen as Rachel cryed to her …
With rule
… As the Receiuer maketh a theefe, ſo Couetouſneſſe maketh an Vſurer, and Extortioner, and DeceiuerDeceiver, becauſe ſhed receiueth the bootie which they ſteale. Euen as Rachel cryed to her …
Henry Smith · Sermons in One Volume · p. 206 · Open in the reader

Exercises Upon the First Psalm in Prose and Verse A15636

Printed
… seruice of God, and with a more quiet minde, follow their deuotions. But the DeceiuerDeceiver is subtill, and hath by experience seene, that afflictions make those seek God, often …
With rule
… seruice of God, and with a more quiet minde, follow their deuotions. But the DeceiuerDeceiver is subtill, and hath by experience seene, that afflictions make those seek God, often …
George Wither · Exercises Upon the First Psalm in Prose and Verse · p. 42 · Open in the reader

A Preparative to Contention A18015

Printed
… time of Satans reſtraint & thraldome: were it not that the Lord had permitted this DeceiuerDeceiver to worke the miſterie of iniquitie, and to ſeduce by ſtrong deluſions, them that …
With rule
… time of Satans reſtraint & thraldome: were it not that the Lord had permitted this DeceiuerDeceiver to worke the miſterie of iniquitie, and to ſeduce by ſtrong deluſions, them that …
John Carpenter · A Preparative to Contention · p. 49 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

Printed
… of this Cheator; looke now at his hand; and now ye ſee who this DeceiuerDeceiver is, ſee alſo the ſleights of his deceit; and therein, the faſhion, the ſubiect …
With rule
… of this Cheator; looke now at his hand; and now ye ſee who this DeceiuerDeceiver is, ſee alſo the ſleights of his deceit; and therein, the faſhion, the ſubiect …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 504 · Open in the reader