Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8179 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

stryuestrive

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

Puritas changed it: 168 times in 82 works
Consistency: 97.6% (168 of 172)
Reach if approved: ~181 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: strive
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 172 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (168 changes in 82 works, 97.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 168)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… wherfore after holy Baptysme: we muste all the dayes of our lyfe, fyght and stryuestrive in continuall battayle & warre agaynst synne, death and the deuyl, & so beare about with …
With rule
… wherfore after holy Baptysme: we muste all the dayes of our lyfe, fyght and stryuestrive in continuall battayle & warre agaynst synne, death and the deuyl, & so beare about with …
John Calvin · The Sacrament of the Lords Supper · Open in the reader
Printed
… ought of neceſſitie to be done: be left vndone But I wyl not greatlye ſtryuestrive wyth you in thys matter. Idyd onely thynke it good (by the way) to …
With rule
… ought of neceſſitie to be done: be left vndone But I wyl not greatlye ſtryuestrive wyth you in thys matter. Idyd onely thynke it good (by the way) to …
Robert Crowley · The Confutation of the 13 Articles · Open in the reader
Printed
… also For the loue of God lette remedye be hadde, lette vs wrestele and stryuestrive agaynste synne? Menne of Englande in tymes paste, when they woulde exercyse theym selues …
With rule
… also For the loue of God lette remedye be hadde, lette vs wrestele and stryuestrive agaynste synne? Menne of Englande in tymes paste, when they woulde exercyse theym selues …
Hugh Latimer · The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty · Open in the reader
Printed
… beſech you as vnacquaynted and ſtraungers, to abſtayne your ſelf from fleſſhely deſyres / whiche ſtryuestrive agaynſt the ſoule. And ſaynt Paule to the Romaynes the .6. chapyt. Let not ſynne …
With rule
… beſech you as vnacquaynted and ſtraungers, to abſtayne your ſelf from fleſſhely deſyres / whiche ſtryuestrive agaynſt the ſoule. And ſaynt Paule to the Romaynes the .6. chapyt. Let not ſynne …
Martin Luther · Treatise of Good Works · Open in the reader
Printed
… God be through this sicknes to cal you out of this val… of misery, stryuestrive not against the wil of God, but submit your selfe to Gods holy working …
With rule
… God be through this sicknes to cal you out of this val… of misery, stryuestrive not against the wil of God, but submit your selfe to Gods holy working …
Thomas Becon · The Sick Mans Salve · p. 300 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of whose iustice wee are corrected, of whose mercie we are saued: our sinnes stryuestrive with thy benefites which are moe, let vs count al creatures, & there be not …
With rule
… of whose iustice wee are corrected, of whose mercie we are saued: our sinnes stryuestrive with thy benefites which are moe, let vs count al creatures, & there be not …
Henry Smith · Three Prayers · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… argumentes and reasons of philosophers / or ra ther of heretiques / which did contend and stryuestrive agaynst that doctrine. No man can sufficiently consider / how the bewitching of wicked tales …
With rule
… argumentes and reasons of philosophers / or ra ther of heretiques / which did contend and stryuestrive agaynst that doctrine. No man can sufficiently consider / how the bewitching of wicked tales …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · The Cohabitation of the Faithful with the Unfaithful · Open in the reader
Printed
Holy writynges touching theſe poyntes, I haue ioyned togeather. The playnnes whereof, yf any ſtryuestrive to ouerthrow, I wyll no more yeelde to him, then Iob woulde to Eliphaz …
With rule
Holy writynges touching theſe poyntes, I haue ioyned togeather. The playnnes whereof, yf any ſtryuestrive to ouerthrow, I wyll no more yeelde to him, then Iob woulde to Eliphaz …
Hugh Broughton · Texts of Scripture Chaining the Holy Chronicle · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

4 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.

Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians A11010

Printed
… farther are they from Heauen: Bleſſed are they, who can goe forward to Heauen. StryueStrive to holineſſe, and ſay. Lord, I am on my journey, I cannot goe forward …
With rule
… farther are they from Heauen: Bleſſed are they, who can goe forward to Heauen. StryueStrive to holineſſe, and ſay. Lord, I am on my journey, I cannot goe forward …
Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 160 · Open in the reader
Printed
… feele in it the loue of God, and an hope for a better lyfe. StryueStrive to this ſenſe of the loue of God, that thou may be perſvvaded that …
With rule
… feele in it the loue of God, and an hope for a better lyfe. StryueStrive to this ſenſe of the loue of God, that thou may be perſvvaded that …
Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 136 · Open in the reader

The Account Reckoning and Confession of Faith A15880

Printed
StryueStrive thou for the truthe (ſayeth he) vnto death, and God ſhall fyght for thee …
With rule
StryueStrive thou for the truthe (ſayeth he) vnto death, and God ſhall fyght for thee …
Ulrich Zwingli · The Account Reckoning and Confession of Faith · Open in the reader

Against the Outward Apparel and Ministering Garments of the Popish Church B12285

Printed
StryueStrive for the truthe euen vnto death, and the Lorde God ſhall fight for thee.
With rule
StryueStrive for the truthe euen vnto death, and the Lorde God ſhall fight for thee.
Robert Crowley · Against the Outward Apparel and Ministering Garments of the Popish Church · Open in the reader