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mountaynesmountains

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

Puritas changed it
171 times in 72 works
Consistency
71.8% (171 of 238)
Reach if approved
~250 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: mountains
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
238 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (171 changes in 72 works, 71.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 171)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … ſhall make accompt of this youre regyment▪ when the proude and diſobedient ſhall cry mountaynesmountains …ll vpon vs, and hyde vs frome the face of the Lorde. But then …
    With rule
    … ſhall make accompt of this youre regyment▪ when the proude and diſobedient ſhall cry mountaynesmountains …ll vpon vs, and hyde vs frome the face of the Lorde. But then …

    John Knox · Letter to Lady Mary · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … and vexatiō, which the world was not worthy of, they wandred in wildernes, in mountaynesmountains, in dens, & in caues of the earth. &c.
    With rule
    … and vexatiō, which the world was not worthy of, they wandred in wildernes, in mountaynesmountains, in dens, & in caues of the earth. &c.

    Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … wee haue the knowledge of Chriſt? what if faith, ſo that wee could remoue mountaynesmountains, and want obedience? Can that knowledge ſaue vs? can that faith aſsure vs? Behold …
    With rule
    … wee haue the knowledge of Chriſt? what if faith, ſo that wee could remoue mountaynesmountains, and want obedience? Can that knowledge ſaue vs? can that faith aſsure vs? Behold …

    William Sclater · Threefold Preservative Against Three Dangerous Diseases · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … of the whole world. Secondly, It is the citie built vpon seuen hils or mountaynesmountains, vers. 9. that is no other but Rome. Thirdly, the whore, which is Antichrist, shall …
    With rule
    … of the whole world. Secondly, It is the citie built vpon seuen hils or mountaynesmountains, vers. 9. that is no other but Rome. Thirdly, the whore, which is Antichrist, shall …

    Andrew Willet · A General View of Papistry · p. 186 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … men, & rich, and Coronelles, & the mighty ſhall hide themſelves and wiſh as Samaria that mountaynesmountains might hide them from the anger of the Lamb. And ſo he teach Iewes …
    With rule
    … men, & rich, and Coronelles, & the mighty ſhall hide themſelves and wiſh as Samaria that mountaynesmountains might hide them from the anger of the Lamb. And ſo he teach Iewes …

    Hugh Broughton · A Revelation of the Holy Apocalypse · p. 23 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … that the argument or matter of this Pſalme is too entreate of thoſe holy mountaynesmountains where the Temple was builded: but this is no more agreeable then the former …
    With rule
    … that the argument or matter of this Pſalme is too entreate of thoſe holy mountaynesmountains where the Temple was builded: but this is no more agreeable then the former …

    John Calvin · Four Sermons Entreating of Matters Very Profitable · p. 52 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … a good folde and in a fatte paſtur ſhall they fede / euen vpon the mountaynesmountains of Iſrael. I will ſede my ſhep my ſelf & bryng them to theyr reſt …
    With rule
    … a good folde and in a fatte paſtur ſhall they fede / euen vpon the mountaynesmountains of Iſrael. I will ſede my ſhep my ſelf & bryng them to theyr reſt …

    Thomas Becon · An Humble Supplication Unto God for Restoring His Holy Word · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … they haue no ſhepeherde, and deuoured wyth wylde beaſtes. They go wanderynge in the mountaynesmountains and are ſcattered thorowe the earth, and no man doeth ſeeke them. No man …
    With rule
    … they haue no ſhepeherde, and deuoured wyth wylde beaſtes. They go wanderynge in the mountaynesmountains and are ſcattered thorowe the earth, and no man doeth ſeeke them. No man …

    Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. clxxxxiiij · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (67)

40 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 27 are listed here. 27 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Prelections Upon Revelation A01320

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    SO great shall the earthquake be that it doth swalow vp and deuoure the MountaynesMountains and Iles. Some doe referre this to the ende of the worlde, but I …
    With rule
    SO great shall the earthquake be that it doth swalow vp and deuoure the MountaynesMountains and Iles. Some doe referre this to the ende of the worlde, but I …

    William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · p. 109 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Describers of places, doe all with one consent affirme to be buylded vppon seuen MountaynesMountains, the names whereof be these, Capitolinus, Paletinus, Anentinus, Celius, Exquilinus, Viminalis, and Nuirinalis. Moreouer …
    With rule
    … Describers of places, doe all with one consent affirme to be buylded vppon seuen MountaynesMountains, the names whereof be these, Capitolinus, Paletinus, Anentinus, Celius, Exquilinus, Viminalis, and Nuirinalis. Moreouer …

    William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · p. 114 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Micah A01754

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    … hys holye temple. The earthe was moued and trembled, and the foundacyons of the MountaynesMountains were troubled, & ſhaken. The ſmoke did come forthe in hys wrathe and the fyre …
    With rule
    … hys holye temple. The earthe was moued and trembled, and the foundacyons of the MountaynesMountains were troubled, & ſhaken. The ſmoke did come forthe in hys wrathe and the fyre …

    Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader

A New Pathway Unto Prayer A06909

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    … eyes, which dwellest ī heuē Agein, I haue lyfted vp myne eyes into the MountaynesMountains, frō whence helpe may cōe vnto me. My helpe cometh frō ye LORD which …
    With rule
    … eyes, which dwellest ī heuē Agein, I haue lyfted vp myne eyes into the MountaynesMountains, frō whence helpe may cōe vnto me. My helpe cometh frō ye LORD which …

    Thomas Becon · A New Pathway Unto Prayer · Open in the reader

Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion A07769

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    … and with his right hād the vtmost shores of the Sea He maketh the MountaynesMountains, Riuers and deepe Sea to quake, and so foorth. And in another place he …
    With rule
    … and with his right hād the vtmost shores of the Sea He maketh the MountaynesMountains, Riuers and deepe Sea to quake, and so foorth. And in another place he …

    Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 39 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Both MountaynesMountains huge, & hideous Seas, and eke the Siygian Lake.
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    Both MountaynesMountains huge, & hideous Seas, and eke the Siygian Lake.

    Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 40 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … any God at al. For if there were a prouidence (saith he) why should MountaynesMountains occupie any part of the Earth? why should there bée any wyld beastes? why …
    With rule
    … any God at al. For if there were a prouidence (saith he) why should MountaynesMountains occupie any part of the Earth? why should there bée any wyld beastes? why …

    Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 175 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … in thy bare Playne alone, I would giue thée leaue to complayne of the MountaynesMountains. Nay, on the contrary parte, if thou haddest felt the discommodities of the Playnes …
    With rule
    … in thy bare Playne alone, I would giue thée leaue to complayne of the MountaynesMountains. Nay, on the contrary parte, if thou haddest felt the discommodities of the Playnes …

    Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 178 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … worke which they conceyue not whole. For, to blame the whole World for the MountaynesMountains sake, or the Mountayne for the Woods that grow thereon, is all one as …
    With rule
    … worke which they conceyue not whole. For, to blame the whole World for the MountaynesMountains sake, or the Mountayne for the Woods that grow thereon, is all one as …

    Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 178 · Open in the reader

Godly Prayers out of Davids Psalms A14352

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    … reacheth euen vnto the glorious heauens and high clowdes, which paſſeth the moſt large MountaynesMountains, and excelleth the bottomleſſe depth, giuing life and health not onely to men, but …
    With rule
    … reacheth euen vnto the glorious heauens and high clowdes, which paſſeth the moſt large MountaynesMountains, and excelleth the bottomleſſe depth, giuing life and health not onely to men, but …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Godly Prayers out of Davids Psalms · Open in the reader

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    … aboue all Gods, in whoſe hand be not onely the earth and exceeding high MountaynesMountains, but alſo the heauens and all creatures: we haue gréeuouſly offended thée diuers and …
    With rule
    … aboue all Gods, in whoſe hand be not onely the earth and exceeding high MountaynesMountains, but alſo the heauens and all creatures: we haue gréeuouſly offended thée diuers and …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Godly Prayers out of Davids Psalms · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … the congregations of thy faythfull inuironing them about on euery ſide lyke moſt defenceable MountaynesMountains, ſo that the wicked aduerſaries of thy glorious name haue no power to make …
    With rule
    … the congregations of thy faythfull inuironing them about on euery ſide lyke moſt defenceable MountaynesMountains, ſo that the wicked aduerſaries of thy glorious name haue no power to make …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Godly Prayers out of Davids Psalms · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … mightie God) is aſſuredly graffed and firmely eſtabliſhed, they being like vnto wel grounded MountaynesMountains, do nothing ſhake in troubleſome tymes, but their conſtancie and vnremoueableneſſe is of ſuch …
    With rule
    … mightie God) is aſſuredly graffed and firmely eſtabliſhed, they being like vnto wel grounded MountaynesMountains, do nothing ſhake in troubleſome tymes, but their conſtancie and vnremoueableneſſe is of ſuch …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Godly Prayers out of Davids Psalms · Open in the reader

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    … and ſure defence, then was the Citie of Ieruſalem inuironed with a rampire of MountaynesMountains which did ouerlooke it rounde aboute on euery ſide. Now therefore when as the …
    With rule
    … and ſure defence, then was the Citie of Ieruſalem inuironed with a rampire of MountaynesMountains which did ouerlooke it rounde aboute on euery ſide. Now therefore when as the …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Godly Prayers out of Davids Psalms · Open in the reader

An Apology in Brief Assertions A16955

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    … in Phaetons guyding of the Sunne out of his courſe, to the burnyng of MountaynesMountains, and drying of Riuers, neuer imagined more ſtrangenes, then our wordes in deede draw …
    With rule
    … in Phaetons guyding of the Sunne out of his courſe, to the burnyng of MountaynesMountains, and drying of Riuers, neuer imagined more ſtrangenes, then our wordes in deede draw …

    Hugh Broughton · An Apology in Brief Assertions · Open in the reader

A Consent of Scripture A16964

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    … did Samaria, when Iſra…h kingdome ended: when they well myght ſay to the MountaynesMountains, fall vpon vs, and hyde vs. Yea, they that thought them ſelues to be …
    With rule
    … did Samaria, when Iſra…h kingdome ended: when they well myght ſay to the MountaynesMountains, fall vpon vs, and hyde vs. Yea, they that thought them ſelues to be …

    Hugh Broughton · A Consent of Scripture · Open in the reader

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    … Yea, they that thought them ſelues to be the Sunne, Moone, Starres, Heauens, and MountaynesMountains of the Worlde, and to rule all Ilandes, are brought to ſuch deſtruction, that …
    With rule
    … Yea, they that thought them ſelues to be the Sunne, Moone, Starres, Heauens, and MountaynesMountains of the Worlde, and to rule all Ilandes, are brought to ſuch deſtruction, that …

    Hugh Broughton · A Consent of Scripture · Open in the reader

Four Sermons Entreating of Matters Very Profitable A17694

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    … Chorah, a Pſalme and a Songue: The fou… dations thereof are laide amongeſt the MountaynesMountains of his holineſſe.
    With rule
    … Chorah, a Pſalme and a Songue: The fou… dations thereof are laide amongeſt the MountaynesMountains of his holineſſe.

    John Calvin · Four Sermons Entreating of Matters Very Profitable · p. 52 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

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    Martyrs wandring on MountaynesMountains. 63.
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    Martyrs wandring on MountaynesMountains. 63.

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

Sermons on Job A69056

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    … him. Some men are of opinion, that Iob dooth heere compare Death with the MountaynesMountains, Rockes, and Stones, as if he ſhould ſay, how now? MountaynesMountains conſume, and ſo …
    With rule
    … him. Some men are of opinion, that Iob dooth heere compare Death with the MountaynesMountains, Rockes, and Stones, as if he ſhould ſay, how now? MountaynesMountains conſume, and ſo …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 285 · Open in the reader

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    … And I am a poore frayle creature, I am not ſo ſturdie as the MountaynesMountains: and yet for al that, I cannot die. Verely this expoſition is meetely conuenient …
    With rule
    … And I am a poore frayle creature, I am not ſo ſturdie as the MountaynesMountains: and yet for al that, I cannot die. Verely this expoſition is meetely conuenient …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 285 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … nothing. Therfore if he vſe great violence, as though hee woulde thunder vpon the MountaynesMountains, or as though hee ment to ouerturne the rocks, and too cliue them aſunder …
    With rule
    … nothing. Therfore if he vſe great violence, as though hee woulde thunder vpon the MountaynesMountains, or as though hee ment to ouerturne the rocks, and too cliue them aſunder …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 285 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … well able to fetche mee backe againe. So then, the wicked maye deſire the MountaynesMountains too fall vppon them, but it ſhall not boote them: for the hande of …
    With rule
    … well able to fetche mee backe againe. So then, the wicked maye deſire the MountaynesMountains too fall vppon them, but it ſhall not boote them: for the hande of …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 517 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … vs, and beholde wee are ouerwhelmed. And vndoubtedly ſeeing that hys looke maketh the MountaynesMountains and Rockes to melt: ſhall hee neede too thunder vpon vs to deſtroy vs …
    With rule
    … vs, and beholde wee are ouerwhelmed. And vndoubtedly ſeeing that hys looke maketh the MountaynesMountains and Rockes to melt: ſhall hee neede too thunder vpon vs to deſtroy vs …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 673 · Open in the reader

An Antidote Against Popery B09202

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    … of the House of the LORD shall bee prepared in the toppe of the MountaynesMountains: And it shall bee lifted vp aboue the little hills: And all Nations shall …
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    … of the House of the LORD shall bee prepared in the toppe of the MountaynesMountains: And it shall bee lifted vp aboue the little hills: And all Nations shall …

    William Guild · An Antidote Against Popery · p. 22 · Open in the reader

A Hundred Sermons on Revelation B11837

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    … cup of wyne of fearcenes of his wrath. And euery Ile fled awaye, and MountaynesMountains were not founde. And there fell a great haile, as it had bene talentes …
    With rule
    … cup of wyne of fearcenes of his wrath. And euery Ile fled awaye, and MountaynesMountains were not founde. And there fell a great haile, as it had bene talentes …

    Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · p. 499 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … flee, and therefore that fleyng they can not be ouertaken. He addeth that the MountaynesMountains, that is to ſaye, no places of refuge or lurking can be founde. Therfore …
    With rule
    … flee, and therefore that fleyng they can not be ouertaken. He addeth that the MountaynesMountains, that is to ſaye, no places of refuge or lurking can be founde. Therfore …

    Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · p. 502 · Open in the reader