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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8336 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

cauillcavil

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

Puritas changed it
738 times in 245 works
Consistency
96.7% (738 of 763)
Reach if approved
~802 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: cavil
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
763 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (738 changes in 245 works, 96.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 738)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … Latria, Dulia, and Hyperdulia. For the holie church hath hereby made a diuision or cauillcavil betwixt GOD and the Saintes, wherewithall eche must bee content, as namelie:
    With rule
    … Latria, Dulia, and Hyperdulia. For the holie church hath hereby made a diuision or cauillcavil betwixt GOD and the Saintes, wherewithall eche must bee content, as namelie:

    Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · p. 256 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … to preuent the danger of law: ſome with preiudicate mindes to carpe and to cauillcavil, and to take exception againſt the ſpeaker, either for the matter or manner of …
    With rule
    … to preuent the danger of law: ſome with preiudicate mindes to carpe and to cauillcavil, and to take exception againſt the ſpeaker, either for the matter or manner of …

    Thomas Newhouse · Certain Sermons · p. 58 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … vs, vel quid sit, vel vbi: what it is, nor where it is. They cauillcavil with vs for want of vnity and consent in iudgement. Yet Bellarmine recites eight …
    With rule
    … vs, vel quid sit, vel vbi: what it is, nor where it is. They cauillcavil with vs for want of vnity and consent in iudgement. Yet Bellarmine recites eight …

    Thomas Adams · A Divine Herbal Together with a Forest of Thorns · p. 104 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … Episcopus, and much lesse setteth vp a new order as Bristow most vainly doth cauillcavil. For in that sence, we abhorre not the name of Priest & Bishop. But when …
    With rule
    … Episcopus, and much lesse setteth vp a new order as Bristow most vainly doth cauillcavil. For in that sence, we abhorre not the name of Priest & Bishop. But when …

    William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 104 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … of our Sauiour Chriſte more plaine: Becauſe it doth fully and flatlye ouerthrowe the cauillcavil of the Papiſtes of eatyng the naturall fleſhe of Chriſte vnworthilie. For they like …
    With rule
    … of our Sauiour Chriſte more plaine: Becauſe it doth fully and flatlye ouerthrowe the cauillcavil of the Papiſtes of eatyng the naturall fleſhe of Chriſte vnworthilie. For they like …

    George Gifford · A Catechism · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    The preparatiue, [thy ſinnes are forgiuen thee, &c.] by reaſon of the cauillcavil of the Scribes is amplified by
    With rule
    The preparatiue, [thy ſinnes are forgiuen thee, &c.] by reaſon of the cauillcavil of the Scribes is amplified by

    William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 148 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … the truth, yet the Father of lyes, their lord & maſter, hath taught them to cauillcavil againſt the Word, and to lay downe execuſes for themſelues, that they are not …
    With rule
    … the truth, yet the Father of lyes, their lord & maſter, hath taught them to cauillcavil againſt the Word, and to lay downe execuſes for themſelues, that they are not …

    Adam Harsnett · A Touch-Stone of Grace · p. 111 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … A certain pleaſant and merie preacher, ſaith he, was woont not long ago, to cauillcavil at them, and to ſay, that they ſeemed to him to be ſuch as …
    With rule
    … A certain pleaſant and merie preacher, ſaith he, was woont not long ago, to cauillcavil at them, and to ſay, that they ſeemed to him to be ſuch as …

    François Hotman · The Brutish Thunderbolt · p. 255 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (25)

20 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 19 are listed here. 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome A00597

  • Printed
    … Iesus Christ the Author and Teacher of this sacrifice did and taught. If any CauillCavil, against this argument, that Christ sate, or leaned at his last Supper, gaue the …
    With rule
    … Iesus Christ the Author and Teacher of this sacrifice did and taught. If any CauillCavil, against this argument, that Christ sate, or leaned at his last Supper, gaue the …

    Daniel Featley · The Grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome · p. 9 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … according to Christs ordinance, such are the faithfull people ordinarily, and so the former CauillCavil vanisheth into smoake.
    With rule
    … according to Christs ordinance, such are the faithfull people ordinarily, and so the former CauillCavil vanisheth into smoake.

    Daniel Featley · The Grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome · p. 16 · Open in the reader

The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net A00602

  • Printed
    … title: for, neither is it an answer to the Phamphlet so intituled, but a CauillCavil at some passages therein; neither in this Answer (as hee tearmeth it) is shewed …
    With rule
    … title: for, neither is it an answer to the Phamphlet so intituled, but a CauillCavil at some passages therein; neither in this Answer (as hee tearmeth it) is shewed …

    Daniel Featley · The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … your exception at the word eternall, thus expounded, could be nothing but a meere CauillCavil; which you your selfe perceiuing, in your later thoughts you help the matter, after …
    With rule
    … your exception at the word eternall, thus expounded, could be nothing but a meere CauillCavil; which you your selfe perceiuing, in your later thoughts you help the matter, after …

    Daniel Featley · The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net · p. 29 · Open in the reader

Exposition on John 5 A01972

  • Printed
    More particularly in the reaſon of this their CauillCavil, we may ſee that the ground is true and good, but their fault is …
    With rule
    More particularly in the reaſon of this their CauillCavil, we may ſee that the ground is true and good, but their fault is …

    William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 153 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Romans 8-11 A09031

  • Printed
    NOw followes the Anſwere to the CauillCavil, which is either perſonall to the Cauiller in theſe two Verſes, or reall to …
    With rule
    NOw followes the Anſwere to the CauillCavil, which is either perſonall to the Cauiller in theſe two Verſes, or reall to …

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 201 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … is either perſonall to the Cauiller in theſe two Verſes, or reall to the CauillCavil, in the two next Verſes following.
    With rule
    … is either perſonall to the Cauiller in theſe two Verſes, or reall to the CauillCavil, in the two next Verſes following.

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 201 · Open in the reader

Ten Sermons A11454

  • Printed
    … thinke that can prosper with you and yours, that was wrung from another by CauillCavil or Calumny.
    With rule
    … thinke that can prosper with you and yours, that was wrung from another by CauillCavil or Calumny.

    Robert Sanderson · Ten Sermons · p. 218 · Open in the reader

Collection of Discourses A14212

  • Printed
    … much as in them lieth, make a mocke of God which offereth it. This CauillCavil therefore of the leſuites is no leſſe impudent and blaſphemous againſt God, then was …
    With rule
    … much as in them lieth, make a mocke of God which offereth it. This CauillCavil therefore of the leſuites is no leſſe impudent and blaſphemous againſt God, then was …

    Zacharias Ursinus · Collection of Discourses · p. 29 · Open in the reader

Baptismal Regeneration of Elect Infants Professed by the Church of England A17267

  • Printed
    … to beleeue that our infants are ſanctified Creatures, &c. And againe page 45. anſwering that CauillCavil of theirs, that if infants haue any grace, it would appeare by the acts …
    With rule
    … to beleeue that our infants are ſanctified Creatures, &c. And againe page 45. anſwering that CauillCavil of theirs, that if infants haue any grace, it would appeare by the acts …

    Cornelius Burges · Baptismal Regeneration of Elect Infants Professed by the Church of England · p. 266 · Open in the reader

An Exposition Upon Colossians A17389

  • Printed
    A CauillCavil of the Papists must bee auoided heere; For they absurdly reason thus: If loue …
    With rule
    A CauillCavil of the Papists must bee auoided heere; For they absurdly reason thus: If loue …

    Nicholas Byfield · An Exposition Upon Colossians · p. 85 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Colossians A17648

  • Printed
    … haue tied or patched to … Goſpell. but they eſcape not with that kynde of CauillCavil. For Paule ſpeaketh not of an imagined Chriſt but of a Chriſt preached, who …
    With rule
    … haue tied or patched to … Goſpell. but they eſcape not with that kynde of CauillCavil. For Paule ſpeaketh not of an imagined Chriſt but of a Chriſt preached, who …

    John Calvin · Commentary on Colossians · p. 41 · Open in the reader

The Immortality of the Soul A17654

  • Printed
    … ſay the cōtrary. Howbeit ye very words of S Luke do mete wc this CauillCavil. For after he hath ſet downe the confeſſiō of S Paul, that he was …
    With rule
    … ſay the cōtrary. Howbeit ye very words of S Luke do mete wc this CauillCavil. For after he hath ſet downe the confeſſiō of S Paul, that he was …

    John Calvin · The Immortality of the Soul · p. 10 · Open in the reader

A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 A18080

  • Printed
    The other CauillCavil is off the ſame ſorte. For as I propounded the vpright kinges to be …
    With rule
    The other CauillCavil is off the ſame ſorte. For as I propounded the vpright kinges to be …

    Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 · p. V · Open in the reader

A Sparing Restraint of Many Lavish Untruths A20303

  • Printed
    Mayster Harding maketh his first entrye with a CauillCavil.
    With rule
    Mayster Harding maketh his first entrye with a CauillCavil.

    Edward Dering · A Sparing Restraint of Many Lavish Untruths · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    The .1. vntruth. It is no CauillCavil.
    With rule
    The .1. vntruth. It is no CauillCavil.

    Edward Dering · A Sparing Restraint of Many Lavish Untruths · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    This first vntruth is that Mayster Harding in his aunswere beginneth not with a CauillCavil. The question is moued, whether within the space of .600. yeares after Christ, there were …
    With rule
    This first vntruth is that Mayster Harding in his aunswere beginneth not with a CauillCavil. The question is moued, whether within the space of .600. yeares after Christ, there were …

    Edward Dering · A Sparing Restraint of Many Lavish Untruths · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … which (I wéene) neuer before was heard of, what is it else but to CauillCavil? Thus if we follow the common speach of men, this is no vntruth. If …
    With rule
    … which (I wéene) neuer before was heard of, what is it else but to CauillCavil? Thus if we follow the common speach of men, this is no vntruth. If …

    Edward Dering · A Sparing Restraint of Many Lavish Untruths · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … the worde, let vs examine it, and so sée whether this distinction, be a CauillCavil. Cauillatio, saith the Lawyer, est subdola ratio, quam conscij nobis mendacii proferimus, a CauillCavil …
    With rule
    … the worde, let vs examine it, and so sée whether this distinction, be a CauillCavil. Cauillatio, saith the Lawyer, est subdola ratio, quam conscij nobis mendacii proferimus, a CauillCavil …

    Edward Dering · A Sparing Restraint of Many Lavish Untruths · p. 1 · Open in the reader