Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8347 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

deuyldevil

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

Puritas changed it: 139 times in 51 works
Consistency: 68.1% (139 of 204)
Reach if approved: ~214 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: devil
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 204 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (139 changes in 51 works, 68.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 139)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of the Magiſtrates, whyche God hath ſo well approued. Furthermore we ſe howe the deuyldevil ſpeaketh by theyr mouthes, to thend to turne awaye the Prynces, and to hynder …
With rule
… of the Magiſtrates, whyche God hath ſo well approued. Furthermore we ſe howe the deuyldevil ſpeaketh by theyr mouthes, to thend to turne awaye the Prynces, and to hynder …
John Calvin · Against the Errors of the Anabaptists · Open in the reader
Printed
… teuaūtes, take ſo much and haue ſo litel, that all men wonder how the deuyldevil they waſte it.
With rule
… teuaūtes, take ſo much and haue ſo litel, that all men wonder how the deuyldevil they waſte it.
Thomas Lever · Sermon Preached Fourth Sunday in Lent · Open in the reader
Printed
… marke the flying and crying of byrdes, or of any enchaunters, or of any deuyldevil couniurar or any ſoythſayer or any that haue familiar ſpirites or anye wyſe menne …
With rule
… marke the flying and crying of byrdes, or of any enchaunters, or of any deuyldevil couniurar or any ſoythſayer or any that haue familiar ſpirites or anye wyſe menne …
Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader
Printed
… and myghtie ſprite / and get them to the ſtondert of theyr ryght father the deuyldevil / and take his wages / the pleaſures of this worlde / which are erneſt of euerlaſtinge …
With rule
… and myghtie ſprite / and get them to the ſtondert of theyr ryght father the deuyldevil / and take his wages / the pleaſures of this worlde / which are erneſt of euerlaſtinge …
John Johnsone · An Comfortable Exhortation · Open in the reader
Printed
… teuaūtes, take so much and haue so litel, that all men wonder how the deuyldevil they waste it.
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… teuaūtes, take so much and haue so litel, that all men wonder how the deuyldevil they waste it.
Thomas Lever · Sermon Preached Third Sunday in Lent · Open in the reader
Printed
… whiche / the fyrſt is, our owne fleſſhe. The ſeconde, the world, the .iii. the deuyldevil, by whome we be cōtynually prouoked, ſtyred, and greued / for y^e fleſſhe ſeketh pleaſure …
With rule
… whiche / the fyrſt is, our owne fleſſhe. The ſeconde, the world, the .iii. the deuyldevil, by whome we be cōtynually prouoked, ſtyred, and greued / for y^e fleſſhe ſeketh pleaſure …
Martin Luther · Treatise of Good Works · Open in the reader
Printed
Yet agayne this conſcience, what deuyldevil inuented that name?
With rule
Yet agayne this conſcience, what deuyldevil inuented that name?
Wolfgang Musculus · The Observer of Time · Open in the reader
Printed
… that the word of god is thus blasphemed / but thorow the malyce of the deuyldevil. For the deuel neuer ceaseth to disfigure this word / namely the son of god …
With rule
… that the word of god is thus blasphemed / but thorow the malyce of the deuyldevil. For the deuel neuer ceaseth to disfigure this word / namely the son of god …
Alexander Alesius · The Authority of the Word of God Against the Bishop of London · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (65)

55 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 29 are listed here. 10 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Comfortable Sermon of Faith in Temptations A01300

Printed
… of the law, nor the gyltynes of my syn, nor the accusation of the DeuylDevil, nor wytnes of myne own conscience, shall be able to condemne me, so long …
With rule
… of the law, nor the gyltynes of my syn, nor the accusation of the DeuylDevil, nor wytnes of myne own conscience, shall be able to condemne me, so long …
William Fulke · A Comfortable Sermon of Faith in Temptations · Open in the reader

Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester A01752

Printed
… Chriſte and the ſpirite of Chriſte dwellyng in them. But howe Chriſt and the DeuylDevil can dwell together: I am ryght ſure you can not declare. The good ſpirite …
With rule
… Chriſte and the ſpirite of Chriſte dwellyng in them. But howe Chriſt and the DeuylDevil can dwell together: I am ryght ſure you can not declare. The good ſpirite …
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. lxxx · Open in the reader
Printed
… membres the weapons of ryghtuouſnes, or els are we a dwelling place for the DeuylDevil, and our mē bres prepared for vnrightuouſnes. For there is no couplynge of good …
With rule
… membres the weapons of ryghtuouſnes, or els are we a dwelling place for the DeuylDevil, and our mē bres prepared for vnrightuouſnes. For there is no couplynge of good …
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. lxxx · Open in the reader
Printed
… of you papiſtes: howe he went vnto his father that ſent hym. Not the DeuylDevil, but the ſcripture and the angelles of God ſhall anſwere for you. Chriſte (after …
With rule
… of you papiſtes: howe he went vnto his father that ſent hym. Not the DeuylDevil, but the ſcripture and the angelles of God ſhall anſwere for you. Chriſte (after …
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · Open in the reader
Printed
… haue his owne euident ſignification of Chriſtes owne perſon. But your malice and the DeuylDevil (whom you name ſo often) blyndeth you, and couetiſe leadeth you captiue.
With rule
… haue his owne euident ſignification of Chriſtes owne perſon. But your malice and the DeuylDevil (whom you name ſo often) blyndeth you, and couetiſe leadeth you captiue.
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · Open in the reader
Printed
… much buſye your braynes (O biſhop) and firſt for that you bring in the DeuylDevil lurkynge in ſo lytle a word as (but) you make vs to ſuſpect that …
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… much buſye your braynes (O biſhop) and firſt for that you bring in the DeuylDevil lurkynge in ſo lytle a word as (but) you make vs to ſuſpect that …
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · Open in the reader

Against a Rank Papist A02621

Printed
… who hath taught yow to playe so wycked partes as these are. Euen the DeuylDevil your captain, whych seketh not els but to deuoure in darkenesse, yow helping him …
With rule
… who hath taught yow to playe so wycked partes as these are. Euen the DeuylDevil your captain, whych seketh not els but to deuoure in darkenesse, yow helping him …
John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · p. lxii · Open in the reader

Twenty-Seven Sermons A05143

Printed
… as many wayes as can be to deface and obscure Gods glory. Where the DeuylDevil is resydent and hath his plough going: there away with bookes, and vp with …
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… as many wayes as can be to deface and obscure Gods glory. Where the DeuylDevil is resydent and hath his plough going: there away with bookes, and vp with …
Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… bee exalted, that thereby as manye as … in hym should haue saluacion. But the DeuylDevil would none of that. They would haue vs saued by a dayly oblacion propiciatory …
With rule
… bee exalted, that thereby as manye as … in hym should haue saluacion. But the DeuylDevil would none of that. They would haue vs saued by a dayly oblacion propiciatory …
Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a thing wherby to obteyne … ofsynnes, and to haue saluacion. And this way the DeuylDevil vsed to euacuate the death of Christ, that we myght haue affiaunce in other …
With rule
… a thing wherby to obteyne … ofsynnes, and to haue saluacion. And this way the DeuylDevil vsed to euacuate the death of Christ, that we myght haue affiaunce in other …
Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… you wyl not learne of God nor good men: for shame learne of the DeuylDevil, ad … dico. I speake it for your shame. If you wil not learne of …
With rule
… you wyl not learne of God nor good men: for shame learne of the DeuylDevil, ad … dico. I speake it for your shame. If you wil not learne of …
Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
Oh that a man myght haue the contemplacion of hel, that the DeuylDevil would alow a man to looke into hel, to see the state of it …
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Oh that a man myght haue the contemplacion of hel, that the DeuylDevil would alow a man to looke into hel, to see the state of it …
Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · Open in the reader

The Justification of Man by Faith Only A07407

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… the terrors and tormentes of our conſciēce, with ſinne, with deathe, and with the DeuylDevil, whiche by huge and wonderous craftes doeth beſege our ſycke myndes: to dryue them …
With rule
… the terrors and tormentes of our conſciēce, with ſinne, with deathe, and with the DeuylDevil, whiche by huge and wonderous craftes doeth beſege our ſycke myndes: to dryue them …
Philipp Melanchthon · The Justification of Man by Faith Only · p. xxxv · Open in the reader
Printed
… with the holy Ghoſt, gydynge them agaynſte the crafty gyles and deceytes of the DeuylDevil with all his aſſaultes. What maner and howe glorious theſe victories be: The examples …
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… with the holy Ghoſt, gydynge them agaynſte the crafty gyles and deceytes of the DeuylDevil with all his aſſaultes. What maner and howe glorious theſe victories be: The examples …
Philipp Melanchthon · The Justification of Man by Faith Only · Open in the reader
Printed
… mynde did reſiſt the fury of the woman and the crafty aſſaultes of the DeuylDevil, he perceyued that the DeuylDevil went about fyrſt to pollute him with ſinne, and …
With rule
… mynde did reſiſt the fury of the woman and the crafty aſſaultes of the DeuylDevil, he perceyued that the DeuylDevil went about fyrſt to pollute him with ſinne, and …
Philipp Melanchthon · The Justification of Man by Faith Only · Open in the reader
Printed
¶ THIS is the mynde of the DeuylDevil to worke ſuche craftes for vs when he perceiueth that we make light of …
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¶ THIS is the mynde of the DeuylDevil to worke ſuche craftes for vs when he perceiueth that we make light of …
Philipp Melanchthon · The Justification of Man by Faith Only · p. lxvii · Open in the reader
Printed
… mouing of hatred, betwene the ſubiectꝭ and rulers. This is the practiſe of the DeuylDevil in his miniſters. This was the practiſe of Auguſtin, the legate of Sathan his …
With rule
… mouing of hatred, betwene the ſubiectꝭ and rulers. This is the practiſe of the DeuylDevil in his miniſters. This was the practiſe of Auguſtin, the legate of Sathan his …
Philipp Melanchthon · The Justification of Man by Faith Only · p. lxxxxiii · Open in the reader

The Treasure of Truth Touching Salvation and the Christian Religion A10213

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1. Ioh. 3. 10. By this are the sonnes of God and the sonnes of the DeuylDevil manifes…, whosoeuer doth not exercise, righteousnes, is not of God, nor he whiche loueth …
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1. Ioh. 3. 10. By this are the sonnes of God and the sonnes of the DeuylDevil manifes…, whosoeuer doth not exercise, righteousnes, is not of God, nor he whiche loueth …
Theodore Beza · The Treasure of Truth Touching Salvation and the Christian Religion · Open in the reader
Printed
10. By this are the sonnes of God, and the sōnes of the DeuylDevil manifest. Whosoeuer exerciseth not righteousnesse, is not of God, nor he which loueth not …
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10. By this are the sonnes of God, and the sōnes of the DeuylDevil manifest. Whosoeuer exerciseth not righteousnesse, is not of God, nor he which loueth not …
Theodore Beza · The Treasure of Truth Touching Salvation and the Christian Religion · Open in the reader
Printed
2. Tim, 2. 26. And that being escaped out of the snare of the DeuylDevil, by whome they are kepte prisoners, they might receyue health of minde to his …
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2. Tim, 2. 26. And that being escaped out of the snare of the DeuylDevil, by whome they are kepte prisoners, they might receyue health of minde to his …
Theodore Beza · The Treasure of Truth Touching Salvation and the Christian Religion · Open in the reader
Printed
… reprobate, doth vtter his maiestie, doth shew his iustice, which olde Satan and Father DeuylDevil, was worthily cast downe into the bottome of Hell, and eternally condempned to euerlasting …
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… reprobate, doth vtter his maiestie, doth shew his iustice, which olde Satan and Father DeuylDevil, was worthily cast downe into the bottome of Hell, and eternally condempned to euerlasting …
Theodore Beza · The Treasure of Truth Touching Salvation and the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

A Notable Sermon A68325

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… as manye wayes as can be, to deface and obscure Goddes glorye. Where the DeuylDevil is resydente and hath his ploughe goyng: there away with bookes, and vp with …
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… as manye wayes as can be, to deface and obscure Goddes glorye. Where the DeuylDevil is resydente and hath his ploughe goyng: there away with bookes, and vp with …
Hugh Latimer · A Notable Sermon · Open in the reader

Commentaries A68840

Printed
… certaine priuate bargaine are wrought, wherby the Sorcerers do binde them ſelues vnto the DeuylDevil, and the deuil likewiſe to them. But thoſe at done neither by publike iuſtice …
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… certaine priuate bargaine are wrought, wherby the Sorcerers do binde them ſelues vnto the DeuylDevil, and the deuil likewiſe to them. But thoſe at done neither by publike iuſtice …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · Open in the reader
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… the plagues of the Egiptians were done by a good Angel or by the DeuylDevil. And at the length he ſheweth, that the plague and deſtruction of the firſt …
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… the plagues of the Egiptians were done by a good Angel or by the DeuylDevil. And at the length he ſheweth, that the plague and deſtruction of the firſt …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · Open in the reader
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… and deſtruction of the firſt begotten maye be aſcribed vnto the miniſtery of the DeuylDevil: but the other plagues are to be attributed vnto good angels, that the ſentence …
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… and deſtruction of the firſt begotten maye be aſcribed vnto the miniſtery of the DeuylDevil: but the other plagues are to be attributed vnto good angels, that the ſentence …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · Open in the reader
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… which bodies alſo had their being before, & vſe them at their liberty, as the DeuylDevil did put on the Serpent, and by him deceaued Eue, the Angell alſo ſpake …
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… which bodies alſo had their being before, & vſe them at their liberty, as the DeuylDevil did put on the Serpent, and by him deceaued Eue, the Angell alſo ſpake …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · Open in the reader
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… the Aungell an Aſſe, euen as the ſerpent was not in very deede the DeuylDevil, neyther was the Deuyll the Serpent.
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… the Aungell an Aſſe, euen as the ſerpent was not in very deede the DeuylDevil, neyther was the Deuyll the Serpent.
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Malachi A72181

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… ouer come by the ſerpent, we do ouercome and triumphe ouer the ſerpent, Synne, DeuylDevil, Death and Hell. He had the gift of reaſon and vnderſtandynge, we haue the …
With rule
… ouer come by the ſerpent, we do ouercome and triumphe ouer the ſerpent, Synne, DeuylDevil, Death and Hell. He had the gift of reaſon and vnderſtandynge, we haue the …
Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Malachi · Open in the reader
Printed
… theſe hys weake veſſels. And lycence muſt you aſke, as dyd youre father the DeuylDevil, executynge hys tyrranny vpon the good man Iob, as we reade in the fyrſt …
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… theſe hys weake veſſels. And lycence muſt you aſke, as dyd youre father the DeuylDevil, executynge hys tyrranny vpon the good man Iob, as we reade in the fyrſt …
Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Malachi · Open in the reader