Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #839 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

obseruanceobservance

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

Puritas changed it: 189 times in 101 works
Consistency: 97.9% (189 of 193)
Reach if approved: ~203 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: observance
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 193 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (189 changes in 101 works, 97.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 189)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… by night to see either wife or childe. A rare example of obedience, and obseruanceobservance vnto his Soueraigne. The sixt degree which was noted by that most renowmed Ladie …
With rule
… by night to see either wife or childe. A rare example of obedience, and obseruanceobservance vnto his Soueraigne. The sixt degree which was noted by that most renowmed Ladie …
Archbishop George Abbot · Sermon Preached 26 May 1608 · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… excell, there are two things wherein your Honors daily winne a great increase of obseruanceobservance; the one is pietie towards God, the other mercie towards the poore: the loynes …
With rule
… excell, there are two things wherein your Honors daily winne a great increase of obseruanceobservance; the one is pietie towards God, the other mercie towards the poore: the loynes …
Nicholas Byfield · An Exposition Upon Colossians · Open in the reader
Printed
… and in them that periſh; 2 Cor. 2. 15. And vnto you this publike teſtimony of my obſeruanceobservance, and loue for your loue to our gifts and calling, I truſt ſhall be …
With rule
… and in them that periſh; 2 Cor. 2. 15. And vnto you this publike teſtimony of my obſeruanceobservance, and loue for your loue to our gifts and calling, I truſt ſhall be …
Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſeruile feare ſooner apprehēdeth wrath by breach of the Law, then filial feare the obſeruanceobservance of dutie from Gods goodneſſe and mercie. Fourthly, becauſe of ſcandalls which are ſooner …
With rule
… ſeruile feare ſooner apprehēdeth wrath by breach of the Law, then filial feare the obſeruanceobservance of dutie from Gods goodneſſe and mercie. Fourthly, becauſe of ſcandalls which are ſooner …
Richard Bernard · Christian See to Thy Conscience · p. 281 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wrong to the Liberty of a Christian mans Conscience, to bind him to outward obseruanceobservance for Orders sake, and to impose vpon him a Necessitie of Obedience. Which one …
With rule
… wrong to the Liberty of a Christian mans Conscience, to bind him to outward obseruanceobservance for Orders sake, and to impose vpon him a Necessitie of Obedience. Which one …
Robert Sanderson · Ten Sermons · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Iewes choſe rather to die then to eate Swines fleſh. 2. Mac. 7. 1. and 6. 8. preferring obſeruanceobservance of a ceremoniall duetie before their life.
With rule
… the Iewes choſe rather to die then to eate Swines fleſh. 2. Mac. 7. 1. and 6. 8. preferring obſeruanceobservance of a ceremoniall duetie before their life.
John Sprint · Showing the Necessity of Conformity · p. 31 · Open in the reader
Printed
… yet it comes loyally; and from his heart, who, in all due and true obseruanceobservance desires most respectiuely to Rest.
With rule
… yet it comes loyally; and from his heart, who, in all due and true obseruanceobservance desires most respectiuely to Rest.
John Vicars · Englands Hallelujah · Open in the reader
Printed
I can not do my detfull obseruanceobservance,
With rule
I can not do my detfull obseruanceobservance,
John Wedderburn · A Compendious Bulk of Godly Psalms and Spiritual Songs · p. 55 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Exposition of 1 Thessalonians A11591

Printed
Fourthly, ObſeruanceObservance of Satans wiles, and our owne infirmities; where his greateſt likelihood is to preuayle.
With rule
Fourthly, ObſeruanceObservance of Satans wiles, and our owne infirmities; where his greateſt likelihood is to preuayle.
William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · p. 218 · Open in the reader