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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8396 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

reproouingreproving

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

Puritas changed it
260 times in 140 works
Consistency
99.6% (260 of 261)
Reach if approved
~274 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: reproving
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
261 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (260 changes in 140 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 260)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … CHRIST appeared the ſecond time on that day ſeuen-night (Con…ing, comforting, inſtructing, reproouingreproving) appeareth; Io. 20. 26, 27, 28, 29. Where it is ſayd, after eight dayes (including and counting the day …
    With rule
    … CHRIST appeared the ſecond time on that day ſeuen-night (Con…ing, comforting, inſtructing, reproouingreproving) appeareth; Io. 20. 26, 27, 28, 29. Where it is ſayd, after eight dayes (including and counting the day …

    John Sprint · The Necessary Use of the Christian Sabbath · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … The profession and Professors of the Word, because it is a light held out, reproouingreproving their darkness, and manifesting their deeds to be euill. Godly admonitions & counsell they hate …
    With rule
    … The profession and Professors of the Word, because it is a light held out, reproouingreproving their darkness, and manifesting their deeds to be euill. Godly admonitions & counsell they hate …

    Thomas Taylor · The Parable of the Sower and of the Seed · p. 129 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … Pharoes daughter. Eliſha and the widowe which nouriſhed him prooue it true. For the reproouingreproving and condemning of wicked riches, we may bring examples out of Saint Luke. And …
    With rule
    … Pharoes daughter. Eliſha and the widowe which nouriſhed him prooue it true. For the reproouingreproving and condemning of wicked riches, we may bring examples out of Saint Luke. And …

    John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 366 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … The like penitent, and humble anſwer gaue the good King Ezechiah to Eſay, chap. 39. reproouingreproving him for ſhewing ambitiouſly and vaine-gloriouſly all the treaſures of his kingdome to …
    With rule
    … The like penitent, and humble anſwer gaue the good King Ezechiah to Eſay, chap. 39. reproouingreproving him for ſhewing ambitiouſly and vaine-gloriouſly all the treaſures of his kingdome to …

    Thomas Granger · The Application of Scripture · p. 21 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … matter, and not the good manner of vttering them: neither abhorring in themselues, nor reproouingreproving in others the discouering of a secret, to the touch of their absent neighbour …
    With rule
    … matter, and not the good manner of vttering them: neither abhorring in themselues, nor reproouingreproving in others the discouering of a secret, to the touch of their absent neighbour …

    Robert Horne · The Christian Governor in the Commonwealth and Private Families · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … implyed, that as long as there are Chriſtians to doe thoſe mutuall offices of reproouingreproving one another for ſinne, there ſhall be a diſcipline exerciſed in the Church how …
    With rule
    … implyed, that as long as there are Chriſtians to doe thoſe mutuall offices of reproouingreproving one another for ſinne, there ſhall be a diſcipline exerciſed in the Church how …

    John Mayer · Antidote Against Popery · p. 36 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … sauoureth of reuenge, to reprooue those that wrong vs, I answer, though many in reproouingreproving reuenge themselues, yet the one may be done without the other; and the right …
    With rule
    … sauoureth of reuenge, to reprooue those that wrong vs, I answer, though many in reproouingreproving reuenge themselues, yet the one may be done without the other; and the right …

    William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 474 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    Now followeth the third. For, by this anſwer of Samuel reproouingreproving Saul, and threatning puniſhment frō God vnto him; it is cleere and manifeſt, that …
    With rule
    Now followeth the third. For, by this anſwer of Samuel reproouingreproving Saul, and threatning puniſhment frō God vnto him; it is cleere and manifeſt, that …

    Richard Rogers · Samuels Encounter with Saul · p. 204 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 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.

A Scourge for a Railer A15419

  • Printed
    21. ReproouingReproving the Obiecter, for leauing out the word mourning, in citing that place, Gen. 35. 37. he …
    With rule
    21. ReproouingReproving the Obiecter, for leauing out the word mourning, in citing that place, Gen. 35. 37. he …

    Andrew Willet · A Scourge for a Railer · p. 182 · Open in the reader