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operatiueoperative

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

Puritas changed it
192 times in 105 works
Consistency
97.4% (192 of 197)
Reach if approved
~207 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: operative
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
197 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (192 changes in 105 works, 97.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 192)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … time of Autumne, and therefore true Religion, and vndefiled before God, is practicall, and operatiueoperative, in the workes of mercie: To viſit the fatherleſſe, and widowes in aduerſitie: and …
    With rule
    … time of Autumne, and therefore true Religion, and vndefiled before God, is practicall, and operatiueoperative, in the workes of mercie: To viſit the fatherleſſe, and widowes in aduerſitie: and …

    John Wall · The Seraphims Wings to Raise Us Unto Heaven · p. 17 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … when he is drawne away of his owne lust, and entised. This is that operatiueoperative possession, whereby the Prince of the power of the aire, now…worketh in the …
    With rule
    … when he is drawne away of his owne lust, and entised. This is that operatiueoperative possession, whereby the Prince of the power of the aire, now…worketh in the …

    Thomas Adams · The Black Devil · p. 37 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … motion of this foot, then the foot it selfe. The latter is Action, or operatiueoperative obedience; that rightly walkes in the blessed way of holinesse. I desire to doe …
    With rule
    … motion of this foot, then the foot it selfe. The latter is Action, or operatiueoperative obedience; that rightly walkes in the blessed way of holinesse. I desire to doe …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 420 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … neceſſitie of good workes is ſtrongly concluded. The faith that iuſtifieth is liuely and operatiueoperative, euer conioyned with an affection of pietie and obſequious diſpoſition, as powerfull to bring …
    With rule
    … neceſſitie of good workes is ſtrongly concluded. The faith that iuſtifieth is liuely and operatiueoperative, euer conioyned with an affection of pietie and obſequious diſpoſition, as powerfull to bring …

    John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 116 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … by the working of the ſpirit thou ſhalt know it: for it is alwaies operatiueoperative.
    With rule
    … by the working of the ſpirit thou ſhalt know it: for it is alwaies operatiueoperative.

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 48 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … the cause of thē: it remains therfore that all things were made by the operatiueoperative vvord, vvhich is nothing but the pleasure, vvil, & appointmēt of God, & is more povverful …
    With rule
    … the cause of thē: it remains therfore that all things were made by the operatiueoperative vvord, vvhich is nothing but the pleasure, vvil, & appointmēt of God, & is more povverful …

    William Perkins · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 57 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … is not of God, neither hee that loueth not his brother. True faith is operatiueoperative, and worketh by loue, and is to be manifeſted by our workes, without which …
    With rule
    … is not of God, neither hee that loueth not his brother. True faith is operatiueoperative, and worketh by loue, and is to be manifeſted by our workes, without which …

    Nehemiah Rogers · A Strange Vineyard in Palestine · p. 298 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … to manifeſt his mercie in pardoning▪ iuſtice in puniſhing; and as the iuſt and operatiueoperative permiſſion thereof in men is an act of God, as a iudge puniſhing ſome …
    With rule
    … to manifeſt his mercie in pardoning▪ iuſtice in puniſhing; and as the iuſt and operatiueoperative permiſſion thereof in men is an act of God, as a iudge puniſhing ſome …

    William Sclater · A Key to the Key of Scripture · p. 118 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Christian Dictionary A15520

  • Printed
    OperatiueOperative, effectually to pierce their hearts which heare the word; eyther to conuert, or to …
    With rule
    OperatiueOperative, effectually to pierce their hearts which heare the word; eyther to conuert, or to …

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 225 · Open in the reader