Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #846 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ouerseersoverseers

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

Puritas changed it: 225 times in 135 works
Consistency: 100% (225 of 225)
Reach if approved: ~236 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: overseers
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 225 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (225 changes in 135 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 225)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and to al the flock, in the which the holy gost hath appointed them ouerseersoverseers to fede thy holy congregaciō which thy dereli beloued sōne purchased with hys bloude …
With rule
… and to al the flock, in the which the holy gost hath appointed them ouerseersoverseers to fede thy holy congregaciō which thy dereli beloued sōne purchased with hys bloude …
Thomas Becon · The Flower of Godly Prayers · p. lix · Open in the reader
Printed
… principalities and powers in heauenly things. In this respect Pastours are called watchmen, and ouerseersoverseers. Secondly, the presence of Pastours with their people, serues to redresse things amisse, and …
With rule
… principalities and powers in heauenly things. In this respect Pastours are called watchmen, and ouerseersoverseers. Secondly, the presence of Pastours with their people, serues to redresse things amisse, and …
William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 337 · Open in the reader
Printed
… your selues, and to all the flocke, whereof the holy Ghost hath made you OuerseersOverseers, to feed the Church of God, which he hath purchased with his owne blood …
With rule
… your selues, and to all the flocke, whereof the holy Ghost hath made you OuerseersOverseers, to feed the Church of God, which he hath purchased with his owne blood …
John Phillips · The Way to Heaven · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… particulars profitable? If ſo bee they are, then the Apoſtle Paul ſaith to the ouerſeersoverseers of that Church, Act. 20.20. I haue kept nothing back that was profitable for you …
With rule
… particulars profitable? If ſo bee they are, then the Apoſtle Paul ſaith to the ouerſeersoverseers of that Church, Act. 20.20. I haue kept nothing back that was profitable for you …
John Randall · Twenty-Nine Lectures · p. 254 · Open in the reader
Printed
… euident demonstration also, that they are not such as the holie Ghost hath made ouerseersoverseers ouer their flocke, but rather such as being possessed with the spirite of pride …
With rule
… euident demonstration also, that they are not such as the holie Ghost hath made ouerseersoverseers ouer their flocke, but rather such as being possessed with the spirite of pride …
Philip Stubbes · The Anatomy of Abuses Part 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… good, and their comfort in Chriſt Ieſus ouer whom the Lord hath made them ouerſeersoverseers, as that they ſhould more regard the things that belong vnto their peace, then …
With rule
… good, and their comfort in Chriſt Ieſus ouer whom the Lord hath made them ouerſeersoverseers, as that they ſhould more regard the things that belong vnto their peace, then …
Henry Airay · Lectures Upon Philippians · p. 499 · Open in the reader
Printed
… any thing amiſſe in the Church, as if God had ſet them to be ouerſeersoverseers of the gouernours and teachers, contrarie vnto this rule of Saint Paul, They labour …
With rule
… any thing amiſſe in the Church, as if God had ſet them to be ouerſeersoverseers of the gouernours and teachers, contrarie vnto this rule of Saint Paul, They labour …
George Gifford · Sermons Upon Divers Texts · p. 277 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in a houſe, are commonly ſhadowes to the minde of their Parents, and other ouerſeersoverseers. Theſe are the party coloured roddes they looke at, and their examples the colour …
With rule
… in a houſe, are commonly ſhadowes to the minde of their Parents, and other ouerſeersoverseers. Theſe are the party coloured roddes they looke at, and their examples the colour …
Robert Horne · Of the Rich Man and Lazarus · p. 43 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.