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lotteslots

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

Puritas changed it
157 times in 61 works
Consistency
71.0% (157 of 221)
Reach if approved
~232 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: lots
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
221 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (157 changes in 61 works, 71.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 157)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … great ones; where on the contrarie the enimies of reformation will lay all their lotteslots together, yea they will sett up estate, and life, yea sowle, and all upon …
    With rule
    … great ones; where on the contrarie the enimies of reformation will lay all their lotteslots together, yea they will sett up estate, and life, yea sowle, and all upon …

    Alexander Leighton · Appeal to the Parliament · p. 208 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … are worse, for they will not be contented with vsuall partage, nor to cast lotteslots for Christes coate, but euerie one would pull from another; some the Landes, some …
    With rule
    … are worse, for they will not be contented with vsuall partage, nor to cast lotteslots for Christes coate, but euerie one would pull from another; some the Landes, some …

    Robert Pont · Against Sacrilege · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … not ſtick iff it were poſſible to crucifie Chriſt againe / that they might caſt lotteslots for his coate and deuide his garmētes amonges thē / For this our age hathe …
    With rule
    … not ſtick iff it were poſſible to crucifie Chriſt againe / that they might caſt lotteslots for his coate and deuide his garmētes amonges thē / For this our age hathe …

    Walter Travers · Declaration of Ecclesiastical Discipline out of the Word of God · p. 124 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … whych ſayeth: They parted my garmentes amongeſt them, and on my coate dyd caſte lotteslots. And theſe thynges in dede dyd the ſouldiors.
    With rule
    … whych ſayeth: They parted my garmentes amongeſt them, and on my coate dyd caſte lotteslots. And theſe thynges in dede dyd the ſouldiors.

    Ulrich Zwingli · The Death Resurrection and Ascension of Christ · p. 124 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … one by election but, flieth to lotteslots. Certayne it is that there was no lotteslots vſed in the choſing of Paſtors: why do they it then in the ordayning …
    With rule
    … one by election but, flieth to lotteslots. Certayne it is that there was no lotteslots vſed in the choſing of Paſtors: why do they it then in the ordayning …

    John Calvin · Commentary on Galatians · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … haue had no ſeam, to shew the occaſion that the ſouldiars toke, of caſting lotteslots for yt. Vuhereby, boeth Dauids propheſy of hym, was fulfilled: and he the better …
    With rule
    … haue had no ſeam, to shew the occaſion that the ſouldiars toke, of caſting lotteslots for yt. Vuhereby, boeth Dauids propheſy of hym, was fulfilled: and he the better …

    Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 2 · p. 247 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … thus ſent away by Ioſua. Firſt when the land of Chanaan was deuided by lotteslots. For at that time euery Tribe went to poſſeſſe thoſe places which fel vnto …
    With rule
    … thus ſent away by Ioſua. Firſt when the land of Chanaan was deuided by lotteslots. For at that time euery Tribe went to poſſeſſe thoſe places which fel vnto …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    And holy saynt Thomas lotteslots,
    With rule
    And holy saynt Thomas lotteslots,

    John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (64)

18 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 46 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Godly and Learned Treatises A00635

  • Printed
    Thirdlie, all LottesLots vſed in recreation, doe either neceſſarilie drawe or tempt the verie beſt, to horrible …
    With rule
    Thirdlie, all LottesLots vſed in recreation, doe either neceſſarilie drawe or tempt the verie beſt, to horrible …

    Dudley Fenner · Godly and Learned Treatises · p. 190 · Open in the reader

Historical Table of the Bible A06660

  • Printed
    LottesLots & caſting of lotteslots.
    With rule
    LottesLots & caſting of lotteslots.

    Henrich Bullinger · Historical Table of the Bible · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    xix.e. Remēbre LottesLots wife. Luk. xvij g
    With rule
    xix.e. Remēbre LottesLots wife. Luk. xvij g

    Henrich Bullinger · Historical Table of the Bible · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Apostles Creed A08483

  • Printed
    … for him, but the Lorde hath appointed him into his handes: Prouerbs. Chap. 16. verſ. 33. LottesLots are caſt into the lappe, and all the iudgement therof dependeth wholy vpō the …
    With rule
    … for him, but the Lorde hath appointed him into his handes: Prouerbs. Chap. 16. verſ. 33. LottesLots are caſt into the lappe, and all the iudgement therof dependeth wholy vpō the …

    Caspar Olevian · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 95 · Open in the reader

A Golden Chain A09339

  • Printed
    LottesLots. 56
    With rule
    LottesLots. 56

    William Perkins · A Golden Chain · Open in the reader

Display of Popish Practices A09918

  • Printed
    … the Iewes, or to Rabath king of the Ammonites: He yéelded ye matter to LottesLots: thoſe God guydeth, and bringeth him to Ieruſalem. The nature of the thing it …
    With rule
    … the Iewes, or to Rabath king of the Ammonites: He yéelded ye matter to LottesLots: thoſe God guydeth, and bringeth him to Ieruſalem. The nature of the thing it …

    Theodore Beza · Display of Popish Practices · p. 238 · Open in the reader

Christian Observations and Resolutions A13075

  • Printed
    God hath indeede wisely tempered our LottesLots, but the error of our desires, and miscontentment is our owne, and yet hee …
    With rule
    God hath indeede wisely tempered our LottesLots, but the error of our desires, and miscontentment is our owne, and yet hee …

    William Struther · Christian Observations and Resolutions · p. 141 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Acts A17642

  • Printed
    How farre forth it is lawfull to caſt LottesLots. Ibid.
    With rule
    How farre forth it is lawfull to caſt LottesLots. Ibid.

    John Calvin · Commentary on Acts · Open in the reader

Daily Sermons Upon Jonah A17683

  • Printed
    … where as euerie man woulde drawe ſome parte to him ſelfe, in that caſe, LottesLots take away all ſtryfes. Such kinde of caſting lotteslots is as well by the …
    With rule
    … where as euerie man woulde drawe ſome parte to him ſelfe, in that caſe, LottesLots take away all ſtryfes. Such kinde of caſting lotteslots is as well by the …

    John Calvin · Daily Sermons Upon Jonah · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

  • Printed
    … all the people were faine to be accursed for it, vntill it was bewrayed. LottesLots were cast: and when Iosua had made him to hold vp his hand to …
    With rule
    … all the people were faine to be accursed for it, vntill it was bewrayed. LottesLots were cast: and when Iosua had made him to hold vp his hand to …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 344 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    LottesLots made for vprightnes in Buying and selling:
    With rule
    LottesLots made for vprightnes in Buying and selling:

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

Of Relics A17729

  • Printed
    … lyuely what is their folyſheneſſe: For the Euangeliſtes ſaye, that the Souldyours dyd caſte LottesLots, whyche were then drawen oute of an Hatte, or oute of ſomme ſuch lyke …
    With rule
    … lyuely what is their folyſheneſſe: For the Euangeliſtes ſaye, that the Souldyours dyd caſte LottesLots, whyche were then drawen oute of an Hatte, or oute of ſomme ſuch lyke …

    John Calvin · Of Relics · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    To bee ſhorte, euerye man almoſte knoweth what caſtynge of LottesLots meaneth: it is commonly vſed in deuydyng of partes.
    With rule
    To bee ſhorte, euerye man almoſte knoweth what caſtynge of LottesLots meaneth: it is commonly vſed in deuydyng of partes.

    John Calvin · Of Relics · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Theſe Beaſtes haue imagyned that the caſtynge of the LottesLots, was to playe at Diſe: When they were not in vſage, at the leaſt …
    With rule
    Theſe Beaſtes haue imagyned that the caſtynge of the LottesLots, was to playe at Diſe: When they were not in vſage, at the leaſt …

    John Calvin · Of Relics · Open in the reader

Whole Works A68831

  • Printed
    LottesLots caſtyng lawfull. 27. a
    With rule
    LottesLots caſtyng lawfull. 27. a

    William Tyndale · Whole Works · Open in the reader

Commentaries A68840

  • Printed
    … bycauſe they were not commonly vſed, neyther are they often red in the Scriptures. LottesLots alſo are of this kinde. There is mention made of them in the fyrſt …
    With rule
    … bycauſe they were not commonly vſed, neyther are they often red in the Scriptures. LottesLots alſo are of this kinde. There is mention made of them in the fyrſt …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · p. 7 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … the Lord, Beniamin was caught, which R. Selomo expounding aſcribeth the ſame place to LottesLots, and ſayth that the names of euery tribe were fyrſt writen in ſcrolles, and …
    With rule
    … the Lord, Beniamin was caught, which R. Selomo expounding aſcribeth the ſame place to LottesLots, and ſayth that the names of euery tribe were fyrſt writen in ſcrolles, and …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · p. 7 · Open in the reader

An Exposition of the Lords Prayer B11845

  • Printed
    … of Gerar: and that faulte of Peter, who denied his Master with cursing & swearing. LottesLots wife in looking backe as shee was departing from Sodome sinned not so grievoully …
    With rule
    … of Gerar: and that faulte of Peter, who denied his Master with cursing & swearing. LottesLots wife in looking backe as shee was departing from Sodome sinned not so grievoully …

    Francis Bunny · An Exposition of the Lords Prayer · p. 168 · Open in the reader