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soiournesojourn

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

Puritas changed it
117 times in 67 works
Consistency
99.1% (117 of 118)
Reach if approved
~124 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: sojourn
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
118 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (117 changes in 67 works, 99.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 117)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … nor forſake them, to dwell in his prouidence; I ſay to dwell, not to ſoiournesojourn in it, howſoeuer things goe. They that truly ſerue God, and truſt him with …
    With rule
    … nor forſake them, to dwell in his prouidence; I ſay to dwell, not to ſoiournesojourn in it, howſoeuer things goe. They that truly ſerue God, and truſt him with …

    Robert Horne · The Shield of Righteousness · p. 8 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … to keep silence at his teares▪ as though he had said, Inasmuch as I soiournesojourn with thee, thou art to heare my complaint. For, as a Soiourner cares, nor …
    With rule
    … to keep silence at his teares▪ as though he had said, Inasmuch as I soiournesojourn with thee, thou art to heare my complaint. For, as a Soiourner cares, nor …

    William Perkins · A Cloud of Faithful Witnesses · p. 206 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … meanes to preserue the state of our bodyes a time whilste we liue, and soiournesojourn in this vaste wildernes of the worlde, but not that they should be instruments …
    With rule
    … meanes to preserue the state of our bodyes a time whilste we liue, and soiournesojourn in this vaste wildernes of the worlde, but not that they should be instruments …

    Philip Stubbes · The Anatomy of Abuses · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … according to Christs rule, did dignum exquirere hospitem, seeke out a meete host to soiournesojourn with, Chrysost. but he was a common host of all the brethren, that passed …
    With rule
    … according to Christs rule, did dignum exquirere hospitem, seeke out a meete host to soiournesojourn with, Chrysost. but he was a common host of all the brethren, that passed …

    Andrew Willet · Commentary on Romans · p. 733 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … in the land of Chanaan ſaue only an vncerteine reſting place wherin he might ſoiournesojourn. For as much as epaggellesthai ſignifieth ſimplie to promiſe. I thought there was no …
    With rule
    … in the land of Chanaan ſaue only an vncerteine reſting place wherin he might ſoiournesojourn. For as much as epaggellesthai ſignifieth ſimplie to promiſe. I thought there was no …

    John Calvin · Commentary on Acts · p. 140 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … in the Church militant, is signified in the word soiournesojourn. Hebr. foreign. Graec. foreign, who shall soiournesojourn. Sojourning (saith Basil) is a temporarie abode, signifying not a setled life, but transitorie …
    With rule
    … in the Church militant, is signified in the word soiournesojourn. Hebr. foreign. Graec. foreign, who shall soiournesojourn. Sojourning (saith Basil) is a temporarie abode, signifying not a setled life, but transitorie …

    George Downame · Lectures on the 25th Psalm · p. 8 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … obedience by killing ſinne, and quickening grace: if ye doe theſe things ye ſhall ſoiournesojourn with God in his temple on earth, and dwell with him in his glorious …
    With rule
    … obedience by killing ſinne, and quickening grace: if ye doe theſe things ye ſhall ſoiournesojourn with God in his temple on earth, and dwell with him in his glorious …

    Robert Horne · The History of the Woman of Great Faith · p. 184 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … of Gods former mercies. The Aegyptians, ſaith hee, whether the people went downe to ſoiournesojourn, cauſeleſly oppreſſed them, and I ſet them free. So if the Aſſyrians, that is …
    With rule
    … of Gods former mercies. The Aegyptians, ſaith hee, whether the people went downe to ſoiournesojourn, cauſeleſly oppreſſed them, and I ſet them free. So if the Aſſyrians, that is …

    Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 33 · 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.

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

  • Printed
    … So didſt thou in the beginning lodge with our firſt Parents in a Tent; SoiourneSojourn with Iſrael vnder the law; and now makeſt a conſtant reſidence vnder the Goſpell …
    With rule
    … So didſt thou in the beginning lodge with our firſt Parents in a Tent; SoiourneSojourn with Iſrael vnder the law; and now makeſt a conſtant reſidence vnder the Goſpell …

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 1269 · Open in the reader