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priuatiueprivative

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

Puritas changed it: 97 times in 53 works
Consistency: 80.8% (97 of 120)
Reach if approved: ~126 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: privative
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 120 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (97 changes in 53 works, 80.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 97)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… priuatiueprivative: positiue, are reall graces wrought in the heart, by the spirit of God: priuatiueprivative are such meanes whereby God preserues men from falling into sinne; as crosses, desertions …
With rule
… priuatiueprivative: positiue, are reall graces wrought in the heart, by the spirit of God: priuatiueprivative are such meanes whereby God preserues men from falling into sinne; as crosses, desertions …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 398 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a negatiue, they are therefore in danger of returning to Nihil priuatinum, nothing a priuatiueprivative, to be depriued of that being they had. Things liuing onely die, (a ſtone …
With rule
… a negatiue, they are therefore in danger of returning to Nihil priuatinum, nothing a priuatiueprivative, to be depriued of that being they had. Things liuing onely die, (a ſtone …
Robert Jenison · The Height of Israels Heathenish Idolatry · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
There is also a third sort highly aduanceing a kinde of priuatiueprivative goodnes and religion: and vvho bend their force rather to the vveaking of other …
With rule
There is also a third sort highly aduanceing a kinde of priuatiueprivative goodnes and religion: and vvho bend their force rather to the vveaking of other …
John Robinson · The Lawfulness of Hearing of the Ministers of the Church of England · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the cauſe muſt certainely be either their ſin, or elſe ſome great iudgement, either priuatiueprivative or poſitiue. The taking away of the godly, eſpecially by an ordinary hand of …
With rule
… the cauſe muſt certainely be either their ſin, or elſe ſome great iudgement, either priuatiueprivative or poſitiue. The taking away of the godly, eſpecially by an ordinary hand of …
Richard Stock · The Churchs Lamentation for the Loss of the Godly · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… teach you, that negatiue ignorance, which he termes neſcience, is not ſinne, but the priuatiueprivative. If you can conclude that conſequent out of our iudgement, that Chriſt was ignorant …
With rule
… teach you, that negatiue ignorance, which he termes neſcience, is not ſinne, but the priuatiueprivative. If you can conclude that conſequent out of our iudgement, that Chriſt was ignorant …
William Whitaker · Answer to Campian the Jesuit · p. 208 · Open in the reader
Printed
Yea, if this bee not sufficient for our recouery, hee doth vnto these priuatiueprivative remedies, adde positiue medicines, purging away our corrupt humors of wickednes, which haue beene …
With rule
Yea, if this bee not sufficient for our recouery, hee doth vnto these priuatiueprivative remedies, adde positiue medicines, purging away our corrupt humors of wickednes, which haue beene …
John Downame · Consolations for the Afflicted · p. 434 · Open in the reader
Printed
Neither did the zeale of Aſa more magnifie it ſelfe in theſe priuatiueprivative acts of weeding out the corruptions of Religion, then in the poſitiue acts of …
With rule
Neither did the zeale of Aſa more magnifie it ſelfe in theſe priuatiueprivative acts of weeding out the corruptions of Religion, then in the poſitiue acts of …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 1328 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a fault: for cleering whereof we muſt remember, that knowing is either negatiue, or priuatiueprivative.
With rule
… a fault: for cleering whereof we muſt remember, that knowing is either negatiue, or priuatiueprivative.
George Estey · Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (23)

14 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 9 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Happiness of the Church A01956

Printed
… obiection. In the Reiection are many particulars gradually inhancing their iudgement. They are partly PriuatiuePrivative, & partly Positiue. Depart from mee yee cursed, there is Poenadam…i: Into euerlasting fire …
With rule
… obiection. In the Reiection are many particulars gradually inhancing their iudgement. They are partly PriuatiuePrivative, & partly Positiue. Depart from mee yee cursed, there is Poenadam…i: Into euerlasting fire …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 130 · Open in the reader

Exposition on John 5 A01972

Printed
1 PriuatiuePrivative good; Correction is as purging phyſick, and as a ſalue curing and purging the …
With rule
1 PriuatiuePrivative good; Correction is as purging phyſick, and as a ſalue curing and purging the …
William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 74 · Open in the reader

Davids Learning A13538

Printed
Secondly, If wee be so happie in PriuatiuePrivative mercies, what shall we be in Positiue? how shall we be compassed with them?
With rule
Secondly, If wee be so happie in PriuatiuePrivative mercies, what shall we be in Positiue? how shall we be compassed with them?
Thomas Taylor · Davids Learning · p. 388 · Open in the reader
Printed
Mercies meeting the Saints in the life to come, distinguished into one PriuatiuePrivative, two Positiues. 387
With rule
Mercies meeting the Saints in the life to come, distinguished into one PriuatiuePrivative, two Positiues. 387
Thomas Taylor · Davids Learning · Open in the reader

The Parable of the Sower and of the Seed A13547

Printed
2. PriuatiuePrivative, want of
With rule
2. PriuatiuePrivative, want of
Thomas Taylor · The Parable of the Sower and of the Seed · p. 94 · Open in the reader

A Peace Offering to God A14755

Printed
… hath for his obiect things that are, and that are not. There bee fauours PriuatiuePrivative, and fauours Positiue; there bee good things bestowed, and euils kept from vs; yea …
With rule
… hath for his obiect things that are, and that are not. There bee fauours PriuatiuePrivative, and fauours Positiue; there bee good things bestowed, and euils kept from vs; yea …
Samuel Ward · A Peace Offering to God · p. 18 · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Dominical Epistles and Gospels A16549

Printed
… when in the vnderstanding there is an affirming of one, and denying of another. PriuatiuePrivative, when of things that cannot be separated indeed, yet a man vnderstands the one …
With rule
… when in the vnderstanding there is an affirming of one, and denying of another. PriuatiuePrivative, when of things that cannot be separated indeed, yet a man vnderstands the one …
John Boys · Exposition of the Dominical Epistles and Gospels · p. 277 · Open in the reader

A Guide to Godliness A20762

Printed
… prayer obtaine at Gods hands ſome great and extraordinary benefit; either priuatiueprivative or poſitiue. PriuatiuePrivative, as freedome, and deliuerance from ſome dangerous euill, either of ſinne or puniſhment. In …
With rule
… prayer obtaine at Gods hands ſome great and extraordinary benefit; either priuatiueprivative or poſitiue. PriuatiuePrivative, as freedome, and deliuerance from ſome dangerous euill, either of ſinne or puniſhment. In …
John Downame · A Guide to Godliness · p. 667 · Open in the reader

The Christian Armory A20802

Printed
Secondly, the benefites of it, both PriuatiuePrivative, and Affirmatiue, or Positiue.
With rule
Secondly, the benefites of it, both PriuatiuePrivative, and Affirmatiue, or Positiue.
Thomas Draxe · The Christian Armory · p. 98 · Open in the reader
Printed
CHAP. XIII. Of the PriuatiuePrivative and Positiue benefite of death.
With rule
CHAP. XIII. Of the PriuatiuePrivative and Positiue benefite of death.
Thomas Draxe · The Christian Armory · p. 121 · Open in the reader

Of Domestical Duties A68107

Printed
1. PriuatiuePrivative, by remouing all deformity: noted in two words, Spot, Wrinkle.
With rule
1. PriuatiuePrivative, by remouing all deformity: noted in two words, Spot, Wrinkle.
William Gouge · Of Domestical Duties · p. 70 · Open in the reader
Printed
There are both priuatiueprivative, and poſitiue reaſons to preſſe this point. PriuatiuePrivative, in regard of the miſchiefes that may be preuented thereby. Poſitiue, in regard of …
With rule
There are both priuatiueprivative, and poſitiue reaſons to preſſe this point. PriuatiuePrivative, in regard of the miſchiefes that may be preuented thereby. Poſitiue, in regard of …
William Gouge · Of Domestical Duties · p. 544 · Open in the reader

The Rule of Faith A69028

Printed
The Paſſion of Chriſt is both PriuatiuePrivative and Poſitiue.
With rule
The Paſſion of Chriſt is both PriuatiuePrivative and Poſitiue.
Nicholas Byfield · The Rule of Faith · p. 315 · Open in the reader
Printed
His PriuatiuePrivative Paſſion did conſiſt in this, that he wanted that glory, ioy and felicitie, which …
With rule
His PriuatiuePrivative Paſſion did conſiſt in this, that he wanted that glory, ioy and felicitie, which …
Nicholas Byfield · The Rule of Faith · p. 315 · Open in the reader