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Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #864 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

prouingproving

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

Puritas changed it
688 times in 272 works
Consistency
96.3% (688 of 714)
Reach if approved
~750 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: proving
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
714 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (688 changes in 272 works, 96.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 688)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … whence hee is! &c. Now in this verſe hée goeth forward, teaching them, and prouingproving vnto them that Chriſt is not a ſinner, and that he is of God …
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    … whence hee is! &c. Now in this verſe hée goeth forward, teaching them, and prouingproving vnto them that Chriſt is not a ſinner, and that he is of God …

    Thomas Granger · The Blind Mans Sermon · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … thereof being ſo heauenly, ſo liuely ſetting out the offices of Chriſt, ſo ſoundly prouingproving him to be the promiſed Meſsias, the only Prophet, and Archbiſhop of his Church.
    With rule
    … thereof being ſo heauenly, ſo liuely ſetting out the offices of Chriſt, ſo ſoundly prouingproving him to be the promiſed Meſsias, the only Prophet, and Archbiſhop of his Church.

    Adam Harsnett · A Touch-Stone of Grace · p. 2 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … impediment ſeaze them; a leſſe matter then the buying of a Farme, or the prouingproving of fiue yoke of Oxen, wil keep them away, Luke 24.18.19. you muſt haue them …
    With rule
    … impediment ſeaze them; a leſſe matter then the buying of a Farme, or the prouingproving of fiue yoke of Oxen, wil keep them away, Luke 24.18.19. you muſt haue them …

    Robert Horne · A Caveat to Prevent Future Judgments · p. 11 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … of their ſeruice, the height of their Sinne; that ſo their zeale through ſinne prouingproving fruitleſſe, may as deterre vs from the like, ſo yet at once both condemne …
    With rule
    … of their ſeruice, the height of their Sinne; that ſo their zeale through ſinne prouingproving fruitleſſe, may as deterre vs from the like, ſo yet at once both condemne …

    Robert Jenison · The Height of Israels Heathenish Idolatry · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … the cloudes, and percing these heauen of heauens, to enter in before thy Maiestie prouingproving the first to accept of them for his sake in whose name they are …
    With rule
    … the cloudes, and percing these heauen of heauens, to enter in before thy Maiestie prouingproving the first to accept of them for his sake in whose name they are …

    David Lindsay · The Godly Mans Journey to Heaven · p. 281 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    The ix. Chapter. Intreating of indulgencies and pardons, prouingproving and establishing the same by the Scripture.
    With rule
    The ix. Chapter. Intreating of indulgencies and pardons, prouingproving and establishing the same by the Scripture.

    Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · p. 155 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … resisteth God, when God will saue. And hee confirmeth his Assertion with a reason, prouingproving that the will of man neither doth, nor can resist the will of God …
    With rule
    … resisteth God, when God will saue. And hee confirmeth his Assertion with a reason, prouingproving that the will of man neither doth, nor can resist the will of God …

    Daniel Featley · A Second Parallel · p. 19 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … they can proue succession of doctrine, as well as of men: Bristowe saith: In prouingproving the succession of men only, we do as much as the Fathers did. But …
    With rule
    … they can proue succession of doctrine, as well as of men: Bristowe saith: In prouingproving the succession of men only, we do as much as the Fathers did. But …

    William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 328 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (26)

16 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 14 are listed here. 10 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

An Apology of Infants A03779

  • Printed
    AN APOLOGIE OF INFANTS IN A SERMON: ProuingProving, by the reueal… will of God, that children preuen…d by death of their …
    With rule
    AN APOLOGIE OF INFANTS IN A SERMON: ProuingProving, by the reueal… will of God, that children preuen…d by death of their …

    William Hubbock · An Apology of Infants · Open in the reader

The Admirable Convert A12506

  • Printed
    … vncalled, and are yet in their ſins. Surely we ought to waite with patience, ProuingProving if at any time God will giue ſuch repentance vnto life. For ſeeing that …
    With rule
    … vncalled, and are yet in their ſins. Surely we ought to waite with patience, ProuingProving if at any time God will giue ſuch repentance vnto life. For ſeeing that …

    Samuel Smith · The Admirable Convert · p. 161 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … to our Brother. And we muſt pray for the conuerſion of ſuch a one, ProuingProving if at any time God will giue them repentance vnto life.
    With rule
    … to our Brother. And we muſt pray for the conuerſion of ſuch a one, ProuingProving if at any time God will giue them repentance vnto life.

    Samuel Smith · The Admirable Convert · p. 161 · Open in the reader

A New Discovery of Personal Tithes A17271

  • Printed
    A NEVV DISCOVERY OF PERSONAL TITHES, ProuingProving that EVERY Perſon within this Kingdome vſing any Profeſsion, Art, Science, Handy craft, Trade …
    With rule
    A NEVV DISCOVERY OF PERSONAL TITHES, ProuingProving that EVERY Perſon within this Kingdome vſing any Profeſsion, Art, Science, Handy craft, Trade …

    Cornelius Burges · A New Discovery of Personal Tithes · p. 1 · Open in the reader

The Marrow of the Oracles of God A17397

  • Printed
    ProuingProving of the doctrine.
    With rule
    ProuingProving of the doctrine.

    Nicholas Byfield · The Marrow of the Oracles of God · p. 424 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    ProuingProving, that we may be cured of the feare of Death.
    With rule
    ProuingProving, that we may be cured of the feare of Death.

    Nicholas Byfield · The Marrow of the Oracles of God · p. 655 · Open in the reader

A Defense of the Sermon Preached at the Consecration of the Bishop of Bath A20733

  • Printed
    Chap. 2. ProuingProving by ether arguments that the ancient Churches which had Bishops were not Parishes but …
    With rule
    Chap. 2. ProuingProving by ether arguments that the ancient Churches which had Bishops were not Parishes but …

    George Downame · A Defense of the Sermon Preached at the Consecration of the Bishop of Bath · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    CHAP. IJ. ProuingProving by other Arguments that the ancient Churches which had Bishops, were not Parishes, but …
    With rule
    CHAP. IJ. ProuingProving by other Arguments that the ancient Churches which had Bishops, were not Parishes, but …

    George Downame · A Defense of the Sermon Preached at the Consecration of the Bishop of Bath · p. 20 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    CHAP. VII. ProuingProving the third point of the Sermon, that the Bishops of the primitiue Church were …
    With rule
    CHAP. VII. ProuingProving the third point of the Sermon, that the Bishops of the primitiue Church were …

    George Downame · A Defense of the Sermon Preached at the Consecration of the Bishop of Bath · p. 118 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    The II. CHAPTER. ProuingProving the function of BB. to be of Apostolicall institution, because it was vsed in …
    With rule
    The II. CHAPTER. ProuingProving the function of BB. to be of Apostolicall institution, because it was vsed in …

    George Downame · A Defense of the Sermon Preached at the Consecration of the Bishop of Bath · p. 37 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    The III. CHAPTER: ProuingProving that the Apostles themselues ordayned Bishops.
    With rule
    The III. CHAPTER: ProuingProving that the Apostles themselues ordayned Bishops.

    George Downame · A Defense of the Sermon Preached at the Consecration of the Bishop of Bath · p. 48 · Open in the reader

The Triumph of a True Christian Described A21269

  • Printed
    … ſeene is not hope: or the thing hoped for is not a thing ſeene. ProuingProving that from common ſenſe, that it were verie abſurd and ridiculous for a man …
    With rule
    … ſeene is not hope: or the thing hoped for is not a thing ſeene. ProuingProving that from common ſenſe, that it were verie abſurd and ridiculous for a man …

    Edward Elton · The Triumph of a True Christian Described · p. 549 · Open in the reader

A Pattern of Free Grace A60543

  • Printed
    … vncalled, and are yet in their ſins. Surely we ought to waite with patience. ProuingProving if at any time God will giue ſuch repentance vnto life. For ſeeing that …
    With rule
    … vncalled, and are yet in their ſins. Surely we ought to waite with patience. ProuingProving if at any time God will giue ſuch repentance vnto life. For ſeeing that …

    Samuel Smith · A Pattern of Free Grace · p. 161 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … to our Brother. And we muſt pray for the conuerſion of ſuch a one, ProuingProving if at any time God will giue them repentance vnto life.
    With rule
    … to our Brother. And we muſt pray for the conuerſion of ſuch a one, ProuingProving if at any time God will giue them repentance vnto life.

    Samuel Smith · A Pattern of Free Grace · p. 161 · Open in the reader