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reuengingrevenging

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

Puritas changed it
383 times in 179 works
Consistency
98.4% (383 of 389)
Reach if approved
~409 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: revenging
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
389 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (383 changes in 179 works, 98.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 383)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … ſitteth in the throane, vnto her that grindeth in the mill: although the Lords reuengingrevenging ſword, in the hand of our valiant captaines and ſouldiers, had ſo preuailed againſt …
    With rule
    … ſitteth in the throane, vnto her that grindeth in the mill: although the Lords reuengingrevenging ſword, in the hand of our valiant captaines and ſouldiers, had ſo preuailed againſt …

    John Penry · View of Public Wants and Disorders in Wales · p. 73 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … the Chriſtians, and there is none beſides thee mightie, iuſt and mercifull, rewarding righteouſnes, & reuengingrevenging iniquitie, the ſame now, and euer, and euery where. Graunt theſe things, ô heauenly …
    With rule
    … the Chriſtians, and there is none beſides thee mightie, iuſt and mercifull, rewarding righteouſnes, & reuengingrevenging iniquitie, the ſame now, and euer, and euery where. Graunt theſe things, ô heauenly …

    Gabriel Powel · The Mystery of Redemption · p. 204 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … purpoſes, cannot ſtand thee in ſtead, nor defend thee from the wrath of a reuengingrevenging God: no whither canſt thou flie for ſuccour or releefe, thy caſe is fearefull …
    With rule
    … purpoſes, cannot ſtand thee in ſtead, nor defend thee from the wrath of a reuengingrevenging God: no whither canſt thou flie for ſuccour or releefe, thy caſe is fearefull …

    Nehemiah Rogers · A Strange Vineyard in Palestine · p. 140 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … therefore the Psalmist sayth iustly of them, that God was mercifull vnto them, in reuengingrevenging their inuentions. But because S. Augustines words may be of more credit with you …
    With rule
    … therefore the Psalmist sayth iustly of them, that God was mercifull vnto them, in reuengingrevenging their inuentions. But because S. Augustines words may be of more credit with you …

    William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 40 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … this Teſtimony of Gods preſence, he will hold them in awe with iudgements: The reuengingrevenging hand of the Almighty, that vpon the returne of the Ark ſtayed at the …
    With rule
    … this Teſtimony of Gods preſence, he will hold them in awe with iudgements: The reuengingrevenging hand of the Almighty, that vpon the returne of the Ark ſtayed at the …

    Joseph Hall · History of the Old Testament Volume 5 · p. 169 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … enuious minde: where was then that zeale of the Lord, which is iust anger reuengingrevenging the maieſtie of God, being hurt or diminiſhed? For it is lawfull for the …
    With rule
    … enuious minde: where was then that zeale of the Lord, which is iust anger reuengingrevenging the maieſtie of God, being hurt or diminiſhed? For it is lawfull for the …

    François Hotman · The Brutish Thunderbolt · p. 149 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … went about an impoſſible thing, the Lord from heauen by a fearefull earthquake and reuengingrevenging flames, with miraculous croſſes fixed in their garments diſappointed their purpoſe, and made them …
    With rule
    … went about an impoſſible thing, the Lord from heauen by a fearefull earthquake and reuengingrevenging flames, with miraculous croſſes fixed in their garments diſappointed their purpoſe, and made them …

    Thomas Beard · Antichrist the Pope of Rome · p. 134 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … terrible plagues and vengēce vpō the world, for theſe errors & vniuerſal defections, wherof the reuengingrevenging plagues ſhal immediatly follow & fal out in theſe three next ages yet reſting.
    With rule
    … terrible plagues and vengēce vpō the world, for theſe errors & vniuerſal defections, wherof the reuengingrevenging plagues ſhal immediatly follow & fal out in theſe three next ages yet reſting.

    John Napier · The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises · p. 126 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Guide to Go to God A01975

  • Printed
    … But intermitting, and omitting that which is well begun, taketh away the glory thereof. ReuengingRevenging after-wrongs, prouoketh God to paſſe by without reward or regard our forgigiuing of …
    With rule
    … But intermitting, and omitting that which is well begun, taketh away the glory thereof. ReuengingRevenging after-wrongs, prouoketh God to paſſe by without reward or regard our forgigiuing of …

    William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 171 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Ephesians 1 A05995

  • Printed
    … more promoted. Fourthly, that God determined, notwithſtanding all this, he would permit him fall: ReuengingRevenging iuſtice cannot be glorious but in iuſt puniſhment; iuſt puniſhment cannot be, where there …
    With rule
    … more promoted. Fourthly, that God determined, notwithſtanding all this, he would permit him fall: ReuengingRevenging iuſtice cannot be glorious but in iuſt puniſhment; iuſt puniſhment cannot be, where there …

    Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Ephesians 1 · p. 269 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Romans A17643

  • Printed
    ReuengingRevenging forbidden, cha. 12. 19.
    With rule
    ReuengingRevenging forbidden, cha. 12. 19.

    John Calvin · Commentary on Romans · Open in the reader

Commentaries A68840

  • Printed
    ReuengingRevenging of a mans owne iniuries. 31. b
    With rule
    ReuengingRevenging of a mans owne iniuries. 31. b

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · Open in the reader