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Waiting for reviewJoins and splitsCandidate #9089 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

figtreesfig trees

Words joined or split: to day → today, it selfe → itself, aswell → as well.

Puritas changed it
32 times in 30 works
Consistency
47.7% (32 of 67)
Reach if approved
~70 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
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Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
67 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (32 changes in 30 works, 47.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 32)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    Our pleasant FigtreesFig trees, are b…scratcht and dropt▪
    With rule
    Our pleasant FigtreesFig trees, are b…scratcht and dropt▪

    George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · p. 173 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … or Buying and Selling for gain. They lived on Flocks, Herds and Vineyards and FigtreesFig trees. So that it is only taking usury of any thing that was lent to …
    With rule
    … or Buying and Selling for gain. They lived on Flocks, Herds and Vineyards and FigtreesFig trees. So that it is only taking usury of any thing that was lent to …

    Richard Baxter · The Catechizing of Families · p. 343 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … of their Faith, but are not carefull to maintain good works. These are barren FigtreesFig trees that bear fair leaves of profession without any fruit at all: but when Christ …
    With rule
    … of their Faith, but are not carefull to maintain good works. These are barren FigtreesFig trees that bear fair leaves of profession without any fruit at all: but when Christ …

    Samuel Clarke · Christian Good-Fellowship · p. 3 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … Reſolve, that you ſhall Reap no Spiritual Advantages from their Miniſtry, but remain Barren FigtreesFig trees, till you are Cut down for the Fire of His Burning Indignation. Yea, Sirs …
    With rule
    … Reſolve, that you ſhall Reap no Spiritual Advantages from their Miniſtry, but remain Barren FigtreesFig trees, till you are Cut down for the Fire of His Burning Indignation. Yea, Sirs …

    Cotton Mather · Letter about People who Sin Against the Gospel · p. 14 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … which you aim at! that you may ſit down under your own Vines and FigtreesFig trees, as you have done heretofore? do your ends reach onely to your own enjoyments …
    With rule
    … which you aim at! that you may ſit down under your own Vines and FigtreesFig trees, as you have done heretofore? do your ends reach onely to your own enjoyments …

    Samuel Stodden · The Voice of the Rod · p. 283 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … are forwardest to sue for them. As in Iothams Parable; The Olives, Vines, and FigtreesFig trees refused the honour of governing; but the Bramble, will catch hold of the sleeve …
    With rule
    … are forwardest to sue for them. As in Iothams Parable; The Olives, Vines, and FigtreesFig trees refused the honour of governing; but the Bramble, will catch hold of the sleeve …

    Richard Younge · The Arraignment of Covetousness and Ambition · p. 4 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Houſes, follow their buſineſs without fear or danger, ſit quietly under their Vines and FigtreesFig trees, freely make uſe of their own; and which is more than this, they may …
    With rule
    … Houſes, follow their buſineſs without fear or danger, ſit quietly under their Vines and FigtreesFig trees, freely make uſe of their own; and which is more than this, they may …

    Benjamin Wadsworth · Good Soldiers a Great Blessing · p. 17 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … the name of the Lord Ieſus is profeſſed, we ſit under our Vines and FigtreesFig trees, there is no complaining in our ſtreets, our wives are not husbandleſſe, our children …
    With rule
    … the name of the Lord Ieſus is profeſſed, we ſit under our Vines and FigtreesFig trees, there is no complaining in our ſtreets, our wives are not husbandleſſe, our children …

    Thomas Hooker · Four Learned and Godly Treatises · p. 113 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (35)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 32 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Book of Psalms Paraphrased A27900

  • Printed
    … were wont to praiſe the Lord: (1 Chron. XV. 16.) But, as our fruitfull vines and figtreesfig trees, under which we formerly ſate, were turned into barren willows and oſiers; ſo all …
    With rule
    … were wont to praiſe the Lord: (1 Chron. XV. 16.) But, as our fruitfull vines and figtreesfig trees, under which we formerly ſate, were turned into barren willows and oſiers; ſo all …

    Simon Patrick · The Book of Psalms Paraphrased · p. 508 · Open in the reader

The Barren Fig Trees Doom N00458

  • Printed
    THE BARREN FIGTREESFIG TREES DOOM. OR, A Brief DISCOURSE wherein is set forth the woful Danger of all …
    With rule
    THE BARREN FIGTREESFIG TREES DOOM. OR, A Brief DISCOURSE wherein is set forth the woful Danger of all …

    Samuel Willard · The Barren Fig Trees Doom · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … need have you then to take heed what entertainment you give hereunto, you are figtreesfig trees in the vineyard you have had many a three years liberty of it, God …
    With rule
    … need have you then to take heed what entertainment you give hereunto, you are figtreesfig trees in the vineyard you have had many a three years liberty of it, God …

    Samuel Willard · The Barren Fig Trees Doom · p. 299 · Open in the reader