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relatiuerelative

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

Puritas changed it
371 times in 95 works
Consistency
86.0% (371 of 431)
Reach if approved
~453 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: relative
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
431 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (371 changes in 95 works, 86.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 371)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … then, That it was ſtill Bread, after diſtribution: for the word [it] is ſtill relatiuerelative to the bread which Chriſt tooke: and hee ſayde, [This is] not, [this ſhall …
    With rule
    … then, That it was ſtill Bread, after diſtribution: for the word [it] is ſtill relatiuerelative to the bread which Chriſt tooke: and hee ſayde, [This is] not, [this ſhall …

    William Guild · A Compend of the Controversies of Religion · p. 171 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Word in the lawfull vſe of this Sacrament: which Vnion is only Sacramentall, and relatiuerelative, wherby the ſigne is not changed into the thing ſignified; nor the thing ſignified …
    With rule
    … Word in the lawfull vſe of this Sacrament: which Vnion is only Sacramentall, and relatiuerelative, wherby the ſigne is not changed into the thing ſignified; nor the thing ſignified …

    Elnathan Parr · The Grounds of Divinity · p. 281 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … all men; are true, sensu diuise: in an abstracted; not sensu composite, in a relatiuerelative or compounded sense: true in the proposition, false in the application, vnlesse wee qualifie …
    With rule
    … all men; are true, sensu diuise: in an abstracted; not sensu composite, in a relatiuerelative or compounded sense: true in the proposition, false in the application, vnlesse wee qualifie …

    William Prynne · The Church of Englands Antithesis to Arminianism · p. 96 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … wordes, foreign: that is, and then shall the wicked man bee reueiled: which wordes beeing relatiuerelative to that which immediatelie passed before, importeth, that the Antichrist shoulde bee reueiled at …
    With rule
    … wordes, foreign: that is, and then shall the wicked man bee reueiled: which wordes beeing relatiuerelative to that which immediatelie passed before, importeth, that the Antichrist shoulde bee reueiled at …

    Patrick Simson · History of the First Ten Persecutions · p. 77 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … one key more, to raiſe our ioy a little higher, and that is a relatiuerelative terme, Domini gaudium, our maſters ioy.
    With rule
    … one key more, to raiſe our ioy a little higher, and that is a relatiuerelative terme, Domini gaudium, our maſters ioy.

    John Wall · The Seraphims Wings to Raise Us Unto Heaven · p. 111 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … it hath an abſolute nature, as it is a Sabbath? and it hath a relatiuerelative and ſignificatiue nature as it is a ſigne of Chriſt, as they ſay: now …
    With rule
    … it hath an abſolute nature, as it is a Sabbath? and it hath a relatiuerelative and ſignificatiue nature as it is a ſigne of Chriſt, as they ſay: now …

    Theophilus Brabourne · A Discourse Upon the Sabbath Day · p. 144 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … these words, Take, eate, this is my body, which is broken for you. This relatiuerelative, which, is relatiuerelative to the body which was exhibited in the bread: for according …
    With rule
    … these words, Take, eate, this is my body, which is broken for you. This relatiuerelative, which, is relatiuerelative to the body which was exhibited in the bread: for according …

    Robert Bruce · The Way to True Peace and Rest · p. 148 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … needes be, for circumcision, whereof he speaketh, was not the couenant, how doth the relatiuerelative repete the whole antecedent? howe hath one word a proper and vnproper vnderstanding? Againe …
    With rule
    … needes be, for circumcision, whereof he speaketh, was not the couenant, how doth the relatiuerelative repete the whole antecedent? howe hath one word a proper and vnproper vnderstanding? Againe …

    William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 587 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (60)

28 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 26 are listed here. 32 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue A01309

  • Printed
    … Abels innocencie. Which latter argumēt your false translation doth vtterly suppresse. But that a RelatiueRelative is referred to an Antecedent, whiche in the same verse is not expressed, it …
    With rule
    … Abels innocencie. Which latter argumēt your false translation doth vtterly suppresse. But that a RelatiueRelative is referred to an Antecedent, whiche in the same verse is not expressed, it …

    William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 317 · Open in the reader

Rejoinder to Bristows Reply A01324

  • Printed
    … id est, figura corporis mei (as Tertullian doeth) and reteining the gender of the RelatiueRelative, say, quod pro vobis datur, This is a figure of my bodie, which bodie …
    With rule
    … id est, figura corporis mei (as Tertullian doeth) and reteining the gender of the RelatiueRelative, say, quod pro vobis datur, This is a figure of my bodie, which bodie …

    William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 586 · Open in the reader

The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass A02831

  • Printed
    … preist. Besydes this, which is the verie meaning of the Spirite of God, the RelatiueRelative (him) maketh all that preceadeth to be vnderstand of Abraham, in cōsideration that there …
    With rule
    … preist. Besydes this, which is the verie meaning of the Spirite of God, the RelatiueRelative (him) maketh all that preceadeth to be vnderstand of Abraham, in cōsideration that there …

    George Hay · The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass · Open in the reader

Exposition of Romans 8-11 A09031

  • Printed
    … be taken, though it were the worke of the whole Trinitie, becauſe of the RelatiueRelative, Sonne.
    With rule
    … be taken, though it were the worke of the whole Trinitie, becauſe of the RelatiueRelative, Sonne.

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 18 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    1. RelatiueRelative,
    With rule
    1. RelatiueRelative,

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 42 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    The RelatiueRelative reſpects that which goeth before. Where is to be noted that the Apoſtle applies …
    With rule
    The RelatiueRelative reſpects that which goeth before. Where is to be noted that the Apoſtle applies …

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 42 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    There may be a double conſideration of theſe words: 1. RelatiueRelative; and 2. In themſelues. The RelatiueRelative, wee are heires, if we ſuffer. In themſelues: Though …
    With rule
    There may be a double conſideration of theſe words: 1. RelatiueRelative; and 2. In themſelues. The RelatiueRelative, wee are heires, if we ſuffer. In themſelues: Though …

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 76 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    There may be a double conſideration of theſe words: 1. RelatiueRelative; and 2. In themſelues. The RelatiueRelative, wee are heires, if we ſuffer. In themſelues: Though we ſuffer, yet we ſhall …
    With rule
    There may be a double conſideration of theſe words: 1. RelatiueRelative; and 2. In themſelues. The RelatiueRelative, wee are heires, if we ſuffer. In themſelues: Though we ſuffer, yet we ſhall …

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 76 · Open in the reader

Of Justification By Faith A09274

  • Printed
    … one to the other. The one is proper and formall: the other Metonymicall and RelatiueRelative. In this Proposition (A Man is iustified by workes) we vnderstand all in proper …
    With rule
    … one to the other. The one is proper and formall: the other Metonymicall and RelatiueRelative. In this Proposition (A Man is iustified by workes) we vnderstand all in proper …

    William Pemble · Of Justification By Faith · p. 23 · Open in the reader

The Saints Daily Exercise A09999

  • Printed
    … him againe, hee was his servant, I am thy Servant, he oft vseth this RelatiueRelative, that God was his God, and that hee was Gods servant, one that did …
    With rule
    … him againe, hee was his servant, I am thy Servant, he oft vseth this RelatiueRelative, that God was his God, and that hee was Gods servant, one that did …

    John Preston · The Saints Daily Exercise · p. 112 · Open in the reader

Rules of Construction in English Grammar A12988

  • Printed
    … man is wiſe that ſpeaketh, &c. Aſke the queſtion who, or what, by the RelatiueRelative that, ſaying, That who or what is wiſe, the anſwere is, that man, where …
    With rule
    … man is wiſe that ſpeaketh, &c. Aſke the queſtion who, or what, by the RelatiueRelative that, ſaying, That who or what is wiſe, the anſwere is, that man, where …

    John Stockwood · Rules of Construction in English Grammar · p. 23 · Open in the reader

A Model of Divinity A15824

  • Printed
    Q. What is the RelatiueRelative propertie of the Sonne?
    With rule
    Q. What is the RelatiueRelative propertie of the Sonne?

    John Yates · A Model of Divinity · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Q. VVhat is his RelatiueRelative propertie?
    With rule
    Q. VVhat is his RelatiueRelative propertie?

    John Yates · A Model of Divinity · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    A. The conſideration of the name Shadai, which is compounded of Sha, a RelatiueRelative, contracted of Aſher, ſignifying which or what, and Dai, a Noune, ſignifying ſufficiencie. So …
    With rule
    A. The conſideration of the name Shadai, which is compounded of Sha, a RelatiueRelative, contracted of Aſher, ſignifying which or what, and Dai, a Noune, ſignifying ſufficiencie. So …

    John Yates · A Model of Divinity · p. 30 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … might enter an ample harveſt of properties affirmatiue & negatiue, proper and figuratiue, abſolute and RelatiueRelative. But here ſuch properties are to be handled as appeare by themſelues as no …
    With rule
    … might enter an ample harveſt of properties affirmatiue & negatiue, proper and figuratiue, abſolute and RelatiueRelative. But here ſuch properties are to be handled as appeare by themſelues as no …

    John Yates · A Model of Divinity · p. 50 · Open in the reader

Brief Sum of Saving Knowledge A15827

  • Printed
    Q. What is his RelatiueRelative propertie?
    With rule
    Q. What is his RelatiueRelative propertie?

    John Yates · Brief Sum of Saving Knowledge · Open in the reader

A Dispute Upon Communicating at our Confused Communions A17573

  • Printed
    … come to worſhip him, we fal down and kneel before the Lord our maker. RelatiueRelative to this in the concluſion we haue theſe words. Therefore in reverence of God …
    With rule
    … come to worſhip him, we fal down and kneel before the Lord our maker. RelatiueRelative to this in the concluſion we haue theſe words. Therefore in reverence of God …

    David Calderwood · A Dispute Upon Communicating at our Confused Communions · p. 34 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … receiuing of the bleſſed bodie and blood of our Lord and Saviour Ieſus Chriſt. RelatiueRelative to this reaſon we haue in the concluſion theſe words: And in regarde of …
    With rule
    … receiuing of the bleſſed bodie and blood of our Lord and Saviour Ieſus Chriſt. RelatiueRelative to this reaſon we haue in the concluſion theſe words: And in regarde of …

    David Calderwood · A Dispute Upon Communicating at our Confused Communions · p. 35 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Romans A17643

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    … dooyng, wee ſaye, I will doe, what I will doe: And alſo the pronowne RelatiueRelative expreſſeth plainely, that mercy is not indifferently for al. This libertie is taken from …
    With rule
    … dooyng, wee ſaye, I will doe, what I will doe: And alſo the pronowne RelatiueRelative expreſſeth plainely, that mercy is not indifferently for al. This libertie is taken from …

    John Calvin · Commentary on Romans · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … otherwiſe is perfect in the words of Paul: and hath improperlye for an article RelatiueRelative, put, Alius quidē credit, to wit, one verily beleeueth, neither ought it to ſeeme …
    With rule
    … otherwiſe is perfect in the words of Paul: and hath improperlye for an article RelatiueRelative, put, Alius quidē credit, to wit, one verily beleeueth, neither ought it to ſeeme …

    John Calvin · Commentary on Romans · p. 178 · Open in the reader

Commentary on 1 John and Jude A17649

  • Printed
    In this wee knowe. The RelatiueRelative In this, contayneth the two members afore, as it hée ſhould ſaye, that thereby …
    With rule
    In this wee knowe. The RelatiueRelative In this, contayneth the two members afore, as it hée ſhould ſaye, that thereby …

    John Calvin · Commentary on 1 John and Jude · p. 73 · Open in the reader

Three Pillars and Arch-patriarchs of the Popish Synagogues A68078

  • Printed
    … with his father. Yea, & he appealeth to the grammarian for the nature of a RelatiueRelative, That the same bread is on the table, which was broken on the crosse …
    With rule
    … with his father. Yea, & he appealeth to the grammarian for the nature of a RelatiueRelative, That the same bread is on the table, which was broken on the crosse …

    William Fulke · Three Pillars and Arch-patriarchs of the Popish Synagogues · p. 147 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

  • Printed
    … he receiue from my vnwilling and enforced Pen now and then, though not a RelatiueRelative to ſuch an Antecedent, yet perhaps ſome drop of ſharper Vineger, then my Inke …
    With rule
    … he receiue from my vnwilling and enforced Pen now and then, though not a RelatiueRelative to ſuch an Antecedent, yet perhaps ſome drop of ſharper Vineger, then my Inke …

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 712 · Open in the reader

The Rule of Faith A69028

  • Printed
    … his wonderfull excellencie aboue all things, and ſo his Glory is either abſolute or RelatiueRelative.
    With rule
    … his wonderfull excellencie aboue all things, and ſo his Glory is either abſolute or RelatiueRelative.

    Nicholas Byfield · The Rule of Faith · p. 109 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … his Office, and the third expreſſeth his Nature. The Titles are both ſimple and RelatiueRelative: ſimple Titles are Ieſus and Chriſt, which ſhew what he is in himſelfe: the …
    With rule
    … his Office, and the third expreſſeth his Nature. The Titles are both ſimple and RelatiueRelative: ſimple Titles are Ieſus and Chriſt, which ſhew what he is in himſelfe: the …

    Nicholas Byfield · The Rule of Faith · p. 213 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Ieſus and Chriſt, which ſhew what he is in himſelfe: the other two are RelatiueRelative, for in Relation to God, hee is his onely begotten Sonne, and in Relation …
    With rule
    … Ieſus and Chriſt, which ſhew what he is in himſelfe: the other two are RelatiueRelative, for in Relation to God, hee is his onely begotten Sonne, and in Relation …

    Nicholas Byfield · The Rule of Faith · p. 213 · Open in the reader