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th'apostlethe apostle

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

Puritas changed it
88 times in 23 works
Consistency
76.5% (88 of 115)
Reach if approved
~121 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: apostle
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
115 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (88 changes in 23 works, 76.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 88)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    THIS is the fifth neceſſarie gift of the holie Spirit, of the which th'Apoſtlethe apostle ſaith, Mortifie therefore your members which are vpon the earth: fornication, vncleanneſſe, &c. And …
    With rule
    THIS is the fifth neceſſarie gift of the holie Spirit, of the which th'Apoſtlethe apostle ſaith, Mortifie therefore your members which are vpon the earth: fornication, vncleanneſſe, &c. And …

    Archibald Simson · Samsons Seven Locks of Hair Compared to the Seven Spiritual Virtues · p. 31 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … and shal see no sorow: and this is the great Citie (Rome) which in th'Apostlethe apostle Iohns time reigned over the kings of the earth, Rev. 17. 18. but after that became …
    With rule
    … and shal see no sorow: and this is the great Citie (Rome) which in th'Apostlethe apostle Iohns time reigned over the kings of the earth, Rev. 17. 18. but after that became …

    Henry Ainsworth · A Reply to a Pretended Christians Plea for the Church of Rome · p. 59 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    And, as th'Apostlethe apostle counsels, lay apart
    With rule
    And, as th'Apostlethe apostle counsels, lay apart

    George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … they had marked it, they ſhuld eaſily haue knowne both the Prophet Ieremie and th'Apoſtlethe apostle to containe Iuda vnder Iſrael, and contrariwiſe Iſrael vnder Iuda. And the vulgare according …
    With rule
    … they had marked it, they ſhuld eaſily haue knowne both the Prophet Ieremie and th'Apoſtlethe apostle to containe Iuda vnder Iſrael, and contrariwiſe Iſrael vnder Iuda. And the vulgare according …

    Thomas Cartwright · The Answer to the Preface of the Rhemish Testament · p. 122 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … the wiſdom that thou canſt inuent, and it were a thouſande yeeres: and therefore th'Apoſtlethe apostle ſaith, This wiſdom none of the Princes of this world haue knowne: No, not …
    With rule
    … the wiſdom that thou canſt inuent, and it were a thouſande yeeres: and therefore th'Apoſtlethe apostle ſaith, This wiſdom none of the Princes of this world haue knowne: No, not …

    Robert Rollock · Sermons · p. 111 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    HOw forcible that is the which th'Apostlethe apostle saith, even without the visible Sacrament of baptisme, (sayth Augustine) with the heart wee …
    With rule
    HOw forcible that is the which th'Apostlethe apostle saith, even without the visible Sacrament of baptisme, (sayth Augustine) with the heart wee …

    William Guild · An Antidote Against Popery · p. 181 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … be more indifferencie of place now, then there is indifferencie of other things, ſeing th'Apoſtlethe apostle ſayth vnto the pure all things are pure: vvhervpon you may as wel conclude …
    With rule
    … be more indifferencie of place now, then there is indifferencie of other things, ſeing th'Apoſtlethe apostle ſayth vnto the pure all things are pure: vvhervpon you may as wel conclude …

    John Paget · Arrow Against the Separationists · p. 165 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … of brethren, being together with them: For this ſeemes to be yt appearing wherof th'Apoſtlethe apostle Paul makes mention, 1. Cor. 15 6. where he ſays, Hee was ſeene of more than fiue …
    With rule
    … of brethren, being together with them: For this ſeemes to be yt appearing wherof th'Apoſtlethe apostle Paul makes mention, 1. Cor. 15 6. where he ſays, Hee was ſeene of more than fiue …

    Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 533 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (27)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 24 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ A11012

  • Printed
    … men are thus exerciſed, they ſhould be exerciſed likewiſe in ſome honeſt & lawful calling. Th'ApoſtleThe apostle Paul by his practiſe lets vs ſee, what ſhould be the behauiour of a …
    With rule
    … men are thus exerciſed, they ſhould be exerciſed likewiſe in ſome honeſt & lawful calling. Th'ApoſtleThe apostle Paul by his practiſe lets vs ſee, what ſhould be the behauiour of a …

    Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 567 · Open in the reader

Baxters Aphorisms A80762

  • Printed
    … and ordinances, more againſt us and contrary to us than the curſe? but this th'apoſtlethe apostle affirms Chriſt to have blotted out, cancelled, crucified, in reſpect of any further power …
    With rule
    … and ordinances, more againſt us and contrary to us than the curſe? but this th'apoſtlethe apostle affirms Chriſt to have blotted out, cancelled, crucified, in reſpect of any further power …

    John Crandon · Baxters Aphorisms · p. 33 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … genuine meaning of the words is evident by the next verſe, which amplifieth what th'apoſtlethe apostle had ſaid in this, viz. who are theſe all that ſhall be made alive …
    With rule
    … genuine meaning of the words is evident by the next verſe, which amplifieth what th'apoſtlethe apostle had ſaid in this, viz. who are theſe all that ſhall be made alive …

    John Crandon · Baxters Aphorisms · p. 39 · Open in the reader