Rules
All candidates
Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #941 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

belieuingbelieving

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

Puritas changed it
260 times in 74 works
Consistency
97.0% (260 of 268)
Reach if approved
~282 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: believing
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
268 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (260 changes in 74 works, 97.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 260)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … ours and our Childrens, and that faith muſt go beyond reaſon in matters ſupernaturall, belieuingbelieving what the Lord ſpeakes, euen becauſe he ſpeakes them; though Nicodemus his queſtion cannot …
    With rule
    … ours and our Childrens, and that faith muſt go beyond reaſon in matters ſupernaturall, belieuingbelieving what the Lord ſpeakes, euen becauſe he ſpeakes them; though Nicodemus his queſtion cannot …

    William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · p. 326 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    68 A belieuingbelieving man may haue remiſſion of his ſinnes, though the Miniſter who pronounceth it intend …
    With rule
    68 A belieuingbelieving man may haue remiſſion of his ſinnes, though the Miniſter who pronounceth it intend …

    William Whitaker · Answer to Campian the Jesuit · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    The ground of our ſaluation ſtandeth, in belieuingbelieving this, of the womans ſeede, a deſtroyer of Satans workes, Gen. 3. HEE, ſhall bruiſe …
    With rule
    The ground of our ſaluation ſtandeth, in belieuingbelieving this, of the womans ſeede, a deſtroyer of Satans workes, Gen. 3. HEE, ſhall bruiſe …

    Hugh Broughton · A Revelation of the Holy Apocalypse · p. 170 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … Religion. And truelie this is alſo well obſerued, that as Rahab of Ierico, a belieuingbelieving woman and conuert, was both admitted and eſteemed of the nomber of the true …
    With rule
    … Religion. And truelie this is alſo well obſerued, that as Rahab of Ierico, a belieuingbelieving woman and conuert, was both admitted and eſteemed of the nomber of the true …

    John Carpenter · King Solomons Solace · p. 56 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … remiſſion of all our ſinnes, vnderſtanding thoſe words both of the Iewes and Gentiles belieuingbelieving, and the Apoſtle doth amplifie that benefite in this verſe by the meanes whereby …
    With rule
    … remiſſion of all our ſinnes, vnderſtanding thoſe words both of the Iewes and Gentiles belieuingbelieving, and the Apoſtle doth amplifie that benefite in this verſe by the meanes whereby …

    Edward Elton · Exposition of Colossians · p. 621 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … vnto you. And when the holie Ghost in the Scriptures telleth you, that the belieuingbelieving wife may (through his blessing) winne the vnbeli…uing Husband, if so be shee …
    With rule
    … vnto you. And when the holie Ghost in the Scriptures telleth you, that the belieuingbelieving wife may (through his blessing) winne the vnbeli…uing Husband, if so be shee …

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 124 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … a conuerſing with God, and the moſt heauenly and ſweeteſt recreation of the ſoule belieuingbelieving: whence it is, that continuall praier & thankſgiuing is commended vnto vs; Pray continually, and …
    With rule
    … a conuerſing with God, and the moſt heauenly and ſweeteſt recreation of the ſoule belieuingbelieving: whence it is, that continuall praier & thankſgiuing is commended vnto vs; Pray continually, and …

    John Mayer · The English Catechism Explained · p. 411 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … giuing of almes; they are all sinnes vnto him, if hee haue not a belieuingbelieving and penitent heart: yea such sinnes as shall condemne h…m, if hee had …
    With rule
    … giuing of almes; they are all sinnes vnto him, if hee haue not a belieuingbelieving and penitent heart: yea such sinnes as shall condemne h…m, if hee had …

    William Perkins · A Cloud of Faithful Witnesses · p. 51 · Open in the reader

Read-only. Sign in as a reviewer to approve or dismiss candidates.

Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

8 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 are listed here. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Treatise of Faith A03064

  • Printed
    … is the faith whereby wee beleeue. And this is expreſſed by the phraſes of BelieuingBelieving God, BelieuingBelieving on God, BelieuingBelieving on Chriſt, BelieuingBelieving the Prophets. 6. Faith is put for …
    With rule
    … is the faith whereby wee beleeue. And this is expreſſed by the phraſes of BelieuingBelieving God, BelieuingBelieving on God, BelieuingBelieving on Chriſt, BelieuingBelieving the Prophets. 6. Faith is put for …

    John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 2 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … faith whereby wee beleeue. And this is expreſſed by the phraſes of BelieuingBelieving God, BelieuingBelieving on God, BelieuingBelieving on Chriſt, BelieuingBelieving the Prophets. 6. Faith is put for vnfained profeſſion …
    With rule
    … faith whereby wee beleeue. And this is expreſſed by the phraſes of BelieuingBelieving God, BelieuingBelieving on God, BelieuingBelieving on Chriſt, BelieuingBelieving the Prophets. 6. Faith is put for vnfained profeſſion …

    John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 2 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … beleeue. And this is expreſſed by the phraſes of BelieuingBelieving God, BelieuingBelieving on God, BelieuingBelieving on Chriſt, BelieuingBelieving the Prophets. 6. Faith is put for vnfained profeſſion ioyned with feruent …
    With rule
    … beleeue. And this is expreſſed by the phraſes of BelieuingBelieving God, BelieuingBelieving on God, BelieuingBelieving on Chriſt, BelieuingBelieving the Prophets. 6. Faith is put for vnfained profeſſion ioyned with feruent …

    John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 2 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … is expreſſed by the phraſes of BelieuingBelieving God, BelieuingBelieving on God, BelieuingBelieving on Chriſt, BelieuingBelieving the Prophets. 6. Faith is put for vnfained profeſſion ioyned with feruent deſire, to further …
    With rule
    … is expreſſed by the phraſes of BelieuingBelieving God, BelieuingBelieving on God, BelieuingBelieving on Chriſt, BelieuingBelieving the Prophets. 6. Faith is put for vnfained profeſſion ioyned with feruent deſire, to further …

    John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 2 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … vpon and embrace. The phraſe which the Holy Ghoſt moſt commonly vſeth to expreſſe BelieuingBelieving in Christ, is neither in the Greeke Tranſlation of the Olde Teſtament, nor [for …
    With rule
    … vpon and embrace. The phraſe which the Holy Ghoſt moſt commonly vſeth to expreſſe BelieuingBelieving in Christ, is neither in the Greeke Tranſlation of the Olde Teſtament, nor [for …

    John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 28 · Open in the reader

Exposition of 2 Thessalonians A11588

  • Printed
    2 Their behauiour towards theſe lyes, is to belieue them. BelieuingBelieving implies two things: 1 Firmeneſſe of Aſſent. 2 Setledneſſe of adherence: de primo, There are foure …
    With rule
    2 Their behauiour towards theſe lyes, is to belieue them. BelieuingBelieving implies two things: 1 Firmeneſſe of Aſſent. 2 Setledneſſe of adherence: de primo, There are foure …

    William Sclater · Exposition of 2 Thessalonians · p. 168 · Open in the reader

Sermons A68672

  • Printed
    … that their prayers are fauourably accepted? What meaneth that vnſpeakeable joy, when he ſaith, BelieuingBelieving we rejoyce with joy vnſpeakeable and glorious? That joye witneſſeth, that the Lord giueth …
    With rule
    … that their prayers are fauourably accepted? What meaneth that vnſpeakeable joy, when he ſaith, BelieuingBelieving we rejoyce with joy vnſpeakeable and glorious? That joye witneſſeth, that the Lord giueth …

    Robert Rollock · Sermons · p. 247 · Open in the reader