Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9411 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

calvin'scalvin

Apostrophes added or expanded, mostly possessives: gods → god's. Approve one at a time: some places are plurals.

Puritas changed it: 184 times in 75 works
Consistency: 74.4% (184 of 247)
Reach if approved: ~260 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 247 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (184 changes in 75 works, 74.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 184)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… upon all the words which he changeth, or addeth, or leaveth out. He altereth Calvin'sCalvin queſtion, whoſe diſcourſe I have therefore ſet in the Margin, that the Reader may …
With rule
… upon all the words which he changeth, or addeth, or leaveth out. He altereth Calvin'sCalvin queſtion, whoſe diſcourſe I have therefore ſet in the Margin, that the Reader may …
Peter du Moulin Jr · A Vindication of the Sincerity of the Protestant Religion · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not of any thing that hath occasioned more Debate in those Churches, than Mr. Calvin'sCalvin Doctrine about Election and Reprobation, divers of those Churches adhering to the same, with …
With rule
… not of any thing that hath occasioned more Debate in those Churches, than Mr. Calvin'sCalvin Doctrine about Election and Reprobation, divers of those Churches adhering to the same, with …
Thomas Grantham · The Ancient Christian Religion · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Prieſts, doth ſufficiently ſhew that the Reformers in thoſe days were great Approvers of Calvin'sCalvin Notions about Church Government, and therefore willing to lay aſide even the very Name …
With rule
… Prieſts, doth ſufficiently ſhew that the Reformers in thoſe days were great Approvers of Calvin'sCalvin Notions about Church Government, and therefore willing to lay aſide even the very Name …
John Humfrey · The Healing Attempt · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
… but an Evangelical Repentance, that Calvin there ſpeaks of. (2.) We obſerve, that if in Calvin'sCalvin Judgment a true Evangelical Repentance goes before pardon of ſin and Juſtification, then a …
With rule
… but an Evangelical Repentance, that Calvin there ſpeaks of. (2.) We obſerve, that if in Calvin'sCalvin Judgment a true Evangelical Repentance goes before pardon of ſin and Juſtification, then a …
William Lorimer · Apology for the Ministers Who Subscribed · p. 126 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them ſo plainly guilty of that which they condemn. But do they like Mr. Calvin'sCalvin definition of it better?
With rule
… them ſo plainly guilty of that which they condemn. But do they like Mr. Calvin'sCalvin definition of it better?
Simon Patrick · Friendly Debate with Non-Conformist Part 2 · p. 105 · Open in the reader
Printed
… have been the Sense of the Judges then. For Coke's Words are express in Calvin'sCalvin Case; It is Enacted by the Parliament of 23. H. 6. That no man should serve …
With rule
… have been the Sense of the Judges then. For Coke's Words are express in Calvin'sCalvin Case; It is Enacted by the Parliament of 23. H. 6. That no man should serve …
Edward Stillingfleet · Concerning the Illegality of the Ecclesiastical Commission · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not so shall not profit the people at all, Jerem. 23. 22. 32. we shall set down Calvin'sCalvin words upon that Scripture, as we have heard them opened unto us, having such …
With rule
… not so shall not profit the people at all, Jerem. 23. 22. 32. we shall set down Calvin'sCalvin words upon that Scripture, as we have heard them opened unto us, having such …
Hezekiah Woodward · A Ministers Duty to Reprove Sin in the Pulpit · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
… there any thing among them to theſe uſes, like Melancthon's Loci Communes, Tzegedines Tables, Calvin'sCalvin Inſt. Polanus, Ludov. Crocius, Georgius, Sohnius, Ameſius, Theſes Salmuenſes, Synopſ. Theol. Leidenſium, Camero, &c …
With rule
… there any thing among them to theſe uſes, like Melancthon's Loci Communes, Tzegedines Tables, Calvin'sCalvin Inſt. Polanus, Ludov. Crocius, Georgius, Sohnius, Ameſius, Theſes Salmuenſes, Synopſ. Theol. Leidenſium, Camero, &c …
Richard Baxter · A Third Defense of Peace · p. 15 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (63)

17 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 46 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Valentinus Gentilis – The Tritheist Put to Death In Bern A25775

Printed
… Lyons. Then he falls upon refuting the 13th. Chapter of the first Book of Calvin'sCalvin Institutions; and, in the same place, utterly condemns the Doctrine of the Trinity, as …
With rule
… Lyons. Then he falls upon refuting the 13th. Chapter of the first Book of Calvin'sCalvin Institutions; and, in the same place, utterly condemns the Doctrine of the Trinity, as …
Benedictus Aretius · Valentinus Gentilis – The Tritheist Put to Death In Bern · p. 29 · Open in the reader

Vindication and Assertion of Calvin and Bezas Presbyterian Principles A39997

Printed
… then all Pastors, for a Quatenus adomne valet consequentia. 3. Pastors, properly such, having in Calvin'sCalvin Judgment one and the same Office, being called to the same function, and no …
With rule
… then all Pastors, for a Quatenus adomne valet consequentia. 3. Pastors, properly such, having in Calvin'sCalvin Judgment one and the same Office, being called to the same function, and no …
Thomas Forrester · Vindication and Assertion of Calvin and Bezas Presbyterian Principles · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Besides, these Cannons must be limited by the general Rules of the Word, in Calvin'sCalvin Judgment, for speaking of the Apostolick Decision (Acts 15.) He says, they would not step …
With rule
… Besides, these Cannons must be limited by the general Rules of the Word, in Calvin'sCalvin Judgment, for speaking of the Apostolick Decision (Acts 15.) He says, they would not step …
Thomas Forrester · Vindication and Assertion of Calvin and Bezas Presbyterian Principles · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the Apostles, these had no fixed Presidency over any one Church; but in Calvin'sCalvin Judgment, the Office and Official Preheminence of Timothy and Titus, was of this nature …
With rule
… of the Apostles, these had no fixed Presidency over any one Church; but in Calvin'sCalvin Judgment, the Office and Official Preheminence of Timothy and Titus, was of this nature …
Thomas Forrester · Vindication and Assertion of Calvin and Bezas Presbyterian Principles · p. 31 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that Calvin held it to be an humane Custom, and consequently alterable; ergo in Calvin'sCalvin Judgment, this cannot found a Maxim or Axiom, at to that which is always …
With rule
… that Calvin held it to be an humane Custom, and consequently alterable; ergo in Calvin'sCalvin Judgment, this cannot found a Maxim or Axiom, at to that which is always …
Thomas Forrester · Vindication and Assertion of Calvin and Bezas Presbyterian Principles · p. 39 · Open in the reader

The Forerunner to a Further Answer A41777

Printed
… were objected by Mr. Calvin; what Melancton wrote, it was meerly on ſuppoſition that Calvin'sCalvin Narrative was true. Thus far the Learned Pierce, in diſlike Calvin'sCalvin Cruelty againſt Servetus.
With rule
… were objected by Mr. Calvin; what Melancton wrote, it was meerly on ſuppoſition that Calvin'sCalvin Narrative was true. Thus far the Learned Pierce, in diſlike Calvin'sCalvin Cruelty againſt Servetus.
Thomas Grantham · The Forerunner to a Further Answer · p. 4 · Open in the reader

The History of the Church of Great Britain A42548

Printed
… have a great reſpect to Calvin; the buſineſs therefore is ſo ordered, that by Calvin'sCalvin Letters to Gryndal, and the friends they had about the Queen, way ſhould be …
With rule
… have a great reſpect to Calvin; the buſineſs therefore is ſo ordered, that by Calvin'sCalvin Letters to Gryndal, and the friends they had about the Queen, way ſhould be …
William Gearing · The History of the Church of Great Britain · p. 220 · Open in the reader

Animadversions on Doctor Heylins Quinquarticular History A43715

Printed
Calvin'sCalvin Reprobation misrepresented by Dr. H. p. 182. as also his Doctrine concerning Perseverance,
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Calvin'sCalvin Reprobation misrepresented by Dr. H. p. 182. as also his Doctrine concerning Perseverance,
Henry Hickman · Animadversions on Doctor Heylins Quinquarticular History · Open in the reader
Printed
… every man of reason knows, not only to be the consequence and resuits of Calvin'sCalvin Doctrine, but to be positively maintained and taught by some of his Followers.
With rule
… every man of reason knows, not only to be the consequence and resuits of Calvin'sCalvin Doctrine, but to be positively maintained and taught by some of his Followers.
Henry Hickman · Animadversions on Doctor Heylins Quinquarticular History · p. 115 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be the Author of Sin? and is sorry he came off no better, for Calvin'sCalvin credit, or for his own. Avers t…at Bellarmine, and Aquinas his Followers, do …
With rule
… be the Author of Sin? and is sorry he came off no better, for Calvin'sCalvin credit, or for his own. Avers t…at Bellarmine, and Aquinas his Followers, do …
Henry Hickman · Animadversions on Doctor Heylins Quinquarticular History · p. 117 · Open in the reader

The Duty of Allegiance A47295

Printed
… King's Natural Person, as is declared, both in the Case of Union, and in Calvin'sCalvin Case; which would be tyed to the Politick, and go with Possession, if it …
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… King's Natural Person, as is declared, both in the Case of Union, and in Calvin'sCalvin Case; which would be tyed to the Politick, and go with Possession, if it …
John Kettlewell · The Duty of Allegiance · p. 37 · Open in the reader

Friendly Debate with Non-Conformist Part 2 A56638

Printed
… City. And many of ſuch a Nature, as that I may truly ſay, in CALVIN'SCALVIN language, the Errors and innovations under which we groaned of late years (He means …
With rule
… City. And many of ſuch a Nature, as that I may truly ſay, in CALVIN'SCALVIN language, the Errors and innovations under which we groaned of late years (He means …
Simon Patrick · Friendly Debate with Non-Conformist Part 2 · p. 4 · Open in the reader

Defense of Non-Conformity A57860

Printed
… multae tolerabiles ineptiae; not that all things in it were such: Any that know Calvin'sCalvin Principles will say, that he thought some things in it no ineptiae, and other …
With rule
… multae tolerabiles ineptiae; not that all things in it were such: Any that know Calvin'sCalvin Principles will say, that he thought some things in it no ineptiae, and other …
Gilbert Rule · Defense of Non-Conformity · p. 50 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the matter, as he alledgeth, p. 13. I do not find. Fuller saith, p. 30. That Calvin'sCalvin Letter struck such a stroke, especially in the Congregation at Frankford, that some therein …
With rule
… the matter, as he alledgeth, p. 13. I do not find. Fuller saith, p. 30. That Calvin'sCalvin Letter struck such a stroke, especially in the Congregation at Frankford, that some therein …
Gilbert Rule · Defense of Non-Conformity · p. 52 · Open in the reader

A Ministers Duty to Reprove Sin in the Pulpit A66999

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… Lord; nay, which they would do in their own house, which you know was Calvin'sCalvin complaint long ago, whereof anon after, which made him foretel what he did fore …
With rule
… Lord; nay, which they would do in their own house, which you know was Calvin'sCalvin complaint long ago, whereof anon after, which made him foretel what he did fore …
Hezekiah Woodward · A Ministers Duty to Reprove Sin in the Pulpit · p. 44 · Open in the reader
Printed
… enough becomming the Lords-Table, though too nasty, and ill becomming ours, which was Calvin'sCalvin complaint long ago, whereor you may have read, but we doubt you have not …
With rule
… enough becomming the Lords-Table, though too nasty, and ill becomming ours, which was Calvin'sCalvin complaint long ago, whereor you may have read, but we doubt you have not …
Hezekiah Woodward · A Ministers Duty to Reprove Sin in the Pulpit · p. 52 · Open in the reader

The Ruling and Ordaining Power of Congregational Bishops N02130

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… taken his Teſtimony: but if he intended to deal ingenuouſly, he ſhou'd have conſulted Calvin'sCalvin Commentaries on the firſt Epiſtle to Timothy (which He wrote twenty Years afterwards, when …
With rule
… taken his Teſtimony: but if he intended to deal ingenuouſly, he ſhou'd have conſulted Calvin'sCalvin Commentaries on the firſt Epiſtle to Timothy (which He wrote twenty Years afterwards, when …
Thomas Foxcroft · The Ruling and Ordaining Power of Congregational Bishops · p. 16 · Open in the reader