Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9439 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

secur'dsecured

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

Puritas changed it: 309 times in 169 works
Consistency: 95.6% (309 of 323)
Reach if approved: ~339 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: secured
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 323 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (309 changes in 169 works, 95.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 309)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
VI. AS Fire is preserv'd by covering with Ashes, so Charity is secur'dsecured under the Guard of Humility. Pride is the Seminary, Parent and Nurse to all …
With rule
VI. AS Fire is preserv'd by covering with Ashes, so Charity is secur'dsecured under the Guard of Humility. Pride is the Seminary, Parent and Nurse to all …
Richard Allestree · The Whole Duty of Divine Meditation · p. 90 · Open in the reader
Printed
… after the Vanities of the World, how much more licentious would they be, if secur'dsecured from sudden Death? But none can promise to himself one day: Death comes not …
With rule
… after the Vanities of the World, how much more licentious would they be, if secur'dsecured from sudden Death? But none can promise to himself one day: Death comes not …
William Bates · The Sovereign and Final Happiness of Man with Means to Obtain it · p. 121 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Apoſtle Reſolv'd to Leave the Principles of the Doctrine of Chriſt, as well ſecur'dsecured; And to go on to Perfection in ſearch after the more Retyred Truths of …
With rule
… the Apoſtle Reſolv'd to Leave the Principles of the Doctrine of Chriſt, as well ſecur'dsecured; And to go on to Perfection in ſearch after the more Retyred Truths of …
Thomas Beverley · The Good Hope Through Grace · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
Our hearts may be ſecur'dsecured from this diſeaſe▪
With rule
Our hearts may be ſecur'dsecured from this diſeaſe▪
Jacob Cats · Self-Conflict · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thought of. Every day puts a Period to many Lives, which are as well secur'dsecured, as yours; Do not therefore set Eternity at such a vast distance from your …
With rule
… thought of. Every day puts a Period to many Lives, which are as well secur'dsecured, as yours; Do not therefore set Eternity at such a vast distance from your …
Timothy Cruso · The Period of Human Life Determined by Divine Will · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
… I judge this is paſt Contradiction, That the Covenant of Works could never have ſecur'dsecured the Elect in Eternal Happineſs: This is manifeſt from God's Word, and from the …
With rule
… I judge this is paſt Contradiction, That the Covenant of Works could never have ſecur'dsecured the Elect in Eternal Happineſs: This is manifeſt from God's Word, and from the …
Richard Davis · Truth and Innocence Vindicated · p. 58 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſuch, but that by ſuch caution the Wifes peace and ſafety may be undoubtedly ſecur'dsecured, and ſhe notwithſtanding refuſe to return, in ſuch caſe the Law will not compel …
With rule
… ſuch, but that by ſuch caution the Wifes peace and ſafety may be undoubtedly ſecur'dsecured, and ſhe notwithſtanding refuſe to return, in ſuch caſe the Law will not compel …
John Godolphin · Abridgment of Ecclesiastical Laws · p. 509 · Open in the reader
Printed
… we may well question our own sobriety, when we repine that our souls are secur'dsecured at the cost of our bodies, and that is certainly the worst, the unkindest …
With rule
… we may well question our own sobriety, when we repine that our souls are secur'dsecured at the cost of our bodies, and that is certainly the worst, the unkindest …
Richard Allestree · The Art of Contentment · p. 183 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

8 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Christian Doctrine of the Day of Judgment A27634

Printed
… the Saints, the Living and the Remaining, or Left under a Guard of Life, Secur'dSecured from the Sword of Him that Sat on the Horſe, and ſo never Dying …
With rule
… the Saints, the Living and the Remaining, or Left under a Guard of Life, Secur'dSecured from the Sword of Him that Sat on the Horſe, and ſo never Dying …
Thomas Beverley · The Christian Doctrine of the Day of Judgment · Open in the reader

Self-Conflict A31368

Printed
Secur'dSecured her houſhold, ordered the hour,
With rule
Secur'dSecured her houſhold, ordered the hour,
Jacob Cats · Self-Conflict · p. 1 · Open in the reader

A Complete and Compendious Church History A52804

Printed
… Extirpate it out of the World, (as above;) yet the Great God hath ſo Secur'dSecured his Church, (both by) Promiſe and Providence, that his Mount Sion can never be …
With rule
… Extirpate it out of the World, (as above;) yet the Great God hath ſo Secur'dSecured his Church, (both by) Promiſe and Providence, that his Mount Sion can never be …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 32 · Open in the reader

The Prophetical History of the Reformation A69569

Printed
And They have not been only Secur'dSecured, but set in Honor, and had in Great Veneration, and Esteem; while their Enemies …
With rule
And They have not been only Secur'dSecured, but set in Honor, and had in Great Veneration, and Esteem; while their Enemies …
Thomas Beverley · The Prophetical History of the Reformation · p. 42 · Open in the reader

Hymns on Several Subjects A81996

Printed
Secur'dSecured as in a Cabinet
With rule
Secur'dSecured as in a Cabinet
Richard Davis · Hymns on Several Subjects · p. 25 · Open in the reader

The Dark Lantern A96745

Printed
Secur'dSecured him, by an over-ruling hand;
With rule
Secur'dSecured him, by an over-ruling hand;
George Wither · The Dark Lantern · p. 66 · Open in the reader

A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath A96785

Printed
Secur'dSecured thee from the Sword, yet raging here.
With rule
Secur'dSecured thee from the Sword, yet raging here.
George Wither · A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath · p. 22 · Open in the reader

Essay on Gods Wonder-Working Providence N04836

Printed
Secur'dSecured the Harbour, gave our Force Succeſs,
With rule
Secur'dSecured the Harbour, gave our Force Succeſs,
Samuel Niles · Essay on Gods Wonder-Working Providence · p. 3 · Open in the reader