Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9457 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

purchas'dpurchased

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

Puritas changed it: 306 times in 168 works
Consistency: 96.2% (306 of 318)
Reach if approved: ~334 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: purchased
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 318 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (306 changes in 168 works, 96.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 306)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… priſon when the Angel unſhackled him, and opened the door; yet but an ill-purchas'dpurchased freedom in Paul to have bribed Felix Ceſaria's Governor for his enlargement: In our …
With rule
… priſon when the Angel unſhackled him, and opened the door; yet but an ill-purchas'dpurchased freedom in Paul to have bribed Felix Ceſaria's Governor for his enlargement: In our …
John Godolphin · The Holy Limbeck(1) · p. 95 · Open in the reader
Printed
Forfeit so deare a purchas'dpurchased deaths desert.
With rule
Forfeit so deare a purchas'dpurchased deaths desert.
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 85 · Open in the reader
Printed
… pledge of the satisfactions of the Crosse, the seal of the Remissions that he purchas'dpurchased on it? Blessed Jesu! we should have born thy pangs, and all the dire …
With rule
… pledge of the satisfactions of the Crosse, the seal of the Remissions that he purchas'dpurchased on it? Blessed Jesu! we should have born thy pangs, and all the dire …
Richard Allestree · Eighteen Sermons · p. 159 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sufficient to make Death not fearful, nay desirable to him? And this Happiness was purchas'dpurchased for us by the everlasting Treasure of our Saviour's Blood. The satisfaction of his …
With rule
… sufficient to make Death not fearful, nay desirable to him? And this Happiness was purchas'dpurchased for us by the everlasting Treasure of our Saviour's Blood. The satisfaction of his …
William Bates · Sermons Upon Death and Eternal Judgment · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
… mean City. The Immunity of being ſo Free-born was ſo great, that many purchas'dpurchased it at an exceeding Rate, who had it not by Birth. We find the …
With rule
… mean City. The Immunity of being ſo Free-born was ſo great, that many purchas'dpurchased it at an exceeding Rate, who had it not by Birth. We find the …
Thomas Beverley · The Command of God to Come Out of Babylon · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thy purchas'dpurchased greatneſs thee but ſorrow brings!
With rule
Thy purchas'dpurchased greatneſs thee but ſorrow brings!
Jacob Cats · Self-Conflict · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
4. Chriſt by the matchleſs Efficacy, and Merit of his Blood hath purchas'dpurchased for us Confirming Grace, and the perpetual Preſence of the Spirit with us. Not …
With rule
4. Chriſt by the matchleſs Efficacy, and Merit of his Blood hath purchas'dpurchased for us Confirming Grace, and the perpetual Preſence of the Spirit with us. Not …
Timothy Cruso · Twenty-Four Sermons · p. 108 · Open in the reader
Printed
A precious treasure, purchas'dpurchased by this blood;
With rule
A precious treasure, purchas'dpurchased by this blood;
John Flavel · Husbandry Spiritualized · p. 225 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Purple Island A00977

Printed
Purchas'dPurchased with so pleasing verse:
With rule
Purchas'dPurchased with so pleasing verse:
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 81 · Open in the reader

Eighteen Sermons A23716

Printed
… Lastly, if we that wear the distinctive Character of Israel, that of a Ransom'd, Purchas'dPurchased People (for sure our Rescues rise unto the number and the rate of those …
With rule
… Lastly, if we that wear the distinctive Character of Israel, that of a Ransom'd, Purchas'dPurchased People (for sure our Rescues rise unto the number and the rate of those …
Richard Allestree · Eighteen Sermons · p. 19 · Open in the reader

Forty Sermons A23717

Printed
… Lastly, If we that were the distinctive Character of Israel, that of a Ransom'd, Purchas'dPurchased People (for sure our Rescues rise unto the number and the rate of those …
With rule
… Lastly, If we that were the distinctive Character of Israel, that of a Ransom'd, Purchas'dPurchased People (for sure our Rescues rise unto the number and the rate of those …
Richard Allestree · Forty Sermons · p. 15 · Open in the reader

The Best Treasure A26034

Printed
Thirdly, What is the Holineſſe Chriſt hath Purchas'dPurchased for his People?
With rule
Thirdly, What is the Holineſſe Chriſt hath Purchas'dPurchased for his People?
Bartholomew Ashwood · The Best Treasure · p. 246 · Open in the reader
Printed
… will cauſe that believers ſhall have the diſtributions of the due Meaſures of his Purchas'dPurchased Grace.
With rule
… will cauſe that believers ſhall have the diſtributions of the due Meaſures of his Purchas'dPurchased Grace.
Bartholomew Ashwood · The Best Treasure · p. 257 · Open in the reader

Additions to the Poetical Fragments of Baxter A26856

Printed
Nor we the Purchas'dPurchased Good
With rule
Nor we the Purchas'dPurchased Good
Richard Baxter · Additions to the Poetical Fragments of Baxter · p. 69 · Open in the reader

Practical Commentary of 1 Peter Volume 1 A47642

Printed
Purchas'dPurchased indeed to be a peculiar treasure to God, as Exod. 19.5. at a very high …
With rule
Purchas'dPurchased indeed to be a peculiar treasure to God, as Exod. 19.5. at a very high …
Robert Leighton · Practical Commentary of 1 Peter Volume 1 · p. 307 · Open in the reader