Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9516 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

confess'dconfessed

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

Puritas changed it: 355 times in 193 works
Consistency: 96.9% (355 of 366)
Reach if approved: ~385 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: confessed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 366 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (355 changes in 193 works, 96.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 355)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… way of Caution, whether they come not under this Charge, that have seen and confess'dconfessed the invalidity of Infants Baptism, as to the subjects, and therefore have deny'd it …
With rule
… way of Caution, whether they come not under this Charge, that have seen and confess'dconfessed the invalidity of Infants Baptism, as to the subjects, and therefore have deny'd it …
John Gosnold · The Doctrine of Baptisms · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that truth thereunto doth claim; in as much as by us it is willingly confeſs'dconfessed, that the Scripture of God is a Storehouſe abounding with ineſtimable Treaſures of Wiſdom …
With rule
… that truth thereunto doth claim; in as much as by us it is willingly confeſs'dconfessed, that the Scripture of God is a Storehouſe abounding with ineſtimable Treaſures of Wiſdom …
John Humfrey · The Healing Attempt · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
Mans grouth confess'dconfessed, and recompenc'd the meat:
With rule
Mans grouth confess'dconfessed, and recompenc'd the meat:
John Donne · The First Anniversary · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Puniſhment? There is no juſtifying us againſt any ſuch Accuſation: It muſt be all confeſs'dconfessed we were the ſinful Children of Adam; we deſerved Condemnation. But the Cauſe will …
With rule
… Puniſhment? There is no juſtifying us againſt any ſuch Accuſation: It muſt be all confeſs'dconfessed we were the ſinful Children of Adam; we deſerved Condemnation. But the Cauſe will …
Richard Baxter · The Scripture Gospel Defended · p. 31 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Humane Nature of Chriſt, and of the Elect Angels, and Saints being firſt confeſs'dconfessed; All the State of Glory is Brought to the neareſt, that can be, to …
With rule
… the Humane Nature of Chriſt, and of the Elect Angels, and Saints being firſt confeſs'dconfessed; All the State of Glory is Brought to the neareſt, that can be, to …
Thomas Beverley · The Christian Doctrine of the Day of Judgment · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
The first that named Gods Name in Scripture, was the Devil, and he likewise confess'dconfessed our Saviour to be the Son of God; however, he was the Devil notwithstanding …
With rule
The first that named Gods Name in Scripture, was the Devil, and he likewise confess'dconfessed our Saviour to be the Son of God; however, he was the Devil notwithstanding …
Edmund Calamy · Saints Memorials · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… our eyes a little upon our Neighbouring Kingdom of France, where, as it is confeſs'dconfessed by all, that above any place in Europe the moſt Refin'd Popery is eſtabliſh'd …
With rule
… our eyes a little upon our Neighbouring Kingdom of France, where, as it is confeſs'dconfessed by all, that above any place in Europe the moſt Refin'd Popery is eſtabliſh'd …
Thomas Doolittle · Fears and Jealousies Ceased · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of an unreasonable Infidelity. But they only, whose Knowledg of Things Future, they themselves confess'dconfessed to be of GOD, and not acquired by Human Art, and whose design it …
With rule
… of an unreasonable Infidelity. But they only, whose Knowledg of Things Future, they themselves confess'dconfessed to be of GOD, and not acquired by Human Art, and whose design it …
Clement Ellis · The Folly of Atheism Demonstrated · p. 53 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

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

A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions A28159

Printed
Confeſs'dConfessed their faith, and boldly did refute
With rule
Confeſs'dConfessed their faith, and boldly did refute
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 43 · Open in the reader

Further Vindication of the Dissenters A53659

Printed
It muſt be Confeſs'dConfessed, That this Point is bandy'd by learned Men, and ſundry Anſwers are offer'd to …
With rule
It muſt be Confeſs'dConfessed, That this Point is bandy'd by learned Men, and ſundry Anſwers are offer'd to …
James Owen · Further Vindication of the Dissenters · p. 45 · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Apostles Creed B27417

Printed
Confess'dConfessed it must be, that in the secondary and obscure points, there are too many …
With rule
Confess'dConfessed it must be, that in the secondary and obscure points, there are too many …
William Nicholson · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 9 · Open in the reader