Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9582 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

assur'dassured

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

Puritas changed it: 476 times in 246 works
Consistency: 94.2% (476 of 505)
Reach if approved: ~531 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: assured
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 505 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (476 changes in 246 works, 94.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 476)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… would build upon it will not be more ſo. But how can he be aſſur'dassured of that? He has no more that living Voice of the Apoſtles to repreſent …
With rule
… would build upon it will not be more ſo. But how can he be aſſur'dassured of that? He has no more that living Voice of the Apoſtles to repreſent …
Jean Claude · Historical Defense of the Reformation · p. 262 · Open in the reader
Printed
… no valuable price to get the whole World by sione: and Saint Austen hath assur'dassured us, that the salvation of the World, if possible, ought…ot to be procurd …
With rule
… no valuable price to get the whole World by sione: and Saint Austen hath assur'dassured us, that the salvation of the World, if possible, ought…ot to be procurd …
Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · p. 230 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to cast all our care upon a gracious and all-powerful Parent, and are assur'dassured that he cares for us, 1 Pet. 5. 7. that tho a woman may forget her sucking …
With rule
… to cast all our care upon a gracious and all-powerful Parent, and are assur'dassured that he cares for us, 1 Pet. 5. 7. that tho a woman may forget her sucking …
Richard Allestree · The Art of Contentment · p. 209 · Open in the reader
Printed
That a Believer may be aſſur'dassured his Soul ſhall go to Heaven, when he departeth hence. He may know when …
With rule
That a Believer may be aſſur'dassured his Soul ſhall go to Heaven, when he departeth hence. He may know when …
Richard Adams · The Earthly and Heavenly Building Opened · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Prophet to the bloody King, Hast thou killed and taken possession? But we are assur'dassured by an infallible Word, that the power of Death shal be abolish'd, and the …
With rule
… Prophet to the bloody King, Hast thou killed and taken possession? But we are assur'dassured by an infallible Word, that the power of Death shal be abolish'd, and the …
William Bates · Sermons Upon Death and Eternal Judgment · p. 85 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Condition, to which is oppos'd; The Covenant of Grace hath Conditions, though undertaken for, aſſur'dassured, enabled to, by Chriſt.
With rule
… Condition, to which is oppos'd; The Covenant of Grace hath Conditions, though undertaken for, aſſur'dassured, enabled to, by Chriſt.
Thomas Beverley · A Conciliatory Discourse Upon Crisps Sermons · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Retrench it, as to ſhew that opinion to be meer miſtake, and I am aſſur'dassured eſpecially by Thoſe, I have Juſt now declar'd.
With rule
… Retrench it, as to ſhew that opinion to be meer miſtake, and I am aſſur'dassured eſpecially by Thoſe, I have Juſt now declar'd.
Thomas Beverley · A Memorial of the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ Near Approaching · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
Mark what I ſay, and be thereof aſſur'dassured.
With rule
Mark what I ſay, and be thereof aſſur'dassured.
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 194 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (29)

17 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 16 are listed here. 12 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Evangelical Repentance Unto Salvation A27606

Printed
… Images, and Numbers, if they are attently eyed, and compared, may be as certainly Aſſur'dAssured; and Intellectual enquiries even ſatiated with the evidence of them; Though they are not …
With rule
… Images, and Numbers, if they are attently eyed, and compared, may be as certainly Aſſur'dAssured; and Intellectual enquiries even ſatiated with the evidence of them; Though they are not …
Thomas Beverley · Evangelical Repentance Unto Salvation · Open in the reader

A Memorial of the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ Near Approaching A27617

Printed
… as I had opportunity, for the Converſion of that our then Prince, as being Aſſur'dAssured, He muſt elſe by Death, or ſome mighty Hand (as it Fell out) be …
With rule
… as I had opportunity, for the Converſion of that our then Prince, as being Aſſur'dAssured, He muſt elſe by Death, or ſome mighty Hand (as it Fell out) be …
Thomas Beverley · A Memorial of the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ Near Approaching · p. 2 · Open in the reader

The Pattern of the Divine Temple Sanctuary A27621

Printed
Further, I am very well Aſſur'dAssured; As the Revelation is Taken out of the Prophet Daniel ſo far as Concerns …
With rule
Further, I am very well Aſſur'dAssured; As the Revelation is Taken out of the Prophet Daniel ſo far as Concerns …
Thomas Beverley · The Pattern of the Divine Temple Sanctuary · Open in the reader

A Sermon Upon Revelation 2:11 A27626

Printed
… Creation, Account the Night of every Day before the Day) For John 20.1. we are Aſſur'dAssured, Early in the Morning, while it was yet Dark, Mary Magdalen came to the …
With rule
… Creation, Account the Night of every Day before the Day) For John 20.1. we are Aſſur'dAssured, Early in the Morning, while it was yet Dark, Mary Magdalen came to the …
Thomas Beverley · A Sermon Upon Revelation 2:11 · p. 9 · Open in the reader

A Memorial Offered to John Williams A43532

Printed
… that he had aggrieved them with a Jealouſie ſomented by no better then Traytors. Aſſur'dAssured them the Exhalations were diſpers'd, and their Innocency ſhin'd as Bright as at Noon …
With rule
… that he had aggrieved them with a Jealouſie ſomented by no better then Traytors. Aſſur'dAssured them the Exhalations were diſpers'd, and their Innocency ſhin'd as Bright as at Noon …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 199 · Open in the reader

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
Assur'dAssured me and still assure: though what thou tellst
With rule
Assur'dAssured me and still assure: though what thou tellst
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

Improvement of Imprisonment A66756

Printed
Aſſur'dAssured of by our Charters be.
With rule
Aſſur'dAssured of by our Charters be.
George Wither · Improvement of Imprisonment · p. 116 · Open in the reader

A Proclamation in the Name of the King of Kings A66772

Printed
Aſſur'dAssured, that (if no good effects that have
With rule
Aſſur'dAssured, that (if no good effects that have
George Wither · A Proclamation in the Name of the King of Kings · p. 59 · Open in the reader

The Prophetical History of the Reformation A69569

Printed
… the Voice from Heaven the same, Running throughout it also: Twice the Angel is Assur'dAssured to be the Same, that stood on the Sea and the Earth: Twice the …
With rule
… the Voice from Heaven the same, Running throughout it also: Twice the Angel is Assur'dAssured to be the Same, that stood on the Sea and the Earth: Twice the …
Thomas Beverley · The Prophetical History of the Reformation · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Strife Cannot be Suppos'd to Give an Incertain Sound; There is Certainly then by Assur'dAssured, however Secret Characters Some Key to be Found, by which the Time, when this …
With rule
… Strife Cannot be Suppos'd to Give an Incertain Sound; There is Certainly then by Assur'dAssured, however Secret Characters Some Key to be Found, by which the Time, when this …
Thomas Beverley · The Prophetical History of the Reformation · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to its Period or End: which can no way be so Easily, and manifestly Assur'dAssured as by this Vision.
With rule
… to its Period or End: which can no way be so Easily, and manifestly Assur'dAssured as by this Vision.
Thomas Beverley · The Prophetical History of the Reformation · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
I Acknowledge, There are many other ways by which we may be Assur'dAssured, as I have elsewere Argued; And it cannot according to Common Computation, from the …
With rule
I Acknowledge, There are many other ways by which we may be Assur'dAssured, as I have elsewere Argued; And it cannot according to Common Computation, from the …
Thomas Beverley · The Prophetical History of the Reformation · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Divine-Oracles; and with a due Regard to the Reformation of the Reformation Assur'dAssured to us; I will heedfully; 1. Lay down together; as in a Table the Types …
With rule
… the Divine-Oracles; and with a due Regard to the Reformation of the Reformation Assur'dAssured to us; I will heedfully; 1. Lay down together; as in a Table the Types …
Thomas Beverley · The Prophetical History of the Reformation · p. 44 · Open in the reader

A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come A76490

Printed
… that the Seventh King, being the Chriſtian Emperours, was no Head; It is Litterally Aſſur'dAssured, the Eighth King, but Seventh Head, call'd The Beaſt, goes into Perdition, and the …
With rule
… that the Seventh King, being the Chriſtian Emperours, was no Head; It is Litterally Aſſur'dAssured, the Eighth King, but Seventh Head, call'd The Beaſt, goes into Perdition, and the …
Thomas Beverley · A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come · p. 35 · Open in the reader

The Great Charter for the Interpretation of All Prophecy A76491

Printed
… that the Seventh King, being the Chriſtian Emperours, was no Head; It is Litterally Aſſur'dAssured, the Eighth King, but Seventh Head, call'd The Beaſt, goes into Perdition, and the …
With rule
… that the Seventh King, being the Chriſtian Emperours, was no Head; It is Litterally Aſſur'dAssured, the Eighth King, but Seventh Head, call'd The Beaſt, goes into Perdition, and the …
Thomas Beverley · The Great Charter for the Interpretation of All Prophecy · p. 35 · Open in the reader

Funeral Poem to Thomas Westrow A96786

Printed
Aſſur'dAssured him, to his greater ſorrow:
With rule
Aſſur'dAssured him, to his greater ſorrow:
George Wither · Funeral Poem to Thomas Westrow · p. 1 · Open in the reader