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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9595 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

jacobsjacob's

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

Puritas changed it
2,179 times in 728 works
Consistency
99.6% (2,179 of 2,187)
Reach if approved
~2,300 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
2,189 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,179 changes in 728 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,179)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … God; (yea perhaps all the Town where he liveth:) As Josephs case proveth, and JacobsJacob's, and many the like; when one wicked childe may bring a Judgment o… your …
    With rule
    … God; (yea perhaps all the Town where he liveth:) As Josephs case proveth, and JacobsJacob's, and many the like; when one wicked childe may bring a Judgment o… your …

    Richard Baxter · The Saints Everlasting Rest · p. 531 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Chriſt. And Angels and Saints above, Angels Equalls ſhall Aſcend and Deſcend on that JacobsJacob's Ladder, whoſe Foot being on Earth, its Top reached to Heaven, and God and …
    With rule
    … Chriſt. And Angels and Saints above, Angels Equalls ſhall Aſcend and Deſcend on that JacobsJacob's Ladder, whoſe Foot being on Earth, its Top reached to Heaven, and God and …

    Thomas Beverley · The Catechism of the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 4 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … for ſome further illuſtration, I ſhall here add, ſc. That Chriſt is the true JacobsJacob's Ladder, Joh. 1. 51. the bottom of which toucheth Earth there is his Humanity (or vail …
    With rule
    … for ſome further illuſtration, I ſhall here add, ſc. That Chriſt is the true JacobsJacob's Ladder, Joh. 1. 51. the bottom of which toucheth Earth there is his Humanity (or vail …

    Sampson Bond · Public Trial of the Quakers · p. 53 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … considering that there is the same danger in a spirituall flocke as was in JacobsJacob's, Gen. 33. 13. the ghostly guide may over-drive the Children that are tender, and the …
    With rule
    … considering that there is the same danger in a spirituall flocke as was in JacobsJacob's, Gen. 33. 13. the ghostly guide may over-drive the Children that are tender, and the …

    John Jackson · The Key of Knowledge · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … dyſceate, it apeareth in the parting of Abraham and Loth, Gen. xiii. And in JacobsJacob's faithfulneſſe & handlyng wyth Laban hys father in law. Gene. xxix. xxx. xxxi Lyenge & falſe …
    With rule
    … dyſceate, it apeareth in the parting of Abraham and Loth, Gen. xiii. And in JacobsJacob's faithfulneſſe & handlyng wyth Laban hys father in law. Gene. xxix. xxx. xxxi Lyenge & falſe …

    Henrich Bullinger · The Old Faith an Evident Probation out of the Holy Scripture · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … had so much of natural justice, that he would not take the advantage of JacobsJacob's relation to him, to make him serve him gr… tis, Because thou art my …
    With rule
    … had so much of natural justice, that he would not take the advantage of JacobsJacob's relation to him, to make him serve him gr… tis, Because thou art my …

    Richard Allestree · The Ladys Calling · p. 207 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Gods glory, as magnifying himſelfe in the midſt of, and for the ſake of JacobsJacob's poſterity. But becauſe it is the nature of ſin to dimme the eyes of …
    With rule
    … Gods glory, as magnifying himſelfe in the midſt of, and for the ſake of JacobsJacob's poſterity. But becauſe it is the nature of ſin to dimme the eyes of …

    John Angier · A Help to Better Hearts for Better Times · p. 53 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … of the New Covenant, and unto the blood of ſprinkling. My heart reviveth, as JacobsJacob's, when I behold the tokens which thou haſt ſent me, the ſpirit of Adoption …
    With rule
    … of the New Covenant, and unto the blood of ſprinkling. My heart reviveth, as JacobsJacob's, when I behold the tokens which thou haſt ſent me, the ſpirit of Adoption …

    Richard Alleine · Heaven Opened · p. 331 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

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

Old Jacobs Altar Newly Repaired A65931

  • Printed
    foreign OLD JACOBSJACOB'S ALTAR newly repaired; OR, THE SAINTS TRIANGLE of Dangers, Deliverances and Duties. perſonal, and …
    With rule
    foreign OLD JACOBSJACOB'S ALTAR newly repaired; OR, THE SAINTS TRIANGLE of Dangers, Deliverances and Duties. perſonal, and …

    Nathaniel Whiting · Old Jacobs Altar Newly Repaired · Open in the reader

Jacobs Seed A77990

  • Printed
    JACOBSJACOB'S SEED: Or The Generation of Seekers. And DAVIDS DELIGHT: Or The excellent on earth.
    With rule
    JACOBSJACOB'S SEED: Or The Generation of Seekers. And DAVIDS DELIGHT: Or The excellent on earth.

    Jeremiah Burroughs · Jacobs Seed · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    JACOBSJACOB'S SEED, OR, The Generation of Seekers
    With rule
    JACOBSJACOB'S SEED, OR, The Generation of Seekers

    Jeremiah Burroughs · Jacobs Seed · p. 1 · Open in the reader

The Garden of Zion B01751

  • Printed
    H… heard not GOD, nor yet good JACOBSJACOB'S voice,
    With rule
    H… heard not GOD, nor yet good JACOBSJACOB'S voice,

    Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 41 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    JACOBSJACOB'S Bleſſing for JOSEPH.
    With rule
    JACOBSJACOB'S Bleſſing for JOSEPH.

    Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 48 · Open in the reader