Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9649 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

obey'dobeyed

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

Puritas changed it: 337 times in 202 works
Consistency: 95.4% (337 of 353)
Reach if approved: ~371 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: obeyed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 353 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (337 changes in 202 works, 95.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 337)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the Land; which being not contrary to the Law of God, ought to be obey'dobeyed by every Subject. Now this Law of our Land is not only according to …
With rule
… the Land; which being not contrary to the Law of God, ought to be obey'dobeyed by every Subject. Now this Law of our Land is not only according to …
William Jeffery · The Lawfulness of Tithes · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… none of this new life to which this growth relates. Herod heard gladly and obey'dobeyed many things.
With rule
… none of this new life to which this growth relates. Herod heard gladly and obey'dobeyed many things.
Robert Leighton · Practical Commentary of 1 Peter Volume 1 · p. 241 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he is sent from God, and Gods commands are not to be disputed but obey'dobeyed; if his revelations present dark unintelligible Mysteries to our faith, his promises offer seeming …
With rule
… he is sent from God, and Gods commands are not to be disputed but obey'dobeyed; if his revelations present dark unintelligible Mysteries to our faith, his promises offer seeming …
Richard Allestree · Eighteen Sermons · p. 263 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which are under the Power of Errour and Vice. No Tyrant is so exactly obey'dobeyed as custome, especially in things esteem'd Sacred: for the conceit that the service is …
With rule
… which are under the Power of Errour and Vice. No Tyrant is so exactly obey'dobeyed as custome, especially in things esteem'd Sacred: for the conceit that the service is …
William Bates · The Harmony of the Divine Attributes in Mans Redemption · p. 433 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by the Preacher expounded; but far more glorious, when by the people it is obey'dobeyed, and performed.
With rule
… by the Preacher expounded; but far more glorious, when by the people it is obey'dobeyed, and performed.
Ralph Brownrig · Twenty-Five Sermons · p. 372 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are all the juſt Objects of our Obedience, God the Father is to be obey'dobeyed in the Commands which he gives forth, God the Holy Ghoſt is to be …
With rule
… are all the juſt Objects of our Obedience, God the Father is to be obey'dobeyed in the Commands which he gives forth, God the Holy Ghoſt is to be …
Timothy Cruso · Twenty-Four Sermons · p. 164 · Open in the reader
Printed
… but whose it is. If it be the Call of God, it must be obey'dobeyed, tho it be to part not only with the Priviledges, but Lives of our …
With rule
… but whose it is. If it be the Call of God, it must be obey'dobeyed, tho it be to part not only with the Priviledges, but Lives of our …
John Flavel · Reply to Philip Cary · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… name them? And is it not as much his Will that he ſhould be obey'dobeyed in thoſe Commands, as in theſe? Have you any more Diſpenſation in the Scripture …
With rule
… name them? And is it not as much his Will that he ſhould be obey'dobeyed in thoſe Commands, as in theſe? Have you any more Diſpenſation in the Scripture …
Ezekiel Hopkins · Sermons Volume 2 · p. 52 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (16)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 10 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Catholic Catechism A27586

Printed
… they may direct according to Truth; and in all Truth they are to be Obey'dObeyed, not only for the Truths ſake, but for that Authorities ſake alſo God hath …
With rule
… they may direct according to Truth; and in all Truth they are to be Obey'dObeyed, not only for the Truths ſake, but for that Authorities ſake alſo God hath …
Thomas Beverley · A Catholic Catechism · p. 135 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is upon all things Publick, the Powers that are in being, are to be Obey'dObeyed according to the Ends of Government already Diſcourſed, that is for the Puniſhment of …
With rule
… is upon all things Publick, the Powers that are in being, are to be Obey'dObeyed according to the Ends of Government already Diſcourſed, that is for the Puniſhment of …
Thomas Beverley · A Catholic Catechism · p. 142 · Open in the reader

The Command of God to Come Out of Babylon A27590

Printed
… Superſtitious Commands: No Caeſars, no Kings, and much more no Popes can be ſo Obey'dObeyed.
With rule
… Superſtitious Commands: No Caeſars, no Kings, and much more no Popes can be ſo Obey'dObeyed.
Thomas Beverley · The Command of God to Come Out of Babylon · p. 30 · Open in the reader

The Principle of Protestant Truth and Peace A27637

Printed
… they may direct according to Truth; and in all Truth they are to be Obey'dObeyed, not only for the Truths ſake, but for that Authorities ſake alſo God hath …
With rule
… they may direct according to Truth; and in all Truth they are to be Obey'dObeyed, not only for the Truths ſake, but for that Authorities ſake alſo God hath …
Thomas Beverley · The Principle of Protestant Truth and Peace · p. 135 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is upon all things Publick, the Powers that are in being, are to be Obey'dObeyed according to the Ends of Government already Diſcourſed, that is for the Puniſhment of …
With rule
… is upon all things Publick, the Powers that are in being, are to be Obey'dObeyed according to the Ends of Government already Diſcourſed, that is for the Puniſhment of …
Thomas Beverley · The Principle of Protestant Truth and Peace · p. 142 · Open in the reader

The Voice from Heaven A76495

Printed
… Superſtitious Commands: No Caeſars, no Kings, and much more no Popes can be ſo Obey'dObeyed.
With rule
… Superſtitious Commands: No Caeſars, no Kings, and much more no Popes can be ſo Obey'dObeyed.
Thomas Beverley · The Voice from Heaven · p. 30 · Open in the reader