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demonstratiuedemonstrative

u and v used by position, not sound: haue → have, vnto → unto.

Puritas changed it
185 times in 98 works
Consistency
92.9% (185 of 199)
Reach if approved
~209 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: demonstrative
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
199 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (185 changes in 98 works, 92.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 185)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … addeth them: because he thought that the article had the force of a pronounce demonstratiuedemonstrative. But in my iudgment it is better to take it indefinitelye: as if Christ …
    With rule
    … addeth them: because he thought that the article had the force of a pronounce demonstratiuedemonstrative. But in my iudgment it is better to take it indefinitelye: as if Christ …

    John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 275 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    Haec] is a Pronoune demonstratiuedemonstrative, agreeing with dicta, by the rule of the Relatiue: and it must bee so …
    With rule
    Haec] is a Pronoune demonstratiuedemonstrative, agreeing with dicta, by the rule of the Relatiue: and it must bee so …

    John Brinsley · The Grammar School · p. 130 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … worse then it is; yet to gratifie you, I thus impugne it. This Pronoune demonstratiuedemonstrative, Hoc, must needs signifie some thing, that then was existent, to which Christ pointed …
    With rule
    … worse then it is; yet to gratifie you, I thus impugne it. This Pronoune demonstratiuedemonstrative, Hoc, must needs signifie some thing, that then was existent, to which Christ pointed …

    Daniel Featley · The Grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome · p. 297 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … thys raygne and gloryous kyngdome of Meſſiah ſhall be peace. And as the Hebrewe demonſtratiuedemonstrative Oz ſerueth becauſe it is of the maſculyne gender. Thys Meſſiah is thys peace …
    With rule
    … thys raygne and gloryous kyngdome of Meſſiah ſhall be peace. And as the Hebrewe demonſtratiuedemonstrative Oz ſerueth becauſe it is of the maſculyne gender. Thys Meſſiah is thys peace …

    Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … before: neither can they be applied vnto him, but by Allegories, which are no demonſtratiuedemonstrative proofe in caſ… of controuerſie: neither is that Apoc. 12.14. a…y wh… mo…e …
    With rule
    … before: neither can they be applied vnto him, but by Allegories, which are no demonſtratiuedemonstrative proofe in caſ… of controuerſie: neither is that Apoc. 12.14. a…y wh… mo…e …

    Thomas Beard · Antichrist the Pope of Rome · p. 84 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … glasse, darkely. 1. Cor. 13. 12. And as for practicall wisdome, standing in pollicie, it is not demonstratiuedemonstrative, but meerely coniecturall, & therefore we cannot build vpon it, considering in it there is …
    With rule
    … glasse, darkely. 1. Cor. 13. 12. And as for practicall wisdome, standing in pollicie, it is not demonstratiuedemonstrative, but meerely coniecturall, & therefore we cannot build vpon it, considering in it there is …

    William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 625 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … and make an vnworthy choyce. For wee cannot iudge of mens fitnesse by any demonstratiuedemonstrative certaintie: all we can doe is to goe vpon probabilities, which can yeeld at …
    With rule
    … and make an vnworthy choyce. For wee cannot iudge of mens fitnesse by any demonstratiuedemonstrative certaintie: all we can doe is to goe vpon probabilities, which can yeeld at …

    Robert Sanderson · Ten Sermons · p. 183 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … thereby bee conuerted. Wherefore from the nature and ſubiect of ſacramentes is drawen this demonſtratiuedemonstrative proofe: What God hath inſtituted for his houſhold and children, that hypocrites and aliants …
    With rule
    … thereby bee conuerted. Wherefore from the nature and ſubiect of ſacramentes is drawen this demonſtratiuedemonstrative proofe: What God hath inſtituted for his houſhold and children, that hypocrites and aliants …

    Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 768 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

12 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Happiness of the Church A01956

  • Printed
    The meanes is partly DemonstratiueDemonstrative; Faith; partly Relatiue, Thy faith. The Quality and the Propriety: the Quality of the …
    With rule
    The meanes is partly DemonstratiueDemonstrative; Faith; partly Relatiue, Thy faith. The Quality and the Propriety: the Quality of the …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 425 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Sundayes passe ouer our heads without Collections for Ship-wrackes, fires, and other casualties; DemonstratiueDemonstrative proofes that prosperitie is inconstant, riches casuall. And for honour, wee read that Bel …
    With rule
    … Sundayes passe ouer our heads without Collections for Ship-wrackes, fires, and other casualties; DemonstratiueDemonstrative proofes that prosperitie is inconstant, riches casuall. And for honour, wee read that Bel …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 279 · Open in the reader

Reims Against Rome A09287

  • Printed
    … with Rock, and not a proper name, as here it is vſed. For no DemonſtratiueDemonstrative goeth before it. But if Chriſt had ſaid, Thou art that Petros, and vpon …
    With rule
    … with Rock, and not a proper name, as here it is vſed. For no DemonſtratiueDemonstrative goeth before it. But if Chriſt had ſaid, Thou art that Petros, and vpon …

    Richard Bernard · Reims Against Rome · p. 144 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … appellatiue, this Text had been ſomewhat to the purpoſe: but here is no ſuch DemonſtratiueDemonstrative, Petros being a proper name.
    With rule
    … appellatiue, this Text had been ſomewhat to the purpoſe: but here is no ſuch DemonſtratiueDemonstrative, Petros being a proper name.

    Richard Bernard · Reims Against Rome · p. 144 · Open in the reader

The Art of Rhetoric A15530

  • Printed
    ¶The kynde DemonstratiueDemonstrative, wherein chiefly it is occupied.
    With rule
    ¶The kynde DemonstratiueDemonstrative, wherein chiefly it is occupied.

    Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … shall tel their mynde in the other kyndes of Oratorie, as in the kynde DemonstratiueDemonstrative, Deliberatiue, in exhortyng or perswadyng: the learned haue thought meete, that they must also …
    With rule
    … shall tel their mynde in the other kyndes of Oratorie, as in the kynde DemonstratiueDemonstrative, Deliberatiue, in exhortyng or perswadyng: the learned haue thought meete, that they must also …

    Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · p. 59 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

  • Printed
    DemonstratiueDemonstrative perswasions vsed by God to the Iewes, that they should giue their Bondseruantes somewhat …
    With rule
    DemonstratiueDemonstrative perswasions vsed by God to the Iewes, that they should giue their Bondseruantes somewhat …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

The Elements of Logic A69248

  • Printed
    Chapter. 2. What a Demonſtration, or a DemonſtratiueDemonstrative Syllogiſme is. Pages. 163.
    With rule
    Chapter. 2. What a Demonſtration, or a DemonſtratiueDemonstrative Syllogiſme is. Pages. 163.

    Peter du Moulin Jr · The Elements of Logic · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    The ſecond Chapter. What a Demonſtration or DemonſtratiueDemonstrative Syllogiſme is.
    With rule
    The ſecond Chapter. What a Demonſtration or DemonſtratiueDemonstrative Syllogiſme is.

    Peter du Moulin Jr · The Elements of Logic · p. 163 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    A DemonſtratiueDemonstrative Syllogiſme is that which giveth or bringeth certaine knowledge of the concluſion. If we …
    With rule
    A DemonſtratiueDemonstrative Syllogiſme is that which giveth or bringeth certaine knowledge of the concluſion. If we …

    Peter du Moulin Jr · The Elements of Logic · p. 163 · Open in the reader

A Sermon of Christ Crucified B13612

  • Printed
    … other name nor nowne vnder heauē, sayth he. &c. but onely this Apostolical pronowne DemonstratiueDemonstrative [per illum]. I call it Apostolical, because ye Apostles neuer taught no other pronown …
    With rule
    … other name nor nowne vnder heauē, sayth he. &c. but onely this Apostolical pronowne DemonstratiueDemonstrative [per illum]. I call it Apostolical, because ye Apostles neuer taught no other pronown …

    John Foxe · A Sermon of Christ Crucified · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … ye Apostles neuer taught no other pronown to saluation, but this. I call it DemonstratiueDemonstrative, because yt all true Apostolicall preachers now likewise ought to demōstrate to the people …
    With rule
    … ye Apostles neuer taught no other pronown to saluation, but this. I call it DemonstratiueDemonstrative, because yt all true Apostolicall preachers now likewise ought to demōstrate to the people …

    John Foxe · A Sermon of Christ Crucified · Open in the reader