Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #97 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

deseruedeserve

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

Puritas changed it: 3,723 times in 825 works
Consistency: 99.6% (3,723 of 3,736)
Reach if approved: ~3,925 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: deserve
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 3,736 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (3,723 changes in 825 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 3,723)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
3 Some will ſay, that they be ſo peruerſe, that they deſeruedeserve rather hatred than loue. But, 1 this ought not to ſtir vs vp to hatred …
With rule
3 Some will ſay, that they be ſo peruerſe, that they deſeruedeserve rather hatred than loue. But, 1 this ought not to ſtir vs vp to hatred …
William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 58 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with Gods law. To suspend a man from the whole Communion, if the delinquent deseruedeserve it, is agreeable to Christs and the Apostles discipline; but to admit him to …
With rule
… with Gods law. To suspend a man from the whole Communion, if the delinquent deseruedeserve it, is agreeable to Christs and the Apostles discipline; but to admit him to …
Daniel Featley · The Grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome · p. 58 · Open in the reader
Printed
ix to deſeruedeserve her dower.
With rule
ix to deſeruedeserve her dower.
Henry Finch · Law · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… brayne, and nayled too a Crosse? What so haynous fault could he doe too deseruedeserve it? What Iudge could be so cruell as too put him too it? What …
With rule
… brayne, and nayled too a Crosse? What so haynous fault could he doe too deseruedeserve it? What Iudge could be so cruell as too put him too it? What …
John Foxe · Christ Jesus Triumphant · Open in the reader
Printed
… not equal or comparable: but thereof it followeth, that they deseruedeserve not, for to deseruedeserve, is to doe a thing equall vnto the reward: the afflictions be not equal …
With rule
… not equal or comparable: but thereof it followeth, that they deseruedeserve not, for to deseruedeserve, is to doe a thing equall vnto the reward: the afflictions be not equal …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 278 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Authority looke to their castigation, or answere for their mischiefes: so farre as they deseruedeserve, let them not be spared; Cut them downe, Why comber they the Ground?
With rule
… Authority looke to their castigation, or answere for their mischiefes: so farre as they deseruedeserve, let them not be spared; Cut them downe, Why comber they the Ground?
Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
… caſe I was of corporall and ſpirituall danger, I could not expect much leſſe deſeruedeserve. I ran with others into errors; nay, deeper then others, in reſpect of my …
With rule
… caſe I was of corporall and ſpirituall danger, I could not expect much leſſe deſeruedeserve. I ran with others into errors; nay, deeper then others, in reſpect of my …
John Gee · Hold Fast · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to abide ſtil in doubt? Doeth not GOD promiſe vs alſo, although we can deſeruedeserve nothing, but when we haue done all that we can we are ſtill vnprofitable …
With rule
… to abide ſtil in doubt? Doeth not GOD promiſe vs alſo, although we can deſeruedeserve nothing, but when we haue done all that we can we are ſtill vnprofitable …
George Gifford · A Godly Zealous and Profitable Sermon Upon James 2 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (13)

13 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture A00415

Printed
2 DeſerueDeserve well of all, they ſhall be more then beaſtly that then will be angry.
With rule
2 DeſerueDeserve well of all, they ſhall be more then beaſtly that then will be angry.
George Estey · Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture · p. 63 · Open in the reader

Exposition Upon the Ten Commandments A00416

Printed
2 DeserueDeserve well of all; they shall be more then beastly, that then will be angrie.
With rule
2 DeserueDeserve well of all; they shall be more then beastly, that then will be angrie.
George Estey · Exposition Upon the Ten Commandments · Open in the reader

Exposition of Romans 8-11 A09031

Printed
Get into Gods ſeruice, and when thou art in, keepe thee there. DeſerueDeserve not to be caſt out, as Cain was, leſt thou ſing the Prodigals Song …
With rule
Get into Gods ſeruice, and when thou art in, keepe thee there. DeſerueDeserve not to be caſt out, as Cain was, leſt thou ſing the Prodigals Song …
Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 275 · Open in the reader

The Anatomy of Abuses A13086

Printed
DeserueDeserve their praise, and for the same,
With rule
DeserueDeserve their praise, and for the same,
Philip Stubbes · The Anatomy of Abuses · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

Printed
DeserueDeserve.
With rule
DeserueDeserve.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader
Printed
Howe and in what sort workes can DeserueDeserve.
With rule
Howe and in what sort workes can DeserueDeserve.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader
Printed
The illation of a false conclusion that men can merit or DeserueDeserve at Gods hand.
With rule
The illation of a false conclusion that men can merit or DeserueDeserve at Gods hand.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

Twenty-Two Sermons on Psalm 119 A17724

Printed
… in the necke of all our deſires, and take from God all his authoritie? DeſerueDeserve we not to bee vtterly confounded? No doubt we doe. So then, let vs …
With rule
… in the necke of all our deſires, and take from God all his authoritie? DeſerueDeserve we not to bee vtterly confounded? No doubt we doe. So then, let vs …
John Calvin · Twenty-Two Sermons on Psalm 119 · p. 34 · Open in the reader

A Godly Form of Household Government A67866

Printed
… great wickednesse is it then to kill the mindes of children through euill example? DeserueDeserve not such seruants seuerely to be punished by law (thinke you) that bewitch young …
With rule
… great wickednesse is it then to kill the mindes of children through euill example? DeserueDeserve not such seruants seuerely to be punished by law (thinke you) that bewitch young …
Robert Cleaver · A Godly Form of Household Government · Open in the reader

Book of Christian Questions and Answers A68610

Printed
… yea euen the aūcient ſort of them, haue vnproperly vſed the word Merit or DeſerueDeserve, in ſted of Obtein: and the woord Deſirt or deſeruing, or Merit, for a …
With rule
… yea euen the aūcient ſort of them, haue vnproperly vſed the word Merit or DeſerueDeserve, in ſted of Obtein: and the woord Deſirt or deſeruing, or Merit, for a …
Theodore Beza · Book of Christian Questions and Answers · p. 57 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

Printed
… filthineſſe and corruption in vs, and yet for all that, thou forgetteſt vs not. DeſerueDeserve wee that thou ſhouldeſt regarde vs? Are wee worthy that thou ſhouldeſt viſit vs …
With rule
… filthineſſe and corruption in vs, and yet for all that, thou forgetteſt vs not. DeſerueDeserve wee that thou ſhouldeſt regarde vs? Are wee worthy that thou ſhouldeſt viſit vs …
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 275 · Open in the reader

Balm from Gilead B15555

Printed
… euen that at the hands of God: No, not those that are Gods people. DeserueDeserve the plague we doe, its remoouall wee cannot: Fauour and mercy are opposed and …
With rule
… euen that at the hands of God: No, not those that are Gods people. DeserueDeserve the plague we doe, its remoouall wee cannot: Fauour and mercy are opposed and …
Henry Roborough · Balm from Gilead · p. 189 · Open in the reader

Exhortation to the Ministers of Gods Word B40355

Printed
… great wickednesse is it then to kill the mindes of children through euill examples? DeserueDeserve not such seruants seuerely to be punished by law (thinke you) that bewitch young …
With rule
… great wickednesse is it then to kill the mindes of children through euill examples? DeserueDeserve not such seruants seuerely to be punished by law (thinke you) that bewitch young …
Henrich Bullinger · Exhortation to the Ministers of Gods Word · p. 324 · Open in the reader