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deuisethdeviseth

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

Puritas changed it
132 times in 88 works
Consistency
100% (132 of 132)
Reach if approved
~139 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: devises
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
132 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (132 changes in 88 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 132)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … more power ouer vs. For howſoeuer the deuill hath force and power ſtill, and deuiſethdeviseth daily to worke our deſtruction, yet notwithſtanding the power which he hath to hurt …
    With rule
    … more power ouer vs. For howſoeuer the deuill hath force and power ſtill, and deuiſethdeviseth daily to worke our deſtruction, yet notwithſtanding the power which he hath to hurt …

    John Calvin · Commentary on Hebrews · p. 48 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … of wine. What then? Doth Vasquez freely giue vs Saint Bernard? Not so! but deuisethdeviseth another euasion, to wit that communicating in both kinds, for the entire repast of …
    With rule
    … of wine. What then? Doth Vasquez freely giue vs Saint Bernard? Not so! but deuisethdeviseth another euasion, to wit that communicating in both kinds, for the entire repast of …

    Daniel Featley · The Grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome · p. 120 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Thou deuisethdeviseth here and inuenteth, I can not tel what a consecration, thou maketh no distribution …
    With rule
    Thou deuisethdeviseth here and inuenteth, I can not tel what a consecration, thou maketh no distribution …

    George Hay · The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … ī his holy scripture, & not as carnal reasō imaginethe, or good zeale wtoute knowlege deuisethdeviseth cōtrary to ye prescripte of Gods worde, as we haue sene here to fore …
    With rule
    … ī his holy scripture, & not as carnal reasō imaginethe, or good zeale wtoute knowlege deuisethdeviseth cōtrary to ye prescripte of Gods worde, as we haue sene here to fore …

    Thomas Becon · A Pleasant New Nosegay · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … man of any trade, but hee vvould faine haue all that he maketh and deuisethdeviseth to be used: but yet so as the use thereof must be conformable to …
    With rule
    … man of any trade, but hee vvould faine haue all that he maketh and deuisethdeviseth to be used: but yet so as the use thereof must be conformable to …

    William Perkins · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 65 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … for out of the aboundance of the heart the mouth speaketh, Matth. 12.34. the head deuisethdeviseth, the eye seeth, the eare heareth, the hand worketh, the foot walketh. If the …
    With rule
    … for out of the aboundance of the heart the mouth speaketh, Matth. 12.34. the head deuisethdeviseth, the eye seeth, the eare heareth, the hand worketh, the foot walketh. If the …

    Henry Smith · The Layers Question · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … perſon of Dauid, or of Chriſt ſhould be made any execration or curſing, he deuiſethdeviseth a wonderfull ſtrang ſenſe. For as (ſayth he) our eye can looke vpon the …
    With rule
    … perſon of Dauid, or of Chriſt ſhould be made any execration or curſing, he deuiſethdeviseth a wonderfull ſtrang ſenſe. For as (ſayth he) our eye can looke vpon the …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentary on Romans · p. 338 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … thinke rightly, iudge truely, and ſpeake well of God, that attributeth nothing to himſelfe, deuiſethdeviseth nothing of his owne braine, nor followeth y• toyes of other mens inuenting, but …
    With rule
    … thinke rightly, iudge truely, and ſpeake well of God, that attributeth nothing to himſelfe, deuiſethdeviseth nothing of his owne braine, nor followeth y• toyes of other mens inuenting, but …

    Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 604 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.