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deuotiondevotion

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

Puritas changed it
3,303 times in 547 works
Consistency
99.9% (3,303 of 3,304)
Reach if approved
~3,472 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: devotion
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
3,304 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (3,303 changes in 547 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 3,303)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … common kennell; the baſeſt of the people were good enough for ſuch a baſtard deuotiondevotion: woodden prieſts were fit enough to wayt vpon golden Deities. So when Micah had …
    With rule
    … common kennell; the baſeſt of the people were good enough for ſuch a baſtard deuotiondevotion: woodden prieſts were fit enough to wayt vpon golden Deities. So when Micah had …

    Thomas Adams · The Temple · p. 25 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … dumb dogs; thundring out, Let him that labors not, not eat: forbidding promotion without deuotiondevotion. On a suddaine, these sons of thunder are as mute as fishes. What's the …
    With rule
    … dumb dogs; thundring out, Let him that labors not, not eat: forbidding promotion without deuotiondevotion. On a suddaine, these sons of thunder are as mute as fishes. What's the …

    Thomas Adams · The Black Devil · p. 9 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … Sermon concerning our Lords Aduent. Tis fit my brethren (saith he) that with all deuotiondevotion, we celebrate the Lords Aduent and Comming, being delighted with so great consolation, being …
    With rule
    … Sermon concerning our Lords Aduent. Tis fit my brethren (saith he) that with all deuotiondevotion, we celebrate the Lords Aduent and Comming, being delighted with so great consolation, being …

    James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · p. 2 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … God, there Soueraigne Prince. Thus Antichrist by meanes of ignoraunce the mother of deuilishe deuotiondevotion, seducinge the people into sundrye errours dothe mayntaine his bloudye kingedome. For if his …
    With rule
    … God, there Soueraigne Prince. Thus Antichrist by meanes of ignoraunce the mother of deuilishe deuotiondevotion, seducinge the people into sundrye errours dothe mayntaine his bloudye kingedome. For if his …

    William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Heauenly mindednesse, boldnesse in the waies, and cheerefulnesse in the exercises of Religion and DeuotionDevotion.
    With rule
    … Heauenly mindednesse, boldnesse in the waies, and cheerefulnesse in the exercises of Religion and DeuotionDevotion.

    Hannibal Gamon · The Praise of a Godly Woman · p. 28 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … charged to ioine vnto our vertue knowledge: it is true if they mean Popiſhe deuotiondevotion, for they coulde neuer haue kept men in awe, to be zealous of their …
    With rule
    … charged to ioine vnto our vertue knowledge: it is true if they mean Popiſhe deuotiondevotion, for they coulde neuer haue kept men in awe, to be zealous of their …

    George Gifford · Four Sermons Upon the Seven Chief Virtues · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … foundation. And all other things, what ſhew ſoeuer they haue of wiſedome, godlineſſe, zeale, deuotiondevotion, yet are they but ſinne, becauſe they ariſe not from the true foundation, which …
    With rule
    … foundation. And all other things, what ſhew ſoeuer they haue of wiſedome, godlineſſe, zeale, deuotiondevotion, yet are they but ſinne, becauſe they ariſe not from the true foundation, which …

    Thomas Granger · The Bread of Life · p. 24 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … it for the damme to produce, and nurse with her cherishing milke to batten deuotiondevotion; when it is indeede an originall cause of madnesse, the mother of errour and …
    With rule
    … it for the damme to produce, and nurse with her cherishing milke to batten deuotiondevotion; when it is indeede an originall cause of madnesse, the mother of errour and …

    Thomas Adams · Mystical Bedlam · p. 39 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 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.

Christian Observations and Resolutions A13075

  • Printed
    DEuotionDevotion and Obedience are pleasant twinnes: DeuotionDevotion begetteth Obedience, and is increased by it; when …
    With rule
    DEuotionDevotion and Obedience are pleasant twinnes: DeuotionDevotion begetteth Obedience, and is increased by it; when …

    William Struther · Christian Observations and Resolutions · p. 35 · Open in the reader