Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9845 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

reserv'dreserved

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

Puritas changed it: 369 times in 218 works
Consistency: 88.7% (369 of 416)
Reach if approved: ~437 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: reserved
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 416 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (369 changes in 218 works, 88.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 369)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… in thee the third day, that is, a Church where all the knowledg is reſerv'dreserved and preſented to thee; or as thou haſt a ſun and moon in the …
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… in thee the third day, that is, a Church where all the knowledg is reſerv'dreserved and preſented to thee; or as thou haſt a ſun and moon in the …
John Donne · Twenty-Six Sermons · p. 276 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the building of Babel; it must needs seem infinitely strange, that it should be reserv'dreserved onely amongst the Canaanites, accursed in the person of Canaan (their common Parent) by …
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… the building of Babel; it must needs seem infinitely strange, that it should be reserv'dreserved onely amongst the Canaanites, accursed in the person of Canaan (their common Parent) by …
Thomas Fuller · The Appeal of Injured Innocence · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to thoſe vvoes we have d…ſerved in hell, or thoſe joyes vvee are reſerv'dreserved to in heaven. Looke thorovv the preſent cloud then, whatever it be, and ſee …
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… to thoſe vvoes we have d…ſerved in hell, or thoſe joyes vvee are reſerv'dreserved to in heaven. Looke thorovv the preſent cloud then, whatever it be, and ſee …
John Trapp · Gods Love · p. 90 · Open in the reader
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… thy Father gives thee to chear thy Spirits, compar'd with the varieties he hath reſerv'dreserved for thee in Heaven: Or as the ſhort allowance of ſome Rich Heir whiles …
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… thy Father gives thee to chear thy Spirits, compar'd with the varieties he hath reſerv'dreserved for thee in Heaven: Or as the ſhort allowance of ſome Rich Heir whiles …
Bartholomew Ashwood · The Best Treasure · p. 303 · Open in the reader
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… to one: the Throne is incommunicable. When Pharaoh made Joseph Viceroy of Egypt, he reserv'dreserved the Throne to himself: In the throne I will be greater than thou. But …
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… to one: the Throne is incommunicable. When Pharaoh made Joseph Viceroy of Egypt, he reserv'dreserved the Throne to himself: In the throne I will be greater than thou. But …
William Bates · Spiritual Perfection Unfolded and Enforced from 2 Corinthians 7:1 · p. 291 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Soles of the Feet. After this warning is the perdition of ungodly Men reſerv'dreserved for puniſhment.
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… the Soles of the Feet. After this warning is the perdition of ungodly Men reſerv'dreserved for puniſhment.
Thomas Beverley · The Parable of the Ten Virgins · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
Which is reſerv'dreserved untill another time.
With rule
Which is reſerv'dreserved untill another time.
Edward Calver · Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed · p. 90 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Cook to provide one ſpecial extraordinary Meſs that ſhould be ſet by, and reſerv'dreserved as for ſome extraordinary gueſt, and not ſent up till he ſent for it …
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… the Cook to provide one ſpecial extraordinary Meſs that ſhould be ſet by, and reſerv'dreserved as for ſome extraordinary gueſt, and not ſent up till he ſent for it …
Samuel Cradock · The History of the Old Testament Methodized · p. 353 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (47)

26 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 22 are listed here. 21 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Saints Sacrifice A01981

Printed
Reſerv'dReserved for ſuch a uſe, this kiſſe from thee
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Reſerv'dReserved for ſuch a uſe, this kiſſe from thee
William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · Open in the reader
Printed
Reſerv'dReserved for ſacrifices) you ſhall know
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Reſerv'dReserved for ſacrifices) you ſhall know
William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · Open in the reader

An Apology for the Hope of the Kingdom of Christ Within 1697 A27580

Printed
… heretofore given an Account publickly; The very meaning is, It is not of a Reſerv'dReserved, or Apart-Interpretation; As it is ſaid, Chriſt privately, or apart Interpreted his Parables …
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… heretofore given an Account publickly; The very meaning is, It is not of a Reſerv'dReserved, or Apart-Interpretation; As it is ſaid, Chriſt privately, or apart Interpreted his Parables …
Thomas Beverley · An Apology for the Hope of the Kingdom of Christ Within 1697 · p. 8 · Open in the reader

The Parable of the Ten Virgins A27619

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… overflown by it: And that the Heavens and Earth that now are, are ſo Reſerv'dReserved, are Treaſured up for Fire at the Time Appointed by God, for Perdition of …
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… overflown by it: And that the Heavens and Earth that now are, are ſo Reſerv'dReserved, are Treaſured up for Fire at the Time Appointed by God, for Perdition of …
Thomas Beverley · The Parable of the Ten Virgins · p. 86 · Open in the reader
Printed
… heretofore given an Account publickly; The very meaning is, It is not of a Reſerv'dReserved, or Apart-Interpretation; As it is ſaid, Chriſt privately, or apart Interpreted his Parables …
With rule
… heretofore given an Account publickly; The very meaning is, It is not of a Reſerv'dReserved, or Apart-Interpretation; As it is ſaid, Chriſt privately, or apart Interpreted his Parables …
Thomas Beverley · The Parable of the Ten Virgins · p. 8 · Open in the reader

A Practical Discourse of Gods Sovereignty A33748

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… general Defection of the Iewiſh Nation, there ſtill was a Remnant whom God had Reſerv'dReserved: Theſe he terms, The Foreknown, ver 2. and in the 7. ver. he calls them plainly …
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… general Defection of the Iewiſh Nation, there ſtill was a Remnant whom God had Reſerv'dReserved: Theſe he terms, The Foreknown, ver 2. and in the 7. ver. he calls them plainly …
Elisha Coles · A Practical Discourse of Gods Sovereignty · p. 69 · Open in the reader

Practical Commentary of 1 Peter Volume 1 A47642

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Reserv'dReserved in Heaven for you. But that is connected with the following verse, and so …
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Reserv'dReserved in Heaven for you. But that is connected with the following verse, and so …
Robert Leighton · Practical Commentary of 1 Peter Volume 1 · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
… laid up there where it i… out of the reach of all adverse Powers. Reserv'dReserved in Heaven for you. Besides that this is a further evidence of the worth …
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… laid up there where it i… out of the reach of all adverse Powers. Reserv'dReserved in Heaven for you. Besides that this is a further evidence of the worth …
Robert Leighton · Practical Commentary of 1 Peter Volume 1 · p. 59 · Open in the reader

A Complete and Compendious Church History A52804

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… Zech. 2. 6. Revel, 18. 4. For it was Devoted to Deſtruction by Darius the Perſian; God had Reſerv'dReserved an Holy Remnant for Royal Uſe even in Perſia, for not half of the …
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… Zech. 2. 6. Revel, 18. 4. For it was Devoted to Deſtruction by Darius the Perſian; God had Reſerv'dReserved an Holy Remnant for Royal Uſe even in Perſia, for not half of the …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 262 · Open in the reader
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… wherein the Word was Preached, and Sacraments were Adminiſtred; and God had his Remnant Reſerv'dReserved (in Forraign Lands) for Royal Ʋſe to return under Q. Elixabeth, yea, and in …
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… wherein the Word was Preached, and Sacraments were Adminiſtred; and God had his Remnant Reſerv'dReserved (in Forraign Lands) for Royal Ʋſe to return under Q. Elixabeth, yea, and in …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 466 · Open in the reader

Commentary on the Minor Prophets A63068

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… both good and evill Such were theſe good ſoules, the ſubject of our text. Reſerv'dReserved they were to thoſe laſt and loſeſt times of the Jewiſh Church after the …
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… both good and evill Such were theſe good ſoules, the ſubject of our text. Reſerv'dReserved they were to thoſe laſt and loſeſt times of the Jewiſh Church after the …
John Trapp · Commentary on the Minor Prophets · p. 693 · Open in the reader

A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come A76490

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The Arguments Proving Interpretation of Prophecy is of Free, and Open, and not of Reſerv'dReserved Acceſs, from p. 15. to p. 23.
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The Arguments Proving Interpretation of Prophecy is of Free, and Open, and not of Reſerv'dReserved Acceſs, from p. 15. to p. 23.
Thomas Beverley · A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come · Open in the reader
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… So that the Glory of their State was indeed ſecur'd, but Conceal'd alſo, and Reſerv'dReserved. Upon which the Kingdom of Chriſt could not be Reveal'd, during that ſealing alſo …
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… So that the Glory of their State was indeed ſecur'd, but Conceal'd alſo, and Reſerv'dReserved. Upon which the Kingdom of Chriſt could not be Reveal'd, during that ſealing alſo …
Thomas Beverley · A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Propoſition, viz. That All, and every Prophecy of Scripture is not of Private, or Reſerv'dReserved, but Publick, Free and open Interpretation.
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… Propoſition, viz. That All, and every Prophecy of Scripture is not of Private, or Reſerv'dReserved, but Publick, Free and open Interpretation.
Thomas Beverley · A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come · p. 23 · Open in the reader
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… Prophecy▪ and Prepoſſeſſions againſt the Interpretation of it, as if it were private, and Reſerv'dReserved; and thus that his Wiſe, and Juſt purpoſe purpoſe ſhould be fulfilled; that the …
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… Prophecy▪ and Prepoſſeſſions againſt the Interpretation of it, as if it were private, and Reſerv'dReserved; and thus that his Wiſe, and Juſt purpoſe purpoſe ſhould be fulfilled; that the …
Thomas Beverley · A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come · p. 24 · Open in the reader
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… and the very, ſo much, as Apprehenſions of the Kingdom of Chriſt are ſo Reſerv'dReserved, and make ſo ſmall Offertures to the World, or ſo much as to theſe …
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… and the very, ſo much, as Apprehenſions of the Kingdom of Chriſt are ſo Reſerv'dReserved, and make ſo ſmall Offertures to the World, or ſo much as to theſe …
Thomas Beverley · A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come · p. 48 · Open in the reader

The Great Charter for the Interpretation of All Prophecy A76491

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… Whether it is a Publick, Free, Open, Acceſſible, Self-communicative Thing; or whether Private, Reſerv'dReserved, Uncommunicated, or under Any ones Propriety and Encloſure, ſo that no other may Preſume …
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… Whether it is a Publick, Free, Open, Acceſſible, Self-communicative Thing; or whether Private, Reſerv'dReserved, Uncommunicated, or under Any ones Propriety and Encloſure, ſo that no other may Preſume …
Thomas Beverley · The Great Charter for the Interpretation of All Prophecy · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Propoſition, viz. That All, and every Prophecy of Scripture is not of Private, or Reſerv'dReserved, but Publick, Free and open Interpretation.
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… Propoſition, viz. That All, and every Prophecy of Scripture is not of Private, or Reſerv'dReserved, but Publick, Free and open Interpretation.
Thomas Beverley · The Great Charter for the Interpretation of All Prophecy · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Prophecy and Prepoſſeſſions againſt the Interpretation of it, as if it were private, and Reſerv'dReserved; and thus that his Wiſe, and Juſt purpoſe purpoſe ſhould be fulfilled; that the …
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… Prophecy and Prepoſſeſſions againſt the Interpretation of it, as if it were private, and Reſerv'dReserved; and thus that his Wiſe, and Juſt purpoſe purpoſe ſhould be fulfilled; that the …
Thomas Beverley · The Great Charter for the Interpretation of All Prophecy · p. 24 · Open in the reader
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… therefore Miſtakes on ſome ſide: Should we therefore Reaſon, Theſe are ſo Dark and Reſerv'dReserved as not to be medled with? This would be an high Diſhonour to our …
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… therefore Miſtakes on ſome ſide: Should we therefore Reaſon, Theſe are ſo Dark and Reſerv'dReserved as not to be medled with? This would be an high Diſhonour to our …
Thomas Beverley · The Great Charter for the Interpretation of All Prophecy · p. 26 · Open in the reader
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… and the very, ſo much, as Apprehenſions of the Kingdom of Chriſt are ſo Reſerv'dReserved, and make ſo ſmall Offertures to the World, or ſo much as to theſe …
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… and the very, ſo much, as Apprehenſions of the Kingdom of Chriſt are ſo Reſerv'dReserved, and make ſo ſmall Offertures to the World, or ſo much as to theſe …
Thomas Beverley · The Great Charter for the Interpretation of All Prophecy · p. 48 · Open in the reader

Positions A76493

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… the Revelation God gave to Jeſus Chriſt, ſo that it is a Time hitherto Reſerv'dReserved in the Fathers Power.
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… the Revelation God gave to Jeſus Chriſt, ſo that it is a Time hitherto Reſerv'dReserved in the Fathers Power.
Thomas Beverley · Positions · p. 9 · Open in the reader