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Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11351 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

stedfastlysteadfastly

Everything else the mechanical classes do not explain: shew → show, then → than.

Puritas changed it
2,077 times in 1,029 works
Consistency
99.0% (2,077 of 2,096)
Reach if approved
~2,208 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: steadfastly
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
2,101 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
steadfastly y (1)
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,077 changes in 1,029 works, 99.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,077)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … with his heart to walke with God, Ruth. 1 18. When ſhe ſaw that ſhe was ſtedfaſtlysteadfastly minded to goe with her, ſhee left off ſpeaking to her; as who ſhould …
    With rule
    … with his heart to walke with God, Ruth. 1 18. When ſhe ſaw that ſhe was ſtedfaſtlysteadfastly minded to goe with her, ſhee left off ſpeaking to her; as who ſhould …

    Thomas Hooker · The Christians Two Chief Lessons · p. 13 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … from hys kyngdom / and depriued of all hys glorie / ſecluded not frome God / but ſtedfaſtlysteadfastly beleued reconſiliacion by the promyſe made / notwithſtandinge that all creators in earth had refuſed …
    With rule
    … from hys kyngdom / and depriued of all hys glorie / ſecluded not frome God / but ſtedfaſtlysteadfastly beleued reconſiliacion by the promyſe made / notwithſtandinge that all creators in earth had refuſed …

    John Knox · A Godly Letter to the Faithful in London · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … he carried a vaile ouer his fade, becauſe the Children of Iſrael could not ſtedfaſtlysteadfastly behold the ſame, for the glory of his countenance; but for hornes, not a …
    With rule
    … he carried a vaile ouer his fade, becauſe the Children of Iſrael could not ſtedfaſtlysteadfastly behold the ſame, for the glory of his countenance; but for hornes, not a …

    Thomas Beard · Antichrist the Pope of Rome · p. 356 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … and conferring the same vvith the propositions vvhich are layde to their charge, doe stedfastlysteadfastly and truely affirme they haue great iniurye to be so vvrongfully accused, and to …
    With rule
    … and conferring the same vvith the propositions vvhich are layde to their charge, doe stedfastlysteadfastly and truely affirme they haue great iniurye to be so vvrongfully accused, and to …

    John Field · A Caveat for Parsons Howlet · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … and therein inſtructed by the ſpyrit and word of God, which they muſt alſo ſtedfaſtlysteadfastly beleue. For theſe thinges are ſo neceſſarilye required, that vnleſſe God by grace, through …
    With rule
    … and therein inſtructed by the ſpyrit and word of God, which they muſt alſo ſtedfaſtlysteadfastly beleue. For theſe thinges are ſo neceſſarilye required, that vnleſſe God by grace, through …

    John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 308 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … offer great iniurie vnto his maieſty, and do highly diſpleaſe him: ſo the more ſtedfaſtlysteadfastly we giue credite to that which hee witneſſeth, the more wee honour him, and …
    With rule
    … offer great iniurie vnto his maieſty, and do highly diſpleaſe him: ſo the more ſtedfaſtlysteadfastly we giue credite to that which hee witneſſeth, the more wee honour him, and …

    George Gifford · Four Sermons · p. 40 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … bodie. Witneſſe alſo that diſtruſtfulneſſe for outward eſtate, which is in many Saints that ſtedfaſtlysteadfastly truſt in God for pardon of ſinne, and ſufficient grace to bring them to …
    With rule
    … bodie. Witneſſe alſo that diſtruſtfulneſſe for outward eſtate, which is in many Saints that ſtedfaſtlysteadfastly truſt in God for pardon of ſinne, and ſufficient grace to bring them to …

    William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 115 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … also my lawes and commaundements. It is thou that haue stande by my trueth stedfastlysteadfastly, and not denyed my name in the time of troublous persecution. Wherefore thou canst …
    With rule
    … also my lawes and commaundements. It is thou that haue stande by my trueth stedfastlysteadfastly, and not denyed my name in the time of troublous persecution. Wherefore thou canst …

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · p. 43 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (18)

11 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Sermons on Ephesians A17705

  • Printed
    … haue to remember vpon that saying of Saint Paule. And that wheras he sayth, StedfastlySteadfastly, and with holding out throughout too the ende: it is too expresse the better …
    With rule
    … haue to remember vpon that saying of Saint Paule. And that wheras he sayth, StedfastlySteadfastly, and with holding out throughout too the ende: it is too expresse the better …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Ephesians · Open in the reader

Temptations A17936

  • Printed
    2. The ſecond is by Reſiſting. Reſiſt ſaith Peter, how reſiſt? StedfaſtlySteadfastly, how ſtedfaſtlysteadfastly? In the faith, and what then? why then Satan will flye. The …
    With rule
    2. The ſecond is by Reſiſting. Reſiſt ſaith Peter, how reſiſt? StedfaſtlySteadfastly, how ſtedfaſtlysteadfastly? In the faith, and what then? why then Satan will flye. The …

    Richard Capel · Temptations · p. 109 · Open in the reader

The Practice of Christian Graces A23760

  • Printed
    … sins, without which they will never be forgiven us, though Christ have died. Secondly, StedfastlySteadfastly to believe, that if we do that, we shall have the benefits of that …
    With rule
    … sins, without which they will never be forgiven us, though Christ have died. Secondly, StedfastlySteadfastly to believe, that if we do that, we shall have the benefits of that …

    Richard Allestree · The Practice of Christian Graces · Open in the reader

The Present State of London A37482

  • Printed
    … to the Law of the City, &c.—wherefore (ſays the Charter) we Will and StedfaſtlySteadfastly Command, that the Citizens of London, and Middleſex, with all the ſaid Sheriffwich belonging …
    With rule
    … to the Law of the City, &c.—wherefore (ſays the Charter) we Will and StedfaſtlySteadfastly Command, that the Citizens of London, and Middleſex, with all the ſaid Sheriffwich belonging …

    Thomas De Laune · The Present State of London · p. 270 · Open in the reader

The Holy Arbor A42920

  • Printed
    1. StedfaſtlySteadfastly to believe the Scriptures in general.
    With rule
    1. StedfaſtlySteadfastly to believe the Scriptures in general.

    John Godolphin · The Holy Arbor · p. 186 · Open in the reader

Exposition Upon 1 Peter A57537

  • Printed
    2. They are willed perfectly to trust; namely, 1. Sincerely without faining. 2. StedfastlySteadfastly without wavering. 3. Constantly without breaking off. Sincerely, nor fainedly, but so believe as we …
    With rule
    2. They are willed perfectly to trust; namely, 1. Sincerely without faining. 2. StedfastlySteadfastly without wavering. 3. Constantly without breaking off. Sincerely, nor fainedly, but so believe as we …

    John Rogers · Exposition Upon 1 Peter · p. 76 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … and by the fruits of Sanctification, by thy love to the Word and Saints. StedfastlySteadfastly, without wavering, we must not be off and on, we hope well, but we …
    With rule
    … and by the fruits of Sanctification, by thy love to the Word and Saints. StedfastlySteadfastly, without wavering, we must not be off and on, we hope well, but we …

    John Rogers · Exposition Upon 1 Peter · p. 76 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

  • Printed
    … perceive, marke, study, expect, wait for. We must look Well, Prov. 27. 23. …, Isa. 14. 16. Earnestly, Act. 3. 12. StedfastlySteadfastly, Act. 7. 55. Diligently, Heb. 12. 15.
    With rule
    … perceive, marke, study, expect, wait for. We must look Well, Prov. 27. 23. …, Isa. 14. 16. Earnestly, Act. 3. 12. StedfastlySteadfastly, Act. 7. 55. Diligently, Heb. 12. 15.

    Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 387 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    StedfastlySteadfastly]
    With rule
    StedfastlySteadfastly]

    Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 618 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    StedfastlySteadfastly]
    With rule
    StedfastlySteadfastly]

    Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 618 · Open in the reader

The Churchs Thank-Offering to God Her King A96886

  • Printed
    … manner too, for His vvrath is quickly appeaſed, when He ſees Men but look STEDFASTLYSTEADFASTLY to Him and His Houſe) that their own houſe ſhould not fare the vvorſe …
    With rule
    … manner too, for His vvrath is quickly appeaſed, when He ſees Men but look STEDFASTLYSTEADFASTLY to Him and His Houſe) that their own houſe ſhould not fare the vvorſe …

    Hezekiah Woodward · The Churchs Thank-Offering to God Her King · p. 85 · Open in the reader