Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11556 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

firmelyfirmly

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

Puritas changed it: 1,315 times in 635 works
Consistency: 99.4% (1,315 of 1,322)
Reach if approved: ~1,389 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: firmly
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,322 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,315 changes in 635 works, 99.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,315)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Catalogue, inferre any doubt of the conclusion. Though a plaine vnlearned Christian beleeue most firmelyfirmly, that Christ was borne of the seed of Abraham and Dauid, yet may he …
With rule
… Catalogue, inferre any doubt of the conclusion. Though a plaine vnlearned Christian beleeue most firmelyfirmly, that Christ was borne of the seed of Abraham and Dauid, yet may he …
Daniel Featley · The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net · p. 135 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it is the ſincere trueth of God, and the perfect path way vnto ſaluation, firmelyfirmly grounded vppon the rocke Chriſt, and ſufficiently warranted, according to the writinges of the …
With rule
… it is the ſincere trueth of God, and the perfect path way vnto ſaluation, firmelyfirmly grounded vppon the rocke Chriſt, and ſufficiently warranted, according to the writinges of the …
John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · Open in the reader
Printed
… vile creature of al foloyng the Idole of his owne herte, thā to cleaue firmelyfirmly to my worde. Thys newfound God therfore, doeth vnto thys daye dwell vnder my …
With rule
… vile creature of al foloyng the Idole of his owne herte, thā to cleaue firmelyfirmly to my worde. Thys newfound God therfore, doeth vnto thys daye dwell vnder my …
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. cxlvii · Open in the reader
Printed
… till they had come to the land of promise. And againe, if we could firmelyfirmly beleeue that God the Father for Christs sake doth not only not impute our …
With rule
… till they had come to the land of promise. And againe, if we could firmelyfirmly beleeue that God the Father for Christs sake doth not only not impute our …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 252 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the condition of the couenant owe vnto God, namely Faith, Loue, Obedience: wee may firmelyfirmly beléeue, that all thoſe things are fully by Chriſt the firſt begotten effected for …
With rule
… the condition of the couenant owe vnto God, namely Faith, Loue, Obedience: wee may firmelyfirmly beléeue, that all thoſe things are fully by Chriſt the firſt begotten effected for …
Robert Hill · The Pathway to Prayer and Piety · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as they ſaye) manye miles to forerunne the reſt. Muche muſt he paynefully learne, firmelyfirmly remember ſtoutely practyſe, and wiſely ſpeake. Which all ought in him excell, where in …
With rule
… as they ſaye) manye miles to forerunne the reſt. Muche muſt he paynefully learne, firmelyfirmly remember ſtoutely practyſe, and wiſely ſpeake. Which all ought in him excell, where in …
Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader
Printed
… it, [Curſed be he that keepeth backe his ſword from bloud]: and backed ſo firmelyfirmly by teſtimony, by example, and by the contrary, that none but the incredulous can …
With rule
… it, [Curſed be he that keepeth backe his ſword from bloud]: and backed ſo firmelyfirmly by teſtimony, by example, and by the contrary, that none but the incredulous can …
Thomas Barnes · An Alarm to War · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
… may be made good to vs, and by a greater meaſure of faith more firmelyfirmly apprehended and confirmed to our ſoules. Laſtly, they obiect; Faith is the cauſe of …
With rule
… may be made good to vs, and by a greater meaſure of faith more firmelyfirmly apprehended and confirmed to our ſoules. Laſtly, they obiect; Faith is the cauſe of …
Paul Baynes · The Mirror or Miracle of Gods Love Unto the World of His Elect · p. 45 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Pathway to Prayer and Piety A03356

Printed
… this wee ſhall more fully perceiue, by how much wee doe more Faithfully, beléeue, FirmelyFirmly expect, and Ardently deſire.
With rule
… this wee ſhall more fully perceiue, by how much wee doe more Faithfully, beléeue, FirmelyFirmly expect, and Ardently deſire.
Robert Hill · The Pathway to Prayer and Piety · p. 216 · Open in the reader

Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649

Printed
… digged a pit before me; they are fallen into the midst of it Selah. FirmelyFirmly prepared is my heart, O God, firmelyfirmly prepared is my heart; I will sing …
With rule
… digged a pit before me; they are fallen into the midst of it Selah. FirmelyFirmly prepared is my heart, O God, firmelyfirmly prepared is my heart; I will sing …
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 86 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be gracious to me, according to the judgement towards those that love thy name. 133. FirmelyFirmly direct my steps in thy saying, and let not any iniquitie have dominion over …
With rule
… be gracious to me, according to the judgement towards those that love thy name. 133. FirmelyFirmly direct my steps in thy saying, and let not any iniquitie have dominion over …
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 167 · Open in the reader

The Dead Yet Speaking A40646

Printed
FirmelyFirmly obedient unto what was good.
With rule
FirmelyFirmly obedient unto what was good.
Thomas Fuller · The Dead Yet Speaking · p. 265 · Open in the reader
Printed
FirmelyFirmly obedient to our Gods command:
With rule
FirmelyFirmly obedient to our Gods command:
Thomas Fuller · The Dead Yet Speaking · p. 397 · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms A56211

Printed
… Statutes, which he willed and granted FOR HIM & HIS HEIRES that they should be FIRMELYFIRMLY KEPT & HOLDEN FOR EVER, for the ratification of Magna Charta, and better observing other …
With rule
… Statutes, which he willed and granted FOR HIM & HIS HEIRES that they should be FIRMELYFIRMLY KEPT & HOLDEN FOR EVER, for the ratification of Magna Charta, and better observing other …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 35 · Open in the reader