Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #1162 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

whithersoeuerwhithersoever

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

Puritas changed it: 94 times in 64 works
Consistency: 96.9% (94 of 97)
Reach if approved: ~103 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: whithersoever
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 98 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (94 changes in 64 works, 96.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 94)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… should be Blessed; And lastly, that he would be with him, and keepe him whithersoeuerwhithersoever hee went, and bring him againe vnto that land, and not to forsake him …
With rule
… should be Blessed; And lastly, that he would be with him, and keepe him whithersoeuerwhithersoever hee went, and bring him againe vnto that land, and not to forsake him …
Thomas Fuller · Jacobs Vow · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… him. And Cap. 22. God worketh in the hearts of men to incline their wils whitherſoeuerwhithersoever he will, either to good things of his own mercy, or to euill things …
With rule
… him. And Cap. 22. God worketh in the hearts of men to incline their wils whitherſoeuerwhithersoever he will, either to good things of his own mercy, or to euill things …
Peter du Moulin Jr · The Anatomy of Arminianism · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… truth. And thus by faith the ſoule is kindly diſpoſed to follow the Lord, whitherſoeuerwhithersoever hee goeth before vs. If the heart bee dull and vntoward, the beſt courſe …
With rule
… truth. And thus by faith the ſoule is kindly diſpoſed to follow the Lord, whitherſoeuerwhithersoever hee goeth before vs. If the heart bee dull and vntoward, the beſt courſe …
John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 390 · Open in the reader
Printed
Touching their following of Chriſt whitherſoeuerwhithersoever he goeth, it is well expreſſed further by ſome, that if hee will haue …
With rule
Touching their following of Chriſt whitherſoeuerwhithersoever he goeth, it is well expreſſed further by ſome, that if hee will haue …
John Mayer · Exposition on the Catholic Epistles · p. 441 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that of Salomon, The hearts of all men are in Gods hand, to turne whitherſoeuerwhithersoever he will? Where is the Promiſe, of cauſing vs to walke in his Statutes …
With rule
… that of Salomon, The hearts of all men are in Gods hand, to turne whitherſoeuerwhithersoever he will? Where is the Promiſe, of cauſing vs to walke in his Statutes …
William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · p. 443 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in number, and had Cities fenced and walled vp to heauen, yet they proſpered whitherſoeuerwhithersoever they went, and none was able to ſtand againſt them. This was a figure …
With rule
… in number, and had Cities fenced and walled vp to heauen, yet they proſpered whitherſoeuerwhithersoever they went, and none was able to ſtand againſt them. This was a figure …
William Whately · A Care Cloth · p. 127 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to flie from Gods hand, but all in vaine; for it ſhall purſue them whitherſoeuerwhithersoever they ſhall turne them, bee it forwards or backward. Touching theſe words of the …
With rule
… to flie from Gods hand, but all in vaine; for it ſhall purſue them whitherſoeuerwhithersoever they ſhall turne them, bee it forwards or backward. Touching theſe words of the …
John Calvin · Commentary on Isaiah · p. 312 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in the hand of the Lord: as the riuers of water, he turneth it whitherſoeuerwhithersoever he will.
With rule
… in the hand of the Lord: as the riuers of water, he turneth it whitherſoeuerwhithersoever he will.
Robert Cleaver · A Brief Explanation of the Whole Book of Proverbs · p. 319 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

3 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.

Commentary on Judges A10933

Printed
WhitherſoeuerWhithersoever they went out, the hand of the Lord was ſore againſt them, as the …
With rule
WhitherſoeuerWhithersoever they went out, the hand of the Lord was ſore againſt them, as the …
Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 123 · Open in the reader
Printed
VERS. 15. WhitherſoeuerWhithersoever they went out, &c.
With rule
VERS. 15. WhitherſoeuerWhithersoever they went out, &c.
Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 125 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Acts A17642

Printed
… ſo manifeſt and euident a manifeſtation, are touched with no feeling of Gods preſence. WhitherſoeuerWhithersoever they caſt their eies vpward or downward, they muſt needs light vppon liuely and …
With rule
… ſo manifeſt and euident a manifeſtation, are touched with no feeling of Gods preſence. WhitherſoeuerWhithersoever they caſt their eies vpward or downward, they muſt needs light vppon liuely and …
John Calvin · Commentary on Acts · p. 430 · Open in the reader