Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11850 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

encreasingincreasing

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

Puritas changed it: 1,108 times in 661 works
Consistency: 98.0% (1,108 of 1,130)
Reach if approved: ~1,218 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: increasing
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,159 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,108 changes in 661 works, 98.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,108)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… vnprofitable Faith, a Faith which is of no vſe, vnleſſe it bee to the encreaſingincreasing of his damnation that profeſſeth it. This is alſo eaſily prooued by the Scripture …
With rule
… vnprofitable Faith, a Faith which is of no vſe, vnleſſe it bee to the encreaſingincreasing of his damnation that profeſſeth it. This is alſo eaſily prooued by the Scripture …
Samuel Hieron · The Baptizing of the Eunuch · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
… plenteous redemption. The word in the originall is, there is multiplying redemption, or redemption encreaſingincreasing: if miſery, ſorrow, and anguiſh be multiplyed, there is multiplyed redemption alſo. Then know …
With rule
… plenteous redemption. The word in the originall is, there is multiplying redemption, or redemption encreaſingincreasing: if miſery, ſorrow, and anguiſh be multiplyed, there is multiplyed redemption alſo. Then know …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Vocation · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Indeede, we doe glorifie God by our good workes, but that is not by encreaſingincreasing, but by publiſhing and proclaiming of his glory: but the Romaniſts ſay, that the …
With rule
… Indeede, we doe glorifie God by our good workes, but that is not by encreaſingincreasing, but by publiſhing and proclaiming of his glory: but the Romaniſts ſay, that the …
Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 113 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as idle lookers vpō the ſubuerſiō of their neighbors, & other with their owne weapons encreaſingincreasing the power of the Romaynes, thinges grew in ſhort ſpace to that extremitie that …
With rule
… as idle lookers vpō the ſubuerſiō of their neighbors, & other with their owne weapons encreaſingincreasing the power of the Romaynes, thinges grew in ſhort ſpace to that extremitie that …
Phillips Marnix · An Exhortation Concerning the Estate of Christendom · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of God may, through the Lords grace and helpe, be gotten, Firſt, by daily encreaſingincreasing our knowledge in euery particular duty diſtinctly: Secondly, by continually remembring what wee are …
With rule
… of God may, through the Lords grace and helpe, be gotten, Firſt, by daily encreaſingincreasing our knowledge in euery particular duty diſtinctly: Secondly, by continually remembring what wee are …
Richard Bernard · Christian See to Thy Conscience · p. 293 · Open in the reader
Printed
R Of the meanes of encreasingincreasing faith and all other graces.
With rule
R Of the meanes of encreasingincreasing faith and all other graces.
John Phillips · The Christians Alphabet · p. 121 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in smal issues from out that holy roote, and so by litle and litle, encreasingincreasing in strength, and obteining a proportionable stature… doeth at the length through the plentifull …
With rule
… in smal issues from out that holy roote, and so by litle and litle, encreasingincreasing in strength, and obteining a proportionable stature… doeth at the length through the plentifull …
John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader
Printed
… his wiſdome is manifeſted to be manifold, in that he can ſometimes by degrees encreaſingincreasing his judgements, and ſometimes by powring them out at once bring greateſt glory to …
With rule
… his wiſdome is manifeſted to be manifold, in that he can ſometimes by degrees encreaſingincreasing his judgements, and ſometimes by powring them out at once bring greateſt glory to …
William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · p. 89 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (22)

13 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 9 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture A00415

Printed
EncreaſingIncreasing repentance is, groweth in the former, when liuing out of groſſe ſinnes, and being …
With rule
EncreaſingIncreasing repentance is, groweth in the former, when liuing out of groſſe ſinnes, and being …
George Estey · Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture · p. 69 · Open in the reader

Saints by Calling A15527

Printed
… Fourthly, to this must be ioyned an ability, to encrease in this knowledge: Colos. 1. 10. EncreasingIncreasing in the knowledge of God. Which … by the right vse of our former knowledge …
With rule
… Fourthly, to this must be ioyned an ability, to encrease in this knowledge: Colos. 1. 10. EncreasingIncreasing in the knowledge of God. Which … by the right vse of our former knowledge …
Thomas Wilson · Saints by Calling · p. 57 · Open in the reader

The Autumn Part from the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity A16554

Printed
2. EncreasingIncreasing our sinne▪ Rom. 7. 8.
With rule
2. EncreasingIncreasing our sinne▪ Rom. 7. 8.
John Boys · The Autumn Part from the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity · p. 9 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Colossians A17648

Printed
… of God alone, Frō hence enſue good works: which fruits God requireth of vs EncreaſingIncreasing in the knowledge of God:) He doth again repeat, that they are not ſo …
With rule
… of God alone, Frō hence enſue good works: which fruits God requireth of vs EncreaſingIncreasing in the knowledge of God:) He doth again repeat, that they are not ſo …
John Calvin · Commentary on Colossians · p. 7 · Open in the reader

Two Treatises A21041

Printed
EncreaſingIncreasing graces renewed.
With rule
EncreaſingIncreasing graces renewed.
Daniel Dyke · Two Treatises · Open in the reader

An Exposition of Hosea 11-13 A30575

Printed
But then there's a Third thing here; That is, EncreaſingIncreasing lyes in regard of Practice, ſtill following after new vanities, if they find not …
With rule
But then there's a Third thing here; That is, EncreaſingIncreasing lyes in regard of Practice, ſtill following after new vanities, if they find not …
Jeremiah Burroughs · An Exposition of Hosea 11-13 · p. 210 · Open in the reader

The History of the Worthies of England A40672

Printed
EncreasingIncreasing invirtues rose to hyghestate In the fourth Edwards chappel by his yong life
With rule
EncreasingIncreasing invirtues rose to hyghestate In the fourth Edwards chappel by his yong life
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 205 · Open in the reader

Concerning the Holy Spirit A53720

Printed
(1) By EncreasingIncreasing and Strengthning those Graces of Holiness which we have received and been engaged in …
With rule
(1) By EncreasingIncreasing and Strengthning those Graces of Holiness which we have received and been engaged in …
John Owen · Concerning the Holy Spirit · p. 340 · Open in the reader

Saul and David Compared A61680

Printed
… in all Ages) readily ſubſcribe unto, Iſa. 44. 5, and to the utmoſt height of God's EncreaſingIncreasing Due, and of his Peoples Duty, Pſa. 96. 8. 10.
With rule
… in all Ages) readily ſubſcribe unto, Iſa. 44. 5, and to the utmoſt height of God's EncreaſingIncreasing Due, and of his Peoples Duty, Pſa. 96. 8. 10.
Benjamin Stonham · Saul and David Compared · p. 193 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ecclesiastes A62085

Printed
… Strengthen and Build him up, into a Fruitful Flourish in that Life, to the EncreasingIncreasing with the Encreases of Man; not of God; in the Wisdom aud Glory of …
With rule
… Strengthen and Build him up, into a Fruitful Flourish in that Life, to the EncreasingIncreasing with the Encreases of Man; not of God; in the Wisdom aud Glory of …
George Sikes · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 68 · Open in the reader
Printed
… up a Tumult of those in him, that rise up against God and himself, EncreasingIncreasing, and Ascending continually, to provoke, and cry for Vengeance, upon him) must be run …
With rule
… up a Tumult of those in him, that rise up against God and himself, EncreasingIncreasing, and Ascending continually, to provoke, and cry for Vengeance, upon him) must be run …
George Sikes · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 110 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

Printed
EncreasingIncreasing, or nourishing. A City of Pamphylia, Act. 14. 25. It may seem to be thus named …
With rule
EncreasingIncreasing, or nourishing. A City of Pamphylia, Act. 14. 25. It may seem to be thus named …
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
EncreasingIncreasing liberty, or spreading out …. The Son of Malchijah, 1 Chr. 9. 12. See Ezr. 2. 38. & 10. 22. Neh. 7. 42. & 10. 3. The Son …
With rule
EncreasingIncreasing liberty, or spreading out …. The Son of Malchijah, 1 Chr. 9. 12. See Ezr. 2. 38. & 10. 22. Neh. 7. 42. & 10. 3. The Son …
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 468 · Open in the reader