Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11960 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sweetnedsweetened

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

Puritas changed it: 753 times in 489 works
Consistency: 99.0% (753 of 760)
Reach if approved: ~799 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: sweetened
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 760 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (753 changes in 489 works, 99.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 753)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… spirites, whiles it was empty? Behold then, when it is emptied, and washed, and sweetnedsweetened, it must bee filled againe: a vacuity is not allowable. It must bee replenished …
With rule
… spirites, whiles it was empty? Behold then, when it is emptied, and washed, and sweetnedsweetened, it must bee filled againe: a vacuity is not allowable. It must bee replenished …
Thomas Adams · Mystical Bedlam · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
… him, that ſhe ſhould come forth as gold. This ſugared his bitter potion, and ſweetnedsweetened every bitter drugge he took. The like may be ſaid of David; his conſcience …
With rule
… him, that ſhe ſhould come forth as gold. This ſugared his bitter potion, and ſweetnedsweetened every bitter drugge he took. The like may be ſaid of David; his conſcience …
Nicholas Lockyer · A Divine Discovery of Sincerity · p. 114 · Open in the reader
Printed
… The waters of the Sanctuarie haue long flowed vnto vs: but they haue not sweetnedsweetened vs, and made vs sauerie: therefore it is to be feared least our habitations …
With rule
… The waters of the Sanctuarie haue long flowed vnto vs: but they haue not sweetnedsweetened vs, and made vs sauerie: therefore it is to be feared least our habitations …
William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 152 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that worke to thy selfe & others. For that which is read by an vnderstanding sweetnedsweetened and seasoned with humility and charitie, discouers to such a reader the whole beautie …
With rule
… that worke to thy selfe & others. For that which is read by an vnderstanding sweetnedsweetened and seasoned with humility and charitie, discouers to such a reader the whole beautie …
Francis Rous · Meditations · p. 330 · Open in the reader
Printed
… there is difference in the measure, we take but a taste of the cup sweetnedsweetened with some fort, and moderated; but Christ dranke deepe of the same.
With rule
… there is difference in the measure, we take but a taste of the cup sweetnedsweetened with some fort, and moderated; but Christ dranke deepe of the same.
Richard Sibbes · The Saints Safety in Evil Times · p. 282 · Open in the reader
Printed
… on themselves; being like to stone vessels, which hold sweet waters, but are not sweetnedsweetened by it: but it is a knowledge changing the minde and man into it …
With rule
… on themselves; being like to stone vessels, which hold sweet waters, but are not sweetnedsweetened by it: but it is a knowledge changing the minde and man into it …
Thomas Taylor · A Man in Christ · p. 115 · Open in the reader
Printed
Her Discourses sweetnedsweetened are,
With rule
Her Discourses sweetnedsweetened are,
George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader
Printed
… therefore is baſe in compariſon of that love of excellent things, w^ch is exceedingly ſweetnedsweetened and ſeaſoned by the ſanctified objects.
With rule
… therefore is baſe in compariſon of that love of excellent things, w^ch is exceedingly ſweetnedsweetened and ſeaſoned by the ſanctified objects.
Stephen Geree · The Ornament of Women · p. 18 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Supplement to the Several Discourses Upon Various Divine Subjects A32724

Printed
—SweetnedSweetened by Pardon, Page. 111 †.
With rule
—SweetnedSweetened by Pardon, Page. 111 †.
Stephen Charnock · A Supplement to the Several Discourses Upon Various Divine Subjects · Open in the reader

Sermons Volume 2 A51846

Printed
SweetnedSweetened by Redemption Page 104
With rule
SweetnedSweetened by Redemption Page 104
Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 2 · Open in the reader

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

Printed
… Land of Promiſe, and becauſe they were tainted therewith, therefore the Lord Aired and SweetnedSweetened them from the ſtench thereof full Forty years in the Wilderneſs, and then brought …
With rule
… Land of Promiſe, and becauſe they were tainted therewith, therefore the Lord Aired and SweetnedSweetened them from the ſtench thereof full Forty years in the Wilderneſs, and then brought …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 428 · Open in the reader

The Rise Race and Royalty of the Kingdom of God A61474

Printed
… come at thy Person, but it must come thorow this Sweetness, and so be SweetnedSweetened by it
With rule
… come at thy Person, but it must come thorow this Sweetness, and so be SweetnedSweetened by it
Peter Sterry · The Rise Race and Royalty of the Kingdom of God · p. 156 · Open in the reader