Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #12047 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

burthenedburdened

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

Puritas changed it: 746 times in 460 works
Consistency: 98.4% (746 of 758)
Reach if approved: ~796 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: burdened
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 758 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (746 changes in 460 works, 98.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 746)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… For, here we ſowe in teares, there wee reape in ioy Here we are burthenedburdened, there we lay downe our burthens. Here we are abroad in our Inne, there …
With rule
… For, here we ſowe in teares, there wee reape in ioy Here we are burthenedburdened, there we lay downe our burthens. Here we are abroad in our Inne, there …
Robert Horne · Life and Death · p. 173 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to continue to the end of the world: 6 the church ought not to be burthenedburdened with things not commanded by Chriſt.
With rule
… to continue to the end of the world: 6 the church ought not to be burthenedburdened with things not commanded by Chriſt.
Randal Bate · Certain Observations · p. 135 · Open in the reader
Printed
… haue not euident hurt, yet becauſe it is vnfit, the Church (now) ſhould bee burthenedburdened with humane preſumptions, if it haue no authoritie from ſcripture, nor from generall Councells …
With rule
… haue not euident hurt, yet becauſe it is vnfit, the Church (now) ſhould bee burthenedburdened with humane preſumptions, if it haue no authoritie from ſcripture, nor from generall Councells …
Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a thorow Reformation of thy notorious Sins and transgressions, wherewith the whole Land is burthenedburdened and defiled. Then, then (I say) and not before (alwayes provided the Cause of …
With rule
… a thorow Reformation of thy notorious Sins and transgressions, wherewith the whole Land is burthenedburdened and defiled. Then, then (I say) and not before (alwayes provided the Cause of …
William Prynne · Lord Bishops None of the Lords Bishops · Open in the reader
Printed
… and conflict with the wrath of the Father for our ſins, wherewith he was burthenedburdened. After that, he went from theſe diſciples, about a ſtone caſt, and hee prayed …
With rule
… and conflict with the wrath of the Father for our ſins, wherewith he was burthenedburdened. After that, he went from theſe diſciples, about a ſtone caſt, and hee prayed …
Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of his owne, but for his maiſter. Euen ſo theſe doe grone, and are burthenedburdened, and carrie the waight vntill they bring it where God will beſtow the ſame …
With rule
… of his owne, but for his maiſter. Euen ſo theſe doe grone, and are burthenedburdened, and carrie the waight vntill they bring it where God will beſtow the ſame …
George Gifford · Eight Sermons on Ecclesiastes · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the world; why, as though wee were in the world, should wee bee burthenedburdened with traditions? as touch not, t…ste not, handle not, which all perish with …
With rule
… of the world; why, as though wee were in the world, should wee bee burthenedburdened with traditions? as touch not, t…ste not, handle not, which all perish with …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 211 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not complain of this and that, and yet maintaine it: no, hee that is burthenedburdened with ſinne, will part with it. Luk. 2.8. When Chriſt came, crooked things were made …
With rule
… not complain of this and that, and yet maintaine it: no, hee that is burthenedburdened with ſinne, will part with it. Luk. 2.8. When Chriſt came, crooked things were made …
Thomas Hooker · The Pattern of Perfection Exhibited in Gods Image on Adam · p. 173 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

5 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.

An Exposition Upon Colossians A17389

Printed
BurthenedBurdened] Traditions are a greiuous burthen to the soule, and the worse, the lesse they …
With rule
BurthenedBurdened] Traditions are a greiuous burthen to the soule, and the worse, the lesse they …
Nicholas Byfield · An Exposition Upon Colossians · p. 88 · Open in the reader

Sermons Volume 2 A51846

Printed
… his Body. 3dly. An Heart deadned to the world. For in the Text; Being BurthenedBurdened we groan: Till we are weaned from present felicities, we shall not earnestly seek …
With rule
… his Body. 3dly. An Heart deadned to the world. For in the Text; Being BurthenedBurdened we groan: Till we are weaned from present felicities, we shall not earnestly seek …
Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 2 · p. 35 · Open in the reader

The Rise Race and Royalty of the Kingdom of God A61474

Printed
Observe there Four things; 1. A Glorious Building. 2. The Groans of BurthenedBurdened Saints. 3. The Workmanship of God, 4. The Earnest of the Spirit.
With rule
Observe there Four things; 1. A Glorious Building. 2. The Groans of BurthenedBurdened Saints. 3. The Workmanship of God, 4. The Earnest of the Spirit.
Peter Sterry · The Rise Race and Royalty of the Kingdom of God · p. 426 · Open in the reader

The Cases and Cure of Sad Disconsolate Thoughts in Christians A63269

Printed
Bleſſed Reſt, for the BurthenedBurdened Sinner: Or, The only Center of the Soul; wherein is diſcovered, firſt, Who He …
With rule
Bleſſed Reſt, for the BurthenedBurdened Sinner: Or, The only Center of the Soul; wherein is diſcovered, firſt, Who He …
William Troughton · The Cases and Cure of Sad Disconsolate Thoughts in Christians · Open in the reader

England Faithfully Watched A88417

Printed
… are whole, and need not a Phyſician, our work is quickly done about theſe. BurthenedBurdened ſouls, you are the proper ſubject of mercy, and of this diſcourſe, the call …
With rule
… are whole, and need not a Phyſician, our work is quickly done about theſe. BurthenedBurdened ſouls, you are the proper ſubject of mercy, and of this diſcourſe, the call …
Nicholas Lockyer · England Faithfully Watched · p. 290 · Open in the reader