Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #12077 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

inableenable

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

Puritas changed it: 1,430 times in 640 works
Consistency: 98.7% (1,430 of 1,448)
Reach if approved: ~1,533 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: inable
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,459 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,430 changes in 640 works, 98.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,430)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… confesse him at the last day, will be a notable motiue and means to inableenable him thereto. If an earthly Prince should come to a man among a great …
With rule
… confesse him at the last day, will be a notable motiue and means to inableenable him thereto. If an earthly Prince should come to a man among a great …
William Perkins · Exposition of Revelation 1-3 · p. 175 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is obiected: but onely in a qualified, limited and restrained, to wit, if God inableenable them by his grace, to repent and beleeue: else they are absolutely to beleeue …
With rule
… is obiected: but onely in a qualified, limited and restrained, to wit, if God inableenable them by his grace, to repent and beleeue: else they are absolutely to beleeue …
William Prynne · The Church of Englands Antithesis to Arminianism · p. 96 · Open in the reader
Printed
… charge, but that all the grace that was in Timothie, was litle enough to inableenable him, with conſtancie and courage to keepe it inviolably: the reaſon of it is …
With rule
… charge, but that all the grace that was in Timothie, was litle enough to inableenable him, with conſtancie and courage to keepe it inviolably: the reaſon of it is …
John Forbes · Four Sermons · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thy heauy diſpleaſure for my ſinne: lay no more vpon mee than thou wilt inableenable mee comfortably to beare: thus (good Lord) bleſſe me in my ſoule, in my …
With rule
… thy heauy diſpleaſure for my ſinne: lay no more vpon mee than thou wilt inableenable mee comfortably to beare: thus (good Lord) bleſſe me in my ſoule, in my …
Henry Greenwood · The Prisoners Prayers · p. 162 · Open in the reader
Printed
… doth first make him to be of the number of reasonable creatures, and secondly inableenable him to performe the naturall functions which are proper to his kind: that it …
With rule
… doth first make him to be of the number of reasonable creatures, and secondly inableenable him to performe the naturall functions which are proper to his kind: that it …
Richard Hooker · Justification Works and How the Foundation of Faith is Overthrown · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Argument is firm againſt them, becauſe all mans inventions, Antichriſts eſpecially, are abon inableenable, unprofitable, and exceeding hurtfull to the church of God, and contrary to Chriſts own …
With rule
… the Argument is firm againſt them, becauſe all mans inventions, Antichriſts eſpecially, are abon inableenable, unprofitable, and exceeding hurtfull to the church of God, and contrary to Chriſts own …
Randal Bate · Certain Observations · p. 104 · Open in the reader
Printed
… glorie) to the weake nature of his manhood, but ioyned therwithal, did not only inableenable him fully to performe the work of our ſaluation, but declare him to bee …
With rule
… glorie) to the weake nature of his manhood, but ioyned therwithal, did not only inableenable him fully to performe the work of our ſaluation, but declare him to bee …
Peter Moffett · The Excellency of the Mystery of Christ Jesus · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
… or in part lessened. To these demands to my capacitie as the Lord shall inableenable me I answer, that they to whome Christ came not, neither hath spoken vnto …
With rule
… or in part lessened. To these demands to my capacitie as the Lord shall inableenable me I answer, that they to whome Christ came not, neither hath spoken vnto …
William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 840 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (18)

13 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 12 are listed here. 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The English Catechism Explained A07350

Printed
… vs this day that we may ſerue thee better then heretofore we haue done. InableEnable vs to the works of our Callings, both with bodily ſtrength and inward grace …
With rule
… vs this day that we may ſerue thee better then heretofore we haue done. InableEnable vs to the works of our Callings, both with bodily ſtrength and inward grace …
John Mayer · The English Catechism Explained · p. 563 · Open in the reader

A Guide to Godliness A20762

Printed
… FIFTH BOOKE OF A GODLY LIFE, CONTAINING IN IT THE HELPES AND MEANES WHICH INABLEENABLE VS VNTO IT.
With rule
… FIFTH BOOKE OF A GODLY LIFE, CONTAINING IN IT THE HELPES AND MEANES WHICH INABLEENABLE VS VNTO IT.
John Downame · A Guide to Godliness · p. 448 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is imployed in thy ſeruice, let vs take moſt comfort and contentment in it. InableEnable vs (good Lord) by priuate preparation to fit our ſelues for thy publike ſeruice …
With rule
… is imployed in thy ſeruice, let vs take moſt comfort and contentment in it. InableEnable vs (good Lord) by priuate preparation to fit our ſelues for thy publike ſeruice …
John Downame · A Guide to Godliness · p. 913 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ioyne with the reſt of the Congregation in all the parts of thy ſeruice. InableEnable all thy Miniſters in all places, and him eſpecially to whoſe charge thou haſt …
With rule
… ioyne with the reſt of the Congregation in all the parts of thy ſeruice. InableEnable all thy Miniſters in all places, and him eſpecially to whoſe charge thou haſt …
John Downame · A Guide to Godliness · p. 913 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thy Word may be effectual for the conuerſion, edification and ſaluation of their hearers. InableEnable vs by the ſame Spirit, to call vpon thee with faith & feruency, and with …
With rule
… thy Word may be effectual for the conuerſion, edification and ſaluation of their hearers. InableEnable vs by the ſame Spirit, to call vpon thee with faith & feruency, and with …
John Downame · A Guide to Godliness · p. 913 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it alſo deſcend into our hearts, that it may bee profitable for their ſanctification. InableEnable vs rightly to diſcerne our Lords Body, and feelingly to vnderſtand the relation betweene …
With rule
… it alſo deſcend into our hearts, that it may bee profitable for their ſanctification. InableEnable vs rightly to diſcerne our Lords Body, and feelingly to vnderſtand the relation betweene …
John Downame · A Guide to Godliness · p. 920 · Open in the reader

Sermons of Christ A42017

Printed
… that if men heede the ſame, ſomething is wrought in their hearts that may InableEnable them to will theſe weters of life, and their not doing of this, is …
With rule
… that if men heede the ſame, ſomething is wrought in their hearts that may InableEnable them to will theſe weters of life, and their not doing of this, is …
William Greenhill · Sermons of Christ · p. 217 · Open in the reader

The Souls Union with Christ A49198

Printed
… the Hearts of all the Embracers of the Lord Jeſus, to Incline, Diſpoſe, and InableEnable them to fulfil all my Revealed Will in ſome Meaſure and Degree. So that …
With rule
… the Hearts of all the Embracers of the Lord Jeſus, to Incline, Diſpoſe, and InableEnable them to fulfil all my Revealed Will in ſome Meaſure and Degree. So that …
John Lougher · The Souls Union with Christ · p. 366 · Open in the reader
Printed
… depend upon, from whence may ariſe a Confidence in it, that the Lord will InableEnable him to Cleave and Adhere Everlaſtingly to Chriſt, as it hath a Word whereupon …
With rule
… depend upon, from whence may ariſe a Confidence in it, that the Lord will InableEnable him to Cleave and Adhere Everlaſtingly to Chriſt, as it hath a Word whereupon …
John Lougher · The Souls Union with Christ · p. 366 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Believing Diſpoſition into Exerciſe, is General and Univerſal. Now there being ſtrength to InableEnable the ſoul to Adhere unto Chriſt tendered, as well as Union with Jeſus Chriſt …
With rule
… the Believing Diſpoſition into Exerciſe, is General and Univerſal. Now there being ſtrength to InableEnable the ſoul to Adhere unto Chriſt tendered, as well as Union with Jeſus Chriſt …
John Lougher · The Souls Union with Christ · p. 370 · Open in the reader

Davids Harp Strung and Tuned A52303

Printed
… deny no good thing to thoſe who walk before thée in ſimplicity and integrity. InableEnable us then, O God, to walk in thy wayes with a pure and an …
With rule
… deny no good thing to thoſe who walk before thée in ſimplicity and integrity. InableEnable us then, O God, to walk in thy wayes with a pure and an …
William Nicholson · Davids Harp Strung and Tuned · p. 244 · Open in the reader

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

Printed
… in Iſrael, the Ammonites began to break in upon them; and God would not InableEnable Jair to deliver them from their Oppreſſors, but gave them up to this ſad …
With rule
… in Iſrael, the Ammonites began to break in upon them; and God would not InableEnable Jair to deliver them from their Oppreſſors, but gave them up to this ſad …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 128 · Open in the reader