Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1246 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vainevain

A final e dropped: selfe → self, beene → been, hee → he.

Puritas changed it: 27,434 times in 2,537 works
Consistency: 99.9% (27,434 of 27,448)
Reach if approved: ~28,850 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: vain
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 27,457 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (27,434 changes in 2,537 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 27,434)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the Apostles communicating, which he yeelded was in both kinds. But this is a vainevain euasion, both because the word foreign, or fellowship of the Apostles, implyeth, that the Apostles …
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… the Apostles communicating, which he yeelded was in both kinds. But this is a vainevain euasion, both because the word foreign, or fellowship of the Apostles, implyeth, that the Apostles …
Daniel Featley · The Grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome · p. 170 · Open in the reader
Printed
… bene a figure of it except Christ hath had a trew body, for a vainevain or fātastical thing cā take no figure. Ambrose vpon the first Epistle of Paule …
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… bene a figure of it except Christ hath had a trew body, for a vainevain or fātastical thing cā take no figure. Ambrose vpon the first Epistle of Paule …
David Fergusson · Answer to Epistle by Renat Benedict · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
Well sir will you walke home and warme your poeticall vainevain at the kitchin fire.
With rule
Well sir will you walke home and warme your poeticall vainevain at the kitchin fire.
Phineas Fletcher · Sicelides a Piscatory · Open in the reader
Printed
… whereby wee are iuſtified, will not ſerve to ſatisfie mens mindes: it is in vainevain to labour, by any other meanes, to give contentement to thoſe, who cannot be …
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… whereby wee are iuſtified, will not ſerve to ſatisfie mens mindes: it is in vainevain to labour, by any other meanes, to give contentement to thoſe, who cannot be …
John Forbes · The Doctrine of Justification · p. 102 · Open in the reader
Printed
… himſelfe throughlye of all thinges that the Lawe commaundeth. For it is not in vainevain that it is called an intollerable burthen. Alſo wee ſee our owne infirmity, and …
With rule
… himſelfe throughlye of all thinges that the Lawe commaundeth. For it is not in vainevain that it is called an intollerable burthen. Alſo wee ſee our owne infirmity, and …
John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 130 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and Dulia, we doe rightly, to shewe out of profane writers, that it is vainevain, and that the termes signifie all one, and you your selfe confesse in your …
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… and Dulia, we doe rightly, to shewe out of profane writers, that it is vainevain, and that the termes signifie all one, and you your selfe confesse in your …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 177 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hath bene in vainevain: and they which haue giuen witnesse thereto, haue testifid in vainevain, so many and so worthie prelates in vainevain haue gouerned the people. This saying …
With rule
… hath bene in vainevain: and they which haue giuen witnesse thereto, haue testifid in vainevain, so many and so worthie prelates in vainevain haue gouerned the people. This saying …
William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 62 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Arguments against them, that we doe now against these; which yet it pleaseth this vainevain trifler to tearme grossely carnall and vnworthy to be answered.
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… Arguments against them, that we doe now against these; which yet it pleaseth this vainevain trifler to tearme grossely carnall and vnworthy to be answered.
Thomas Gataker · Discussion of the Popish Doctrine of Transubstantiation · p. 163 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

14 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 Ecclesiastes A02031

Printed
VAineVain, what it ſignifieth. 4.
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VAineVain, what it ſignifieth. 4.
Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · Open in the reader

A Christian Plea A04540

Printed
VAINEVAIN DISTINCTIONS, AND Anabaptiſticall aſſertions.
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VAINEVAIN DISTINCTIONS, AND Anabaptiſticall aſſertions.
Francis Johnson · A Christian Plea · p. 56 · Open in the reader

The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises A07988

Printed
IN VAINEVAIN ARE AL EARTHLIE CONIVNCTIONS, VNLES VVE BE HEIRES TOGETHER, AND OF ONE BODIE, AND …
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IN VAINEVAIN ARE AL EARTHLIE CONIVNCTIONS, VNLES VVE BE HEIRES TOGETHER, AND OF ONE BODIE, AND …
John Napier · The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises · Open in the reader

Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649

Printed
VAineVain idols, Aelim, whereof named, Ps. 96. 5.
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VAineVain idols, Aelim, whereof named, Ps. 96. 5.
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · Open in the reader

Lectures Upon Philippians A14185

Printed
VAineVain-glory to be auoyded. pag. 303 625. 824.
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VAineVain-glory to be auoyded. pag. 303 625. 824.
Henry Airay · Lectures Upon Philippians · Open in the reader

A Commentary on 1 Peter 1-3 A17385

Printed
VAineVain-glory. Wherein it is seene,
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VAineVain-glory. Wherein it is seene,
Nicholas Byfield · A Commentary on 1 Peter 1-3 · Open in the reader

A Bright Star which Leadeth Wise Men to our Lord Jesus Christ A20559

Printed
VAineVain ſwearing. 52
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VAineVain ſwearing. 52
John Dod · A Bright Star which Leadeth Wise Men to our Lord Jesus Christ · Open in the reader

A Treasury of Ancient Adages and Proverbs A20796

Printed
VAineVain glory is a floure that beareth no corne.
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VAineVain glory is a floure that beareth no corne.
Thomas Draxe · A Treasury of Ancient Adages and Proverbs · p. 213 · Open in the reader

Grace A49244

Printed
VAineVain excuſe of wickedneſſe 46
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VAineVain excuſe of wickedneſſe 46
Christopher Love · Grace · Open in the reader

Divine Poems A66751

Printed
III THOV SHALT NOT TAKE Y^e NAME OF Y^e LORD THY GOD IN VAINEVAIN
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III THOV SHALT NOT TAKE Y^e NAME OF Y^e LORD THY GOD IN VAINEVAIN
George Wither · Divine Poems · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

Printed
VAineVain-glory, Its Character. 294
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VAineVain-glory, Its Character. 294
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · Open in the reader

The Infancy of the World A76717

Printed
With Paul ALL VAINEVAIN FOR C(H)RIST you doe account. So shall you to the heigth of …
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With Paul ALL VAINEVAIN FOR C(H)RIST you doe account. So shall you to the heigth of …
Nicolas Billingsley · The Infancy of the World · p. 69 · Open in the reader

Demonology and Theology A86498

Printed
… have ſet forth concerning the order of cauſes and the INFLƲENCE of Starrs is VAINEVAIN. For the plantes which they have imagined to be procreated and nouriſhed by the …
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… have ſet forth concerning the order of cauſes and the INFLƲENCE of Starrs is VAINEVAIN. For the plantes which they have imagined to be procreated and nouriſhed by the …
Nathanael Homes · Demonology and Theology · p. 159 · Open in the reader

Sermon to House of Commons A90288

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… exerciſed under the hand of God, Pſal. 73. 13. Verily I have clenſed my heart in VAINEVAIN, and wiſhed my hands in innocency; And againe, Pſal. 116. 11. He ſaith in the perturbation …
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… exerciſed under the hand of God, Pſal. 73. 13. Verily I have clenſed my heart in VAINEVAIN, and wiſhed my hands in innocency; And againe, Pſal. 116. 11. He ſaith in the perturbation …
John Owen · Sermon to House of Commons · p. 10 · Open in the reader