Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #12680 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

numbringnumbering

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

Puritas changed it: 1,006 times in 525 works
Consistency: 100% (1,006 of 1,006)
Reach if approved: ~1,057 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: numbering
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,006 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,006 changes in 525 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,006)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… in the matter of Vriah: that is, very seldome: for he sinned grieuously in numbringnumbering the people: so Matth. 13. 57. A Prophet is not without honour (that is, very seldome …
With rule
… in the matter of Vriah: that is, very seldome: for he sinned grieuously in numbringnumbering the people: so Matth. 13. 57. A Prophet is not without honour (that is, very seldome …
William Perkins · Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Lord in him; thirdly, they had put trust in Kings: And so Dauids numbringnumbering of the people seemes to be but a small thing, a thing not in …
With rule
… the Lord in him; thirdly, they had put trust in Kings: And so Dauids numbringnumbering of the people seemes to be but a small thing, a thing not in …
John Preston · Sermons · p. 123 · Open in the reader
Printed
… handes, and namely from Saul. And he is sorrowfull that he offended God in numbringnumbering the people: and therefore prayeth that his people might be deliuered from that plague …
With rule
… handes, and namely from Saul. And he is sorrowfull that he offended God in numbringnumbering the people: and therefore prayeth that his people might be deliuered from that plague …
James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · p. 200 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſelfe lawfull, the ſinne r…ſpects the minde of him that commands, as the numbringnumbering of the people, Dauids proud minde.
With rule
… ſelfe lawfull, the ſinne r…ſpects the minde of him that commands, as the numbringnumbering of the people, Dauids proud minde.
William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 90 · Open in the reader
Printed
The like off theſe thinges are without our numbringnumbering, and there would bee no end made iff wee ſhould followe them. But wee …
With rule
The like off theſe thinges are without our numbringnumbering, and there would bee no end made iff wee ſhould followe them. But wee …
Thomas Helwys · Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… there was no remedy, but that himſelfe muſt be ſcourged for his ſinne of numbringnumbering the people, and the Lord in mercy offered him his choice of three rods …
With rule
… there was no remedy, but that himſelfe muſt be ſcourged for his ſinne of numbringnumbering the people, and the Lord in mercy offered him his choice of three rods …
Thomas Barnes · An Alarm to War · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… do God good ſeruice, and that in them they ſhall finde good ſucceſſe. Dauid numbringnumbering the people of Iſraell, imagined he did very wiſely in ſo doing, neither would …
With rule
… do God good ſeruice, and that in them they ſhall finde good ſucceſſe. Dauid numbringnumbering the people of Iſraell, imagined he did very wiſely in ſo doing, neither would …
Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 252 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Eue, which brought a curſe to the earth: Hee prouoked Dauid, to fall to numbringnumbering, that the people might be plagued. Hee is that grand Lier, that ſhamleſſe Slanderer …
With rule
… Eue, which brought a curſe to the earth: Hee prouoked Dauid, to fall to numbringnumbering, that the people might be plagued. Hee is that grand Lier, that ſhamleſſe Slanderer …
Richard Bernard · Contemplative Pictures with Wholesome Precepts Part 1 · p. 45 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.