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wickednessewickedness

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

Puritas changed it
17,112 times in 2,182 works
Consistency
99.9% (17,112 of 17,118)
Reach if approved
~17,992 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: wickedness
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
17,124 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (17,112 changes in 2,182 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 17,112)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … may bee troubled in minde, when hee ſeeth houſes full of the treaſures of wickedneſſewickedness, and hee heareth it as a common Proverbe, that fawning and coſenage are the …
    With rule
    … may bee troubled in minde, when hee ſeeth houſes full of the treaſures of wickedneſſewickedness, and hee heareth it as a common Proverbe, that fawning and coſenage are the …

    Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 626 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … body. To this I compare Profanenesse, which is an epidemiall and vniuersall spreading of wickednessewickedness throughout all powers of the soule.
    With rule
    … body. To this I compare Profanenesse, which is an epidemiall and vniuersall spreading of wickednessewickedness throughout all powers of the soule.

    Thomas Adams · Diseases of the Soul · p. 55 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … Madianitish woman Cosby before rhe congregation, who had committed whooredome with Zimri, for which wickednessewickedness God tooke away 24000 Israelites: but the plague was stayed by zealous Phinehas his executing …
    With rule
    … Madianitish woman Cosby before rhe congregation, who had committed whooredome with Zimri, for which wickednessewickedness God tooke away 24000 Israelites: but the plague was stayed by zealous Phinehas his executing …

    James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · p. 131 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … then too great repletion, So when the Soule (eyther through a mad frenzy of wickednessewickedness, or dull melancholy darkenes of ignorance or sensuall peruersenesse of affections) forbeares, forbids herselfe …
    With rule
    … then too great repletion, So when the Soule (eyther through a mad frenzy of wickednessewickedness, or dull melancholy darkenes of ignorance or sensuall peruersenesse of affections) forbeares, forbids herselfe …

    Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 68 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … crueltie, pride, ryote, whoredome, swearing and fo…swearing, Couetousnesse, sacriledge, and all manner of wickednessewickedness, more I say of vertue and lesse of vice in England at this time …
    With rule
    … crueltie, pride, ryote, whoredome, swearing and fo…swearing, Couetousnesse, sacriledge, and all manner of wickednessewickedness, more I say of vertue and lesse of vice in England at this time …

    William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 170 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … moſt manifeſt by the plaine doctrine of Gods word, let us conſider the abominable wickedneſſewickedness of the Papiſts which by their ſacrifice overturne all this. For whereas there is …
    With rule
    … moſt manifeſt by the plaine doctrine of Gods word, let us conſider the abominable wickedneſſewickedness of the Papiſts which by their ſacrifice overturne all this. For whereas there is …

    George Gifford · Treatise Against the Priesthood and Sacrifice of the Church of Rome · p. 22 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … or women excell all others who are fouly deformed, by reaſon of ſinne and wickedneſſewickedness. Theſe are chiefe things that make a woman praiſe-worthy in regard of the …
    With rule
    … or women excell all others who are fouly deformed, by reaſon of ſinne and wickedneſſewickedness. Theſe are chiefe things that make a woman praiſe-worthy in regard of the …

    Stephen Geree · The Ornament of Women · p. 16 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … the ende of their life, when as they haue ſpent a long time in wickedneſſewickedness, for thereby the Lorde doth declare the riches of his mercie drawing men euen …
    With rule
    … the ende of their life, when as they haue ſpent a long time in wickedneſſewickedness, for thereby the Lorde doth declare the riches of his mercie drawing men euen …

    George Gifford · Four Sermons · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

6 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 Revelation A55917

  • Printed
    … by the Popes authoritie in commendation of the unnaturall villany of Romiſh buggerers. O WICKEDNESSEWICKEDNESS, O SODOME.
    With rule
    … by the Popes authoritie in commendation of the unnaturall villany of Romiſh buggerers. O WICKEDNESSEWICKEDNESS, O SODOME.

    David Pareus · Commentary on Revelation · p. 234 · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms A56211

  • Printed
    … wilfully from, or set himself against them, (which the Estates of Aragon held A WICKEDNESSEWICKEDNESS in their King Alfonso the third:) impose taxes on the Subject, and distrain their …
    With rule
    … wilfully from, or set himself against them, (which the Estates of Aragon held A WICKEDNESSEWICKEDNESS in their King Alfonso the third:) impose taxes on the Subject, and distrain their …

    William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 112 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … AND WHOM YE HAVE DESIRED, &c. that ye may perceive and see that your WICKEDNESSEWICKEDNESS is great which ye have done in the sight of the Lord, IN ASKING …
    With rule
    … AND WHOM YE HAVE DESIRED, &c. that ye may perceive and see that your WICKEDNESSEWICKEDNESS is great which ye have done in the sight of the Lord, IN ASKING …

    William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 122 · Open in the reader

The Sum of Christian Religion A64611

  • Printed
    WIckedneſſeWickedness. Whence the wickedneſſewickedness of mans nature ariſeth. pag. 45.
    With rule
    WIckedneſſeWickedness. Whence the wickedneſſewickedness of mans nature ariſeth. pag. 45.

    Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments Part 4 A91185

  • Printed
    … AND WHOM YE HAVE DESIRED, &c. that ye may perceive and ſee that your WICKEDNESSEWICKEDNESS is great which ye have done in the ſight of the Lord, IN ASKING …
    With rule
    … AND WHOM YE HAVE DESIRED, &c. that ye may perceive and ſee that your WICKEDNESSEWICKEDNESS is great which ye have done in the ſight of the Lord, IN ASKING …

    William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments Part 4 · p. 122 · Open in the reader

Historical Vindication Part 2 A91269

  • Printed
    … PERMITTERENT, that they permitted no Nation to be equall to them IN TREASON AND WICKEDNESSEWICKEDNESS; which moſt of all appeares in the Hiſtory of the (forecited) Kings of Northumberland …
    With rule
    … PERMITTERENT, that they permitted no Nation to be equall to them IN TREASON AND WICKEDNESSEWICKEDNESS; which moſt of all appeares in the Hiſtory of the (forecited) Kings of Northumberland …

    William Prynne · Historical Vindication Part 2 · p. 62 · Open in the reader