Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #12870 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

hardninghardening

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

Puritas changed it: 1,093 times in 534 works
Consistency: 97.4% (1,093 of 1,122)
Reach if approved: ~1,179 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: hardening
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,122 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,093 changes in 534 works, 97.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,093)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
V. 32. made heavy by hardninghardening his heart against the Lord: see verse 15. and chap. 7. 14. sent not] is the Greek …
With rule
V. 32. made heavy by hardninghardening his heart against the Lord: see verse 15. and chap. 7. 14. sent not] is the Greek …
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a hinderaunce to manie in comming to the Gospel, & an induration to the papists hardninghardening their hearts, in hope that their trumperie will once come in again to their …
With rule
… a hinderaunce to manie in comming to the Gospel, & an induration to the papists hardninghardening their hearts, in hope that their trumperie will once come in again to their …
Philip Stubbes · The Anatomy of Abuses Part 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… this purpoſe they haue excuſes, arguments and reaſons at will, for the confirming and hardninghardening of themſelues in their owne courſe and trade of life. Secondly, obſerue herein that …
With rule
… this purpoſe they haue excuſes, arguments and reaſons at will, for the confirming and hardninghardening of themſelues in their owne courſe and trade of life. Secondly, obſerue herein that …
Thomas Granger · The Application of Scripture · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
4 By blindfolding him, and hardninghardening him in ſuch ſort, as that hee ſhall make no conſcience of ſinne.
With rule
4 By blindfolding him, and hardninghardening him in ſuch ſort, as that hee ſhall make no conſcience of ſinne.
Robert Hill · The Pathway to Prayer and Piety · p. 79 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thee, if through vnbeleefe and impenitency thou ſhalt make thy ſelfe worthy: His actuall hardninghardening is a powerfull executing this puniſhment of induration, and reiecting, on him who hath …
With rule
… thee, if through vnbeleefe and impenitency thou ſhalt make thy ſelfe worthy: His actuall hardninghardening is a powerfull executing this puniſhment of induration, and reiecting, on him who hath …
Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Ephesians 1 · p. 158 · Open in the reader
Printed
It is of Reprobation, becauſe it is called hardninghardening. Now this is a Rule, that God hardens none, but ſuch as are hard …
With rule
It is of Reprobation, becauſe it is called hardninghardening. Now this is a Rule, that God hardens none, but ſuch as are hard …
Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 194 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the naturall forces. No lesse maruellous then the dampe of the ayre, is the hardninghardening quality of the waters; which being hote, doe harden themselues into a kinde of …
With rule
… the naturall forces. No lesse maruellous then the dampe of the ayre, is the hardninghardening quality of the waters; which being hote, doe harden themselues into a kinde of …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 283 · Open in the reader
Printed
… comfort in evill, that others are as ill as they; and for their own hardninghardening out of that imagination: Others, for their miserable credit, when they are not thought …
With rule
… comfort in evill, that others are as ill as they; and for their own hardninghardening out of that imagination: Others, for their miserable credit, when they are not thought …
John Robinson · Observations Divine and Moral · p. 262 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (29)

15 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 14 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Exposition of Romans 8-11 A09031

Printed
If Gods will be the cauſe of our HardningHardening: hee hath no cauſe to finde fault.
With rule
If Gods will be the cauſe of our HardningHardening: hee hath no cauſe to finde fault.
Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 197 · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

Printed
HardningHardening. sig:
With rule
HardningHardening. sig:
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 214 · Open in the reader

A Paraphrase on the New Testament A26981

Printed
II. As to the HardningHardening of Pharaoh and others, it being agreed by all ſober Chriſtians, that God cauſeth …
With rule
II. As to the HardningHardening of Pharaoh and others, it being agreed by all ſober Chriſtians, that God cauſeth …
Richard Baxter · A Paraphrase on the New Testament · Open in the reader

Baxters Narrative of His Life and Times A27006

Printed
… the Christian Name and Protestant Cause, the Rejoicing and Advantage of the Papists, the HardningHardening of Thousands against the Means of their own Salvation, and the Confusion of the …
With rule
… the Christian Name and Protestant Cause, the Rejoicing and Advantage of the Papists, the HardningHardening of Thousands against the Means of their own Salvation, and the Confusion of the …
Richard Baxter · Baxters Narrative of His Life and Times · p. 63 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Job 8-10 A35439

Printed
HardningHardening the heart, what, 160 A hardninghardening the heart to do either good or evil, ib …
With rule
HardningHardening the heart, what, 160 A hardninghardening the heart to do either good or evil, ib …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 8-10 · Open in the reader

An Exposition of Genesis A44894

Printed
2. HardningHardening as an act judicial belongs to God (such is this here) and that without …
With rule
2. HardningHardening as an act judicial belongs to God (such is this here) and that without …
George Hughes · An Exposition of Genesis · p. 724 · Open in the reader
Printed
1. HardningHardening is the prime event or making his heart heavy upon this discriminating judgment.
With rule
1. HardningHardening is the prime event or making his heart heavy upon this discriminating judgment.
George Hughes · An Exposition of Genesis · p. 748 · Open in the reader

Sermons Volume 2 A51846

Printed
… with inordinate Desire, and ends in Injustice, that (with Hypocrisy to vail it) brings HardningHardening; this Hardness brings at length to Despair, and so you are made Sons of …
With rule
… with inordinate Desire, and ends in Injustice, that (with Hypocrisy to vail it) brings HardningHardening; this Hardness brings at length to Despair, and so you are made Sons of …
Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 2 · p. 177 · Open in the reader

Mr Cottons Clearing Doubts Concerning Predestination A64003

Printed
HardningHardening, when it falls upon the creature, is both the height of his ſin, and …
With rule
HardningHardening, when it falls upon the creature, is both the height of his ſin, and …
William Twisse · Mr Cottons Clearing Doubts Concerning Predestination · p. 182 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hath fallen into ſome ſin, in which, and for which hee may bee hardned. HardningHardening being alwaies (as far as I can perceive by Scripture) not only a ſin …
With rule
… hath fallen into ſome ſin, in which, and for which hee may bee hardned. HardningHardening being alwaies (as far as I can perceive by Scripture) not only a ſin …
William Twisse · Mr Cottons Clearing Doubts Concerning Predestination · p. 187 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

Printed
;;The opposition and setting of mercy in this sentence against HardningHardening, plainly proveth this exposition which I have given. For, as under Hardness, the whole …
With rule
;;The opposition and setting of mercy in this sentence against HardningHardening, plainly proveth this exposition which I have given. For, as under Hardness, the whole …
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 411 · Open in the reader

Two Treatises A77515

Printed
1. HardningHardening them. This in his juſt judgment hee doth, giving them up unto a perpetuall …
With rule
1. HardningHardening them. This in his juſt judgment hee doth, giving them up unto a perpetuall …
John Brinsley · Two Treatises · p. 177 · Open in the reader

The Abuse of Gods Grace A79826

Printed
… ſerve me. The words of the Lord by Moſes were the Inſtruments of Pharaohs HardningHardening, is the Sunne the means of the Clayes Herdning. … grace of God in h …
With rule
… ſerve me. The words of the Lord by Moſes were the Inſtruments of Pharaohs HardningHardening, is the Sunne the means of the Clayes Herdning. … grace of God in h …
Nicholas Clagett · The Abuse of Gods Grace · p. 175 · Open in the reader

The Sin of Hardness of Heart A89585

Printed
What by hardneſſe, or hardninghardening; HardningHardening in the naturall ſignification of it, is nothing but the withdrawing of moyſture form …
With rule
What by hardneſſe, or hardninghardening; HardningHardening in the naturall ſignification of it, is nothing but the withdrawing of moyſture form …
Stephen Marshall · The Sin of Hardness of Heart · p. 7 · Open in the reader

Influences of the Life of Grace A92141

Printed
HardningHardening of the heart, not profitting by means, obſtruct influences, p. 375.
With rule
HardningHardening of the heart, not profitting by means, obſtruct influences, p. 375.
Samuel Rutherford · Influences of the Life of Grace · Open in the reader