Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #12875 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

hearknedhearkened

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

Puritas changed it: 904 times in 549 works
Consistency: 99.0% (904 of 913)
Reach if approved: ~959 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: hearkened
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 913 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (904 changes in 549 works, 99.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 904)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… thou canst not understand; surely had I sent thee to them, they would have hearknedhearkened unto thee: But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee: for they …
With rule
… thou canst not understand; surely had I sent thee to them, they would have hearknedhearkened unto thee: But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee: for they …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 506 · Open in the reader
Printed
… warrant may I blame ſuch yongulings as account thoſe men moſt worthy to be hearknedhearkened to who egg and entice them into the field when (as having neither skill …
With rule
… warrant may I blame ſuch yongulings as account thoſe men moſt worthy to be hearknedhearkened to who egg and entice them into the field when (as having neither skill …
Thomas Barnes · An Alarm to War · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… but impudency, for hypocrites, and such as in their quiet, & prosperous estate, have not hearknedhearkened to God, speaking to them in his word, and works, to presse upon him …
With rule
… but impudency, for hypocrites, and such as in their quiet, & prosperous estate, have not hearknedhearkened to God, speaking to them in his word, and works, to presse upon him …
John Robinson · Observations Divine and Moral · p. 250 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thou come home with conſcience accuſing and ſmiting of thee, unto which hadſt thou hearknedhearkened, thou hadſt been much preſerved: well, well, if ever thou wouldeſt recover thy ſpirituall …
With rule
… thou come home with conſcience accuſing and ſmiting of thee, unto which hadſt thou hearknedhearkened, thou hadſt been much preſerved: well, well, if ever thou wouldeſt recover thy ſpirituall …
Obadiah Sedgwick · Christs Counsel to His Languishing Church of Sardis · p. 126 · Open in the reader
Printed
… doubt not but euery one of your conſciences, which hath with any reaſonable attention hearknedhearkened, is, I am ſure it ought to haue beene ſufficiently conuinced of the loathſomneſſe …
With rule
… doubt not but euery one of your conſciences, which hath with any reaſonable attention hearknedhearkened, is, I am ſure it ought to haue beene ſufficiently conuinced of the loathſomneſſe …
William Whately · A Caveat for the Covetous · p. 87 · Open in the reader
Printed
… out of the rocke should I have satisfyed thee: Psal. 81. O that thou hadst hearknedhearkened to my commandements, then had thy peace been as a River, and thy righteousnesse …
With rule
… out of the rocke should I have satisfyed thee: Psal. 81. O that thou hadst hearknedhearkened to my commandements, then had thy peace been as a River, and thy righteousnesse …
Robert Bolton · Comforting Afflicted Consciences · p. 357 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ceremonies utterly not onely out of Geneva, but also out of all Churches, vvhich hearknedhearkened vnto his counsell.
With rule
… ceremonies utterly not onely out of Geneva, but also out of all Churches, vvhich hearknedhearkened vnto his counsell.
William Ames · Reply to Mortons Defense of Ceremonies · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… righteouſneſſe belongeth unto thee, but unto us confuſion of faces: for we have not hearknedhearkened, &c.
With rule
… righteouſneſſe belongeth unto thee, but unto us confuſion of faces: for we have not hearknedhearkened, &c.
William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · p. 11 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Bibles Abstract and Epitome A27502

Printed
The Israelites HearknedHearkened not to Moses, being sent to deliver them.
With rule
The Israelites HearknedHearkened not to Moses, being sent to deliver them.
Richard Bernard · The Bibles Abstract and Epitome · p. 156 · Open in the reader

Concerning Comets A50213

Printed
… Voice of God in Signal Providences, especially when repeated and Iterated, ought to be HearknedHearkened unto.
With rule
… Voice of God in Signal Providences, especially when repeated and Iterated, ought to be HearknedHearkened unto.
Increase Mather · Concerning Comets · Open in the reader
Printed
Q. 1. What Signal Providences are they, the Voice whereof should be HearknedHearkened unto? What Works of God are we to look upon as Signal? Ans. In …
With rule
Q. 1. What Signal Providences are they, the Voice whereof should be HearknedHearkened unto? What Works of God are we to look upon as Signal? Ans. In …
Increase Mather · Concerning Comets · p. 7 · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms A56211

Printed
… chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. Wherefore the King HEARKNEDHEARKENED NOT UNTO THE PEOPLE, for the cause was from the Lord, &c. SO WHEN …
With rule
… chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. Wherefore the King HEARKNEDHEARKENED NOT UNTO THE PEOPLE, for the cause was from the Lord, &c. SO WHEN …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 127 · Open in the reader
Printed
… cause was from the Lord, &c. SO WHEN ALL ISRAEL SAW THAT THE KING HEARKNEDHEARKENED NOT VNTO THE ME the People answered the King (through indegnation with one voyce …
With rule
… cause was from the Lord, &c. SO WHEN ALL ISRAEL SAW THAT THE KING HEARKNEDHEARKENED NOT VNTO THE ME the People answered the King (through indegnation with one voyce …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 127 · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments Part 4 A91185

Printed
… chastiſed you with whips, but I will chaſtiſe you with ſcorpions. Wherefore the King HEARKNEDHEARKENED NOT UNTO THE PEOPLE, for the cauſe was from the Lord, &c. SO WHEN …
With rule
… chastiſed you with whips, but I will chaſtiſe you with ſcorpions. Wherefore the King HEARKNEDHEARKENED NOT UNTO THE PEOPLE, for the cauſe was from the Lord, &c. SO WHEN …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments Part 4 · p. 127 · Open in the reader
Printed
… cauſe was from the Lord, &c. SO WHEN ALL ISRAEL SAW THAT THE KING HEARKNEDHEARKENED NOT VNTO THEME the People anſwered the King (through indignation with one voyce, writes …
With rule
… cauſe was from the Lord, &c. SO WHEN ALL ISRAEL SAW THAT THE KING HEARKNEDHEARKENED NOT VNTO THEME the People anſwered the King (through indignation with one voyce, writes …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments Part 4 · p. 127 · Open in the reader