Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #13014 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vnpossibleimpossible

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

Puritas changed it: 1,034 times in 299 works
Consistency: 98.9% (1,034 of 1,045)
Reach if approved: ~1,137 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: unpossible
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,082 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,034 changes in 299 works, 98.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,034)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… vs to obteyne it of oure ſylfes: becauſe we are ſinful. It is not vnpoſſibleimpossible to God to geue it to vs / accordinge to his promes. Therfore let vs …
With rule
… vs to obteyne it of oure ſylfes: becauſe we are ſinful. It is not vnpoſſibleimpossible to God to geue it to vs / accordinge to his promes. Therfore let vs …
John Johnsone · An Comfortable Exhortation · Open in the reader
Printed
… and displease God. Nothing can please God without faith in Christe, and it is vnpossibleimpossible to haue fayth in Christe, and not to haue the Gospell of Christe.
With rule
… and displease God. Nothing can please God without faith in Christe, and it is vnpossibleimpossible to haue fayth in Christe, and not to haue the Gospell of Christe.
Thomas Lever · The Right Way from Danger of Sin and Vengeance · Open in the reader
Printed
… it followeth, that whē it is ſaid in ſcripture, that without faith it is vnpoſſibleimpossible to pleaſe God: that wee are to vnderſtand that ſaying, prudently, leaſt we fall …
With rule
… it followeth, that whē it is ſaid in ſcripture, that without faith it is vnpoſſibleimpossible to pleaſe God: that wee are to vnderſtand that ſaying, prudently, leaſt we fall …
John Forbes · The Doctrine of Justification · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Christ. He chalingeth therefore vnto himselfe a portion in afflictions, because it is almost vnpossibleimpossible, that anye should professe Christ syncerely, but that Sathan will seke to lay manifold …
With rule
… Christ. He chalingeth therefore vnto himselfe a portion in afflictions, because it is almost vnpossibleimpossible, that anye should professe Christ syncerely, but that Sathan will seke to lay manifold …
William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
… likelihood it was done, If there be but a third, as indeed it is vnpossibleimpossible to find a fourth, and that it be proued not to be by that …
With rule
… likelihood it was done, If there be but a third, as indeed it is vnpossibleimpossible to find a fourth, and that it be proued not to be by that …
George Gifford · Discourse of the Subtle Practices of Devils · Open in the reader
Printed
… and recou…reth, killeth and ſaueth aliue at his pleaſure, to whom nothing is vnpoſſibleimpossible. Hereof the Scriptures affoord innumerable examples. Dangers, and diſeaſes, troubles and ſickneſſe, deliuerances and …
With rule
… and recou…reth, killeth and ſaueth aliue at his pleaſure, to whom nothing is vnpoſſibleimpossible. Hereof the Scriptures affoord innumerable examples. Dangers, and diſeaſes, troubles and ſickneſſe, deliuerances and …
Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 73 · Open in the reader
Printed
… maye stee therewyth. Neyther doubte they the impossibilite of that whyche is to nature vnpossibleimpossible, as to lyue wythout sustenaunce of meate and of drynke, or whan they haue …
With rule
… maye stee therewyth. Neyther doubte they the impossibilite of that whyche is to nature vnpossibleimpossible, as to lyue wythout sustenaunce of meate and of drynke, or whan they haue …
John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · p. xii · Open in the reader
Printed
… then ſhould we think his hand ſo ſhortned, as that it ſhould be déemed vnpoſſibleimpossible to furniſh this whole Church with preaching Miniſters? Fourthly, if that be true which …
With rule
… then ſhould we think his hand ſo ſhortned, as that it ſhould be déemed vnpoſſibleimpossible to furniſh this whole Church with preaching Miniſters? Fourthly, if that be true which …
Samuel Hieron · The Preachers Plea · p. 137 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Deprived and Silenced Ministers Arguments A09880

Printed
… Miniſterie of the Goſpell, ſo ordained for Angels, that they ſhould be Miniſters thereof? VnpoſſibleImpossible. Is the Miniſterie ordained to conuert them, and to preach repentance vnto them? Abſurd …
With rule
… Miniſterie of the Goſpell, ſo ordained for Angels, that they ſhould be Miniſters thereof? VnpoſſibleImpossible. Is the Miniſterie ordained to conuert them, and to preach repentance vnto them? Abſurd …
Gabriel Powel · The Deprived and Silenced Ministers Arguments · p. 20 · Open in the reader

The Sum of Christian Religion 2 A14216

Printed
Obiection. VnpoſſibleImpossible thinges are not to bee deſired: for hee that deſireth thinges vnpoſſibleimpossible, deſireth in …
With rule
Obiection. VnpoſſibleImpossible thinges are not to bee deſired: for hee that deſireth thinges vnpoſſibleimpossible, deſireth in …
Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… life to come, not in this life. Aunſwere 1. The Maior is to be diſtinguiſhed. VnpoſſibleImpossible thinges are not to be deſired, except God will at length graunt them to …
With rule
… life to come, not in this life. Aunſwere 1. The Maior is to be diſtinguiſhed. VnpoſſibleImpossible thinges are not to be deſired, except God will at length graunt them to …
Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · Open in the reader

A Trial of the Romish Clergys Title to the Church A15739

Printed
VnpoſſibleImpossible to be known, but by report. p. ead.
With rule
VnpoſſibleImpossible to be known, but by report. p. ead.
Anthony Wotton · A Trial of the Romish Clergys Title to the Church · Open in the reader

The Nature and Use of Things Indifferent B15350

Printed
… What? Doe the Miniſters thinke, that faſting and kneeling, are the Worſhip of God? VnpoſſibleImpossible. Yet theſe things are performed in the very exerciſe of Diuine Worſhip.
With rule
… What? Doe the Miniſters thinke, that faſting and kneeling, are the Worſhip of God? VnpoſſibleImpossible. Yet theſe things are performed in the very exerciſe of Diuine Worſhip.
Gabriel Powel · The Nature and Use of Things Indifferent · Open in the reader
Printed
… Miniſterie of the Goſpell, ſo ordained for Angels, that they ſhould bee Miniſters thereof? VnpoſſibleImpossible. Is the Miniſterie ordained to conuert them, and to preach repentance vnto them? Abſurd …
With rule
… Miniſterie of the Goſpell, ſo ordained for Angels, that they ſhould bee Miniſters thereof? VnpoſſibleImpossible. Is the Miniſterie ordained to conuert them, and to preach repentance vnto them? Abſurd …
Gabriel Powel · The Nature and Use of Things Indifferent · p. 112 · Open in the reader
Printed
… reſtored againe, or called into ſome other place, hee muſt haue a new ordination. VnpoſſibleImpossible and abſurd. Neither can the Office of a Maior, being but temporary, for a …
With rule
… reſtored againe, or called into ſome other place, hee muſt haue a new ordination. VnpoſſibleImpossible and abſurd. Neither can the Office of a Maior, being but temporary, for a …
Gabriel Powel · The Nature and Use of Things Indifferent · p. 163 · Open in the reader