Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1376 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

wildernessewilderness

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

Puritas changed it: 10,960 times in 1,638 works
Consistency: 99.9% (10,960 of 10,969)
Reach if approved: ~11,527 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: wilderness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 10,971 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (10,960 changes in 1,638 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 10,960)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… into Canaan, as the old Iſraelites did, by the tedious paſſages of a troubleſome WilderneſſeWilderness; but their Mourning ſhall be turned into Dauncing: a converſion as ſudden, as when …
With rule
… into Canaan, as the old Iſraelites did, by the tedious paſſages of a troubleſome WilderneſſeWilderness; but their Mourning ſhall be turned into Dauncing: a converſion as ſudden, as when …
Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Seven Consolatory Psalms of David · p. 80 · Open in the reader
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… to be a woman of Diblaim, or out of Diblah, that waſt and huge wilderneſſewilderness which you reade of, Ezech. 6. 24. to ſhew that, not their merit, but Gods free …
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… to be a woman of Diblaim, or out of Diblah, that waſt and huge wilderneſſewilderness which you reade of, Ezech. 6. 24. to ſhew that, not their merit, but Gods free …
Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 181 · Open in the reader
Printed
1 Gods leading them 40. yeares in the wildernessewilderness to humble and proue them, to know what was in their hearts, whether they …
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1 Gods leading them 40. yeares in the wildernessewilderness to humble and proue them, to know what was in their hearts, whether they …
James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · p. 145 · Open in the reader
Printed
So he caried me awaye into the wildernessewilderness. in the spirite. &c.
With rule
So he caried me awaye into the wildernessewilderness. in the spirite. &c.
William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
… into the WildernesseWilderness; but neuer driuen vtterly out of the World. In the very WildernesseWilderness will God prouide a place for her, where she… shall be safe; and finde …
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… into the WildernesseWilderness; but neuer driuen vtterly out of the World. In the very WildernesseWilderness will God prouide a place for her, where she… shall be safe; and finde …
Thomas Gataker · An Anniversary Memorial · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the bread of life. Your fathers (ſaith he) did eat Mā na in the wilderneſſewilderness and are dead. If any man eat of this bread he ſhal liue for …
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… the bread of life. Your fathers (ſaith he) did eat Mā na in the wilderneſſewilderness and are dead. If any man eat of this bread he ſhal liue for …
George Gifford · Sermons Upon Divers Texts · p. 79 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the people, their poſteritie, in deliuering them out of Egypt, preſeruinge them in the wilderneſſewilderness, and geuing to them his Lawes) ſpake theſe wordes to the Elders ād all …
With rule
… the people, their poſteritie, in deliuering them out of Egypt, preſeruinge them in the wilderneſſewilderness, and geuing to them his Lawes) ſpake theſe wordes to the Elders ād all …
Christopher Goodman · How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects · p. 80 · Open in the reader
Printed
… God, &c.) Herein did he oft tempt the Iſraelites, yea & Moſes alſo in the wilderneſſewilderness. This was it for which he deſired to winnow Peter; and for which Paul …
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… God, &c.) Herein did he oft tempt the Iſraelites, yea & Moſes alſo in the wilderneſſewilderness. This was it for which he deſired to winnow Peter; and for which Paul …
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 286 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

9 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.

Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649

Printed
… it were in the wildernessewilderness; and therefore it is written concerning it, IN THE WILDERNESSEWILDERNESS.
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… it were in the wildernessewilderness; and therefore it is written concerning it, IN THE WILDERNESSEWILDERNESS.
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 95 · Open in the reader
Printed
WIldernesseWilderness of …dah] the forest of Hareth, 1 Sam. 22. 5. or, the wildernessewilderness of Ziph, 1 Sam. 23. 14. both …
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WIldernesseWilderness of …dah] the forest of Hareth, 1 Sam. 22. 5. or, the wildernessewilderness of Ziph, 1 Sam. 23. 14. both …
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 93 · Open in the reader

The Resurrection Revealed A44277

Printed
… BEASTS TO CEASE out of the land. And they ſhall dwell SAFELY in the WILDERNESSEWILDERNESS, and ſleep in the Woods. And I wil make them, and the places round …
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… BEASTS TO CEASE out of the land. And they ſhall dwell SAFELY in the WILDERNESSEWILDERNESS, and ſleep in the Woods. And I wil make them, and the places round …
Nathanael Homes · The Resurrection Revealed · p. 232 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the red ſea) and gaveſt him to be meat to the people inhabiting the WILDERNESSEWILDERNESS, (Hebr. deſolate places,) which the old Latine, Jerome and the Septuagint tranſlate, To the …
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… the red ſea) and gaveſt him to be meat to the people inhabiting the WILDERNESSEWILDERNESS, (Hebr. deſolate places,) which the old Latine, Jerome and the Septuagint tranſlate, To the …
Nathanael Homes · The Resurrection Revealed · p. 328 · Open in the reader

The Doctrine and Conversation of John Baptist A81299

Printed
The first Prophets, Esay 40.3, 4, 5. A voyce of him that cryeth in the wildernessEwilderness; prepare yee the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert, a high …
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The first Prophets, Esay 40.3, 4, 5. A voyce of him that cryeth in the wildernessEwilderness; prepare yee the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert, a high …
Henry Denne · The Doctrine and Conversation of John Baptist · p. 8 · Open in the reader

A Scripture-Map of the Wilderness of Sin A95609

Printed
… all Pilgrims (as were our Fathers) and have begunne our Travailes in the SINNERS WILDERNESSEWILDERNESS, oh! that our end after all may bee THE SAINTS EVERLASTING REST.
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… all Pilgrims (as were our Fathers) and have begunne our Travailes in the SINNERS WILDERNESSEWILDERNESS, oh! that our end after all may bee THE SAINTS EVERLASTING REST.
Faithful Teate · A Scripture-Map of the Wilderness of Sin · Open in the reader
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The WilderneſſeWilderness deſcribed is the WILDERNESSEWILDERNESS OF SIN ſpiritually ſo called, (for I allude, and no more, to that WilderneſſeWilderness …
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The WilderneſſeWilderness deſcribed is the WILDERNESSEWILDERNESS OF SIN ſpiritually ſo called, (for I allude, and no more, to that WilderneſſeWilderness …
Faithful Teate · A Scripture-Map of the Wilderness of Sin · Open in the reader
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Now then ſince SIN is the worſt WILDERNESSEWILDERNESS, and JESUS the beſt JOSHVAH; and ſince it is only by JESVS that wee …
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Now then ſince SIN is the worſt WILDERNESSEWILDERNESS, and JESUS the beſt JOSHVAH; and ſince it is only by JESVS that wee …
Faithful Teate · A Scripture-Map of the Wilderness of Sin · Open in the reader
Printed
… in the Text found that WAY, and ſo left, and came out of that WILDERNESSEWILDERNESS.
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… in the Text found that WAY, and ſo left, and came out of that WILDERNESSEWILDERNESS.
Faithful Teate · A Scripture-Map of the Wilderness of Sin · p. 235 · Open in the reader