Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1421 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

attaineattain

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

Puritas changed it: 6,875 times in 1,387 works
Consistency: 99.9% (6,875 of 6,880)
Reach if approved: ~7,230 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: attain
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 6,881 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (6,875 changes in 1,387 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 6,875)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… lēgth wel wayinge how many periſhed in their ignorance for lack of meanes to attaineattain to the knollage of the trueth: and alſo conferringe his articles and chief propoſitions …
With rule
… lēgth wel wayinge how many periſhed in their ignorance for lack of meanes to attaineattain to the knollage of the trueth: and alſo conferringe his articles and chief propoſitions …
Christopher Goodman · How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Chriſt. Why? Becauſe theſe had no other ground to truſt vnto, whereby they might attaineattain to life. But the Phariſes were full of many falſe perſwaſions of attaining to …
With rule
… Chriſt. Why? Becauſe theſe had no other ground to truſt vnto, whereby they might attaineattain to life. But the Phariſes were full of many falſe perſwaſions of attaining to …
William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 86 · Open in the reader
Printed
… our heeles: Woe be to theſe croſſe wills (ſaith St. Bernard) they ſhall never attaineattain what they would, and they ſhall ever ſuſtaine and endure what they would not …
With rule
… our heeles: Woe be to theſe croſſe wills (ſaith St. Bernard) they ſhall never attaineattain what they would, and they ſhall ever ſuſtaine and endure what they would not …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 713 · Open in the reader
Printed
… king, of kings, & Lord, of Lords; dwelling in that light which no man can attaineattain unto; to whom be honour, and glorie everlaſting, ſo hee ſets downe a ſtrait …
With rule
… king, of kings, & Lord, of Lords; dwelling in that light which no man can attaineattain unto; to whom be honour, and glorie everlaſting, ſo hee ſets downe a ſtrait …
John Forbes · Four Sermons · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… agayn into Gods fauour: rise agayne frō my fall: returne home agayn from banishment: & attaineattain to the end for which I was created. That which I deserued, he suffred …
With rule
… agayn into Gods fauour: rise agayne frō my fall: returne home agayn from banishment: & attaineattain to the end for which I was created. That which I deserued, he suffred …
John Foxe · Christ Jesus Triumphant · Open in the reader
Printed
… rablement of Scholemen, of whome Bristow so vainely doth brag, were euer able to attaineattain vnto, who with their sophistrie and barbarousnes haue rather darkened, then sette foorth the …
With rule
… rablement of Scholemen, of whome Bristow so vainely doth brag, were euer able to attaineattain vnto, who with their sophistrie and barbarousnes haue rather darkened, then sette foorth the …
William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 88 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that none ſince them were euerable to come any thing neere, much leſſe to attaineattain vnto. Adam and Eve our firſt Parents, albeit they were in the garden of …
With rule
… that none ſince them were euerable to come any thing neere, much leſſe to attaineattain vnto. Adam and Eve our firſt Parents, albeit they were in the garden of …
Thomas Gataker · True Contentment in the Gain of Godliness · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
… caried vp hard to it, and see those things which common sense doth not attaineattain. It is verifyed vppon all which the Prophet sayth: the heauens declare the glory …
With rule
… caried vp hard to it, and see those things which common sense doth not attaineattain. It is verifyed vppon all which the Prophet sayth: the heauens declare the glory …
George Gifford · Discourse of the Subtle Practices of Devils · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Parable of the Sower and of the Seed A13547

Printed
AttaineAttain this end of pleasure, and thou hast attained an endlesse pleasure.
With rule
AttaineAttain this end of pleasure, and thou hast attained an endlesse pleasure.
Thomas Taylor · The Parable of the Sower and of the Seed · p. 251 · Open in the reader

Emblems Ancient and Modern A15631

Printed
AttaineAttain to an unconquerable ſtrength;
With rule
AttaineAttain to an unconquerable ſtrength;
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 179 · Open in the reader

The Resurrection Revealed A44277

Printed
… the Kingdome of the world. For a childe in the Kingdome of Chriſt SHAL ATTAINEATTAIN A BLESSED, OR BEATIFIED PERFECTION OF LIFE. But the ſinner in the Kingdome of …
With rule
… the Kingdome of the world. For a childe in the Kingdome of Chriſt SHAL ATTAINEATTAIN A BLESSED, OR BEATIFIED PERFECTION OF LIFE. But the ſinner in the Kingdome of …
Nathanael Homes · The Resurrection Revealed · p. 519 · Open in the reader

The Mystery of the Gospel Vindicated and Socinianism Examined A90295

Printed
… they consist, and the manner how they are to be performed; that Christians may AttaineAttain, expresses a Power that is reducible into Act: So that the intention of God …
With rule
… they consist, and the manner how they are to be performed; that Christians may AttaineAttain, expresses a Power that is reducible into Act: So that the intention of God …
John Owen · The Mystery of the Gospel Vindicated and Socinianism Examined · p. 659 · Open in the reader