Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #14543 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

hardnethhardeneth

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

Puritas changed it: 539 times in 274 works
Consistency: 99.6% (539 of 541)
Reach if approved: ~568 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: hardeneth
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 541 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (539 changes in 274 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 539)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Spirit of sanctification, we acknowledge not. It is true, even his owne Servants he hardnethhardeneth sometimes against his feare, as the Scripture speaketh, Esa. 63.17. Whereupon their peace of conscience …
With rule
… Spirit of sanctification, we acknowledge not. It is true, even his owne Servants he hardnethhardeneth sometimes against his feare, as the Scripture speaketh, Esa. 63.17. Whereupon their peace of conscience …
William Twisse · The Doctrine of the Synod of Dort · p. 94 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by all Mankind? How grosse is this heresie, that so hoodeth a man, and hardnethhardeneth him, that be he learned, yet he blusheth not to deny roundly, that which …
With rule
… by all Mankind? How grosse is this heresie, that so hoodeth a man, and hardnethhardeneth him, that be he learned, yet he blusheth not to deny roundly, that which …
Anthony Wotton · Defense of Perkins Book Called a Reformed Catholic · p. 94 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a ſtone, it ſoftneth it nothing at all. If it ſhine on clav, it hardnethhardeneth it. Stony hearts are no whit bettered; muddie, claiey, polluted hearts are made worſe.
With rule
… a ſtone, it ſoftneth it nothing at all. If it ſhine on clav, it hardnethhardeneth it. Stony hearts are no whit bettered; muddie, claiey, polluted hearts are made worſe.
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 339 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and marvellous unrecoverable. As the ſame Wiſe man ſaith, He that being often reprooved, hardnethhardeneth his necke, and will not ſtoope to any counſels, nor reproofes, but ſaith? Who …
With rule
… and marvellous unrecoverable. As the ſame Wiſe man ſaith, He that being often reprooved, hardnethhardeneth his necke, and will not ſtoope to any counſels, nor reproofes, but ſaith? Who …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Humiliation · p. 91 · Open in the reader
Printed
… c. and in the ſame chapter, verſe 18. no other reaſon is rendred, (why God hardnethhardeneth the hearts of men, that is, hauing offered thē means of mollifying their hearts …
With rule
… c. and in the ſame chapter, verſe 18. no other reaſon is rendred, (why God hardnethhardeneth the hearts of men, that is, hauing offered thē means of mollifying their hearts …
Thomas Newhouse · Certain Sermons · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to hardnesse of heart; Happy is the man that feareth alway, but he that hardnethhardeneth his heart shall fall into mischiefe: Now the opposite to hardnesse, is brokennesse of …
With rule
… to hardnesse of heart; Happy is the man that feareth alway, but he that hardnethhardeneth his heart shall fall into mischiefe: Now the opposite to hardnesse, is brokennesse of …
John Preston · A Lifeless Life · p. 58 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by the meanes. So then though Sathan hardnethhardeneth as a malitious Author; and man hardnethhardeneth himſelfe as a voluntarie inſtrument; yet God hardnethhardeneth no otherwiſe, than as he is …
With rule
… by the meanes. So then though Sathan hardnethhardeneth as a malitious Author; and man hardnethhardeneth himſelfe as a voluntarie inſtrument; yet God hardnethhardeneth no otherwiſe, than as he is …
Nehemiah Rogers · A Strange Vineyard in Palestine · p. 193 · Open in the reader
Printed
… doe rejoyce; or the church atleast weise purged of the evil: for he that hardnethhardeneth his neck, when he is often rebuked, shal sodainly be broken off, and can …
With rule
… doe rejoyce; or the church atleast weise purged of the evil: for he that hardnethhardeneth his neck, when he is often rebuked, shal sodainly be broken off, and can …
Henry Ainsworth · The Communion of Saints · p. 436 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 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.

Sermon 17 July 1700 A50459

Printed
He that being often Reproved, HardnethHardeneth his Neck, ſhall ſuddenly be Deſtroyed, and that without Remedy.
With rule
He that being often Reproved, HardnethHardeneth his Neck, ſhall ſuddenly be Deſtroyed, and that without Remedy.
Daniel Mayo · Sermon 17 July 1700 · p. 1 · Open in the reader