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unconstantinconstant

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

Puritas changed it
573 times in 356 works
Consistency
97.2% (573 of 589)
Reach if approved
~634 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: unconstant
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
603 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (573 changes in 356 works, 97.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 573)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … that ariseth out of Want, That which ariseth upon Weaknes is a fickle and unconstantinconstant mutability of the Mind, whereby it desireth a continuall change of condition: which affection …
    With rule
    … that ariseth out of Want, That which ariseth upon Weaknes is a fickle and unconstantinconstant mutability of the Mind, whereby it desireth a continuall change of condition: which affection …

    Edward Reynolds · Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul · p. 255 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … duty as fixed starres, Iude 13. not as the shooting or wandring starres, that is, unconstantinconstant and unstable men, carried about with every winde of temptation, doctrin, lust: But we …
    With rule
    … duty as fixed starres, Iude 13. not as the shooting or wandring starres, that is, unconstantinconstant and unstable men, carried about with every winde of temptation, doctrin, lust: But we …

    Thomas Taylor · A Man in Christ · p. 61 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … back biters, holie Hypocrites, ſupplā ters of the trueth, iuſt beiond meaſure, proude, unchaſt, unconſtantinconstant teachers, delicate Martyrs, confeſſours deſirous of much lucre: gentle, but falſe accuſ…rs, religious …
    With rule
    … back biters, holie Hypocrites, ſupplā ters of the trueth, iuſt beiond meaſure, proude, unchaſt, unconſtantinconstant teachers, delicate Martyrs, confeſſours deſirous of much lucre: gentle, but falſe accuſ…rs, religious …

    Thomas Brightman · A Revelation of the Apocalypse · p. 265 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … of these Sacramental Vows have I violated? and Lord, I have still the same unconstantinconstant deceitful heart to betray me to the breach of this. O thou who art …
    With rule
    … of these Sacramental Vows have I violated? and Lord, I have still the same unconstantinconstant deceitful heart to betray me to the breach of this. O thou who art …

    Richard Allestree · The Exaltation of the Soul · p. 182 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … He that inclin'd them joyfully to chuse the Spiritual Eternal Good, will bind their unconstantinconstant Hearts, that by a faithful adherence they shall cleave to their Duty and Felicity …
    With rule
    … He that inclin'd them joyfully to chuse the Spiritual Eternal Good, will bind their unconstantinconstant Hearts, that by a faithful adherence they shall cleave to their Duty and Felicity …

    William Bates · The Four Last Things · p. 417 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … hath sensibility of expressive gifts. And so as he buildeth his comfort upon these unconstantinconstant signs, his comforts are accordingly unconstantinconstant: sometime he thinketh he hath grace, when his …
    With rule
    … hath sensibility of expressive gifts. And so as he buildeth his comfort upon these unconstantinconstant signs, his comforts are accordingly unconstantinconstant: sometime he thinketh he hath grace, when his …

    Richard Baxter · Directions for Weak Distempered Christians · p. 163 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … small, as either what the world cals Substance, is most subject to Accidents, uncertaine, unconstantinconstant, even lands themselves in this respect are moveables, Riches make themselves wings, and fly …
    With rule
    … small, as either what the world cals Substance, is most subject to Accidents, uncertaine, unconstantinconstant, even lands themselves in this respect are moveables, Riches make themselves wings, and fly …

    Thomas Fuller · Josephs Party-Colored Coat · p. 119 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … there is an influence from God, and that the creatures are vanishing, perishing and unconstantinconstant of themselues.
    With rule
    … there is an influence from God, and that the creatures are vanishing, perishing and unconstantinconstant of themselues.

    John Preston · Four Godly and Learned Treatises · p. 7 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (16)

10 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Scripture Light the Most Sure Light A29371

  • Printed
    … live: And the ſame word in the Hebrew (and Scripture Phraſe) that ſignifies an UnconſtantInconstant man, ſignifies a Fool: and if ye look into Eccleſ. 5. ye ſhal find, that …
    With rule
    … live: And the ſame word in the Hebrew (and Scripture Phraſe) that ſignifies an UnconſtantInconstant man, ſignifies a Fool: and if ye look into Eccleſ. 5. ye ſhal find, that …

    William Bridge · Scripture Light the Most Sure Light · p. 432 · Open in the reader

The Souls Union with Christ A49198

  • Printed
    … Heart of Man was drawn from that firſt Bleſſed Center, it hath naturally been UnconſtantInconstant in all its Reſtings: Now from this Unconſtancy of the ſpirit, the Heart is …
    With rule
    … Heart of Man was drawn from that firſt Bleſſed Center, it hath naturally been UnconſtantInconstant in all its Reſtings: Now from this Unconſtancy of the ſpirit, the Heart is …

    John Lougher · The Souls Union with Christ · p. 362 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … peculiar Inſeparable effect of this Teſtimony that the ſpirit gives, it fixeth the Wavering UnconſtantInconstant Soul. This is the Spirits Atteſtation unto Faith. Now we ſhall come to the …
    With rule
    … peculiar Inſeparable effect of this Teſtimony that the ſpirit gives, it fixeth the Wavering UnconſtantInconstant Soul. This is the Spirits Atteſtation unto Faith. Now we ſhall come to the …

    John Lougher · The Souls Union with Christ · p. 365 · Open in the reader

The Wonders of the Invisible World A50177

  • Printed
    … Evident Reason, in Nature can be given. VIII. Lastly, If the party Examined be UnconstantInconstant, or Contrary to himself, in his Deliberate Answers, it argueth a Guilty Conscience, which …
    With rule
    … Evident Reason, in Nature can be given. VIII. Lastly, If the party Examined be UnconstantInconstant, or Contrary to himself, in his Deliberate Answers, it argueth a Guilty Conscience, which …

    Cotton Mather · The Wonders of the Invisible World · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … a Witch, more certain and infallible. As, Firstly, Declining of Judicature, or Fultring, Faulty, UnconstantInconstant, and Contrary Answers, upon Judicial and Deliberate Examination. Secondly, when upon due Enquiry, into …
    With rule
    … a Witch, more certain and infallible. As, Firstly, Declining of Judicature, or Fultring, Faulty, UnconstantInconstant, and Contrary Answers, upon Judicial and Deliberate Examination. Secondly, when upon due Enquiry, into …

    Cotton Mather · The Wonders of the Invisible World · Open in the reader

A Crystal Mirror A52803

  • Printed
    … ſelf-deceiving heart; As 1. a Silent. 2. A Brawny. 3. An Untractble. And 4. an Unſtable or UnconſtantInconstant Heart.
    With rule
    … ſelf-deceiving heart; As 1. a Silent. 2. A Brawny. 3. An Untractble. And 4. an Unſtable or UnconſtantInconstant Heart.

    Christopher Ness · A Crystal Mirror · p. 120 · Open in the reader

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

  • Printed
    … Unnatural War againſt his own Father, and Jehu ſignifies a conſtant Man, yet prov'd UnconſtantInconstant; for in his latter time he regarded not to walk in the ways of …
    With rule
    … Unnatural War againſt his own Father, and Jehu ſignifies a conſtant Man, yet prov'd UnconſtantInconstant; for in his latter time he regarded not to walk in the ways of …

    Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 164 · Open in the reader

Poems on Several Occasions A63969

  • Printed
    Shall I both Cruel and UnconstantInconstant be?
    With rule
    Shall I both Cruel and UnconstantInconstant be?

    John Tutchin · Poems on Several Occasions · p. 26 · Open in the reader

Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature A91224

  • Printed
    UnconſtantInconstant world (more full of changes then
    With rule
    UnconſtantInconstant world (more full of changes then

    William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 83 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    UnconſtantInconstant friends are ever falſe, not true.
    With rule
    UnconſtantInconstant friends are ever falſe, not true.

    William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 87 · Open in the reader