Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1532 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

distressedistress

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

Puritas changed it: 5,361 times in 1,304 works
Consistency: 99.6% (5,361 of 5,380)
Reach if approved: ~5,654 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: distress
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 5,381 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (5,361 changes in 1,304 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 5,361)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… coulde ſuccour no man nor inſtruct any man in his doubt of conſcience or diſtreſſedistress of Faith, proue me that there maye be ſuch a decay of Gods ſpirite …
With rule
… coulde ſuccour no man nor inſtruct any man in his doubt of conſcience or diſtreſſedistress of Faith, proue me that there maye be ſuch a decay of Gods ſpirite …
William Fulke · Answer to the Proud Challenge of a Counterset Catholic · p. 82 · Open in the reader
Printed
… pity are to be shewed, euen to helpe what they can in such a distressedistress. They ought with all instant suit to intreat the Lord to shew mercy, and …
With rule
… pity are to be shewed, euen to helpe what they can in such a distressedistress. They ought with all instant suit to intreat the Lord to shew mercy, and …
George Gifford · Dialogue Concerning Witches and Witchcrafts · Open in the reader
Printed
… grace, as afflictions are to others. Thus it is in like maner in deſertings, & diſtreſſedistress of minde, they being a temporall puniſhment, God is as various in them. So …
With rule
… grace, as afflictions are to others. Thus it is in like maner in deſertings, & diſtreſſedistress of minde, they being a temporall puniſhment, God is as various in them. So …
Thomas Goodwin · A Child of Light Walking in Darkness · p. 126 · Open in the reader
Printed
VI. THey that are delivered from diſtreſſedistress are eſpecially bound to praiſe the Lord. This duty is in ſpeciall enjoyned to …
With rule
VI. THey that are delivered from diſtreſſedistress are eſpecially bound to praiſe the Lord. This duty is in ſpeciall enjoyned to …
William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · p. 228 · Open in the reader
Printed
… my Letter, I gaue you to vnderstand, what was the cause of your excessiue distressedistress. I besech you in the name of our Lord Iesus Christ, that you will …
With rule
… my Letter, I gaue you to vnderstand, what was the cause of your excessiue distressedistress. I besech you in the name of our Lord Iesus Christ, that you will …
Richard Greenham · Propositions Containing Answers in Divers Spiritual Matters · Open in the reader
Printed
Extremiry of diſtreſſedistress, will ſend euen the prophaneſt man to God; like as the drowning man, reacheth …
With rule
Extremiry of diſtreſſedistress, will ſend euen the prophaneſt man to God; like as the drowning man, reacheth …
Joseph Hall · History of the Old Testament Volume 5 · p. 74 · Open in the reader
Printed
The true Church, in the later Ages thereof, must be in great distressedistress, and driuen to a narrow compasse.
With rule
The true Church, in the later Ages thereof, must be in great distressedistress, and driuen to a narrow compasse.
Daniel Featley · The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net · Open in the reader
Printed
… the present, beside that eternal life to come? Mar. 10.30. If I am in any distressedistress, have I not a promise, that when Father and Mother forsake mee, he well …
With rule
… the present, beside that eternal life to come? Mar. 10.30. If I am in any distressedistress, have I not a promise, that when Father and Mother forsake mee, he well …
Phineas Fletcher · Joy in Tribulation · p. 96 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (19)

18 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 are listed here. 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Collected Sermons A06521

Printed
A SERMON OF D. MARTIN LVTHER, CONCERNING TRVST IN GOD IN PENVRIE AND DISTRESSEDISTRESS.
With rule
A SERMON OF D. MARTIN LVTHER, CONCERNING TRVST IN GOD IN PENVRIE AND DISTRESSEDISTRESS.
Martin Luther · Collected Sermons · p. 371 · Open in the reader

Cases of Conscience Part 1 A09364

Printed
DIstresseDistress of mind, (which Salomō calls a brokē or troubled spirit) is, whē a mā …
With rule
DIstresseDistress of mind, (which Salomō calls a brokē or troubled spirit) is, whē a mā …
William Perkins · Cases of Conscience Part 1 · p. 77 · Open in the reader

The Godly Mans Ark A31997

Printed
THE Godly Mans Ark OR, City of Refuge, in the day of his DISTRESSEDISTRESS.
With rule
THE Godly Mans Ark OR, City of Refuge, in the day of his DISTRESSEDISTRESS.
Edmund Calamy · The Godly Mans Ark · Open in the reader

A Sovereign Salve A85500

Printed
I. DISTRESSEDISTRESS.
With rule
I. DISTRESSEDISTRESS.
Richard Gove · A Sovereign Salve · p. 103 · Open in the reader
Printed
IV. DISTRESSEDISTRESS.
With rule
IV. DISTRESSEDISTRESS.
Richard Gove · A Sovereign Salve · p. 105 · Open in the reader
Printed
VII. DISTRESSEDISTRESS.
With rule
VII. DISTRESSEDISTRESS.
Richard Gove · A Sovereign Salve · p. 107 · Open in the reader
Printed
X. DISTRESSEDISTRESS.
With rule
X. DISTRESSEDISTRESS.
Richard Gove · A Sovereign Salve · p. 108 · Open in the reader
Printed
XIII. DISTRESSEDISTRESS.
With rule
XIII. DISTRESSEDISTRESS.
Richard Gove · A Sovereign Salve · p. 110 · Open in the reader