Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1550 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

meritesmerits

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

Puritas changed it: 2,753 times in 405 works
Consistency: 99.8% (2,753 of 2,757)
Reach if approved: ~2,898 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: merits
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,758 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,753 changes in 405 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,753)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and their fleshe better than hys truthe / hauynge their whole trust in the mangye meritesmerits and dyrtye deseruynges of these beastlye Hipocrites / and no thynge at all in his …
With rule
… and their fleshe better than hys truthe / hauynge their whole trust in the mangye meritesmerits and dyrtye deseruynges of these beastlye Hipocrites / and no thynge at all in his …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation 2 · p. 58 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſingular Advocate and Patrone of mankind, that by himſelf alone and by his owne meritesmerits procureth all grace and mercy to mankind in the ſight of his Father, none …
With rule
… ſingular Advocate and Patrone of mankind, that by himſelf alone and by his owne meritesmerits procureth all grace and mercy to mankind in the ſight of his Father, none …
Francis Johnson · Answer to Mr Jacobs Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 47 · Open in the reader
Printed
Whosoeuer doeth inuocate the father of heauē, in the truste of Christes meritesmerits, whyche offerynge is the most confortable and acceptable offerynge to the father. Whosoeuer I …
With rule
Whosoeuer doeth inuocate the father of heauē, in the truste of Christes meritesmerits, whyche offerynge is the most confortable and acceptable offerynge to the father. Whosoeuer I …
Hugh Latimer · The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty · Open in the reader
Printed
Thomas Butler, for purgatorie, and meritesmerits.
With rule
Thomas Butler, for purgatorie, and meritesmerits.
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 405 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not his meaning plaine, that no man can be accounted worthie by workes or meritesmerits, but altogither by the grace and gift of God?
With rule
… not his meaning plaine, that no man can be accounted worthie by workes or meritesmerits, but altogither by the grace and gift of God?
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 283 · Open in the reader
Printed
… helpe, yet the patient by toleration, in time, might, vnder the protection of Christes meritesmerits, make full satisfaction, and so be discharged. who being a vessell of mercy, can …
With rule
… helpe, yet the patient by toleration, in time, might, vnder the protection of Christes meritesmerits, make full satisfaction, and so be discharged. who being a vessell of mercy, can …
William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 195 · Open in the reader
Printed
… us, we receive the sence & assurance of the remission of our sinnes through his meritesmerits: and as for this personall presence of Christs body, which he speaketh of, I …
With rule
… us, we receive the sence & assurance of the remission of our sinnes through his meritesmerits: and as for this personall presence of Christs body, which he speaketh of, I …
George Gillespie · Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies · p. 66 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in our ſelues, but in thy manifold mercies, and thy Sonne Ieſus Chriſt his meritesmerits, in whom thou art delightfully pleaſed with all that faithfully call vpon thy name.
With rule
… in our ſelues, but in thy manifold mercies, and thy Sonne Ieſus Chriſt his meritesmerits, in whom thou art delightfully pleaſed with all that faithfully call vpon thy name.
Henry Greenwood · Tormenting Tophet · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

4 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.

Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue A01309

Printed
Hereticall translation against MERITESMERITS, or MERITORIOVS WORKES, and the REVVARDE for the same.
With rule
Hereticall translation against MERITESMERITS, or MERITORIOVS WORKES, and the REVVARDE for the same.
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 262 · Open in the reader
Printed
… what maner of day shal come, my brethren, when our Lord shal recoūt the MERITESMERITS of euery one, and paie vs the rewarde or stipend of faith and deuotion …
With rule
… what maner of day shal come, my brethren, when our Lord shal recoūt the MERITESMERITS of euery one, and paie vs the rewarde or stipend of faith and deuotion …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 273 · Open in the reader
Printed
… prouided this, that the labours should soone be ended, but the rewardes of the MERITESMERITS should endure without ende: the Apostle testi fying, THE PASSIONS OF THIS TIME ARE …
With rule
… prouided this, that the labours should soone be ended, but the rewardes of the MERITESMERITS should endure without ende: the Apostle testi fying, THE PASSIONS OF THIS TIME ARE …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 275 · Open in the reader

A General View of Papistry A15422

Printed
AN APPENDIX OR FIFT PART OF THE MEritesMerits of the Virgine, and of the Aue Maria.
With rule
AN APPENDIX OR FIFT PART OF THE MEritesMerits of the Virgine, and of the Aue Maria.
Andrew Willet · A General View of Papistry · p. 404 · Open in the reader