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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1597 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

stubbornestubborn

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

Puritas changed it
1,507 times in 578 works
Consistency
99.4% (1,507 of 1,515)
Reach if approved
~1,592 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: stubborn
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,515 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,507 changes in 578 works, 99.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,507)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … that God shall not will both the death, and destruction to com vpon the stubbornestubborn inobedient, I se nother absurditie to folow neither scripture repugning: but after in answering …
    With rule
    … that God shall not will both the death, and destruction to com vpon the stubbornestubborn inobedient, I se nother absurditie to folow neither scripture repugning: but after in answering …

    John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 118 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    Wilfull continuance, and stubbornestubborn perseverance in a sinfull course, after warning and admonition from God in his word …
    With rule
    Wilfull continuance, and stubbornestubborn perseverance in a sinfull course, after warning and admonition from God in his word …

    Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · p. 50 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … all Pastorall duties: to instruct the ignorant, to comfort: the weake, to correct the stubbornestubborn, to confirme the religious. Strictly, it imports a Superiours scrutiny or examination of things …
    With rule
    … all Pastorall duties: to instruct the ignorant, to comfort: the weake, to correct the stubbornestubborn, to confirme the religious. Strictly, it imports a Superiours scrutiny or examination of things …

    Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 31 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … poore finde it to be too deare: euen ſo your own hearts are prone, ſtubbornestubborn, and rebellious, not his, and therefore diſdaine you to humble your ſelues to walke …
    With rule
    … poore finde it to be too deare: euen ſo your own hearts are prone, ſtubbornestubborn, and rebellious, not his, and therefore diſdaine you to humble your ſelues to walke …

    Thomas Granger · Pauls Crown of Rejoicing · p. 38 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … of imboldening thee to the committing of ſome ſin or other. Are thy children ſtubbornestubborn, and diſobedient? Twenty to one, but it is to puniſh thy diſobedient, and undutifull …
    With rule
    … of imboldening thee to the committing of ſome ſin or other. Are thy children ſtubbornestubborn, and diſobedient? Twenty to one, but it is to puniſh thy diſobedient, and undutifull …

    Adam Harsnett · A Cordial for the Afflicted · p. 524 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … in truth, and them, which, after the truth is laide open, persist in the stubbornestubborn defence of their blindnesse, hereticall defenders, frowarde and stiffnecked teachers of circumcision the blessed …
    With rule
    … in truth, and them, which, after the truth is laide open, persist in the stubbornestubborn defence of their blindnesse, hereticall defenders, frowarde and stiffnecked teachers of circumcision the blessed …

    Richard Hooker · Justification Works and How the Foundation of Faith is Overthrown · p. 34 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … He opens their care to diſcipline, and commandeth that they returne from iniquitie; though ſtubbornestubborn, hee makes them give way to truth.
    With rule
    … He opens their care to diſcipline, and commandeth that they returne from iniquitie; though ſtubbornestubborn, hee makes them give way to truth.

    Thomas Hooker · Three Sermons · p. 14 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … that he possibly can. But if any of the Religion become selfe willed and stubbornestubborn to his Maiestie, without hauing regarde to his sayde warnings, and shall assemble in …
    With rule
    … that he possibly can. But if any of the Religion become selfe willed and stubbornestubborn to his Maiestie, without hauing regarde to his sayde warnings, and shall assemble in …

    François Hotman · The Furious Outrages of France and the Horrible Slaughter · p. CV · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

8 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.

The Way to Blessedness A00980

  • Printed
    Perseverance: StubborneStubborn perseverance in a wilfull course after warning from Gods word, is a state farre …
    With rule
    Perseverance: StubborneStubborn perseverance in a wilfull course after warning from Gods word, is a state farre …

    Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

  • Printed
    StubborneStubborn Sinners, which obstinately sticke in their sinnes, mocking both God and Man. Zephe. 1, 12. I …
    With rule
    StubborneStubborn Sinners, which obstinately sticke in their sinnes, mocking both God and Man. Zephe. 1, 12. I …

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 180 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

  • Printed
    Looke page 412. a 50.60. & b 10. Look StubborneStubborn.
    With rule
    Looke page 412. a 50.60. & b 10. Look StubborneStubborn.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    StubborneStubborn.
    With rule
    StubborneStubborn.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Howe God dealeth with vs if wee bee wilfull StubborneStubborn against him.
    With rule
    Howe God dealeth with vs if wee bee wilfull StubborneStubborn against him.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Howe such as be StubborneStubborn and vnwilling to learne at Gods hands, should be dealt withall.
    With rule
    Howe such as be StubborneStubborn and vnwilling to learne at Gods hands, should be dealt withall.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

Paraphrase Upon the Books of the Psalms A45442

  • Printed
    StubborneStubborn pag. 389. col. 1
    With rule
    StubborneStubborn pag. 389. col. 1

    Henry Hammond · Paraphrase Upon the Books of the Psalms · Open in the reader

The Cure of Misprision A97246

  • Printed
    … Chron. 12. 33. Pſal. 12. 2. A heare and a heart, Jer. 32. Proude hearts Deut. 17. Froward hearts, Pro. 11. 20. StubborneStubborn hearts, Hoſea 13. 6. Obſtinate hearts, Jer. 52. Hard hearts, Exod. 9. 12. And Stony hear…s, Ezek. 11. 19.
    With rule
    … Chron. 12. 33. Pſal. 12. 2. A heare and a heart, Jer. 32. Proude hearts Deut. 17. Froward hearts, Pro. 11. 20. StubborneStubborn hearts, Hoſea 13. 6. Obſtinate hearts, Jer. 52. Hard hearts, Exod. 9. 12. And Stony hear…s, Ezek. 11. 19.

    Richard Younge · The Cure of Misprision · p. 24 · Open in the reader