Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1634 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

thinkesthinks

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

Puritas changed it: 4,332 times in 1,110 works
Consistency: 99.7% (4,332 of 4,341)
Reach if approved: ~4,562 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: thinks
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 4,342 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (4,332 changes in 1,110 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 4,332)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of the Sacrament, that they slept; that is, dyed and went to Heaven? me thinkesthinks so strong a charity argues too weake a judgement: I answer, the Apostle had …
With rule
… of the Sacrament, that they slept; that is, dyed and went to Heaven? me thinkesthinks so strong a charity argues too weake a judgement: I answer, the Apostle had …
Thomas Fuller · Josephs Party-Colored Coat · p. 78 · Open in the reader
Printed
… habit of this Scene; When I conſider their carriage and wily beguiling conveyance, me thinkesthinks I behold the cunning Fowler, ſuch as I haue knowne in the Fenne-Countries …
With rule
… habit of this Scene; When I conſider their carriage and wily beguiling conveyance, me thinkesthinks I behold the cunning Fowler, ſuch as I haue knowne in the Fenne-Countries …
John Gee · New Shreds of the Old Snare · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ioy and comfort is heere opened vs! Our Sauiour so loues vs, that he thinkesthinks not himselfe perfect without vs. What is man, O Lord, or the sonne of …
With rule
… ioy and comfort is heere opened vs! Our Sauiour so loues vs, that he thinkesthinks not himselfe perfect without vs. What is man, O Lord, or the sonne of …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
Not that he thinkesthinks you any way unworthy,
With rule
Not that he thinkesthinks you any way unworthy,
William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · Open in the reader
Printed
… to be purged from his sinnes; but not trusting to these outward meanes; he thinkesthinks upon a new course; and praies, to have his sinnes blotted out; as much …
With rule
… to be purged from his sinnes; but not trusting to these outward meanes; he thinkesthinks upon a new course; and praies, to have his sinnes blotted out; as much …
Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon Psalm 150 · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſtate of that man doth ever at laſt prove moſt diſhonourable and baſe, that thinkesthinks to enoble himſelfe without Chriſt. Joſeph brought his brethren, and preſented them to Pharaoh …
With rule
… ſtate of that man doth ever at laſt prove moſt diſhonourable and baſe, that thinkesthinks to enoble himſelfe without Chriſt. Joſeph brought his brethren, and preſented them to Pharaoh …
Alexander Grosse · The Happiness of Enjoying and Use of Christ · p. 123 · Open in the reader
Printed
First my thinkesthinks I see in their bookes of Deuotion and prayers, Salomon's temple, without the gate …
With rule
First my thinkesthinks I see in their bookes of Deuotion and prayers, Salomon's temple, without the gate …
Daniel Featley · The Handmaid to Private Devotion · Open in the reader
Printed
Which I beleeue, and still me thinkesthinks euen now
With rule
Which I beleeue, and still me thinkesthinks euen now
Phineas Fletcher · Sicelides a Piscatory · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies A01760

Printed
2. To what purpose tells he, it is their owne fault? ThinkesThinks he that there are any offended without their owne fault? To be offended is …
With rule
2. To what purpose tells he, it is their owne fault? ThinkesThinks he that there are any offended without their owne fault? To be offended is …
George Gillespie · Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies · p. 40 · Open in the reader

Aggravation of Sin A01894

Printed
… us to deny all ungodlineſſe and worldly luſts. The love of Chriſt conſtraines him. ThinkesThinks he, Shall I live in that for which Chriſt died? ſhall that be my …
With rule
… us to deny all ungodlineſſe and worldly luſts. The love of Chriſt conſtraines him. ThinkesThinks he, Shall I live in that for which Chriſt died? ſhall that be my …
Thomas Goodwin · Aggravation of Sin · p. 23 · Open in the reader

Abuses Stripped and Whipped A15623

Printed
ThinkesThinks if he spare his life, in such a case,
With rule
ThinkesThinks if he spare his life, in such a case,
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader
Printed
ThinkesThinks he those wil not grim enough appeare,
With rule
ThinkesThinks he those wil not grim enough appeare,
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete A15639

Printed
ThinkesThinks my Muses doe but faine.
With rule
ThinkesThinks my Muses doe but faine.
George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader

Annotations Upon the New Testament A50050

Printed
… power will I give thee and the glory of them] Lucas Brugensis, on Matth 4.8. ThinkesThinks the Devill by the art of the optickes, (in which he is most skilfull …
With rule
… power will I give thee and the glory of them] Lucas Brugensis, on Matth 4.8. ThinkesThinks the Devill by the art of the optickes, (in which he is most skilfull …
Edward Leigh · Annotations Upon the New Testament · p. 104 · Open in the reader

The Husbandmans Calling A61391

Printed
… then again, the Grass Preaches to the Husbandman, Relyance upon the providence of God. ThinkesThinks he, here I have a great family, and many Children, and certain provision for …
With rule
… then again, the Grass Preaches to the Husbandman, Relyance upon the providence of God. ThinkesThinks he, here I have a great family, and many Children, and certain provision for …
Richard Steele · The Husbandmans Calling · p. 139 · Open in the reader