Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1638 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

rainerain

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

Puritas changed it: 5,007 times in 1,102 works
Consistency: 99.8% (5,007 of 5,013)
Reach if approved: ~5,270 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: rain
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 5,016 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (5,007 changes in 1,102 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 5,007)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the heate, & a place of refuge, & a covert for the ſtorm, and for the rainerain. And now beloved I end with this warning from that ſame prophet to you …
With rule
… the heate, & a place of refuge, & a covert for the ſtorm, and for the rainerain. And now beloved I end with this warning from that ſame prophet to you …
John Forbes · A Fruitful Sermon · p. 95 · Open in the reader
Printed
… after it is iustified, as a roote that is wattered with a showre of rainerain, abydeth faste in the grounde of the soule, that when it beginneth to bee …
With rule
… after it is iustified, as a roote that is wattered with a showre of rainerain, abydeth faste in the grounde of the soule, that when it beginneth to bee …
William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · p. 90 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wits end, vncertaine whither it be better for him to be abroad in the rainerain, or to bide within dores in the dropping. And for this cause Augustine compareth …
With rule
… wits end, vncertaine whither it be better for him to be abroad in the rainerain, or to bide within dores in the dropping. And for this cause Augustine compareth …
Thomas Gataker · Two Marriage Sermons · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thunder is good to worke on a hard Heart, yet as thunder commonly brings rainerain, your ſonnes of thunder ſhould doe well alwayes to conclude with a comfortable ſhower …
With rule
… thunder is good to worke on a hard Heart, yet as thunder commonly brings rainerain, your ſonnes of thunder ſhould doe well alwayes to conclude with a comfortable ſhower …
William Gilbert · The Art of Building Comfort · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is noted in the deſcription of a good King, He ſhall come downe like rainerain vpon the mowen graſſe, and as ſhowers that water the earth: In his dayes …
With rule
… is noted in the deſcription of a good King, He ſhall come downe like rainerain vpon the mowen graſſe, and as ſhowers that water the earth: In his dayes …
William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 318 · Open in the reader
Printed
… another; For paſsing thorow the Valley of Baca, they make it a Well; the rainerain alſo filleth the pooles, That which ſeemed an impediment turnes to a furtherance; at …
With rule
… another; For paſsing thorow the Valley of Baca, they make it a Well; the rainerain alſo filleth the pooles, That which ſeemed an impediment turnes to a furtherance; at …
Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Seven Consolatory Psalms of David · p. 133 · Open in the reader
Printed
… eye to receive light from every ſtarre, a readineſſe in the ground to receive rainerain from every cloud, a readineſs with diligence to follow every good worke, as there …
With rule
… eye to receive light from every ſtarre, a readineſſe in the ground to receive rainerain from every cloud, a readineſs with diligence to follow every good worke, as there …
Alexander Grosse · The Happiness of Enjoying and Use of Christ · p. 191 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of God ar enemeis vnto thame, zea, the heuin geuis thame nouther dew nor rainerain, nor the earth ony frute mair nor thay wer maid of Iron and brasse …
With rule
… of God ar enemeis vnto thame, zea, the heuin geuis thame nouther dew nor rainerain, nor the earth ony frute mair nor thay wer maid of Iron and brasse …
David Fergusson · Sermon Preached 13 January 1571 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

6 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.

Gods Three Arrows A01974

Printed
RAineRain wanting cauſeth famine. 158
With rule
RAineRain wanting cauſeth famine. 158
William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · p. 176 · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

Printed
RAineRain, turned quickly into wormes. 596
With rule
RAineRain, turned quickly into wormes. 596
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · Open in the reader

Exposition of Amos 4-9 A45333

Printed
RAineRain falls by appointment, 71. want of it a Iudgement
With rule
RAineRain falls by appointment, 71. want of it a Iudgement
Thomas Hall · Exposition of Amos 4-9 · Open in the reader

Treatise of Divinity A47629

Printed
RAineRain, what it is, the usefulnesse of it l. 3. p. 50 51, 52
With rule
RAineRain, what it is, the usefulnesse of it l. 3. p. 50 51, 52
Edward Leigh · Treatise of Divinity · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Revelation A68061

Printed
RAineRain twofold. 62
With rule
RAineRain twofold. 62
Patrick Forbes · Commentary Upon Revelation · Open in the reader

Immanuel or God With Us A79831

Printed
… have foreſeen the Victory, and ſaid, God will ſend SHOWRES OF BLESSING, a PLENTIFULL RAINERAIN, RaineRain of Liberallities (as the Hebrew is) in giving Salvation to England. Men at …
With rule
… have foreſeen the Victory, and ſaid, God will ſend SHOWRES OF BLESSING, a PLENTIFULL RAINERAIN, RaineRain of Liberallities (as the Hebrew is) in giving Salvation to England. Men at …
John Canne · Immanuel or God With Us · p. 32 · Open in the reader