Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1665 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

abstaineabstain

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

Puritas changed it: 3,377 times in 870 works
Consistency: 99.9% (3,377 of 3,378)
Reach if approved: ~3,549 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: abstain
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 3,378 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (3,377 changes in 870 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 3,377)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… many of the Mendicant Friers: Fasting is a religious duty, but if one shall abstaineabstain so much, as he knoweth he shalbe accessary to his owne death, it is …
With rule
… many of the Mendicant Friers: Fasting is a religious duty, but if one shall abstaineabstain so much, as he knoweth he shalbe accessary to his owne death, it is …
Walter Balcanquhall · The Honor of Christian Churches · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to counſell the beſt, that is, to keepe farr from the occaſions of ſinne, abſtaineabstain from all appearance of euill, and take heede of the ſnare in lawfull buſineſſes …
With rule
… to counſell the beſt, that is, to keepe farr from the occaſions of ſinne, abſtaineabstain from all appearance of euill, and take heede of the ſnare in lawfull buſineſſes …
John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 290 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vrgeth, bidding vs to walke circumſpectly or exactly, and by a rule, and to abſtaineabstain from all appearance of euill.
With rule
… vrgeth, bidding vs to walke circumſpectly or exactly, and by a rule, and to abſtaineabstain from all appearance of euill.
Samuel Hieron · The Preachers Plea · p. 111 · Open in the reader
Printed
… And This is the will of God, euen your sanctification, and that yee should abstaineabstain from fornication. Let him shunne Opportunity as his Bawde, and Occasion as his Pandar …
With rule
… And This is the will of God, euen your sanctification, and that yee should abstaineabstain from fornication. Let him shunne Opportunity as his Bawde, and Occasion as his Pandar …
Thomas Adams · Diseases of the Soul · p. 47 · Open in the reader
Printed
… eate, I will eate to liue. It is perhaps easie to finde some that abstaineabstain, but how few for conscience of Gods precept? The sicke, the poore, the couetous …
With rule
… eate, I will eate to liue. It is perhaps easie to finde some that abstaineabstain, but how few for conscience of Gods precept? The sicke, the poore, the couetous …
Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 62 · Open in the reader
Printed
… nor obserûe the solemne appointed fastes of the Church, but that euery man should abstaineabstain when he liste. And there both he and Epiphanius doe recken moe of his …
With rule
… nor obserûe the solemne appointed fastes of the Church, but that euery man should abstaineabstain when he liste. And there both he and Epiphanius doe recken moe of his …
William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 414 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to reſiſt the diuel, that he bee rich in good workes, and that hee abſtaineabstain from committing thoſe vices which nature doth lead vnto. For in the time of …
With rule
… to reſiſt the diuel, that he bee rich in good workes, and that hee abſtaineabstain from committing thoſe vices which nature doth lead vnto. For in the time of …
George Gifford · Two Sermons on 1 Peter 5:8-9 · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
1 That the wife abſtaineabstain to doe any thing of her owne head, and after her owne minde, eyther …
With rule
1 That the wife abſtaineabstain to doe any thing of her owne head, and after her owne minde, eyther …
William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 24 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 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 Players Scourge A10187

Printed
… before, or to doe any of those things that are here prohibited, but to ABSTAINEABSTAIN HEREAFTER FROM ALL PARTICIPATION WITH THEM. And if any one shall henceforth bee deprehended …
With rule
… before, or to doe any of those things that are here prohibited, but to ABSTAINEABSTAIN HEREAFTER FROM ALL PARTICIPATION WITH THEM. And if any one shall henceforth bee deprehended …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 661 · Open in the reader