Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1669 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

hardnessehardness

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

Puritas changed it: 3,871 times in 1,034 works
Consistency: 99.8% (3,871 of 3,878)
Reach if approved: ~4,077 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: hardness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 3,880 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (3,871 changes in 1,034 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 3,871)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… God, where the wicked onelie tremble, becauſe of the puniſhment, 2. Cor. 7.1. Here is forbidden hardneſſehardness of heart, and no feare, to feare any thing, as the loſſe of life …
With rule
… God, where the wicked onelie tremble, becauſe of the puniſhment, 2. Cor. 7.1. Here is forbidden hardneſſehardness of heart, and no feare, to feare any thing, as the loſſe of life …
Dudley Fenner · Godly and Learned Treatises · p. 88 · Open in the reader
Printed
… brethren according to the flesh, euē vnto this daye, in whome this blindnesse and hardnessehardness of heart is in part continued through occasion giuen by them that professe the …
With rule
… brethren according to the flesh, euē vnto this daye, in whome this blindnesse and hardnessehardness of heart is in part continued through occasion giuen by them that professe the …
John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader
Printed
… and we ſhalbe ouercome alſo, if the Lorde haue not mercie vpon vs. The hardneſſehardness of this worke, ought not to diſcorage or make vs ſlack, but hearing what …
With rule
… and we ſhalbe ouercome alſo, if the Lorde haue not mercie vpon vs. The hardneſſehardness of this worke, ought not to diſcorage or make vs ſlack, but hearing what …
George Gifford · Sermon on the Parable of the Sower · Open in the reader
Printed
How ſhould I &c.) Sinne for the moſt part is ioined with hardneſſehardness of heart; and where ſinne hath once ſeized, without a great mercie of God …
With rule
How ſhould I &c.) Sinne for the moſt part is ioined with hardneſſehardness of heart; and where ſinne hath once ſeized, without a great mercie of God …
Henry Finch · Exposition of the Song of Solomon · p. 103 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which otherwiſe cannot be detected, by reaſon of the blindneſſe of our mindes, and hardneſſehardness of our hearts. Heb. 4. 12.
With rule
… which otherwiſe cannot be detected, by reaſon of the blindneſſe of our mindes, and hardneſſehardness of our hearts. Heb. 4. 12.
Thomas Granger · The Bread of Life · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be truly grieued; & let them beware that make a daliance with sinne: for either hardnessehardness of heart will ouertake them, or a troubled conscience will quite confound them. Whereby …
With rule
… be truly grieued; & let them beware that make a daliance with sinne: for either hardnessehardness of heart will ouertake them, or a troubled conscience will quite confound them. Whereby …
Richard Greenham · Comfort for All Those Afflicted in Conscience · Open in the reader
Printed
… set the Champion and his Second together in this fight; and then shew the hardnessehardness of the combat.
With rule
… set the Champion and his Second together in this fight; and then shew the hardnessehardness of the combat.
Thomas Adams · The Sacrifice of Thankfulness · p. 39 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that doe not vnderstand ſhall fall . It is true there is much dulneſſe, much hardneſſehardness of conceit, much weakeneſſe of apprehenſion euen in the very beſt, but yet certainly …
With rule
… that doe not vnderstand ſhall fall . It is true there is much dulneſſe, much hardneſſehardness of conceit, much weakeneſſe of apprehenſion euen in the very beſt, but yet certainly …
Samuel Hieron · The Baptizing of the Eunuch · p. 34 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Commentary on 1 Peter 1-3 A17385

Printed
HArdnesseHardness. HardnesseHardness of heart seemed to be f…lt more after assurance than before,
With rule
HArdnesseHardness. HardnesseHardness of heart seemed to be f…lt more after assurance than before,
Nicholas Byfield · A Commentary on 1 Peter 1-3 · Open in the reader

Commentary on the Minor Prophets A63068

Printed
HArdneſſeHardness of heart p. 544
With rule
HArdneſſeHardness of heart p. 544
John Trapp · Commentary on the Minor Prophets · Open in the reader

Gospel Liberty A80742

Printed
HArdneſſeHardness of Papiſts ſervice. Part. 1. Page 33
With rule
HArdneſſeHardness of Papiſts ſervice. Part. 1. Page 33
Walter Cradock · Gospel Liberty · Open in the reader