Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1697 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

senselessesenseless

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

Puritas changed it: 1,424 times in 632 works
Consistency: 99.3% (1,424 of 1,434)
Reach if approved: ~1,507 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: senseless
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,434 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,424 changes in 632 works, 99.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,424)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… in ſeeing iniquity abound, which thou canſt not helpe and redreſſe, yet be not ſenſeleſſesenseless, but moane thy ſelfe & the evill times before God, by faſting and prayer. Thus …
With rule
… in ſeeing iniquity abound, which thou canſt not helpe and redreſſe, yet be not ſenſeleſſesenseless, but moane thy ſelfe & the evill times before God, by faſting and prayer. Thus …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Implantation into the Natural Olive · p. 307 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his honour. Can it want then iuſt reproche, if we ſhalbe tried to be ſenſeleſſesenseless in this point? It drewe teares from Dauid, that the wicked kept not his …
With rule
… his honour. Can it want then iuſt reproche, if we ſhalbe tried to be ſenſeleſſesenseless in this point? It drewe teares from Dauid, that the wicked kept not his …
John Knewstubs · Lectures Upon Exodus 20 · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
… their knowledg, and shame of men makes them abstaine from blasphemies so grosse and senselessesenseless, yet they regard it in their hearts as little as the other: for they …
With rule
… their knowledg, and shame of men makes them abstaine from blasphemies so grosse and senselessesenseless, yet they regard it in their hearts as little as the other: for they …
Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · p. 169 · Open in the reader
Printed
… partes shoulde bee naught, that is a great vntrueth: as also it is a senselessesenseless …launder, that wee leaue out in effect, the Article of Christes descention intoo he …
With rule
… partes shoulde bee naught, that is a great vntrueth: as also it is a senselessesenseless …launder, that wee leaue out in effect, the Article of Christes descention intoo he …
William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
… male and a female, the one after the other; the one an idle and senselessesenseless, the other also a groundlesse conceipt. For as the Genders in that language are …
With rule
… male and a female, the one after the other; the one an idle and senselessesenseless, the other also a groundlesse conceipt. For as the Genders in that language are …
Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 278 · Open in the reader
Printed
But thy ſenſeleſſesenseless heart may hap to ſay, I ſee no ſuch thing, and theſe are but …
With rule
But thy ſenſeleſſesenseless heart may hap to ſay, I ſee no ſuch thing, and theſe are but …
Thomas Goodwin · Aggravation of Sin · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in remembrance of Iphtaphs daughter, bewaile it with teares and lamentations. You know, the senselessesenseless creatures could not hold, but testifie their griefe: the Sunne put on, as it …
With rule
… in remembrance of Iphtaphs daughter, bewaile it with teares and lamentations. You know, the senselessesenseless creatures could not hold, but testifie their griefe: the Sunne put on, as it …
Walter Balcanquhall · Sermon Preached 14 April 1623 · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
… know right well. And as we cannot be ignorant of them vnles we be ſenſeleſſesenseless, ſoe wee may not be forgetfull vnles we be thankeleſſe. By thée our lot …
With rule
… know right well. And as we cannot be ignorant of them vnles we be ſenſeleſſesenseless, ſoe wee may not be forgetfull vnles we be thankeleſſe. By thée our lot …
Robert Hill · Christs Prayer Expounded · p. 33 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

9 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Commentary on Judges A10933

Printed
… Gods people, either for ſoule or bodie, but hinderers, yea and gripers of them. SenſeleſſeSenseless bloks they are, who can neither heare, ſee, nor ſauour any good towards any …
With rule
… Gods people, either for ſoule or bodie, but hinderers, yea and gripers of them. SenſeleſſeSenseless bloks they are, who can neither heare, ſee, nor ſauour any good towards any …
Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 394 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Habakkuk A51907

Printed
SenſeleſſeSenseless and liveleſſe creatures are ſubject to Gods will page 119 & 133
With rule
SenſeleſſeSenseless and liveleſſe creatures are ſubject to Gods will page 119 & 133
Edward Marbury · Commentary on Habakkuk · Open in the reader

Observations Upon the Old Testament A57230

Printed
solitarie in families] SenselesseSenseless here is the Popish text; verse 6 throughout the verse: and foolish is Bellarmines interpretation …
With rule
solitarie in families] SenselesseSenseless here is the Popish text; verse 6 throughout the verse: and foolish is Bellarmines interpretation …
John Richardson · Observations Upon the Old Testament · p. 231 · Open in the reader

A Body of Divinity A64622

Printed
3. SenselesseSenseless impenitency, when the cry of our sins unrepented of, drownes the voice of our …
With rule
3. SenselesseSenseless impenitency, when the cry of our sins unrepented of, drownes the voice of our …
James Ussher · A Body of Divinity · p. 349 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

Printed
6. SenselesseSenseless, hard, unyeelding, Isa. 6. 10.
With rule
6. SenselesseSenseless, hard, unyeelding, Isa. 6. 10.
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 215 · Open in the reader
Printed
SenselesseSenseless and unreasonable creatures are cited for witnesses, to argue the stupidity and hardnesse of …
With rule
SenselesseSenseless and unreasonable creatures are cited for witnesses, to argue the stupidity and hardnesse of …
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 733 · Open in the reader

Rocks Improved A70872

Printed
Then SenſeleſſeSenseless, Graceleſſe, fit for Hells dread Lake.
With rule
Then SenſeleſſeSenseless, Graceleſſe, fit for Hells dread Lake.
William Prynne · Rocks Improved · p. 21 · Open in the reader

Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature A91224

Printed
Then SenſeleſſeSenseless, Graceleſſe, fit for Hells dread Lake.
With rule
Then SenſeleſſeSenseless, Graceleſſe, fit for Hells dread Lake.
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 21 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Proverbs 1-3 A95065

Printed
4. SenſeleſſeSenseless things only ſet no end before them, as fire, and water. Beaſts have an …
With rule
4. SenſeleſſeSenseless things only ſet no end before them, as fire, and water. Beaſts have an …
Francis Taylor · Exposition of Proverbs 1-3 · p. 23 · Open in the reader