Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1705 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

atheismeatheism

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

Puritas changed it: 2,392 times in 935 works
Consistency: 99.7% (2,392 of 2,397)
Reach if approved: ~2,520 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: atheism
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,398 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,392 changes in 935 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,392)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… in duties to God, they haue no feare of God, but are full of AtheismeAtheism, and contempt of God: for righteousnesse see Psal. 10. 7. 8. 9. for glorie see Psal. 9. 17. how farre …
With rule
… in duties to God, they haue no feare of God, but are full of AtheismeAtheism, and contempt of God: for righteousnesse see Psal. 10. 7. 8. 9. for glorie see Psal. 9. 17. how farre …
Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · p. 199 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſufficient to proue him an Athe… though he neuer openly maintaine any Poſition of AtheiſmeAtheism. And there be ſome that profeſſe they know God, but denie him in their …
With rule
… ſufficient to proue him an Athe… though he neuer openly maintaine any Poſition of AtheiſmeAtheism. And there be ſome that profeſſe they know God, but denie him in their …
Thomas Gataker · True Contentment in the Gain of Godliness · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… stayed: when Baal was destroyed, Israel had peace. If these cursed Levens of Superstition, AtheismeAtheism, and Profanenesse were purged, how sweet a lumpe would the Church of England be …
With rule
… stayed: when Baal was destroyed, Israel had peace. If these cursed Levens of Superstition, AtheismeAtheism, and Profanenesse were purged, how sweet a lumpe would the Church of England be …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 364 · Open in the reader
Printed
… lawfull, but in the corruptions of the persons, who are degenerated into an hellish atheismeatheism.
With rule
… lawfull, but in the corruptions of the persons, who are degenerated into an hellish atheismeatheism.
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 164 · Open in the reader
Printed
… conſequently their armour againſt ſinne: take away Conſcience, and you can hardly ſet downe AtheiſmeAtheism. Secondly, by this meanes ſinne is exceedingly aggrauated; (for no man can neglect ſo …
With rule
… conſequently their armour againſt ſinne: take away Conſcience, and you can hardly ſet downe AtheiſmeAtheism. Secondly, by this meanes ſinne is exceedingly aggrauated; (for no man can neglect ſo …
Robert Harris · Two Sermons 2 · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
… cleare and evident truths that are revealed in the Word, thoughts of infidelity, of atheismeatheism, of blasphemy. For they may come sometimes from the tentation, and suggestion of Satan …
With rule
… cleare and evident truths that are revealed in the Word, thoughts of infidelity, of atheismeatheism, of blasphemy. For they may come sometimes from the tentation, and suggestion of Satan …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 242 · Open in the reader
Printed
… negative is expressed, Thou shalt not have any other Gods, by which is prohibited 1. AtheismeAtheism, or the having of noe God to worship, 2. Polytheisme, or the having of diverse …
With rule
… negative is expressed, Thou shalt not have any other Gods, by which is prohibited 1. AtheismeAtheism, or the having of noe God to worship, 2. Polytheisme, or the having of diverse …
John Jackson · The Key of Knowledge · Open in the reader
Printed
… it will come to outward act: that none but should withstand euen inward corruptions, AtheismeAtheism, prophanenesse, vnbeliefe, hypocrisie.
With rule
… it will come to outward act: that none but should withstand euen inward corruptions, AtheismeAtheism, prophanenesse, vnbeliefe, hypocrisie.
George Estey · Exposition Upon the Ten Commandments · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

3 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.

Pilgrimage A10228

Printed
… mostlearned argument of Induction, two lessons fitting these times, the Vnnaturalnesse of FACTION and ATHEISMEATHEISM: That law of Nature hauing written in the practise of all men (as we …
With rule
… mostlearned argument of Induction, two lessons fitting these times, the Vnnaturalnesse of FACTION and ATHEISMEATHEISM: That law of Nature hauing written in the practise of all men (as we …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · Open in the reader

Christian Observations and Resolutions A13075

Printed
ATheismeAtheism is both the most vniuersal & most vncureable disease of the world: It is a …
With rule
ATheismeAtheism is both the most vniuersal & most vncureable disease of the world: It is a …
William Struther · Christian Observations and Resolutions · p. 73 · Open in the reader

The Christians Hop A96328

Printed
ATheiſmeAtheism is the great ſin of the world, dogmaticall among the Pagans, and practicall among …
With rule
ATheiſmeAtheism is the great ſin of the world, dogmaticall among the Pagans, and practicall among …
Jeremiah Whittaker · The Christians Hop · Open in the reader