Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1714 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sustainesustain

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

Puritas changed it: 1,995 times in 770 works
Consistency: 99.4% (1,995 of 2,006)
Reach if approved: ~2,108 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: sustain
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,006 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,995 changes in 770 works, 99.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,995)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… that what property the bread hath towards our bodies, that is, to feede and ſuſtainesustain thē in this tranſitorie life, the ſelfe ſame propertie alſo his body hath touching …
With rule
… that what property the bread hath towards our bodies, that is, to feede and ſuſtainesustain thē in this tranſitorie life, the ſelfe ſame propertie alſo his body hath touching …
John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 334 · Open in the reader
Printed
… had manured the ground, sowen seeds, gathered fruits, and found out other things to sustainesustain life, then Itum est in viscer a terra, they digged into the bowels of …
With rule
… had manured the ground, sowen seeds, gathered fruits, and found out other things to sustainesustain life, then Itum est in viscer a terra, they digged into the bowels of …
Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the abuſes that our Kingdome in generall, and theſe weake members thereof in particular, ſuſtainesustain by thoſe Hornets and Drones who flee vp and downe, ſtinging and wounding with …
With rule
… the abuſes that our Kingdome in generall, and theſe weake members thereof in particular, ſuſtainesustain by thoſe Hornets and Drones who flee vp and downe, ſtinging and wounding with …
John Gee · The Foot out of the Snare · p. 80 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that cause. If in his body he be wounded, hee hath a Spirit to sustainesustain his infirmity. No passion can so supply the want of bloud and support a …
With rule
… that cause. If in his body he be wounded, hee hath a Spirit to sustainesustain his infirmity. No passion can so supply the want of bloud and support a …
William Gouge · The Dignity of Chivalry · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… recouer vs withall. It mends not, for theſe mildring muddy walls of ours, can ſuſtainesustain no new matter, no more then olde veſſells can containe new wine, or an …
With rule
… recouer vs withall. It mends not, for theſe mildring muddy walls of ours, can ſuſtainesustain no new matter, no more then olde veſſells can containe new wine, or an …
Thomas Granger · The Bread of Life · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of punishment after this life, wee willingly graunt with Augustine: but that the godly sustainesustain any such in Purgatorie, this place will neuer proue. Neither from alligories can be …
With rule
… of punishment after this life, wee willingly graunt with Augustine: but that the godly sustainesustain any such in Purgatorie, this place will neuer proue. Neither from alligories can be …
William Guild · The Elf-Fire of Purgatory · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the curious found matter to delight them, but the diſtreſſed found not bread to ſuſtainesustain them. Therfore ſaith S. Auguſtine, Si habes taurum pinguem, occide pauperibus: If thou haue …
With rule
… the curious found matter to delight them, but the diſtreſſed found not bread to ſuſtainesustain them. Therfore ſaith S. Auguſtine, Si habes taurum pinguem, occide pauperibus: If thou haue …
Thomas Adams · The Temple · p. 59 · Open in the reader
Printed
… liue of the furrowes of my field, and whom my bountie and largeſſe doth ſuſtainesustain, ſhould make gall and wormewood to grow vp in ſtead of good and ſauourie …
With rule
… liue of the furrowes of my field, and whom my bountie and largeſſe doth ſuſtainesustain, ſhould make gall and wormewood to grow vp in ſtead of good and ſauourie …
Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 218 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

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

Timothys Task A06810

Printed
… from Sheba, or sweet Calamus from a farre countrie. They will sustainesustain, and abstaine: SustaineSustain what lancing, searing, mangling, and mutilating of their bodies? They abstain from that they …
With rule
… from Sheba, or sweet Calamus from a farre countrie. They will sustainesustain, and abstaine: SustaineSustain what lancing, searing, mangling, and mutilating of their bodies? They abstain from that they …
Robert Mandevill · Timothys Task · p. 10 · Open in the reader

Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649

Printed
… the word of thy lips, I have observed the paths of the breaker thorow. SustaineSustain thou my steps in thy beaten paths, that my foot-steps be not removed …
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… the word of thy lips, I have observed the paths of the breaker thorow. SustaineSustain thou my steps in thy beaten paths, that my foot-steps be not removed …
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
Vers. 5. SustaineSustain] Hold up, or containe; this is spoken prayer wise to God, as the next …
With rule
Vers. 5. SustaineSustain] Hold up, or containe; this is spoken prayer wise to God, as the next …
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sustaining, holding fast) my steps in thy paths. The Hebrew Tamoch may be Englished SustaineSustain thou; as Zachor is remember thou, Exod. 20. 8. Shamor, observe thou, Deut. 5. 12. Haloc, is Goe …
With rule
… sustaining, holding fast) my steps in thy paths. The Hebrew Tamoch may be Englished SustaineSustain thou; as Zachor is remember thou, Exod. 20. 8. Shamor, observe thou, Deut. 5. 12. Haloc, is Goe …
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Chaldee saith, Cast thy hope on the Lord. Compare also herewith Mat. 6. 25. Luke 12. 22. Psal. 37. 5. SustaineSustain thee] or, foster and nourish thee, with food and all other necessaries. The word …
With rule
… Chaldee saith, Cast thy hope on the Lord. Compare also herewith Mat. 6. 25. Luke 12. 22. Psal. 37. 5. SustaineSustain thee] or, foster and nourish thee, with food and all other necessaries. The word …
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 84 · Open in the reader
Printed
… saying, that I may live; and let me not be abashed for my hope. 117. SustaineSustain me, and I shall be saved, and I will delight in thy statutes continually …
With rule
… saying, that I may live; and let me not be abashed for my hope. 117. SustaineSustain me, and I shall be saved, and I will delight in thy statutes continually …
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 167 · Open in the reader

The Opening of the Words of the Prophet Joel A19666

Printed
SuſtaineSustain their buggery.
With rule
SuſtaineSustain their buggery.
Robert Crowley · The Opening of the Words of the Prophet Joel · Open in the reader

Eighty Sermons A20637

Printed
… Therefore I have alſo another Prayer in the ſame Pſalme, Spiritu principali confirma me, SuſtaineSustain me, uphold me with thy free ſpirit, thy large, thy munificent ſpirit: for thy …
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… Therefore I have alſo another Prayer in the ſame Pſalme, Spiritu principali confirma me, SuſtaineSustain me, uphold me with thy free ſpirit, thy large, thy munificent ſpirit: for thy …
John Donne · Eighty Sermons · p. 518 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Ezra Nehemiah Ester Job and Psalms A63066

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Verſe 21. Yea fourty yeares didſt thou ſuſtainesustain them] SuſtaineSustain them? this is a meer Miôſis, ſith never was Prince ſo ſerved in his …
With rule
Verſe 21. Yea fourty yeares didſt thou ſuſtainesustain them] SuſtaineSustain them? this is a meer Miôſis, ſith never was Prince ſo ſerved in his …
John Trapp · Commentary on Ezra Nehemiah Ester Job and Psalms · p. 86 · Open in the reader