Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1730 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

bewailebewail

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

Puritas changed it: 1,868 times in 759 works
Consistency: 98.0% (1,868 of 1,906)
Reach if approved: ~2,003 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: bewail
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,906 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,868 changes in 759 works, 98.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,868)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

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… vs should count it a foule corruption in our nature, be ashamed of it, bewailebewail it to God, and striue against it, that we are so like the Beetle …
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… vs should count it a foule corruption in our nature, be ashamed of it, bewailebewail it to God, and striue against it, that we are so like the Beetle …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 458 · Open in the reader
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… the fault in Judas his sorrow he did see and confesse his sinnes, and bewailebewail them, and did more then many will doe now a daies, & tooke shame to …
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… the fault in Judas his sorrow he did see and confesse his sinnes, and bewailebewail them, and did more then many will doe now a daies, & tooke shame to …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Preparation for Christ · p. 154 · Open in the reader
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… by ſo much the more to be bewailed, by how much the leſſe we bewailebewail them, and for them. On the contrary, afflictions are uſually tokens of Gods love …
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… by ſo much the more to be bewailed, by how much the leſſe we bewailebewail them, and for them. On the contrary, afflictions are uſually tokens of Gods love …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 691 · Open in the reader
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… surely hope the earnest and pityfull prayers of so many good men that do bewailebewail this miserie, shall at length after due punishment of our …innes obteine at Gods …
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… surely hope the earnest and pityfull prayers of so many good men that do bewailebewail this miserie, shall at length after due punishment of our …innes obteine at Gods …
William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 351 · Open in the reader
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… common place booke hee had gathered the ſentences of learned men, wherein they juſtlie bewailebewail the miſerie of mankinde, in his inabilitie to finde out the truth of things …
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… common place booke hee had gathered the ſentences of learned men, wherein they juſtlie bewailebewail the miſerie of mankinde, in his inabilitie to finde out the truth of things …
Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 66 · Open in the reader
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… of Origen, publiſhed among his workes, wherein he himſelfe doth openly confeſſe, and penitently bewailebewail h…s ſcand…lous yealding to Pagan Idolatry.
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… of Origen, publiſhed among his workes, wherein he himſelfe doth openly confeſſe, and penitently bewailebewail h…s ſcand…lous yealding to Pagan Idolatry.
William Gouge · Recover from Apostasy · p. 18 · Open in the reader
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Poore Thamar can but bewailebewail that which ſhe could not keepe, her virginty, not loſt, but torne from her …
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Poore Thamar can but bewailebewail that which ſhe could not keepe, her virginty, not loſt, but torne from her …
Joseph Hall · History of the Old Testament Volume 5 · p. 296 · Open in the reader
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… vpon the croce of Iesus Christ his eternall Sonne, and so to weip, and bewailebewail our Sinnes by repentance. The onely way and meane to be receaued in fauours …
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… vpon the croce of Iesus Christ his eternall Sonne, and so to weip, and bewailebewail our Sinnes by repentance. The onely way and meane to be receaued in fauours …
George Hay · The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass · p. 83 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (38)

26 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 12 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Works A02186

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Plangite igitur plangenda: BewaileBewail your ſinnes therefore that ought to bee lamented. Eſtote tam proni ad lamenta, ſicut …
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Plangite igitur plangenda: BewaileBewail your ſinnes therefore that ought to bee lamented. Eſtote tam proni ad lamenta, ſicut …
Henry Greenwood · Works · p. 13 · Open in the reader

Lectures Upon Psalm 51 A03343

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… that thou bearest in thy breast such a canckered and malicious heart against God; 1 BewaileBewail thine estate; 2 Thinke not so well of thy selfe as thou hast done; but …
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… that thou bearest in thy breast such a canckered and malicious heart against God; 1 BewaileBewail thine estate; 2 Thinke not so well of thy selfe as thou hast done; but …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 391 · Open in the reader

A Help to True Happiness A06030

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A. BewaileBewail his miſerie, and haſten to get out of it.
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A. BewaileBewail his miſerie, and haſten to get out of it.
Paul Baynes · A Help to True Happiness · p. 71 · Open in the reader

A Plea for Grace A09277

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… that a man not yet converted may truly Sorrow for his offending of God, BewaileBewail his spirituall death in sinne, be inflamed with the love of the truth, Desire …
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… that a man not yet converted may truly Sorrow for his offending of God, BewaileBewail his spirituall death in sinne, be inflamed with the love of the truth, Desire …
William Pemble · A Plea for Grace · p. 118 · Open in the reader

The True Convert A10929

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… health, ſtrength, ſence, ſleepe, then wouldſt thou ſee what a benefit thou haſt enioyed. BewaileBewail therefore thy owne corruption in this kinde, and pray for this wiſedome, that thou …
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… health, ſtrength, ſence, ſleepe, then wouldſt thou ſee what a benefit thou haſt enioyed. BewaileBewail therefore thy owne corruption in this kinde, and pray for this wiſedome, that thou …
Nehemiah Rogers · The True Convert · p. 165 · Open in the reader

Exposition of 2 Thessalonians A11588

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Decaies in meaſure of feruour? Reſp. BewaileBewail it, and hereafter ſhun the occaſions. But there is who heales ſuch breaches, and …
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Decaies in meaſure of feruour? Reſp. BewaileBewail it, and hereafter ſhun the occaſions. But there is who heales ſuch breaches, and …
William Sclater · Exposition of 2 Thessalonians · p. 233 · Open in the reader

The Sick Souls Salve A11604

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Remedies, 1. BewaileBewail theſe ſins all or any of thē that thou cāſt probably think to haue …
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Remedies, 1. BewaileBewail theſe ſins all or any of thē that thou cāſt probably think to haue …
William Sclater · The Sick Souls Salve · p. 25 · Open in the reader

Christs Victory Over the Dragon A13533

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… and may suspend his salvation from his Saints longer than is for their ease: BewaileBewail thy sinne, remove by repentance that partition, which thou hast thrust betweene God and …
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… and may suspend his salvation from his Saints longer than is for their ease: BewaileBewail thy sinne, remove by repentance that partition, which thou hast thrust betweene God and …
Thomas Taylor · Christs Victory Over the Dragon · p. 497 · Open in the reader

A Caveat for the Covetous A14996

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… Ah make not ſuch an hard bargaine, but haue compaſſion vpon thy dying ſoule. BewaileBewail and confeſſe thy ſinne before the Lord, leaue and forſake thine vniuſt courſes, and …
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… Ah make not ſuch an hard bargaine, but haue compaſſion vpon thy dying ſoule. BewaileBewail and confeſſe thy ſinne before the Lord, leaue and forſake thine vniuſt courſes, and …
William Whately · A Caveat for the Covetous · p. 83 · Open in the reader

The Christians Daily Sacrifice A19284

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9 BewaileBewail wee seriously our neglect of closet prayer, and condemne wee our selues for our …
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9 BewaileBewail wee seriously our neglect of closet prayer, and condemne wee our selues for our …
Thomas Cooper · The Christians Daily Sacrifice · p. 171 · Open in the reader

Ten Sermons for the Worthy Receiving of the Lords Supper A20536

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1 BewaileBewail their ſinnes, and forſake them. 16.
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1 BewaileBewail their ſinnes, and forſake them. 16.
John Dod · Ten Sermons for the Worthy Receiving of the Lords Supper · p. 49 · Open in the reader

A Brief Discourse of Mans Estate A45654

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Man once looſe from God reſtleſſe in his wayes. p. 97. Reaſ. p. 100. BewaileBewail this reſt leſneſſe, which diſcovers it ſelf in all paſſages of our life. 101 pity …
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Man once looſe from God reſtleſſe in his wayes. p. 97. Reaſ. p. 100. BewaileBewail this reſt leſneſſe, which diſcovers it ſelf in all paſſages of our life. 101 pity …
Robert Harris · A Brief Discourse of Mans Estate · Open in the reader

Several Sermons A45658

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Man once looſe from God reſtleſſe in his wayes. p. 49. Reaſ. p. 51. BewaileBewail this reſtleſneſſe, which diſcovers it ſelf in all paſſages of life. p. 54. pity it …
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Man once looſe from God reſtleſſe in his wayes. p. 49. Reaſ. p. 51. BewaileBewail this reſtleſneſſe, which diſcovers it ſelf in all paſſages of life. p. 54. pity it …
Robert Harris · Several Sermons · Open in the reader

Annotations Upon the New Testament A50050

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Vers. 21. BewaileBewail] In Pauls Language (as a learned man observeth) to bewailebewail, and correct, seemeth to …
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Vers. 21. BewaileBewail] In Pauls Language (as a learned man observeth) to bewailebewail, and correct, seemeth to …
Edward Leigh · Annotations Upon the New Testament · p. 266 · Open in the reader

Observations Upon the Old Testament A57230

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BewaileBewail my Virginity] Much more her death, verse 37 if she had been vowed to be …
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BewaileBewail my Virginity] Much more her death, verse 37 if she had been vowed to be …
John Richardson · Observations Upon the Old Testament · p. 65 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Ezra Nehemiah Ester Job and Psalms A63066

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… not falling into the water that drowns a man, but lying long under it. BewaileBewail thy ſin, and haſten to get out of it.
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… not falling into the water that drowns a man, but lying long under it. BewaileBewail thy ſin, and haſten to get out of it.
John Trapp · Commentary on Ezra Nehemiah Ester Job and Psalms · p. 344 · Open in the reader

The Case and Cure of a Deserted Soul A68795

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2. BewaileBewail your loſſe.
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2. BewaileBewail your loſſe.
Joseph Symonds · The Case and Cure of a Deserted Soul · Open in the reader
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2. BewaileBewail the cauſe. pag. 352
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2. BewaileBewail the cauſe. pag. 352
Joseph Symonds · The Case and Cure of a Deserted Soul · Open in the reader
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2 BewaileBewail your ſelves and your ſtate before God, ſit downe and mourne: mourne I ſay,
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2 BewaileBewail your ſelves and your ſtate before God, ſit downe and mourne: mourne I ſay,
Joseph Symonds · The Case and Cure of a Deserted Soul · p. 339 · Open in the reader
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1 BewaileBewail your loſſe, take up a lamentation, and ſay, woe is me, for my God …
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1 BewaileBewail your loſſe, take up a lamentation, and ſay, woe is me, for my God …
Joseph Symonds · The Case and Cure of a Deserted Soul · p. 339 · Open in the reader

The Principles of Christian Practice A68805

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… them, by which they see how farre they are behind that they must reach. BewaileBewail then thy slownesse, stiffenesse, or lamenesse in running, and presse forward still.
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… them, by which they see how farre they are behind that they must reach. BewaileBewail then thy slownesse, stiffenesse, or lamenesse in running, and presse forward still.
Thomas Taylor · The Principles of Christian Practice · p. 374 · Open in the reader

The Abuse of Gods Grace A79826

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4. BEwaileBewail the abuſe of Gods freeing grace. How many boaſt of chriſtian Liberty, while they …
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4. BEwaileBewail the abuſe of Gods freeing grace. How many boaſt of chriſtian Liberty, while they …
Nicholas Clagett · The Abuse of Gods Grace · p. 191 · Open in the reader
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6. BEwaileBewail the abuſe of Pardoning grace. How ſad will be their account, whoſe Faith, or …
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6. BEwaileBewail the abuſe of Pardoning grace. How ſad will be their account, whoſe Faith, or …
Nicholas Clagett · The Abuse of Gods Grace · p. 192 · Open in the reader

First Epistle of John Applied Part 1 A87095

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… in the spirituall warfare that fighteth upon his knees, ſeeking to God for grace. BewaileBewail then thy own weakneſs, depend on divine ſtrength, implore the ſpirits enablement, and doubt …
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… in the spirituall warfare that fighteth upon his knees, ſeeking to God for grace. BewaileBewail then thy own weakneſs, depend on divine ſtrength, implore the ſpirits enablement, and doubt …
Nathaniel Hardy · First Epistle of John Applied Part 1 · p. 291 · Open in the reader

The Sinfulness of Evil Thoughts A93062

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… the heart, which no rod of correction, or words of inſtruction can drive out? BewaileBewail thy vain, frivolous, fruitleſſe, childiſh and unſavoury thoughts, Domitian the Emperor would pretend to …
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… the heart, which no rod of correction, or words of inſtruction can drive out? BewaileBewail thy vain, frivolous, fruitleſſe, childiſh and unſavoury thoughts, Domitian the Emperor would pretend to …
John Sheffeild · The Sinfulness of Evil Thoughts · p. 136 · Open in the reader

A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath A96785

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BewaileBewail their many vanities, apart;
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BewaileBewail their many vanities, apart;
George Wither · A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath · p. 182 · Open in the reader