Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1791 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

brightnessebrightness

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

Puritas changed it: 2,809 times in 858 works
Consistency: 99.9% (2,809 of 2,811)
Reach if approved: ~2,954 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: brightness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,811 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,809 changes in 858 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,809)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of all in that thou caneſt not pretende ignorance in ſuch knowledge▪ and ſhyninge brightneſſebrightness, nor yet eſcape Gods vengeance, which he with out reſpecte of perſones wil powre …
With rule
… of all in that thou caneſt not pretende ignorance in ſuch knowledge▪ and ſhyninge brightneſſebrightness, nor yet eſcape Gods vengeance, which he with out reſpecte of perſones wil powre …
Christopher Goodman · How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects · p. 169 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and comfort our ſelves in him: yea when the clouds of croſſes hide the brightneſſebrightness of his favour from us, it maketh us wait till thoſe clouds be driven …
With rule
… and comfort our ſelves in him: yea when the clouds of croſſes hide the brightneſſebrightness of his favour from us, it maketh us wait till thoſe clouds be driven …
William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · p. 141 · Open in the reader
Printed
… this mercifull wisdome and confideration to bee much more in the Lorde, from whose brightnessebrightness the parents haue receiued these sparkes.
With rule
… this mercifull wisdome and confideration to bee much more in the Lorde, from whose brightnessebrightness the parents haue receiued these sparkes.
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in his lipps, and his Sunne did ſet in the higheſt point, in greateſt brightneſſebrightness: time, place, manner, company, men, Angels, God, and all conſpired together to doe him …
With rule
… in his lipps, and his Sunne did ſet in the higheſt point, in greateſt brightneſſebrightness: time, place, manner, company, men, Angels, God, and all conſpired together to doe him …
Robert Harris · Samuels Funeral · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it standeth vs vpō to take heed, least with the tempest of strife the brightnessebrightness of charity and loue be darkened. If all things must bee commaunded of God …
With rule
… it standeth vs vpō to take heed, least with the tempest of strife the brightnessebrightness of charity and loue be darkened. If all things must bee commaunded of God …
Richard Hooker · The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity · p. 153 · Open in the reader
Printed
… right ouer against the Sunne, rounding them, doth shine with the light of cleere brightnessebrightness.
With rule
… right ouer against the Sunne, rounding them, doth shine with the light of cleere brightnessebrightness.
Daniel Featley · The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net · Open in the reader
Printed
… on the South part, about the going downe of the ſunne, he ſaw a brightneſſebrightness in heauen, appearing in the ſimilitude of a croſſe, with certain ſtarres of equall …
With rule
… on the South part, about the going downe of the ſunne, he ſaw a brightneſſebrightness in heauen, appearing in the ſimilitude of a croſſe, with certain ſtarres of equall …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… For euerye age of the Churche hath not had kinges to walke in the brightnessebrightness of her light.
With rule
… For euerye age of the Churche hath not had kinges to walke in the brightnessebrightness of her light.
William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 51 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Resurrection Revealed A44277

Printed
… diſtinction of their glory is, that they that be wiſe, ſhall ſhine as the BRIGHTNESSEBRIGHTNESS OF THE FIRMAMENT; And they that turne many to righteouſneſſe, or juſtification (for the …
With rule
… diſtinction of their glory is, that they that be wiſe, ſhall ſhine as the BRIGHTNESSEBRIGHTNESS OF THE FIRMAMENT; And they that turne many to righteouſneſſe, or juſtification (for the …
Nathanael Homes · The Resurrection Revealed · p. 286 · Open in the reader

Chronological History of Popes Intolerable Usurpations A91186

Printed
… and Emperours, is that Man of ſin, which Chriſt himſelf ſhall deſtroy with THE BRIGHTNESSEBRIGHTNESS OF HIS COMMING, & LIGHT of the Goſpel; I ſhall rather conclude, that the Pope …
With rule
… and Emperours, is that Man of ſin, which Chriſt himſelf ſhall deſtroy with THE BRIGHTNESSEBRIGHTNESS OF HIS COMMING, & LIGHT of the Goſpel; I ſhall rather conclude, that the Pope …
William Prynne · Chronological History of Popes Intolerable Usurpations · p. 21 · Open in the reader