Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1795 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

mercilessemerciless

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

Puritas changed it: 922 times in 477 works
Consistency: 97.6% (922 of 944)
Reach if approved: ~992 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: merciless
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 944 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (922 changes in 477 works, 97.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 922)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
There shall be iudgement mercilessemerciless to him that sheweth no mercy; and mercy reioyceth against iustice, Iam. 2. 13.
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There shall be iudgement mercilessemerciless to him that sheweth no mercy; and mercy reioyceth against iustice, Iam. 2. 13.
Daniel Featley · The Handmaid to Private Devotion · p. 380 · Open in the reader
Printed
… lis…e practises, what monstrous deuises haue not …eene attempted by you? or what mercilessemerciless outrage haue not beene coupled too those your de…ises to bryng a general …
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… lis…e practises, what monstrous deuises haue not …eene attempted by you? or what mercilessemerciless outrage haue not beene coupled too those your de…ises to bryng a general …
John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſuch motion. Thereupon they (together with other unnaturall and traiterous ſubjects) plotted the matchleſſe, mercileſſemerciless, deviliſh, and damnable gun-powder-treaſon, whereof before, §. 67. If ever the eye of the …
With rule
… ſuch motion. Thereupon they (together with other unnaturall and traiterous ſubjects) plotted the matchleſſe, mercileſſemerciless, deviliſh, and damnable gun-powder-treaſon, whereof before, §. 67. If ever the eye of the …
William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · p. 360 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hindrance to their compaſſion; Hee hath no Iſraelitiſh blood in him, that is vtterly mercileſſemerciless; Perhaps, yet Dauids Followers might alſo, in the hope of ſome intelligence, ſhew kindneſſe …
With rule
… hindrance to their compaſſion; Hee hath no Iſraelitiſh blood in him, that is vtterly mercileſſemerciless; Perhaps, yet Dauids Followers might alſo, in the hope of ſome intelligence, ſhew kindneſſe …
Joseph Hall · History of the Old Testament Volume 5 · p. 107 · Open in the reader
Printed
… caryed away with the ſpirite of whoredome and murder, hee ſhewed himſelfe a moſt mercileſſemerciless man, hee ſpared not his owne beſt beloued ſeruant good Vriah the proſelyte.
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… caryed away with the ſpirite of whoredome and murder, hee ſhewed himſelfe a moſt mercileſſemerciless man, hee ſpared not his owne beſt beloued ſeruant good Vriah the proſelyte.
Henry Holland · The Christian Exercise of Fasting · p. 177 · Open in the reader
Printed
… eye-salve: there is the scoffing and scorning eye first of all: secondly, the mercilessemerciless eye: thirdly, the blind ignorant eye: fourthly, proud and lofty eye: fiftly, the lustfull …
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… eye-salve: there is the scoffing and scorning eye first of all: secondly, the mercilessemerciless eye: thirdly, the blind ignorant eye: fourthly, proud and lofty eye: fiftly, the lustfull …
John Jackson · The Worthy Churchman · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
… cruelties were more cruell then death, and yet theſe were the mercies of thoſe mercileſſemerciless tyrants; yea, they not onely raged againſt the liuing, but the dead alſo, for …
With rule
… cruelties were more cruell then death, and yet theſe were the mercies of thoſe mercileſſemerciless tyrants; yea, they not onely raged againſt the liuing, but the dead alſo, for …
Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 459 · Open in the reader
Printed
… this had not happened, which now was done. True it is, that when their mercileſſemerciless enemies the Egyptians (who had ſo tiranouſly oppreſſed them in the houſe of bondage …
With rule
… this had not happened, which now was done. True it is, that when their mercileſſemerciless enemies the Egyptians (who had ſo tiranouſly oppreſſed them in the houſe of bondage …
William Negus · Mans Active Obedience · p. 227 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (22)

18 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Devils Banket Described A00888

Printed
… that they haue, and would not haue, torment: or according to others, of foure: MercilesseMerciless miserie, extremitie, vniuersallity, eternitie of anguish. Our Sauiour abridgeth all into two, or rather …
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… that they haue, and would not haue, torment: or according to others, of foure: MercilesseMerciless miserie, extremitie, vniuersallity, eternitie of anguish. Our Sauiour abridgeth all into two, or rather …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · Open in the reader

An Alarm to War A04657

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… mercileſſemerciless to themſelves, ſo injurious to us, as to finde fault when we threaten: MercileſſeMerciless they are to themſelves, in that they would have us to let them have …
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… mercileſſemerciless to themſelves, ſo injurious to us, as to finde fault when we threaten: MercileſſeMerciless they are to themſelves, in that they would have us to let them have …
Thomas Barnes · An Alarm to War · p. 6 · Open in the reader

The Ready Way to Good Works A09275

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… theſe preſents, that hypocritical Death-bed-bountie and vaineglorious funerall-hoſpitalitie of Uſurious, Covetous, MercileſſeMerciless, and frozen-hearted Nabals, is but a ſicke, rotten, diſeaſed, and dying liberalitie. Let …
With rule
… theſe preſents, that hypocritical Death-bed-bountie and vaineglorious funerall-hoſpitalitie of Uſurious, Covetous, MercileſſeMerciless, and frozen-hearted Nabals, is but a ſicke, rotten, diſeaſed, and dying liberalitie. Let …
Richard Bernard · The Ready Way to Good Works · p. 482 · Open in the reader

A Strange Vineyard in Palestine A10926

Printed
2. MercileſſeMerciless and cruell Landlords: who partly by racking and improuing of old rents, and that …
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2. MercileſſeMerciless and cruell Landlords: who partly by racking and improuing of old rents, and that …
Nehemiah Rogers · A Strange Vineyard in Palestine · p. 310 · Open in the reader

The Wild Vine A10928

Printed
2. MercileſſeMerciless and cruell Landlords: who partly by racking and improuing of old rents, and that …
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2. MercileſſeMerciless and cruell Landlords: who partly by racking and improuing of old rents, and that …
Nehemiah Rogers · The Wild Vine · p. 310 · Open in the reader

Exposition of 1 Thessalonians A11591

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… the finger LAZARVS might beare, to coole his tongue, is begged; and not obtayned. MercileſſeMerciless Abraham, may ſome Wretch ſay: nay, mercileſſemerciless Glutton to the pore Lazar, and more …
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… the finger LAZARVS might beare, to coole his tongue, is begged; and not obtayned. MercileſſeMerciless Abraham, may ſome Wretch ſay: nay, mercileſſemerciless Glutton to the pore Lazar, and more …
William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · p. 95 · Open in the reader

A Key to the Key of Scripture A11596

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foreign. MercileſſeMerciless. Mercie hath in it two things: firſt, compaſſion, and a laying to heart the …
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foreign. MercileſſeMerciless. Mercie hath in it two things: firſt, compaſſion, and a laying to heart the …
William Sclater · A Key to the Key of Scripture · p. 167 · Open in the reader

A Map of Rome A13544

Printed
A MAPPE OF ROME: LIVELY EXHIBITING HER MERCILESSEMERCILESS MEEKNESSE, and cruell mercies to the Church of God: Preached in fiue Sermons, on …
With rule
A MAPPE OF ROME: LIVELY EXHIBITING HER MERCILESSEMERCILESS MEEKNESSE, and cruell mercies to the Church of God: Preached in fiue Sermons, on …
Thomas Taylor · A Map of Rome · Open in the reader

Commentary on Romans A15414

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23. MercilesseMerciless, foreign, such as had no bowels of compassion, neither pitied the miseries and calamities of …
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23. MercilesseMerciless, foreign, such as had no bowels of compassion, neither pitied the miseries and calamities of …
Andrew Willet · Commentary on Romans · p. 84 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Romans A15525

Printed
Without vnderstanding, Couenant-breakers, without naturall affection, such as can neuer be appeased, MercilesseMerciless.
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Without vnderstanding, Couenant-breakers, without naturall affection, such as can neuer be appeased, MercilesseMerciless.
Thomas Wilson · Commentary on Romans · p. 104 · Open in the reader

A Treasury of Similes A18271

Printed
MercileſſeMerciless Men.
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MercileſſeMerciless Men.
Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 499 · Open in the reader
Printed
1 AS beaſts are not eaten, vntill they be dead, boyled, or roſted: Euen ſo MercileſſeMerciless Men, whilſt they liue, will do no charitable deeds or workes of mercy to …
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1 AS beaſts are not eaten, vntill they be dead, boyled, or roſted: Euen ſo MercileſſeMerciless Men, whilſt they liue, will do no charitable deeds or workes of mercy to …
Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 499 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Philemon A22481

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MercileſſeMerciless men. 276
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MercileſſeMerciless men. 276
William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · Open in the reader

The Bibles Abstract and Epitome A27502

Printed
MercilesseMerciless Men.
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MercilesseMerciless Men.
Richard Bernard · The Bibles Abstract and Epitome · p. 59 · Open in the reader

A General Martyrology A33309

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… Bononatus, William, and Gilbert: of whom James was murthered between two walls by the MercilesseMerciless Inquisitors; Bononatus was burned alive, and William, Gilbert, and Bartholomew were condemned after their …
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… Bononatus, William, and Gilbert: of whom James was murthered between two walls by the MercilesseMerciless Inquisitors; Bononatus was burned alive, and William, Gilbert, and Bartholomew were condemned after their …
Samuel Clarke · A General Martyrology · p. 164 · Open in the reader

A Brief Explication of the First Fifty Psalms A35941

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… worldly helpe for him. Many say, there is no help for him in God. 3. MercilesseMerciless beholders of the corrections of Gods children for their sinnes, think and say also …
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… worldly helpe for him. Many say, there is no help for him in God. 3. MercilesseMerciless beholders of the corrections of Gods children for their sinnes, think and say also …
David Dickson · A Brief Explication of the First Fifty Psalms · p. 15 · Open in the reader

A Body of Divinity A64622

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4. MercilesseMerciless cruelty, when we either cause or suffer the afflicted to cry without hearing; the …
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4. MercilesseMerciless cruelty, when we either cause or suffer the afflicted to cry without hearing; the …
James Ussher · A Body of Divinity · p. 349 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

Printed
4. MercilesseMerciless dealing, Isa. 3. 15.
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4. MercilesseMerciless dealing, Isa. 3. 15.
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 279 · Open in the reader