Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1797 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

restlesserestless

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

Puritas changed it: 1,157 times in 529 works
Consistency: 98.6% (1,157 of 1,173)
Reach if approved: ~1,232 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: restless
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,173 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,157 changes in 529 works, 98.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,157)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… verse 23. It bringeth me into captivity to the law of sinne. 2. Yea it is restlesserestless, and never giveth over working this way. Like thtroubled sea (as the Prophet speaketh …
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… verse 23. It bringeth me into captivity to the law of sinne. 2. Yea it is restlesserestless, and never giveth over working this way. Like thtroubled sea (as the Prophet speaketh …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 303 · Open in the reader
Printed
… me, and left ſome remembrance of his indignation upon my ſoule, and made me reſtleſſerestless in myſelfe, and opened mine eyes to ſee a better way, and ſaid, thou …
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… me, and left ſome remembrance of his indignation upon my ſoule, and made me reſtleſſerestless in myſelfe, and opened mine eyes to ſee a better way, and ſaid, thou …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Vocation · p. 427 · Open in the reader
Printed
… impaired. True it is, that the ſhaking vp of our ſelues, reſiſting ſloth, the reſtleſſerestless aſpiring after things which we are ſtill caſt from with violence, are in their …
With rule
… impaired. True it is, that the ſhaking vp of our ſelues, reſiſting ſloth, the reſtleſſerestless aſpiring after things which we are ſtill caſt from with violence, are in their …
Paul Baynes · The Trial of a Christians Estate · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hands of their keepers, yet it is not ſo in this priſon of a reſtleſſerestless, vnquiet and accuſing conſcience, none that hath been committed to it could euer by …
With rule
… hands of their keepers, yet it is not ſo in this priſon of a reſtleſſerestless, vnquiet and accuſing conſcience, none that hath been committed to it could euer by …
William Negus · Mans Active Obedience · p. 194 · Open in the reader
Printed
… distrust and diffidence that is in the world, and also the cause of those restlesserestless inquiries which we make one after another into the same things. Whence it comes …
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… distrust and diffidence that is in the world, and also the cause of those restlesserestless inquiries which we make one after another into the same things. Whence it comes …
William Pemble · A Plea for Grace · p. 168 · Open in the reader
Printed
And found my rest, with losse of restlesserestless life!
With rule
And found my rest, with losse of restlesserestless life!
Phineas Fletcher · Sicelides a Piscatory · Open in the reader
Printed
4. When God doth put a reſtleſſerestless importunity into the heart, maugre all diſcouragements. So in that Pſalme 27. 4. One thing I …
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4. When God doth put a reſtleſſerestless importunity into the heart, maugre all diſcouragements. So in that Pſalme 27. 4. One thing I …
Thomas Goodwin · The Return of Prayers · p. 117 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fervent and frequent ſupplication: the ſoule of man that feeles Satans buffetings, is even reſtleſſerestless, untill he comes fully home to Chriſt Ieſus; hee flies to Chriſt as a …
With rule
… fervent and frequent ſupplication: the ſoule of man that feeles Satans buffetings, is even reſtleſſerestless, untill he comes fully home to Chriſt Ieſus; hee flies to Chriſt as a …
Alexander Grosse · The Happiness of Enjoying and Use of Christ · p. 101 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (16)

13 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649

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… of the old Danish wgudelig; or we may call them according to the originall, RestlesseRestless, turbulem, unjust, ungracious. The Hebrew rashangh, signifieth restlesnesse, and is opposed to quietnesse, Iob …
With rule
… of the old Danish wgudelig; or we may call them according to the originall, RestlesseRestless, turbulem, unjust, ungracious. The Hebrew rashangh, signifieth restlesnesse, and is opposed to quietnesse, Iob …
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Christs Victory Over the Dragon A13533

Printed
RestlesseRestless malice of Satan & his instrumēts, though crost, why, 800
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RestlesseRestless malice of Satan & his instrumēts, though crost, why, 800
Thomas Taylor · Christs Victory Over the Dragon · Open in the reader

Fifty Sermons A36296

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… in his whole substance, in his flesh, and in the height of this disease, RestlesseRestless too, and RestlesseRestless even in his bones, diffident in his strongest assurances; And when …
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… in his whole substance, in his flesh, and in the height of this disease, RestlesseRestless too, and RestlesseRestless even in his bones, diffident in his strongest assurances; And when …
John Donne · Fifty Sermons · p. 173 · Open in the reader
Printed
… substance, in his flesh, and in the height of this disease, RestlesseRestless too, and RestlesseRestless even in his bones, diffident in his strongest assurances; And when we have laid …
With rule
… substance, in his flesh, and in the height of this disease, RestlesseRestless too, and RestlesseRestless even in his bones, diffident in his strongest assurances; And when we have laid …
John Donne · Fifty Sermons · p. 173 · Open in the reader

Sunday a Sabbath A48316

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… winds, by the manifold oppoſitions that are made about it) almoſt, if not altogether ReſtleſſeRestless. Not all the Commandements of the Decalogue, beſides that of the Sabbath (which for …
With rule
… winds, by the manifold oppoſitions that are made about it) almoſt, if not altogether ReſtleſſeRestless. Not all the Commandements of the Decalogue, beſides that of the Sabbath (which for …
John Ley · Sunday a Sabbath · Open in the reader

Believers Evidences for Eternal Life A57373

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… cease from sin, foreign i. e. which know not how to cease from sinning. Bez. RestlesseRestless to sinning, who are intemperately carryed on to sinning with … restlesserestless motion. Calv. unceaseable …
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… cease from sin, foreign i. e. which know not how to cease from sinning. Bez. RestlesseRestless to sinning, who are intemperately carryed on to sinning with … restlesserestless motion. Calv. unceaseable …
Francis Roberts · Believers Evidences for Eternal Life · p. 50 · Open in the reader

The Rising Sun A59622

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1. RestlesseRestless and perpetual. The Sun never stands still, what ever the other Creatures do; it …
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1. RestlesseRestless and perpetual. The Sun never stands still, what ever the other Creatures do; it …
John Sheffield · The Rising Sun · p. 118 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Ezra Nehemiah Ester Job and Psalms A63066

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… his own accord to ſue out a new Commiſſion againſt Job, it skilleth not. ReſtleſſeRestless he is; and it behooveth us to be vigilant: not ignorant of his wiles …
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… his own accord to ſue out a new Commiſſion againſt Job, it skilleth not. ReſtleſſeRestless he is; and it behooveth us to be vigilant: not ignorant of his wiles …
John Trapp · Commentary on Ezra Nehemiah Ester Job and Psalms · p. 17 · Open in the reader

The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America A77237

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ReſtleſſeRestless both day and night, his heart now was,
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ReſtleſſeRestless both day and night, his heart now was,
Anne Bradstreet · The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America · p. 120 · Open in the reader

England Faithfully Watched A88417

Printed
… and take as comes. 'Twere better I had nothing, no parts, then all Satans. ReſtleſſeRestless ſoules to evill, you are all Satans, you ſerve him with your might, with …
With rule
… and take as comes. 'Twere better I had nothing, no parts, then all Satans. ReſtleſſeRestless ſoules to evill, you are all Satans, you ſerve him with your might, with …
Nicholas Lockyer · England Faithfully Watched · p. 162 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hide, and all burnt; ſo the devill hath his Holocauſt, his whole burnt offerings. ReſtleſſeRestless ſoules in ſin, you are Satans whole burnt ſacrifices, you are all on fire …
With rule
… hide, and all burnt; ſo the devill hath his Holocauſt, his whole burnt offerings. ReſtleſſeRestless ſoules in ſin, you are Satans whole burnt ſacrifices, you are all on fire …
Nicholas Lockyer · England Faithfully Watched · p. 162 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is firmely his, give the Devill hold with both hands, and heel' hold faſt. ReſtleſſeRestless ſoules to evill, you are cloſe priſoners to the Prince of darkneſſe, ſuch as …
With rule
… is firmely his, give the Devill hold with both hands, and heel' hold faſt. ReſtleſſeRestless ſoules to evill, you are cloſe priſoners to the Prince of darkneſſe, ſuch as …
Nicholas Lockyer · England Faithfully Watched · p. 163 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Proverbs 1-3 A95065

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The wicked. ReſtleſſeRestless and unquiet people. Such as are alwayes doing miſchief. The Heb. word foreign, comes from …
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The wicked. ReſtleſſeRestless and unquiet people. Such as are alwayes doing miſchief. The Heb. word foreign, comes from …
Francis Taylor · Exposition of Proverbs 1-3 · p. 348 · Open in the reader