Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1810 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

asleepeasleep

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

Puritas changed it: 1,446 times in 521 works
Consistency: 99.9% (1,446 of 1,447)
Reach if approved: ~1,524 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: asleep
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,450 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,446 changes in 521 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,446)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… we are abroad, we cannot keepe our houſes; yea when wee are in them aſleepeasleep, they ſerue to keepe vs. God can neuer be abſent from his, nor doth …
With rule
… we are abroad, we cannot keepe our houſes; yea when wee are in them aſleepeasleep, they ſerue to keepe vs. God can neuer be abſent from his, nor doth …
Thomas Adams · The Temple · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
5 That the diuell lulles me aſleepeasleep.
With rule
5 That the diuell lulles me aſleepeasleep.
Robert Hill · The Pathway to Prayer and Piety · p. 107 · Open in the reader
Printed
… condition thou art in, and you ſhall helpe one another. A man that is aſleepeasleep cannot awaken himſelfe, but another man that is but new awake, that ſcarce hath …
With rule
… condition thou art in, and you ſhall helpe one another. A man that is aſleepeasleep cannot awaken himſelfe, but another man that is but new awake, that ſcarce hath …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Vocation · p. 522 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Let the winde blowe neuer ſo loude, yet ſo long as a man is aſleepeasleep, he cannot heare it: and let the good Spirit of Grace breathe in a …
With rule
… Let the winde blowe neuer ſo loude, yet ſo long as a man is aſleepeasleep, he cannot heare it: and let the good Spirit of Grace breathe in a …
Thomas Barnes · The Gales of Grace · p. 185 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and t…oublesome iourney it is to heauen, sit them downe and fall fast asleepeasleep. O barren grounds! will ye bring forth nothing? Is difficulty made your hindrance, that …
With rule
… and t…oublesome iourney it is to heauen, sit them downe and fall fast asleepeasleep. O barren grounds! will ye bring forth nothing? Is difficulty made your hindrance, that …
Thomas Adams · A Divine Herbal Together with a Forest of Thorns · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the dead: since that they are but in a deepe sleep. They are fallen asleepeasleep in Christ. And, I would not therefore, saith the Apostle, that you should be …
With rule
… the dead: since that they are but in a deepe sleep. They are fallen asleepeasleep in Christ. And, I would not therefore, saith the Apostle, that you should be …
Thomas Gataker · The Decrease of Lazarus · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
… pray, and yet pray not to purpoſe, therefore God hee ſometimes ſeemes like one aſleepeasleep, and then ſometimes to wake, and make faire offers to helpe, and yet falls …
With rule
… pray, and yet pray not to purpoſe, therefore God hee ſometimes ſeemes like one aſleepeasleep, and then ſometimes to wake, and make faire offers to helpe, and yet falls …
Thomas Goodwin · The Return of Prayers · p. 232 · Open in the reader
Printed
… got himselfe downe to the bottome of the ship, and there was laid fast asleepeasleep. Christs Disciples sleepe, when he is in an Agony for their sins. Wicked men …
With rule
… got himselfe downe to the bottome of the ship, and there was laid fast asleepeasleep. Christs Disciples sleepe, when he is in an Agony for their sins. Wicked men …
Walter Balcanquhall · Sermon Preached 14 April 1623 · p. 26 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 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 Cure of Misprision A97246

Printed
Drunken and AſleepeAsleep not knowing what they doe. Luke 23. 34.
With rule
Drunken and AſleepeAsleep not knowing what they doe. Luke 23. 34.
Richard Younge · The Cure of Misprision · p. 26 · Open in the reader