Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1850 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

floorefloor

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

Puritas changed it: 878 times in 335 works
Consistency: 88.8% (878 of 988)
Reach if approved: ~1,038 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: floor
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 988 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (878 changes in 335 works, 88.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 878)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… will be in the net; ſome tares amongſt the wheat, ſome chaffe vpon the floorefloor; ſome goates amongſt the ſheepe; ſome with the marke of the beaſt in the …
With rule
… will be in the net; ſome tares amongſt the wheat, ſome chaffe vpon the floorefloor; ſome goates amongſt the ſheepe; ſome with the marke of the beaſt in the …
Nehemiah Rogers · The True Convert · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… finde something behinde, like a cobweb in the top of an house when the floorefloor is swept. Therefore vvell doth Paul saie, he vvhich thinketh that he stands, not …
With rule
… finde something behinde, like a cobweb in the top of an house when the floorefloor is swept. Therefore vvell doth Paul saie, he vvhich thinketh that he stands, not …
Henry Smith · Satans Compassing the Earth · Open in the reader
Printed
… their bodies: seeing here is all the difference betwixt him that walkes, and his floorefloor he walkes on: Liuing Earth treads vpon dead earth, and shall at last bee …
With rule
… their bodies: seeing here is all the difference betwixt him that walkes, and his floorefloor he walkes on: Liuing Earth treads vpon dead earth, and shall at last bee …
Thomas Adams · A Divine Herbal Together with a Forest of Thorns · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… doe not the Turkes, and shall the Christians? Dauid would not haue Areunah's Threshing-floorefloor without money; if these men should haue no roome in the Church, but what …
With rule
… doe not the Turkes, and shall the Christians? Dauid would not haue Areunah's Threshing-floorefloor without money; if these men should haue no roome in the Church, but what …
Thomas Adams · The Gallants Burden · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Thus it will bee, till the great Iudge with his fanne shall purge his floorefloor; till the Angels shall carrie the wheat into the barne of glorie. Vntill that …
With rule
… Thus it will bee, till the great Iudge with his fanne shall purge his floorefloor; till the Angels shall carrie the wheat into the barne of glorie. Vntill that …
Thomas Adams · The White Devil · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… away, as the chaffe which is driuen with a whirle-wind out of the floorefloor, and as the smoake out of a chimney; but he that is wise among …
With rule
… away, as the chaffe which is driuen with a whirle-wind out of the floorefloor, and as the smoake out of a chimney; but he that is wise among …
William Loe · A Still Voice · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
… excuseth intents not warranted in Gods word, 1. Chron. 13.9. When they came to the threshing floorefloor of Chidon, Vzza put forth his hand to hold the Arke, for the oxe …
With rule
… excuseth intents not warranted in Gods word, 1. Chron. 13.9. When they came to the threshing floorefloor of Chidon, Vzza put forth his hand to hold the Arke, for the oxe …
William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in it: to a field, which had tares as well as corne: to a floorefloor, which hath chaffe as well as wheate and pure corne: and to an house …
With rule
… in it: to a field, which had tares as well as corne: to a floorefloor, which hath chaffe as well as wheate and pure corne: and to an house …
William Prynne · The Perpetuity of a Regenerate Mans Estate · p. 276 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (110)

91 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 27 are listed here. 19 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Happiness of the Church A01956

Printed
… by our Christian Princes, iustly stiled Defenders of the ancient Faith. It was Gods FlooreFloor before, though full of chaffe: but now since hee that hath his fanne in …
With rule
… by our Christian Princes, iustly stiled Defenders of the ancient Faith. It was Gods FlooreFloor before, though full of chaffe: but now since hee that hath his fanne in …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 59 · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

Printed
… the Doctor, heard him teaching: for the Disciple did reade, being layd on the FlooreFloor or Pauement, and the Doctor interpreted what he read. All the time which he …
With rule
… the Doctor, heard him teaching: for the Disciple did reade, being layd on the FlooreFloor or Pauement, and the Doctor interpreted what he read. All the time which he …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 122 · Open in the reader
Printed
… but neuer burning) the one at his head, the other at his feet. The FlooreFloor is couered with Mats, and faire Carpets on them. Round about are like Tombes …
With rule
… but neuer burning) the one at his head, the other at his feet. The FlooreFloor is couered with Mats, and faire Carpets on them. Round about are like Tombes …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 241 · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

Printed
FlooreFloor. sig:
With rule
FlooreFloor. sig:
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 166 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Barne-floorefloor.) Math. 3, 21. He hath his Fan in his hand, and will purge his FlooreFloor. Metaphor.
With rule
… Barne-floorefloor.) Math. 3, 21. He hath his Fan in his hand, and will purge his FlooreFloor. Metaphor.
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 166 · Open in the reader

A Treasury of Similes A18271

Printed
… not onely ſound corne, but alſo tares, cockell and darnell: Or as in the FlooreFloor there is not onely pure Wheate, but alſo Chaffe: and as in the Nette …
With rule
… not onely ſound corne, but alſo tares, cockell and darnell: Or as in the FlooreFloor there is not onely pure Wheate, but alſo Chaffe: and as in the Nette …
Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 90 · Open in the reader

The Sum of Sacred Divinity A20766

Printed
… For this cauſe is the Church called his threſhing, and the Sonne of his FlooreFloor. One whom he beateth and threſheth with afflictions, a… the Corne in the Barne …
With rule
… For this cauſe is the Church called his threſhing, and the Sonne of his FlooreFloor. One whom he beateth and threſheth with afflictions, a… the Corne in the Barne …
John Downame · The Sum of Sacred Divinity · p. 482 · Open in the reader

A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government A29737

Printed
… one Anselme Fits Arthur, stood up, and claimed that Ground to have beene the FlooreFloor of his Fathers house, which King William had violently wrested from him; and thereupon …
With rule
… one Anselme Fits Arthur, stood up, and claimed that Ground to have beene the FlooreFloor of his Fathers house, which King William had violently wrested from him; and thereupon …
Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 39 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and women, when about the middle of the Sermon, a great part of the FlooreFloor brake, and fell down with such violence, that it brake down the next floor …
With rule
… and women, when about the middle of the Sermon, a great part of the FlooreFloor brake, and fell down with such violence, that it brake down the next floor …
Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 154 · Open in the reader

A Practical and Polemical Commentary Upon 2 Timothy 3-4 A45335

Printed
Let us not then forsake the Lords FlooreFloor, because there is some Chaffe in it; nor run from Sion instead of Babylon …
With rule
Let us not then forsake the Lords FlooreFloor, because there is some Chaffe in it; nor run from Sion instead of Babylon …
Thomas Hall · A Practical and Polemical Commentary Upon 2 Timothy 3-4 · p. 11 · Open in the reader

The Temple in the Days of our Savior Described A48446

Printed
CHAP. II. The meaſure of the FlooreFloor of the mountaine of the Temple. foreign p. 4.
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CHAP. II. The meaſure of the FlooreFloor of the mountaine of the Temple. foreign p. 4.
John Lightfoot · The Temple in the Days of our Savior Described · Open in the reader

Canterburys Doom A56144

Printed
That the place before the Arch was an earthen FlooreFloor, and often troubled with a freſh, I doe againe really believe Your Lordſhip. And …
With rule
That the place before the Arch was an earthen FlooreFloor, and often troubled with a freſh, I doe againe really believe Your Lordſhip. And …
William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · p. 85 · Open in the reader

Observations Upon the Old Testament A57230

Printed
… people, Ch. XXIV. 8. And upon the occasion of the Pestilence following thereupon, The Threshing-FlooreFloor of Araunah being found to be the place where the Temple was to be …
With rule
… people, Ch. XXIV. 8. And upon the occasion of the Pestilence following thereupon, The Threshing-FlooreFloor of Araunah being found to be the place where the Temple was to be …
John Richardson · Observations Upon the Old Testament · p. 86 · Open in the reader
Printed
The FlooreFloor of the Temple, was of Firre-Plancks, 1 King. VI 15. Of the Oracle, was of …
With rule
The FlooreFloor of the Temple, was of Firre-Plancks, 1 King. VI 15. Of the Oracle, was of …
John Richardson · Observations Upon the Old Testament · p. 95 · Open in the reader
Printed
he seiled] Or covered. This, and the next verse seemes to relate to the FlooreFloor of the Temple, 1 King. VI. 15. The walls are mentioned in the seventh verse following.
With rule
he seiled] Or covered. This, and the next verse seemes to relate to the FlooreFloor of the Temple, 1 King. VI. 15. The walls are mentioned in the seventh verse following.
John Richardson · Observations Upon the Old Testament · p. 121 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

Printed
… forth, argues your pouertie: The viſible Church is Gods Drag-not, and Field, and FlooreFloor, and Arke; here will be euer at her beſt, Sedge, Tares, Chaffe, vncleane Creatures …
With rule
… forth, argues your pouertie: The viſible Church is Gods Drag-not, and Field, and FlooreFloor, and Arke; here will be euer at her beſt, Sedge, Tares, Chaffe, vncleane Creatures …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 607 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſawcy Fellow hee dare pull off his red Hat, and trample it in the FlooreFloor; denying his Cardinalſhip, and charging him With participation of the Schiſme.
With rule
… ſawcy Fellow hee dare pull off his red Hat, and trample it in the FlooreFloor; denying his Cardinalſhip, and charging him With participation of the Schiſme.
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 743 · Open in the reader

Sermons Upon Romans 11:2-8 A72114

Printed
… there is not onely good Corne, but also weeds; and as in a threshing FlooreFloor, there is not onely pure wheat, but also chaffe; and as in a Net …
With rule
… there is not onely good Corne, but also weeds; and as in a threshing FlooreFloor, there is not onely pure wheat, but also chaffe; and as in a Net …
John Frewen · Sermons Upon Romans 11:2-8 · Open in the reader

Church Reformation A77496

Printed
Whoſe fanne is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his FlooreFloor.
With rule
Whoſe fanne is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his FlooreFloor.
John Brinsley · Church Reformation · Open in the reader
Printed
… And not unfitly may it be ſo called (ſaith Aretius.) A FlooreFloor, and Chriſts FlooreFloor.
With rule
… And not unfitly may it be ſo called (ſaith Aretius.) A FlooreFloor, and Chriſts FlooreFloor.
John Brinsley · Church Reformation · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and the FlooreFloor. In the Garner there is nothing but pure graine: In the FlooreFloor there is a mixture; Straw as well as Corne, Chaffe as well as Wheate …
With rule
… and the FlooreFloor. In the Garner there is nothing but pure graine: In the FlooreFloor there is a mixture; Straw as well as Corne, Chaffe as well as Wheate …
John Brinsley · Church Reformation · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Jeſus Chriſt at this day, not to abandon, not to caſt up this FlooreFloor, this Church of his, but to purge it from what ever Chaffe of corruption …
With rule
… of Jeſus Chriſt at this day, not to abandon, not to caſt up this FlooreFloor, this Church of his, but to purge it from what ever Chaffe of corruption …
John Brinsley · Church Reformation · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… this FlooreFloor, that he would ſend forth, thruſt forth faithfull Fanners into this his FlooreFloor. Faithfull fanners, ſuch as may put a true and preciſe difference betwixt the precious …
With rule
… this FlooreFloor, that he would ſend forth, thruſt forth faithfull Fanners into this his FlooreFloor. Faithfull fanners, ſuch as may put a true and preciſe difference betwixt the precious …
John Brinsley · Church Reformation · p. 62 · Open in the reader

Separation Examined A85314

Printed
… reall Saints? I ſuppoſe you doe not thinke ſo, croſſe to the texts, the FlooreFloor, the Drag-net, &c. what would you have ſuch, as by the exacteſt ſcrutiny …
With rule
… reall Saints? I ſuppoſe you doe not thinke ſo, croſſe to the texts, the FlooreFloor, the Drag-net, &c. what would you have ſuch, as by the exacteſt ſcrutiny …
Giles Firmin · Separation Examined · p. 83 · Open in the reader

The Valley of Vision A86450

Printed
… might eat the Paſſover. What is of leſſe notice then the rubbing of a FlooreFloor, then the dreſſing up of a Chamber? Chriſt by his providence ſaw this, and …
With rule
… might eat the Paſſover. What is of leſſe notice then the rubbing of a FlooreFloor, then the dreſſing up of a Chamber? Chriſt by his providence ſaw this, and …
Richard Holdsworth · The Valley of Vision · p. 473 · Open in the reader

Christ and Moses Excellency A90893

Printed
FlooreFloor
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FlooreFloor
Vavasor Powell · Christ and Moses Excellency · p. 338 · Open in the reader

A Good Conscience the Strongest Hold A93060

Printed
… of the heart, &c This is the Fanne with which Chriſt doth purge his FlooreFloor, Canſcience. John 15. 3. Now are you clean through the word which I have ſpoken to …
With rule
… of the heart, &c This is the Fanne with which Chriſt doth purge his FlooreFloor, Canſcience. John 15. 3. Now are you clean through the word which I have ſpoken to …
John Sheffeild · A Good Conscience the Strongest Hold · p. 33 · Open in the reader