Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1880 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sadnessesadness

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

Puritas changed it: 1,209 times in 491 works
Consistency: 99.7% (1,209 of 1,212)
Reach if approved: ~1,273 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: sadness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,212 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,209 changes in 491 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,209)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and the meditation of Gods conſtant, and never failing goodneſſe, mitigate the ſorrow, and ſadneſſesadness which doth uſually attend our loſſe in this behalfe; let their gaine aſſwage the …
With rule
… and the meditation of Gods conſtant, and never failing goodneſſe, mitigate the ſorrow, and ſadneſſesadness which doth uſually attend our loſſe in this behalfe; let their gaine aſſwage the …
Alexander Grosse · Deaths Deliverance and Elijahs Fiery Chariot · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Some will be ready to ſay, I hope I hurt no body by my ſadneſſesadness;but they are deceived, for,
With rule
… Some will be ready to ſay, I hope I hurt no body by my ſadneſſesadness;but they are deceived, for,
Adam Harsnett · A Cordial for the Afflicted · p. 379 · Open in the reader
Printed
… make my heart so sad, and heavy. O but (saith the holy Ghost) that sadnessesadness is profitable, it is good for thee, to have thy heart made heavy sometimes …
With rule
… make my heart so sad, and heavy. O but (saith the holy Ghost) that sadnessesadness is profitable, it is good for thee, to have thy heart made heavy sometimes …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 322 · Open in the reader
Printed
… secretes of our hertes concerninge mūdane & woridly thīges, whither they be of ioye or sadnessesadness, and tyll we haue so done, we are neuer ī rest
With rule
… secretes of our hertes concerninge mūdane & woridly thīges, whither they be of ioye or sadnessesadness, and tyll we haue so done, we are neuer ī rest
Thomas Becon · A Potion for This Holy Time of Lent · Open in the reader
Printed
… more beleeued, for the heart gathereth: lo, he spake with aduisement, deliberation and good sadnessesadness, he clapped hands, called record, and put to his hand and seale: the man …
With rule
… more beleeued, for the heart gathereth: lo, he spake with aduisement, deliberation and good sadnessesadness, he clapped hands, called record, and put to his hand and seale: the man …
William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 632 · Open in the reader
Printed
… distemper which may make our ioyes to be hollow and counterfeit. There may be sadnessesadness of heart, when there is outward ioy, because there is an inward and Supereminent …
With rule
… distemper which may make our ioyes to be hollow and counterfeit. There may be sadnessesadness of heart, when there is outward ioy, because there is an inward and Supereminent …
John Preston · Sins Overthrow · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… commeth to Chriſt, is by repentance, by the ſight of ſinne, and that bringeth ſadneſſesadness vvith it: but frae once the ſinner hath gotten that ſight of Chriſt, then …
With rule
… commeth to Chriſt, is by repentance, by the ſight of ſinne, and that bringeth ſadneſſesadness vvith it: but frae once the ſinner hath gotten that ſight of Chriſt, then …
Robert Rollock · Twenty-Five Lectures Upon the Lords Last Sermon and Conference · p. 101 · Open in the reader
Printed
2 His reprehension and finding fault with the Disciples sadnessesadness, whose hearts were full of sorrow, because he had talked with them about his …
With rule
2 His reprehension and finding fault with the Disciples sadnessesadness, whose hearts were full of sorrow, because he had talked with them about his …
James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · p. 142 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Counterpoison A67746

Printed
SAdnesseSadness, nothing will drive it away like living well. 87
With rule
SAdnesseSadness, nothing will drive it away like living well. 87
Richard Younge · A Counterpoison · Open in the reader

The Portraiture of the Image of God in Man A73382

Printed
SAdneſſeSadness is a paſsion of the ſoule which ariſeth from a diſcontentment that we have …
With rule
SAdneſſeSadness is a paſsion of the ſoule which ariſeth from a diſcontentment that we have …
John Weemes · The Portraiture of the Image of God in Man · p. 205 · Open in the reader