Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1916 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

greedinessegreediness

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

Puritas changed it: 853 times in 461 works
Consistency: 98.7% (853 of 864)
Reach if approved: ~909 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: greediness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 865 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (853 changes in 461 works, 98.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 853)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… nothing to be expected but damnation, they give themſelves deſperately to commit ſinne with greedineſſegreediness, ſaying with them in Jeremie, There is no hope; therefore we will wall after …
With rule
… nothing to be expected but damnation, they give themſelves deſperately to commit ſinne with greedineſſegreediness, ſaying with them in Jeremie, There is no hope; therefore we will wall after …
William Fenner · The Souls Looking Glass 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… iustice, haue solde them selues like Achab, to commit all manner of sinne with greedinessegreediness. Thus we see what the spirite of God meaneth, when he saith: The wrath …
With rule
… iustice, haue solde them selues like Achab, to commit all manner of sinne with greedinessegreediness. Thus we see what the spirite of God meaneth, when he saith: The wrath …
William Fulke · Sermon 26 February 1580 · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
7 From Hardneſſe of heart, from impudencie, and committing ſin with greedineſſegreediness. For ſo did the Gentiles which had not the Goſpell ſupernaturally reuealed vnto them.
With rule
7 From Hardneſſe of heart, from impudencie, and committing ſin with greedineſſegreediness. For ſo did the Gentiles which had not the Goſpell ſupernaturally reuealed vnto them.
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 604 · Open in the reader
Printed
… exerciſed about the things of this life, the more they follow after them with greedineſſegreediness, vexation diſcontent, plotting and deuiſing how to compaſſe their deſignes, whether by right or …
With rule
… exerciſed about the things of this life, the more they follow after them with greedineſſegreediness, vexation diſcontent, plotting and deuiſing how to compaſſe their deſignes, whether by right or …
John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 399 · Open in the reader
Printed
… troubled with it, and therefore when his paine is over, he takes it with greedinessegreediness againe; so it is with an hypocrite, his heart is burthened with extreame sorrow …
With rule
… troubled with it, and therefore when his paine is over, he takes it with greedinessegreediness againe; so it is with an hypocrite, his heart is burthened with extreame sorrow …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Preparation for Christ · p. 224 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Adam, are naturally paſt feeling, and would give up themſelves unto all wickedneſſe with greedineſſegreediness, did not God reſtraine. To bee paſt feeling in this latter ſenſe, notes principally …
With rule
… Adam, are naturally paſt feeling, and would give up themſelves unto all wickedneſſe with greedineſſegreediness, did not God reſtraine. To bee paſt feeling in this latter ſenſe, notes principally …
Nicholas Lockyer · Christs Communion with his Church Militant · p. 157 · Open in the reader
Printed
… nor forſake thee. He brings it for a motiue againſt Couetouſneſſe; againſt the vnſatiable greedineſſegreediness after the Mammon of this world, which is to many their delight, their loue …
With rule
… nor forſake thee. He brings it for a motiue againſt Couetouſneſſe; againſt the vnſatiable greedineſſegreediness after the Mammon of this world, which is to many their delight, their loue …
Sebastian Benefield · Seventeen Sermons on Amos 3 · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… were they voluptuous before they went? they still follow the same pleasures with all greedinessegreediness: drunken before, and drunken still: swearers before, and swearers still; despisers of Gods service …
With rule
… were they voluptuous before they went? they still follow the same pleasures with all greedinessegreediness: drunken before, and drunken still: swearers before, and swearers still; despisers of Gods service …
William Pemble · The Worthy Receiving the Lords Supper · p. 25 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

8 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.

Three Treatises A10659

Printed
… a strange excesse of ryot, unto which, saith the Apostle, wicked men runne: a GreedinesseGreediness, a covetous improvement of uncleanenesse, a burning of lust, a fulnesse of all mischiefe …
With rule
… a strange excesse of ryot, unto which, saith the Apostle, wicked men runne: a GreedinesseGreediness, a covetous improvement of uncleanenesse, a burning of lust, a fulnesse of all mischiefe …
Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · p. 188 · Open in the reader

Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul A10663

Printed
… Griefe, Wearinesse, Indignation against that which withstands it. Of Vitious Desires, Deception, Ingratitude, Envy, GreedinesseGreediness, Basenesse of Resolution.
With rule
… Griefe, Wearinesse, Indignation against that which withstands it. Of Vitious Desires, Deception, Ingratitude, Envy, GreedinesseGreediness, Basenesse of Resolution.
Edward Reynolds · Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul · p. 177 · Open in the reader

Seven Treatises A10945

Printed
… dealings, ſome of the ſinnes which good men are like to fall into, are: GreedineſſeGreediness in ſeeking and getting their commodities, when they conſider not who is hurt thereby …
With rule
… dealings, ſome of the ſinnes which good men are like to fall into, are: GreedineſſeGreediness in ſeeking and getting their commodities, when they conſider not who is hurt thereby …
Richard Rogers · Seven Treatises · p. 454 · Open in the reader

Ten Sermons A11454

Printed
… those foure things, which ordinarily engage men in vniust quarrels; Malice, Obsequiousnesse, Couerture, and GreedinesseGreediness. Next, concerning the Iudge, or Magistrate; hee must take heed hee doe not receiue …
With rule
… those foure things, which ordinarily engage men in vniust quarrels; Malice, Obsequiousnesse, Couerture, and GreedinesseGreediness. Next, concerning the Iudge, or Magistrate; hee must take heed hee doe not receiue …
Robert Sanderson · Ten Sermons · p. 234 · Open in the reader

Abuses Stripped and Whipped A15623

Printed
Sprung from this GreedinesseGreediness, as our Long-sitting,
With rule
Sprung from this GreedinesseGreediness, as our Long-sitting,
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

The Sum of Sacred Divinity A20766

Printed
Secondly, GreedineſſeGreediness to ſinne; when men ſtriue as it were for a maſterie, to goe one …
With rule
Secondly, GreedineſſeGreediness to ſinne; when men ſtriue as it were for a maſterie, to goe one …
John Downame · The Sum of Sacred Divinity · p. 133 · Open in the reader

Balm for Bleeding England and Ireland A48917

Printed
… twill ſuddenly bee conſumed elſe. A Soule poſting to Hell, wil quickly be there. GreedineſſeGreediness ſurfets; ſurfets make quick diſpatch; Death is at the doore, when the Soule is …
With rule
… twill ſuddenly bee conſumed elſe. A Soule poſting to Hell, wil quickly be there. GreedineſſeGreediness ſurfets; ſurfets make quick diſpatch; Death is at the doore, when the Soule is …
Nicholas Lockyer · Balm for Bleeding England and Ireland · p. 223 · Open in the reader

The Sinfulness of Evil Thoughts A93062

Printed
… me thy ſoule, commit adultery, and give thy ſelf over to all uncleanneſs with GreedineſſeGreediness, he hath learnt a better and ſurer way, he uſeth Art, method, Stratagems; And …
With rule
… me thy ſoule, commit adultery, and give thy ſelf over to all uncleanneſs with GreedineſſeGreediness, he hath learnt a better and ſurer way, he uſeth Art, method, Stratagems; And …
John Sheffeild · The Sinfulness of Evil Thoughts · p. 23 · Open in the reader