Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1935 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

combatecombat

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

Puritas changed it: 2,183 times in 829 works
Consistency: 99.6% (2,183 of 2,190)
Reach if approved: ~2,301 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: combat
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,190 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,183 changes in 829 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,183)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… doth labour myghtely agaynſt the fleſhe, mouing vs to ſpirituall things. And this conflict & combatecombat dureth ſo long as we are clothed wyth this fleſhe. In this man the …
With rule
… doth labour myghtely agaynſt the fleſhe, mouing vs to ſpirituall things. And this conflict & combatecombat dureth ſo long as we are clothed wyth this fleſhe. In this man the …
Martin Luther · Preface to the Epistle of Romans · Open in the reader
Printed
I am glad, Brother, that in this your daylie CombateCombat with Beastes, you are not yet so mated, but that you are chearfullie disposed …
With rule
I am glad, Brother, that in this your daylie CombateCombat with Beastes, you are not yet so mated, but that you are chearfullie disposed …
Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sending vs great troubles and temptacions, for hys purpose is in thys most noble combatecombat, both to geue vs strength to ouercome, and also the prayse of the victory …
With rule
… sending vs great troubles and temptacions, for hys purpose is in thys most noble combatecombat, both to geue vs strength to ouercome, and also the prayse of the victory …
William Fulke · A Comfortable Sermon of Faith in Temptations · Open in the reader
Printed
… yet this domesticall rebell, lust, must with great trouble be subdued. After which spirituall combatecombat, our comfort is that in the end the victorie shall be ours. It shall …
With rule
… yet this domesticall rebell, lust, must with great trouble be subdued. After which spirituall combatecombat, our comfort is that in the end the victorie shall be ours. It shall …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 103 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſay, Is this hee that encountered a Lion, and a Beare? Hee that entred combatecombat with a Giant, the terrour of a whole Armie; and now to fall a …
With rule
… ſay, Is this hee that encountered a Lion, and a Beare? Hee that entred combatecombat with a Giant, the terrour of a whole Armie; and now to fall a …
Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon Seven Psalms of David · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of aſtoniſhment as ſhee did, why am I thus? Happy he which feeles this combatecombat, who is euer wraſtling with his owne corruption, labouring and endeauouring himſelfe to haue …
With rule
… of aſtoniſhment as ſhee did, why am I thus? Happy he which feeles this combatecombat, who is euer wraſtling with his owne corruption, labouring and endeauouring himſelfe to haue …
Samuel Hieron · Three Sermons · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the necke of many a soule, even because he would goe out in single combatecombat against Sathan, and (doe what he could,) not revealing himselfe to others for help …
With rule
… the necke of many a soule, even because he would goe out in single combatecombat against Sathan, and (doe what he could,) not revealing himselfe to others for help …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Preparation for Christ · p. 242 · Open in the reader
Printed
… shew himself to be another Goljath defying Israell, and provoking all to battel and combatecombat.
With rule
… shew himself to be another Goljath defying Israell, and provoking all to battel and combatecombat.
Francis Johnson · Reasons Against Two Errors of the Anabaptists · p. 4 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

7 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 Combat Between Christ and the Devil Displayed A09463

Printed
THE COMBATECOMBAT BETWEENE CHRIST and the DIVELL expounded.
With rule
THE COMBATECOMBAT BETWEENE CHRIST and the DIVELL expounded.
William Perkins · The Combat Between Christ and the Devil Displayed · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Christs Combat and Conquest A13530

Printed
CHRISTS COMBATECOMBAT AND Conquest: OR, The LYON of the tribe of IVDAH, vanquishing the Roaring Lyon …
With rule
CHRISTS COMBATECOMBAT AND Conquest: OR, The LYON of the tribe of IVDAH, vanquishing the Roaring Lyon …
Thomas Taylor · Christs Combat and Conquest · Open in the reader

The Combat Betwixt Christ and the Devil A14176

Printed
THE COMBATECOMBAT betwixt CHRIST and the Deuill.
With rule
THE COMBATECOMBAT betwixt CHRIST and the Deuill.
John Udall · The Combat Betwixt Christ and the Devil · Open in the reader

A Combat Between Two Seconds A75689

Printed
A COMBATECOMBAT betweene TVVO SECONDS.
With rule
A COMBATECOMBAT betweene TVVO SECONDS.
Antony Ascham · A Combat Between Two Seconds · Open in the reader

The Combat Between the Flesh and Spirit A88580

Printed
THE COMBATECOMBAT BETWEEN THE FLESH and SPIRIT. AS ALSO The wofull with-drawing of the Spirit …
With rule
THE COMBATECOMBAT BETWEEN THE FLESH and SPIRIT. AS ALSO The wofull with-drawing of the Spirit …
Christopher Love · The Combat Between the Flesh and Spirit · Open in the reader

Works A97360

Printed
OR CHRISTS COMBATECOMBAT AND CONQUEST: BEING The LYON of the Tribe of JUDAH, vanquiſhing the Roaring Lyon …
With rule
OR CHRISTS COMBATECOMBAT AND CONQUEST: BEING The LYON of the Tribe of JUDAH, vanquiſhing the Roaring Lyon …
Thomas Taylor · Works · Open in the reader

The Christian Combat B01212

Printed
THE CHRISTIAN COMBATECOMBAT, OR, A Treatise of Afflictions, With A Prayer and Meditation of the Faithfull soule …
With rule
THE CHRISTIAN COMBATECOMBAT, OR, A Treatise of Afflictions, With A Prayer and Meditation of the Faithfull soule …
Peter du Moulin Jr · The Christian Combat · Open in the reader