Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #19638 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

preparatiuespreparatives

u and v used by position, not sound: haue → have, vnto → unto.

Puritas changed it: 78 times in 56 works
Consistency: 95.1% (78 of 82)
Reach if approved: ~86 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: preparatives
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 82 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (78 changes in 56 works, 95.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 78)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
IN a sicke and euill affected bodie (dearelie beloued) wee vsuallie see preparatiuespreparatives ministred, that the maladies maie bee made more fit and pliable to receiue wholsome …
With rule
IN a sicke and euill affected bodie (dearelie beloued) wee vsuallie see preparatiuespreparatives ministred, that the maladies maie bee made more fit and pliable to receiue wholsome …
Henry Smith · Four Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
WOrkes done before iustification, though they suffice not to saluation, error 93 yet be acceptable preparatiuespreparatives to the grace of iustification, and such as moue God to mercie: As were …
With rule
WOrkes done before iustification, though they suffice not to saluation, error 93 yet be acceptable preparatiuespreparatives to the grace of iustification, and such as moue God to mercie: As were …
Andrew Willet · A General View of Papistry · p. 591 · Open in the reader
Printed
… both before hearing and receiuing, is as it were a kind of Phyſick; for preparatiuespreparatives are miniſtred alwaies before Phyſicke, otherwiſe it would do no good, but hurt: So …
With rule
… both before hearing and receiuing, is as it were a kind of Phyſick; for preparatiuespreparatives are miniſtred alwaies before Phyſicke, otherwiſe it would do no good, but hurt: So …
Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 554 · Open in the reader
Printed
… things going before the act of vncleanness and fleshly pollution, nearer to it then preparatiuespreparatives or prouocations vnto it?
With rule
… things going before the act of vncleanness and fleshly pollution, nearer to it then preparatiuespreparatives or prouocations vnto it?
Edward Elton · Gods Holy Mind Touching Matters Moral · p. 254 · Open in the reader
Printed
… plagues of this worlde infli…ed to the vngodly, are as it were certen preparatiuespreparatives and preambles of more greuouſe tourmentes.
With rule
… plagues of this worlde infli…ed to the vngodly, are as it were certen preparatiuespreparatives and preambles of more greuouſe tourmentes.
Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · p. 487 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to smoother or smoke out our troubles; but as purposing to vse them as preparatiuespreparatives, wherby both our soules and bodies may be made more capable of the spirituall …
With rule
… to smoother or smoke out our troubles; but as purposing to vse them as preparatiuespreparatives, wherby both our soules and bodies may be made more capable of the spirituall …
Richard Greenham · Two Treatises Comforting an Afflicted Conscience · p. 44 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are no leſſe mirrours for vs vertuouſlye to lyue, then theyr bleſſed departures comfortable preparatiuespreparatives, teaching vs to dye godly. Thus deſirous to gratefy your honour, wyth ſome token …
With rule
… are no leſſe mirrours for vs vertuouſlye to lyue, then theyr bleſſed departures comfortable preparatiuespreparatives, teaching vs to dye godly. Thus deſirous to gratefy your honour, wyth ſome token …
Philipp Melanchthon · History of Three Renowned Reformers · Open in the reader
Printed
… and ſtudy wel the precept, Thou ſhalt not commit adultery, and theſe follies, theſe preparatiuespreparatives to adultery will ſoone be forſaken.
With rule
… and ſtudy wel the precept, Thou ſhalt not commit adultery, and theſe follies, theſe preparatiuespreparatives to adultery will ſoone be forſaken.
John Prime · Exposition of Galatians · p. 259 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

3 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.

Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God A16338

Printed
These PreparatiuesPreparatives thus premised, I proceed to some generall directions for a more comfortable walking in …
With rule
These PreparatiuesPreparatives thus premised, I proceed to some generall directions for a more comfortable walking in …
Robert Bolton · Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God · p. 65 · Open in the reader
Printed
… substance; but not the power of godlinesse, without visible appearance; as appeares in the PreparatiuesPreparatives: I say, let him interrogate, and aske the rest of his people one after …
With rule
… substance; but not the power of godlinesse, without visible appearance; as appeares in the PreparatiuesPreparatives: I say, let him interrogate, and aske the rest of his people one after …
Robert Bolton · Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God · p. 297 · Open in the reader

The Triumph of a True Christian Described A21269

Printed
Terrours wrought in Gods choſen PreparatiuesPreparatives to their conſolation and comfort. p. 358
With rule
Terrours wrought in Gods choſen PreparatiuesPreparatives to their conſolation and comfort. p. 358
Edward Elton · The Triumph of a True Christian Described · Open in the reader