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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1968 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

likenesselikeness

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

Puritas changed it
3,860 times in 1,026 works
Consistency
99.9% (3,860 of 3,861)
Reach if approved
~4,063 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: likeness
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
3,867 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (3,860 changes in 1,026 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 3,860)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … am or should be, euen of that which descended vpon thy Sonne in the likenesselikeness of a Doue without Gall: By this spirit mortifie in me the lusts and …
    With rule
    … am or should be, euen of that which descended vpon thy Sonne in the likenesselikeness of a Doue without Gall: By this spirit mortifie in me the lusts and …

    Daniel Featley · The Handmaid to Private Devotion · p. 418 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … coniecture to vs, what hee is, hee appeares (as it were) transfigured into the likenesselikeness of our nature, and in our owne familiar termes speaketh to our shallow vnderstandings …
    With rule
    … coniecture to vs, what hee is, hee appeares (as it were) transfigured into the likenesselikeness of our nature, and in our owne familiar termes speaketh to our shallow vnderstandings …

    Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 231 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … by the number of his hornes hee semethe to haue some outwarde shewe, or likenesselikeness of Christ, yet he bewrayeth himselfe by his voice that he is a preacher …
    With rule
    … by the number of his hornes hee semethe to haue some outwarde shewe, or likenesselikeness of Christ, yet he bewrayeth himselfe by his voice that he is a preacher …

    William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · p. 87 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … ſhape: for ſo neather the bodie nor ſoule of man was the image or likeneſſelikeness of God. But in gifts and qualities of the body and minde, hee did …
    With rule
    … ſhape: for ſo neather the bodie nor ſoule of man was the image or likeneſſelikeness of God. But in gifts and qualities of the body and minde, hee did …

    George Gifford · A Catechism · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … accident, is more worth than all mens ſoules devoid of it, it being a likeneſſelikeness unto God, a divine nature, without which no man ſhall ſee God. Though man …
    With rule
    … accident, is more worth than all mens ſoules devoid of it, it being a likeneſſelikeness unto God, a divine nature, without which no man ſhall ſee God. Though man …

    Thomas Goodwin · Aggravation of Sin · p. 4 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … both in the ſoule and in the body, therein beholding his owne image, and likeneſſelikeness with ioyfull complaeence, euen as the father reioyceth in the ſonne; and that he …
    With rule
    … both in the ſoule and in the body, therein beholding his owne image, and likeneſſelikeness with ioyfull complaeence, euen as the father reioyceth in the ſonne; and that he …

    Thomas Granger · The Bread of Life · p. 9 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    Thou shalt not make to thy selfe any grauen Image, nor the likenesselikeness, &c.
    With rule
    Thou shalt not make to thy selfe any grauen Image, nor the likenesselikeness, &c.

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 74 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … behold thy face in righteousnesse, I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likenesselikeness. Those then that would see Gods face to their comfort, must purge themselues from …
    With rule
    … behold thy face in righteousnesse, I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likenesselikeness. Those then that would see Gods face to their comfort, must purge themselues from …

    Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 316 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 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 Heavenly Academy A11072

  • Printed
    LIkenesseLikeness drawes love, and love causeth a communication of counsells: yea, love it selfe is …
    With rule
    LIkenesseLikeness drawes love, and love causeth a communication of counsells: yea, love it selfe is …

    Francis Rous · The Heavenly Academy · p. 114 · Open in the reader