Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1971 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

seekesseeks

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

Puritas changed it: 1,668 times in 603 works
Consistency: 99.5% (1,668 of 1,676)
Reach if approved: ~1,761 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: seeks
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,676 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,668 changes in 603 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,668)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Thirdly, love ſeekesseeks not its owne (eyther proſite or credite) it liwes in another, and it works …
With rule
Thirdly, love ſeekesseeks not its owne (eyther proſite or credite) it liwes in another, and it works …
Robert Harris · Hezekiahs Recovery · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and inquire, before hee can meete with one, who throughly and to the purpoſe ſeekesseeks the kingdome of God and the appurtenances thereunto? For one ſerious and deep thought …
With rule
… and inquire, before hee can meete with one, who throughly and to the purpoſe ſeekesseeks the kingdome of God and the appurtenances thereunto? For one ſerious and deep thought …
Samuel Hieron · The Christians Life-Lode · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the ſame meaſure, to procure the honour or welfare of thy brother. 1 Cor. 13.5. Love ſeekesseeks not her owne. Gal. 5.13. Serve one another in love: Thou ſhouldſt in this caſe …
With rule
… the ſame meaſure, to procure the honour or welfare of thy brother. 1 Cor. 13.5. Love ſeekesseeks not her owne. Gal. 5.13. Serve one another in love: Thou ſhouldſt in this caſe …
Thomas Hooker · The Pattern of Perfection Exhibited in Gods Image on Adam · p. 102 · Open in the reader
Printed
… conſider who it is that ſeekesseeks you, and where, and for what. He that ſeekesseeks you is Ieſus, he that ſaues his people, and muſt you, if you will …
With rule
… conſider who it is that ſeekesseeks you, and where, and for what. He that ſeekesseeks you is Ieſus, he that ſaues his people, and muſt you, if you will …
Robert Horne · A Caveat to Prevent Future Judgments · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of them. Seeing then many ſaints are but yonglings in piety, ſeeing the Diuell ſeekesseeks by all cunning fetches to blinde their eyes, that they may not ſo plainely …
With rule
… of them. Seeing then many ſaints are but yonglings in piety, ſeeing the Diuell ſeekesseeks by all cunning fetches to blinde their eyes, that they may not ſo plainely …
Thomas Barnes · The Gales of Grace · p. 216 · Open in the reader
Printed
… garment; conspectu omnium, as proud of the fashion. They talke of a Conscience, that seekesseeks couers, like Adams Figge leaues: but these glory in their shame; whose end is …
With rule
… garment; conspectu omnium, as proud of the fashion. They talke of a Conscience, that seekesseeks couers, like Adams Figge leaues: but these glory in their shame; whose end is …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 124 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of every gracious woman fearing God, and which ſhe moſt of all prizeth, and ſeekesseeks after.
With rule
… of every gracious woman fearing God, and which ſhe moſt of all prizeth, and ſeekesseeks after.
Stephen Geree · The Ornament of Women · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… may wiſely auoid his temptations, and not yeeld to them, when by them he ſeekesseeks to draw vs from the ſeruice of our Lord, to his ſlauery; and thus …
With rule
… may wiſely auoid his temptations, and not yeeld to them, when by them he ſeekesseeks to draw vs from the ſeruice of our Lord, to his ſlauery; and thus …
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 119 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

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

The Merchant Real A06192

Printed
… chriſtian ſoule hath reaſon for it. Firſt from gods promiſe, that he that thus SeekesSeeks god in Chriſt shal aſſuredly find him.
With rule
… chriſtian ſoule hath reaſon for it. Firſt from gods promiſe, that he that thus SeekesSeeks god in Chriſt shal aſſuredly find him.
William Loe · The Merchant Real · p. 49 · Open in the reader

The Righteous Mans Plea to True Happiness A13019

Printed
2 SeekesSeeks not.
With rule
2 SeekesSeeks not.
John Stoughton · The Righteous Mans Plea to True Happiness · Open in the reader

Annotations Upon the New Testament A50050

Printed
… his taile on the other, and will not be gotten out of his hole. 3. SeekesSeeks to save his head, Ierome, Austen, Ambrose, Totum corpus in orbem circumvoluit ut caput …
With rule
… his taile on the other, and will not be gotten out of his hole. 3. SeekesSeeks to save his head, Ierome, Austen, Ambrose, Totum corpus in orbem circumvoluit ut caput …
Edward Leigh · Annotations Upon the New Testament · p. 27 · Open in the reader

Peters Repentance A64251

Printed
SeekesSeeks them straying, rejoyceth in finding, as in the Parable of the lost Sheep; seekesseeks …
With rule
SeekesSeeks them straying, rejoyceth in finding, as in the Parable of the lost Sheep; seekesseeks …
Thomas Taylor · Peters Repentance · p. 7 · Open in the reader

Poems A69225

Printed
SeekesSeeks her at Rome, there, becauſe hee doth know
With rule
SeekesSeeks her at Rome, there, becauſe hee doth know
John Donne · Poems · p. 334 · Open in the reader

Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature A91224

Printed
SeekesSeeks out for cures, or once haſts to apply
With rule
SeekesSeeks out for cures, or once haſts to apply
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 179 · Open in the reader