Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1999 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

watchfulnessewatchfulness

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

Puritas changed it: 1,391 times in 495 works
Consistency: 100% (1,391 of 1,391)
Reach if approved: ~1,462 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: watchfulness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,391 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,391 changes in 495 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,391)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
2. They were as monitors to ſtirre up Adam to watchfulneſſewatchfulness over his courſes; and therefore theſe trees were in the midſt of the garden …
With rule
2. They were as monitors to ſtirre up Adam to watchfulneſſewatchfulness over his courſes; and therefore theſe trees were in the midſt of the garden …
Thomas Hooker · The Pattern of Perfection Exhibited in Gods Image on Adam · p. 248 · Open in the reader
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… and woemaniſh cryes, we must not look from God to overcome, but by counſell, watchfulneſſewatchfulness and doing (which are the ſecundary means whereby God hath appointed us to help …
With rule
… and woemaniſh cryes, we must not look from God to overcome, but by counſell, watchfulneſſewatchfulness and doing (which are the ſecundary means whereby God hath appointed us to help …
Alexander Leighton · The Looking Glass of the Holy War · p. 210 · Open in the reader
Printed
… from whence it is vſuall with the holy Apoſtles to raiſe a motiue to watchfulneſſewatchfulness. Only Oecumenius expoundeth it of Chriſt, The end of all is come; that is …
With rule
… from whence it is vſuall with the holy Apoſtles to raiſe a motiue to watchfulneſſewatchfulness. Only Oecumenius expoundeth it of Chriſt, The end of all is come; that is …
John Mayer · Exposition on the Catholic Epistles · p. 121 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by reason of this combate, we are put in minde to vse sobrietie, and watchfulnessewatchfulness ouer our owne corruptions, with much and instant praier, least we fall into temptation …
With rule
… by reason of this combate, we are put in minde to vse sobrietie, and watchfulnessewatchfulness ouer our owne corruptions, with much and instant praier, least we fall into temptation …
William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 420 · Open in the reader
Printed
WatchfulneſſeWatchfulness is a continuall care with ourſelues, that wee be readily prepared, as we ought …
With rule
WatchfulneſſeWatchfulness is a continuall care with ourſelues, that wee be readily prepared, as we ought …
Dudley Fenner · Brief Treatise Upon the First Table of the Law · Open in the reader
Printed
… cannot be ſhewed to others that be good: euen ſo verelie as yet the watchfulneſſewatchfulness of redreſsing may in no wiſe reſt, in rebuking, degrading, excommunicating, and in other …
With rule
… cannot be ſhewed to others that be good: euen ſo verelie as yet the watchfulneſſewatchfulness of redreſsing may in no wiſe reſt, in rebuking, degrading, excommunicating, and in other …
George Gifford · Plain Declaration that Brownists be Full Donatists · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Euery one, (Ecce Amorem) behold his Loue: Night and day, (Ecce vigilantiam) behold his WatchfulnesseWatchfulness: With teares, (Ecce compassionem) behold his Pittie.
With rule
… Euery one, (Ecce Amorem) behold his Loue: Night and day, (Ecce vigilantiam) behold his WatchfulnesseWatchfulness: With teares, (Ecce compassionem) behold his Pittie.
Thomas Adams · Heaven and Earth Reconciled · Open in the reader
Printed
… at all times; but the danger of ſinning onely is to be ſhunned by watchfulneſſewatchfulness and circumſpection, not by omiſſion or neglect of any duty that God calleth us …
With rule
… at all times; but the danger of ſinning onely is to be ſhunned by watchfulneſſewatchfulness and circumſpection, not by omiſſion or neglect of any duty that God calleth us …
John Ball · A Friendly Trial of the Grounds Tending to Separation · p. 178 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.