Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2002 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

punishepunish

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

Puritas changed it: 697 times in 147 works
Consistency: 99.2% (697 of 702)
Reach if approved: ~738 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: punish
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 702 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (697 changes in 147 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 697)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… prosperite for their iust kepinge of their temporall lawes. Lyke wise though no mā punishepunish the breakers of the lawe / yet shall God sende his curses apon them tyll …
With rule
… prosperite for their iust kepinge of their temporall lawes. Lyke wise though no mā punishepunish the breakers of the lawe / yet shall God sende his curses apon them tyll …
William Tyndale · The Obedience of a Christian Man · Open in the reader
Printed
… had set the Churche of Christ free from those plagues, whiche were prepared to punishepunish the wicked he retourneth nowe to the former narration, shewinge after what maner the …
With rule
… had set the Churche of Christ free from those plagues, whiche were prepared to punishepunish the wicked he retourneth nowe to the former narration, shewinge after what maner the …
William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · p. 101 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they more mad, fierce and fell, then they were afore. Then imprison they, then punishepunish they, then make they actes and commaunde in payne of death no more to …
With rule
… they more mad, fierce and fell, then they were afore. Then imprison they, then punishepunish they, then make they actes and commaunde in payne of death no more to …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
For God doth not only punishepunish the chefe offenders, but with them doth he damne the consenters to iniquitie: and …
With rule
For God doth not only punishepunish the chefe offenders, but with them doth he damne the consenters to iniquitie: and …
John Knox · Appellation from the Cruel and Unjust Sentence Against Him · Open in the reader
Printed
… and doeth me no wrong, for I haue deſerued it. If he doe not puniſhepunish me but pardon my treſpaſſe & offence, yet he doeth therein iuſtlie, for alwaies and …
With rule
… and doeth me no wrong, for I haue deſerued it. If he doe not puniſhepunish me but pardon my treſpaſſe & offence, yet he doeth therein iuſtlie, for alwaies and …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 81 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are the very woorkers of mercie. The maister and fathers are mercifull, when thei punishepunish the disobediente and stubburne. The Magistrates are mercifull, when the wicked are put to …
With rule
… are the very woorkers of mercie. The maister and fathers are mercifull, when thei punishepunish the disobediente and stubburne. The Magistrates are mercifull, when the wicked are put to …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… clear, when a lytle aftyr he shuld come with great glorye, and these rebellis punishepunish with euerlastyng torments: Euen as hym selfe testified by this most apt similitude. A …
With rule
… clear, when a lytle aftyr he shuld come with great glorye, and these rebellis punishepunish with euerlastyng torments: Euen as hym selfe testified by this most apt similitude. A …
Andreas Osiander · The Conjectures of the End of the World · Open in the reader
Printed
… knowing euen the moſt ſecreteſt alwaies as he doth, and beeing moſt able to puniſhepunish it as bee lift, that they in ſuch ſinnes as they ſecurely committe, coulde …
With rule
… knowing euen the moſt ſecreteſt alwaies as he doth, and beeing moſt able to puniſhepunish it as bee lift, that they in ſuch ſinnes as they ſecurely committe, coulde …
Thomas Sparke · Sermon 22 November 1593 · p. 25 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

4 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.

Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels A06932

Printed
… this is not to be suffered, that a thefe should saie to the Iudge: PunishePunish me not. For it is writtē in the sixt commaundemente: Thou shalte not kill …
With rule
… this is not to be suffered, that a thefe should saie to the Iudge: PunishePunish me not. For it is writtē in the sixt commaundemente: Thou shalte not kill …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · p. 51 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

Printed
God doth not alwayes PuniſhePunish euill doings out of hand. 668. b 56.
With rule
God doth not alwayes PuniſhePunish euill doings out of hand. 668. b 56.
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader
Printed
It agreeth wel with Gods rightuouſneſſe, to PuniſhePunish the children for the ſinnns of the fathers. 381. a 55. 513. a 6.
With rule
It agreeth wel with Gods rightuouſneſſe, to PuniſhePunish the children for the ſinnns of the fathers. 381. a 55. 513. a 6.
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader
Printed
… no reſiſting of God, to bee ſorie for them vvhome God dooth not iuſtly PuniſhePunish. 386. b 7. 365. a 45.
With rule
… no reſiſting of God, to bee ſorie for them vvhome God dooth not iuſtly PuniſhePunish. 386. b 7. 365. a 45.
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader