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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2030 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

resisteresist

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

Puritas changed it
351 times in 105 works
Consistency
96.6% (351 of 363)
Reach if approved
~381 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: resist
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
363 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (351 changes in 105 works, 96.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 351)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … non ſoleo, reſiſtere nec poſſum, nec debeo. for vnleſſe our Oppoſites would haue vs reſiſteresist, thereby to ſhewe our ſelues willing to keepe our miniſterie, I ſee not what …
    With rule
    … non ſoleo, reſiſtere nec poſſum, nec debeo. for vnleſſe our Oppoſites would haue vs reſiſteresist, thereby to ſhewe our ſelues willing to keepe our miniſterie, I ſee not what …

    Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · p. 187 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … promiſed to receave / vs vnto mercye / to forgyve vs & to give vs power to reſiſteresist ſinne How ſhall god ſave the / when thou knoweſt not thye dānacion? How ſhall …
    With rule
    … promiſed to receave / vs vnto mercye / to forgyve vs & to give vs power to reſiſteresist ſinne How ſhall god ſave the / when thou knoweſt not thye dānacion? How ſhall …

    William Tyndale · Faith Justifies Us Before We Can Bring Forth any Good Work · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … thou no wrong to ſuch a councel rather to cal it a conſpiracie to reſiſteresist the truth, then a councell to maintaine it.
    With rule
    … thou no wrong to ſuch a councel rather to cal it a conſpiracie to reſiſteresist the truth, then a councell to maintaine it.

    Pierre Viret · Christian Instruction and Sum of Doctrine Part 1 · p. 74 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … he took it grieuously & bitterly, when hee saw these vnthankfull menne so stubburnely to resisteresist against God. And certainly, it becommeth all them that are studious of the glory …
    With rule
    … he took it grieuously & bitterly, when hee saw these vnthankfull menne so stubburnely to resisteresist against God. And certainly, it becommeth all them that are studious of the glory …

    John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 452 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … opened, and thy reproche shall be seene, I vvill be reuenged, and none shall resisteresist mee, Esay▪ 47. VVoe be vnto those Kinges as manye as haue vvorshipped the beast …
    With rule
    … opened, and thy reproche shall be seene, I vvill be reuenged, and none shall resisteresist mee, Esay▪ 47. VVoe be vnto those Kinges as manye as haue vvorshipped the beast …

    John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … ghoste? that the aduersaryes of the truthe (sayeth he) shall not be able to resisteresist vs, what? shal the aduersaries of the truthe be dum? nay, ther be no …
    With rule
    … ghoste? that the aduersaryes of the truthe (sayeth he) shall not be able to resisteresist vs, what? shal the aduersaries of the truthe be dum? nay, ther be no …

    Hugh Latimer · A Most Faithful Sermon · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … be able not onely to teache in a pulpit / but alſo to contynue and reſiſteresist theſe that make ſecres and madde raging ſpirites / ande ſoch as are fooliſhſly inſenſed …
    With rule
    … be able not onely to teache in a pulpit / but alſo to contynue and reſiſteresist theſe that make ſecres and madde raging ſpirites / ande ſoch as are fooliſhſly inſenſed …

    Martin Luther · Sermon on John 20 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … toward all men, redy to teache, sufferyng the euell with mekenes, enformyng thē that resisteresist, if that at ony tyme God maye gyue them repentaunce to know the trueth …
    With rule
    … toward all men, redy to teache, sufferyng the euell with mekenes, enformyng thē that resisteresist, if that at ony tyme God maye gyue them repentaunce to know the trueth …

    Thomas Becon · The New Policy of War · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects A01880

  • Printed
    … man any farther then God permitteth. But S. Iames geuethe vs, contrarie commandement, ſaing: ReſiſteResist the deuel and he will flee awaye from you.
    With rule
    … man any farther then God permitteth. But S. Iames geuethe vs, contrarie commandement, ſaing: ReſiſteResist the deuel and he will flee awaye from you.

    Christopher Goodman · How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects · p. 109 · Open in the reader

Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels A06932

  • Printed
    … lyke a rorynge Lyon sekynge whome he maye deuoure, and continually beware of hym. ResisteResist the deuil (sayeth sainct Iames) and he shall flee from you. This greatlye greueth …
    With rule
    … lyke a rorynge Lyon sekynge whome he maye deuoure, and continually beware of hym. ResisteResist the deuil (sayeth sainct Iames) and he shall flee from you. This greatlye greueth …

    Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · p. 165 · Open in the reader

The Sick Mans Salve A07163

  • Printed
    … to ouercome you, it lieth not in his power. Hear what s. Iames saith ResisteResist the deuill, and he shall fli… from you. Drawe nie vnto God, & he shal …
    With rule
    … to ouercome you, it lieth not in his power. Hear what s. Iames saith ResisteResist the deuill, and he shall fli… from you. Drawe nie vnto God, & he shal …

    Thomas Becon · The Sick Mans Salve · p. 350 · Open in the reader

Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion A17183

  • Printed
    … man ought either to kill or to be killed▪ becauſe the Lord hath ſaid: ReſiſteResist not the euill. And againe to Peter: Put vppe thy ſword into thy ſheath …
    With rule
    … man ought either to kill or to be killed▪ becauſe the Lord hath ſaid: ReſiſteResist not the euill. And againe to Peter: Put vppe thy ſword into thy ſheath …

    Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 196 · Open in the reader

Childrens Talk A44372

  • Printed
    … Dicam. S. Stay a little, ill I make the Basket be emptied for you. 20 ReſiſteResist pauliſper, dum tibi ſporiulam hanc evacuári jubeo. R. Conten, I will tarry. Placet: reſiſtam …
    With rule
    … Dicam. S. Stay a little, ill I make the Basket be emptied for you. 20 ReſiſteResist pauliſper, dum tibi ſporiulam hanc evacuári jubeo. R. Conten, I will tarry. Placet: reſiſtam …

    Charles Hoole · Childrens Talk · p. 61 · Open in the reader