Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2058 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

complainescomplains

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

Puritas changed it: 1,470 times in 623 works
Consistency: 99.2% (1,470 of 1,481)
Reach if approved: ~1,556 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: complains
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,481 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,470 changes in 623 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,470)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… besides. And surely when Christ in his members comes to our do…es and complainescomplains that he is hungry and sicke, and naked, if our bowels came not towardes …
With rule
… besides. And surely when Christ in his members comes to our do…es and complainescomplains that he is hungry and sicke, and naked, if our bowels came not towardes …
William Perkins · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 393 · Open in the reader
Printed
… troubled any King but Him, to haue succeeded such a Queene; yet no man complainescomplains the want of peace. This hee promised, and Verbum Regis, Rex Regi, this hee …
With rule
… troubled any King but Him, to haue succeeded such a Queene; yet no man complainescomplains the want of peace. This hee promised, and Verbum Regis, Rex Regi, this hee …
Thomas Adams · The City of Peace · p. 123 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sayd, I will never forget thy precepts: for such was hee, of whom God complainescomplains; What hast thou to doe to declare mine Ordinances; seeing thou hatest to be …
With rule
… sayd, I will never forget thy precepts: for such was hee, of whom God complainescomplains; What hast thou to doe to declare mine Ordinances; seeing thou hatest to be …
Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Lords Prayer · p. 92 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thou hardned our hearts from thy feare? &c. Yea our blessed head Christ Iesus complainescomplains of this, that himselfe was forsaken for a time of his Father, in respect …
With rule
… thou hardned our hearts from thy feare? &c. Yea our blessed head Christ Iesus complainescomplains of this, that himselfe was forsaken for a time of his Father, in respect …
Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 85 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and effectuall this way, ſo that the ſoule makes his moane to God and complainescomplains as David did, ye are too hard for mee yee ſonnes of Zerviah, Oh …
With rule
… and effectuall this way, ſo that the ſoule makes his moane to God and complainescomplains as David did, ye are too hard for mee yee ſonnes of Zerviah, Oh …
Thomas Hooker · Four Learned and Godly Treatises · p. 214 · Open in the reader
Printed
… He neuer conſiders his ſin, in which he is bound faſt vnto iudgement, but complainescomplains of his puniſhment; alſo, he flutters like a bird in a Net, when God …
With rule
… He neuer conſiders his ſin, in which he is bound faſt vnto iudgement, but complainescomplains of his puniſhment; alſo, he flutters like a bird in a Net, when God …
Robert Horne · A Caveat to Prevent Future Judgments · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
… what meanes ſoeuer it be, and by ſo much the more that the commons complainescomplains againſt them, and that Kings are not tyed to any Lawes but by their …
With rule
… what meanes ſoeuer it be, and by ſo much the more that the commons complainescomplains againſt them, and that Kings are not tyed to any Lawes but by their …
John Bastwick · Answer to Exceptions Against His Litany Part 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Eliah more particularly: in which are two things. Firſt, the perſon to whom he complainescomplains, Lord. Secondly, the matter of the complaint, which is twofold. Firſt, The killing of …
With rule
… Eliah more particularly: in which are two things. Firſt, the perſon to whom he complainescomplains, Lord. Secondly, the matter of the complaint, which is twofold. Firſt, The killing of …
Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 17 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Ready Way to Remember the Scriptures A19692

Printed
Chap: 2 Ieremy laments, 1. ComplainesComplains to God of their miſeries, Ʋerſe. 20.
With rule
Chap: 2 Ieremy laments, 1. ComplainesComplains to God of their miſeries, Ʋerſe. 20.
Ezekiel Culverwell · A Ready Way to Remember the Scriptures · p. 57 · Open in the reader

The Bowels of Tender Mercy Sealed in the Everlasting Covenant A59035

Printed
… conditions of Ante-grace: 2. Or worthineſſe, but offers freely. 3. All former things paſſed by. 4. ComplainesComplains of unbelief.
With rule
… conditions of Ante-grace: 2. Or worthineſſe, but offers freely. 3. All former things paſſed by. 4. ComplainesComplains of unbelief.
Obadiah Sedgwick · The Bowels of Tender Mercy Sealed in the Everlasting Covenant · p. 284 · Open in the reader

The Doctrine and Practice of Mortification A66819

Printed
… them up by his owne power, and never complainescomplains of the burden of them, ComplainesComplains of this, behold I am preſſed downe under you, as a cart is preſſed …
With rule
… them up by his owne power, and never complainescomplains of the burden of them, ComplainesComplains of this, behold I am preſſed downe under you, as a cart is preſſed …
Thomas Wolfall · The Doctrine and Practice of Mortification · p. 186 · Open in the reader

The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America A77237

Printed
ComplainesComplains to th'heaven, when I withhold my drops:
With rule
ComplainesComplains to th'heaven, when I withhold my drops:
Anne Bradstreet · The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America · p. 14 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Job 22-26 A81199

Printed
… away the Lords wrath, that they be not conſumed. We read how the Lord ComplainesComplains, that there was none found to make up the hedge, to ſtand in the …
With rule
… away the Lords wrath, that they be not conſumed. We read how the Lord ComplainesComplains, that there was none found to make up the hedge, to ſtand in the …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 22-26 · p. 292 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ezekiel 20-29 A85668

Printed
… of the ſeven Churches, for their unfaithfulneſſe and faultineſſe this way, Revel. 2.14, 15, 16. there God ComplainesComplains of the Angel of Pergamos, and tells him that hee did not keep out …
With rule
… of the ſeven Churches, for their unfaithfulneſſe and faultineſſe this way, Revel. 2.14, 15, 16. there God ComplainesComplains of the Angel of Pergamos, and tells him that hee did not keep out …
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 20-29 · p. 261 · Open in the reader

The Bloody Tenant Yet more Bloody A96610

Printed
ComplainesComplains Maſter Cotton of perſecution for ſuch dealing againſt him? I never heard that diſputing …
With rule
ComplainesComplains Maſter Cotton of perſecution for ſuch dealing againſt him? I never heard that diſputing …
Roger Williams · The Bloody Tenant Yet more Bloody · p. 5 · Open in the reader