Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2062 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

forgivenesseforgiveness

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

Puritas changed it: 2,884 times in 568 works
Consistency: 99.9% (2,884 of 2,885)
Reach if approved: ~3,034 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: forgiveness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,888 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,884 changes in 568 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,884)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… to have some sin that lyes upon thy conscience forgiven, and to have that forgivenesseforgiveness assured to thee: be it any thing that concernes thy particular estate, if it …
With rule
… to have some sin that lyes upon thy conscience forgiven, and to have that forgivenesseforgiveness assured to thee: be it any thing that concernes thy particular estate, if it …
John Preston · Three Sermons on the Lords Supper · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is as little ground why a sinner should beleeve and trust God for the forgivenesseforgiveness of his sinnes; as Hope fōr any comfort and support in his distresses. If …
With rule
… is as little ground why a sinner should beleeve and trust God for the forgivenesseforgiveness of his sinnes; as Hope fōr any comfort and support in his distresses. If …
Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · p. 359 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to discourage us, wee have helpes enough for these. First, Christ bids us aske forgivenesseforgiveness, and then we have the mercy of Christ to beare with weaker vessels, then …
With rule
… to discourage us, wee have helpes enough for these. First, Christ bids us aske forgivenesseforgiveness, and then we have the mercy of Christ to beare with weaker vessels, then …
Richard Sibbes · Bowels Opened · p. 480 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it is not in man to order his owne wayes, I desire not the forgivenesseforgiveness of my sinnes, that there by I might with more liberty offend thy Majesty …
With rule
… it is not in man to order his owne wayes, I desire not the forgivenesseforgiveness of my sinnes, that there by I might with more liberty offend thy Majesty …
Richard Sibbes · The Saints Safety in Evil Times · p. 120 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for his enemies, teſtifie the ſincerity of his heart to God and his true forgiveneſſeforgiveness of them (for it is the uſuall diſpoſition of Gods children, to pray for …
With rule
… for his enemies, teſtifie the ſincerity of his heart to God and his true forgiveneſſeforgiveness of them (for it is the uſuall diſpoſition of Gods children, to pray for …
Thomas Goodwin · The Return of Prayers · p. 61 · Open in the reader
Printed
… stand? As if hee had sayd, Who could endure thy service? But there is forgivenesseforgiveness with thee: that thou mayest be feared. As if he had said, That aptnes …
With rule
… stand? As if hee had sayd, Who could endure thy service? But there is forgivenesseforgiveness with thee: that thou mayest be feared. As if he had said, That aptnes …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 451 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as Saint Peter ſaith, Acts 3.19. Repent, and be converted, that yee ma… receive the forgiveneſſeforgiveness of ſinnes; repent, there is preparation; and bee converted, there is vocation; turned from …
With rule
… as Saint Peter ſaith, Acts 3.19. Repent, and be converted, that yee ma… receive the forgiveneſſeforgiveness of ſinnes; repent, there is preparation; and bee converted, there is vocation; turned from …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Vocation · p. 344 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that for you onely to looke upon things that are beneficiall to you, as forgivenesseforgiveness of sins, and adoption, and an inheritance in heaven, that is not love to …
With rule
… that for you onely to looke upon things that are beneficiall to you, as forgivenesseforgiveness of sins, and adoption, and an inheritance in heaven, that is not love to …
John Preston · The Breastplate of Faith and Love · p. 108 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 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.