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faithlessefaithless

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

Puritas changed it
784 times in 443 works
Consistency
97.0% (784 of 808)
Reach if approved
~849 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: faithless
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
808 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (784 changes in 443 works, 97.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 784)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … vnderstanding? Doe yee not yet vnderstand? Matth. 15. 16, 17. and for their weakenesse of Faith, ô faithlessefaithless and peruerse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I …
    With rule
    … vnderstanding? Doe yee not yet vnderstand? Matth. 15. 16, 17. and for their weakenesse of Faith, ô faithlessefaithless and peruerse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I …

    Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 452 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    Anſw. I ſay, the Saints of God, and the ſinners, the faithfull, and the faithleſſefaithless, all have this in their manner and meaſure; but this corruption is poyſon in …
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    Anſw. I ſay, the Saints of God, and the ſinners, the faithfull, and the faithleſſefaithless, all have this in their manner and meaſure; but this corruption is poyſon in …

    Thomas Hooker · The Souls Humiliation · p. 194 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … might looſe both, by laying them downe in the hand of a merciles and faithleſſefaithless enemie. The beſt of the defendants at the ſiege of Leyden, did ingenuouſly confeſſe …
    With rule
    … might looſe both, by laying them downe in the hand of a merciles and faithleſſefaithless enemie. The beſt of the defendants at the ſiege of Leyden, did ingenuouſly confeſſe …

    Alexander Leighton · The Looking Glass of the Holy War · p. 161 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … their Iniquities. As touching ſuche perſons, the Deuill thinketh thus: well, I haue theſe faithleſſefaithless people through infidelitie, now my captiues and Bondſtaues: I will ſo ſuffer theim to …
    With rule
    … their Iniquities. As touching ſuche perſons, the Deuill thinketh thus: well, I haue theſe faithleſſefaithless people through infidelitie, now my captiues and Bondſtaues: I will ſo ſuffer theim to …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 43 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … this to be true to all posterities, to the perpetual shame of al such faithlessefaithless traitors and trucebreakers. This the Concill of Constance shall witnesse during vvhich there vvere …
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    … this to be true to all posterities, to the perpetual shame of al such faithlessefaithless traitors and trucebreakers. This the Concill of Constance shall witnesse during vvhich there vvere …

    John Field · A Caveat for Parsons Howlet · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … a man would thinke) to strike a terrour into the hearts of all ignorant, faithlessefaithless, vnrepentant, and dissolute liuers, if they be not already giuen ouer to a reprobate …
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    … a man would thinke) to strike a terrour into the hearts of all ignorant, faithlessefaithless, vnrepentant, and dissolute liuers, if they be not already giuen ouer to a reprobate …

    John Frewen · Choice Grounds and Principles of our Christian Religion · p. 369 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … perfido ſumpſerit, non fidem percipit ſed reatum. He that will take faith of the faithleſſefaithless, receiueth not faith but guiltines. And rendring a reaſon for confirmation he ſaith, Omnis …
    With rule
    … perfido ſumpſerit, non fidem percipit ſed reatum. He that will take faith of the faithleſſefaithless, receiueth not faith but guiltines. And rendring a reaſon for confirmation he ſaith, Omnis …

    George Gifford · Plain Declaration that Brownists be Full Donatists · p. 51 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … cannot cure them. Alas! this frenzy is harde to heale. Though they bee neyther faithlessefaithless, nor peruerse, negatiuely: though they striue by fasting and prayer, affirmatiuely: auoide they euill …
    With rule
    … cannot cure them. Alas! this frenzy is harde to heale. Though they bee neyther faithlessefaithless, nor peruerse, negatiuely: though they striue by fasting and prayer, affirmatiuely: auoide they euill …

    Thomas Adams · Mystical Bedlam · p. 57 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (24)

17 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.

Commentary on Peter and Jude A06502

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    … Death ſeemeth many times to tary too long ere he come: whereas to the FaithleſſeFaithless and vnbeleeuyng, it alwaies commeth ſooner then thei would haue it.
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    … Death ſeemeth many times to tary too long ere he come: whereas to the FaithleſſeFaithless and vnbeleeuyng, it alwaies commeth ſooner then thei would haue it.

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 137 · Open in the reader

Exposition of 2 Thessalonians A11588

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    … Summe vp the whole, thus is their deſcription by properties. 1 Falſified in their faith. 2 FaithleſſeFaithless towards the Truth. 3 Sporting themſelues in their deceiuing, taking pleaſure in vnrighteouſneſſe. Belike Heretiques …
    With rule
    … Summe vp the whole, thus is their deſcription by properties. 1 Falſified in their faith. 2 FaithleſſeFaithless towards the Truth. 3 Sporting themſelues in their deceiuing, taking pleaſure in vnrighteouſneſſe. Belike Heretiques …

    William Sclater · Exposition of 2 Thessalonians · p. 176 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    FaithleſſeFaithless, Infidels, and no better they ſhall euer be to me, whom I ſee maliciouſly …
    With rule
    FaithleſſeFaithless, Infidels, and no better they ſhall euer be to me, whom I ſee maliciouſly …

    William Sclater · Exposition of 2 Thessalonians · p. 228 · Open in the reader

Commentary on 1 John A34689

  • Printed
    … done it; And therefore a ſhame it were for us to be more Ignorant, FaithleſſeFaithless, perplexed in conſcience, than they were, and therefore for
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    … done it; And therefore a ſhame it were for us to be more Ignorant, FaithleſſeFaithless, perplexed in conſcience, than they were, and therefore for

    John Cotton · Commentary on 1 John · p. 8 · Open in the reader

Westminster Annotations A36467

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    V. 9. lying children] FaithlesseFaithless, or counterfait. Deut. 3…. 20.
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    V. 9. lying children] FaithlesseFaithless, or counterfait. Deut. 3…. 20.

    John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

Exposition of John A45241

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    … word, which will looſe many doubts, but he ſaith unto them, it is I. 4. FaithleſſeFaithless diſcouraging feare is that which the Lords people moſt readily are inclined to under …
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    … word, which will looſe many doubts, but he ſaith unto them, it is I. 4. FaithleſſeFaithless diſcouraging feare is that which the Lords people moſt readily are inclined to under …

    George Hutcheson · Exposition of John · p. 96 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … they whiſpered, yet) no man ſpake openly of him, for fear of the Jewes. 2. FaithleſſeFaithless and ſlaviſh fear in men will eaſily bear down their affection to Chriſt, if …
    With rule
    … they whiſpered, yet) no man ſpake openly of him, for fear of the Jewes. 2. FaithleſſeFaithless and ſlaviſh fear in men will eaſily bear down their affection to Chriſt, if …

    George Hutcheson · Exposition of John · p. 130 · Open in the reader

Annotations Upon the New Testament A50050

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    Vers. 41. Oh faithlessefaithless and perverse generation] 1. FaithlesseFaithless, which neither by doctrine nor miracles can be overcome or reformed, so as to …
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    Vers. 41. Oh faithlessefaithless and perverse generation] 1. FaithlesseFaithless, which neither by doctrine nor miracles can be overcome or reformed, so as to …

    Edward Leigh · Annotations Upon the New Testament · p. 112 · Open in the reader

The Doctrine of the Saints Perseverance A53688

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    … own Unchangeablenes I know not: Because he may remove his Candlestick from a fruitlesse, FaithlesseFaithless People, and give them up to desolation, may he therfore take his holy Spirit …
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    … own Unchangeablenes I know not: Because he may remove his Candlestick from a fruitlesse, FaithlesseFaithless People, and give them up to desolation, may he therfore take his holy Spirit …

    John Owen · The Doctrine of the Saints Perseverance · p. 41 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … the Margent of our Author, proove any such thing. They all indeed positively affirme, FaithlesseFaithless, Impenitent Vnbelievers shall be Destroyed, which no supposall whatsoever, that takes not away the …
    With rule
    … the Margent of our Author, proove any such thing. They all indeed positively affirme, FaithlesseFaithless, Impenitent Vnbelievers shall be Destroyed, which no supposall whatsoever, that takes not away the …

    John Owen · The Doctrine of the Saints Perseverance · p. 68 · Open in the reader

A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic A56191

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    Are Infidels, at leaſt wiſe FaithleſſeFaithless men:
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    Are Infidels, at leaſt wiſe FaithleſſeFaithless men:

    William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 49 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

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    FaithleſſeFaithless: no charity binds vs to truſt thoſe whom we haue found faithleſſefaithless. 1102
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    FaithleſſeFaithless: no charity binds vs to truſt thoſe whom we haue found faithleſſefaithless. 1102

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

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    VVherein the Faithfull differ from the FaithleſſeFaithless in this life. 338. a 9.
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    VVherein the Faithfull differ from the FaithleſſeFaithless in this life. 338. a 9.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader

The Mystical Brazen Serpent A77504

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    … uſe; yet a Blind Iſraelite received no benefit by it; no more can a FaithleſſeFaithless Heart from any Ordinance of God. The Word in it ſelfe an excellent Ordinance …
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    … uſe; yet a Blind Iſraelite received no benefit by it; no more can a FaithleſſeFaithless Heart from any Ordinance of God. The Word in it ſelfe an excellent Ordinance …

    John Brinsley · The Mystical Brazen Serpent · p. 101 · Open in the reader

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    … unto him his Intereſt in Chriſt and all his Benefits: but meeting with a FaithleſſeFaithless heart, they are but like Seals to the Blank, aſſuring nothing, conveying nothing. And …
    With rule
    … unto him his Intereſt in Chriſt and all his Benefits: but meeting with a FaithleſſeFaithless heart, they are but like Seals to the Blank, aſſuring nothing, conveying nothing. And …

    John Brinsley · The Mystical Brazen Serpent · p. 101 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk and Zephaniah A86934

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    … for, In that day it ſhall be ſaid to Jeruſalem, Feare thou not, &c. 3. FaithleſſeFaithless fainting, feare and idleneſſe, are uſual companions, which feed and entertain one another; fear …
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    … for, In that day it ſhall be ſaid to Jeruſalem, Feare thou not, &c. 3. FaithleſſeFaithless fainting, feare and idleneſſe, are uſual companions, which feed and entertain one another; fear …

    George Hutcheson · Exposition of Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk and Zephaniah · p. 327 · Open in the reader

Gods Ark Overtopping the Worlds Waves A95888

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    … place of power and truſt in the Army) like his brother in iniquity, Sir FaithleſſeFaithless Forteſcue at Edgehill Battell, he might, I ſay, have done us a far greater …
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    … place of power and truſt in the Army) like his brother in iniquity, Sir FaithleſſeFaithless Forteſcue at Edgehill Battell, he might, I ſay, have done us a far greater …

    John Vicars · Gods Ark Overtopping the Worlds Waves · p. 173 · Open in the reader