Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2109 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

kneelekneel

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

Puritas changed it: 1,009 times in 305 works
Consistency: 99.0% (1,009 of 1,019)
Reach if approved: ~1,071 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: kneel
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,019 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,009 changes in 305 works, 99.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,009)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the gates of the Goſpels Ieruſalem: there fall downe low on your faces, and kneelekneel before: he Lord your Maker, Pſal. 95.6. And God perſwade Iapheth to dwell in the …
With rule
… the gates of the Goſpels Ieruſalem: there fall downe low on your faces, and kneelekneel before: he Lord your Maker, Pſal. 95.6. And God perſwade Iapheth to dwell in the …
Robert Horne · A Caveat to Prevent Future Judgments · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… telleth vs theſe three tales: firſt, that Anthony of Padua, cauſed his horſe to kneelekneel downe and worſhip the holy hoaſt, by which ſtrange ſight, a ſtout Heretike was …
With rule
… telleth vs theſe three tales: firſt, that Anthony of Padua, cauſed his horſe to kneelekneel downe and worſhip the holy hoaſt, by which ſtrange ſight, a ſtout Heretike was …
Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 427 · Open in the reader
Printed
How say you sirra, will you goe to Fulham with me, and there kneelekneel downe at Masse, shewing thy selfe outwardly that thou diddest it not vnwillingly but …
With rule
How say you sirra, will you goe to Fulham with me, and there kneelekneel downe at Masse, shewing thy selfe outwardly that thou diddest it not vnwillingly but …
John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 347 · Open in the reader
Printed
… men to worship a peece of bread, and to invocate dead men, and to kneelekneel downe to stockes, and stones.
With rule
… men to worship a peece of bread, and to invocate dead men, and to kneelekneel downe to stockes, and stones.
William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 87 · Open in the reader
Printed
… adgeniculari, for one to be caste downe in humble manner before the Elders, to kneelekneel before the altars of God. Herof foreign is vsed, for that submission whiche publique penitents …
With rule
… adgeniculari, for one to be caste downe in humble manner before the Elders, to kneelekneel before the altars of God. Herof foreign is vsed, for that submission whiche publique penitents …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 362 · Open in the reader
Printed
… lust of Antichrist. But hee can make them amends with Sainting them: men shall kneelekneel to them, pray to them, climbe to heauen by the ladder of their merites …
With rule
… lust of Antichrist. But hee can make them amends with Sainting them: men shall kneelekneel to them, pray to them, climbe to heauen by the ladder of their merites …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 357 · Open in the reader
Printed
… I hope no man dares deny the knée to bée given to God: wee kneelekneel not to the Sacrament: They in Rome abuſe their Temples alſo in their ſuperſtitious …
With rule
… I hope no man dares deny the knée to bée given to God: wee kneelekneel not to the Sacrament: They in Rome abuſe their Temples alſo in their ſuperſtitious …
Henry Greenwood · Marks and No Marks · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Lord our maker, saith the Prophet, Psal. 95. 6. and standing up when we cannot conveniently kneelekneel. The Publican (though he were much humbled and dejected in himselfe) stood when he …
With rule
… Lord our maker, saith the Prophet, Psal. 95. 6. and standing up when we cannot conveniently kneelekneel. The Publican (though he were much humbled and dejected in himselfe) stood when he …
Arthur Hildersham · The Doctrine of Fasting and Prayer · p. 51 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Ten Sermons A11454

Printed
… iniurious no lesse by their negatiue restraint from some Ceremonies, Weare not, Crosse not, KneeleKneel not, &c. than they would haue the world beleeue our Church is by her …
With rule
… iniurious no lesse by their negatiue restraint from some Ceremonies, Weare not, Crosse not, KneeleKneel not, &c. than they would haue the world beleeue our Church is by her …
Robert Sanderson · Ten Sermons · p. 27 · Open in the reader

Two Sermons Preached at Several Visitations A11457

Printed
… iniurious no lesse by their negatiue restraint from some Ceremonies, Weare not, Crosse not, KneeleKneel not, &c. then they would haue the world beleeue our Church is by her …
With rule
… iniurious no lesse by their negatiue restraint from some Ceremonies, Weare not, Crosse not, KneeleKneel not, &c. then they would haue the world beleeue our Church is by her …
Robert Sanderson · Two Sermons Preached at Several Visitations · p. 27 · Open in the reader

Exposition of 1 Thessalonians A11591

Printed
… as are Images; or a creature ſanctified, as the Arke and Mercie-ſeat? Secondly, KneeleKneel we with opinion of Diuine excellencie dwelling in the Sacrament; or with intention to …
With rule
… as are Images; or a creature ſanctified, as the Arke and Mercie-ſeat? Secondly, KneeleKneel we with opinion of Diuine excellencie dwelling in the Sacrament; or with intention to …
William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · p. 552 · Open in the reader

A Solution of Doctor Resolutus Resolutions for Kneeling A17588

Printed
… ane holie thing or creature consecrated & set apart to a holy use. Bot to KneeleKneel relligiouslie in that respect befor anie creature whatsoever is Idolatrie. That conditioun which is …
With rule
… ane holie thing or creature consecrated & set apart to a holy use. Bot to KneeleKneel relligiouslie in that respect befor anie creature whatsoever is Idolatrie. That conditioun which is …
David Calderwood · A Solution of Doctor Resolutus Resolutions for Kneeling · p. 49 · Open in the reader

Canterburys Doom A56144

Printed
… the …ecteru ſtandeth couered & thereon y^e great Bible 9. The Falds torte where at they KneeleKneel to read y^e litanie 10. is the Chaplins ſeate where he readeth ſervice. 11. a ſeate …
With rule
… the …ecteru ſtandeth couered & thereon y^e great Bible 9. The Falds torte where at they KneeleKneel to read y^e litanie 10. is the Chaplins ſeate where he readeth ſervice. 11. a ſeate …
William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · Open in the reader

A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic A56191

Printed
KneeleKneel before him alone, and on him call,
With rule
KneeleKneel before him alone, and on him call,
William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 144 · Open in the reader
Printed
KneeleKneel, fall, bow downe, before the Altar juſt
With rule
KneeleKneel, fall, bow downe, before the Altar juſt
William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 145 · Open in the reader