Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2114 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

needlesseneedless

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

Puritas changed it: 2,896 times in 1,131 works
Consistency: 100% (2,896 of 2,896)
Reach if approved: ~3,043 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: needless
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,896 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,896 changes in 1,131 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,896)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… wheresoeuer we worship, hee can see vs: therefore the Temple is superfluous, the iourney needlesseneedless; God is better able to come to you, then you are to goe to …
With rule
… wheresoeuer we worship, hee can see vs: therefore the Temple is superfluous, the iourney needlesseneedless; God is better able to come to you, then you are to goe to …
Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with diuers more ſpeciall, which are ſo wel knowne vnto you, that it wer needleſſeneedless for me to recite them: only thus much, ſeeing I was born & brought vp …
With rule
… with diuers more ſpeciall, which are ſo wel knowne vnto you, that it wer needleſſeneedless for me to recite them: only thus much, ſeeing I was born & brought vp …
George Gifford · Sermon on the Parable of the Sower · Open in the reader
Printed
… and alſo remoue theſe great and greeuous croſſes, as anguiſh of mind and ſpirit, needleſſeneedless feares, fretfulneſſe, enuy, murmuring, with the like.
With rule
… and alſo remoue theſe great and greeuous croſſes, as anguiſh of mind and ſpirit, needleſſeneedless feares, fretfulneſſe, enuy, murmuring, with the like.
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 188 · Open in the reader
Printed
… dehort and diſſwade men from having recourſe to humane traditions, philoſophicall doctrines, vaine and needleſſeneedless ceremonies; from ſeeking perfection or fulneſſe in ſuch empty lamps, broken ciſternes, and barren …
With rule
… dehort and diſſwade men from having recourſe to humane traditions, philoſophicall doctrines, vaine and needleſſeneedless ceremonies; from ſeeking perfection or fulneſſe in ſuch empty lamps, broken ciſternes, and barren …
Alexander Grosse · The Happiness of Enjoying and Use of Christ · p. 170 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it to be ſo. Therefore in ſtead of perplexing and troubling thy ſelfe about needleſſeneedless feares of reiection and finall falling from grace, labour to bee furniſhed with ſound …
With rule
… it to be ſo. Therefore in ſtead of perplexing and troubling thy ſelfe about needleſſeneedless feares of reiection and finall falling from grace, labour to bee furniſhed with ſound …
Adam Harsnett · A Touch-Stone of Grace · p. 238 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thing that preſſeth downe, & to eaſe our ſelues from euery vncleane, vnhallowed, worldly or needleſſeneedless thought, from euery vnreuerent motion, which may be a clogge, or hinderance vnto vs …
With rule
… thing that preſſeth downe, & to eaſe our ſelues from euery vncleane, vnhallowed, worldly or needleſſeneedless thought, from euery vnreuerent motion, which may be a clogge, or hinderance vnto vs …
Samuel Hieron · The Dignity of the Scripture · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his juſtice, both band againſt hearty and ſpeedy repentance; the one oppoſing it as needleſſeneedless, the other as bootleſſe: preſumption ſaith thou maiſt repent at leaſure, gather the buds …
With rule
… his juſtice, both band againſt hearty and ſpeedy repentance; the one oppoſing it as needleſſeneedless, the other as bootleſſe: preſumption ſaith thou maiſt repent at leaſure, gather the buds …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 765 · Open in the reader
Printed
… loade the Cammell when he should passe through the smal posterne of Grace, (that needlesseneedless eye) then onely auarous affections. What lesson of vice is not the rich man …
With rule
… loade the Cammell when he should passe through the smal posterne of Grace, (that needlesseneedless eye) then onely auarous affections. What lesson of vice is not the rich man …
Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 19 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.