Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2120 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

profanenesseprofaneness

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

Puritas changed it: 867 times in 384 works
Consistency: 100% (867 of 867)
Reach if approved: ~911 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: profaneness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 867 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (867 changes in 384 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 867)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… one another, in aſmuch as yee ſee the day approching. Children ſeaſon themſelues in profaneneſſeprofaneness, by their playing together. Profane men ſtrengthen themſelues in wickedneſſe, by conuerſing together in …
With rule
… one another, in aſmuch as yee ſee the day approching. Children ſeaſon themſelues in profaneneſſeprofaneness, by their playing together. Profane men ſtrengthen themſelues in wickedneſſe, by conuerſing together in …
Thomas Barnes · The Gales of Grace · p. 239 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of others, but not on her owne welfare, this we may apply vnto the profanenesseprofaneness of most men, who haue Vines, enough to keepe and dresse where about Sathan …
With rule
… of others, but not on her owne welfare, this we may apply vnto the profanenesseprofaneness of most men, who haue Vines, enough to keepe and dresse where about Sathan …
William Pemble · Five Godly and Profitable Sermons · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
… danger of superstition in the former point; so in this you are charged with profanenesseprofaneness, who neither capp nor knee at the name of Jesus out of the thing …
With rule
… danger of superstition in the former point; so in this you are charged with profanenesseprofaneness, who neither capp nor knee at the name of Jesus out of the thing …
William Prynne · Queries Propounded to the Bowers · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſweet oyntment of a good name, compounded of thoſe ſtinking ingredients, Pride, Drunkenneſſe, Whoredome, ProfaneneſſeProfaneness, or the like: A good name ariſeth out of honeſt things (as the Poet …
With rule
… ſweet oyntment of a good name, compounded of thoſe ſtinking ingredients, Pride, Drunkenneſſe, Whoredome, ProfaneneſſeProfaneness, or the like: A good name ariſeth out of honeſt things (as the Poet …
Nehemiah Rogers · The Wild Vine · p. 125 · Open in the reader
Printed
… putrified ſores. The Court and City full of effeminate delicacy; the Country of helliſh profaneneſſeprofaneness; Magiſtrates ſhameleſſe in bribery; Miniſters euen benummed with idleneſſe; the people generally become Libertines …
With rule
… putrified ſores. The Court and City full of effeminate delicacy; the Country of helliſh profaneneſſeprofaneness; Magiſtrates ſhameleſſe in bribery; Miniſters euen benummed with idleneſſe; the people generally become Libertines …
William Sclater · Threefold Preservative Against Three Dangerous Diseases · Open in the reader
Printed
… of rage & hatred, monstrous treacheries, behauiours compounded of scorne and pride, close Atheisme, open profanenesseprofaneness, guilded hypocrisie. Whence if these vitious corruptions, if not from our vlcerous conuersations? Shame …
With rule
… of rage & hatred, monstrous treacheries, behauiours compounded of scorne and pride, close Atheisme, open profanenesseprofaneness, guilded hypocrisie. Whence if these vitious corruptions, if not from our vlcerous conuersations? Shame …
Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 78 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to be feared, that the Lord will plague vs, either with heresie or with profanenesseprofaneness. For whereof commeth our commending of Papists and heretikes, that we can say, Surely …
With rule
… to be feared, that the Lord will plague vs, either with heresie or with profanenesseprofaneness. For whereof commeth our commending of Papists and heretikes, that we can say, Surely …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 586 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the Goſpell, which yet afterwards ſlide backe and returne againe to their old profaneneſſeprofaneness. There is much brought in in the Net, which yet is good for nothing …
With rule
… of the Goſpell, which yet afterwards ſlide backe and returne againe to their old profaneneſſeprofaneness. There is much brought in in the Net, which yet is good for nothing …
Samuel Hieron · The Spiritual Fishing · p. 20 · 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.