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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2127 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

unworthinesseunworthiness

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

Puritas changed it
1,103 times in 413 works
Consistency
99.1% (1,103 of 1,112)
Reach if approved
~1,168 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: unworthiness
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,112 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,103 changes in 413 works, 99.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,103)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … be mercifull as he is mercifull. Fourthly, we are to know that our owne unworthineſſeunworthiness is great before God, yet wee beg of him and expect his Almes: are …
    With rule
    … be mercifull as he is mercifull. Fourthly, we are to know that our owne unworthineſſeunworthiness is great before God, yet wee beg of him and expect his Almes: are …

    Richard Bernard · The Ready Way to Good Works · p. 442 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Moses himselfe to tremble, Act. 7.32.) and out of a deepe sense of their owne unworthinesseunworthiness to meddle with holy things. And such a feare as this may bring much …
    With rule
    … Moses himselfe to tremble, Act. 7.32.) and out of a deepe sense of their owne unworthinesseunworthiness to meddle with holy things. And such a feare as this may bring much …

    Edward Reynolds · Explication of Psalm 110 · p. 331 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … with which, … can indure the presence of God. So, this sight of our owne unworthinesseunworthiness, and wants, should not be a ground of discourageme…t, but a ground to …
    With rule
    … with which, … can indure the presence of God. So, this sight of our owne unworthinesseunworthiness, and wants, should not be a ground of discourageme…t, but a ground to …

    Richard Sibbes · Bowels Opened · p. 206 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … humbled our heart low enough, and broken it with the consideration of our own unworthinesseunworthiness; and then warmed it with the consideration of Gods goodnesse, and strengthened it with …
    With rule
    … humbled our heart low enough, and broken it with the consideration of our own unworthinesseunworthiness; and then warmed it with the consideration of Gods goodnesse, and strengthened it with …

    Richard Sibbes · The Spiritual Favorite at the Throne of Grace · p. 19 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    It is a worthy grace to ſee ones owne unworthineſſeunworthiness of any good thing, and to be ſo meane in his owne conceit, that …
    With rule
    It is a worthy grace to ſee ones owne unworthineſſeunworthiness of any good thing, and to be ſo meane in his owne conceit, that …

    William Whately · Prototypes · p. 55 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … an office, or honour, doe ipso facto, by that very Act discover their extreme unworthinesseunworthiness, and that of all other men, they deserve it not. Nay, the very light …
    With rule
    … an office, or honour, doe ipso facto, by that very Act discover their extreme unworthinesseunworthiness, and that of all other men, they deserve it not. Nay, the very light …

    Robert Bolton · Two Sermons Preached at Northampton · p. 94 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … because in him the prop of it, was humility, and sence of his owne unworthinesseunworthiness, Wch alwaies looke downward: For even this also is a kind of hallowing Gods …
    With rule
    … because in him the prop of it, was humility, and sence of his owne unworthinesseunworthiness, Wch alwaies looke downward: For even this also is a kind of hallowing Gods …

    Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Lords Prayer · p. 58 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … is truly abaſed, (though he ſeeke mercy) yet hee ſeeth ſo much corruption, and unworthineſſeunworthiness in himſelfe, that he acknowledgeth himſelfe unfit for mercy. He cannot avoyd the wrath …
    With rule
    … is truly abaſed, (though he ſeeke mercy) yet hee ſeeth ſo much corruption, and unworthineſſeunworthiness in himſelfe, that he acknowledgeth himſelfe unfit for mercy. He cannot avoyd the wrath …

    Thomas Hooker · The Souls Humiliation · p. 101 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

9 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

An Ark for All Gods Noahs A29681

  • Printed
    About UnworthineſſeUnworthiness. Object. We would fain have God for our portion, but we are ſuch poor …
    With rule
    About UnworthineſſeUnworthiness. Object. We would fain have God for our portion, but we are ſuch poor …

    Thomas Brooks · An Ark for All Gods Noahs · Open in the reader

A Brief Explication of the Last Fifty Psalms A35943

  • Printed
    … arguments of his praise: the first is from his grace toward sinners. Whence learn. 1. UnworthinesseUnworthiness and ill deserving should not hinder sinners to come to receive mercy and reconciliation …
    With rule
    … arguments of his praise: the first is from his grace toward sinners. Whence learn. 1. UnworthinesseUnworthiness and ill deserving should not hinder sinners to come to receive mercy and reconciliation …

    David Dickson · A Brief Explication of the Last Fifty Psalms · p. 350 · Open in the reader

Vindication of a Free Admission Unto the Lords Supper A45133

  • Printed
    … have ſinned more to have failed in that too, and not have done it. UnworthineſſeUnworthiness in the act, conſiſts in the obliquity, deficiency, or failing in the right manner …
    With rule
    … have ſinned more to have failed in that too, and not have done it. UnworthineſſeUnworthiness in the act, conſiſts in the obliquity, deficiency, or failing in the right manner …

    John Humfrey · Vindication of a Free Admission Unto the Lords Supper · p. 72 · Open in the reader

Christ Dying and Drawing Sinners to Himself A57963

  • Printed
    … plant, but let it lye above earth, till you see if it beare fruit,. UnworthinesseUnworthiness in the court of justice is a good plea, why Christ should cast us …
    With rule
    … plant, but let it lye above earth, till you see if it beare fruit,. UnworthinesseUnworthiness in the court of justice is a good plea, why Christ should cast us …

    Samuel Rutherford · Christ Dying and Drawing Sinners to Himself · p. 251 · Open in the reader

Vindication of Ecclesiastical Volume 3 A70866

  • Printed
    … want of the Biſhops ſeals and ſubſcriptions to confirm it. 3ly. The unparallel'd Treachery, UnworthineſſeUnworthiness, Cowardice, Slavery of all the Engliſh Archbiſhops and Biſhops in that age, who fearing …
    With rule
    … want of the Biſhops ſeals and ſubſcriptions to confirm it. 3ly. The unparallel'd Treachery, UnworthineſſeUnworthiness, Cowardice, Slavery of all the Engliſh Archbiſhops and Biſhops in that age, who fearing …

    William Prynne · Vindication of Ecclesiastical Volume 3 · p. 300 · Open in the reader

The Figless Fig Tree A91944

  • Printed
    … humble our ſelves in his ſight: We ſhall confeſſe his Righteouſneſſe, and our own UnworthineſſeUnworthiness, and with Mauritius (that good Emperour), who having his two Sons, and three Daughters …
    With rule
    … humble our ſelves in his ſight: We ſhall confeſſe his Righteouſneſſe, and our own UnworthineſſeUnworthiness, and with Mauritius (that good Emperour), who having his two Sons, and three Daughters …

    Nehemiah Rogers · The Figless Fig Tree · p. 480 · Open in the reader

The Humbled Sinner A92854

  • Printed
    UnworthineſſeUnworthiness.
    With rule
    UnworthineſſeUnworthiness.

    Obadiah Sedgwick · The Humbled Sinner · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    UnworthineſſeUnworthiness ſhould not keep us off from Chriſt. p. 188
    With rule
    UnworthineſſeUnworthiness ſhould not keep us off from Chriſt. p. 188

    Obadiah Sedgwick · The Humbled Sinner · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Vid. UnworthineſſeUnworthiness.
    With rule
    Vid. UnworthineſſeUnworthiness.

    Obadiah Sedgwick · The Humbled Sinner · Open in the reader