Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2150 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

lewdnesselewdness

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

Puritas changed it: 756 times in 305 works
Consistency: 97.8% (756 of 773)
Reach if approved: ~812 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: lewdness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 773 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (756 changes in 305 works, 97.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 756)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… in, will make thee haue eyes full of adulterie, and an heart ful of lewdneſſelewdness.
With rule
… in, will make thee haue eyes full of adulterie, and an heart ful of lewdneſſelewdness.
Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 202 · Open in the reader
Printed
… or want of opportunitie: thus doth many an aged man, who hauing liued in lewdnesselewdness and lust▪ all his youth, doth at length, by reason of weakenesse in olde …
With rule
… or want of opportunitie: thus doth many an aged man, who hauing liued in lewdnesselewdness and lust▪ all his youth, doth at length, by reason of weakenesse in olde …
William Perkins · Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount · p. 534 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which it coineth with the image and superscription of the Nicen Fathers, bewray the lewdnesselewdness of it. The more, because Iulius in the same epistle (as Athanasius hath it …
With rule
… which it coineth with the image and superscription of the Nicen Fathers, bewray the lewdnesselewdness of it. The more, because Iulius in the same epistle (as Athanasius hath it …
John Rainolds · Conference Between Rainolds and Hart · p. 641 · Open in the reader
Printed
… haue not faith. Perhaps Paul meant to point them to the fountaine of this lewdneſſelewdness and abſurdity, in procuring the vniuſt vexation of himſelfe and his Aſſociates; that is …
With rule
… haue not faith. Perhaps Paul meant to point them to the fountaine of this lewdneſſelewdness and abſurdity, in procuring the vniuſt vexation of himſelfe and his Aſſociates; that is …
William Sclater · Exposition of 2 Thessalonians · p. 228 · Open in the reader
Printed
… come he shalbe? Goe to, let vs imagine this in our minde, that mans lewdnesselewdness is growne so altogeather dissolute, as that it will not bee enclined to any …
With rule
… come he shalbe? Goe to, let vs imagine this in our minde, that mans lewdnesselewdness is growne so altogeather dissolute, as that it will not bee enclined to any …
John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · p. 62 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are ſent out, by provoking Gods wrath againſt them, thorow their impiety, and prophaneſſe, lewdneſſelewdness, and licentiouſneſſe. Such either pray not at all: or they make their prayers to …
With rule
… are ſent out, by provoking Gods wrath againſt them, thorow their impiety, and prophaneſſe, lewdneſſelewdness, and licentiouſneſſe. Such either pray not at all: or they make their prayers to …
William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · p. 233 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thy sinne) but either thy selfe or the party with whom thou committest this lewdnesselewdness, may be brought to this passe before thou die? The meditation of this point …
With rule
… thy sinne) but either thy selfe or the party with whom thou committest this lewdnesselewdness, may be brought to this passe before thou die? The meditation of this point …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 76 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ioy therein: Why doe wee thrust one another into Hell; and heauinesse by our lewdnesselewdness, misperswasion, and euill example?
With rule
… ioy therein: Why doe wee thrust one another into Hell; and heauinesse by our lewdnesselewdness, misperswasion, and euill example?
William Loe · The Mystery of Mankind · p. 142 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (17)

13 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Plain Evidences the Church of England is Apostolical A09265

Printed
… vpon his new conceits, and whilſt he ſo playd the madling at Amſterdam. And LewdneſſeLewdness, in ſhameleſly publiſhing his tearmes of reproch, out of meere imagination to diſgrace another …
With rule
… vpon his new conceits, and whilſt he ſo playd the madling at Amſterdam. And LewdneſſeLewdness, in ſhameleſly publiſhing his tearmes of reproch, out of meere imagination to diſgrace another …
Richard Bernard · Plain Evidences the Church of England is Apostolical · p. 26 · Open in the reader

The Players Scourge A10187

Printed
… Play-houses; The Temples of Venery; the Schooles of Bawdry; the De…s of LewdnesseLewdness; the Si…kes of Filthinesse: and Stage-playes; the Lectures of Ribaldry; the Meditations …
With rule
… Play-houses; The Temples of Venery; the Schooles of Bawdry; the De…s of LewdnesseLewdness; the Si…kes of Filthinesse: and Stage-playes; the Lectures of Ribaldry; the Meditations …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 329 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and Brothel-house of lust; the very Schoole and Shop of Venery, Lechery, and LewdnesseLewdness; (for so some stile the Play-house… ) when as the most mortified gracious Christians …
With rule
… and Brothel-house of lust; the very Schoole and Shop of Venery, Lechery, and LewdnesseLewdness; (for so some stile the Play-house… ) when as the most mortified gracious Christians …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 371 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Titus A13535

Printed
LewdnesseLewdness of children is often from want of gouernment in parents.Pag. 118
With rule
LewdnesseLewdness of children is often from want of gouernment in parents.Pag. 118
Thomas Taylor · Commentary on Titus · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ezekiel 14-19 A42015

Printed
LewdneſſeLewdness, what 258. 337.
With rule
LewdneſſeLewdness, what 258. 337.
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 14-19 · Open in the reader

Annotations Upon the New Testament A50050

Printed
Vers. 14. LewdnesseLewdness] The greeke word translated lewdnesselewdness here doth elegantly set forth the disposition of a …
With rule
Vers. 14. LewdnesseLewdness] The greeke word translated lewdnesselewdness here doth elegantly set forth the disposition of a …
Edward Leigh · Annotations Upon the New Testament · p. 198 · Open in the reader

Solomons Prescription for the Removal of Pestilence A50491

Printed
… moſt ſecret actions; think but how he hath been a Witneſſe of all that LewdneſſeLewdness that hath been committed in all places, in the greateſt privacies and retirements, not …
With rule
… moſt ſecret actions; think but how he hath been a Witneſſe of all that LewdneſſeLewdness that hath been committed in all places, in the greateſt privacies and retirements, not …
Matthew Mead · Solomons Prescription for the Removal of Pestilence · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… joined with thoſe before mentioned, as being the ground and incentive of all other LewdneſſeLewdness and wickedneſſe. But alas! How hath the Commonneſſe of this Vice, and mens cuſtom …
With rule
… joined with thoſe before mentioned, as being the ground and incentive of all other LewdneſſeLewdness and wickedneſſe. But alas! How hath the Commonneſſe of this Vice, and mens cuſtom …
Matthew Mead · Solomons Prescription for the Removal of Pestilence · p. 24 · Open in the reader

Delay of Reformation Provoking Gods Indication A52388

Printed
… that thinks of nothing but her luſtfull Lovers : This is implied in the word LewdneſſeLewdness, or the (Thought) of thy whoredome; ſo the word properly ſignifies, and ſo judicious …
With rule
… that thinks of nothing but her luſtfull Lovers : This is implied in the word LewdneſſeLewdness, or the (Thought) of thy whoredome; ſo the word properly ſignifies, and ſo judicious …
James Nalton · Delay of Reformation Provoking Gods Indication · p. 4 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

Printed
LewdnesseLewdness]
With rule
LewdnesseLewdness]
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 375 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Doer, Prov. 17. 4. Doers, Psal. 101. 8. Generation, Mat. 16. 4. Haman, Est. 7. 6. … Act. 2. 33. Heart, Deut. 15. 9. Prov. 26. 23. Imagmarions, Prov. 6. 18. LewdnesseLewdness, Act. 18. 14. Man. Job. 15 10. Psal. 109. 6. Men, 2 Sam. 3. 34. Heb. Children of iniquity, marg. Messenger, Prov. 13. 17. Minde …
With rule
… Doer, Prov. 17. 4. Doers, Psal. 101. 8. Generation, Mat. 16. 4. Haman, Est. 7. 6. … Act. 2. 33. Heart, Deut. 15. 9. Prov. 26. 23. Imagmarions, Prov. 6. 18. LewdnesseLewdness, Act. 18. 14. Man. Job. 15 10. Psal. 109. 6. Men, 2 Sam. 3. 34. Heb. Children of iniquity, marg. Messenger, Prov. 13. 17. Minde …
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 735 · Open in the reader

Satan at Noon A84758

Printed
… when men fearing God are authorized to proceed judically againſt perſons for Blaſphemies and LewdneſſeLewdness, proved by the oaths of honeſt knowing men, and are found guilty, is this …
With rule
… when men fearing God are authorized to proceed judically againſt perſons for Blaſphemies and LewdneſſeLewdness, proved by the oaths of honeſt knowing men, and are found guilty, is this …
Christopher Fowler · Satan at Noon · p. 161 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to vindicate the fundamentalls of the eeverlaſting Goſpell, from the tongues of Blaſphemy and LewdneſſeLewdness: as for this Gentlemans driving on a deſigne, and ſetting others on worke, and …
With rule
… to vindicate the fundamentalls of the eeverlaſting Goſpell, from the tongues of Blaſphemy and LewdneſſeLewdness: as for this Gentlemans driving on a deſigne, and ſetting others on worke, and …
Christopher Fowler · Satan at Noon · p. 172 · Open in the reader