Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #21646 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

unwillingnesseunwillingness

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

Puritas changed it: 430 times in 252 works
Consistency: 97.7% (430 of 440)
Reach if approved: ~462 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: unwillingness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 440 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (430 changes in 252 works, 97.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 430)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… that reputation, is now become laudable: where yee plainely discover the cause of your unwillingnesseunwillingness to subscribe, not so much to bee the commandement of Authoritie, as the necessitie …
With rule
… that reputation, is now become laudable: where yee plainely discover the cause of your unwillingnesseunwillingness to subscribe, not so much to bee the commandement of Authoritie, as the necessitie …
Alexander Henderson · Answers to the Replies of Aberdeen · Open in the reader
Printed
… yea in the third place, may not ſome mourn, who by their Diſobedience, and unwillingneſſeunwillingness to ſubmit to Chriſts yoak, and oppoſition to his way, have ſo filled the …
With rule
… yea in the third place, may not ſome mourn, who by their Diſobedience, and unwillingneſſeunwillingness to ſubmit to Chriſts yoak, and oppoſition to his way, have ſo filled the …
Thomas Blake · The Covenant of God Entered with Mankind · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of his Christian carriage towards him, in desireing to have him gained, & of his unwillingnesseunwillingness to be gained; that so they may bear witnesse of both, unto the Church …
With rule
… of his Christian carriage towards him, in desireing to have him gained, & of his unwillingnesseunwillingness to be gained; that so they may bear witnesse of both, unto the Church …
John Brown · Relation of the Sufferings of Ministers in Scotland Since 1660 · p. 243 · Open in the reader
Printed
Whereas on the contrary, by the greedineſſe of your hearts upon them, and unwillingneſſeunwillingness to part with them, you may have them rent away from you in wrath …
With rule
Whereas on the contrary, by the greedineſſe of your hearts upon them, and unwillingneſſeunwillingness to part with them, you may have them rent away from you in wrath …
Jeremiah Burroughs · Moses Self-Denial · p. 142 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Reſolution with the Admonition (THAT I may, or AND I will) implieth Gods unwillingneſſeunwillingness to plague the righteous with the unrighteous.
With rule
… the Reſolution with the Admonition (THAT I may, or AND I will) implieth Gods unwillingneſſeunwillingness to plague the righteous with the unrighteous.
William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and to runne to others in this caſe, will yeeld ſmall releefe; conſidering the unwillingneſſeunwillingness of the moſt to be taught, or take any paines at leaſt to ſeek …
With rule
… and to runne to others in this caſe, will yeeld ſmall releefe; conſidering the unwillingneſſeunwillingness of the moſt to be taught, or take any paines at leaſt to ſeek …
Randal Bate · Certain Observations · p. 151 · Open in the reader
Printed
… though it be not perpetuall in the letter and in civill governements; (for the unwillingnesseunwillingness of a people to serve a Prince may not onely arise from his tyrannie …
With rule
… though it be not perpetuall in the letter and in civill governements; (for the unwillingnesseunwillingness of a people to serve a Prince may not onely arise from his tyrannie …
Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · p. 277 · Open in the reader
Printed
Againe, we may know what our hatred to ſinne is, by our willingneſſe or unwillingneſſeunwillingness to talke of it, or mention it, or to venture upon the occaſions thereof …
With rule
Againe, we may know what our hatred to ſinne is, by our willingneſſe or unwillingneſſeunwillingness to talke of it, or mention it, or to venture upon the occaſions thereof …
Richard Sibbes · The Returning Backslider · p. 316 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

6 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.

Exposition of Job 15-17 A35473

Printed
Secondly, UnwillingneſſeUnwillingness to yeeld.
With rule
Secondly, UnwillingneſſeUnwillingness to yeeld.
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 15-17 · p. 223 · Open in the reader

The Covenant of Life Opened A57966

Printed
… of revenging justice. Hence deaths reign, [I must die whether I will or not] UnwillingnesseUnwillingness to die and bondage through fear of death is the Law-sting in death …
With rule
… of revenging justice. Hence deaths reign, [I must die whether I will or not] UnwillingnesseUnwillingness to die and bondage through fear of death is the Law-sting in death …
Samuel Rutherford · The Covenant of Life Opened · p. 47 · Open in the reader

The Riches of Gods Love A64002

Printed
2. Of UnwillingneſſeUnwillingness to abide the tryall lib. 1. a p. 59. ad 84. l. 2. p. 19. 20. 21. 22.
With rule
2. Of UnwillingneſſeUnwillingness to abide the tryall lib. 1. a p. 59. ad 84. l. 2. p. 19. 20. 21. 22.
William Twisse · The Riches of Gods Love · Open in the reader

The Christian Sabbath Vindicated A78427

Printed
… it, beſides the ſingle determination of the great Frequencie forementioned: Or elſe, conſidering the UnwillingneſſeUnwillingness, and danger of Interruptions, and want of Wiſedome forenoted; There will be not only …
With rule
… it, beſides the ſingle determination of the great Frequencie forementioned: Or elſe, conſidering the UnwillingneſſeUnwillingness, and danger of Interruptions, and want of Wiſedome forenoted; There will be not only …
Daniel Cawdry · The Christian Sabbath Vindicated · p. 100 · Open in the reader
Printed
… even of ſo ſoon, and no later Beginning.) And upon the former ſuppoſitions of UnwillingneſſeUnwillingness, and danger of Interruptions, and want of preſent Wiſedome at all inſtants, it is …
With rule
… even of ſo ſoon, and no later Beginning.) And upon the former ſuppoſitions of UnwillingneſſeUnwillingness, and danger of Interruptions, and want of preſent Wiſedome at all inſtants, it is …
Daniel Cawdry · The Christian Sabbath Vindicated · p. 103 · Open in the reader

The Sufferings of Christ A89732

Printed
UnwillingneſſeUnwillingness to die in Chriſt had been a ſin, he having received a command to …
With rule
UnwillingneſſeUnwillingness to die in Chriſt had been a ſin, he having received a command to …
John Norton · The Sufferings of Christ · p. 73 · Open in the reader