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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2210 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

slackeslack

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

Puritas changed it
749 times in 406 works
Consistency
98.9% (749 of 757)
Reach if approved
~795 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: slack
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
757 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (749 changes in 406 works, 98.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 749)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    For Answer; First, how doth, or can this estate in Gods covenant loosen, or slackeslack that bond of gracious feare, when it is apparent that this everlasting covenant bindes …
    With rule
    For Answer; First, how doth, or can this estate in Gods covenant loosen, or slackeslack that bond of gracious feare, when it is apparent that this everlasting covenant bindes …

    Phineas Fletcher · Joy in Tribulation · p. 245 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … make them musicke. But be our reward little or much, God forbid we should slackeslack dressing the Vineyard of Iesus Christ.
    With rule
    … make them musicke. But be our reward little or much, God forbid we should slackeslack dressing the Vineyard of Iesus Christ.

    Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 9 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    And déere bretheren, what ſhoulde make vs ſo ſlackeslack, conſidering howe ſhorte our time is, and howe great reaſons ther are to perſwade …
    With rule
    And déere bretheren, what ſhoulde make vs ſo ſlackeslack, conſidering howe ſhorte our time is, and howe great reaſons ther are to perſwade …

    George Gifford · A Godly Zealous and Profitable Sermon Upon James 2 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … When thou ſhalt vow a vow vnto the Lord thy God, thou ſhalt not ſlackeslack to pay it: for the Lord thy God will ſurely require it of thee …
    With rule
    … When thou ſhalt vow a vow vnto the Lord thy God, thou ſhalt not ſlackeslack to pay it: for the Lord thy God will ſurely require it of thee …

    Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 116 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    Yea, but though conscience should be slackeslack, Obiect. yet God at the least would detect me; but he goes along with …
    With rule
    Yea, but though conscience should be slackeslack, Obiect. yet God at the least would detect me; but he goes along with …

    Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 275 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    2. Yea, hee is not onely thus slackeslack and backeward, but hee refuseth and gaine-sayeth the Lord, Rom. 10. 21. All the day …
    With rule
    2. Yea, hee is not onely thus slackeslack and backeward, but hee refuseth and gaine-sayeth the Lord, Rom. 10. 21. All the day …

    Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 27 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … the Popes Legate with the Emperour, by letter after letter, ſollicites the Capuchine to ſlackeslack no diligence in the buſineſſe. In the meane time, the Emperour writes to Don …
    With rule
    … the Popes Legate with the Emperour, by letter after letter, ſollicites the Capuchine to ſlackeslack no diligence in the buſineſſe. In the meane time, the Emperour writes to Don …

    Thomas Barnes · An Alarm to War · p. 37 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … he rage against the same neuer so much, thou must not be discouraged or slackeslack the Lords busines: but first serue the Lord and then thy brethren and neighbours …
    With rule
    … he rage against the same neuer so much, thou must not be discouraged or slackeslack the Lords busines: but first serue the Lord and then thy brethren and neighbours …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent · p. 65 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

4 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.

A Christian Dictionary A15520

  • Printed
    SlackeSlack. sig:
    With rule
    SlackeSlack. sig:

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 451 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … to doo a thing beyond the appointed and due time. 2. Peter 3, 9. God is not SlackeSlack; that is, hee is not one that neglecteth his season, to come later then …
    With rule
    … to doo a thing beyond the appointed and due time. 2. Peter 3, 9. God is not SlackeSlack; that is, hee is not one that neglecteth his season, to come later then …

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 451 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … neglecteth his season, to come later then hee should. God is not such a SlackeSlack one.
    With rule
    … neglecteth his season, to come later then hee should. God is not such a SlackeSlack one.

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 451 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    3 SlackeSlack▪ carelesse, and fainting in well-doing. Gal. 6, 7. Be not Weary of well-doing. Carnall …
    With rule
    3 SlackeSlack▪ carelesse, and fainting in well-doing. Gal. 6, 7. Be not Weary of well-doing. Carnall …

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 529 · Open in the reader