Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2219 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

wretchednessewretchedness

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

Puritas changed it: 692 times in 334 works
Consistency: 99.1% (692 of 698)
Reach if approved: ~733 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: wretchedness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 698 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (692 changes in 334 works, 99.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 692)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… without staine of sinne. For twas not our righteousnesse or merites, but our sinnes & wretchednessewretchedness, that drew downe this Physition, and caused him to come from heauen to the …
With rule
… without staine of sinne. For twas not our righteousnesse or merites, but our sinnes & wretchednessewretchedness, that drew downe this Physition, and caused him to come from heauen to the …
James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
2. That we may take notice of the wretchedneſſewretchedness, and vileneſſe of our nature wherein we are borne.
With rule
2. That we may take notice of the wretchedneſſewretchedness, and vileneſſe of our nature wherein we are borne.
William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
… shall one day see him. Let all such take notice here of their own wretchednessewretchedness, and acknowledge their condition to bee, as indeed it is, truely miserable and accursed …
With rule
… shall one day see him. Let all such take notice here of their own wretchednessewretchedness, and acknowledge their condition to bee, as indeed it is, truely miserable and accursed …
Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 314 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thine eyes with eye-ſalue, that ſo thou mayeſt ſee and feele thy owne wretchedneſſewretchedness, and mayeſt feelingly acknowledge with Paul, that in thy Fleſh there dwelleth no goodneſſe …
With rule
… thine eyes with eye-ſalue, that ſo thou mayeſt ſee and feele thy owne wretchedneſſewretchedness, and mayeſt feelingly acknowledge with Paul, that in thy Fleſh there dwelleth no goodneſſe …
Samuel Hieron · Three Sermons · p. 71 · Open in the reader
Printed
… never looke after mercie; and when we are apprehenſive of our owne baſeneſſe and wretchedneſſewretchedness, wee dare not looke towards mercie: before they ſaw their ſinnes and Gods anger …
With rule
… never looke after mercie; and when we are apprehenſive of our owne baſeneſſe and wretchedneſſewretchedness, wee dare not looke towards mercie: before they ſaw their ſinnes and Gods anger …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Vocation · p. 557 · Open in the reader
Printed
… an hūgred, a thurst, a cold, and to lye in darkenes, wrapped in al wretchednessewretchedness, yea to lye there, vntil death take away … miseries: While they preached, these wylworkes …
With rule
… an hūgred, a thurst, a cold, and to lye in darkenes, wrapped in al wretchednessewretchedness, yea to lye there, vntil death take away … miseries: While they preached, these wylworkes …
Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in the puttynge on and wearynge of his apparell, he ſorowe and lament the wretchedneſſewretchedness of this lyfe in erthe, that it can not well be begon, nor paſſed …
With rule
… in the puttynge on and wearynge of his apparell, he ſorowe and lament the wretchedneſſewretchedness of this lyfe in erthe, that it can not well be begon, nor paſſed …
Martin Luther · Treatise of Good Works · Open in the reader
Printed
… How ſweete are thy promiſes to my mouth! When wee ſpeake of our owne wretchedneſſewretchedness, thus; O wretched man that I am! &c.
With rule
… How ſweete are thy promiſes to my mouth! When wee ſpeake of our owne wretchedneſſewretchedness, thus; O wretched man that I am! &c.
Elnathan Parr · Abba Father · p. 50 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

Printed
519. a 30.40.50.60. Looke WretchednesseWretchedness.
With rule
519. a 30.40.50.60. Looke WretchednesseWretchedness.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader
Printed
WretchednesseWretchedness.
With rule
WretchednesseWretchedness.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader
Printed
A mirror of mans WretchednesseWretchedness tending to the beating downe of his pride.
With rule
A mirror of mans WretchednesseWretchedness tending to the beating downe of his pride.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

Printed
WretchednesseWretchedness]
With rule
WretchednesseWretchedness]
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 745 · Open in the reader

Englands Parliamentary Chronicle A95892

Printed
… of all her turbulent and overflowing Floods and ſwelling Waves of bloody Woes and WretchedneſſeWretchedness. The moſt Potent and Provident Shepherd of his Engliſh-Iſrael, diſcovering and defeating all …
With rule
… of all her turbulent and overflowing Floods and ſwelling Waves of bloody Woes and WretchedneſſeWretchedness. The moſt Potent and Provident Shepherd of his Engliſh-Iſrael, diſcovering and defeating all …
John Vicars · Englands Parliamentary Chronicle · Open in the reader