Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2229 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

afraideafraid

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

Puritas changed it: 930 times in 293 works
Consistency: 99.8% (930 of 931)
Reach if approved: ~978 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: afraid
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 931 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (930 changes in 293 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 930)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Sinay, and the sounde of a trumpet exceeding loude, so that they were all afraideafraid? And did they not see mount Sinay al on a smoke, & the smoke thereof …
With rule
… Sinay, and the sounde of a trumpet exceeding loude, so that they were all afraideafraid? And did they not see mount Sinay al on a smoke, & the smoke thereof …
Alexander Hume · The Felicity of the Life to Come · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſanctified, yea and Moiſes him ſelfe the Mediatour betwene God and the people, were afraideafraid and trembled at the voice of the lawe, as it is ſayd in the …
With rule
… ſanctified, yea and Moiſes him ſelfe the Mediatour betwene God and the people, were afraideafraid and trembled at the voice of the lawe, as it is ſayd in the …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · p. 150 · Open in the reader
Printed
… my life for my shepe. For he fleeth not the wolfe, neither is he afraideafraid of him, yea he rather offereth himselfe o the wolfe, for to be rent …
With rule
… my life for my shepe. For he fleeth not the wolfe, neither is he afraideafraid of him, yea he rather offereth himselfe o the wolfe, for to be rent …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader
Printed
… re leſſe prompt and able, then many who have ſo ſtumbled: hath made me afraideafraid, to medle in ſuch ſort, with the ſacred truth of God. Moreover, in this …
With rule
… re leſſe prompt and able, then many who have ſo ſtumbled: hath made me afraideafraid, to medle in ſuch ſort, with the ſacred truth of God. Moreover, in this …
John Forbes · The Doctrine of Justification · Open in the reader
Printed
… some of the Popish Doctors, I meane the schoole men, are neither ashamed, nor afraideafraid to affirme, that without grace, that is without Christ, we are able of our …
With rule
… some of the Popish Doctors, I meane the schoole men, are neither ashamed, nor afraideafraid to affirme, that without grace, that is without Christ, we are able of our …
William Fulke · Sermon Preached 12 March 1581 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as he ſpeaketh here, what would he haue ſaide? But hee now he is afraideafraid leaſt while hee hath waſhed himſelfe ouer cleane from Anabaptiſme, he ſhould ouerthrow Browniſme …
With rule
… as he ſpeaketh here, what would he haue ſaide? But hee now he is afraideafraid leaſt while hee hath waſhed himſelfe ouer cleane from Anabaptiſme, he ſhould ouerthrow Browniſme …
George Gifford · Plain Declaration that Brownists be Full Donatists · p. 115 · Open in the reader
Printed
… theſe ſeuentie yeeres, and art now afraid to depart? If theſe holy men were afraideafraid of this terrible day, how oughteſt thou (O ſinner) that art defiled with ſinne …
With rule
… theſe ſeuentie yeeres, and art now afraid to depart? If theſe holy men were afraideafraid of this terrible day, how oughteſt thou (O ſinner) that art defiled with ſinne …
Henry Greenwood · Works · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
If it pleaſe you to entertaine this poore preſent, which before now, I was afraideafraid to offer to any: I doubt not but as you ſhall receiue comfort by …
With rule
If it pleaſe you to entertaine this poore preſent, which before now, I was afraideafraid to offer to any: I doubt not but as you ſhall receiue comfort by …
Robert Hill · The Pathway to Prayer and Piety · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 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.

The Garden of Zion B01751

Printed
AfraideAfraid by troops, to Eliſhas grave ran,
With rule
AfraideAfraid by troops, to Eliſhas grave ran,
Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 350 · Open in the reader