Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2232 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

buildebuild

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

Puritas changed it: 754 times in 280 works
Consistency: 99.3% (754 of 759)
Reach if approved: ~797 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: build
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 759 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (754 changes in 280 works, 99.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 754)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Thā should the hea uenly mansion be more desired & soughte after. But nowe manye buildebuild and they knowe not who shal enherite, & in y^e mios of these their gorgious …
With rule
… Thā should the hea uenly mansion be more desired & soughte after. But nowe manye buildebuild and they knowe not who shal enherite, & in y^e mios of these their gorgious …
Thomas Becon · The Jewel of Joy · Open in the reader
Printed
… of righteouſnes; that as the plants of Iehoua yee may glorie; that yee may buildebuild the auncient vvaſt places, that ye may reſtore the old deſerts; that yee may …
With rule
… of righteouſnes; that as the plants of Iehoua yee may glorie; that yee may buildebuild the auncient vvaſt places, that ye may reſtore the old deſerts; that yee may …
Peter Moffett · The Excellency of the Mystery of Christ Jesus · Open in the reader
Printed
… Michaeas: Iehoshaphats prayer, for Iosaphats: Vzza slaine, for Oza. When Zerubbabel went about to buildebuild the Temple, for Zorobabel: Remember what the Lorde did to Miriam, for Marie, Deut …
With rule
… Michaeas: Iehoshaphats prayer, for Iosaphats: Vzza slaine, for Oza. When Zerubbabel went about to buildebuild the Temple, for Zorobabel: Remember what the Lorde did to Miriam, for Marie, Deut …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 528 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is no good manner of teaching, for the vſe of true teaching, is to buildebuild vp and edifie the faith: but this ſeemeth to take away the certainty of …
With rule
… is no good manner of teaching, for the vſe of true teaching, is to buildebuild vp and edifie the faith: but this ſeemeth to take away the certainty of …
George Gifford · Sermons Upon Divers Texts · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… I cōmend you to God & the word of his grace, which is able to buildebuild you vp, and giue you the right of inheritance among them that are sanctified …
With rule
… I cōmend you to God & the word of his grace, which is able to buildebuild you vp, and giue you the right of inheritance among them that are sanctified …
Richard Greenham · Two Treatises Comforting an Afflicted Conscience · p. 99 · Open in the reader
Printed
… scripture not absurdly gathered. Is this a warrant sufficient for any mans conscience to buildebuild such proceedinges vpon, as haue beene and are put in vre for the stablishment …
With rule
… scripture not absurdly gathered. Is this a warrant sufficient for any mans conscience to buildebuild such proceedinges vpon, as haue beene and are put in vre for the stablishment …
Richard Hooker · The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity · p. 112 · Open in the reader
Printed
… y^e mynd of the holie Gost, he saith not, that the childe who shoulde buildebuild a house to the name of God, and whose kingdome he wolde establish, shoulde …
With rule
… y^e mynd of the holie Gost, he saith not, that the childe who shoulde buildebuild a house to the name of God, and whose kingdome he wolde establish, shoulde …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 273 · Open in the reader
Printed
They labour in vaine (saith he) which buildebuild it. The cause is this, that either they become tyrannes, or else desperate & forsake …
With rule
They labour in vaine (saith he) which buildebuild it. The cause is this, that either they become tyrannes, or else desperate & forsake …
Martin Luther · Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent · p. 126 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Commentary on Peter and Jude A06502

Printed
… deuoutlie been preached, or rather prated on vnto vs. He doeth not here ſaie, BuildeBuild an Abbeye or a Nunnerie, giue ſome maintenaunce for an ordinarie Maſſe, take the …
With rule
… deuoutlie been preached, or rather prated on vnto vs. He doeth not here ſaie, BuildeBuild an Abbeye or a Nunnerie, giue ſome maintenaunce for an ordinarie Maſſe, take the …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · Open in the reader

Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion A17183

Printed
29 BuildeBuild vp houſes, &c. and pray to the Lord for Babylō, &c. 151. 219
With rule
29 BuildeBuild vp houſes, &c. and pray to the Lord for Babylō, &c. 151. 219
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader
Printed
… counted to them in ſtéede of their countrie. And therefore ſaith the Prophete Ieremie. BuildeBuild vp houſes, and dwell therein, plant gardeines and eate the fruite therof, marrie wiues …
With rule
… counted to them in ſtéede of their countrie. And therefore ſaith the Prophete Ieremie. BuildeBuild vp houſes, and dwell therein, plant gardeines and eate the fruite therof, marrie wiues …
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 151 · Open in the reader