Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2233 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

burnesburns

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

Puritas changed it: 579 times in 374 works
Consistency: 99.3% (579 of 583)
Reach if approved: ~613 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: burns
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 583 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (579 changes in 374 works, 99.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 579)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… as if a man ſhould ſay, Hee hath no light becauſe another mans candle burnesburns clearer then his: but after his owne worke, all his care is what will …
With rule
… as if a man ſhould ſay, Hee hath no light becauſe another mans candle burnesburns clearer then his: but after his owne worke, all his care is what will …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Humiliation · p. 180 · Open in the reader
Printed
… afford matter and fuell to this fire of Gods wrath (which therefore in hell burnesburns for ever.) And will wee ſtill by adding Sin to Sin, ſeeke to make …
With rule
… afford matter and fuell to this fire of Gods wrath (which therefore in hell burnesburns for ever.) And will wee ſtill by adding Sin to Sin, ſeeke to make …
Robert Jenison · Newcastles Call to Her Neighbor and Sister Towns · p. 127 · Open in the reader
Printed
It Shines on Thee, not burnesburns thee, that's my smart:
With rule
It Shines on Thee, not burnesburns thee, that's my smart:
John Owen · Epigrams · Open in the reader
Printed
… on a flame, and as long as we adde matter to the fire, it burnesburns: So by nature, we are most ready to sin so soone as the least …
With rule
… on a flame, and as long as we adde matter to the fire, it burnesburns: So by nature, we are most ready to sin so soone as the least …
William Perkins · Exposition of the Lords Prayer · Open in the reader
Printed
… Gods glory, and therefore the Spirit is compared unto fire and Oyle: Fire, that burnesburns and consumes, and Oyle that mollifies and softens, so doth the Spirit. Therefore examine …
With rule
… Gods glory, and therefore the Spirit is compared unto fire and Oyle: Fire, that burnesburns and consumes, and Oyle that mollifies and softens, so doth the Spirit. Therefore examine …
John Preston · Remains · p. 115 · Open in the reader
Printed
… dayes, returned this answer; What use is there of an Altar, where no fire burnesburns, nor beastes are slaine for Sacrifices. And concerning bowing to Altars (a Popish Ceremony …
With rule
… dayes, returned this answer; What use is there of an Altar, where no fire burnesburns, nor beastes are slaine for Sacrifices. And concerning bowing to Altars (a Popish Ceremony …
William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 91 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fire, which if it finde fit matter, the longer it burnesburns, the hotter it burnesburns. But God loueth not key cold prayers: they are as irkeſome to him as …
With rule
… fire, which if it finde fit matter, the longer it burnesburns, the hotter it burnesburns. But God loueth not key cold prayers: they are as irkeſome to him as …
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 501 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of his tongue. That panted, that smoked, that reeked with sulphur and brimstone: that burnesburns with the flame of hell dead, that burned with it liuing. For a former …
With rule
… of his tongue. That panted, that smoked, that reeked with sulphur and brimstone: that burnesburns with the flame of hell dead, that burned with it liuing. For a former …
Thomas Adams · The Sacrifice of Thankfulness · p. 45 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

0 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.