Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2247 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

guiltlesseguiltless

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

Puritas changed it: 889 times in 503 works
Consistency: 98.8% (889 of 899)
Reach if approved: ~945 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: guiltless
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 899 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (889 changes in 503 works, 98.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 889)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the Swearer. That for Oathes the land mournes, and God will not hold him guiltlesseguiltless, that taketh his name invaine: What doe these men thinke when the Scriptures are …
With rule
… the Swearer. That for Oathes the land mournes, and God will not hold him guiltlesseguiltless, that taketh his name invaine: What doe these men thinke when the Scriptures are …
William Pemble · A Plea for Grace · p. 218 · Open in the reader
Printed
I guiltlesseguiltless past, no helplesse man oppressing;
With rule
I guiltlesseguiltless past, no helplesse man oppressing;
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 110 · Open in the reader
Printed
THE tongue of guiltlesseguiltless blood is never ti'd
With rule
THE tongue of guiltlesseguiltless blood is never ti'd
Thomas Fuller · Davids Heinous Sin, Hearty Repentance, Heavy Punishment · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the Lord thy God in vaine▪ For the Lord will not hold him guiltleſſeguiltless that taketh his name in vaine.
With rule
… of the Lord thy God in vaine▪ For the Lord will not hold him guiltleſſeguiltless that taketh his name in vaine.
Thomas Granger · The Tree of Good and Evil · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… againſt his truth: as Saul not puniſhing wicked Agag, grew after, to perſecute holy & guiltleſſeguiltless Dauid.
With rule
… againſt his truth: as Saul not puniſhing wicked Agag, grew after, to perſecute holy & guiltleſſeguiltless Dauid.
Samuel Hieron · Three Sermons · p. 83 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſufficient to condemne him: for then, as Iulian anſwered Delphidius, who ſhall be found guiltleſſeguiltless? Surely few that haue enemies, as all good men haue.
With rule
… ſufficient to condemne him: for then, as Iulian anſwered Delphidius, who ſhall be found guiltleſſeguiltless? Surely few that haue enemies, as all good men haue.
Robert Jenison · The Height of Israels Heathenish Idolatry · p. 108 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wrong. For why ſhould I complaine, ſithe Chriſte my Lorde and Sauiour (who was guiltleſſeguiltless and innocent euery waie) complained not? And here hath Saincte Peter alledged certaine woordes …
With rule
… wrong. For why ſhould I complaine, ſithe Chriſte my Lorde and Sauiour (who was guiltleſſeguiltless and innocent euery waie) complained not? And here hath Saincte Peter alledged certaine woordes …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · Open in the reader
Printed
… a man, Iob 27. 6. but doth make him ſtand vpon his innocency (wherin he is guiltleſſeguiltless) as it did Dauid againſt Sauls malice, enuy, and falſe accuſations.
With rule
… a man, Iob 27. 6. but doth make him ſtand vpon his innocency (wherin he is guiltleſſeguiltless) as it did Dauid againſt Sauls malice, enuy, and falſe accuſations.
Richard Bernard · Christian See to Thy Conscience · p. 99 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

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

A Golden Chain A09339

Printed
GuiltlesseGuiltless] That is, he shall not be vnpunished.
With rule
GuiltlesseGuiltless] That is, he shall not be vnpunished.
William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
GuiltlesseGuiltless, what. 54
With rule
GuiltlesseGuiltless, what. 54
William Perkins · A Golden Chain · Open in the reader

The Players Scourge A10187

Printed
… crie Guiltie now? If you confesse your selues Guiltie now, how can you plead GuiltlesseGuiltless, or escape Christs doome, and iudgement then? Since therefore it is vndeniably e…ident …
With rule
… crie Guiltie now? If you confesse your selues Guiltie now, how can you plead GuiltlesseGuiltless, or escape Christs doome, and iudgement then? Since therefore it is vndeniably e…ident …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 53 · Open in the reader

Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649

Printed
… other Hebrewes expound it, saying When the Iudges are divided, some of them saying GuiltlesseGuiltless, others saying Guiltie; they goe after the most part. So as it be in …
With rule
… other Hebrewes expound it, saying When the Iudges are divided, some of them saying GuiltlesseGuiltless, others saying Guiltie; they goe after the most part. So as it be in …
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 91 · Open in the reader

The Anatomy of Baseness A19444

Printed
GuiltleſſeGuiltless of ſinne; yet would this trie his skill.
With rule
GuiltleſſeGuiltless of ſinne; yet would this trie his skill.
John Andrewes · The Anatomy of Baseness · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

Printed
GuiltlesseGuiltless]
With rule
GuiltlesseGuiltless]
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 281 · Open in the reader

Relation of the Prosecution of Nathaniel Fiennes A91306

Printed
… according to the Letter and true meaning of the Law: Ergo, I am Innocent, GuiltleſſeGuiltless, and deſerve a Pardon; (the whole ſubſtance of this Argument) is ſuch a nonſence …
With rule
… according to the Letter and true meaning of the Law: Ergo, I am Innocent, GuiltleſſeGuiltless, and deſerve a Pardon; (the whole ſubſtance of this Argument) is ſuch a nonſence …
William Prynne · Relation of the Prosecution of Nathaniel Fiennes · p. 116 · Open in the reader