Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2254 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

pronenesseproneness

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

Puritas changed it: 467 times in 258 works
Consistency: 97.9% (467 of 477)
Reach if approved: ~501 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: proneness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 477 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (467 changes in 258 works, 97.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 467)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… caſt againſt Chriſt. Yet notwithſtanding temptations to vs are very dangerous, becauſe of our proneneſſeproneness & readineſſe to yeeld vnto them. We are by nature to temptations, as tinder; or …
With rule
… caſt againſt Chriſt. Yet notwithſtanding temptations to vs are very dangerous, becauſe of our proneneſſeproneness & readineſſe to yeeld vnto them. We are by nature to temptations, as tinder; or …
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 371 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the ſin committed leaueth in the offender; by which there followeth an aptneſſe or proneneſſeproneness either to the ſame ſinne or to anie other. Theſe three are taken away …
With rule
… the ſin committed leaueth in the offender; by which there followeth an aptneſſe or proneneſſeproneness either to the ſame ſinne or to anie other. Theſe three are taken away …
Samuel Hieron · The Abridgment of the Gospel · p. 97 · Open in the reader
Printed
… euill to breake any Commandement in act: is it not euill to haue, a pronenesseproneness and readinesse of minde to breake it? The habit denominated a man sinfull and …
With rule
… euill to breake any Commandement in act: is it not euill to haue, a pronenesseproneness and readinesse of minde to breake it? The habit denominated a man sinfull and …
William Pemble · Of Justification By Faith · p. 120 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to be true in thy ſelfe whatſoeuer the Scriptures tell thee of the monſtrous proneneſſeproneness of mans heart to any evill…, and vntowardneſſe to any good? Haſt thou beene …
With rule
… to be true in thy ſelfe whatſoeuer the Scriptures tell thee of the monſtrous proneneſſeproneness of mans heart to any evill…, and vntowardneſſe to any good? Haſt thou beene …
William Pinke · The Trial of a Christians Sincere Love Unto Christ · p. 112 · Open in the reader
Printed
… nature, yet this debt was to bee remitted by originall grace, and the naturall proneneſſeproneness thereunto to be redreſſed by the fruit of life.
With rule
… nature, yet this debt was to bee remitted by originall grace, and the naturall proneneſſeproneness thereunto to be redreſſed by the fruit of life.
John Salkeld · A Treatise of Paradise · p. 67 · Open in the reader
Printed
… multitude of our sinnes, before the time we were called: and consider of our pronenesseproneness to spirituall pride, let us by all meanes abase our selves. For those that …
With rule
… multitude of our sinnes, before the time we were called: and consider of our pronenesseproneness to spirituall pride, let us by all meanes abase our selves. For those that …
Richard Sibbes · Exposition of Philippians 3 · p. 81 · Open in the reader
Printed
… howſoeuer they may growe by the conniuence, and lenitie of the ſtate, and the proneneſſeproneness of our people to that naturall religion, or idolatrous ſuperſtition. Therefore ought you earthly …
With rule
… howſoeuer they may growe by the conniuence, and lenitie of the ſtate, and the proneneſſeproneness of our people to that naturall religion, or idolatrous ſuperſtition. Therefore ought you earthly …
Richard Stock · Sermon 2 November 1606 · p. 31 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a great pulse, beating seldome, as if it were full of water; a continuall pronenesseproneness to sleepe, that they are scarcely compelled to answer a question. You may know …
With rule
… a great pulse, beating seldome, as if it were full of water; a continuall pronenesseproneness to sleepe, that they are scarcely compelled to answer a question. You may know …
Thomas Adams · Diseases of the Soul · p. 22 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

6 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.

The Saints Qualification A10010

Printed
PronenesseProneness.
With rule
PronenesseProneness.
John Preston · The Saints Qualification · Open in the reader
Printed
PronenesseProneness to sinne, no excuse of it:
With rule
PronenesseProneness to sinne, no excuse of it:
John Preston · The Saints Qualification · Open in the reader

The Pattern of Wholesome Words A17400

Printed
7. PronenesseProneness to al sorts of euil, Rom. 7.14.21. For we know that the law is spirituall …
With rule
7. PronenesseProneness to al sorts of euil, Rom. 7.14.21. For we know that the law is spirituall …
Nicholas Byfield · The Pattern of Wholesome Words · p. 97 · Open in the reader

Brief Exposition of Galatians and Ephesians A41197

Printed
… and the other expressed, while he saith, That we henceforth be no more children. 5. PronenesseProneness to error and easinesse to be carried away with every doctrine, which pretendeth to …
With rule
… and the other expressed, while he saith, That we henceforth be no more children. 5. PronenesseProneness to error and easinesse to be carried away with every doctrine, which pretendeth to …
James Fergusson · Brief Exposition of Galatians and Ephesians · p. 268 · Open in the reader

The Inability of Natural Man to Attain Right Knowledge A45220

Printed
4. ProneneſſeProneness to, & delight in every evill.
With rule
4. ProneneſſeProneness to, & delight in every evill.
Henry Hurst · The Inability of Natural Man to Attain Right Knowledge · p. 36 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

Printed
… It is as eaſie at leaſt to take ill counſell, as to giue it: ProneneſſeProneness to villany in the great, cannot want either proiectors to deuiſe, or paraſites to …
With rule
… It is as eaſie at leaſt to take ill counſell, as to giue it: ProneneſſeProneness to villany in the great, cannot want either proiectors to deuiſe, or paraſites to …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 1234 · Open in the reader