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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2301 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

freenessefreeness

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

Puritas changed it
666 times in 321 works
Consistency
99.8% (666 of 667)
Reach if approved
~701 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: freeness
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
667 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (666 changes in 321 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 666)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … grace, Rom. 3.24. and his free gift is of many offences, Rom. 5.16. Wherefore that the freeneſſefreeness of Gods grace may more clearely be manifeſted, it pleaſeth him to extend it …
    With rule
    … grace, Rom. 3.24. and his free gift is of many offences, Rom. 5.16. Wherefore that the freeneſſefreeness of Gods grace may more clearely be manifeſted, it pleaſeth him to extend it …

    William Gouge · Recover from Apostasy · p. 74 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    1. Faith ſees, and ſettles upon the fulneſſe of the ſufficiency, and the freeneſſefreeness of the riches of grace in Chriſt, which is able every way to ſupply …
    With rule
    1. Faith ſees, and ſettles upon the fulneſſe of the ſufficiency, and the freeneſſefreeness of the riches of grace in Chriſt, which is able every way to ſupply …

    Thomas Hooker · The Pattern of Perfection Exhibited in Gods Image on Adam · p. 326 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … ſight of themſelues therein, is verie neceſſarie, not onely to be humbled vnder the freeneſſefreeness and vndeſeruedneſſe of his grace, but alſo vnder the greatneſſe of his goodneſſe: whiche …
    With rule
    … ſight of themſelues therein, is verie neceſſarie, not onely to be humbled vnder the freeneſſefreeness and vndeſeruedneſſe of his grace, but alſo vnder the greatneſſe of his goodneſſe: whiche …

    John Knewstubs · Lectures Upon Exodus 20 · p. 252 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    First, one thing wherein the freenessefreeness of Kings consists, is, that they have their liberty; others are Subjects.
    With rule
    First, one thing wherein the freenessefreeness of Kings consists, is, that they have their liberty; others are Subjects.

    John Preston · The Saints Qualification · p. 73 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … tender compassion towards our brethren in distresse, so there is not that forwardnesse and freenessefreeness to relieue their necessities.
    With rule
    … tender compassion towards our brethren in distresse, so there is not that forwardnesse and freenessefreeness to relieue their necessities.

    John Rogers · A Treatise of Love · p. 177 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … or indirect ſelf-murder be the greater ſinne? I anſwer, if we conſider the freeneſſefreeness of the will, with leſſe inforcement, and with more delight, proſecuting thoſe deadly courſes …
    With rule
    … or indirect ſelf-murder be the greater ſinne? I anſwer, if we conſider the freeneſſefreeness of the will, with leſſe inforcement, and with more delight, proſecuting thoſe deadly courſes …

    John Sym · Lifes Preservative Against Self-Killing · p. 87 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … in his power. Simler. The necessitie of Gods decree, doth not take away the freenessefreeness of the will to evill, neither is compulsive, but only maketh the event evitable …
    With rule
    … in his power. Simler. The necessitie of Gods decree, doth not take away the freenessefreeness of the will to evill, neither is compulsive, but only maketh the event evitable …

    Andrew Willet · Commentary on Genesis and Exodus · p. 91 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … himselfe in a distrustfull vnder-prizing Gods incomprehensible greatnesse, Almightie mercy, vnlimited liberalitie and freenessefreeness of his loue. He is in this case, not so much to consider, what …
    With rule
    … himselfe in a distrustfull vnder-prizing Gods incomprehensible greatnesse, Almightie mercy, vnlimited liberalitie and freenessefreeness of his loue. He is in this case, not so much to consider, what …

    Robert Bolton · Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God · p. 385 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.