Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2309 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

loathsomloathsome

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

Puritas changed it: 829 times in 334 works
Consistency: 98.2% (829 of 844)
Reach if approved: ~887 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: loathsome
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 844 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (829 changes in 334 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 829)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… dainty meats of sinful pleasures, when we by experience find what a bitter and loathsomloathsome after-tast they haue left behind them.
With rule
… dainty meats of sinful pleasures, when we by experience find what a bitter and loathsomloathsome after-tast they haue left behind them.
John Downame · Consolations for the Afflicted · p. 463 · Open in the reader
Printed
… full of ſtench; his other ſenſes had their pain, and his ſmell felt a loathſomloathsome ſavour, in this noyſom puddle.
With rule
… full of ſtench; his other ſenſes had their pain, and his ſmell felt a loathſomloathsome ſavour, in this noyſom puddle.
Isaac Ambrose · Looking Unto Jesus · p. 357 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of a few Years, be reduc'd with the Prodigal to extream Poverty, and to loathsomloathsome Imprisonment all his Life after, would he not be esteem'd to have been besides …
With rule
… of a few Years, be reduc'd with the Prodigal to extream Poverty, and to loathsomloathsome Imprisonment all his Life after, would he not be esteem'd to have been besides …
William Bates · The Four Last Things · p. 539 · Open in the reader
Printed
… groans, and make it too weak to hold thy soul, and make it more loathsomloathsome then the dung of the earth? That flesh which now must have what it …
With rule
… groans, and make it too weak to hold thy soul, and make it more loathsomloathsome then the dung of the earth? That flesh which now must have what it …
Richard Baxter · A Call to the Unconverted · p. 92 · Open in the reader
Printed
That laies our fleſh to rot in loathſomloathsome graves,
With rule
That laies our fleſh to rot in loathſomloathsome graves,
Richard Baxter · Poetical Fragments · p. 71 · Open in the reader
Printed
… than the hairs upon mine head, and they have grown over me like a loathsomloathsome leprosie, that from the Crown of my head to the sole of my feet …
With rule
… than the hairs upon mine head, and they have grown over me like a loathsomloathsome leprosie, that from the Crown of my head to the sole of my feet …
Lewis Bayly · The Practice of Piety · p. 189 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a ſeruice to the Almightie, the father of mercy, nothing worth? is it ſo loathſomloathsome or irkſome that we cannot indure it, to haue aſſurance of heauen, the gaine …
With rule
… a ſeruice to the Almightie, the father of mercy, nothing worth? is it ſo loathſomloathsome or irkſome that we cannot indure it, to haue aſſurance of heauen, the gaine …
Richard Bernard · The Sinners Safety if Here He Look for Assurance · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of some drunkard, to see what a dunghill and carrion his soule becoms, & how loathsomloathsome effects follow vpon this spirituall death and sting of this Cockatrise which is the …
With rule
… of some drunkard, to see what a dunghill and carrion his soule becoms, & how loathsomloathsome effects follow vpon this spirituall death and sting of this Cockatrise which is the …
Samuel Ward · Woe to Drunkards(1) · p. 9 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (15)

9 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Spiritual Bondage and Freedom A30364

Printed
… to be for Chriſt? As pitiful a Creature as ever eye beheld, Poor, Naked, LoathſomLoathsome, Wicked, Curſed; 'twas a Nature that looked like the Devil. I pray don't miſtake …
With rule
… to be for Chriſt? As pitiful a Creature as ever eye beheld, Poor, Naked, LoathſomLoathsome, Wicked, Curſed; 'twas a Nature that looked like the Devil. I pray don't miſtake …
Nathanael Ball · Spiritual Bondage and Freedom · p. 265 · Open in the reader

The Application of Redemption A44342

Printed
… with the Commission of them. Ask the Drunkard whether … be unlawful, he consesseth it LoathsomLoathsome and yet commits it, Ask the Blasphemer whether … be a sin, He wil profess …
With rule
… with the Commission of them. Ask the Drunkard whether … be unlawful, he consesseth it LoathsomLoathsome and yet commits it, Ask the Blasphemer whether … be a sin, He wil profess …
Thomas Hooker · The Application of Redemption · p. 78 · Open in the reader

One Hundred Select Sermons A44565

Printed
… they expect to be in good terms with God, to whom Sin is ſo LoathſomLoathsome and Abominable, and Odious as nothing more, it cannot be. Theſe do thwart and …
With rule
… they expect to be in good terms with God, to whom Sin is ſo LoathſomLoathsome and Abominable, and Odious as nothing more, it cannot be. Theſe do thwart and …
Thomas Horton · One Hundred Select Sermons · p. 146 · Open in the reader

A Trumpet Blown in Zion A47086

Printed
… above; Sin was once Sweet and Pleaſant to them, but now 'tis bitter and LoathſomLoathsome in their Eyes, becauſe they ſee it is ſo in the ſight of God …
With rule
… above; Sin was once Sweet and Pleaſant to them, but now 'tis bitter and LoathſomLoathsome in their Eyes, becauſe they ſee it is ſo in the ſight of God …
Benjamin Keach · A Trumpet Blown in Zion · p. 24 · Open in the reader

The Glorious Lover A47509

Printed
In filthy Puddles, and in LoathſomLoathsome holes:
With rule
In filthy Puddles, and in LoathſomLoathsome holes:
Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 65 · Open in the reader

A Golden Mine Opened A47542

Printed
… above; Sin was once Sweet and Pleaſant to them, but now 'tis bitter and LoathſomLoathsome in their Eyes, becauſe they ſee it is ſo in the ſight of God …
With rule
… above; Sin was once Sweet and Pleaſant to them, but now 'tis bitter and LoathſomLoathsome in their Eyes, becauſe they ſee it is ſo in the ſight of God …
Benjamin Keach · A Golden Mine Opened · p. 24 · Open in the reader

Sermons Volume 2 A51846

Printed
… it will make you loathsomloathsome to your selves, infamous to others, odious to God. 1. LoathsomLoathsome to our selves; therefore a wicked man dareth not to converse with his own …
With rule
… it will make you loathsomloathsome to your selves, infamous to others, odious to God. 1. LoathsomLoathsome to our selves; therefore a wicked man dareth not to converse with his own …
Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 2 · p. 140 · Open in the reader

Concerning the Holy Spirit A53720

Printed
… they are wholly desiled and polluted with those Abominations of Sin which render them LoathsomLoathsome in the sight of God, so they have no Power by any Endeavours or …
With rule
… they are wholly desiled and polluted with those Abominations of Sin which render them LoathsomLoathsome in the sight of God, so they have no Power by any Endeavours or …
John Owen · Concerning the Holy Spirit · p. 398 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

Printed
Eccles. 10. 1. LoathsomLoathsome. D. Trans. to stink.
With rule
Eccles. 10. 1. LoathsomLoathsome. D. Trans. to stink.
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 619 · Open in the reader