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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2425 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

aimesaims

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

Puritas changed it
1,101 times in 568 works
Consistency
97.5% (1,101 of 1,129)
Reach if approved
~1,186 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: aims
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,129 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,101 changes in 568 works, 97.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,101)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … draw them from their conſtancie in doing good, and reſiſting euill. And hereby he aimesaims at their ſpirituall beggerie, that is, to rob them of all their hopes, and …
    With rule
    … draw them from their conſtancie in doing good, and reſiſting euill. And hereby he aimesaims at their ſpirituall beggerie, that is, to rob them of all their hopes, and …

    William Jemmat · A Spiritual Trumpet Sounded to Christian Warfare · p. 109 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … it needs not blush, being painted over with the colour of truth: lastly, it aimesaims at the fairest, the Leaders of the flocke, whose authority and example speedily infects …
    With rule
    … it needs not blush, being painted over with the colour of truth: lastly, it aimesaims at the fairest, the Leaders of the flocke, whose authority and example speedily infects …

    William Pemble · A Plea for Grace · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … or flashes of conscience, or for som by-respects, so that in al he aimesaims most at his owne profit; it proceedeth not from the inward man, a new …
    With rule
    … or flashes of conscience, or for som by-respects, so that in al he aimesaims most at his owne profit; it proceedeth not from the inward man, a new …

    John Preston · A Lifeless Life · p. 92 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … That it will expose a man to more danger than the successe which it aimesaims at can compensate…as he that fishes for a Gudgeon with a golden hooke …
    With rule
    … That it will expose a man to more danger than the successe which it aimesaims at can compensate…as he that fishes for a Gudgeon with a golden hooke …

    Edward Reynolds · Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul · p. 273 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    Now that which in a Dove the Scripture aimesaims at, Wee should resemble a Dove in, is his meekenesse especially. The Church is …
    With rule
    Now that which in a Dove the Scripture aimesaims at, Wee should resemble a Dove in, is his meekenesse especially. The Church is …

    Richard Sibbes · Bowels Opened · p. 189 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … to be unlawfull: No, no, it is cleane another thing which the Holy Ghoſt aimesaims at: to beate backe carnall confidence. For it is an equall fault, to multiplie …
    With rule
    … to be unlawfull: No, no, it is cleane another thing which the Holy Ghoſt aimesaims at: to beate backe carnall confidence. For it is an equall fault, to multiplie …

    Richard Sibbes · The Returning Backslider · p. 78 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … and 2. when thy heart was moſt fit for it. For in anſwering prayers, God aimesaims eſpecially at two things: 1. To ſhew his mercy, that a man might magnifie and …
    With rule
    … and 2. when thy heart was moſt fit for it. For in anſwering prayers, God aimesaims eſpecially at two things: 1. To ſhew his mercy, that a man might magnifie and …

    Thomas Goodwin · The Return of Prayers · p. 150 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … which two texts (not to inſiſt vpon any more) ſhew plainely that hee who aimesaims at the Kingdome of God, and at the righteouſneſſe of God, muſt ſeeke it …
    With rule
    … which two texts (not to inſiſt vpon any more) ſhew plainely that hee who aimesaims at the Kingdome of God, and at the righteouſneſſe of God, muſt ſeeke it …

    Samuel Hieron · The Christians Life-Lode · p. 21 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (28)

9 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 19 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Christs Combat and Conquest A13530

  • Printed
    AimesAims at 4. things in his 1. temptatiō. 79
    With rule
    AimesAims at 4. things in his 1. temptatiō. 79

    Thomas Taylor · Christs Combat and Conquest · Open in the reader

The Godly Mans Ark A31997

  • Printed
    … end, and not thy own carnal interest. Gods love thy Principle. If thy Rules, AimesAims, and Principles bee godly, all the Promises of this Life, and of the Life …
    With rule
    … end, and not thy own carnal interest. Gods love thy Principle. If thy Rules, AimesAims, and Principles bee godly, all the Promises of this Life, and of the Life …

    Edmund Calamy · The Godly Mans Ark · p. 168 · Open in the reader

Divine Characters in Two Parts A35147

  • Printed
    … but even himſelf alſo in all his earthly enjoyments, Wiſdome, Will, Hopes, Concernments, and AimesAims, and whatever in the world is deereſt to him, which to a natural man …
    With rule
    … but even himſelf alſo in all his earthly enjoyments, Wiſdome, Will, Hopes, Concernments, and AimesAims, and whatever in the world is deereſt to him, which to a natural man …

    Samuel Crook · Divine Characters in Two Parts · p. 197 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Psalm 119 A51842

  • Printed
    … he would; there was not a total omission, but a coming short of his AimesAims: we must seriously give up our selves to the observation of Gods Will, and …
    With rule
    … he would; there was not a total omission, but a coming short of his AimesAims: we must seriously give up our selves to the observation of Gods Will, and …

    Thomas Manton · Sermons on Psalm 119 · p. 988 · Open in the reader

Commentary on 2 Corinthians 1 A60194

  • Printed
    Aime. Holy men work from holy AimesAims and Ends, p. 347
    With rule
    Aime. Holy men work from holy AimesAims and Ends, p. 347

    Richard Sibbes · Commentary on 2 Corinthians 1 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Genesis 1-3 A65748

  • Printed
    … in our power, to the preſervation of Community, which is one of Gods Speciall AimesAims, in making all the Creatures ſerviceable one to another, and all of them to …
    With rule
    … in our power, to the preſervation of Community, which is one of Gods Speciall AimesAims, in making all the Creatures ſerviceable one to another, and all of them to …

    John White · Commentary Upon Genesis 1-3 · p. 132 · Open in the reader

Britains Genius A96763

  • Printed
    AimesAims, but at his owne ſingle intereſt.
    With rule
    AimesAims, but at his owne ſingle intereſt.

    George Wither · Britains Genius · p. 68 · Open in the reader

A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath A96785

  • Printed
    Have ſecretlie their private AimesAims befriended,
    With rule
    Have ſecretlie their private AimesAims befriended,

    George Wither · A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath · p. 71 · Open in the reader

Faith and Experience B08802

  • Printed
    … that in death he ſhall be the Lords. The other, hath lived to himſelfe. 2. AimesAims at nothing in dying but himſelfe. 3. Knowes that if he dyes his ſoule ſinks …
    With rule
    … that in death he ſhall be the Lords. The other, hath lived to himſelfe. 2. AimesAims at nothing in dying but himſelfe. 3. Knowes that if he dyes his ſoule ſinks …

    John Collinges · Faith and Experience · p. 54 · Open in the reader