Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2473 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

plainnesseplainness

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

Puritas changed it: 568 times in 369 works
Consistency: 97.9% (568 of 580)
Reach if approved: ~609 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: plainness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 580 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (568 changes in 369 works, 97.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 568)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… their soules. What defences was Saint Paul driven to make for himselfe, for his plainnesseplainness in unfolding the Gospell? The more CHRIST in himselfe, and in his servants shall …
With rule
… their soules. What defences was Saint Paul driven to make for himselfe, for his plainnesseplainness in unfolding the Gospell? The more CHRIST in himselfe, and in his servants shall …
Richard Sibbes · The Bruised Reed · p. 205 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fyrst calle to remembraunce, what matter we haue in hāde and then with like plainnesseplainness declare, what playne order we ent…nde to take in discussyng of the same …
With rule
… fyrst calle to remembraunce, what matter we haue in hāde and then with like plainnesseplainness declare, what playne order we ent…nde to take in discussyng of the same …
William Fulke · Anti-Prognostication · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Homer, Virgil, Cicero, Ariſtotle, but of out the Sacred Scriptures, with all poſsible plainneſſeplainness, fit for mens capacities. And for mine owne part, I thinke Gods Miniſters ſhould …
With rule
… of Homer, Virgil, Cicero, Ariſtotle, but of out the Sacred Scriptures, with all poſsible plainneſſeplainness, fit for mens capacities. And for mine owne part, I thinke Gods Miniſters ſhould …
Alexander Grosse · Deaths Deliverance and Elijahs Fiery Chariot · Open in the reader
Printed
… Word, that makes most against him: he likes that Preacher best, that (with most plainnesseplainness and power) discouereth and rebuketh his sinnes, so he do it by the Word …
With rule
… Word, that makes most against him: he likes that Preacher best, that (with most plainnesseplainness and power) discouereth and rebuketh his sinnes, so he do it by the Word …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 469 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſtudied for curious vvordes & eloquēt phraſes, the cauſe thereof is, for that I preferre plainneſſeplainness vvith profit, before much curioſitie vvith ſmaller commoditie, ſo that I nothinge at all …
With rule
… ſtudied for curious vvordes & eloquēt phraſes, the cauſe thereof is, for that I preferre plainneſſeplainness vvith profit, before much curioſitie vvith ſmaller commoditie, ſo that I nothinge at all …
Martin Luther · Collected Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
… I aimed at thy profit, remembring that I directed beginners, for whom ſhortneſſe and plainneſſeplainness are moſt fitting.
With rule
… I aimed at thy profit, remembring that I directed beginners, for whom ſhortneſſe and plainneſſeplainness are moſt fitting.
Elnathan Parr · Abba Father · Open in the reader
Printed
So that to worship GOD in spirit, is, to have a plainnesseplainness, and sincerity in our worshipping him, that is, to doe it heartily what we …
With rule
So that to worship GOD in spirit, is, to have a plainnesseplainness, and sincerity in our worshipping him, that is, to doe it heartily what we …
John Preston · Life Eternal · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Word of God a right, opening and applying of it with that wiſdome, plainneſſeplainness, ſimplicity, and power, which will preuaile more with thoſe that truely feare God, then …
With rule
… the Word of God a right, opening and applying of it with that wiſdome, plainneſſeplainness, ſimplicity, and power, which will preuaile more with thoſe that truely feare God, then …
Richard Rogers · Samuels Encounter with Saul · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Plea for Grace A09277

Printed
PlainnessePlainness of speech and matter to be vsed in preaching of Gods Word. Pref. 22. 23
With rule
PlainnessePlainness of speech and matter to be vsed in preaching of Gods Word. Pref. 22. 23
William Pemble · A Plea for Grace · Open in the reader

Christs Victory Over the Dragon A13533

Printed
4 PlainnessePlainness and opennesse: that men may know, what they witnesse: that their testimony may be …
With rule
4 PlainnessePlainness and opennesse: that men may know, what they witnesse: that their testimony may be …
Thomas Taylor · Christs Victory Over the Dragon · p. 853 · Open in the reader

Opening of the Ten Commandments A15011

Printed
2. PlainneſſePlainness and freedome of ſpeech in a louing and with all open admoniſhing each other …
With rule
2. PlainneſſePlainness and freedome of ſpeech in a louing and with all open admoniſhing each other …
William Whately · Opening of the Ten Commandments · p. 101 · Open in the reader

Inquiry into Grounds for the Infallibility of the Pope and Church of Rome A29039

Printed
And thus I have, with as much Brevity and PlainneſſePlainness, as the ſubject would beare, enquired into the Grounds, whereupon the Popes Infallibility is …
With rule
And thus I have, with as much Brevity and PlainneſſePlainness, as the ſubject would beare, enquired into the Grounds, whereupon the Popes Infallibility is …
Edward Bagshaw · Inquiry into Grounds for the Infallibility of the Pope and Church of Rome · p. 43 · Open in the reader

Westminster Annotations A36467

Printed
deceitfully] PlainnessePlainness and sinceritie was the praise of their father, Gen. 25. 27. and deceitfull dealing is the …
With rule
deceitfully] PlainnessePlainness and sinceritie was the praise of their father, Gen. 25. 27. and deceitfull dealing is the …
John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

Israels Prayer in Time of Trouble A57143

Printed
5. In regard of the Smoothnesse, PlainnessePlainness, Perspicuousnesse of them, in the which men may walke surely, easily, without danger of …
With rule
5. In regard of the Smoothnesse, PlainnessePlainness, Perspicuousnesse of them, in the which men may walke surely, easily, without danger of …
Edward Reynolds · Israels Prayer in Time of Trouble · p. 133 · Open in the reader

Commentary on the Epistles and Revelation of John A63065

Printed
Verſe 12. PlainneſſePlainness of speech] Or, much evidence, as Ioh. 10.24. and 11.14. and 16.29. with much perſpicuity and authority …
With rule
Verſe 12. PlainneſſePlainness of speech] Or, much evidence, as Ioh. 10.24. and 11.14. and 16.29. with much perſpicuity and authority …
John Trapp · Commentary on the Epistles and Revelation of John · p. 138 · Open in the reader