Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2480 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

shrinkeshrink

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

Puritas changed it: 704 times in 339 works
Consistency: 99.0% (704 of 711)
Reach if approved: ~747 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: shrink
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 711 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (704 changes in 339 works, 99.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 704)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… withdraw him into naps of ſpirituall forgetfulneſſe; little ſnibs diſmay him, and make him ſhrinkeshrink in; little things make him doubt of Gods loue to him; yea, of his …
With rule
… withdraw him into naps of ſpirituall forgetfulneſſe; little ſnibs diſmay him, and make him ſhrinkeshrink in; little things make him doubt of Gods loue to him; yea, of his …
Paul Baynes · A Caveat for Cold Christians · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… f persecution is laid vpon thee for the word of God. looke that thou shrinkeshrink not backe from the truthe nor discourage thy selfe. but think thy selfe blessed …
With rule
… f persecution is laid vpon thee for the word of God. looke that thou shrinkeshrink not backe from the truthe nor discourage thy selfe. but think thy selfe blessed …
Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · Open in the reader
Printed
… diſgrace, rebukes of men, and cruell perſecutions follow the profeſſion of his Name, & Goſpell, ſhrinkeshrink not, neither be aſhamed: he is able, and will both beare thée out, aſſiſt …
With rule
… diſgrace, rebukes of men, and cruell perſecutions follow the profeſſion of his Name, & Goſpell, ſhrinkeshrink not, neither be aſhamed: he is able, and will both beare thée out, aſſiſt …
Elnathan Parr · The Grounds of Divinity · p. 190 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for the destruction of it: that all the blossomes of grace may dwindle and shrinkeshrink away, as bloomes in a nipping Frost: and all our comforts runne from vs …
With rule
… for the destruction of it: that all the blossomes of grace may dwindle and shrinkeshrink away, as bloomes in a nipping Frost: and all our comforts runne from vs …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 158 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a Coward? Alas! that which would haue ouerwhelmed man, would not haue made him shrinkeshrink: that which he feared, no mortall man but himselfe euer felt. Yet hee feared …
With rule
… a Coward? Alas! that which would haue ouerwhelmed man, would not haue made him shrinkeshrink: that which he feared, no mortall man but himselfe euer felt. Yet hee feared …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 169 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fret and chafe, when in paine we rage and cry, when in pouertie we ſhrinkeshrink and ſhiuer, when in perſecution we quake and tremble, when in our callings we …
With rule
… fret and chafe, when in paine we rage and cry, when in pouertie we ſhrinkeshrink and ſhiuer, when in perſecution we quake and tremble, when in our callings we …
Robert Harris · The Blessedness of a Sound Spirit · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Christ, and the high and account hee made of him, that hee would not shrinkeshrink from him nor forgoe the comfort and sweetnesse he found in him. 3. That he …
With rule
… Christ, and the high and account hee made of him, that hee would not shrinkeshrink from him nor forgoe the comfort and sweetnesse he found in him. 3. That he …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 607 · Open in the reader
Printed
… appointed it for him. Wherefore in no wiſe ought he ſo to ſhunne and ſhrinkeshrink from his meere bodily paines, if they were no greater, which hee ſuffered. If …
With rule
… appointed it for him. Wherefore in no wiſe ought he ſo to ſhunne and ſhrinkeshrink from his meere bodily paines, if they were no greater, which hee ſuffered. If …
Henry Jacob · Defense of a Treatise Touching the Suffering and Victory of Christ · p. 104 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

Printed
… possesse it as the Lord the God of thy fathers hath saide vnto thee. ShrinkeShrink not, neither be afraide.
With rule
… possesse it as the Lord the God of thy fathers hath saide vnto thee. ShrinkeShrink not, neither be afraide.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 24 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Galatians A17706

Printed
¶ ShrinkeShrink.
With rule
¶ ShrinkeShrink.
John Calvin · Sermons on Galatians · Open in the reader
Printed
Of ſuch as ShrinkeShrink in Chriſtes quarrell and their reward in the end 316. a. 18. b and 317. a.
With rule
Of ſuch as ShrinkeShrink in Chriſtes quarrell and their reward in the end 316. a. 18. b and 317. a.
John Calvin · Sermons on Galatians · Open in the reader

A Subpoena from the High Imperial Court of Heaven A19521

Printed
SHrinkeShrink not from this Subpaena, which is pend;
With rule
SHrinkeShrink not from this Subpaena, which is pend;
John Andrewes · A Subpoena from the High Imperial Court of Heaven · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

Printed
Therefore as I beganne, I exhort you in the Lorde, not to be afrayd. ShrinkeShrink not my brethren, mistrust not God, bee of good comforte, reioyce in the Lord …
With rule
Therefore as I beganne, I exhort you in the Lorde, not to be afrayd. ShrinkeShrink not my brethren, mistrust not God, bee of good comforte, reioyce in the Lord …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1700 · Open in the reader