Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #25033 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

impuritieimpurity

ie for a final y, y for i: mercie → mercy, tyme → time.

Puritas changed it: 260 times in 148 works
Consistency: 95.9% (260 of 271)
Reach if approved: ~285 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: impurity
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 271 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (260 changes in 148 works, 95.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 260)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… greater, and more ſtiffe ſinners, then ſhee was. Wherefore let vs mourne for the impuritieimpurity which is now adayes in this caſe, and ſeeke to the Lord for a …
With rule
… greater, and more ſtiffe ſinners, then ſhee was. Wherefore let vs mourne for the impuritieimpurity which is now adayes in this caſe, and ſeeke to the Lord for a …
John Mayer · The English Catechism Explained · p. 179 · Open in the reader
Printed
… argue the want of this grace; for what can bee in the heart but impuritieimpurity and iniquitie, where there is no knowledge of the will of God in the …
With rule
… argue the want of this grace; for what can bee in the heart but impuritieimpurity and iniquitie, where there is no knowledge of the will of God in the …
William Perkins · Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
… parte of temperance, or note the breach of it as ioyned with wantonnesse and impuritieimpurity: next, among the kindes of adulterous lewdnesse howe filthie and monstrous a sinne against …
With rule
… parte of temperance, or note the breach of it as ioyned with wantonnesse and impuritieimpurity: next, among the kindes of adulterous lewdnesse howe filthie and monstrous a sinne against …
John Rainolds · The Overthrow of Stage Plays · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſuch who brag of their puritie in religiō, & yet they liue in a ſhameles impuritieimpurity of life: witneſſing to all the worlde, that they confeſſe Chriſt with their mouth …
With rule
… ſuch who brag of their puritie in religiō, & yet they liue in a ſhameles impuritieimpurity of life: witneſſing to all the worlde, that they confeſſe Chriſt with their mouth …
Archibald Simson · Samsons Seven Locks of Hair Compared to the Seven Spiritual Virtues · p. 56 · Open in the reader
Printed
… integritie, the puritie y^t we are bound to by his commandement, & the imperfection, y^e impuritieimpurity y^t is in vs, you coulde not iustly cōdemne him: god cōmaundeth vs to …
With rule
… integritie, the puritie y^t we are bound to by his commandement, & the imperfection, y^e impuritieimpurity y^t is in vs, you coulde not iustly cōdemne him: god cōmaundeth vs to …
Laurence Tomson · Answer to Assertions of Fecknam · Open in the reader
Printed
IN this Commandement, not onely the impuritieimpurity of the bodie, but of the soule also is forbidden, and chastitie commanded in …
With rule
IN this Commandement, not onely the impuritieimpurity of the bodie, but of the soule also is forbidden, and chastitie commanded in …
Andrew Willet · Commentary on Genesis and Exodus · p. 331 · Open in the reader
Printed
… but behold yet a greater iniquitie then this: Sathan hath so wouen his owne impuritieimpurity, with the pure Ordinance of God, that a Mariage, is accounted no Mariage, if …
With rule
… but behold yet a greater iniquitie then this: Sathan hath so wouen his owne impuritieimpurity, with the pure Ordinance of God, that a Mariage, is accounted no Mariage, if …
Thomas Gataker · Two Marriage Sermons · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
… beſéech thée to looke vpon vs. Let the puritie of his nature anſwere the impuritieimpurity of ours; the perfection of his obedience ſatiſfie for our imperfection: and the ſufficiencie …
With rule
… beſéech thée to looke vpon vs. Let the puritie of his nature anſwere the impuritieimpurity of ours; the perfection of his obedience ſatiſfie for our imperfection: and the ſufficiencie …
Robert Hill · The Pathway to Prayer and Piety · p. 277 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

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

A Golden Chain A09339

Printed
ImpuritieImpurity of conscience. 18,19
With rule
ImpuritieImpurity of conscience. 18,19
William Perkins · A Golden Chain · Open in the reader

Exposition of 1 Thessalonians A11591

Printed
… particulars oppoſite to ſinceritie, which Paul remooues from him: they are, Firſt, Impoſture. Secondly, ImpuritieImpurity. Thirdly, Guile. The Interpretations are many: this I thinke beſt, that the two firſt …
With rule
… particulars oppoſite to ſinceritie, which Paul remooues from him: they are, Firſt, Impoſture. Secondly, ImpuritieImpurity. Thirdly, Guile. The Interpretations are many: this I thinke beſt, that the two firſt …
William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · p. 114 · Open in the reader

A Prospective Glass to Look into Heaven A14380

Printed
But not to Sinnes euen least ImpuritieImpurity;
With rule
But not to Sinnes euen least ImpuritieImpurity;
John Vicars · A Prospective Glass to Look into Heaven · Open in the reader

Westminster Annotations A36467

Printed
their mind and conscience i… defiled] ImpuritieImpurity and uncleannesse doth not consist in the outward abstinence from any meats, or the …
With rule
their mind and conscience i… defiled] ImpuritieImpurity and uncleannesse doth not consist in the outward abstinence from any meats, or the …
John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader