Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2553 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

fiercenessefierceness

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

Puritas changed it: 759 times in 426 works
Consistency: 98.0% (759 of 774)
Reach if approved: ~813 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: fierceness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 774 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (759 changes in 426 works, 98.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 759)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Diuell, the curſe of the Law, the ſtrangeneſſe and greatneſſe of that ſinne, the fierceneſſefierceness of Gods anger againſt ſinne, in giuing the Law, in puniſhing without reſpect all …
With rule
… Diuell, the curſe of the Law, the ſtrangeneſſe and greatneſſe of that ſinne, the fierceneſſefierceness of Gods anger againſt ſinne, in giuing the Law, in puniſhing without reſpect all …
Richard Bernard · The Faithful Shepherd · p. 69 · Open in the reader
Printed
… low Countries? In our owne country, who but strangers at home are ignorāt what fiercenessefierceness, feares, and fires, were raised to consume the innocent bodies of the Saints liuing …
With rule
… low Countries? In our owne country, who but strangers at home are ignorāt what fiercenessefierceness, feares, and fires, were raised to consume the innocent bodies of the Saints liuing …
William Perkins · Exposition of Jude · p. 161 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Come and tell a dying man that hath felt the bitternesse of sin, the fiercenessefierceness of Gods wrath, such a man would come as an hungry man to it …
With rule
… Come and tell a dying man that hath felt the bitternesse of sin, the fiercenessefierceness of Gods wrath, such a man would come as an hungry man to it …
John Preston · The Saints Qualification · p. 92 · Open in the reader
Printed
… from your covenant with God, and have gained this loſſe and harme which by fierceneſſefierceness of the plague hath befallen us. You ſhould (as hath beene noted of Iob …
With rule
… from your covenant with God, and have gained this loſſe and harme which by fierceneſſefierceness of the plague hath befallen us. You ſhould (as hath beene noted of Iob …
William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… persons, to our profession, makes them thinke the better of both: it breakes the fiercenessefierceness of the roughest nature, and makes a stranger, nay, an enemy to become a …
With rule
… persons, to our profession, makes them thinke the better of both: it breakes the fiercenessefierceness of the roughest nature, and makes a stranger, nay, an enemy to become a …
Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 184 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the diſpleaſure of the Almighty ſtick deepeſt in him, and he finds the fierceneſſefierceness of Gods wrath burning in his heart, and that all his ſins which have …
With rule
… of the diſpleaſure of the Almighty ſtick deepeſt in him, and he finds the fierceneſſefierceness of Gods wrath burning in his heart, and that all his ſins which have …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Humiliation · p. 122 · Open in the reader
Printed
… from entring that holy place. See Numb. 14.29.30.31.32. Chewing on ſuch words, will tame the fierceneſſefierceness of vnbeliefe.
With rule
… from entring that holy place. See Numb. 14.29.30.31.32. Chewing on ſuch words, will tame the fierceneſſefierceness of vnbeliefe.
Paul Baynes · The Spiritual Armor · p. 200 · Open in the reader
Printed
… did plainly mocke God, and did exalt hir ſelfe againſt him with an intollerable fierceneſſefierceness and cruelneſſe. But ſcantly the heauen had giuen hir cléereneſſe the next day morning …
With rule
… did plainly mocke God, and did exalt hir ſelfe againſt him with an intollerable fierceneſſefierceness and cruelneſſe. But ſcantly the heauen had giuen hir cléereneſſe the next day morning …
Philipp Melanchthon · Of Two Popish Monsters – A Popish Ass and a Monkish Calf · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (15)

10 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.

The Purple Island A00977

Printed
FiercenesseFierceness alli'd with Turkish Majestie;
With rule
FiercenesseFierceness alli'd with Turkish Majestie;
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 66 · Open in the reader

Gods Three Arrows A01974

Printed
… ſundry Metaphors and Epithites are added thereto: as wrathfull anger, Heate of great anger, FierceneſſeFierceness of great wrath, Fury of anger; and his anger is ſaid to waxe hot …
With rule
… ſundry Metaphors and Epithites are added thereto: as wrathfull anger, Heate of great anger, FierceneſſeFierceness of great wrath, Fury of anger; and his anger is ſaid to waxe hot …
William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · p. 68 · Open in the reader

Three Treatises A10659

Printed
1. FiercenesseFierceness and rage. 167
With rule
1. FiercenesseFierceness and rage. 167
Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · Open in the reader

Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul A10663

Printed
… in the Tongue, Tumour and Inflammation in the Heart▪ Fire in the Eyes, and FiercenesseFierceness and Palenesse in the Countenance, and a sensible alteration in the whole man. The …
With rule
… in the Tongue, Tumour and Inflammation in the Heart▪ Fire in the Eyes, and FiercenesseFierceness and Palenesse in the Countenance, and a sensible alteration in the whole man. The …
Edward Reynolds · Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul · p. 316 · Open in the reader

A Childs Patrimony A15695

Printed
… Boltons words, with ſome uſe of the whole to all Parents, to page 26. II. FierceneſſeFierceness, whoſe fruit it is, and how much it hinders, to pag. 27. It helps not …
With rule
… Boltons words, with ſome uſe of the whole to all Parents, to page 26. II. FierceneſſeFierceness, whoſe fruit it is, and how much it hinders, to pag. 27. It helps not …
Hezekiah Woodward · A Childs Patrimony · Open in the reader

Exposition of Proverbs 15-17 A20556

Printed
… moderation, with ſuch geſtures, lookes, and behauiour, as well beſeemeth the ſonnes of wiſdome. FierceneſſeFierceness, frowning, lowring, lightneſſe, muſt be as heedfully auoided as complainants, that will bee ready …
With rule
… moderation, with ſuch geſtures, lookes, and behauiour, as well beſeemeth the ſonnes of wiſdome. FierceneſſeFierceness, frowning, lowring, lightneſſe, muſt be as heedfully auoided as complainants, that will bee ready …
John Dod · Exposition of Proverbs 15-17 · p. 152 · Open in the reader

The Resurrection Revealed A44277

Printed
… rule them with a rod of iron, and he TREADETH THE WINEPRESSE OF THE FIERCENESSEFIERCENESS and VVRATH OF ALMIGHTY GOD. And hee hath on his veſture, and on his …
With rule
… rule them with a rod of iron, and he TREADETH THE WINEPRESSE OF THE FIERCENESSEFIERCENESS and VVRATH OF ALMIGHTY GOD. And hee hath on his veſture, and on his …
Nathanael Homes · The Resurrection Revealed · p. 222 · Open in the reader

A Practical and Polemical Commentary Upon 2 Timothy 3-4 A45335

Printed
13. Their FiercenesseFierceness appears by their cruell Massacres in England, Ireland France, Savoy, and amongst the poor …
With rule
13. Their FiercenesseFierceness appears by their cruell Massacres in England, Ireland France, Savoy, and amongst the poor …
Thomas Hall · A Practical and Polemical Commentary Upon 2 Timothy 3-4 · p. 15 · Open in the reader

Of the Childs Portion A67002

Printed
… s words, with ſome uſe of the whole to all Parents, to page 26. II. FierceneſſeFierceness, whoſe fruit it is, and how much it hinders, to pag. 27. It helps not …
With rule
… s words, with ſome uſe of the whole to all Parents, to page 26. II. FierceneſſeFierceness, whoſe fruit it is, and how much it hinders, to pag. 27. It helps not …
Hezekiah Woodward · Of the Childs Portion · Open in the reader

A Sons Patrimony and Daughters Portion A67005

Printed
… Boltons words, with ſome uſe of the whole to all Parents, to page 26. II. FierceneſſeFierceness, whoſe fruit it is, and how much it hinders, to pag. 27. It helps not …
With rule
… Boltons words, with ſome uſe of the whole to all Parents, to page 26. II. FierceneſſeFierceness, whoſe fruit it is, and how much it hinders, to pag. 27. It helps not …
Hezekiah Woodward · A Sons Patrimony and Daughters Portion · Open in the reader