Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2581 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

perversenesseperverseness

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

Puritas changed it: 318 times in 181 works
Consistency: 97.2% (318 of 327)
Reach if approved: ~344 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: perverseness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 327 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (318 changes in 181 works, 97.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 318)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of ſinne, Iohn 3. partly from the love of the world, Mark. 10. 22. partly from the perverſeneſſeperverseness of our wils, Math. 23. 37.
With rule
… of ſinne, Iohn 3. partly from the love of the world, Mark. 10. 22. partly from the perverſeneſſeperverseness of our wils, Math. 23. 37.
Obadiah Sedgwick · Christs Counsel to His Languishing Church of Sardis · p. 194 · Open in the reader
Printed
… did in thoſe times towards their maſters: for all Antiquity teacheth, that it is perverſeneſſeperverseness to call that obedience wherein the obedience to God is forgone to obey man …
With rule
… did in thoſe times towards their maſters: for all Antiquity teacheth, that it is perverſeneſſeperverseness to call that obedience wherein the obedience to God is forgone to obey man …
Richard Byfield · The Doctrine of the Sabbath Vindicated · p. 178 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and errour, your hearts by pride and hardneſſe, your wils by tranſporting paſſions and perverſeneſſeperverseness; and ſo your lives by open wickedneſſe; Imitating your Leader, and going up and …
With rule
… and errour, your hearts by pride and hardneſſe, your wils by tranſporting paſſions and perverſeneſſeperverseness; and ſo your lives by open wickedneſſe; Imitating your Leader, and going up and …
Richard Baxter · The Quakers Catechism · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… obliquity in the body, and ſo is applied to the ſoul, and doth denote perverſeneſſeperverseness in him that ſinneth, and to this may anſwer foreign where the particle foreign is not …
With rule
… obliquity in the body, and ſo is applied to the ſoul, and doth denote perverſeneſſeperverseness in him that ſinneth, and to this may anſwer foreign where the particle foreign is not …
Anthony Burgess · The True Doctrine of Justification Asserted and Vindicated · p. 129 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and toile themſelves in ſerving and ſatisfying their luſts. Numb. 23. 21. I have ſeen no perverſeneſſeperverseness in Iſrael. God did not finde them laboriouſly and induſtriouſly wicked at that time …
With rule
… and toile themſelves in ſerving and ſatisfying their luſts. Numb. 23. 21. I have ſeen no perverſeneſſeperverseness in Iſrael. God did not finde them laboriouſly and induſtriouſly wicked at that time …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 4-7 · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
… proceed from any anger, but from love to the person, and griefe for the perversenesseperverseness of Alexius. Hee protested he would no more break his sleep, he would steere …
With rule
… proceed from any anger, but from love to the person, and griefe for the perversenesseperverseness of Alexius. Hee protested he would no more break his sleep, he would steere …
Thomas Fuller · The Unfortunate Politician · Open in the reader
Printed
… to oblige us, yet it will be both our wisdome and piety, (considering the perversenesseperverseness and deceitfulnesse of our own hearts) by voluntary vows ▪ to impose upon our selves …
With rule
… to oblige us, yet it will be both our wisdome and piety, (considering the perversenesseperverseness and deceitfulnesse of our own hearts) by voluntary vows ▪ to impose upon our selves …
Nathaniel Hardy · The Pious Votary and Prudent Traveler · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… way, and aims at a wrong haven, he now sins out of will and perversenesseperverseness. There are many sins of this nature, as swearing, when there is no Temptation …
With rule
… way, and aims at a wrong haven, he now sins out of will and perversenesseperverseness. There are many sins of this nature, as swearing, when there is no Temptation …
John Preston · The Saints Qualification · p. 95 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Lifes Preservative Against Self-Killing A13280

Printed
PerverſeneſſePerverseness of man. Page 170
With rule
PerverſeneſſePerverseness of man. Page 170
John Sym · Lifes Preservative Against Self-Killing · Open in the reader

A Treatise of the Covenant of Grace A30345

Printed
… if the roots be not plucked up, good corne requireth tillage and ſowing both. PerverſeneſſePerverseness is naturall to man corrupt and ſinfull, and will encreaſe of it ſelfe: but …
With rule
… if the roots be not plucked up, good corne requireth tillage and ſowing both. PerverſeneſſePerverseness is naturall to man corrupt and ſinfull, and will encreaſe of it ſelfe: but …
John Ball · A Treatise of the Covenant of Grace · p. 187 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Genesis 1-3 A65748

Printed
… of the Soul in all the parts thereof, Blindneſſe in the Underſtanding, Rebellion and PerverſeneſſePerverseness in the Will, Bondage and ſlavery in the Affections; Diſtemper and Diſtraction in the …
With rule
… of the Soul in all the parts thereof, Blindneſſe in the Underſtanding, Rebellion and PerverſeneſſePerverseness in the Will, Bondage and ſlavery in the Affections; Diſtemper and Diſtraction in the …
John White · Commentary Upon Genesis 1-3 · p. 69 · Open in the reader