Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2584 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

prevailesprevails

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

Puritas changed it: 645 times in 343 works
Consistency: 99.6% (645 of 647)
Reach if approved: ~680 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: prevails
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 647 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (645 changes in 343 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 645)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… his temptations are great, and his strength to resist, little, and yet notwithstanding he prevailesprevails over them: Sathan is strong and subtill, now if we can stand against his …
With rule
… his temptations are great, and his strength to resist, little, and yet notwithstanding he prevailesprevails over them: Sathan is strong and subtill, now if we can stand against his …
Richard Sibbes · Yea and Amen · p. 75 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and maintaines them and their families, and ſets ſome of them before Pharaoh, and prevailesprevails to get them the Land of Goſhen to dwell in, and after their Fathers …
With rule
… and maintaines them and their families, and ſets ſome of them before Pharaoh, and prevailesprevails to get them the Land of Goſhen to dwell in, and after their Fathers …
William Whately · Prototypes · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… faith it is made acceptable to God, as Abels was, Hebr. 11. 4. By faith it prevailesprevails with God, as Iacobs did, Hoſ. 12. 4. By faith it turnes away Gods wrath, as …
With rule
… faith it is made acceptable to God, as Abels was, Hebr. 11. 4. By faith it prevailesprevails with God, as Iacobs did, Hoſ. 12. 4. By faith it turnes away Gods wrath, as …
William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · p. 261 · Open in the reader
Printed
3. The gloſſe and deceit whereby it prevailesprevails.
With rule
3. The gloſſe and deceit whereby it prevailesprevails.
Thomas Hooker · The Christians Two Chief Lessons · p. 213 · Open in the reader
Printed
… no ſpirituall good things; … counſell can take place with them, the word of God prevailesprevails not with them; O mourne for them therefore, they are in a miſerable eſtate …
With rule
… no ſpirituall good things; … counſell can take place with them, the word of God prevailesprevails not with them; O mourne for them therefore, they are in a miſerable eſtate …
Thomas Hooker · The Unbelievers Preparing for Christ · p. 110 · Open in the reader
Printed
… unlike himselfe for a fit, yet it is at that time when the flesh prevailesprevails; for now grace though it be there, yet sometimes it is laid asleepe, it …
With rule
… unlike himselfe for a fit, yet it is at that time when the flesh prevailesprevails; for now grace though it be there, yet sometimes it is laid asleepe, it …
John Preston · The Breastplate of Faith and Love · p. 195 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fleſh hath the upper hand of the ſpirit: ſometimes the carnall feare of man prevailesprevails againſt the filiall feare of GOD. When the Saints are thus ſhaken and winnowed …
With rule
… fleſh hath the upper hand of the ſpirit: ſometimes the carnall feare of man prevailesprevails againſt the filiall feare of GOD. When the Saints are thus ſhaken and winnowed …
William Price · The Souls Porter to Cast Out Sin · p. 66 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and likewise the guard of Angells then most neerly attend us; which course often prevailesprevails more against our spirituall enemies then direct oppo sition. It stands upon Christs honor …
With rule
… and likewise the guard of Angells then most neerly attend us; which course often prevailesprevails more against our spirituall enemies then direct oppo sition. It stands upon Christs honor …
Richard Sibbes · The Bruised Reed · p. 287 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Britains Remembrancer A15627

Printed
PrevailesPrevails wi…h her; Nor Hatred, nor Affection.
With rule
PrevailesPrevails wi…h her; Nor Hatred, nor Affection.
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader