Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2712 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

rackerack

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

Puritas changed it: 557 times in 309 works
Consistency: 89.8% (557 of 620)
Reach if approved: ~651 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: rack
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 620 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (557 changes in 309 works, 89.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 557)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… hide their faces, to name merits is then to lay their soules vpon the rackerack, the memorie of their own deeds is lothsome vnto them, they forsake all things …
With rule
… hide their faces, to name merits is then to lay their soules vpon the rackerack, the memorie of their own deeds is lothsome vnto them, they forsake all things …
Richard Hooker · Justification Works and How the Foundation of Faith is Overthrown · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Popiſh Church-government, all the world ſeeth, and the Goſpell rueth. What meaneth the rackerack and the wracke of many conſciences, viz. the Oath ex officio? What, the Biſhops …
With rule
… Popiſh Church-government, all the world ſeeth, and the Goſpell rueth. What meaneth the rackerack and the wracke of many conſciences, viz. the Oath ex officio? What, the Biſhops …
Henry Jacob · Attestation of Many Learned Godly and Famous Divines · p. 310 · Open in the reader
Printed
… any tenement, & let it out againe to the pore man, O how do they rackerack it, and stretche out the rentes therof, almost from a peny to a pounde …
With rule
… any tenement, & let it out againe to the pore man, O how do they rackerack it, and stretche out the rentes therof, almost from a peny to a pounde …
Thomas Becon · The Fortress of the Faithful Against the Cruel Assaults of Poverty and Hunger · Open in the reader
Printed
… It is no maruaile, if diuers many yeares together are not taken from the rackerack of the Lordes viſitation, ſeeing they will not confeſſe their iniquities to him, as …
With rule
… It is no maruaile, if diuers many yeares together are not taken from the rackerack of the Lordes viſitation, ſeeing they will not confeſſe their iniquities to him, as …
Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 243 · Open in the reader
Printed
… d could not but bee more sad when hee was let downe from the rackerack.
With rule
… d could not but bee more sad when hee was let downe from the rackerack.
Phineas Fletcher · Joy in Tribulation · p. 206 · Open in the reader
Printed
… latter age produced it, that at the hearing of Confeſſions, when they begin to rackerack mens Conſciences by recitall of offences againſt the firſt Table of the Decalogue, the …
With rule
… latter age produced it, that at the hearing of Confeſſions, when they begin to rackerack mens Conſciences by recitall of offences againſt the firſt Table of the Decalogue, the …
John Gee · Hold Fast · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… reuiling and diſgraceful ſpeeches, let not loſſe of goods, loſſe of friends, impriſonment, baniſhment, rackerack, ſtrapadoe, ſword, halter, fire, or any thing elſe, make thee ſtart from thy Sauiour …
With rule
… reuiling and diſgraceful ſpeeches, let not loſſe of goods, loſſe of friends, impriſonment, baniſhment, rackerack, ſtrapadoe, ſword, halter, fire, or any thing elſe, make thee ſtart from thy Sauiour …
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 551 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his apparell, leauing him scarcelye his shirt on, and bound very hard to the rackerack, Frauncis y^e Popes nephewe stoode by and laughed at this miserable sight without all …
With rule
… his apparell, leauing him scarcelye his shirt on, and bound very hard to the rackerack, Frauncis y^e Popes nephewe stoode by and laughed at this miserable sight without all …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (63)

37 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 31 are listed here. 26 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Works A02178

Printed
… to applie this to our selues: if the Magistrate should bring v…to the RackeRack or torture, to betray the good cause of God, or innocencie of our brethren …
With rule
… to applie this to our selues: if the Magistrate should bring v…to the RackeRack or torture, to betray the good cause of God, or innocencie of our brethren …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 577 · Open in the reader

A Divine Discovery of Sincerity A06161

Printed
… comforter, this ſoule cannot but reioyce, though bleeding upon a Pillory, groaning upon a RackeRack, dying upon a Croſſe, and condemned by wiſe men for a foole, in ſtanding …
With rule
… comforter, this ſoule cannot but reioyce, though bleeding upon a Pillory, groaning upon a RackeRack, dying upon a Croſſe, and condemned by wiſe men for a foole, in ſtanding …
Nicholas Lockyer · A Divine Discovery of Sincerity · p. 137 · Open in the reader

Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny A07225

Printed
Then they put mee vpon the RackeRack and kept me there a long time, because I would not confesse any Gentlewomen …
With rule
Then they put mee vpon the RackeRack and kept me there a long time, because I would not confesse any Gentlewomen …
John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 208 · Open in the reader

Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion A07769

Printed
… Gods mightie power, as wicked men diuers tymes doe when they be vpon the RackeRack. Now we bée come to the time or nere to the time that the …
With rule
… Gods mightie power, as wicked men diuers tymes doe when they be vpon the RackeRack. Now we bée come to the time or nere to the time that the …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 271 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Confession, and thereof we shall not yet fayle. Apollo therefore as one vppon the RackeRack, doth in many of his Oracles acknowledge the Souereine God, and to make the …
With rule
… Confession, and thereof we shall not yet fayle. Apollo therefore as one vppon the RackeRack, doth in many of his Oracles acknowledge the Souereine God, and to make the …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 404 · Open in the reader
Printed
… world: and there are many thousands of men which will rather dye vpon the RackeRack than deny him, yea or not preach him. I aske them vpon their consciences …
With rule
… world: and there are many thousands of men which will rather dye vpon the RackeRack than deny him, yea or not preach him. I aske them vpon their consciences …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 550 · Open in the reader

A Golden Chain A09339

Printed
… doubt of his saluation as long as he is in this life: behold a RackeRack or gybbet erected by the Church of Rome, for the tormenting of tender consciences …
With rule
… doubt of his saluation as long as he is in this life: behold a RackeRack or gybbet erected by the Church of Rome, for the tormenting of tender consciences …
William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 645 · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

Printed
… and Confession, the Baude. But to let this passe, and consider the former. What RackeRack or Rocke can Ocaca yeeld like to this, which the Councell of Trent hath …
With rule
… and Confession, the Baude. But to let this passe, and consider the former. What RackeRack or Rocke can Ocaca yeeld like to this, which the Councell of Trent hath …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 445 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Trent hath framed, that full Confession of all mortall sins (loe here the RackeRack) euen the very thoughts against the two last commandements, with the circumstances of the …
With rule
… of Trent hath framed, that full Confession of all mortall sins (loe here the RackeRack) euen the very thoughts against the two last commandements, with the circumstances of the …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 445 · Open in the reader

The Diseases of the Time A11070

Printed
… haue I seene a good Trotter make a bad Ambler, and fall into a RackeRack which is neyther of them both. Wherefore to draw all to a summe; Let …
With rule
… haue I seene a good Trotter make a bad Ambler, and fall into a RackeRack which is neyther of them both. Wherefore to draw all to a summe; Let …
Francis Rous · The Diseases of the Time · p. 390 · Open in the reader

Davids Repentance A12516

Printed
… learne, what an intollerable torment a wicked conſcience is, euen a Gibbet and a RackeRack to wound a man withall; and as a fearefull huy and cry, euery where …
With rule
… learne, what an intollerable torment a wicked conſcience is, euen a Gibbet and a RackeRack to wound a man withall; and as a fearefull huy and cry, euery where …
Samuel Smith · Davids Repentance · p. 193 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Hosea 6 A12523

Printed
… of goods, &c. and when their conſciences haue beene (as it were) vpon the RackeRack, they haue then made vowes vnto God, and promiſed reformation of life, that they …
With rule
… of goods, &c. and when their conſciences haue beene (as it were) vpon the RackeRack, they haue then made vowes vnto God, and promiſed reformation of life, that they …
Samuel Smith · Exposition of Hosea 6 · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſtormy nights of affliction, when the conſcience of a poore ſinner is vpon the RackeRack, and when a poore Soule ſhall ſee the anger of God againſt ſinne, ſee …
With rule
… ſtormy nights of affliction, when the conſcience of a poore ſinner is vpon the RackeRack, and when a poore Soule ſhall ſee the anger of God againſt ſinne, ſee …
Samuel Smith · Exposition of Hosea 6 · p. 152 · Open in the reader

The Life of Faith in Death Exemplified A14753

Printed
Here thou wouldest be loath to lye on the RackeRack from morning to night, to be wroung with the Collick for a few dayes …
With rule
Here thou wouldest be loath to lye on the RackeRack from morning to night, to be wroung with the Collick for a few dayes …
Samuel Ward · The Life of Faith in Death Exemplified · p. 87 · Open in the reader

Comforting Afflicted Consciences A16330

Printed
… their spirituall stare; they abhorre, … endure, it is to them a tor…ure, a RackeRack, the very beginning of Hell. And that is the reason, to decline the tings …
With rule
… their spirituall stare; they abhorre, … endure, it is to them a tor…ure, a RackeRack, the very beginning of Hell. And that is the reason, to decline the tings …
Robert Bolton · Comforting Afflicted Consciences · p. 96 · Open in the reader
Printed
… best actions, & holiest duties, &c. But Aliens, whē once they bee taken off the RackeRack, and their torture determine, either become just the same men they were before; or …
With rule
… best actions, & holiest duties, &c. But Aliens, whē once they bee taken off the RackeRack, and their torture determine, either become just the same men they were before; or …
Robert Bolton · Comforting Afflicted Consciences · p. 267 · Open in the reader
Printed
… then he will doe the one or the other, hee will abide upon the RackeRack of his spirituall torture unto his ending houre. Whereupon he directly addresseth and applies …
With rule
… then he will doe the one or the other, hee will abide upon the RackeRack of his spirituall torture unto his ending houre. Whereupon he directly addresseth and applies …
Robert Bolton · Comforting Afflicted Consciences · p. 324 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not, I will not. Whereupon Thou willfully, as it were, lies still upon the RackeRack of much spirituall terrour, and trouble of minde; And which is a miserable addition …
With rule
… not, I will not. Whereupon Thou willfully, as it were, lies still upon the RackeRack of much spirituall terrour, and trouble of minde; And which is a miserable addition …
Robert Bolton · Comforting Afflicted Consciences · p. 405 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Lord Iesus; and suffer still thy poore trembling Soule to lie unnecessarily upon the RackeRack of terrour? Sith thou gets and gaines nothing thereby; but, first, Gods dishonour: secondly …
With rule
… Lord Iesus; and suffer still thy poore trembling Soule to lie unnecessarily upon the RackeRack of terrour? Sith thou gets and gaines nothing thereby; but, first, Gods dishonour: secondly …
Robert Bolton · Comforting Afflicted Consciences · p. 423 · Open in the reader

Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God A16338

Printed
… intolerable vnthankefulnesse may bee iustly punished, and paide home with longer detainement, vpon the RackeRack of distrustfull slauish feare, and vnder the bondage of Legall terrours. It is a …
With rule
… intolerable vnthankefulnesse may bee iustly punished, and paide home with longer detainement, vpon the RackeRack of distrustfull slauish feare, and vnder the bondage of Legall terrours. It is a …
Robert Bolton · Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God · p. 380 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Ephesians A17705

Printed
… our consciences must needes daunt vs, and hold vs as it were vppon the RackeRack, by making vs too …eele that God settes himself ageinst vs as an enemy …
With rule
… our consciences must needes daunt vs, and hold vs as it were vppon the RackeRack, by making vs too …eele that God settes himself ageinst vs as an enemy …
John Calvin · Sermons on Ephesians · Open in the reader

Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions A20631

Printed
… all is by the strength of Cordials, it is but a Confession vpon the RackeRack, by which though wee come to knowe the malice of that man, yet wee …
With rule
… all is by the strength of Cordials, it is but a Confession vpon the RackeRack, by which though wee come to knowe the malice of that man, yet wee …
John Donne · Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions · p. 312 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

Printed
… for as muche as shee will confesse no more, haue her awaye to the RackeRack, and then shee will be marred. Then aunsweared a Priest that sate there, and …
With rule
… for as muche as shee will confesse no more, haue her awaye to the RackeRack, and then shee will be marred. Then aunsweared a Priest that sate there, and …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2066 · Open in the reader
Printed
… whether shee will confesse. There is no remedie, but shee muste needes to the RackeRack, and therefore away with her, and so commaunded her out of the doore, and …
With rule
… whether shee will confesse. There is no remedie, but shee muste needes to the RackeRack, and therefore away with her, and so commaunded her out of the doore, and …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2066 · Open in the reader
Printed
… her in againe, and sayde: Wilte thou not confesse, and keepe thee from the RackeRack? I aduise thee so to doe: for if thou wilt not, thou knowest not …
With rule
… her in againe, and sayde: Wilte thou not confesse, and keepe thee from the RackeRack? I aduise thee so to doe: for if thou wilt not, thou knowest not …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2066 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with her. Thou knowest what I sayde. Let her knowe the paine of the RackeRack. And so shee departed, thinking no lesse, but that she should haue gone to …
With rule
… with her. Thou knowest what I sayde. Let her knowe the paine of the RackeRack. And so shee departed, thinking no lesse, but that she should haue gone to …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2066 · Open in the reader
Printed
… so shee departed, thinking no lesse, but that she should haue gone to the RackeRack, till shee sawe the keeper tourne towarde the Clincke againe. And thus did God …
With rule
… so shee departed, thinking no lesse, but that she should haue gone to the RackeRack, till shee sawe the keeper tourne towarde the Clincke againe. And thus did God …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2066 · Open in the reader

The Baiting of the Pope_s Bull A69022

Printed
… good reſolution, and meditate of Heauen in the priſon, of a Crowne in the RackeRack, of immortality in death. Among the Britiſh Rockes of their ſhipwracke religion, Chriſts Croſſe …
With rule
… good reſolution, and meditate of Heauen in the priſon, of a Crowne in the RackeRack, of immortality in death. Among the Britiſh Rockes of their ſhipwracke religion, Chriſts Croſſe …
Henry Burton · The Baiting of the Pope_s Bull · Open in the reader
Printed
… good reſolution, and meditate of heauen in the priſon, of a crowne in the RackeRack, of immortalitiain death.
With rule
… good reſolution, and meditate of heauen in the priſon, of a crowne in the RackeRack, of immortalitiain death.
Henry Burton · The Baiting of the Pope_s Bull · p. 25 · Open in the reader

An Antidote Against Popery B09202

Printed
… the manner, obligation, and sacramentall necessitie of this their confession, hath made it a RackeRack to the conscience, and a politicke Pike-locke to know all secrets: which moved …
With rule
… the manner, obligation, and sacramentall necessitie of this their confession, hath made it a RackeRack to the conscience, and a politicke Pike-locke to know all secrets: which moved …
William Guild · An Antidote Against Popery · p. 160 · Open in the reader

Contemplations and Devotions B13985

Printed
… so insatiable a torture, as to throw innocence it selfe on so relentlesse a RackeRack, so endlesse a wheele, as the will of malice? to such a wilfull abandoning …
With rule
… so insatiable a torture, as to throw innocence it selfe on so relentlesse a RackeRack, so endlesse a wheele, as the will of malice? to such a wilfull abandoning …
Charles Herle · Contemplations and Devotions · p. 242 · Open in the reader