Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2720 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

scoffesscoffs

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

Puritas changed it: 460 times in 274 works
Consistency: 97.4% (460 of 472)
Reach if approved: ~496 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: scoffs
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 472 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (460 changes in 274 works, 97.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 460)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… haue done in ſuch a caſe. For mens vnthankfulneſſe and diſcouraging of vs with ſcoffesscoffs, doth cauſe vs many times to breake off good beginnings, whereas he was neither …
With rule
… haue done in ſuch a caſe. For mens vnthankfulneſſe and diſcouraging of vs with ſcoffesscoffs, doth cauſe vs many times to breake off good beginnings, whereas he was neither …
Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 397 · Open in the reader
Printed
… enter, for the way to heaven is not eaſie, he is like to meete ſcoffesscoffs, and ſcarres, and a thouſand Scarcrowes (for many thwarting inconvenience, and diſcouragements lie croſſe …
With rule
… enter, for the way to heaven is not eaſie, he is like to meete ſcoffesscoffs, and ſcarres, and a thouſand Scarcrowes (for many thwarting inconvenience, and diſcouragements lie croſſe …
John Stoughton · The Heavenly Conversation and Natural Mans Condition · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… any of us, to addres any answer thereunto; for if he had, his blasphemous scoffesscoffs had been more apparantly terminated upon the doctrine of the Holy Ghost as well …
With rule
… any of us, to addres any answer thereunto; for if he had, his blasphemous scoffesscoffs had been more apparantly terminated upon the doctrine of the Holy Ghost as well …
William Twisse · The Doctrine of the Synod of Dort · p. 134 · Open in the reader
Printed
… The inſolency of his adverſaries now flocking about his croſſe, and by their deriding ſcoffesscoffs and taunts powring ſharpeſt vinegar into his wounds. To endure that which man never …
With rule
… The inſolency of his adverſaries now flocking about his croſſe, and by their deriding ſcoffesscoffs and taunts powring ſharpeſt vinegar into his wounds. To endure that which man never …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 724 · Open in the reader
Printed
… This then muſt vp…old vs againſt all the ſcoffesscoffs and reproaches of the world, againſt our owne wants and infirmities, that wee be …
With rule
… This then muſt vp…old vs againſt all the ſcoffesscoffs and reproaches of the world, againſt our owne wants and infirmities, that wee be …
William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 61 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Ruffians follow him, ſathan by temptations laboureth to intangle him, the world by ſcoffesscoffs and reproaches labours to withdraw him from God and a good courſe; now ſend …
With rule
… of Ruffians follow him, ſathan by temptations laboureth to intangle him, the world by ſcoffesscoffs and reproaches labours to withdraw him from God and a good courſe; now ſend …
Thomas Hooker · The Christians Two Chief Lessons · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of a ſweet ingenuitie, and delightfull ſociableneſſe, opportunitie is found to beſtow ſome witty ſcoffesscoffs vpon thoſe parts of our Religion which lye moſt open to aduantage, and ſo …
With rule
… of a ſweet ingenuitie, and delightfull ſociableneſſe, opportunitie is found to beſtow ſome witty ſcoffesscoffs vpon thoſe parts of our Religion which lye moſt open to aduantage, and ſo …
Robert Jenison · The Height of Israels Heathenish Idolatry · p. 107 · Open in the reader
Printed
… doth here commend; then we are happy and blessed, in enduring these mockes and scoffesscoffs for Christ.
With rule
… doth here commend; then we are happy and blessed, in enduring these mockes and scoffesscoffs for Christ.
William Perkins · A Cloud of Faithful Witnesses · p. 414 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

5 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.

The Whole Armor of God A01979

Printed
ScoffesScoffs of wicked. 304
With rule
ScoffesScoffs of wicked. 304
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · Open in the reader

The Drunkards Character A15845

Printed
ScoffesScoffs beate off many from their profession, 532. the scoffer, commonly worse then the scoffed, 367. none …
With rule
ScoffesScoffs beate off many from their profession, 532. the scoffer, commonly worse then the scoffed, 367. none …
Richard Younge · The Drunkards Character · Open in the reader

Sin Stigmatized A15847

Printed
ScoffesScoffs beate off many from their profeſſion, 532. the ſcoffer, commonly worſe then the ſcoffed, 367. none …
With rule
ScoffesScoffs beate off many from their profeſſion, 532. the ſcoffer, commonly worſe then the ſcoffed, 367. none …
Richard Younge · Sin Stigmatized · Open in the reader

View of Some Exceptions Made by a Romanist A45471

Printed
… the letter [A] this Annotation was ſet in the Margent. [I know of neither ScoffesScoffs nor Triumphs.]
With rule
… the letter [A] this Annotation was ſet in the Margent. [I know of neither ScoffesScoffs nor Triumphs.]
Henry Hammond · View of Some Exceptions Made by a Romanist · p. 143 · Open in the reader

The Canterburians Self-Conviction A68103

Printed
Your ſecond paralell is wholie Jeſuitick, the throwing of holie Scriptures unto your wicked ScoffesScoffs at the gracious Servants of God, the laying to our charge imputations, which never …
With rule
Your ſecond paralell is wholie Jeſuitick, the throwing of holie Scriptures unto your wicked ScoffesScoffs at the gracious Servants of God, the laying to our charge imputations, which never …
Robert Baillie · The Canterburians Self-Conviction · p. 11 · Open in the reader