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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2733 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

uncertaineuncertain

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

Puritas changed it
1,528 times in 535 works
Consistency
99.2% (1,528 of 1,539)
Reach if approved
~1,618 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: uncertain
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,540 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,528 changes in 535 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,528)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … tricke; they conſtrue the Creed all in generall termes for the Church; further than uncertaineuncertain hope, will ſay nothing of themſelves; for riches of knowledge, they thinke to be …
    With rule
    … tricke; they conſtrue the Creed all in generall termes for the Church; further than uncertaineuncertain hope, will ſay nothing of themſelves; for riches of knowledge, they thinke to be …

    Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Colossians 1 and 2 · p. 201 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … incertainety of things. Let us make the life to come sure; our life is uncertaineuncertain here; but have wee this spirituall life, are wee living men? then we are …
    With rule
    … incertainety of things. Let us make the life to come sure; our life is uncertaineuncertain here; but have wee this spirituall life, are wee living men? then we are …

    John Preston · Description of Spiritual Life and Death · p. 18 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … houre or minute of our Saviours resurrection, is to make it arbitrary and altogether uncertaineuncertain, because the very houre and minute of his resurrection is not, neither can it …
    With rule
    … houre or minute of our Saviours resurrection, is to make it arbitrary and altogether uncertaineuncertain, because the very houre and minute of his resurrection is not, neither can it …

    William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 638 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … in all things not contrary to the will of God; but the particular is uncertaineuncertain, whether the thing now commanded thee by the Magistrate be contrary to the will …
    With rule
    … in all things not contrary to the will of God; but the particular is uncertaineuncertain, whether the thing now commanded thee by the Magistrate be contrary to the will …

    Robert Sanderson · Two Sermons · p. 93 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … in the Scriptures takes notice of this pronenesse to false confidence: Trust not in uncertaineuncertain Riches. If Riches increase, set not your hearts on them. And man when he …
    With rule
    … in the Scriptures takes notice of this pronenesse to false confidence: Trust not in uncertaineuncertain Riches. If Riches increase, set not your hearts on them. And man when he …

    Richard Sibbes · Evangelical Sacrifices · p. 63 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … blessing the Lord Jesus for his love, and fruits of it, when he is uncertaineuncertain whether he shall be built upon, or dasht against this rocke? What strong consolation …
    With rule
    … blessing the Lord Jesus for his love, and fruits of it, when he is uncertaineuncertain whether he shall be built upon, or dasht against this rocke? What strong consolation …

    Phineas Fletcher · Joy in Tribulation · p. 247 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … with Idolaters, wicked men with wicked men make warre, the iſſue of warre is uncertaineuncertain: For, God engageth himſelfe on neither ſide; but now uſeth one ſide, then another …
    With rule
    … with Idolaters, wicked men with wicked men make warre, the iſſue of warre is uncertaineuncertain: For, God engageth himſelfe on neither ſide; but now uſeth one ſide, then another …

    William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · p. 290 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … and trafficking, borrowing, lending, &c. 2 We are not to examine Gods Lawes by the uncertaineuncertain rule of ſcandall taken by graceleſſe men , but rather by the holineſſe and uprightneſſe …
    With rule
    … and trafficking, borrowing, lending, &c. 2 We are not to examine Gods Lawes by the uncertaineuncertain rule of ſcandall taken by graceleſſe men , but rather by the holineſſe and uprightneſſe …

    Nathanael Homes · Usury is Injury Cleared · p. 39 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

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

A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture A00593

  • Printed
    UncertaineUncertain riches. Were our wealth tied to our life it were uncertaineuncertain enough: for what …
    With rule
    UncertaineUncertain riches. Were our wealth tied to our life it were uncertaineuncertain enough: for what …

    Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 428 · Open in the reader

The Souls Conflict With Itself A12198

  • Printed
    … to a staggering spirit that hath alwayes its religion, and its way to choose. UncertaineUncertain men are alwayes unquiet men, and giving too much way to passion maketh men …
    With rule
    … to a staggering spirit that hath alwayes its religion, and its way to choose. UncertaineUncertain men are alwayes unquiet men, and giving too much way to passion maketh men …

    Richard Sibbes · The Souls Conflict With Itself · p. 34 · Open in the reader

The Life of Justification Opened A29752

  • Printed
    … therefore, we cannot suppose, that all that was Procured & Purchased hereby, was a General, UncertaineUncertain, & meerly Possible thing. If it had a value & worth in it, (as no question …
    With rule
    … therefore, we cannot suppose, that all that was Procured & Purchased hereby, was a General, UncertaineUncertain, & meerly Possible thing. If it had a value & worth in it, (as no question …

    John Brown · The Life of Justification Opened · p. 554 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … time? To say, that all was suspended upon a condition, is to made all UncertaineUncertain: or we must say, that Christ's death did procure that Condition also: and then …
    With rule
    … time? To say, that all was suspended upon a condition, is to made all UncertaineUncertain: or we must say, that Christ's death did procure that Condition also: and then …

    John Brown · The Life of Justification Opened · p. 554 · Open in the reader

Observations Upon the Old Testament A57230

  • Printed
    the sonne of Tabeel] UncertaineUncertain who. verse 6 But whoever, a King to hold from and under them.
    With rule
    the sonne of Tabeel] UncertaineUncertain who. verse 6 But whoever, a King to hold from and under them.

    John Richardson · Observations Upon the Old Testament · p. 360 · Open in the reader

The Riches of Gods Love A64002

  • Printed
    … ſevere acts of holy diſcipline. But Cui bono? doe I all this at randome? UncertaineUncertain whether I ſhall get any good, or prevent any miſchiefe hereby? No, but I …
    With rule
    … ſevere acts of holy diſcipline. But Cui bono? doe I all this at randome? UncertaineUncertain whether I ſhall get any good, or prevent any miſchiefe hereby? No, but I …

    William Twisse · The Riches of Gods Love · p. 227 · Open in the reader

Demonology and Theology A86498

  • Printed
    … defeat his hopes: The Aſtrologers reply was, that THE RULES OF THAT ART WERE UNCERTAINEUNCERTAIN INDEED, NEITHER WAS THERE ANY CURE FOR IT: whereupon Maſter Brigs relinquiſht that ſtudy …
    With rule
    … defeat his hopes: The Aſtrologers reply was, that THE RULES OF THAT ART WERE UNCERTAINEUNCERTAIN INDEED, NEITHER WAS THERE ANY CURE FOR IT: whereupon Maſter Brigs relinquiſht that ſtudy …

    Nathanael Homes · Demonology and Theology · p. 116 · Open in the reader

Of the Divine Original Authority A90280

  • Printed
    … our Saviour had not Salvation among them. When they received their Pentateuch is uncertaineuncertain; UncertaineUncertain alſo how long they kept it; that they corrupted it whileſt they had it …
    With rule
    … our Saviour had not Salvation among them. When they received their Pentateuch is uncertaineuncertain; UncertaineUncertain alſo how long they kept it; that they corrupted it whileſt they had it …

    John Owen · Of the Divine Original Authority · p. 327 · Open in the reader