Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2833 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

godlessegodless

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

Puritas changed it: 591 times in 300 works
Consistency: 91.0% (591 of 649)
Reach if approved: ~682 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: godless
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 649 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (591 changes in 300 works, 91.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 591)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… blind errours and deadlie ſleepe of Antichriſtianiſme. And laſt, how by Gods trueth, theſe godleſſegodless kingdomes, ſhall be extinguiſhed, and Chriſt ſhal come to iudge all men according to …
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… blind errours and deadlie ſleepe of Antichriſtianiſme. And laſt, how by Gods trueth, theſe godleſſegodless kingdomes, ſhall be extinguiſhed, and Chriſt ſhal come to iudge all men according to …
John Napier · The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises · p. 231 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſo doing hee ſhoulde both ſaue himſelfe and thoſe that heard him. But this godleſſegodless man, that indeede hee might ſhewe himſelfe not vnlike that ſonne of perdition, of …
With rule
… ſo doing hee ſhoulde both ſaue himſelfe and thoſe that heard him. But this godleſſegodless man, that indeede hee might ſhewe himſelfe not vnlike that ſonne of perdition, of …
John Penry · Reformation Unjustly Charged as Enemies · Open in the reader
Printed
… times spent whole dayes and nights in prayer: let us not take up this godlessegodless practise now, which will keepe us off from God and better things. But let …
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… times spent whole dayes and nights in prayer: let us not take up this godlessegodless practise now, which will keepe us off from God and better things. But let …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 638 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for the Chriſtians ſake, but by way of defiance againſt the Atheiſt, and ſuch godleſſegodless people as ſay in their hearts; There is no God, no ſoule, no life …
With rule
… for the Chriſtians ſake, but by way of defiance againſt the Atheiſt, and ſuch godleſſegodless people as ſay in their hearts; There is no God, no ſoule, no life …
Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 199 · Open in the reader
Printed
… I ſaye, a religious man: for I ſpeake not of the ſuperſtitious Papiſt, the godleſſegodless Atheiſt, nor the ſchiſmatical Browniſt) when he ſhall loſe the libertie of his conſcience …
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… I ſaye, a religious man: for I ſpeake not of the ſuperſtitious Papiſt, the godleſſegodless Atheiſt, nor the ſchiſmatical Browniſt) when he ſhall loſe the libertie of his conſcience …
Francis Hastings · A Watch-Word to All Religious and True Hearted Englishmen · p. 112 · Open in the reader
Printed
… David cōfesseth thus of him selfe, I grieved to see the great prosperitie of godlessegodless men how they flourish and go vntoucht. Psal. 73. Himselfe hereby openeth both our common …
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… David cōfesseth thus of him selfe, I grieved to see the great prosperitie of godlessegodless men how they flourish and go vntoucht. Psal. 73. Himselfe hereby openeth both our common …
Richard Hooker · A Remedy Against Sorrow and Fear · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſentence againſt any man, be his heart neuer ſo graceleſſe, his life neuer ſo godleſſegodless. For, if the great God of heauen bloweth with his Spirit where he liſteth …
With rule
… ſentence againſt any man, be his heart neuer ſo graceleſſe, his life neuer ſo godleſſegodless. For, if the great God of heauen bloweth with his Spirit where he liſteth …
Thomas Barnes · The Gales of Grace · p. 106 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the diuell neuer to be good; This is the fruit of infidelitie, and thus godlessegodless professors demeane themselues, as if Barrahas had suffered, and Christ had beene let goe …
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… the diuell neuer to be good; This is the fruit of infidelitie, and thus godlessegodless professors demeane themselues, as if Barrahas had suffered, and Christ had beene let goe …
William Loe · The Mystery of Mankind · p. 238 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (58)

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

Exposition of Romans 8-11 A09031

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Why cannot Carnall and Spirituall, Godly, and GodleſſeGodless men agree together? Why is a wicked man an abomination to the Iuſt and …
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Why cannot Carnall and Spirituall, Godly, and GodleſſeGodless men agree together? Why is a wicked man an abomination to the Iuſt and …
Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 29 · Open in the reader

Healths Sickness A10184

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… as well as the censures, scandalls, accusations, and reproaches, of Worldly, Carnall, Wicked, and GodlesseGodless persons; as Charitie, and Iustice bind them for to doe. I doubt not, but …
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… as well as the censures, scandalls, accusations, and reproaches, of Worldly, Carnall, Wicked, and GodlesseGodless persons; as Charitie, and Iustice bind them for to doe. I doubt not, but …
William Prynne · Healths Sickness · p. 66 · Open in the reader

The Players Scourge A10187

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… O no! this carnall life of iollity, prognosticks nothing but a voluptuous heart, a GodlesseGodless, Christlesse conversation, which leades men downe to Hell: needs therefore must it be unlawfull …
With rule
… O no! this carnall life of iollity, prognosticks nothing but a voluptuous heart, a GodlesseGodless, Christlesse conversation, which leades men downe to Hell: needs therefore must it be unlawfull …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 291 · Open in the reader

Sermon 24 August 1578 A12991

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… maketh no accompts of religion, … maruell then, if the reſte of his familie be GodleſſeGodless? The Lorde by Moſes commaundeth his people, daylye to inſ… their children in the …
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… maketh no accompts of religion, … maruell then, if the reſte of his familie be GodleſſeGodless? The Lorde by Moſes commaundeth his people, daylye to inſ… their children in the …
John Stockwood · Sermon 24 August 1578 · p. 77 · Open in the reader

The Combat Betwixt Christ and the Devil A14176

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… feede nor nourish vs. Which lesson I would to God that the prophane and GodlesseGodless people of the world could once learne: who groueling vpon the grounde like hogges …
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… feede nor nourish vs. Which lesson I would to God that the prophane and GodlesseGodless people of the world could once learne: who groueling vpon the grounde like hogges …
John Udall · The Combat Betwixt Christ and the Devil · Open in the reader

The Drunkards Character A15845

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And this they will confesse in their affliction: wherefore when GodlesseGodless persons are in any distresse, they ever praythe people of God to pray for …
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And this they will confesse in their affliction: wherefore when GodlesseGodless persons are in any distresse, they ever praythe people of God to pray for …
Richard Younge · The Drunkards Character · p. 521 · Open in the reader

Sin Stigmatized A15847

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And this they will confeſſe in their affliction: wherefore when GodleſſeGodless perſons are in any distreſſe, they over pray the people of God to pray …
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And this they will confeſſe in their affliction: wherefore when GodleſſeGodless perſons are in any distreſſe, they over pray the people of God to pray …
Richard Younge · Sin Stigmatized · Open in the reader

A Discourse Upon the Sabbath Day A16568

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… his mercifull creditor? Why apply this, the caſe is thine, if thou vvilt giue GodleſſeGodless dutie and ſeruice on this 8^th. day, then on the 7^th. day: yea farther …
With rule
… his mercifull creditor? Why apply this, the caſe is thine, if thou vvilt giue GodleſſeGodless dutie and ſeruice on this 8^th. day, then on the 7^th. day: yea farther …
Theophilus Brabourne · A Discourse Upon the Sabbath Day · p. 237 · Open in the reader

Truth and Falsehood A17261

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… let it be ſeene, how he iumpeth with vs in this doctrine that the GodleſſeGodless cannot doe the worke, that ſhall be without ſinne. Therefore to conclude this queſtion …
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… let it be ſeene, how he iumpeth with vs in this doctrine that the GodleſſeGodless cannot doe the worke, that ſhall be without ſinne. Therefore to conclude this queſtion …
Francis Bunny · Truth and Falsehood · Open in the reader

The Law and the Gospel Reconciled A17305

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… giuen in Sinai. But this ſeemes to bee a groundleſſe opinion, if not alſo GodleſſeGodless. For though the Scripture makes no mention of the keeping of the Sabbath, vntil …
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… giuen in Sinai. But this ſeemes to bee a groundleſſe opinion, if not alſo GodleſſeGodless. For though the Scripture makes no mention of the keeping of the Sabbath, vntil …
Henry Burton · The Law and the Gospel Reconciled · p. 42 · Open in the reader

The Churchs Deliverance A19286

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Yet here wee may truly obſerue the fearefull condition of GodleſſeGodless Courtiers: Slaues they muſt bee if they will liue there, and ſlaues they will …
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Yet here wee may truly obſerue the fearefull condition of GodleſſeGodless Courtiers: Slaues they muſt bee if they will liue there, and ſlaues they will …
Thomas Cooper · The Churchs Deliverance · p. 22 · Open in the reader
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Here we may ſee a ſhew of equity in this GodleſſeGodless Prince, though the diſobedience of the Queene had much enraged him, yet neither in …
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Here we may ſee a ſhew of equity in this GodleſſeGodless Prince, though the diſobedience of the Queene had much enraged him, yet neither in …
Thomas Cooper · The Churchs Deliverance · p. 34 · Open in the reader
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… holy Ghoſt concludes this hiſtory with a notable relation of wiſdome euen of thoſe GodleſſeGodless men, namely it was written in the booke of Chronicles before the King, that …
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… holy Ghoſt concludes this hiſtory with a notable relation of wiſdome euen of thoſe GodleſſeGodless men, namely it was written in the booke of Chronicles before the King, that …
Thomas Cooper · The Churchs Deliverance · p. 195 · Open in the reader

The Worlds Resurrection A20809

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… Greekes and other places of Europe, that haue beene captiuated and inthralled to the GodlesseGodless and barbarous Turkes, together with Asia and Affrica.
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… Greekes and other places of Europe, that haue beene captiuated and inthralled to the GodlesseGodless and barbarous Turkes, together with Asia and Affrica.
Thomas Draxe · The Worlds Resurrection · p. 80 · Open in the reader

The Mischief and Misery of Scandals A21049

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… as thoſe are & ſhalbe, that take vpon them the profeſſion of Godlines. Profane and GodleſſeGodless perſons are his owne ſure enough already, and as hee anſwered that exorciſt taking …
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… as thoſe are & ſhalbe, that take vpon them the profeſſion of Godlines. Profane and GodleſſeGodless perſons are his owne ſure enough already, and as hee anſwered that exorciſt taking …
Jeremiah Dyke · The Mischief and Misery of Scandals · p. 214 · Open in the reader

The Righteous Mans Tower A21054

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… the Lord is a ſtrong tower; but to whom? What? to every looſe, prophane GodleſſeGodless perſon? No ſuch matter. The Righteous runne unto it. I, and ſo it may …
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… the Lord is a ſtrong tower; but to whom? What? to every looſe, prophane GodleſſeGodless perſon? No ſuch matter. The Righteous runne unto it. I, and ſo it may …
Jeremiah Dyke · The Righteous Mans Tower · p. 69 · Open in the reader
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… ſwearing, an uncleane, an adulterous converſation, a drunken converſation, thou haſt thy converſation amongſt GodleſſeGodless prophane perſons, thy converſation in Ale-houſes, Whore-houſes, and ſuch like. Now I …
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… ſwearing, an uncleane, an adulterous converſation, a drunken converſation, thou haſt thy converſation amongſt GodleſſeGodless prophane perſons, thy converſation in Ale-houſes, Whore-houſes, and ſuch like. Now I …
Jeremiah Dyke · The Righteous Mans Tower · p. 76 · Open in the reader

Two Treatises A21059

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… as thoſe are & ſhalbe, that take vpō them the profeſſion of Godlines. Profane and GodleſſeGodless perſons are his owne ſure enough already, and as hee anſwered that exorciſt taking …
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… as thoſe are & ſhalbe, that take vpō them the profeſſion of Godlines. Profane and GodleſſeGodless perſons are his owne ſure enough already, and as hee anſwered that exorciſt taking …
Jeremiah Dyke · Two Treatises · p. 214 · Open in the reader

A Brief Explication of the First Fifty Psalms A35941

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… Let the men of this world please themselves, and applaud one another in their GodlesseGodless carriage; yet the end of their course shall be everlasting destruction; for the way …
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… Let the men of this world please themselves, and applaud one another in their GodlesseGodless carriage; yet the end of their course shall be everlasting destruction; for the way …
David Dickson · A Brief Explication of the First Fifty Psalms · p. 7 · Open in the reader

Survey of the Spiritual Antichrist A57980

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… them to apply a generall rule of divine justice, in their predictions▪ to particular GodlesseGodless men, they themselves onely being foretellers not copartners of the act.
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… them to apply a generall rule of divine justice, in their predictions▪ to particular GodlesseGodless men, they themselves onely being foretellers not copartners of the act.
Samuel Rutherford · Survey of the Spiritual Antichrist · p. 44 · Open in the reader

A Christian Library A67744

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… companions. And lastly, in Lots neighbours, Gen. 19. where you shall read, that when some GodlesseGodless persons had assaulted him, and his two Angels; before night, all the men of …
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… companions. And lastly, in Lots neighbours, Gen. 19. where you shall read, that when some GodlesseGodless persons had assaulted him, and his two Angels; before night, all the men of …
Richard Younge · A Christian Library · p. 29 · Open in the reader

The Plain Doctrine of the Justification of a Sinner in the Sight of God A79435

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… induces down-right Paganiſm, or as bad as Turciſm again. Oh, that ſuch a GodleſſeGodless, Christleſſe-villany, ſhould bee ever tollerated to harbour amongſt Chriſtians! This is a lamentation …
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… induces down-right Paganiſm, or as bad as Turciſm again. Oh, that ſuch a GodleſſeGodless, Christleſſe-villany, ſhould bee ever tollerated to harbour amongſt Chriſtians! This is a lamentation …
Charles Chauncey · The Plain Doctrine of the Justification of a Sinner in the Sight of God · p. 297 · Open in the reader

Sermon Preached 27 March 1646 A91977

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… will make them feare that every Bullet will be their Mittimus to Hell? Secondly, GodleſſeGodless men are not likely Inſtruments for God to worke by, or to make uſe …
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… will make them feare that every Bullet will be their Mittimus to Hell? Secondly, GodleſſeGodless men are not likely Inſtruments for God to worke by, or to make uſe …
Robert Ram · Sermon Preached 27 March 1646 · p. 15 · Open in the reader

Against Pretended Liberty of Conscience A92140

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… practiſes, as there be divers opinions, fancies, dictates, and apprehenſions of conſcience, is a GodleſſeGodless and Atheiſticall way. But ſuch is this opinion of Libertie of Conſcience and Toleration …
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… practiſes, as there be divers opinions, fancies, dictates, and apprehenſions of conſcience, is a GodleſſeGodless and Atheiſticall way. But ſuch is this opinion of Libertie of Conſcience and Toleration …
Samuel Rutherford · Against Pretended Liberty of Conscience · p. 408 · Open in the reader

A Looking Glass for Malignants A95890

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… pretend and boaſt themſelves as brave Proteſtants as the beſt, yet to be ſo GodleſſeGodless and graceleſſe, ſo bitingly and bitterly to flout and affront the Lord Chriſt himſelfe …
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… pretend and boaſt themſelves as brave Proteſtants as the beſt, yet to be ſo GodleſſeGodless and graceleſſe, ſo bitingly and bitterly to flout and affront the Lord Chriſt himſelfe …
John Vicars · A Looking Glass for Malignants · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Paraphrase of the Hard Texts of Scripture B13871

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Thou shalt die such a death, as an insolent, and GodlesseGodless pagan is worthy of, by the hand of the Babylonians.
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Thou shalt die such a death, as an insolent, and GodlesseGodless pagan is worthy of, by the hand of the Babylonians.
Joseph Hall · Paraphrase of the Hard Texts of Scripture · p. 477 · Open in the reader

Exhortation to the Ministers of Gods Word B40355

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… of these thinges nor went about to reconcile our selues vnto God, but as GodlesseGodless men supposed that God neither cared for, nor yet would visit our wickednesse, heapeth …
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… of these thinges nor went about to reconcile our selues vnto God, but as GodlesseGodless men supposed that God neither cared for, nor yet would visit our wickednesse, heapeth …
Henrich Bullinger · Exhortation to the Ministers of Gods Word · Open in the reader