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Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #31054 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

occasionalloccasional

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
508 times in 252 works
Consistency
92.2% (508 of 551)
Reach if approved
~579 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: occasional
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
551 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (508 changes in 252 works, 92.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 508)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … were written, as the Papists idly speak, Bellarmine and others, as if they were occasionalloccasional things, that the Scriptures were written by occasion of such, and such men, and …
    With rule
    … were written, as the Papists idly speak, Bellarmine and others, as if they were occasionalloccasional things, that the Scriptures were written by occasion of such, and such men, and …

    Richard Sibbes · Evangelical Sacrifices · p. 150 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … cannot ſeparate time as God doth for his ſervice, and their ſeparation is but occaſionalloccasional and alterable.
    With rule
    … cannot ſeparate time as God doth for his ſervice, and their ſeparation is but occaſionalloccasional and alterable.

    John Weemes · Exposition of the Moral Law · p. 224 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … The light and law of nature leadeth a man to this observation of an occasionalloccasional fast: nature teacheth him presently to withdraw his hand and heart from worldly affaires …
    With rule
    … The light and law of nature leadeth a man to this observation of an occasionalloccasional fast: nature teacheth him presently to withdraw his hand and heart from worldly affaires …

    David Calderwood · Perth Assembly · p. 68 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … for euident benefites, did make particular Collects anſwerable to thoſe occaſions: And ſome ſuch occaſionalloccasional Panegyriques, and gratulatory Orations for temporall benefites, they had in that State. But a …
    With rule
    … for euident benefites, did make particular Collects anſwerable to thoſe occaſions: And ſome ſuch occaſionalloccasional Panegyriques, and gratulatory Orations for temporall benefites, they had in that State. But a …

    John Donne · Five Sermons 1 · p. 34 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … of ſinning which they bring men oftentimes vnto, which manner of prayer reſpecting the occaſionalloccasional danger that attends many times on pouerty, ſickneſſe, aduerſities and wants through our corruption …
    With rule
    … of ſinning which they bring men oftentimes vnto, which manner of prayer reſpecting the occaſionalloccasional danger that attends many times on pouerty, ſickneſſe, aduerſities and wants through our corruption …

    Edward Elton · Exposition of Colossians · p. 257 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … witnesses against him: he will never seeke to cover his sinne, but if any occasionalloccasional passage of speech come, that may discover his sinne, he takes it presently, and …
    With rule
    … witnesses against him: he will never seeke to cover his sinne, but if any occasionalloccasional passage of speech come, that may discover his sinne, he takes it presently, and …

    Thomas Hooker · The Souls Preparation for Christ · p. 237 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … the perpetuall circumſtances which cleaue to their kinde: but alſo ſpeciall, according to the occaſionalloccasional circumſtances that occurre in their particular practiſe. So much is manifeſt by Paule who …
    With rule
    … the perpetuall circumſtances which cleaue to their kinde: but alſo ſpeciall, according to the occaſionalloccasional circumſtances that occurre in their particular practiſe. So much is manifeſt by Paule who …

    Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … addicted vnto them, so to hear them: or otherwise Christ may speak of such occasionalloccasional meetings and conferences, as passed ordinarily between the Pharisees, and his disciples: wherin what …
    With rule
    … addicted vnto them, so to hear them: or otherwise Christ may speak of such occasionalloccasional meetings and conferences, as passed ordinarily between the Pharisees, and his disciples: wherin what …

    John Robinson · Justification of Separation from the Church of England · p. 433 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (43)

32 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 26 are listed here. 11 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Necessity of Reforming Our Churches A04218

  • Printed
    … leave to mens diſcretion & wiſedom only touching meere Circumſtances, which are nothing els but OccaſionallOccasional or Accidentall things therein. And theſe OccaſionallOccasional Circumſtances or Accidents are alwayes ſuch Particulars …
    With rule
    … leave to mens diſcretion & wiſedom only touching meere Circumſtances, which are nothing els but OccaſionallOccasional or Accidentall things therein. And theſe OccaſionallOccasional Circumſtances or Accidents are alwayes ſuch Particulars …

    Henry Jacob · Necessity of Reforming Our Churches · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … meere Circumſtances, which are nothing els but OccaſionallOccasional or Accidentall things therein. And theſe OccaſionallOccasional Circumſtances or Accidents are alwayes ſuch Particulars, as whoſe Generalls are either Civill, or …
    With rule
    … meere Circumſtances, which are nothing els but OccaſionallOccasional or Accidentall things therein. And theſe OccaſionallOccasional Circumſtances or Accidents are alwayes ſuch Particulars, as whoſe Generalls are either Civill, or …

    Henry Jacob · Necessity of Reforming Our Churches · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … either may or may not be vſed. They are of 2. ſortes, either Civill or OccaſionallOccasional. The Civill Circumſtances are ſuch as though they be vſed in Church actions, yet …
    With rule
    … either may or may not be vſed. They are of 2. ſortes, either Civill or OccaſionallOccasional. The Civill Circumſtances are ſuch as though they be vſed in Church actions, yet …

    Henry Jacob · Necessity of Reforming Our Churches · p. 11 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … that decent and comely common apparell. A commodious & diſtinct Houſe for Gods Service, &c. OccaſionallOccasional Circumſtances are ſuch particulars as ſome ſpecial occaſion requireth and moveth vs vnto, namely …
    With rule
    … that decent and comely common apparell. A commodious & diſtinct Houſe for Gods Service, &c. OccaſionallOccasional Circumſtances are ſuch particulars as ſome ſpecial occaſion requireth and moveth vs vnto, namely …

    Henry Jacob · Necessity of Reforming Our Churches · p. 11 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Societies, as Churches ought to be, and as our Pariſhes now are. Thoſe divers OccaſionallOccasional and vncertaine meetings made but one Church and ordinary Congregation, yea though the whole …
    With rule
    … Societies, as Churches ought to be, and as our Pariſhes now are. Thoſe divers OccaſionallOccasional and vncertaine meetings made but one Church and ordinary Congregation, yea though the whole …

    Henry Jacob · Necessity of Reforming Our Churches · p. 65 · Open in the reader

Christian Observations and Resolutions A13075

  • Printed
    OccasionallOccasional errors come in at a side, and wrest some part of our course, and …
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    OccasionallOccasional errors come in at a side, and wrest some part of our course, and …

    William Struther · Christian Observations and Resolutions · p. 57 · Open in the reader

Against Human Ceremonies in Gods Worship A19142

  • Printed
    … under the name of Mr. Iacob: in the distinction, betwixt mere Circumstances, Civill, or OccasionallOccasional, and Ceremonies meerly Ecclesiasticall. What a miserable cause is this that our Opposites defende …
    With rule
    … under the name of Mr. Iacob: in the distinction, betwixt mere Circumstances, Civill, or OccasionallOccasional, and Ceremonies meerly Ecclesiasticall. What a miserable cause is this that our Opposites defende …

    William Ames · Against Human Ceremonies in Gods Worship · p. 56 · Open in the reader

Eighty Sermons A20637

  • Printed
    … be truths, and truths neceſſary to ſalvation; for, for other Traditionall, and Conditionall, and OccaſionallOccasional, and Collaterall, and Circumſtantiall points, for Almanack Divinity, that changes with the ſeaſon, with …
    With rule
    … be truths, and truths neceſſary to ſalvation; for, for other Traditionall, and Conditionall, and OccaſionallOccasional, and Collaterall, and Circumſtantiall points, for Almanack Divinity, that changes with the ſeaſon, with …

    John Donne · Eighty Sermons · p. 177 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … be pre-diſſwaded, and deprecated, in all Civill Conſultations, and Councels of State, That OccaſionallOccasional things may not divert the Principall: for as in the Naturall body, the ſpleene …
    With rule
    … be pre-diſſwaded, and deprecated, in all Civill Conſultations, and Councels of State, That OccaſionallOccasional things may not divert the Principall: for as in the Naturall body, the ſpleene …

    John Donne · Eighty Sermons · p. 797 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    OccaſionallOccasional Mercies, what, and how many D
    With rule
    OccaſionallOccasional Mercies, what, and how many D

    John Donne · Eighty Sermons · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    OccaſionallOccasional, mercies offered; what, and how many 12. D
    With rule
    OccaſionallOccasional, mercies offered; what, and how many 12. D

    John Donne · Eighty Sermons · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    God, no OccaſionallOccasional God, and why 586. B
    With rule
    God, no OccaſionallOccasional God, and why 586. B

    John Donne · Eighty Sermons · Open in the reader

Five Sermons 1 A20641

  • Printed
    … there is an ende of Articles of Faith, in an Arbitrarie, and in an OccaſionallOccasional Religion? When then this Prophet ſayes, If Foundations bee deſtroyed, what can the righteous …
    With rule
    … there is an ende of Articles of Faith, in an Arbitrarie, and in an OccaſionallOccasional Religion? When then this Prophet ſayes, If Foundations bee deſtroyed, what can the righteous …

    John Donne · Five Sermons 1 · p. 21 · Open in the reader

Five Sermons 2 A20642

  • Printed
    … there is an ende of Articles of Faith, in an Arbitrarie, and in an OccaſionallOccasional Religion? When then this Prophet ſayes, If Foundations bee deſtroyed, what can the righteous …
    With rule
    … there is an ende of Articles of Faith, in an Arbitrarie, and in an OccaſionallOccasional Religion? When then this Prophet ſayes, If Foundations bee deſtroyed, what can the righteous …

    John Donne · Five Sermons 2 · p. 21 · Open in the reader

The Husbandmans Companion A30676

  • Printed
    … the minde upon ſome uſeful ſubject till we bring it to ſome profitable iſſue; OccaſionallOccasional meditation (which is it we now treat of) ariſeth from ſome occaſionalloccasional object preſented …
    With rule
    … the minde upon ſome uſeful ſubject till we bring it to ſome profitable iſſue; OccaſionallOccasional meditation (which is it we now treat of) ariſeth from ſome occaſionalloccasional object preſented …

    Edward Bury · The Husbandmans Companion · Open in the reader

Fifty Sermons A36296

  • Printed
    This world then is but an OccasionallOccasional world, a world onely to be us'd; and that but so, as though we …
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    This world then is but an OccasionallOccasional world, a world onely to be us'd; and that but so, as though we …

    John Donne · Fifty Sermons · p. 263 · Open in the reader

The Holy State A40674

  • Printed
    OccasionallOccasional entertainment of men greater then thy self is better then solemn inviting them. Then …
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    OccasionallOccasional entertainment of men greater then thy self is better then solemn inviting them. Then …

    Thomas Fuller · The Holy State · p. 154 · Open in the reader

The Trial of a Christians Growth in Mortification A41536

  • Printed
    1. OccaſionallOccasional. ibid.
    With rule
    1. OccaſionallOccasional. ibid.

    Thomas Goodwin · The Trial of a Christians Growth in Mortification · Open in the reader

A Demonstration of Family Duties A54497

  • Printed
    I. OccaſionallOccasional meditation is a making uſe …f ſuch things as by the providence of God …
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    I. OccaſionallOccasional meditation is a making uſe …f ſuch things as by the providence of God …

    Thomas Paget · A Demonstration of Family Duties · p. 45 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

  • Printed
    2 OccasionallOccasional.
    With rule
    2 OccasionallOccasional.

    Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 707 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    OccasionallOccasional wants are, when men for the time cannot have their defects supplyed, Lev. 10. 16. ad …
    With rule
    OccasionallOccasional wants are, when men for the time cannot have their defects supplyed, Lev. 10. 16. ad …

    Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 707 · Open in the reader

The Divine Right of Church Government and Excommunication A92138

  • Printed
    I prove the Aſſumption. 1. Sitting was either: 1. Miraculous. 2. Cuſtomable. 3. OccaſionallOccasional; or 4. Morall. None in reaſon can ſay the firſt; that ſitting was a miracle …
    With rule
    I prove the Aſſumption. 1. Sitting was either: 1. Miraculous. 2. Cuſtomable. 3. OccaſionallOccasional; or 4. Morall. None in reaſon can ſay the firſt; that ſitting was a miracle …

    Samuel Rutherford · The Divine Right of Church Government and Excommunication · p. 192 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Anſ. OccaſionallOccasional, properly is that which hath a reaſon, not from the nature of the thing …
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    Anſ. OccaſionallOccasional, properly is that which hath a reaſon, not from the nature of the thing …

    Samuel Rutherford · The Divine Right of Church Government and Excommunication · p. 193 · Open in the reader

The Art of Divine Meditation A96371

  • Printed
    Inſtances OF Solemn, OccaſionallOccasional MEDITATION.
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    Inſtances OF Solemn, OccaſionallOccasional MEDITATION.

    Thomas White · The Art of Divine Meditation · p. 72 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … ſet down in this Book, I found the greateſt difficulty in thoſe of Solemne OccaſionallOccasional Meditations, they conſiſting for the moſt part of praier, which the devout ſoul when …
    With rule
    … ſet down in this Book, I found the greateſt difficulty in thoſe of Solemne OccaſionallOccasional Meditations, they conſiſting for the moſt part of praier, which the devout ſoul when …

    Thomas White · The Art of Divine Meditation · Open in the reader

The Power of Godliness B17454

  • Printed
    … and evening only. But in respect of the time, Prayer is setled or occasionalloccasional. OccasionallOccasional, when we are moved to pray upon every occasion. Setled, when we pray at …
    With rule
    … and evening only. But in respect of the time, Prayer is setled or occasionalloccasional. OccasionallOccasional, when we are moved to pray upon every occasion. Setled, when we pray at …

    John Ball · The Power of Godliness · p. 366 · Open in the reader