Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3122 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

unlawfulnesseunlawfulness

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

Puritas changed it: 379 times in 194 works
Consistency: 98.9% (379 of 383)
Reach if approved: ~402 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: unlawfulness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 383 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (379 changes in 194 works, 98.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 379)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… otherwise it might have done. For although he was not then perswaded of the unlawfulnesseunlawfulness of the then Government, and some Ceremonies then in use, yet he could no …
With rule
… otherwise it might have done. For although he was not then perswaded of the unlawfulnesseunlawfulness of the then Government, and some Ceremonies then in use, yet he could no …
Samuel Clarke · The Lives of Twenty-Two Eminent English Divines · p. 221 · Open in the reader
Printed
… grounds of the obligation, lying upon all Church-members to attend the ordinances: the unlawfulnesseunlawfulness of separating from publick worship for the sins of Ministers or fellow-worshippers; the …
With rule
… grounds of the obligation, lying upon all Church-members to attend the ordinances: the unlawfulnesseunlawfulness of separating from publick worship for the sins of Ministers or fellow-worshippers; the …
Thomas Forrester · Review and Examination of the Doctrine · Open in the reader
Printed
The lawfullneſſe or unlawfulneſſeunlawfulness of Hunting laid downe in nine particulars.
With rule
The lawfullneſſe or unlawfulneſſeunlawfulness of Hunting laid downe in nine particulars.
William Hinde · The Holy Life and Happy Death of John Bruen · Open in the reader
Printed
… indeed upon diſtruſt fly: but that ſhewes the frailty of the perſon, not the unlawfulneſſeunlawfulness of the action.
With rule
… indeed upon diſtruſt fly: but that ſhewes the frailty of the perſon, not the unlawfulneſſeunlawfulness of the action.
William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… this life. vers. 2. 3. 4. And for any man from such a place to inferre the unlawfulnesseunlawfulness of sueing to publick justice for his right, is a piece of Anabaptisme and …
With rule
… this life. vers. 2. 3. 4. And for any man from such a place to inferre the unlawfulnesseunlawfulness of sueing to publick justice for his right, is a piece of Anabaptisme and …
Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · p. 173 · Open in the reader
Printed
… places, although greater in some then in others, of necessitie must flowe from the unlawfulnesseunlawfulness of the state and office it selfe. It is so farre, that good men …
With rule
… places, although greater in some then in others, of necessitie must flowe from the unlawfulnesseunlawfulness of the state and office it selfe. It is so farre, that good men …
David Calderwood · The Pastor and the Prelate · p. 70 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it, and to withdraw wholly from it; many very inquiſitive about the lawfulneſſe or unlawfulneſſeunlawfulness of joyning with it at all, and your ſelves complaine of the withdrawing of …
With rule
… it, and to withdraw wholly from it; many very inquiſitive about the lawfulneſſe or unlawfulneſſeunlawfulness of joyning with it at all, and your ſelves complaine of the withdrawing of …
John Allin · A Defense of the Answer Made Unto Nine Questions · p. 62 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to apparance, but according to truth; and that not onely of the lawfulnesse or unlawfulnesseunlawfulness of them, but also of the expediency or inexpediency, conveniency or inconveniency of them …
With rule
… to apparance, but according to truth; and that not onely of the lawfulnesse or unlawfulnesseunlawfulness of them, but also of the expediency or inexpediency, conveniency or inconveniency of them …
John Brinsley · Stand Still · p. 35 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

1 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.

Vindication of the Treatise of Monarchy A86918

Printed
… to the buſineſſe he hath undertook; which is to ſatisfie the conſcience concerning the UnlawfulneſſeUnlawfulness of Reſiſting Inſtruments, not the King, of which hee hath ſpoken very little or …
With rule
… to the buſineſſe he hath undertook; which is to ſatisfie the conſcience concerning the UnlawfulneſſeUnlawfulness of Reſiſting Inſtruments, not the King, of which hee hath ſpoken very little or …
Philip Hunton · Vindication of the Treatise of Monarchy · p. 2 · Open in the reader