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Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #31478 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

initiallinitial

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
197 times in 81 works
Consistency
83.1% (197 of 237)
Reach if approved
~249 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: initial
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
237 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (197 changes in 81 works, 83.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 197)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … will it bleed ſtill, there is no Balme from no Phyſitian there: now this initiallinitial mortification is either generall or ſpeciall.
    With rule
    … will it bleed ſtill, there is no Balme from no Phyſitian there: now this initiallinitial mortification is either generall or ſpeciall.

    Thomas Wolfall · The Doctrine and Practice of Mortification · p. 58 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … findeth, entreth, because vsing well the good of nature, by the helpe of this initiallinitial grace, he hath obtained to come sauing grace.
    With rule
    … findeth, entreth, because vsing well the good of nature, by the helpe of this initiallinitial grace, he hath obtained to come sauing grace.

    Daniel Featley · A Parallel of New-Old Pelgiarminian Error · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … vnto our Lord, & turne it into a curſe, by certaine words according to the initiallinitial letters thereof: ſee what vaine coniectures & collections they make for other names to be …
    With rule
    … vnto our Lord, & turne it into a curſe, by certaine words according to the initiallinitial letters thereof: ſee what vaine coniectures & collections they make for other names to be …

    John Paget · Arrow Against the Separationists · p. 365 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … poſſeſſion of God. And therefore ſome have obſerved it, and would make out the initiallinitial letters of the word Cor, this. viz. Camera omnipotentis regis, i. e. the Preſence …
    With rule
    … poſſeſſion of God. And therefore ſome have obſerved it, and would make out the initiallinitial letters of the word Cor, this. viz. Camera omnipotentis regis, i. e. the Preſence …

    John Stoughton · The Righteous Mans Plea to True Happiness · p. 61 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … a great D. at beginning of Diuisions, because in it (as ordinarily those great initiallinitial letters, haue some figure) there is imprinted the popes head, and by it the …
    With rule
    … a great D. at beginning of Diuisions, because in it (as ordinarily those great initiallinitial letters, haue some figure) there is imprinted the popes head, and by it the …

    John Donne · Pseudo-Martyr · p. 49 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … these the first Book in particular is called by the Hebrews Bereshith, from the initiallinitial words of it; after which manner they gave names to divers other Books: the …
    With rule
    … these the first Book in particular is called by the Hebrews Bereshith, from the initiallinitial words of it; after which manner they gave names to divers other Books: the …

    John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … the bookes begin, which Jerome followes. The Bookes of Moses are denominated from the initiallinitial words.
    With rule
    … the bookes begin, which Jerome followes. The Bookes of Moses are denominated from the initiallinitial words.

    Edward Leigh · Treatise of Divinity · p. 47 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … knowledge initially in the Creature, and it is in their hands to improve thoſe initiallinitial meanes to the obtaining of the ultimate meanes in the word of the Goſpell …
    With rule
    … knowledge initially in the Creature, and it is in their hands to improve thoſe initiallinitial meanes to the obtaining of the ultimate meanes in the word of the Goſpell …

    Richard Resbury · Some Stop to the Gangrene of Arminianism · p. 92 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (40)

26 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 14 are listed here. 14 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Righteous Mans Plea to True Happiness A13019

  • Printed
    2 InitiallInitial Lineament.
    With rule
    2 InitiallInitial Lineament.

    John Stoughton · The Righteous Mans Plea to True Happiness · Open in the reader

Baptismal Regeneration of Elect Infants Professed by the Church of England A17267

  • Printed
    … taken in the largeſt ſenſe; which life, according to the Scriptures, I diſtinguiſh into InitiallInitial and Actuall. For as in the naturall, ſometimes the ſoule which is vſually called …
    With rule
    … taken in the largeſt ſenſe; which life, according to the Scriptures, I diſtinguiſh into InitiallInitial and Actuall. For as in the naturall, ſometimes the ſoule which is vſually called …

    Cornelius Burges · Baptismal Regeneration of Elect Infants Professed by the Church of England · p. 14 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … as that he after attaines vnto, in his effectuall calling by the Word; yet InitiallInitial, and Potentiall, (as was before diſtinguiſhed:) as ſhall appeare in the proofe of the …
    With rule
    … as that he after attaines vnto, in his effectuall calling by the Word; yet InitiallInitial, and Potentiall, (as was before diſtinguiſhed:) as ſhall appeare in the proofe of the …

    Cornelius Burges · Baptismal Regeneration of Elect Infants Professed by the Church of England · p. 28 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … appeares in either of the places of ſcripture obiected to the contrary, partakers of InitiallInitial Regeneration, by the Spirit, in their Baptiſme: and ſo this Obiection doth our Poſition …
    With rule
    … appeares in either of the places of ſcripture obiected to the contrary, partakers of InitiallInitial Regeneration, by the Spirit, in their Baptiſme: and ſo this Obiection doth our Poſition …

    Cornelius Burges · Baptismal Regeneration of Elect Infants Professed by the Church of England · p. 236 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … it actually to produce the actions of life. Hence I diſtinguiſh of life into InitiallInitial, and Actuall: Not as if the Spirit were not actually communicated, or did not …
    With rule
    … it actually to produce the actions of life. Hence I diſtinguiſh of life into InitiallInitial, and Actuall: Not as if the Spirit were not actually communicated, or did not …

    Cornelius Burges · Baptismal Regeneration of Elect Infants Professed by the Church of England · p. 240 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … thereof, which together with the reaſonable ſoule, in the firſt infuſion thereof, it receiued, InitiallInitial life.
    With rule
    … thereof, which together with the reaſonable ſoule, in the firſt infuſion thereof, it receiued, InitiallInitial life.

    Cornelius Burges · Baptismal Regeneration of Elect Infants Professed by the Church of England · p. 242 · Open in the reader

Of Communion with God A53713

  • Printed
    … utmost end, which we shall enjoy, when we see him as he is: and 2. InitiallInitial and incompleat, in the first fruits and dawnings of that perfection, which we have …
    With rule
    … utmost end, which we shall enjoy, when we see him as he is: and 2. InitiallInitial and incompleat, in the first fruits and dawnings of that perfection, which we have …

    John Owen · Of Communion with God · p. 5 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

  • Printed
    … more. What ſhall we make of this? Their other feare was at the beſt InitiallInitial; for now they began to repent; and as one ſaies of this kinde of …
    With rule
    … more. What ſhall we make of this? Their other feare was at the beſt InitiallInitial; for now they began to repent; and as one ſaies of this kinde of …

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 474 · Open in the reader

The Doctrine and Practice of Paedobaptism A77497

  • Printed
    2. Each an InitiallInitial Seale, the firſt Seale of the Covenant; each ſealing up an entrance into Covenant …
    With rule
    2. Each an InitiallInitial Seale, the firſt Seale of the Covenant; each ſealing up an entrance into Covenant …

    John Brinsley · The Doctrine and Practice of Paedobaptism · p. 56 · Open in the reader

The Christian Sabbath Vindicated A78427

  • Printed
    1. InitiallInitial.
    With rule
    1. InitiallInitial.

    Daniel Cawdry · The Christian Sabbath Vindicated · p. 86 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    1. InitiallInitial.
    With rule
    1. InitiallInitial.

    Daniel Cawdry · The Christian Sabbath Vindicated · p. 93 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    We call that an InitiallInitial determination, when the InitiallInitial terme of the Reſpects of Time, is expreſly mentioned and determined, that it muſt …
    With rule
    We call that an InitiallInitial determination, when the InitiallInitial terme of the Reſpects of Time, is expreſly mentioned and determined, that it muſt …

    Daniel Cawdry · The Christian Sabbath Vindicated · p. 93 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … of them together, is neceſſary for Religion? As alſo, what manner of Determination, Remiſſe, InitiallInitial, or Concluſive?] according to what may be proved from Generall rules of the law …
    With rule
    … of them together, is neceſſary for Religion? As alſo, what manner of Determination, Remiſſe, InitiallInitial, or Concluſive?] according to what may be proved from Generall rules of the law …

    Daniel Cawdry · The Christian Sabbath Vindicated · p. 148 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … of Religion,) But onely ſuch Determination, as we have before termed InitiallInitial, wherein the InitiallInitial terme of either of thoſe reſpects of Time, of the Continuance and of the …
    With rule
    … of Religion,) But onely ſuch Determination, as we have before termed InitiallInitial, wherein the InitiallInitial terme of either of thoſe reſpects of Time, of the Continuance and of the …

    Daniel Cawdry · The Christian Sabbath Vindicated · p. 149 · Open in the reader