Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #31501 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

lightneslightness

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 163 times in 109 works
Consistency: 96.4% (163 of 169)
Reach if approved: ~178 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: lightness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 169 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (163 changes in 109 works, 96.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 163)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… iudge worſe of them, and thinke that they would not weare theſe ſignes of lightneslightness and pride, vnleſſe they were light and proud indeede. Thus if their apparell condemne …
With rule
… iudge worſe of them, and thinke that they would not weare theſe ſignes of lightneslightness and pride, vnleſſe they were light and proud indeede. Thus if their apparell condemne …
Henry Smith · Sermons in One Volume · p. 444 · Open in the reader
Printed
But as there hath bene fault into muche lightneslightness and raſhenes / and pronouncinge ſo heauy ſentences without iuſt cauſe / ſo ther hath bene …
With rule
But as there hath bene fault into muche lightneslightness and raſhenes / and pronouncinge ſo heauy ſentences without iuſt cauſe / ſo ther hath bene …
Walter Travers · Declaration of Ecclesiastical Discipline out of the Word of God · p. 174 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wilfullie renounce, leaue and forsake the other vpon no iust cause, but either of lightneslightness or for diuers religion, as when an Infidel forsaketh a Christian, a Papist a …
With rule
… wilfullie renounce, leaue and forsake the other vpon no iust cause, but either of lightneslightness or for diuers religion, as when an Infidel forsaketh a Christian, a Papist a …
Andrew Willet · A General View of Papistry · p. 526 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Christian to reserue his wyfe now maryed: how colde they come into so moch lightneslightness and astoniyng in christes discipline, y^t they had nede to be quickened of the …
With rule
… Christian to reserue his wyfe now maryed: how colde they come into so moch lightneslightness and astoniyng in christes discipline, y^t they had nede to be quickened of the …
Martin Bucer · Gratulation · Open in the reader
Printed
… in them. Pſal. 64. 9. 10. & 104. 34. Wee contrariwiſe either wholly neglect thē, as Eſa. 6. 12. or elſe in lightneslightness, ieſting, &c. in which ſort wee ſpeak ſomtime of women, ſomtime of holy matrimonie …
With rule
… in them. Pſal. 64. 9. 10. & 104. 34. Wee contrariwiſe either wholly neglect thē, as Eſa. 6. 12. or elſe in lightneslightness, ieſting, &c. in which ſort wee ſpeak ſomtime of women, ſomtime of holy matrimonie …
Dudley Fenner · Brief Treatise Upon the First Table of the Law · Open in the reader
Printed
… breſt theſe marks, V. ✚ The interpretation of it was thus then ſet downe: Pride, lightneslightness, want of vertues, Sodometry, the loue of earthly things, forgetfulneſſe of God, and vnſatiable …
With rule
… breſt theſe marks, V. ✚ The interpretation of it was thus then ſet downe: Pride, lightneslightness, want of vertues, Sodometry, the loue of earthly things, forgetfulneſſe of God, and vnſatiable …
Laurence Humphrey · A View of the Romish Hydra · p. 99 · Open in the reader
Printed
… conformitie & approbation. The third excuſe of the Croſſe now followeth, which inferreth that though lightneslightness of ceremonies ſtayne profeſſion, and that then when they be drawne to countenance poperie …
With rule
… conformitie & approbation. The third excuſe of the Croſſe now followeth, which inferreth that though lightneslightness of ceremonies ſtayne profeſſion, and that then when they be drawne to countenance poperie …
Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · p. 134 · Open in the reader
Printed
The fourth, and last sorte are they, who through credulitie, and lightneslightness of beleif haue their ears open to the false, and feigned suggestions of slaunderous …
With rule
The fourth, and last sorte are they, who through credulitie, and lightneslightness of beleif haue their ears open to the false, and feigned suggestions of slaunderous …
John Robinson · Apology of Certain Christians · p. 4 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Commentary on Titus A13535

Printed
… persons: for these two in this calling goe together wherein euery thing is aggrauated. LightnesLightness in some calling may beare a lower note, and be tearmed weaknes: but in …
With rule
… persons: for these two in this calling goe together wherein euery thing is aggrauated. LightnesLightness in some calling may beare a lower note, and be tearmed weaknes: but in …
Thomas Taylor · Commentary on Titus · p. 173 · Open in the reader

Consolations for the Afflicted A20759

Printed
LightnesLightness of them. c. 28. s. 5.
With rule
LightnesLightness of them. c. 28. s. 5.
John Downame · Consolations for the Afflicted · Open in the reader