Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #31674 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ballancingbalancing

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 131 times in 94 works
Consistency: 88.5% (131 of 148)
Reach if approved: ~156 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: balancing
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 148 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (131 changes in 94 works, 88.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 131)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… chiefly reſided, to the Cities about it) and all this without any need of ballancingbalancing the parties, or conſidering what compariſon the number of the Chriſtians in one, or …
With rule
… chiefly reſided, to the Cities about it) and all this without any need of ballancingbalancing the parties, or conſidering what compariſon the number of the Chriſtians in one, or …
Henry Hammond · Vindication of the Dissertations Concerning Episcopacy · p. 66 · Open in the reader
Printed
… proceedeth to the farther confirmation of it in the same way, and that by ballancingbalancing single Testimonies concerning the Nature and Offices of the Angels, with some others concerning …
With rule
… proceedeth to the farther confirmation of it in the same way, and that by ballancingbalancing single Testimonies concerning the Nature and Offices of the Angels, with some others concerning …
John Owen · Exercitation on Hebrews · p. 100 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by whom & in whom all this is, this strange work is by Christ, the ballancingbalancing of these two so sweetly together, crosses and comforts, they come both from one …
With rule
… by whom & in whom all this is, this strange work is by Christ, the ballancingbalancing of these two so sweetly together, crosses and comforts, they come both from one …
Richard Sibbes · Commentary on 2 Corinthians 1 · p. 74 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſentence which is to paſſe upon them that are to be judged by the ballancingbalancing of their workes, good and ill, as was ſhewed before, I affirme as our …
With rule
… ſentence which is to paſſe upon them that are to be judged by the ballancingbalancing of their workes, good and ill, as was ſhewed before, I affirme as our …
Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 110 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are not so?) yet to be really unlawful in their use, upon a just ballancingbalancing of all Circumstances: for we conceive many things Lawful out of worship, which in …
With rule
… are not so?) yet to be really unlawful in their use, upon a just ballancingbalancing of all Circumstances: for we conceive many things Lawful out of worship, which in …
Vincent Alsop · A Sober Inquiry Into the Reasonings of the Serious Inquiry · p. 307 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the way to prevent extreams, is either to chuse moderate spirits, or else a ballancingbalancing number of the opposite parties to the managing of publick affairs. In which election …
With rule
… the way to prevent extreams, is either to chuse moderate spirits, or else a ballancingbalancing number of the opposite parties to the managing of publick affairs. In which election …
John Corbet · The Interest of England in the Matter of Religion · p. 273 · Open in the reader
Printed
… varying of a caice, as to ſome preſent duty with a due reſpect and ballancingbalancing of circumſtances: and to ſee that the ſame way at all times is not …
With rule
… varying of a caice, as to ſome preſent duty with a due reſpect and ballancingbalancing of circumſtances: and to ſee that the ſame way at all times is not …
Robert Flemming · The Church Wounded and Rent by a Spirit of Division · p. 31 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that there is an height and depth in Gods mercy, for the equalling and ballancingbalancing of it.
With rule
… that there is an height and depth in Gods mercy, for the equalling and ballancingbalancing of it.
Thomas Horton · Choice and Practical Expositions on Four Select Psalms · p. 252 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (17)

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

Christianity the Great Mystery A27589

Printed
… and Revelation, upholds the Spirit of the Mind, Sanctifyed and Renewed in the Underſtanding; BallancingBalancing, Applying, Arguing, Inferring and Producing into holy Action; declaring within themſelves and to others …
With rule
… and Revelation, upholds the Spirit of the Mind, Sanctifyed and Renewed in the Underſtanding; BallancingBalancing, Applying, Arguing, Inferring and Producing into holy Action; declaring within themſelves and to others …
Thomas Beverley · Christianity the Great Mystery · p. 44 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Fear of the Lord in man; Departure from Evil cannot but anſwer the BallancingBalancing the Clouds, and the weights for the wind, &c. If we have any ſuch …
With rule
… the Fear of the Lord in man; Departure from Evil cannot but anſwer the BallancingBalancing the Clouds, and the weights for the wind, &c. If we have any ſuch …
Thomas Beverley · Christianity the Great Mystery · p. 48 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Job 35-37 A35537

Printed
BallancingBalancing or weighing, three or foure things which God is ſaid in Scripture to ballance. 550, 551
With rule
BallancingBalancing or weighing, three or foure things which God is ſaid in Scripture to ballance. 550, 551
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 35-37 · Open in the reader

The Foreigners Part 1 A63962

Printed
… the Author of the Argument against a Standing Army, to the Author of the BallancingBalancing Letter.
With rule
… the Author of the Argument against a Standing Army, to the Author of the BallancingBalancing Letter.
John Tutchin · The Foreigners Part 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
The second Part of the Confutation of the BallancingBalancing Letter; containing an occasional Discourse in vindication of Magna Charta. In which is shewn …
With rule
The second Part of the Confutation of the BallancingBalancing Letter; containing an occasional Discourse in vindication of Magna Charta. In which is shewn …
John Tutchin · The Foreigners Part 1 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

Printed
BallancingBalancing]
With rule
BallancingBalancing]
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 41 · Open in the reader