Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3208 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

cheerfulnessecheerfulness

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

Puritas changed it: 518 times in 271 works
Consistency: 95.9% (518 of 540)
Reach if approved: ~567 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: cheerfulness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 540 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (518 changes in 271 works, 95.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 518)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… faith in his first comming; if we can stirre us up with care and cheerfulnessecheerfulness to provide for his second comming, then we doe effectually beleeve it; else it …
With rule
… faith in his first comming; if we can stirre us up with care and cheerfulnessecheerfulness to provide for his second comming, then we doe effectually beleeve it; else it …
Nicholas Byfield · A Commentary on 1 Peter 1-3 · p. 137 · Open in the reader
Printed
… cheerfull giuer of himselfe. Truly, he that can close his eyes, in a holy cheerfulnessecheerfulness, euery night, shall meet no distemper'd, no inordinate, no irregular sadnesse, then, when God …
With rule
… cheerfull giuer of himselfe. Truly, he that can close his eyes, in a holy cheerfulnessecheerfulness, euery night, shall meet no distemper'd, no inordinate, no irregular sadnesse, then, when God …
John Donne · Sermon of Commemoration of the Lady Danvers Late Wife · p. 129 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in much more happineſſe, and felicity, affording true and euerlaſting pleaſures, true delights, true cheerfulneſſecheerfulness, true comforts, true ioyes, true hope, which the miſeries and afflictions of this life …
With rule
… in much more happineſſe, and felicity, affording true and euerlaſting pleaſures, true delights, true cheerfulneſſecheerfulness, true comforts, true ioyes, true hope, which the miſeries and afflictions of this life …
Thomas Granger · The Light of the World · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
The laſt point in the carriage that gaineth patience, is cheerfulneſſecheerfulness: a cheerfull heart maketh a ſtrong back. Alexander Aphrod. giveth a reaſon, why porters …
With rule
The laſt point in the carriage that gaineth patience, is cheerfulneſſecheerfulness: a cheerfull heart maketh a ſtrong back. Alexander Aphrod. giveth a reaſon, why porters …
Alexander Leighton · The Looking Glass of the Holy War · p. 295 · Open in the reader
Printed
… feast is, it is that which breeds and maintaines spirituall life and strength and cheerfulnessecheerfulness.
With rule
… feast is, it is that which breeds and maintaines spirituall life and strength and cheerfulnessecheerfulness.
John Preston · The Saints Qualification · p. 86 · Open in the reader
Printed
… few have you humbled for dulnesse of spirit, want of love, of zeale, and cheerfulnessecheerfulness in duty: This accompanied with strife against it, argues a good spirit indeed.
With rule
… few have you humbled for dulnesse of spirit, want of love, of zeale, and cheerfulnessecheerfulness in duty: This accompanied with strife against it, argues a good spirit indeed.
Richard Sibbes · Bowels Opened · p. 86 · Open in the reader
Printed
… uth. 2. To allow him to carry and order the heart, will, and affections with cheerfulnessecheerfulness, and constancy in all good duties, whence hee is called a free spirit, not …
With rule
… uth. 2. To allow him to carry and order the heart, will, and affections with cheerfulnessecheerfulness, and constancy in all good duties, whence hee is called a free spirit, not …
Thomas Taylor · The Rule of the Law Under the Gospel · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vpon his extremities; yet did hee still indure, not onely with patience, but with cheerfulnessecheerfulness, the heauy hand of God, kissing (as it were) the rod that smote him …
With rule
… vpon his extremities; yet did hee still indure, not onely with patience, but with cheerfulnessecheerfulness, the heauy hand of God, kissing (as it were) the rod that smote him …
Thomas Wilson · Christs Farewell to Jerusalem and Last Prophecy · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (22)

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

A Guide to Godliness A20762

Printed
… moſt ſeaſonable, both for his glory, and our owne ſpirituall good and euerlaſting ſaluation. CheerfulneſſeCheerfulness in the wayes of godlineſſe, when they ſeeme fulleſt of difficulty and danger, becauſe …
With rule
… moſt ſeaſonable, both for his glory, and our owne ſpirituall good and euerlaſting ſaluation. CheerfulneſſeCheerfulness in the wayes of godlineſſe, when they ſeeme fulleſt of difficulty and danger, becauſe …
John Downame · A Guide to Godliness · p. 715 · Open in the reader

The Sum of Sacred Divinity A20766

Printed
… duties are, and the more they doe excell, the more excellent our Loue, Zeale, CheerfulneſſeCheerfulness and Sinceritie bee in the performance of them: This Commandement wee haue, Matthew 22. 37. Thou …
With rule
… duties are, and the more they doe excell, the more excellent our Loue, Zeale, CheerfulneſſeCheerfulness and Sinceritie bee in the performance of them: This Commandement wee haue, Matthew 22. 37. Thou …
John Downame · The Sum of Sacred Divinity · p. 464 · Open in the reader
Printed
Fourthly, CheerfulneſſeCheerfulness and outward ioy and pleaſure. In which reſpect, the exerciſe which the other Euangeliſts …
With rule
Fourthly, CheerfulneſſeCheerfulness and outward ioy and pleaſure. In which reſpect, the exerciſe which the other Euangeliſts …
John Downame · The Sum of Sacred Divinity · p. 502 · Open in the reader

A Brief Exposition of the Book of Ecclesiastes A34666

Printed
… So in Adonibezek, Judges 1.6, 7. 3. foreign, well-favouredneſſe: It is a beauty in the countenance. Firſt CheerfulneſſeCheerfulness. Secondly Lightſomneſſe. Firſt, there is a cheerfulneſſecheerfulness in Gods works at laſt, Gen. 45.7, 8. James …
With rule
… So in Adonibezek, Judges 1.6, 7. 3. foreign, well-favouredneſſe: It is a beauty in the countenance. Firſt CheerfulneſſeCheerfulness. Secondly Lightſomneſſe. Firſt, there is a cheerfulneſſecheerfulness in Gods works at laſt, Gen. 45.7, 8. James …
John Cotton · A Brief Exposition of the Book of Ecclesiastes · p. 59 · Open in the reader

The Gentile Sinner A39252

Printed
… an Indulgence to sin, but an encouragement unto Holinesse, and to go on with CheerfulnesseCheerfulness to see what that Good Father has in store for him in Heaven, who …
With rule
… an Indulgence to sin, but an encouragement unto Holinesse, and to go on with CheerfulnesseCheerfulness to see what that Good Father has in store for him in Heaven, who …
Clement Ellis · The Gentile Sinner · p. 247 · Open in the reader

The One Thing Necessary A65304

Printed
… out of this spiritual melancholy, Why art thou cast down O my soul? Psalme 42. 5. CheerfulnesseCheerfulness quickens; the Lacedemonians used musick in their battles to excite their spirits and make …
With rule
… out of this spiritual melancholy, Why art thou cast down O my soul? Psalme 42. 5. CheerfulnesseCheerfulness quickens; the Lacedemonians used musick in their battles to excite their spirits and make …
Thomas Watson · The One Thing Necessary · p. 60 · Open in the reader
Printed
… musick in their battles to excite their spirits and make them fight more valiantly. CheerfulnesseCheerfulness is like musick to the soul, it excites to duty, it oyles the wheels …
With rule
… musick in their battles to excite their spirits and make them fight more valiantly. CheerfulnesseCheerfulness is like musick to the soul, it excites to duty, it oyles the wheels …
Thomas Watson · The One Thing Necessary · p. 60 · Open in the reader

The Mystery of the Gospel Vindicated and Socinianism Examined A90295

Printed
… I could break off my dayly pressing occasions to attend unto it) with much CheerfulnesseCheerfulness, and Alacrity of mind. And this was the Reason, why, finding M. B. came …
With rule
… I could break off my dayly pressing occasions to attend unto it) with much CheerfulnesseCheerfulness, and Alacrity of mind. And this was the Reason, why, finding M. B. came …
John Owen · The Mystery of the Gospel Vindicated and Socinianism Examined · Open in the reader