Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3229 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

craftinessecraftiness

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

Puritas changed it: 450 times in 265 works
Consistency: 97.8% (450 of 460)
Reach if approved: ~483 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: craftiness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 460 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (450 changes in 265 works, 97.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 450)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… his faithfulneſſe in deliuering, of his wiſedome in catching the ſubtill in their owne craftineſſecraftiness, and diſappointing their plots and practiſes, and of other his properties to ſhine forth …
With rule
… his faithfulneſſe in deliuering, of his wiſedome in catching the ſubtill in their owne craftineſſecraftiness, and diſappointing their plots and practiſes, and of other his properties to ſhine forth …
William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 236 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Many that oppose the truth, and teach errour are full of sleight, and cunning craftinessecraftiness as the Apostle speaketh, Ephes. 4.14. and will speake with farre greater probability and shew …
With rule
… Many that oppose the truth, and teach errour are full of sleight, and cunning craftinessecraftiness as the Apostle speaketh, Ephes. 4.14. and will speake with farre greater probability and shew …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 785 · Open in the reader
Printed
… For it is neither Pharaohs greatnesse, nor Nebuchadnezzars imperiousnesse, nor Iehues furiousnes, nor Herods craftinessecraftiness, nor Saules goodlines, nor Rehoboams lustinesse, nor any thing else that can exempt them …
With rule
… For it is neither Pharaohs greatnesse, nor Nebuchadnezzars imperiousnesse, nor Iehues furiousnes, nor Herods craftinessecraftiness, nor Saules goodlines, nor Rehoboams lustinesse, nor any thing else that can exempt them …
William Loe · A Still Voice · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… carried about with euery wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftinessecraftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceiue: But following the truth in loue, in …
With rule
… carried about with euery wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftinessecraftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceiue: But following the truth in loue, in …
John Phillips · The Christians Alphabet · p. 128 · Open in the reader
Printed
The strength of lust is in these particulars. First, it's wisdome and cunning craftinessecraftiness, whereby it lies in waite, and is upon the catch of every advantage to …
With rule
The strength of lust is in these particulars. First, it's wisdome and cunning craftinessecraftiness, whereby it lies in waite, and is upon the catch of every advantage to …
Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · p. 218 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with mightie enimies, the prince of darknesse, the rulers of the aire, the spirituall craftinessecraftiness and pollicies of hell! why arisest thou not thou sluggard? thy foes in great …
With rule
… with mightie enimies, the prince of darknesse, the rulers of the aire, the spirituall craftinessecraftiness and pollicies of hell! why arisest thou not thou sluggard? thy foes in great …
Henry Smith · The Magistrates Scripture · Open in the reader
Printed
… be pauing a way to their owne destruction. Hee takes the wise in their craftinessecraftiness, that they lay a net in which themselues fall. When they make couenants with …
With rule
… be pauing a way to their owne destruction. Hee takes the wise in their craftinessecraftiness, that they lay a net in which themselues fall. When they make couenants with …
Thomas Taylor · A Map of Rome · p. 59 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that are uſed to accompliſh it. We have in her then a fault of craftineſſecraftiness, and deceit, and lying. There is a great difference betwixt wiſdome and fraud, wiſdome …
With rule
… that are uſed to accompliſh it. We have in her then a fault of craftineſſecraftiness, and deceit, and lying. There is a great difference betwixt wiſdome and fraud, wiſdome …
William Whately · Prototypes · p. 8 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Observations Divine and Moral A10839

Printed
CAP. XV. Of Simplicitie, and CraftinesseCraftiness.
With rule
CAP. XV. Of Simplicitie, and CraftinesseCraftiness.
John Robinson · Observations Divine and Moral · p. 101 · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

Printed
2 Deceite, guile, and fraud. Eph. 4, 14. By the deceite of men, and with CraftinesseCraftiness. Heere it is taken in ill part.
With rule
2 Deceite, guile, and fraud. Eph. 4, 14. By the deceite of men, and with CraftinesseCraftiness. Heere it is taken in ill part.
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 74 · Open in the reader

Annotations Upon the New Testament A50050

Printed
CraftinesseCraftiness] foreign when they have done their utmost (as the word imports) to bring about their …
With rule
CraftinesseCraftiness] foreign when they have done their utmost (as the word imports) to bring about their …
Edward Leigh · Annotations Upon the New Testament · p. 234 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

Printed
CraftineſſeCraftiness.
With rule
CraftineſſeCraftiness.
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader
Printed
Of CraftineſſeCraftiness againſt God, and his vvord. 294. a 1.
With rule
Of CraftineſſeCraftiness againſt God, and his vvord. 294. a 1.
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader