Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3249 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

doubtfulnessedoubtfulness

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

Puritas changed it: 336 times in 185 works
Consistency: 96.8% (336 of 347)
Reach if approved: ~365 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: doubtfulness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 347 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (336 changes in 185 works, 96.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 336)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… to vndermine that confidence and expectation of helpe, and to place in ſtead thereof doubtfulneſſedoubtfulness and infidelitie. Thus Sathan will be ſure to loſe nothing by this bargaine any …
With rule
… to vndermine that confidence and expectation of helpe, and to place in ſtead thereof doubtfulneſſedoubtfulness and infidelitie. Thus Sathan will be ſure to loſe nothing by this bargaine any …
Henry Smith · Two Sermons of Jonahs Punishment · Open in the reader
Printed
… But it is verilie lawfull to deſire riches, if, taking away all ambiguity and doubtfulneſſedoubtfulness of the worde, wee vnderſtand by the name of riches things neceſſary for the …
With rule
… But it is verilie lawfull to deſire riches, if, taking away all ambiguity and doubtfulneſſedoubtfulness of the worde, wee vnderſtand by the name of riches things neceſſary for the …
Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 1032 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by the Iesuites confessiō, the originall or fountaines are more certaine and sure without doubtfulnessedoubtfulness and ambiguitie, therefore more authenticall then the Latin.
With rule
… by the Iesuites confessiō, the originall or fountaines are more certaine and sure without doubtfulnessedoubtfulness and ambiguitie, therefore more authenticall then the Latin.
Andrew Willet · A General View of Papistry · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
Beholde the ſorowe ampietie and doubtfulneſſedoubtfulness whiche foloweth by iuſte plage the worldlye Tirauntes and euyl dooers. They dooe ſtynge …
With rule
Beholde the ſorowe ampietie and doubtfulneſſedoubtfulness whiche foloweth by iuſte plage the worldlye Tirauntes and euyl dooers. They dooe ſtynge …
Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader
Printed
… termes of the quarell, thirdly, the hazard (as might ſeeme for the time) and doubtfulneſſedoubtfulness of the euent, together with ſome foyles taken on either part, and laſtly the …
With rule
… termes of the quarell, thirdly, the hazard (as might ſeeme for the time) and doubtfulneſſedoubtfulness of the euent, together with ſome foyles taken on either part, and laſtly the …
Samuel Hieron · Three Sermons · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a Torch or a Light, did cut off the liues of many folkes. Which doubtfulnessedoubtfulness of spéech the Idoll coueted, not of any intent to spare them, but to …
With rule
… a Torch or a Light, did cut off the liues of many folkes. Which doubtfulnessedoubtfulness of spéech the Idoll coueted, not of any intent to spare them, but to …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 400 · Open in the reader
Printed
3 That doubtfulnessedoubtfulness and despaire are most grieuous sinnes.
With rule
3 That doubtfulnessedoubtfulness and despaire are most grieuous sinnes.
William Perkins · Satans Sophistry Answered · p. 160 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and pure, whether ye reſpect words or phraſe: neither hath it any ambiguitie or doubtfulneſſedoubtfulness in it. This property differs frō the former herein, for that whereas perſpicuitie extendes …
With rule
… and pure, whether ye reſpect words or phraſe: neither hath it any ambiguitie or doubtfulneſſedoubtfulness in it. This property differs frō the former herein, for that whereas perſpicuitie extendes …
Robert Rollock · Gods Effectual Calling · p. 62 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

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

Exposition of 2 Thessalonians A11588

Printed
… primo, There are foure degrees by which the minde proceeds to Aſſent of Faith. 1 DoubtfulneſſeDoubtfulness, when the minde hangs in aequilibrio, in euen poi…e, without propenſion to either …
With rule
… primo, There are foure degrees by which the minde proceeds to Aſſent of Faith. 1 DoubtfulneſſeDoubtfulness, when the minde hangs in aequilibrio, in euen poi…e, without propenſion to either …
William Sclater · Exposition of 2 Thessalonians · p. 168 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Genesis and Exodus A15408

Printed
… want of faith: as Christ comming into his countrey, marvelled at their unbeliefe, Mark. 6.6. 2. DoubtfulnesseDoubtfulness, as in Peter, when he would have come to Christ walking upon the water …
With rule
… want of faith: as Christ comming into his countrey, marvelled at their unbeliefe, Mark. 6.6. 2. DoubtfulnesseDoubtfulness, as in Peter, when he would have come to Christ walking upon the water …
Andrew Willet · Commentary on Genesis and Exodus · p. 274 · Open in the reader

The Art of Logic and Rhetoric A49581

Printed
DoubtfulnesseDoubtfulness of a word, Likenesse of name, is either called Homonymia; or by a Trope …
With rule
DoubtfulnesseDoubtfulness of a word, Likenesse of name, is either called Homonymia; or by a Trope …
Petrus Ramus · The Art of Logic and Rhetoric · p. 312 · Open in the reader
Printed
DoubtfulnesseDoubtfulness by a Trope, is when a word is taken properly, which is meant figuratively …
With rule
DoubtfulnesseDoubtfulness by a Trope, is when a word is taken properly, which is meant figuratively …
Petrus Ramus · The Art of Logic and Rhetoric · p. 313 · Open in the reader

The Sum of Christian Religion A64611

Printed
… beliefe, which aſſenteth not to ſuch doctrine as is heard and known concerning God. DoubtfulneſſeDoubtfulness, which neither aſſenteth ſtedfaſtly to the doctrine of God, neither doth altogether gaine-ſay …
With rule
… beliefe, which aſſenteth not to ſuch doctrine as is heard and known concerning God. DoubtfulneſſeDoubtfulness, which neither aſſenteth ſtedfaſtly to the doctrine of God, neither doth altogether gaine-ſay …
Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion · p. 535 · Open in the reader