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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #33402 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

tryestries

Two or more mechanical changes in one word: sinne → sin, vnderstande → understand.

Puritas changed it
226 times in 169 works
Consistency
97.8% (226 of 231)
Reach if approved
~251 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: tries
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
239 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
8 places (not counted against it)

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (226 changes in 169 works, 97.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 226)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … till repentance hath had its perfect worke, and every Champion of his whom he tryestries, muſt looke for more tryalls, till faith and patience have had their perfect worke …
    With rule
    … till repentance hath had its perfect worke, and every Champion of his whom he tryestries, muſt looke for more tryalls, till faith and patience have had their perfect worke …

    Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 15-17 · p. 309 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … your hearts or hands; within or without you. For your great Lord ſearches and tryestries you, Rev. 2.23. Make an impartial, and diligent enquiry into this matter, and that with …
    With rule
    … your hearts or hands; within or without you. For your great Lord ſearches and tryestries you, Rev. 2.23. Make an impartial, and diligent enquiry into this matter, and that with …

    Stephen Ford · A Gospel Church · p. 332 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    By this hee tryestries man: 1. Whether hee will conſider howe hee comes by them.
    With rule
    By this hee tryestries man: 1. Whether hee will conſider howe hee comes by them.

    Robert Hill · Christs Prayer Expounded · p. 63 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    How oft in the Prophets doth the Lord call for Mercie? yea, tryestries the truth of their Religion, and performance of holy Duties by this, as St …
    With rule
    How oft in the Prophets doth the Lord call for Mercie? yea, tryestries the truth of their Religion, and performance of holy Duties by this, as St …

    John Rogers · A Treatise of Love · p. 186 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … he ſends vs raine, windes, faire weather, how we take theſe his tokens. He tryestries vs whether we loue him or not. If we frowne when we receiue them …
    With rule
    … he ſends vs raine, windes, faire weather, how we take theſe his tokens. He tryestries vs whether we loue him or not. If we frowne when we receiue them …

    Francis Trigge · Defense of our Days over the Days of our Forefathers · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … fire prepared for the devil and his Angels. What a fire is this? it tryestries the reins, it ſearcheth the bowells, it pierceth the very ſoul and inmoſt thoughts …
    With rule
    … fire prepared for the devil and his Angels. What a fire is this? it tryestries the reins, it ſearcheth the bowells, it pierceth the very ſoul and inmoſt thoughts …

    Isaac Ambrose · The Last things · p. 149 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … as one hunts a partridge from place to place, if diſappointed one way, he tryestries another: ſends to Davids houſe, then to Naioth, then to Keilah, then to Ziph …
    With rule
    … as one hunts a partridge from place to place, if diſappointed one way, he tryestries another: ſends to Davids houſe, then to Naioth, then to Keilah, then to Ziph …

    Jeremiah Burroughs · An Exposition of Hosea 11-13 · p. 565 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … and ſhall be found ſo at laſt; both to the Glory of Him that tryestries you, and yours who are tryed: Abraham, David, Job, and others, are pregnant examples …
    With rule
    … and ſhall be found ſo at laſt; both to the Glory of Him that tryestries you, and yours who are tryed: Abraham, David, Job, and others, are pregnant examples …

    Elisha Coles · A Practical Discourse of Gods Sovereignty · p. 268 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

1 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.

A Key to Open Scripture Metaphors A37483

  • Printed
    … after the manner of Goldsmiths, or others concerned in Mettals,) when he Purifies and TryesTries the Godly with Crosses and Afflictions, Psal. 17.3. and 66.10. Zach. 13.9. So when he Purifies and …
    With rule
    … after the manner of Goldsmiths, or others concerned in Mettals,) when he Purifies and TryesTries the Godly with Crosses and Afflictions, Psal. 17.3. and 66.10. Zach. 13.9. So when he Purifies and …

    Thomas De Laune · A Key to Open Scripture Metaphors · p. 58 · Open in the reader