Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #33465 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

hemmehem

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

Puritas changed it: 193 times in 140 works
Consistency: 96.5% (193 of 200)
Reach if approved: ~210 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: hem
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 200 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (193 changes in 140 works, 96.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 193)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… vaine, they cannot be releeved against them, they are deceived. Touch but thou the hemmehem of Christs garment, flie to God in his name, and thou shalt finde this …
With rule
… vaine, they cannot be releeved against them, they are deceived. Touch but thou the hemmehem of Christs garment, flie to God in his name, and thou shalt finde this …
Richard Sibbes · Exposition of Philippians 3 · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
… part of the Kingdome, yet they craue greatest consideration: The terrour of Princes to hemmehem in their absolute power: And a raging sea that cannot be stilled by force …
With rule
… part of the Kingdome, yet they craue greatest consideration: The terrour of Princes to hemmehem in their absolute power: And a raging sea that cannot be stilled by force …
William Struther · A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered · p. 60 · Open in the reader
Printed
… throne. Secondly, his cloathes reached downe to the ground, which ſignifieth his glory▪ the hemmehem of his garment touched the ground, which ſignyfied the humanity of Chriſt: and the …
With rule
… throne. Secondly, his cloathes reached downe to the ground, which ſignifieth his glory▪ the hemmehem of his garment touched the ground, which ſignyfied the humanity of Chriſt: and the …
John Weemes · Exercitations Divine · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
… yee doe, and whther soeuer yee turne your selues: By instant prayers to God hemmehem in the folies of your youth: In this wicked euill world striue to bee …
With rule
… yee doe, and whther soeuer yee turne your selues: By instant prayers to God hemmehem in the folies of your youth: In this wicked euill world striue to bee …
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 976 · Open in the reader
Printed
… miſ-led Papists, who in a ſottiſh modesty dare not preſume to touch the hemmehem of Chriſt his garments; but must have Saints to promote their ſuites. A third …
With rule
… miſ-led Papists, who in a ſottiſh modesty dare not preſume to touch the hemmehem of Chriſt his garments; but must have Saints to promote their ſuites. A third …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 531 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not moderate corrections be inflicted vpon you? shall it be sacriledge to touch the hemmehem of your garments? but God giue you grace to repent your owne bloudie murthers …
With rule
… not moderate corrections be inflicted vpon you? shall it be sacriledge to touch the hemmehem of your garments? but God giue you grace to repent your owne bloudie murthers …
Francis Hastings · Defense of the Watch-Word Against the Ward-Word · p. 160 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in the worlds estimation, be but as ordinary water, salt, clay, and as the hemmehem of a garment; yet we see, if God take them into his hand (as …
With rule
… in the worlds estimation, be but as ordinary water, salt, clay, and as the hemmehem of a garment; yet we see, if God take them into his hand (as …
William Loe · A Still Voice · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… live; for when a man toucheth Christ by faith, as the woman touched the hemmehem of his garment, there goes a certain vertue out from him, that heales the …
With rule
… live; for when a man toucheth Christ by faith, as the woman touched the hemmehem of his garment, there goes a certain vertue out from him, that heales the …
John Preston · Sermons · p. 41 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

3 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.

The Last Battle of the Soul A16539

Printed
Haue now, Lord, a speciall care of him: HemmeHem in all his thoughts within the compasse of thy will: Possesse him so with …
With rule
Haue now, Lord, a speciall care of him: HemmeHem in all his thoughts within the compasse of thy will: Possesse him so with …
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 1173 · Open in the reader

The Souls Possession of Christ A72376

Printed
… give mee courage, and life, and quickening. As that poore woman by touching the HemmeHem of Chriſts garment, drew vertue from him; ſo faith layes hold upon the hemmehem …
With rule
… give mee courage, and life, and quickening. As that poore woman by touching the HemmeHem of Chriſts garment, drew vertue from him; ſo faith layes hold upon the hemmehem …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Possession of Christ · p. 42 · Open in the reader

The Buddings and Blossomings of Old Truths A85733

Printed
… not be croſſed in his journey to Ramoth Gilead, they will not have the HemmeHem of this Garment touched, 2 Sam. 18.5.
With rule
… not be croſſed in his journey to Ramoth Gilead, they will not have the HemmeHem of this Garment touched, 2 Sam. 18.5.
Alexander Grosse · The Buddings and Blossomings of Old Truths · p. 279 · Open in the reader