Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3353 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

reinesreins

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

Puritas changed it: 872 times in 457 works
Consistency: 96.2% (872 of 906)
Reach if approved: ~952 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: reins
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 906 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (872 changes in 457 works, 96.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 872)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the children of men. And Ieremie, Thou that triest the Righteous, and seest the reinesreins, and the heart. And the eleuen Apostles: Thou Lord, which knowest the harts of …
With rule
… the children of men. And Ieremie, Thou that triest the Righteous, and seest the reinesreins, and the heart. And the eleuen Apostles: Thou Lord, which knowest the harts of …
Daniel Featley · The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſee for my ſelfe, and mine eyes ſhall behold, and not another, though my reinesreins …e conſumed within me. Which text, though it be as plaine and dir…ct …
With rule
… ſee for my ſelfe, and mine eyes ſhall behold, and not another, though my reinesreins …e conſumed within me. Which text, though it be as plaine and dir…ct …
Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 183 · Open in the reader
Printed
… owne survey; soeing thou only art foreign, the trier and searcher of the heart and reinesreins. Truth of words may have for its motive, vain-glory and praise of men …
With rule
… owne survey; soeing thou only art foreign, the trier and searcher of the heart and reinesreins. Truth of words may have for its motive, vain-glory and praise of men …
Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon Psalm 150 · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all manner of godly conuerſation. Examine me, O Lord, and proue me; try my reinesreins and my heart: For thy louing kindneſſe is before mine eyes: and I haue …
With rule
… all manner of godly conuerſation. Examine me, O Lord, and proue me; try my reinesreins and my heart: For thy louing kindneſſe is before mine eyes: and I haue …
John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 268 · Open in the reader
Printed
… cure all that come to him which were troubled with the ſtone in the reinesreins, or any other grievous diſeaſe, and if wee ſhould meete with many comming from …
With rule
… cure all that come to him which were troubled with the ſtone in the reinesreins, or any other grievous diſeaſe, and if wee ſhould meete with many comming from …
Thomas Hooker · The Unbelievers Preparing for Christ · p. 149 · Open in the reader
Printed
… affliction. And in the xxvj. Pſalm. Trie me O Lorde, prooue and examine my reinesreins and my harte. Againe Pſal. lxvj. Wee paſſed through fire and water. To bee …
With rule
… affliction. And in the xxvj. Pſalm. Trie me O Lorde, prooue and examine my reinesreins and my harte. Againe Pſal. lxvj. Wee paſſed through fire and water. To bee …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · Open in the reader
Printed
… libertie. A child left unto himſelfe, like an untamed Colt, that hath gotten the reinesreins on his necke, with much fiercenes and head ſtrongneſſe ruſheth into all manner of …
With rule
… libertie. A child left unto himſelfe, like an untamed Colt, that hath gotten the reinesreins on his necke, with much fiercenes and head ſtrongneſſe ruſheth into all manner of …
Richard Bernard · The Ready Way to Good Works · p. 339 · Open in the reader
Printed
… saying, And all the Churches shall know that I am hee which search the reinesreins and the hearts: As if he should say to Iesabell and her companie: you …
With rule
… saying, And all the Churches shall know that I am hee which search the reinesreins and the hearts: As if he should say to Iesabell and her companie: you …
William Perkins · Exposition of Revelation 1-3 · p. 147 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (34)

14 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 20 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Pilgrimage A10228

Printed
… fat of the Heart may: but not that which is one the Inwards and ReinesReins, and Stomacke, and Guts, and Bladder: the rest may be eaten.
With rule
… fat of the Heart may: but not that which is one the Inwards and ReinesReins, and Stomacke, and Guts, and Bladder: the rest may be eaten.
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 153 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for modesties sake they were enioyned to gird a piece of Linnen about their ReinesReins.
With rule
… for modesties sake they were enioyned to gird a piece of Linnen about their ReinesReins.
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 220 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Romans A15525

Printed
… sinne most extreamly. For, he is Omnipotent, and the searcher of the hearts and ReinesReins.
With rule
… sinne most extreamly. For, he is Omnipotent, and the searcher of the hearts and ReinesReins.
Thomas Wilson · Commentary on Romans · p. 124 · Open in the reader

Christs Alarm to Drowsy Saints A41106

Printed
… of the whole World; O Lord of Heaſts that judgeſt righteouſly, that tryeſt the ReinesReins and the Heart, Jer. 11. 20. Hee could not judge every man righteouſly elſe. A man …
With rule
… of the whole World; O Lord of Heaſts that judgeſt righteouſly, that tryeſt the ReinesReins and the Heart, Jer. 11. 20. Hee could not judge every man righteouſly elſe. A man …
William Fenner · Christs Alarm to Drowsy Saints · p. 207 · Open in the reader

The Inability of Natural Man to Attain Right Knowledge A45220

Printed
… it much) he brings it to God the ſearcher of hearts, and tryer of ReinesReins with earneſt ſuits that he would deliver him from his guilefull heart, Pſalm. 139. v …
With rule
… it much) he brings it to God the ſearcher of hearts, and tryer of ReinesReins with earneſt ſuits that he would deliver him from his guilefull heart, Pſalm. 139. v …
Henry Hurst · The Inability of Natural Man to Attain Right Knowledge · p. 12 · Open in the reader

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
In Entrailes, Heart or Head, Liver or ReinesReins,
With rule
In Entrailes, Heart or Head, Liver or ReinesReins,
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader
Printed
Was bid turn ReinesReins from th' Equinoctial Rode
With rule
Was bid turn ReinesReins from th' Equinoctial Rode
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

Canterburys Doom A56144

Printed
… nay puniſheth Chiefe Juſtice Richardſon, removes him from that Circuit, and lets looſe the ReinesReins to all Licentiouſneſſe, prophaneneſſe, whereby infinite miſchiefs enſued, as we have fully proved: So …
With rule
… nay puniſheth Chiefe Juſtice Richardſon, removes him from that Circuit, and lets looſe the ReinesReins to all Licentiouſneſſe, prophaneneſſe, whereby infinite miſchiefs enſued, as we have fully proved: So …
William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · p. 507 · Open in the reader

The Infancy of the World A76717

Printed
ReinesReins, Melt, and liver? wouldest thou fain be merry
With rule
ReinesReins, Melt, and liver? wouldest thou fain be merry
Nicolas Billingsley · The Infancy of the World · p. 6 · Open in the reader

A Historical Vindication of the Government of the Church of Scotland A77444

Printed
… to advance Preſacy. If either Independency or Eraſtianiſme have power to let looſe the ReinesReins of conſcience ſo far; we confeſſe the Scots have been too ſimple, in beleeving …
With rule
… to advance Preſacy. If either Independency or Eraſtianiſme have power to let looſe the ReinesReins of conſcience ſo far; we confeſſe the Scots have been too ſimple, in beleeving …
Robert Baillie · A Historical Vindication of the Government of the Church of Scotland · p. 29 · Open in the reader

The Valley of Vision A86450

Printed
… rare, and hard thing to find a conſcionable Servant. Servants have gotten now the ReinesReins on their owne necks, they have caſt off the yoake. There is no man …
With rule
… rare, and hard thing to find a conſcionable Servant. Servants have gotten now the ReinesReins on their owne necks, they have caſt off the yoake. There is no man …
Richard Holdsworth · The Valley of Vision · p. 396 · Open in the reader

Demonology and Theology A86498

Printed
… dominion; Aries on the head, and Leo on the heart, and Sagittarius on the ReinesReins and loynes; your Aſtrologers ſhew you in your ordinary and common Almanacks. But your …
With rule
… dominion; Aries on the head, and Leo on the heart, and Sagittarius on the ReinesReins and loynes; your Aſtrologers ſhew you in your ordinary and common Almanacks. But your …
Nathanael Homes · Demonology and Theology · p. 157 · Open in the reader

England Faithfully Watched A88417

Printed
… very induſtrious to inſtruct, to propagate wholſome principles, I ravell out my Lungs, my ReinesReins, my Braines, my life, and yet he ſees not this ſilver cord, to be …
With rule
… very induſtrious to inſtruct, to propagate wholſome principles, I ravell out my Lungs, my ReinesReins, my Braines, my life, and yet he ſees not this ſilver cord, to be …
Nicholas Lockyer · England Faithfully Watched · p. 497 · Open in the reader

A Hundred Sermons on Revelation B11837

Printed
… ſ. Barnard. His ſermon which he had to the clergie in the counſell of ReinesReins, remayneth. In his bokes of conſideration he is moſte vehement, eſpecially in the .ii …
With rule
… ſ. Barnard. His ſermon which he had to the clergie in the counſell of ReinesReins, remayneth. In his bokes of conſideration he is moſte vehement, eſpecially in the .ii …
Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · Open in the reader