Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3373 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sparkessparks

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

Puritas changed it: 682 times in 399 works
Consistency: 93.1% (682 of 732)
Reach if approved: ~769 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: sparks
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 732 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (682 changes in 399 works, 93.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 682)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… sēd forth a fat & clāmy swet, which is in like maner kīdled as y^e sparkessparks of fire y^t ar séen when a black horse is curred. Liuius reporteth of …
With rule
… sēd forth a fat & clāmy swet, which is in like maner kīdled as y^e sparkessparks of fire y^t ar séen when a black horse is curred. Liuius reporteth of …
William Fulke · A Goodly Gallery · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… righteouſneſſe which they have by nature, and in the ſtate of nature, and the ſparkessparks and acts thereof, this they truſt to, and neglect the Name of the Lord …
With rule
… righteouſneſſe which they have by nature, and in the ſtate of nature, and the ſparkessparks and acts thereof, this they truſt to, and neglect the Name of the Lord …
Thomas Goodwin · A Child of Light Walking in Darkness · p. 84 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in sinne / but was alwaies renewed by repentance. Furder / this spirit of God (the sparkessparks wherof were never quenched vtterlie) did not / nor could not consent or giue place …
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… in sinne / but was alwaies renewed by repentance. Furder / this spirit of God (the sparkessparks wherof were never quenched vtterlie) did not / nor could not consent or giue place …
John Greenwood · Answer to Giffords Defense of Read Prayers · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Smiths burning Iron, which not onely heateth thoſe that are neere, but caſteth ſparkessparks farre off.
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… the Smiths burning Iron, which not onely heateth thoſe that are neere, but caſteth ſparkessparks farre off.
Samuel Hieron · Three Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
… of man ſupported. Wherein the profitable bloomes of Vertue approoue theyr roote. With theſe ſparkessparks of true prayſe, and Vertue enflamed our Nobilitye, ſtriueth with it ſelfe. And treadynge …
With rule
… of man ſupported. Wherein the profitable bloomes of Vertue approoue theyr roote. With theſe ſparkessparks of true prayſe, and Vertue enflamed our Nobilitye, ſtriueth with it ſelfe. And treadynge …
Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader
Printed
… leaſt breaches of Gods Law. Little things neglected doe often doe great hurt; little ſparkessparks vnquenched turne to fiers exceeding great: So the ſmalleſt ſinnes deminiſh the feruour of …
With rule
… leaſt breaches of Gods Law. Little things neglected doe often doe great hurt; little ſparkessparks vnquenched turne to fiers exceeding great: So the ſmalleſt ſinnes deminiſh the feruour of …
Paul Baynes · A Help to True Happiness · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the tyme commeth, they shall be looked vpon. They ryghteous shall shyne as the sparkessparks, that run thorowe the rede bushe. They shall iudge the nacions, and haue dominion …
With rule
… the tyme commeth, they shall be looked vpon. They ryghteous shall shyne as the sparkessparks, that run thorowe the rede bushe. They shall iudge the nacions, and haue dominion …
Thomas Becon · Davids Harp · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the Chaldees. Fourthly, That wee walke in the light of the fire and ſparkessparks which men haue kindled to themſelues. More ſpecially touching the the Miniſterie, he ſaith …
With rule
… of the Chaldees. Fourthly, That wee walke in the light of the fire and ſparkessparks which men haue kindled to themſelues. More ſpecially touching the the Miniſterie, he ſaith …
Richard Bernard · Plain Evidences the Church of England is Apostolical · p. 112 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (50)

17 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 33 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture A00593

Printed
… the narrow gate that leadeth unto life. In whoſe teares many of our noble SparkesSparks, or luſty Gallants, and high Spirits may reade the cauſe why they are ſo …
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… the narrow gate that leadeth unto life. In whoſe teares many of our noble SparkesSparks, or luſty Gallants, and high Spirits may reade the cauſe why they are ſo …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 249 · Open in the reader
Printed
… flower and beſt of their time. The account of theſe brave Gallants, and noble SparkesSparks, as they are termed, is ſoone caſt. Halfe the night gamed and revelled, and …
With rule
… flower and beſt of their time. The account of theſe brave Gallants, and noble SparkesSparks, as they are termed, is ſoone caſt. Halfe the night gamed and revelled, and …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 276 · Open in the reader

The Saints Qualification A10010

Printed
… as convinceth the minde of sinne: when wee teach knowledge, it is as the SparkesSparks in a darke roome, or as the Starres in a darke night, the roome …
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… as convinceth the minde of sinne: when wee teach knowledge, it is as the SparkesSparks in a darke roome, or as the Starres in a darke night, the roome …
John Preston · The Saints Qualification · p. 77 · Open in the reader

The Players Scourge A10187

Printed
… Theses, and in his Overthrow of Stage-playes thorowout. Printed 1599. and now reprinted, 1629. Doctor SparkesSparks, in his R…hearsall Sermon at Pauls Crosse, Aprill 29, 1579. Master Perkins, in his Treatise …
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… Theses, and in his Overthrow of Stage-playes thorowout. Printed 1599. and now reprinted, 1629. Doctor SparkesSparks, in his R…hearsall Sermon at Pauls Crosse, Aprill 29, 1579. Master Perkins, in his Treatise …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 329 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Cabinet. London 1616. pag. 116.117, 118. In Master Samuel Purchas, his Pilgrim. cap. 51. pag. 490. In M. Doctor SparkesSparks, his Rehearsall Sermon at Pauls Crosse, the 29. of Aprill. Anno 1579. In the Anonymous Treatise …
With rule
… Cabinet. London 1616. pag. 116.117, 118. In Master Samuel Purchas, his Pilgrim. cap. 51. pag. 490. In M. Doctor SparkesSparks, his Rehearsall Sermon at Pauls Crosse, the 29. of Aprill. Anno 1579. In the Anonymous Treatise …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 485 · Open in the reader
Printed
… lusts? who to purchase the empty title. of brave, generous, liberall, and right ioviall SparkesSparks, whom Players most applaud, doe prodigally consume their Patrimonies, their Pensions, their time in …
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… lusts? who to purchase the empty title. of brave, generous, liberall, and right ioviall SparkesSparks, whom Players most applaud, doe prodigally consume their Patrimonies, their Pensions, their time in …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 509 · Open in the reader

The Bruised Reed A12171

Printed
SparkesSparks by nature flye. upwards: so the spirit of Grace carrieth the soule Heaven-ward …
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SparkesSparks by nature flye. upwards: so the spirit of Grace carrieth the soule Heaven-ward …
Richard Sibbes · The Bruised Reed · p. 117 · Open in the reader

A Model of Divinity A15824

Printed
… bend to euery hand, which afterwards will not be bowed with all thy might. SparkesSparks are ſooner quenched then flames, and greene wounds ſooner cured then feſtred ſores: he …
With rule
… bend to euery hand, which afterwards will not be bowed with all thy might. SparkesSparks are ſooner quenched then flames, and greene wounds ſooner cured then feſtred ſores: he …
John Yates · A Model of Divinity · p. 8 · Open in the reader

The Fire of the Sanctuary Newly Uncovered A17270

Printed
… the Witches in the world, all the Deuils in hell, then one of theſe SparkesSparks, by ſin againſt God.
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… the Witches in the world, all the Deuils in hell, then one of theſe SparkesSparks, by ſin againſt God.
Cornelius Burges · The Fire of the Sanctuary Newly Uncovered · p. 138 · Open in the reader

Canterburys Doom A56144

Printed
… moſt of them, brought into the High Commiſſion (as Mr. Prynne, Mr. Burton, Mr. SparkesSparks, Mr. Jones, Mr. Bowler Mr. Bourn, with others, as was atteſted by the three …
With rule
… moſt of them, brought into the High Commiſſion (as Mr. Prynne, Mr. Burton, Mr. SparkesSparks, Mr. Jones, Mr. Bowler Mr. Bourn, with others, as was atteſted by the three …
William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · p. 159 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Biſhops Letters; as was proved by the Teſtimony of Maſter Henry Burton and Michaell SparkesSparks ſenior, committed to the Fleet by the Biſhop at the ſame time; by the …
With rule
… Biſhops Letters; as was proved by the Teſtimony of Maſter Henry Burton and Michaell SparkesSparks ſenior, committed to the Fleet by the Biſhop at the ſame time; by the …
William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · p. 166 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Ezra Nehemiah Ester Job and Psalms A63066

Printed
… it, as the birds fly upward; the Septuagint, As the young vultures fly upwards. SparkesSparks and birds fly upward naturally, and by a principle of their owne they need …
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… it, as the birds fly upward; the Septuagint, As the young vultures fly upwards. SparkesSparks and birds fly upward naturally, and by a principle of their owne they need …
John Trapp · Commentary on Ezra Nehemiah Ester Job and Psalms · p. 51 · Open in the reader

Rocks Improved A70872

Printed
When we eſpie Rockes dart out SparkesSparks of fire
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When we eſpie Rockes dart out SparkesSparks of fire
William Prynne · Rocks Improved · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
Such ſacred SparkesSparks, yet flames as ſhould them thaw,
With rule
Such ſacred SparkesSparks, yet flames as ſhould them thaw,
William Prynne · Rocks Improved · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
Let it ſuch SparkesSparks, and Flames in us excite.
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Let it ſuch SparkesSparks, and Flames in us excite.
William Prynne · Rocks Improved · p. 48 · Open in the reader

Select Sermons A73885

Printed
… tinder to catch thoſe …parkes, and to have them take fire in …ur hearts. SparkesSparks ſmitten into tin…er, the tinder takes fire, and by it a …andle is …
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… tinder to catch thoſe …parkes, and to have them take fire in …ur hearts. SparkesSparks ſmitten into tin…er, the tinder takes fire, and by it a …andle is …
Jeremiah Dyke · Select Sermons · p. 36 · Open in the reader

The Floating Island A94057

Printed
I ſee theſe ſparkessparks are glowing. Noble SparkesSparks,
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I ſee theſe ſparkessparks are glowing. Noble SparkesSparks,
William Strode · The Floating Island · Open in the reader