Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #33779 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

lawfullnesselawfulness

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

Puritas changed it: 108 times in 66 works
Consistency: 92.3% (108 of 117)
Reach if approved: ~123 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: lawfulness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 117 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (108 changes in 66 works, 92.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 108)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
So that neither the practiſe, nor the lawfullneſſelawfulness is to be queſtioned.
With rule
So that neither the practiſe, nor the lawfullneſſelawfulness is to be queſtioned.
Nehemiah Rogers · The Disabled Debtor Discharged · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
… All in All in this point, though I have nothing to ſay againſt the lawfullneſſelawfulness of it, where it's duely conditioned: yet if any ſhall plead the neceſſity of …
With rule
… All in All in this point, though I have nothing to ſay againſt the lawfullneſſelawfulness of it, where it's duely conditioned: yet if any ſhall plead the neceſſity of …
Richard Vines · Sermons · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is a further Question, which cannot be decided, till the former points of the lawfullnesselawfulness and expediencie of admitting of them be made out.
With rule
… is a further Question, which cannot be decided, till the former points of the lawfullnesselawfulness and expediencie of admitting of them be made out.
John Dury · Whether it be Lawful to Admit Jews into a Christian Commonwealth · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… forme of prayer to his disciples, so that there remaineth no doubt touching the lawfullnesselawfulness of using a forme?
With rule
… forme of prayer to his disciples, so that there remaineth no doubt touching the lawfullnesselawfulness of using a forme?
John Owen · The Mystery of the Gospel Vindicated and Socinianism Examined · p. 667 · Open in the reader
Printed
… practiſe may be a queſtion, and then it cannot be an Argument, ſeeing the lawfullneſſelawfulness of Davids practiſe was never decided.
With rule
… practiſe may be a queſtion, and then it cannot be an Argument, ſeeing the lawfullneſſelawfulness of Davids practiſe was never decided.
Hezekiah Woodward · The Kings Chronicle · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
The reaſons of the lawfullneſſelawfulness of Combinations. 227. 3
With rule
The reaſons of the lawfullneſſelawfulness of Combinations. 227. 3
John Davenport · Reply to a Book · Open in the reader
Printed
… of knowing our ſelves to be in the ſtate of grace, as alſo the lawfullneſſelawfulness of proceeding by ſigns: We have alſo diſcovered what are true ſigns, and what …
With rule
… of knowing our ſelves to be in the ſtate of grace, as alſo the lawfullneſſelawfulness of proceeding by ſigns: We have alſo diſcovered what are true ſigns, and what …
Anthony Burgess · Spiritual Refining · p. 201 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Author it can be extended, i. e. to the acknowledgement, or concluding of the lawfullneſſelawfulness of a valiant couragious ſuffering of death, either for a publick good, or for …
With rule
… Author it can be extended, i. e. to the acknowledgement, or concluding of the lawfullneſſelawfulness of a valiant couragious ſuffering of death, either for a publick good, or for …
Henry Hammond · Vindication of Address · p. 21 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies A01760

Printed
… unlawfulnesse in them, (but by the contrary beeing perswaded in their consciences of the LawfullnesseLawfulness of the same) nor yet having any evill meaning (but intending Gods glory and …
With rule
… unlawfulnesse in them, (but by the contrary beeing perswaded in their consciences of the LawfullnesseLawfulness of the same) nor yet having any evill meaning (but intending Gods glory and …
George Gillespie · Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies · Open in the reader