Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #33953 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvitneswitness

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

Puritas changed it: 77 times in 32 works
Consistency: 100% (77 of 77)
Reach if approved: ~81 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: witness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 77 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (77 changes in 32 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 77)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
If yet the vvitneswitness of the dead deserue no credit: The Rej. may vvith some small consideration, recall …
With rule
If yet the vvitneswitness of the dead deserue no credit: The Rej. may vvith some small consideration, recall …
William Ames · Against Human Ceremonies in Gods Worship · Open in the reader
Printed
… a good conſcience is more deſireable than the witneſſe of good men: ſo the vvitneswitness of God is more deſireable than (without which we cannot have it, and with …
With rule
… a good conſcience is more deſireable than the witneſſe of good men: ſo the vvitneswitness of God is more deſireable than (without which we cannot have it, and with …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 15-17 · p. 366 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Father hath giuen me to finiſh, the ſame vvorkes that I doe beare vvitneswitness, that the Father ſent me, & the Father himſelfe, vvhich hath ſent mee beares vvitneswitness …
With rule
… the Father hath giuen me to finiſh, the ſame vvorkes that I doe beare vvitneswitness, that the Father ſent me, & the Father himſelfe, vvhich hath ſent mee beares vvitneswitness …
John Forbes · Preparative Sermon to the Lords Table · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not vvait for) yet let the people of God looke vnto the truth vvee vvitneswitness, & conſider vvith holy and vviſe harts vvhether vvee have not good vvarrant, yea direct …
With rule
… not vvait for) yet let the people of God looke vnto the truth vvee vvitneswitness, & conſider vvith holy and vviſe harts vvhether vvee have not good vvarrant, yea direct …
Thomas Helwys · Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity · Open in the reader
Printed
Verſe. 20. And novve the things vvhich I vvrite vnto you, he hold I vvitneswitness before God, I lie not.
With rule
Verſe. 20. And novve the things vvhich I vvrite vnto you, he hold I vvitneswitness before God, I lie not.
Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · p. 39 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of his son. (Again) 10. he that beleeueth in that sonne of God, hath the vvitneswitness in himselfe (the peace of conscience, which he may feel in himself:) (And further …
With rule
… of his son. (Again) 10. he that beleeueth in that sonne of God, hath the vvitneswitness in himselfe (the peace of conscience, which he may feel in himself:) (And further …
William Perkins · How a Man May Know Whether he be a Son of God · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the greateſt ſwearer & falſeſt man, is euer readieſt to take God to be his vvitneswitness: but vvhen he ſpeakes ſo, vvhat is he doing? euē crauing that God vvould …
With rule
… the greateſt ſwearer & falſeſt man, is euer readieſt to take God to be his vvitneswitness: but vvhen he ſpeakes ſo, vvhat is he doing? euē crauing that God vvould …
Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 502 · Open in the reader
Printed
… haue had a iuſt and good meaning, and that vvee ſhall haue God for vvitneswitness that vve haue deſired to conforme and frame our ſelues to doo his vvil …
With rule
… haue had a iuſt and good meaning, and that vvee ſhall haue God for vvitneswitness that vve haue deſired to conforme and frame our ſelues to doo his vvil …
John Calvin · Sermon on the History of Melchizedek · p. 259 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.