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whitenessewhiteness

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

Puritas changed it
357 times in 179 works
Consistency
95.7% (357 of 373)
Reach if approved
~392 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: whiteness
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
373 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (357 changes in 179 works, 95.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 357)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … and hardnes, and roundnes, and coldnes? None of them say that it is the whitenessewhiteness, and hardnesse, and roundnes, and coldnes of Christs bodie: therefore it must needes bee …
    With rule
    … and hardnes, and roundnes, and coldnes? None of them say that it is the whitenessewhiteness, and hardnesse, and roundnes, and coldnes of Christs bodie: therefore it must needes bee …

    Henry Smith · A Preparative to Marriage · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    O…iection. But the Accidents of bread and wine, doe ſtill remaine, as whiteneſſewhiteness, ſoftneſſe, and ſuch like. Aunſwere. But ſo wil there not bee a proportion betweene …
    With rule
    O…iection. But the Accidents of bread and wine, doe ſtill remaine, as whiteneſſewhiteness, ſoftneſſe, and ſuch like. Aunſwere. But ſo wil there not bee a proportion betweene …

    Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 756 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … the Grape; strength, in the Oake; talenesse, in the Cedar; rednesse in the Rose; whitenessewhiteness, in the Lilly, &c. so knowledge. is in the hand, obedience; in the mouth …
    With rule
    … the Grape; strength, in the Oake; talenesse, in the Cedar; rednesse in the Rose; whitenessewhiteness, in the Lilly, &c. so knowledge. is in the hand, obedience; in the mouth …

    Richard Younge · The Drunkards Character · p. 597 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … and when they haue forſaken vs, when age ſhall ceaze vpon vs with her whiteneſſewhiteness & die our lockes into another coullor, then will we repent vs and thinke of …
    With rule
    … and when they haue forſaken vs, when age ſhall ceaze vpon vs with her whiteneſſewhiteness & die our lockes into another coullor, then will we repent vs and thinke of …

    William Crashaw · The Ambassador Between Heaven and Earth · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Lambe; no man is pure, that thinks no man pure but himſelfe. And this whiteneſſewhiteness, which is Sanctification in our ſelves, and charitable interpretation of other men, is exalted …
    With rule
    … Lambe; no man is pure, that thinks no man pure but himſelfe. And this whiteneſſewhiteness, which is Sanctification in our ſelves, and charitable interpretation of other men, is exalted …

    John Donne · Eighty Sermons · p. 647 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … soule cleansed from sinne, is in the sight of God. And yet, a whiter whitenessewhiteness than this, too; for being purged from sin, we shall induere stolam albam; put …
    With rule
    … soule cleansed from sinne, is in the sight of God. And yet, a whiter whitenessewhiteness than this, too; for being purged from sin, we shall induere stolam albam; put …

    Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon Psalm 150 · p. 31 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … which is red, and Onyx, the naile of the hand, which is white: the whiteneſſewhiteness may ſet forth their purity, the redneſſe their martyrdome.
    With rule
    … which is red, and Onyx, the naile of the hand, which is white: the whiteneſſewhiteness may ſet forth their purity, the redneſſe their martyrdome.

    John Mayer · Exposition on the Catholic Epistles · p. 530 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … the bread that we see should be no bread, say they, there is the whitenessewhiteness of bread, there is the taste of bread, there is the quantitie of bread …
    With rule
    … the bread that we see should be no bread, say they, there is the whitenessewhiteness of bread, there is the taste of bread, there is the quantitie of bread …

    John Preston · The Saints Qualification · p. 11 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (16)

12 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.

Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649

  • Printed
    … snow-white] or, thou shalt be snowy, speaking to the Church, or of it. WhitenesseWhiteness denoteth victorie, joy, glory, Rev. 2. 17. and 3. 5. Luk. 9 29. and whitenessewhiteness as snow, is a resemblance …
    With rule
    … snow-white] or, thou shalt be snowy, speaking to the Church, or of it. WhitenesseWhiteness denoteth victorie, joy, glory, Rev. 2. 17. and 3. 5. Luk. 9 29. and whitenessewhiteness as snow, is a resemblance …

    Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 101 · Open in the reader

Eighty Sermons A20637

  • Printed
    … religious acts, and conſtituting a holy purpoſe of perſevering in them that induces the WhiteneſſeWhiteness, the Candor, the Dealbation that David begs here, Lava & Dealbabor.
    With rule
    … religious acts, and conſtituting a holy purpoſe of perſevering in them that induces the WhiteneſſeWhiteness, the Candor, the Dealbation that David begs here, Lava & Dealbabor.

    John Donne · Eighty Sermons · p. 647 · Open in the reader

The Art of Logic A26578

  • Printed
    WhitenesseWhiteness.
    With rule
    WhitenesseWhiteness.

    Henry Ainsworth · The Art of Logic · p. 38 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … disposed with the antecedent: As, A man is an animal; Peter is a man; WhitenesseWhiteness is a Colour.
    With rule
    … disposed with the antecedent: As, A man is an animal; Peter is a man; WhitenesseWhiteness is a Colour.

    Henry Ainsworth · The Art of Logic · p. 121 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … be kept between the causes and effects of the opposites. So, It follows not, WhitenesseWhiteness is colour, therefore blacknesse is no colour; for the opposition is made by the …
    With rule
    … be kept between the causes and effects of the opposites. So, It follows not, WhitenesseWhiteness is colour, therefore blacknesse is no colour; for the opposition is made by the …

    Henry Ainsworth · The Art of Logic · p. 168 · Open in the reader

The Temple of Solomon Portrayed A49971

  • Printed
    WhiteneſſeWhiteness noted innocency, &c. 189. 224. &c. 261
    With rule
    WhiteneſſeWhiteness noted innocency, &c. 189. 224. &c. 261

    Samuel Lee · The Temple of Solomon Portrayed · Open in the reader

Annotations Upon the New Testament A50050

  • Printed
    … Snow, as with the Greekes and Latines, so also with the Hebrews. Numb. 12.10. Lam. 4.7. WhitenesseWhiteness is a sign of purity and holinesse. Dan. 7.9. Rev. 3.4, 5, 18. and 4.4. and 6.11. and 7.9, 13.
    With rule
    … Snow, as with the Greekes and Latines, so also with the Hebrews. Numb. 12.10. Lam. 4.7. WhitenesseWhiteness is a sign of purity and holinesse. Dan. 7.9. Rev. 3.4, 5, 18. and 4.4. and 6.11. and 7.9, 13.

    Edward Leigh · Annotations Upon the New Testament · p. 77 · Open in the reader

Of Communion with God A53713

  • Printed
    … His teeth are white with milke, and his eys are red with wine: Gen. 49. 12. WhitenesseWhiteness (if I may so say) is the Complexion of Glory; In that appearance of …
    With rule
    … His teeth are white with milke, and his eys are red with wine: Gen. 49. 12. WhitenesseWhiteness (if I may so say) is the Complexion of Glory; In that appearance of …

    John Owen · Of Communion with God · p. 52 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … beauty of his Innocency, and Holinesse, and ruddy in the blood of his Oblation. WhitenesseWhiteness is the badge §. 10 of Innocency and Holinesse. It is said of the Nazarites for …
    With rule
    … beauty of his Innocency, and Holinesse, and ruddy in the blood of his Oblation. WhitenesseWhiteness is the badge §. 10 of Innocency and Holinesse. It is said of the Nazarites for …

    John Owen · Of Communion with God · p. 53 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … shewes us, that scarlet, red, and crimson, are the colours of Sin and Guilt, WhitenesseWhiteness of Innocency. Isa: 1. v. 18. Our beloved was a Lamb without spot or blemish: 1 Pet …
    With rule
    … shewes us, that scarlet, red, and crimson, are the colours of Sin and Guilt, WhitenesseWhiteness of Innocency. Isa: 1. v. 18. Our beloved was a Lamb without spot or blemish: 1 Pet …

    John Owen · Of Communion with God · p. 53 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … out his blood, an oblation for Sinne. This also renders him Gracefull: by his WhitenesseWhiteness, he fulfilled the Law, by his rednesse he satisfied Justice: this is our beloved …
    With rule
    … out his blood, an oblation for Sinne. This also renders him Gracefull: by his WhitenesseWhiteness, he fulfilled the Law, by his rednesse he satisfied Justice: this is our beloved …

    John Owen · Of Communion with God · p. 53 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Revelation A55917

  • Printed
    VVhiteneſſe what it noteth 79. WhiteneſſeWhiteness of the horſe what it noteth 489. the VVhite horſe whence it came forth 107. 108. It …
    With rule
    VVhiteneſſe what it noteth 79. WhiteneſſeWhiteness of the horſe what it noteth 489. the VVhite horſe whence it came forth 107. 108. It …

    David Pareus · Commentary on Revelation · Open in the reader