Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3488 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

aptnesseaptness

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

Puritas changed it: 504 times in 291 works
Consistency: 96.9% (504 of 520)
Reach if approved: ~546 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: aptness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 520 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (504 changes in 291 works, 96.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 504)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… ſeeme more holy then the reſt. The wicked (I ſay) haue no fitneſſe nor aptneſſeaptness to receiue this grace [To liue godly] no more then a dead man is …
With rule
… ſeeme more holy then the reſt. The wicked (I ſay) haue no fitneſſe nor aptneſſeaptness to receiue this grace [To liue godly] no more then a dead man is …
Richard Rogers · Seven Treatises · p. 504 · Open in the reader
Printed
2 Our owne disposition, and aptnesseaptness to receiue infection from them, as sound sheepe, sound Apples are easily infected with …
With rule
2 Our owne disposition, and aptnesseaptness to receiue infection from them, as sound sheepe, sound Apples are easily infected with …
Thomas Taylor · The Practice of Repentance · p. 157 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his next benefit, is the healing all my infirmities: for this takes away that aptneſſeaptness to ſinne, to which wee are all of us by nature ſo prone and …
With rule
… his next benefit, is the healing all my infirmities: for this takes away that aptneſſeaptness to ſinne, to which wee are all of us by nature ſo prone and …
Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Seven Consolatory Psalms of David · p. 156 · Open in the reader
Printed
… omits the good duties he should performe, and hath not at all times that aptnesseaptness and alacrity in prayer, and such like holy exercises, as he hath at some …
With rule
… omits the good duties he should performe, and hath not at all times that aptnesseaptness and alacrity in prayer, and such like holy exercises, as he hath at some …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 483 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vnderſtood, ſuch as wee ſometime were, and like vnto whom ſtill wee are through aptneſſeaptness to ſinne; but that God hath giuen vs to vnderſtand, and ſo to auoyd …
With rule
… vnderſtood, ſuch as wee ſometime were, and like vnto whom ſtill wee are through aptneſſeaptness to ſinne; but that God hath giuen vs to vnderſtand, and ſo to auoyd …
John Mayer · Exposition on the Catholic Epistles · p. 217 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his heart beeing lumpish and desolate of all spirituall consolation, felt in himselfe no aptnesseaptness nor willingnesse, but rather a heauinesse and dulnesse of spirit, full of much discomfort …
With rule
… his heart beeing lumpish and desolate of all spirituall consolation, felt in himselfe no aptnesseaptness nor willingnesse, but rather a heauinesse and dulnesse of spirit, full of much discomfort …
William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 681 · Open in the reader
Printed
… apt to any thing: the more a thing is like to fire, the more aptnesseaptness, and the more activenesse; so the more love, the more aptnesseaptness and readinesse to …
With rule
… apt to any thing: the more a thing is like to fire, the more aptnesseaptness, and the more activenesse; so the more love, the more aptnesseaptness and readinesse to …
John Preston · The Breastplate of Faith and Love · p. 85 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is a regenerate man, that hath a holy part in him, there is an aptnesseaptness to prayer. Which is that which our Saviour saith, Math. 26. 41. The spirit is willing …
With rule
… is a regenerate man, that hath a holy part in him, there is an aptnesseaptness to prayer. Which is that which our Saviour saith, Math. 26. 41. The spirit is willing …
John Preston · The Saints Daily Exercise · p. 9 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (16)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 10 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Grammar School A16865

Printed
M. Askam hath these steps to learning: First, AptnesseAptness of nature: Secondly, Loue of learning: Thirdly, Diligence in right order: Fourthly, Constancy with …
With rule
M. Askam hath these steps to learning: First, AptnesseAptness of nature: Secondly, Loue of learning: Thirdly, Diligence in right order: Fourthly, Constancy with …
John Brinsley · The Grammar School · p. 311 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Acts A17642

Printed
AptneſſeAptness to bee taught is the gifte of God. 9. 5. and 10. 10. & 16. …. 14.
With rule
AptneſſeAptness to bee taught is the gifte of God. 9. 5. and 10. 10. & 16. …. 14.
John Calvin · Commentary on Acts · Open in the reader
Printed
AptneſſeAptness to be Taught is very neceſſary. 2. 37. & 8. 6. 31, & 17. 17.
With rule
AptneſſeAptness to be Taught is very neceſſary. 2. 37. & 8. 6. 31, & 17. 17.
John Calvin · Commentary on Acts · Open in the reader

The Doctrine of the Saints Perseverance A53688

Printed
… to men, for the strengthning and making willing the Spirit in them, considered. 23. The AptnesseAptness of the Saints to performe, what, and whence. The opposition they have in them …
With rule
… to men, for the strengthning and making willing the Spirit in them, considered. 23. The AptnesseAptness of the Saints to performe, what, and whence. The opposition they have in them …
John Owen · The Doctrine of the Saints Perseverance · p. 247 · Open in the reader

The Case and Cure of a Deserted Soul A68795

Printed
3 AptneſſeAptness to be drawne to evill: having loſt his comfort and his ancient vigour, hee …
With rule
3 AptneſſeAptness to be drawne to evill: having loſt his comfort and his ancient vigour, hee …
Joseph Symonds · The Case and Cure of a Deserted Soul · p. 484 · Open in the reader

The Combat Between the Flesh and Spirit A88580

Printed
AptneſſeAptness to fall into any ſinne. p. 194
With rule
AptneſſeAptness to fall into any ſinne. p. 194
Christopher Love · The Combat Between the Flesh and Spirit · Open in the reader