Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3499 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

badnessebadness

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

Puritas changed it: 391 times in 225 works
Consistency: 95.6% (391 of 409)
Reach if approved: ~430 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: badness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 409 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (391 changes in 225 works, 95.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 391)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… namely to perſwade a man by all the objections it can raiſe, of the badneſſebadness of his eſtate now, as before of the goodneſſe of it: Hereby to blaſpheme …
With rule
… namely to perſwade a man by all the objections it can raiſe, of the badneſſebadness of his eſtate now, as before of the goodneſſe of it: Hereby to blaſpheme …
Thomas Goodwin · A Child of Light Walking in Darkness · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… out the true and iust cause, lay the fault where it is, vpon the badnessebadness of thine owne heart, and vpon nothing else.
With rule
… out the true and iust cause, lay the fault where it is, vpon the badnessebadness of thine owne heart, and vpon nothing else.
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 214 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not Gods Miniſters painefull, and labour ſome in ſowing of wheat? Yet behold, the badneſſebadness of the ground is ſuch, that they can reap nothing but thornes. Are they …
With rule
… not Gods Miniſters painefull, and labour ſome in ſowing of wheat? Yet behold, the badneſſebadness of the ground is ſuch, that they can reap nothing but thornes. Are they …
Sebastian Benefield · Eight Sermons at the University of Oxford · p. 59 · Open in the reader
Printed
… good Figs, the other was full of bad, which could not be eaten for badnessebadness, looke in the Text, you shall finde that both were carried away captiue, but …
With rule
… good Figs, the other was full of bad, which could not be eaten for badnessebadness, looke in the Text, you shall finde that both were carried away captiue, but …
John Preston · The Breastplate of Faith and Love · p. 208 · Open in the reader
Printed
… affections be good, because the will commands the whole man, so the goodnesse or badnessebadness of a man are seene in the affections.
With rule
… affections be good, because the will commands the whole man, so the goodnesse or badnessebadness of a man are seene in the affections.
John Preston · Sins Overthrow · p. 221 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and were not the iudgement to bee giuen meerely according to the goodnesse or badnessebadness of the cause, without respect had to the person? But the speciall dutie, which …
With rule
… and were not the iudgement to bee giuen meerely according to the goodnesse or badnessebadness of the cause, without respect had to the person? But the speciall dutie, which …
Robert Sanderson · Ten Sermons · p. 169 · Open in the reader
Printed
… what he wil. Neither is Gods work, by reaſon of either the goodneſſe or badneſſebadness of the inſtrument, more or leſſe good: as neither the woork of wicked men …
With rule
… what he wil. Neither is Gods work, by reaſon of either the goodneſſe or badneſſebadness of the inſtrument, more or leſſe good: as neither the woork of wicked men …
Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 393 · Open in the reader
Printed
… falsitate sermonis, improbitate voluntatis: by the perversenesse of the deed, falsenesse of speech, and badnessebadness of the minde: and the perversenesse of the deed, is either offred to ones …
With rule
… falsitate sermonis, improbitate voluntatis: by the perversenesse of the deed, falsenesse of speech, and badnessebadness of the minde: and the perversenesse of the deed, is either offred to ones …
Andrew Willet · Commentary on Genesis and Exodus · p. 323 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (18)

14 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.

Contemplative Pictures with Wholesome Precepts Part 1 A09046

Printed
Of Goodneſſe. Of BadneſſeBadness.
With rule
Of Goodneſſe. Of BadneſſeBadness.
Richard Bernard · Contemplative Pictures with Wholesome Precepts Part 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and ſo belong to Hell. Three and three then, God, Goodneſſe, Heauen: the Diuell, BadneſſeBadness, Hell; my ſubiect matter empinfolds all: none not within the compaſſe of theſe. God …
With rule
… and ſo belong to Hell. Three and three then, God, Goodneſſe, Heauen: the Diuell, BadneſſeBadness, Hell; my ſubiect matter empinfolds all: none not within the compaſſe of theſe. God …
Richard Bernard · Contemplative Pictures with Wholesome Precepts Part 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… forth, to behold the comelie beautie of celeſtiall grace, to embrace it with loue. BadneſſeBadness is diſcouered, that the vglie morphew of ſinne may be ſeene, to abhorre it …
With rule
… forth, to behold the comelie beautie of celeſtiall grace, to embrace it with loue. BadneſſeBadness is diſcouered, that the vglie morphew of ſinne may be ſeene, to abhorre it …
Richard Bernard · Contemplative Pictures with Wholesome Precepts Part 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
The Picture of BadneſſeBadness.
With rule
The Picture of BadneſſeBadness.
Richard Bernard · Contemplative Pictures with Wholesome Precepts Part 1 · p. 67 · Open in the reader

The Saints Qualification A10010

Printed
BadnesseBadness of Nature aggravates sinne:
With rule
BadnesseBadness of Nature aggravates sinne:
John Preston · The Saints Qualification · Open in the reader

Lifes Preservative Against Self-Killing A13280

Printed
BadneſſeBadness: Conceited badneſſebadness of eſtate cauſe of ſelf-murder. Page 164
With rule
BadneſſeBadness: Conceited badneſſebadness of eſtate cauſe of ſelf-murder. Page 164
John Sym · Lifes Preservative Against Self-Killing · Open in the reader

Good Thoughts in Bad Times A40662

Printed
… Apprehension, gape wider then thy Tents, my Soul runne out at them. If my BadnesseBadness seeme bigger then thy Goodnesse, but one hair's breadth, but one Moment, that's Room …
With rule
… Apprehension, gape wider then thy Tents, my Soul runne out at them. If my BadnesseBadness seeme bigger then thy Goodnesse, but one hair's breadth, but one Moment, that's Room …
Thomas Fuller · Good Thoughts in Bad Times · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with affliction, who thereby are not improved.) Lord, count me not accessary to his BadnesseBadness, because I relieved him. Let me not suffer harm in my self, for my …
With rule
… with affliction, who thereby are not improved.) Lord, count me not accessary to his BadnesseBadness, because I relieved him. Let me not suffer harm in my self, for my …
Thomas Fuller · Good Thoughts in Bad Times · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to fear, that thou remembrest my Prayers too well, to punish the Coldnesse and BadnesseBadness of them? Alas, are not Devotions thus done, in effect left undone. Well Iacob …
With rule
… to fear, that thou remembrest my Prayers too well, to punish the Coldnesse and BadnesseBadness of them? Alas, are not Devotions thus done, in effect left undone. Well Iacob …
Thomas Fuller · Good Thoughts in Bad Times · p. 47 · Open in the reader
Printed
… but Lord Guard my Guarding of my self. Let not the smoak of their BadnesseBadness, put out my eyes, but the shining of my Innocence lighten theirs. Let me …
With rule
… but Lord Guard my Guarding of my self. Let not the smoak of their BadnesseBadness, put out my eyes, but the shining of my Innocence lighten theirs. Let me …
Thomas Fuller · Good Thoughts in Bad Times · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Couples into the Arke. Grant Lord, at this instant I may break off my BadnesseBadness; Otherwise thou maist justly make the last Minute, wherein I do Sinne on Earth …
With rule
… Couples into the Arke. Grant Lord, at this instant I may break off my BadnesseBadness; Otherwise thou maist justly make the last Minute, wherein I do Sinne on Earth …
Thomas Fuller · Good Thoughts in Bad Times · p. 60 · Open in the reader

Good Thoughts in Worse Times A40668

Printed
… and unctious hu…our they have in them; and thus the inherent Balsam of BadnesseBadness quickly cures my corruption, not a scarre to be seene. I perceive I shall …
With rule
… and unctious hu…our they have in them; and thus the inherent Balsam of BadnesseBadness quickly cures my corruption, not a scarre to be seene. I perceive I shall …
Thomas Fuller · Good Thoughts in Worse Times · p. 8 · Open in the reader

The History of the Worthies of England A40672

Printed
… another Function. (I speak not this out of Intent to excuse or extenuate the BadnesseBadness of the one, by the BadnesseBadness of the other, but that both may be …
With rule
… another Function. (I speak not this out of Intent to excuse or extenuate the BadnesseBadness of the one, by the BadnesseBadness of the other, but that both may be …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
… out of Intent to excuse or extenuate the BadnesseBadness of the one, by the BadnesseBadness of the other, but that both may be mutually provoked to Amendment.) In a …
With rule
… out of Intent to excuse or extenuate the BadnesseBadness of the one, by the BadnesseBadness of the other, but that both may be mutually provoked to Amendment.) In a …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 57 · Open in the reader