Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3509 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

bindesbinds

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

Puritas changed it: 1,018 times in 477 works
Consistency: 99.9% (1,018 of 1,019)
Reach if approved: ~1,071 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: binds
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,019 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,018 changes in 477 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,018)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… it is ſtrange, that theſe men ſhould ſo diſanull a Church, becauſe Princely authoritie bindesbinds many to obedience, who otherwiſe would breake out; ſithen God hath ſo imployed them …
With rule
… it is ſtrange, that theſe men ſhould ſo diſanull a Church, becauſe Princely authoritie bindesbinds many to obedience, who otherwiſe would breake out; ſithen God hath ſo imployed them …
Richard Bernard · Plain Evidences the Church of England is Apostolical · p. 148 · Open in the reader
Printed
… should euery Christian man seriously consider of, and thinke with himselfe, how much this bindesbinds a man to deale moderately with his brother, when the Lord deales so moderately …
With rule
… should euery Christian man seriously consider of, and thinke with himselfe, how much this bindesbinds a man to deale moderately with his brother, when the Lord deales so moderately …
William Perkins · Christian Equity and Moderation · p. 82 · Open in the reader
Printed
… bond slave: For when there is▪ any way of wickednesse in thee, it so bindesbinds the soule, that a man is not able to runne the wayes of Gods …
With rule
… bond slave: For when there is▪ any way of wickednesse in thee, it so bindesbinds the soule, that a man is not able to runne the wayes of Gods …
John Preston · The Golden Scepter Held Forth to the Humble · p. 197 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Lawes demands, yet with the manner of execution, and with that rigour, which bindesbinds wrath peremptorily upon the head onely of him that hath deserved it. So then …
With rule
… the Lawes demands, yet with the manner of execution, and with that rigour, which bindesbinds wrath peremptorily upon the head onely of him that hath deserved it. So then …
Edward Reynolds · Explication of Psalm 110 · p. 449 · Open in the reader
Printed
… passion possesse our bodies, let patience possesse our soules. The law of our Profession bindesbinds vs to a warfare: patiendo vincimus our troubles shall end, our victory is eternall …
With rule
… passion possesse our bodies, let patience possesse our soules. The law of our Profession bindesbinds vs to a warfare: patiendo vincimus our troubles shall end, our victory is eternall …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 177 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Law . The doctrine of grace is ſo farre from ouerthrowing the Law, that it bindesbinds all which hope to bee ſaued to a more ſtrait obedience: good works are …
With rule
… Law . The doctrine of grace is ſo farre from ouerthrowing the Law, that it bindesbinds all which hope to bee ſaued to a more ſtrait obedience: good works are …
Samuel Hieron · The Abridgment of the Gospel · p. 59 · Open in the reader
Printed
… but Chriſt, and ſtayes here, and continues here for ever: this ſame covenant that bindesbinds the ſoule to Chriſt, is that which makes the union betweene Chriſt and the …
With rule
… but Chriſt, and ſtayes here, and continues here for ever: this ſame covenant that bindesbinds the ſoule to Chriſt, is that which makes the union betweene Chriſt and the …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Exaltation · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
WHen Israel is got from the hard seruice of Egypt, God bindesbinds them apprentise to a new Master, himselfe. Their Indentures he drawes vpon mount Sinai …
With rule
WHen Israel is got from the hard seruice of Egypt, God bindesbinds them apprentise to a new Master, himselfe. Their Indentures he drawes vpon mount Sinai …
John Lightfoot · Miscellanies Christian and Judaical · p. 185 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

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