Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3529 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

burdensomburdensome

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

Puritas changed it: 354 times in 194 works
Consistency: 97.5% (354 of 363)
Reach if approved: ~381 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: burdensome
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 363 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (354 changes in 194 works, 97.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 354)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Practiſe ſutable to that Judgment, is not only a vain and ludicrous, but a burdenſomburdensome and vexatious thing; and eſpecially in the Service of God, while we alwaies outwardly …
With rule
… Practiſe ſutable to that Judgment, is not only a vain and ludicrous, but a burdenſomburdensome and vexatious thing; and eſpecially in the Service of God, while we alwaies outwardly …
Edward Bagshaw · Concerning Things Indifferent in Religious Worship Part 2 · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… God requires of them to do, and indeed that makes it to be moſt burdenſomburdensome to one that is gracious, it is not ſuch a Burden to one that …
With rule
… God requires of them to do, and indeed that makes it to be moſt burdenſomburdensome to one that is gracious, it is not ſuch a Burden to one that …
Jeremiah Burroughs · Christ Inviting Sinners to Come to Him for Rest · p. 113 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Moral Virtue of Men. For though God did impose upon the Jews a burdensomburdensome System of Rites and Ordinances; yet 'tis plain he did it, not that he …
With rule
… the Moral Virtue of Men. For though God did impose upon the Jews a burdensomburdensome System of Rites and Ordinances; yet 'tis plain he did it, not that he …
Samuel Clarke · Three Practical Essays · p. 104 · Open in the reader
Printed
… shew us, that our Lord had a care that his followers should not be burdensomburdensome to any; But in speciall it is spoken of, to clear the occasion of …
With rule
… shew us, that our Lord had a care that his followers should not be burdensomburdensome to any; But in speciall it is spoken of, to clear the occasion of …
David Dickson · A Brief Exposition of Matthew · p. 191 · Open in the reader
Printed
Errors-yoak thou wilt have no support to bear; mistakes make Religion more burdensomburdensome, then ever God made it.
With rule
Errors-yoak thou wilt have no support to bear; mistakes make Religion more burdensomburdensome, then ever God made it.
Samuel Fairclough Sr · A Pastors Legacy to His Beloved People · p. 92 · Open in the reader
Printed
… impietie; who either do deſpiſe good works as being vnprofitable, or condemne them as burdenſomburdensome vnto the conſcience.
With rule
… impietie; who either do deſpiſe good works as being vnprofitable, or condemne them as burdenſomburdensome vnto the conſcience.
Theodore Beza · Propositions and Principles of Divinity Disputed · p. 62 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by judgement and diſcretion, when therefore duties are drawn out beyond diſcretion, they are burdenſomburdensome or indiſcretion: beſide, the ſoul hath other occaſions to attend beſide Gods worſhip, even …
With rule
… by judgement and diſcretion, when therefore duties are drawn out beyond diſcretion, they are burdenſomburdensome or indiſcretion: beſide, the ſoul hath other occaſions to attend beſide Gods worſhip, even …
John Angier · A Help to Better Hearts for Better Times · p. 368 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in and for the Lord: Nor can I think that any Government can be burdenſomburdensome, which Chriſt appointeth; but all beneficial to us; as making our burden lighter and …
With rule
… in and for the Lord: Nor can I think that any Government can be burdenſomburdensome, which Chriſt appointeth; but all beneficial to us; as making our burden lighter and …
Richard Baxter · The Reformed Pastor · p. 10 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Christ Inviting Sinners to Come to Him for Rest A30566

Printed
… kind of trouble in this world; you ſhal find theſe things to be very BurdenſomBurdensome to you. Now Chriſt cals ſuch as Labor under this Burden to come to …
With rule
… kind of trouble in this world; you ſhal find theſe things to be very BurdenſomBurdensome to you. Now Chriſt cals ſuch as Labor under this Burden to come to …
Jeremiah Burroughs · Christ Inviting Sinners to Come to Him for Rest · p. 111 · Open in the reader

Defense of the People of England A50893

Printed
… us yet. He complains that our Principles ar…, …hat a King whoſe Government is BurdenſomBurdensome and Odi…s, may lawfully be depoſed: And by this Do…, ſays he, if …
With rule
… us yet. He complains that our Principles ar…, …hat a King whoſe Government is BurdenſomBurdensome and Odi…s, may lawfully be depoſed: And by this Do…, ſays he, if …
John Milton · Defense of the People of England · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… King that he defends, a thouſand times worſe than ſome whose Government notwithſtanding is BurdenſomBurdensome and O…, … is, it may be, the moſt monſtrous Tyrant that … …d. I wiſh …
With rule
… King that he defends, a thouſand times worſe than ſome whose Government notwithſtanding is BurdenſomBurdensome and O…, … is, it may be, the moſt monſtrous Tyrant that … …d. I wiſh …
John Milton · Defense of the People of England · p. 1 · Open in the reader

A Gospel Plea for Maintenance of the Ministers A56170

Printed
… the ſelf ſame reaſon acknowledge the levying & enforcing of the payment of their leſs BurdenſomBurdensome, and more legal, neceſſarie Tithes for the defence and preſervation of the very Goſpel …
With rule
… the ſelf ſame reaſon acknowledge the levying & enforcing of the payment of their leſs BurdenſomBurdensome, and more legal, neceſſarie Tithes for the defence and preſervation of the very Goſpel …
William Prynne · A Gospel Plea for Maintenance of the Ministers · p. 33 · Open in the reader

The Practical Sabbatarian A65408

Printed
3. BurdenſomBurdensome in point of obſervation. Now to charge theſe defects upon the fourth Commandement, is …
With rule
3. BurdenſomBurdensome in point of obſervation. Now to charge theſe defects upon the fourth Commandement, is …
John Wells · The Practical Sabbatarian · p. 560 · Open in the reader

A Gospel Plea Part 2 A70871

Printed
… the ſelf ſame reaſon acknowledge the levying & enforcing of the payment of their leſs BurdenſomBurdensome, and more legal, neceſſarie Tithes for the defence and preſervation of the very Goſpel …
With rule
… the ſelf ſame reaſon acknowledge the levying & enforcing of the payment of their leſs BurdenſomBurdensome, and more legal, neceſſarie Tithes for the defence and preſervation of the very Goſpel …
William Prynne · A Gospel Plea Part 2 · p. 33 · Open in the reader