Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3745 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

rankesranks

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

Puritas changed it: 489 times in 301 works
Consistency: 93.8% (489 of 521)
Reach if approved: ~548 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: ranks
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 522 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (489 changes in 301 works, 93.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 489)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
It is true: The creatures that God hath ordained in their severall rankesranks, they are not for any defect in God, to supply his want of power …
With rule
It is true: The creatures that God hath ordained in their severall rankesranks, they are not for any defect in God, to supply his want of power …
Richard Sibbes · Light from Heaven · p. 107 · Open in the reader
Printed
… rankesranks and claſſes of men in the ſtate of grace; and according to their rankesranks, with what ſort of temptations to encounter them. For mens temptations are various and …
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… rankesranks and claſſes of men in the ſtate of grace; and according to their rankesranks, with what ſort of temptations to encounter them. For mens temptations are various and …
Thomas Goodwin · A Child of Light Walking in Darkness · p. 59 · Open in the reader
Printed
Theſe deniers and oppoſers of godlineſſe may bee referred to three ſorts or rankesranks.
With rule
Theſe deniers and oppoſers of godlineſſe may bee referred to three ſorts or rankesranks.
Thomas Hooker · Four Learned and Godly Treatises · p. 44 · Open in the reader
Printed
… downe: Which for the moſt parte beyng made faſt fortie footes inward with continuall rankesranks of beames, maye neither be broken throughe, nor beaten a ſundre.
With rule
… downe: Which for the moſt parte beyng made faſt fortie footes inward with continuall rankesranks of beames, maye neither be broken throughe, nor beaten a ſundre.
Petrus Ramus · The Logic Newly Translated · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
Anſw. Some very particularly by theſe three Angels vnderſtand three rankesranks of Preachers ſet out at three ſeuerall times. 1. About ann. 1371. when Wickliffe preached againſt …
With rule
Anſw. Some very particularly by theſe three Angels vnderſtand three rankesranks of Preachers ſet out at three ſeuerall times. 1. About ann. 1371. when Wickliffe preached againſt …
John Mayer · Exposition on the Catholic Epistles · p. 442 · Open in the reader
Printed
… forraigne Authors with their Anti-Arminian Writings; since she thus claimes them for, and rankesranks them with her owne, her Doctrines questionlesse are the same with theirs; and so …
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… forraigne Authors with their Anti-Arminian Writings; since she thus claimes them for, and rankesranks them with her owne, her Doctrines questionlesse are the same with theirs; and so …
William Prynne · The Church of Englands Antithesis to Arminianism · p. 131 · Open in the reader
Printed
Of the firſt ſort, there were two rankesranks: Some attended the King as his Secretaries, theſe were termed foreign the Kings Scribes, 2 Kings …
With rule
Of the firſt ſort, there were two rankesranks: Some attended the King as his Secretaries, theſe were termed foreign the Kings Scribes, 2 Kings …
Nehemiah Rogers · Sermon Preached at Second Triennial Visitation · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the strongest troupes of the enemy; and to squander, and breake thorow the thickest rankesranks; and to driue at the fairest. It is not enough for a Prophet to …
With rule
… the strongest troupes of the enemy; and to squander, and breake thorow the thickest rankesranks; and to driue at the fairest. It is not enough for a Prophet to …
Robert Sanderson · Ten Sermons · p. 89 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (32)

10 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 22 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Nature and Use of Lots A01545

Printed
… and about the City: and often so elected out of the first and second RankesRanks, fiue to bee Clarks of the market: Againe, one of 12 chosen out of the …
With rule
… and about the City: and often so elected out of the first and second RankesRanks, fiue to bee Clarks of the market: Againe, one of 12 chosen out of the …
Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 44 · Open in the reader

Christ Revealed A13529

Printed
2 RankesRanks, and orders of men;
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2 RankesRanks, and orders of men;
Thomas Taylor · Christ Revealed · Open in the reader

The Value of True Valor A13562

Printed
… vse of armes, to bee skilfull in their Postures, in their Marches, in their RankesRanks, and readinesse for euery Command: or more vsefull, seeing the skill and dexterity of …
With rule
… vse of armes, to bee skilfull in their Postures, in their Marches, in their RankesRanks, and readinesse for euery Command: or more vsefull, seeing the skill and dexterity of …
Thomas Taylor · The Value of True Valor · p. 18 · Open in the reader

The Fire of the Sanctuary Newly Uncovered A17270

Printed
… the ſecond, ſhe regardeth them as they are ranged in their ſeuerall and different RankesRanks: ſome being Publicke, and ſome Priuate: ſome aboue vs, ſome below vs, and ſome …
With rule
… the ſecond, ſhe regardeth them as they are ranged in their ſeuerall and different RankesRanks: ſome being Publicke, and ſome Priuate: ſome aboue vs, ſome below vs, and ſome …
Cornelius Burges · The Fire of the Sanctuary Newly Uncovered · p. 209 · Open in the reader

A Stay Against Straying A17914

Printed
… in pag. 23, would have us conſider distinctly of Religious actions, according to the ſeverall RankesRanks in which they may rightly & orderly be ſett. And how we ſhould conceive of …
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… in pag. 23, would have us conſider distinctly of Religious actions, according to the ſeverall RankesRanks in which they may rightly & orderly be ſett. And how we ſhould conceive of …
John Canne · A Stay Against Straying · p. 51 · Open in the reader

The Court of the Gentiles Part 4 A41688

Printed
… belongs to him; and thence foreign, what is convenient: So that albeit there are diverſe RankesRanks of men, yet they al, by virtue of this univerſal Juſtice, conſpire to make …
With rule
… belongs to him; and thence foreign, what is convenient: So that albeit there are diverſe RankesRanks of men, yet they al, by virtue of this univerſal Juſtice, conſpire to make …
Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 4 · p. 159 · Open in the reader

The Season for Englands Self-Reflection A43819

Printed
… of such an Honourable Trust, who are still found within any of these …ixe RankesRanks; I appeale to your selves, would not this much lessen your number?
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… of such an Honourable Trust, who are still found within any of these …ixe RankesRanks; I appeale to your selves, would not this much lessen your number?
Thomas Hill · The Season for Englands Self-Reflection · p. 24 · Open in the reader

The Temple in the Days of our Savior Described A48446

Printed
… in ſo rendering it: But the Chaldee Paraphraſt doth uſe the word, to ſigniſie RankesRanks or Rowes of ſtone or timber, as Hag. 2.15. Before a ſtone was laid upon …
With rule
… in ſo rendering it: But the Chaldee Paraphraſt doth uſe the word, to ſigniſie RankesRanks or Rowes of ſtone or timber, as Hag. 2.15. Before a ſtone was laid upon …
John Lightfoot · The Temple in the Days of our Savior Described · p. 42 · Open in the reader

Moses and Aaron A64249

Printed
2 RankesRanks, and orders of men.
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2 RankesRanks, and orders of men.
Thomas Taylor · Moses and Aaron · Open in the reader

The Wonderful Mystery of Spiritual Growth B12200

Printed
… calling hath it bounds in it ſelfe. Both according to the different Degrees and RankesRanks of Men, the wiſe Lord hath diſpoſed in the World; as ſome to rule …
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… calling hath it bounds in it ſelfe. Both according to the different Degrees and RankesRanks of Men, the wiſe Lord hath diſpoſed in the World; as ſome to rule …
Thomas Cooper · The Wonderful Mystery of Spiritual Growth · p. 178 · Open in the reader