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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3806 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

strangenessestrangeness

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

Puritas changed it
406 times in 255 works
Consistency
95.7% (406 of 424)
Reach if approved
~446 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: strangeness
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
424 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (406 changes in 255 works, 95.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 406)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    Reaſ. 2 Secondly, It is New in reſpect of the ſtrangeneſſestrangeness of it; for ſtrange things are new things: vſually when the Prophets fore-tell …
    With rule
    Reaſ. 2 Secondly, It is New in reſpect of the ſtrangeneſſestrangeness of it; for ſtrange things are new things: vſually when the Prophets fore-tell …

    John Randall · Twenty-Three Sermons · p. 117 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … ſelues in ſome one, with falling into many, yea and thoſe very perillous, (as ſtrangeneſſestrangeness betwixt neighbours, hollowneſſe, vntruſtineſſe, iarrings, a growing after the common ſort, ſlow growing on …
    With rule
    … ſelues in ſome one, with falling into many, yea and thoſe very perillous, (as ſtrangeneſſestrangeness betwixt neighbours, hollowneſſe, vntruſtineſſe, iarrings, a growing after the common ſort, ſlow growing on …

    Richard Rogers · Seven Treatises · p. 480 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … now haſt changed thy confidence into feares, thy ſunne into darkeneſſe, thy communion into ſtrangeneſſestrangeness, thy glory into ſhame.
    With rule
    … now haſt changed thy confidence into feares, thy ſunne into darkeneſſe, thy communion into ſtrangeneſſestrangeness, thy glory into ſhame.

    Obadiah Sedgwick · Christs Counsel to His Languishing Church of Sardis · p. 86 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … betwixt God and us, so the guilt of sinne in the cōscience, causes further strangenessestrangeness, insomuch that we dare not loo… up to heaven, till God open a little …
    With rule
    … betwixt God and us, so the guilt of sinne in the cōscience, causes further strangenessestrangeness, insomuch that we dare not loo… up to heaven, till God open a little …

    Richard Sibbes · The Souls Conflict With Itself · p. 488 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    That which I would now direct my speech, and your attention to, is the strangenessestrangeness of this complaint; agrotat Israel. Others to haue been sicke, not so rare. It …
    With rule
    That which I would now direct my speech, and your attention to, is the strangenessestrangeness of this complaint; agrotat Israel. Others to haue been sicke, not so rare. It …

    Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 16 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … knew to be a Samaritan, specially so long and earnestly, because of the inueterate strangenessestrangeness, and alienation of heart, that was betweene the Iewes and the Samaritans. But that …
    With rule
    … knew to be a Samaritan, specially so long and earnestly, because of the inueterate strangenessestrangeness, and alienation of heart, that was betweene the Iewes and the Samaritans. But that …

    Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 221 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … that by these shéeps skins they might not séeme W…olues, but by the strangenessestrangeness thereof to make the simple people to thinke them holy.
    With rule
    … that by these shéeps skins they might not séeme W…olues, but by the strangenessestrangeness thereof to make the simple people to thinke them holy.

    John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 386 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … that which keepes euery man off, that which keepes men in a condition of strangenessestrangeness from the life of God, is, because they see such difficulties in the commandements …
    With rule
    … that which keepes euery man off, that which keepes men in a condition of strangenessestrangeness from the life of God, is, because they see such difficulties in the commandements …

    John Preston · The New Covenant · p. 95 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (18)

10 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Breastplate of Faith and Love A09950

  • Printed
    Stranger, StrangenesseStrangeness.
    With rule
    Stranger, StrangenesseStrangeness.

    John Preston · The Breastplate of Faith and Love · Open in the reader

Mount Ebal A09984

  • Printed
    StrangenesseStrangeness,
    With rule
    StrangenesseStrangeness,

    John Preston · Mount Ebal · p. 35 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    First, StrangenesseStrangeness] for strangenessestrangeness begets coldnesse of love, whereas familiarity (as I told you) procures boldnesse …
    With rule
    First, StrangenesseStrangeness] for strangenessestrangeness begets coldnesse of love, whereas familiarity (as I told you) procures boldnesse …

    John Preston · Mount Ebal · p. 36 · Open in the reader

The Saints Qualification A10010

  • Printed
    … converse with him, and the more you will love him, and joyne to him: StrangenesseStrangeness disjoynes affections, we say there is strangenessestrangeness when men salute not, when there is …
    With rule
    … converse with him, and the more you will love him, and joyne to him: StrangenesseStrangeness disjoynes affections, we say there is strangenessestrangeness when men salute not, when there is …

    John Preston · The Saints Qualification · p. 180 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … there is strangenessestrangeness when men salute not, when there is not a neare conversing: StrangenesseStrangeness doth dis-joyne the heart. Againe, nearenesse of conversing and walking with him from …
    With rule
    … there is strangenessestrangeness when men salute not, when there is not a neare conversing: StrangenesseStrangeness doth dis-joyne the heart. Againe, nearenesse of conversing and walking with him from …

    John Preston · The Saints Qualification · p. 180 · Open in the reader

A Glance of Heaven A12185

  • Printed
    … union and communion they may have with God, they love not God, and Christ▪ StrangenesseStrangeness is opposite to love, and it dissolves, and disunites affections; therefore when wee are …
    With rule
    … union and communion they may have with God, they love not God, and Christ▪ StrangenesseStrangeness is opposite to love, and it dissolves, and disunites affections; therefore when wee are …

    Richard Sibbes · A Glance of Heaven · p. 178 · Open in the reader

Sunbeams of Gospel Light A55754

  • Printed
    … to remove the impediments of love, which are two especially, strangenessestrangeness, and worldly-mindednesse, StrangenesseStrangeness dissolves all friendship. By this meanes the interest of friendship may be broken off …
    With rule
    … to remove the impediments of love, which are two especially, strangenessestrangeness, and worldly-mindednesse, StrangenesseStrangeness dissolves all friendship. By this meanes the interest of friendship may be broken off …

    John Preston · Sunbeams of Gospel Light · p. 67 · Open in the reader

The Womans Glory A62975

  • Printed
    … avoided, all is obſerved that is neceſſarie. Wantonneſse in apparell, ſeemes to be that StrangeneſſeStrangeness, which the Prophet Zephanie ſpeakes of, and which by him the Lord threatens to …
    With rule
    … avoided, all is obſerved that is neceſſarie. Wantonneſse in apparell, ſeemes to be that StrangeneſſeStrangeness, which the Prophet Zephanie ſpeakes of, and which by him the Lord threatens to …

    Samuel Torshell · The Womans Glory · p. 128 · Open in the reader

Meat out of the Eater A89500

  • Printed
    … rule is, that all civill reſpects muſt be diſpenſed with all meekneſſe and ſweetneſſe. StrangeneſſeStrangeness, and diſtance, and incivilities doe enrage; wee are bid to have peace with all …
    With rule
    … rule is, that all civill reſpects muſt be diſpenſed with all meekneſſe and ſweetneſſe. StrangeneſſeStrangeness, and diſtance, and incivilities doe enrage; wee are bid to have peace with all …

    Thomas Manton · Meat out of the Eater · p. 36 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Proverbs 1-3 A95065

  • Printed
    … from them in matters of leſſer moment. Loving carriage is glue, it will unite. StrangeneſſeStrangeness is a thaw, of a ſevering quality, and will breed enmity.
    With rule
    … from them in matters of leſſer moment. Loving carriage is glue, it will unite. StrangeneſſeStrangeness is a thaw, of a ſevering quality, and will breed enmity.

    Francis Taylor · Exposition of Proverbs 1-3 · p. 433 · Open in the reader