Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3858 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

coalecoal

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

Puritas changed it: 500 times in 293 works
Consistency: 77.2% (500 of 647)
Reach if approved: ~680 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: coal
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 647 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (500 changes in 293 works, 77.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 500)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… at laſt; Saint Pauls Antichriſt in ſuch lineaments as that Apelles his pencell, or coalecoal rather was pleaſed to ſhadow him in. Luſted I ſay not, vnuailed onely, and …
With rule
… at laſt; Saint Pauls Antichriſt in ſuch lineaments as that Apelles his pencell, or coalecoal rather was pleaſed to ſhadow him in. Luſted I ſay not, vnuailed onely, and …
William Sclater · Exposition of 2 Thessalonians · Open in the reader
Printed
… should be in bread: but as a coalecoal hath fire in it beside the coalecoal it selfe, which fire doth either warme or burne; so this meate hath another …
With rule
… should be in bread: but as a coalecoal hath fire in it beside the coalecoal it selfe, which fire doth either warme or burne; so this meate hath another …
Henry Smith · A Preparative to Marriage · Open in the reader
Printed
… Woodford and my selfe were invited. At the last service, M. Alexander blew the coalecoal, and D. Bagshan presently tooke fire: and immediately after dinner we fell … it with …
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… Woodford and my selfe were invited. At the last service, M. Alexander blew the coalecoal, and D. Bagshan presently tooke fire: and immediately after dinner we fell … it with …
Daniel Featley · Transubstantiation Exploded · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his owne. Whether fraud or force bring in vniust gaine, it is as a coalecoal of fire put in the thatch of his house.
With rule
… his owne. Whether fraud or force bring in vniust gaine, it is as a coalecoal of fire put in the thatch of his house.
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 257 · Open in the reader
Printed
And one saith vvell, that a man vvere as good put a coalecoal of fire into the thatch of his House of Barne, as to lay vp …
With rule
And one saith vvell, that a man vvere as good put a coalecoal of fire into the thatch of his House of Barne, as to lay vp …
Robert Horne · The Christian Governor in the Commonwealth and Private Families · Open in the reader
Printed
21 As the dead coalecoal [is to kindle] the burning coales, and vvood the fire, ſo a contentious perſon …
With rule
21 As the dead coalecoal [is to kindle] the burning coales, and vvood the fire, ſo a contentious perſon …
Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 224 · Open in the reader
Printed
… affections & lusts, they will corrupt & darken his iudgement. Men which worke in mynes and coalecoal-pits vnder the earth, are troubled with nothing so much as with dampes, which …
With rule
… affections & lusts, they will corrupt & darken his iudgement. Men which worke in mynes and coalecoal-pits vnder the earth, are troubled with nothing so much as with dampes, which …
William Perkins · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 276 · Open in the reader
Printed
… shal perish, and be as the straw that we spake of, that oppresseth the coalecoal of fire. But on the other side, if they seeke to deliver the Churches …
With rule
… shal perish, and be as the straw that we spake of, that oppresseth the coalecoal of fire. But on the other side, if they seeke to deliver the Churches …
John Preston · Sermons · p. 50 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (147)

38 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 34 are listed here. 109 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Sacrifice of Thankfulness A02367

Printed
… World is Christned, hath so many learned Diuines? Neither is this Learning like a CoaleCoal burning to themselues, but a bright Lampe shining to vs: Euen those reuerend Fathers …
With rule
… World is Christned, hath so many learned Diuines? Neither is this Learning like a CoaleCoal burning to themselues, but a bright Lampe shining to vs: Euen those reuerend Fathers …
Thomas Adams · The Sacrifice of Thankfulness · p. 35 · Open in the reader

The Worthy Churchman A04154

Printed
… which signifies Coruscation, and Lightning. The Greeke and Latine in the Theame signifie a CoaleCoal, a Candle, a Fire. Ludovicus Vartomannus, relates of an Indian King, who had them …
With rule
… which signifies Coruscation, and Lightning. The Greeke and Latine in the Theame signifie a CoaleCoal, a Candle, a Fire. Ludovicus Vartomannus, relates of an Indian King, who had them …
John Jackson · The Worthy Churchman · p. 10 · Open in the reader

The Calling of the Ministry A09445

Printed
4 The instrument or outward signe, a CoaleCoal from the alter.
With rule
4 The instrument or outward signe, a CoaleCoal from the alter.
William Perkins · The Calling of the Ministry · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
And so heere, hee cleanseth the Prophet by a CoaleCoal of fire: which would rather defile him, and seasoneth his mouth with it, which …
With rule
And so heere, hee cleanseth the Prophet by a CoaleCoal of fire: which would rather defile him, and seasoneth his mouth with it, which …
William Perkins · The Calling of the Ministry · p. 83 · Open in the reader
Printed
But to goe further: whence came this CoaleCoal?
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But to goe further: whence came this CoaleCoal?
William Perkins · The Calling of the Ministry · p. 86 · Open in the reader
Printed
… marke how it and the instrument are annexed together: Loe saith the Angel, this CoaleCoal hath touched thy lippes, and thy Iniquities shall bee forgiuen, and thy sinnes purged …
With rule
… marke how it and the instrument are annexed together: Loe saith the Angel, this CoaleCoal hath touched thy lippes, and thy Iniquities shall bee forgiuen, and thy sinnes purged …
William Perkins · The Calling of the Ministry · p. 90 · Open in the reader
Printed
… bee forgiuen, and thy sinnes purged: as though hee had bene clensed by the CoaleCoal: wher we may note, how greatly God magnifieth the meanes which himself ordaineth, euen …
With rule
… bee forgiuen, and thy sinnes purged: as though hee had bene clensed by the CoaleCoal: wher we may note, how greatly God magnifieth the meanes which himself ordaineth, euen …
William Perkins · The Calling of the Ministry · p. 90 · Open in the reader

Lord Bishops None of the Lords Bishops A10190

Printed
… whatsoever other Canons they should in time frame and compose. Which was one great CoaleCoal, that hath caused the Smoaking out of all the Prelates out of our neighbour …
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… whatsoever other Canons they should in time frame and compose. Which was one great CoaleCoal, that hath caused the Smoaking out of all the Prelates out of our neighbour …
William Prynne · Lord Bishops None of the Lords Bishops · Open in the reader

A Christian Amendment A13850

Printed
… if you will) good Thoughts are vnto Like words and actions, even as the CoaleCoal vnto the Flame; if the one bee extinguiſhed, the other appeares not. Wherefore, that …
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… if you will) good Thoughts are vnto Like words and actions, even as the CoaleCoal vnto the Flame; if the one bee extinguiſhed, the other appeares not. Wherefore, that …
Henry Tozer · A Christian Amendment · p. 50 · Open in the reader
Printed
… new Affections, and then New fruits will quickly follow: if once thou kindle this CoaleCoal of New Loue within, there will come forth a Flame; if New Thoughts, there …
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… new Affections, and then New fruits will quickly follow: if once thou kindle this CoaleCoal of New Loue within, there will come forth a Flame; if New Thoughts, there …
Henry Tozer · A Christian Amendment · p. 51 · Open in the reader

Gods Love A13872

Printed
… mountaines, this and that contentment, but it payes pro theſauro, carbones, inſtead of Mines, CoaleCoal-pits. Sin promiſed Adam he ſhould much mend himſelfe, Achan hee ſhould much make …
With rule
… mountaines, this and that contentment, but it payes pro theſauro, carbones, inſtead of Mines, CoaleCoal-pits. Sin promiſed Adam he ſhould much mend himſelfe, Achan hee ſhould much make …
John Trapp · Gods Love · p. 137 · Open in the reader

A Coal from the Altar to Kindle the Holy Fire of Zeal A14736

Printed
A CoaleCoal from the Altar.
With rule
A CoaleCoal from the Altar.
Samuel Ward · A Coal from the Altar to Kindle the Holy Fire of Zeal · p. 1 · Open in the reader

The Excellency of a Gracious Spirit A17286

Printed
… Saphires in regard of their glorious profeſſion; but now they are blacker than a CoaleCoal. God may juſtly complaine of them, as he did of his people, Micah 2. 8. They …
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… Saphires in regard of their glorious profeſſion; but now they are blacker than a CoaleCoal. God may juſtly complaine of them, as he did of his people, Micah 2. 8. They …
Jeremiah Burroughs · The Excellency of a Gracious Spirit · p. 340 · Open in the reader

Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions A20631

Printed
… required, (therefore a sin imputed) though it were done in ignorance. Ignorance blowes this CoaleCoal; but thē knowledge much more; for, there are that know thy iudgements, and yet …
With rule
… required, (therefore a sin imputed) though it were done in ignorance. Ignorance blowes this CoaleCoal; but thē knowledge much more; for, there are that know thy iudgements, and yet …
John Donne · Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions · p. 580 · Open in the reader
Printed
… onely doe, but haue pleasure in others, that doe against them. Nature blowes this CoaleCoal; By nature wee are the children of wrath: And the Law blowes it, thy …
With rule
… onely doe, but haue pleasure in others, that doe against them. Nature blowes this CoaleCoal; By nature wee are the children of wrath: And the Law blowes it, thy …
John Donne · Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions · p. 580 · Open in the reader

Meditations Upon the Misery of Mankind 2 A20946

Printed
NOW that vve haue formerly and ſuperficiallie repreſented as vvith a CoaleCoal the vanity & miſery of our nature, & the actions of mā, let vs novve examine …
With rule
NOW that vve haue formerly and ſuperficiallie repreſented as vvith a CoaleCoal the vanity & miſery of our nature, & the actions of mā, let vs novve examine …
Peter du Moulin Jr · Meditations Upon the Misery of Mankind 2 · p. 73 · Open in the reader

Manifest Truth A28914

Printed
… were brought thither in great plenty from London, and other places, and exchanged for CoaleCoal. During the aboade of the Army about Sunderland, in the moneth of March, ending …
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… were brought thither in great plenty from London, and other places, and exchanged for CoaleCoal. During the aboade of the Army about Sunderland, in the moneth of March, ending …
Edward Bowles · Manifest Truth · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… two yeares. And to make this good successe compleat, that the Passage from the CoaleCoal-Indies might be cleare, Tynmouth Castle, Commanded by Sir Thomas Riddell, out of a …
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… two yeares. And to make this good successe compleat, that the Passage from the CoaleCoal-Indies might be cleare, Tynmouth Castle, Commanded by Sir Thomas Riddell, out of a …
Edward Bowles · Manifest Truth · p. 9 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Job 1-3 A35389

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… sparkes flie upward, that explaines it to be ſo, as the ſonnes of the CoaleCoal, (ſo the Hebrew) that is, ſparkes aſſoone as ever they are borne out of …
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… sparkes flie upward, that explaines it to be ſo, as the ſonnes of the CoaleCoal, (ſo the Hebrew) that is, ſparkes aſſoone as ever they are borne out of …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 1-3 · p. 392 · Open in the reader

Westminster Annotations A36467

Printed
Though it was their mishap (without any merit) to be noted with a blacke CoaleCoal, as guiltie of mis-interpretation, touching the Divinitie of Christ and his Messiah-ship …
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Though it was their mishap (without any merit) to be noted with a blacke CoaleCoal, as guiltie of mis-interpretation, touching the Divinitie of Christ and his Messiah-ship …
John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

The History of the Worthies of England A40672

Printed
CoaleCoal.
With rule
CoaleCoal.
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
One may observe a threefold difference in our English-CoaleCoal. 1 Sea-coalecoal, brought from Newcastle. 2 Land-coalecoal, at Mendip, Bedworth, &c. and carted into …
With rule
One may observe a threefold difference in our English-CoaleCoal. 1 Sea-coalecoal, brought from Newcastle. 2 Land-coalecoal, at Mendip, Bedworth, &c. and carted into …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… c. and carted into other Counties. 3 What one may call River or Fresh-water-CoaleCoal, digged out in this County, at such a distance from Severne, that they are …
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… c. and carted into other Counties. 3 What one may call River or Fresh-water-CoaleCoal, digged out in this County, at such a distance from Severne, that they are …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
O ifthis COALECOAL could be so charcked as to make Iron melt out of the Stone, as …
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O ifthis COALECOAL could be so charcked as to make Iron melt out of the Stone, as …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Justice Triumphing A45550

Printed
… built, a day in the Romish Calendar nigro carbone notatus marked with a black CoaleCoal because the fire came not at it to make it red: but in outs …
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… built, a day in the Romish Calendar nigro carbone notatus marked with a black CoaleCoal because the fire came not at it to make it red: but in outs …
Nathaniel Hardy · Justice Triumphing · p. 2 · Open in the reader

The Popish Royal Favorite A56192

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… unity and Minarchy; A Looking-glasse for Lordly Prelates; but especially in my Quench CoaleCoal, written in the Tower of London; for which good publicke service what a strange …
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… unity and Minarchy; A Looking-glasse for Lordly Prelates; but especially in my Quench CoaleCoal, written in the Tower of London; for which good publicke service what a strange …
William Prynne · The Popish Royal Favorite · p. 35 · Open in the reader

The Riches of Gods Love A64002

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… nature you meane, in ſuch contingent things as the falling of a Sparke or CoaleCoal into a Barrell of Gunpowder; why, Doctor Twiſse hath an argument which he takes …
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… nature you meane, in ſuch contingent things as the falling of a Sparke or CoaleCoal into a Barrell of Gunpowder; why, Doctor Twiſse hath an argument which he takes …
William Twisse · The Riches of Gods Love · p. 219 · Open in the reader

Exhortation to Repentance A73023

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4 The inſtrument or outward ſigne a CoaleCoal from the altar.
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4 The inſtrument or outward ſigne a CoaleCoal from the altar.
William Perkins · Exhortation to Repentance · p. 119 · Open in the reader
Printed
And ſo here, hee cleanſeth the Prophet by a CoaleCoal of fire: which would rather defile him, and ſeaſoneth his mouth with it, which …
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And ſo here, hee cleanſeth the Prophet by a CoaleCoal of fire: which would rather defile him, and ſeaſoneth his mouth with it, which …
William Perkins · Exhortation to Repentance · p. 139 · Open in the reader
Printed
But to goe further: whence came this CoaleCoal?
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But to goe further: whence came this CoaleCoal?
William Perkins · Exhortation to Repentance · p. 142 · Open in the reader
Printed
… marke how it and the inſtrument are annexed together: Loe ſaith the Angel, this CoaleCoal ha…h touched tay lippes, and thy Iniquities ſhall bee forgiuen, and thy ſinnes …
With rule
… marke how it and the inſtrument are annexed together: Loe ſaith the Angel, this CoaleCoal ha…h touched tay lippes, and thy Iniquities ſhall bee forgiuen, and thy ſinnes …
William Perkins · Exhortation to Repentance · p. 147 · Open in the reader
Printed
… bee forgiuen, and thy ſinnes purged: as though hee had bene clenſed by the CoaleCoal: where we may note, how greatly God magnifieth the meanes which himſelf ordaineth, euen …
With rule
… bee forgiuen, and thy ſinnes purged: as though hee had bene clenſed by the CoaleCoal: where we may note, how greatly God magnifieth the meanes which himſelf ordaineth, euen …
William Perkins · Exhortation to Repentance · p. 147 · Open in the reader

Select Sermons A73885

Printed
… earth, as it is with the Dampe of the earth. They that worke in CoaleCoal-mines, and in the earth, obſerve a dampe to riſe out of the earth …
With rule
… earth, as it is with the Dampe of the earth. They that worke in CoaleCoal-mines, and in the earth, obſerve a dampe to riſe out of the earth …
Jeremiah Dyke · Select Sermons · p. 87 · Open in the reader

The Odious Condition of a Drunkard A97251

Printed
… Something you have heard of it, but alas I may as well with a CoaleCoal paint out the Sunne in his ſplendor; as with my pen, or tongue expreſs …
With rule
… Something you have heard of it, but alas I may as well with a CoaleCoal paint out the Sunne in his ſplendor; as with my pen, or tongue expreſs …
Richard Younge · The Odious Condition of a Drunkard · p. 31 · Open in the reader