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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #3929 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

idolatrieidolatry

ie for a final y, y for i: mercie → mercy, tyme → time.

Puritas changed it
6,931 times in 926 works
Consistency
99.8% (6,931 of 6,939)
Reach if approved
~7,291 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: idolatry
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
6,939 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (6,931 changes in 926 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 6,931)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … onely: and by this wee gather the greatneſſe of the ſinnes, eyther of groſſe IdolatrieIdolatry, or any countenaunce vnto it.
    With rule
    … onely: and by this wee gather the greatneſſe of the ſinnes, eyther of groſſe IdolatrieIdolatry, or any countenaunce vnto it.

    Dudley Fenner · Brief Treatise Upon the First Table of the Law · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … of Holydayes were ſuperſtitious and wicked, and all humane inventions in Gods worſhip wicked IdolatrieIdolatry. Theſe mē continued in their preaching twenty years, and having great reſort coming to …
    With rule
    … of Holydayes were ſuperſtitious and wicked, and all humane inventions in Gods worſhip wicked IdolatrieIdolatry. Theſe mē continued in their preaching twenty years, and having great reſort coming to …

    John Forbes · Four Sermons · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … length it grewe to a meare superstition, and laste of all, to moste horrible IdolatrieIdolatry, when the Image of the Crosse was worshipped, sensed, and praied vnto.
    With rule
    … length it grewe to a meare superstition, and laste of all, to moste horrible IdolatrieIdolatry, when the Image of the Crosse was worshipped, sensed, and praied vnto.

    William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … so often tymes it may be concluded out of false affirmations. As for example, IdolatrieIdolatry proueth that there is a God, but Idolatry is not therefore the true worship …
    With rule
    … so often tymes it may be concluded out of false affirmations. As for example, IdolatrieIdolatry proueth that there is a God, but Idolatry is not therefore the true worship …

    William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 208 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … truth of God, blaſpheme and condemne it, and ſet vp abominable errours and curſed IdolatrieIdolatry: all their agreements, all their holy league (as they tearme it) is no more …
    With rule
    … truth of God, blaſpheme and condemne it, and ſet vp abominable errours and curſed IdolatrieIdolatry: all their agreements, all their holy league (as they tearme it) is no more …

    George Gifford · Sermons Upon Divers Texts · p. 266 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … and that, (as it may ſeem) leſt the miſunderſtanding multitude might fall into the IdolatrieIdolatry of many Gods: therefore is this thing ſo taught in the holy text of …
    With rule
    … and that, (as it may ſeem) leſt the miſunderſtanding multitude might fall into the IdolatrieIdolatry of many Gods: therefore is this thing ſo taught in the holy text of …

    Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 54 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … prophaneneſſe, betweene true wiſedome and worldly craftineſſe, betweene the true worſhip of God, and idolatrieidolatry, or falſe-worſhippe, betweene ſincerity and hypocriſie, between the workes of light and darkneſſe …
    With rule
    … prophaneneſſe, betweene true wiſedome and worldly craftineſſe, betweene the true worſhip of God, and idolatrieidolatry, or falſe-worſhippe, betweene ſincerity and hypocriſie, between the workes of light and darkneſſe …

    Thomas Granger · The Light of the World · p. 33 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … represent. Than which Position, never anie was ever more blasphemous, nor taught more grosse IdolatrieIdolatry. And yet, lest that it should seeme to bee Bellarmine's, or the mynd of …
    With rule
    … represent. Than which Position, never anie was ever more blasphemous, nor taught more grosse IdolatrieIdolatry. And yet, lest that it should seeme to bee Bellarmine's, or the mynd of …

    William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 57 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

8 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Height of Israels Heathenish Idolatry A04378

  • Printed
    The Height of ISRAELS HEATHENISH IDOLATRIEIDOLATRY, In ſacrificing their children to the Deuill; Diuided into three Sections: WHERE IS SHEWED
    With rule
    The Height of ISRAELS HEATHENISH IDOLATRIEIDOLATRY, In ſacrificing their children to the Deuill; Diuided into three Sections: WHERE IS SHEWED

    Robert Jenison · The Height of Israels Heathenish Idolatry · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount A09432

  • Printed
    IDolatrieIdolatry of the heart. 425. e
    With rule
    IDolatrieIdolatry of the heart. 425. e

    William Perkins · Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount · Open in the reader

An Arrow Against Idolatry A11890

  • Printed
    AN ARROVV AGAINST IDOLATRIEIDOLATRY. TAKEN OVT OF THE Quiver of the Lord of HOSTS.
    With rule
    AN ARROVV AGAINST IDOLATRIEIDOLATRY. TAKEN OVT OF THE Quiver of the Lord of HOSTS.

    Henry Ainsworth · An Arrow Against Idolatry · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    AN ARROW AGAINST IDOLATRIEIDOLATRY.
    With rule
    AN ARROW AGAINST IDOLATRIEIDOLATRY.

    Henry Ainsworth · An Arrow Against Idolatry · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Moral Law A14909

  • Printed
    IDolatrieIdolatry is a ſinne that is firſt moſt oppoſite to God himſelfe, and ſecondly it …
    With rule
    IDolatrieIdolatry is a ſinne that is firſt moſt oppoſite to God himſelfe, and ſecondly it …

    John Weemes · Exposition of the Moral Law · p. 78 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    IDolatrieIdolatry is a worke of the fleſh, Gal. 5.20. And there is no worke of the …
    With rule
    IDolatrieIdolatry is a worke of the fleſh, Gal. 5.20. And there is no worke of the …

    John Weemes · Exposition of the Moral Law · p. 93 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    IDolatrieIdolatry amongſt the heathen aroſe eſpecially from three grounds, the firſt ground was the deſire …
    With rule
    IDolatrieIdolatry amongſt the heathen aroſe eſpecially from three grounds, the firſt ground was the deſire …

    John Weemes · Exposition of the Moral Law · p. 108 · Open in the reader

Twenty-One Sermons on Amos 1 A68508

  • Printed
    IDolatrieIdolatry.
    With rule
    IDolatrieIdolatry.

    Sebastian Benefield · Twenty-One Sermons on Amos 1 · Open in the reader