Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #394 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vnderstandingsunderstandings

u and v used by position, not sound: haue → have, vnto → unto.

Puritas changed it: 472 times in 187 works
Consistency: 86.4% (472 of 546)
Reach if approved: ~574 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: understandings
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 546 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (472 changes in 187 works, 86.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 472)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Lord, or mens fantaſies that go about to peruert our perſuaſions, and deceiue our vnderſtandingsunderstandings? Let men of the worlde deeme what they luſt, this is the truth that …
With rule
… Lord, or mens fantaſies that go about to peruert our perſuaſions, and deceiue our vnderſtandingsunderstandings? Let men of the worlde deeme what they luſt, this is the truth that …
Theodore Beza · Two Sermons and The Lords Supper · p. 183 · Open in the reader
Printed
… most plainely vpon it selfe.) One texte of scripture may well haue so many vnderstandingsunderstandings as may stand with trueth, and be not repugnaunt to good life and maners …
With rule
… most plainely vpon it selfe.) One texte of scripture may well haue so many vnderstandingsunderstandings as may stand with trueth, and be not repugnaunt to good life and maners …
William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 149 · Open in the reader
Printed
… her wilie deuiſes inſnareth the wiſe by inflaming luſt in them, which blindeth their vnderſtandingsunderstandings, & bringeth their ſoules in the end into the bondage of the body, the Harlot …
With rule
… her wilie deuiſes inſnareth the wiſe by inflaming luſt in them, which blindeth their vnderſtandingsunderstandings, & bringeth their ſoules in the end into the bondage of the body, the Harlot …
Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 195 · Open in the reader
Printed
… prayeth, and keeping silence while he is speaking, may still haue their minds and vnderstandingsunderstandings accompanie the voice of the Minister, and in the end may ioyntly answere Amen …
With rule
… prayeth, and keeping silence while he is speaking, may still haue their minds and vnderstandingsunderstandings accompanie the voice of the Minister, and in the end may ioyntly answere Amen …
Francis Hastings · Defense of the Watch-Word Against the Ward-Word · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in power; Chriſtians in their Eares, but not in their hearts: inlightned in their vnderſtandingsunderstandings outwardly by the word, but inwardly, for want of the ſpirit which they reiect …
With rule
… in power; Chriſtians in their Eares, but not in their hearts: inlightned in their vnderſtandingsunderstandings outwardly by the word, but inwardly, for want of the ſpirit which they reiect …
Robert Jenison · The Christians Apparelling · p. 399 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thing that surmounteth the whole nature of mankind, and excéedeth y^e proportion of our … vnderstandingsunderstandings: so must it necessitie ensue that wee must bee drawen by some hygher cause …
With rule
… thing that surmounteth the whole nature of mankind, and excéedeth y^e proportion of our … vnderstandingsunderstandings: so must it necessitie ensue that wee must bee drawen by some hygher cause …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 222 · Open in the reader
Printed
3. We acknowledge, that all need to haue their vnderſtandingsunderstandings opened by Chriſt, to read the Scriptures; becauſe the naturall man perceiues not the …
With rule
3. We acknowledge, that all need to haue their vnderſtandingsunderstandings opened by Chriſt, to read the Scriptures; becauſe the naturall man perceiues not the …
Richard Bernard · Reims Against Rome · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thus largely described this kingdome vnto vs, wee must labour to comprehend in our vnderstandingsunderstandings, and in our hearts to possesse by faith, something of life eternall, though we …
With rule
… thus largely described this kingdome vnto vs, wee must labour to comprehend in our vnderstandingsunderstandings, and in our hearts to possesse by faith, something of life eternall, though we …
William Perkins · Exposition of Revelation 1-3 · p. 195 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (74)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 72 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Christian See to Thy Conscience A08989

Printed
COnſcience directeth in duties commanded, and this it doth by inſtigation, vpon the VnderſtandingsUnderstandings information, Iſai. 30. 21. In which place the Knowledge informeth & ſaith, This is the way; then …
With rule
COnſcience directeth in duties commanded, and this it doth by inſtigation, vpon the VnderſtandingsUnderstandings information, Iſai. 30. 21. In which place the Knowledge informeth & ſaith, This is the way; then …
Richard Bernard · Christian See to Thy Conscience · p. 75 · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

Printed
… the vnderstanding of their owne speach, and were indued with other language, whereto their VnderstandingsUnderstandings and Tongues were framed, in stead of that former.
With rule
… the vnderstanding of their owne speach, and were indued with other language, whereto their VnderstandingsUnderstandings and Tongues were framed, in stead of that former.
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 40 · Open in the reader