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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #3950 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

necessitienecessity

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

Puritas changed it
12,169 times in 1,541 works
Consistency
99.8% (12,169 of 12,184)
Reach if approved
~12,803 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: necessity
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
12,185 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (12,169 changes in 1,541 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 12,169)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … Infants and consequently the necessity of Baptisme, was so farre transported to urge the necessitienecessity thereof, that hee excludeth all Infants dying unbaptized from all hope of salvation.
    With rule
    … Infants and consequently the necessity of Baptisme, was so farre transported to urge the necessitienecessity thereof, that hee excludeth all Infants dying unbaptized from all hope of salvation.

    Daniel Featley · Learned Decisions · p. 31 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … ſhew, that in the particular ſeventh day, it was ceremonial: ſo in the common neceſsitienecessity it was perpetual, according to the foreſaid equity. Laſt of all, as Calvin ſaith …
    With rule
    … ſhew, that in the particular ſeventh day, it was ceremonial: ſo in the common neceſsitienecessity it was perpetual, according to the foreſaid equity. Laſt of all, as Calvin ſaith …

    Dudley Fenner · Godly and Learned Treatises · p. 111 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … owne Cater, his owne Receiuer, his owne Secretary; and takes such paines, as if necessitienecessity forced him, because all seruants hee thinks theeues. He dares not trust his mony …
    With rule
    … owne Cater, his owne Receiuer, his owne Secretary; and takes such paines, as if necessitienecessity forced him, because all seruants hee thinks theeues. He dares not trust his mony …

    Thomas Adams · Diseases of the Soul · p. 37 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … follovv, that if i… vvas his vvil to ſaue euery perticula… man, that of neceſſitienecessity hee doe this, elſe hee vvere not God, ſeeing neither inconſtancie, nor impotencie can …
    With rule
    … follovv, that if i… vvas his vvil to ſaue euery perticula… man, that of neceſſitienecessity hee doe this, elſe hee vvere not God, ſeeing neither inconſtancie, nor impotencie can …

    John Forbes · Sermon on 1 Timothy 2:4 · p. 15 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … of the scripture & the truth of Christes Gospell doth binde vs hereto, with a necessitienecessity vnauoidable. We were once of the same minde that you bee (I confesse it …
    With rule
    … of the scripture & the truth of Christes Gospell doth binde vs hereto, with a necessitienecessity vnauoidable. We were once of the same minde that you bee (I confesse it …

    John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · p. 54 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … Israel, Sathan also standeth vp against Israel as a minister of Gods wrath, by necessitienecessity of Gods ordinance, though a cruell aduersarie by his owne will and malicious affection …
    With rule
    … Israel, Sathan also standeth vp against Israel as a minister of Gods wrath, by necessitienecessity of Gods ordinance, though a cruell aduersarie by his owne will and malicious affection …

    William Fulke · Sermon 26 February 1580 · p. 16 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … be intituled Holy, because being on the defensive, it was rather of nature and necessitienecessity then pietie: yet upon examination it will appear, that this service was lesse superstitious …
    With rule
    … be intituled Holy, because being on the defensive, it was rather of nature and necessitienecessity then pietie: yet upon examination it will appear, that this service was lesse superstitious …

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Holy War · p. 265 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … no pleaſure in it; but, like a man that were in extreme want and neceſſitienecessity, he getteth him home to his houſe, & ſhutteth himſelf vp in his Chamber, like …
    With rule
    … no pleaſure in it; but, like a man that were in extreme want and neceſſitienecessity, he getteth him home to his houſe, & ſhutteth himſelf vp in his Chamber, like …

    Thomas Gataker · True Contentment in the Gain of Godliness · p. 46 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (15)

9 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Necessity of Reforming Our Churches A04218

  • Printed
    REASONS TAKEN OVT OF GODS WORD AND THE BEST HVMANE TESTIMONIES PROVING A NECESSITIENECESSITY OF REFORMING OVR CHVRCHES IN ENGLAND. Framed and applied to 4. Aſſertions wherein the foreſaid …
    With rule
    REASONS TAKEN OVT OF GODS WORD AND THE BEST HVMANE TESTIMONIES PROVING A NECESSITIENECESSITY OF REFORMING OVR CHVRCHES IN ENGLAND. Framed and applied to 4. Aſſertions wherein the foreſaid …

    Henry Jacob · Necessity of Reforming Our Churches · Open in the reader

The Necessity of Righteousness A10393

  • Printed
    THE NECESSITIENECESSITY OF RIGHTEOVSNES.
    With rule
    THE NECESSITIENECESSITY OF RIGHTEOVSNES.

    John Randall · The Necessity of Righteousness · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    THE NECESSITIENECESSITY OF RIGHTEOVSNES.
    With rule
    THE NECESSITIENECESSITY OF RIGHTEOVSNES.

    John Randall · The Necessity of Righteousness · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Showing the Necessity of Conformity A12800

  • Printed
    THE NECESSITIENECESSITY OF CONFORMITIE IN THE CASE OF DEPRIVATION.
    With rule
    THE NECESSITIENECESSITY OF CONFORMITIE IN THE CASE OF DEPRIVATION.

    John Sprint · Showing the Necessity of Conformity · p. 1 · Open in the reader

The View and Downfall of Pride A15000

  • Printed
    NEceſſitieNecessity & comelineſſe for attite, firmly faſtned to the ſtrong pillar of true humilitie, ought to …
    With rule
    NEceſſitieNecessity & comelineſſe for attite, firmly faſtned to the ſtrong pillar of true humilitie, ought to …

    William Whately · The View and Downfall of Pride · p. 37 · Open in the reader

A General View of Papistry A15422

  • Printed
    THE FIRST PART OF THE NEcessitieNecessity of the Scriptures.
    With rule
    THE FIRST PART OF THE NEcessitieNecessity of the Scriptures.

    Andrew Willet · A General View of Papistry · p. 33 · Open in the reader

A Necessity of Separation from the Church of England A17912

  • Printed
    A NECESSITIENECESSITY OF SEPARATION From the Church of England, prooved by the Nonconformiſts Principles. Specially oppoſed …
    With rule
    A NECESSITIENECESSITY OF SEPARATION From the Church of England, prooved by the Nonconformiſts Principles. Specially oppoſed …

    John Canne · A Necessity of Separation from the Church of England · Open in the reader

The Nature and Use of Things Indifferent B15350

  • Printed
    13 This opinion, concerning NECESSITIENECESSITY, ought chiefely and ſpecially to be taxed, leſt the Righteouſnes of the Goſpell may …
    With rule
    13 This opinion, concerning NECESSITIENECESSITY, ought chiefely and ſpecially to be taxed, leſt the Righteouſnes of the Goſpell may …

    Gabriel Powel · The Nature and Use of Things Indifferent · p. 12 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    13 Hence may be gathered the NECESSITIENECESSITY of Lawes and Traditions Eccleſiaſticall, which ought to be, as it were the bonds …
    With rule
    13 Hence may be gathered the NECESSITIENECESSITY of Lawes and Traditions Eccleſiaſticall, which ought to be, as it were the bonds …

    Gabriel Powel · The Nature and Use of Things Indifferent · p. 16 · Open in the reader