Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #3956 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

justifiejustify

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

Puritas changed it: 15,162 times in 2,578 works
Consistency: 99.9% (15,162 of 15,163)
Reach if approved: ~15,953 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: justify
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 15,183 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (15,162 changes in 2,578 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 15,162)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the tryall of the cause, and goe not the neerest and plainest way, to justifiejustify themselves; and to bereave vs of all defence? An evill conscience maketh men to …
With rule
… the tryall of the cause, and goe not the neerest and plainest way, to justifiejustify themselves; and to bereave vs of all defence? An evill conscience maketh men to …
Patrick Forbes · Defense of the Lawful Calling of Ministers of Reformed Churches · p. 60 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it ſhall be juſt (as David there acknowledgeth) if hee doth condemne thee: and juſtifiejustify thou him, whilſt he is condemning thee; and ſay that at the latter day …
With rule
… it ſhall be juſt (as David there acknowledgeth) if hee doth condemne thee: and juſtifiejustify thou him, whilſt he is condemning thee; and ſay that at the latter day …
Thomas Goodwin · A Child of Light Walking in Darkness · p. 60 · Open in the reader
Printed
… say I as before, that our magistrates haue done well, & that which they may justifiejustify by good warrant from Gods worde, otherwise they shoulde be apparantlye guiltie of a …
With rule
… say I as before, that our magistrates haue done well, & that which they may justifiejustify by good warrant from Gods worde, otherwise they shoulde be apparantlye guiltie of a …
Job Throckmorton · Some Laid Open in his Colors · p. 106 · Open in the reader
Printed
… might entreat them to look to their own ſtanding before they accuſe others, and juſtifiejustify their own calling before they ſeek to draw others from the communion of the …
With rule
… might entreat them to look to their own ſtanding before they accuſe others, and juſtifiejustify their own calling before they ſeek to draw others from the communion of the …
John Ball · A Friendly Trial of the Grounds Tending to Separation · p. 307 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it is not sorrow for sinne, nor humiliation, nor faith it selfe, that can justifiejustify us in it selfe, but onely these must make way for us to a …
With rule
… it is not sorrow for sinne, nor humiliation, nor faith it selfe, that can justifiejustify us in it selfe, but onely these must make way for us to a …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Preparation for Christ · p. 114 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all manner of Ordinances in his worſhip, that are not from him, and will juſtifiejustify our not conforming to them.
With rule
… all manner of Ordinances in his worſhip, that are not from him, and will juſtifiejustify our not conforming to them.
Randal Bate · Certain Observations · p. 239 · Open in the reader
Printed
… gotten (ſaith a learned man) are for restitution, not for diſtribution. Good uſes cannot juſtifiejustify things unjuſtly gotten, neither can the intention of a good end take away the …
With rule
… gotten (ſaith a learned man) are for restitution, not for diſtribution. Good uſes cannot juſtifiejustify things unjuſtly gotten, neither can the intention of a good end take away the …
Richard Bernard · The Ready Way to Good Works · p. 232 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is, that wee are deceived in the covenant: hath not the Lord promised to justifiejustify the ungodly, and commanded us to believe on him that justifies the ungodly? Rom …
With rule
… is, that wee are deceived in the covenant: hath not the Lord promised to justifiejustify the ungodly, and commanded us to believe on him that justifies the ungodly? Rom …
John Preston · The Golden Scepter Held Forth to the Humble · p. 268 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 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.

Essay Concerning the Sabbath A44280

Printed
… the ſame are the Children of Abraham. And the Scripture foreſeeing that God would JUSTIFIEJUSTIFY the HEATHEN by FAITH, Preached before the Goſpel to Abraham. The injunction of Faith …
With rule
… the ſame are the Children of Abraham. And the Scripture foreſeeing that God would JUSTIFIEJUSTIFY the HEATHEN by FAITH, Preached before the Goſpel to Abraham. The injunction of Faith …
Nathanael Homes · Essay Concerning the Sabbath · p. 123 · Open in the reader