Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #3976 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

controversiecontroversy

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

Puritas changed it: 11,286 times in 2,182 works
Consistency: 99.7% (11,286 of 11,312)
Reach if approved: ~11,889 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: controversy
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 11,315 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (11,286 changes in 2,182 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 11,286)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… claime to it; but God is deſpiſed of us; but if there be a controverſiecontroversy, then in ſome caſes we ought to forgoe ſome part of our right for …
With rule
… claime to it; but God is deſpiſed of us; but if there be a controverſiecontroversy, then in ſome caſes we ought to forgoe ſome part of our right for …
Paul Baynes · Brief Directions Unto a Godly Life · p. 92 · Open in the reader
Printed
The Prophet Hoſeah. 4.1.2. told the Iewes that the LORD had a controverſiecontroversy with them; becauſe there was no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in …
With rule
The Prophet Hoſeah. 4.1.2. told the Iewes that the LORD had a controverſiecontroversy with them; becauſe there was no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in …
Sebastian Benefield · Eight Sermons at the University of Oxford · p. 113 · Open in the reader
Printed
… true Church: they will, without any more doubt or disput, about other points in controversiecontroversy, joyne in communion with vs. But, certainlie, if truth bee with vs, and they …
With rule
… true Church: they will, without any more doubt or disput, about other points in controversiecontroversy, joyne in communion with vs. But, certainlie, if truth bee with vs, and they …
Patrick Forbes · Defense of the Lawful Calling of Ministers of Reformed Churches · p. 60 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in beating out a right judgement of his eſtate, are greater then in any controverſiecontroversy the world ever knew; and afford ſtranger knots, and require as acute diſtinctions to …
With rule
… in beating out a right judgement of his eſtate, are greater then in any controverſiecontroversy the world ever knew; and afford ſtranger knots, and require as acute diſtinctions to …
Thomas Goodwin · A Child of Light Walking in Darkness · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
… purposely in his praise. The issue therefore is, that seeing the thing was in controversiecontroversy, yea and the principall and most materiall thing of all the controuersie: and my …
With rule
… purposely in his praise. The issue therefore is, that seeing the thing was in controversiecontroversy, yea and the principall and most materiall thing of all the controuersie: and my …
Job Throckmorton · Some Laid Open in his Colors · p. 72 · Open in the reader
Printed
… unlawfull for the miniſter of the Goſpel to make uſe of tranſlations, commentaries, linguiſts, controverſiecontroversy-writers, &c. to help and furniſh him the better in this work? is this …
With rule
… unlawfull for the miniſter of the Goſpel to make uſe of tranſlations, commentaries, linguiſts, controverſiecontroversy-writers, &c. to help and furniſh him the better in this work? is this …
John Ball · A Friendly Trial of the Grounds Tending to Separation · p. 70 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wherein he was proud. As it is amongſt men; If two men be in controverſiecontroversy, and the one enters into ſuit with the other, and before a man will …
With rule
… wherein he was proud. As it is amongſt men; If two men be in controverſiecontroversy, and the one enters into ſuit with the other, and before a man will …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Humiliation · p. 88 · Open in the reader
Printed
THe 2. part of our ControverſieControversy is this, That Chriſt after his death on the Croſſe went not downe into …
With rule
THe 2. part of our ControverſieControversy is this, That Chriſt after his death on the Croſſe went not downe into …
Henry Jacob · Defense of a Treatise Touching the Suffering and Victory of Christ · p. 149 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (26)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 21 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Non-Conformity Without Controversy A26845

Printed
NON-CONFORMITY, WITHOUT CONTROVERSIECONTROVERSY.
With rule
NON-CONFORMITY, WITHOUT CONTROVERSIECONTROVERSY.
Benjamin Baxter · Non-Conformity Without Controversy · Open in the reader

Westminster Annotations A36467

Printed
Vers. 1. COntroversieControversy] Isa. 3. 13. Jer. 25. 31. Hos. 12. 2. Mic. 6. 2. Because the people would not obey the admonitions of the …
With rule
Vers. 1. COntroversieControversy] Isa. 3. 13. Jer. 25. 31. Hos. 12. 2. Mic. 6. 2. Because the people would not obey the admonitions of the …
John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

The Appeal of Injured Innocence A40651

Printed
THE APPEAL OF Iniured Innocence: UNTO The RELIGIOUS LEARNED and INGENUOUS READER. In a CONTROVERSIECONTROVERSY betwixt the Animadvertor Dr. PETER HEYLYN AND The Author THOMAS FULLER.
With rule
THE APPEAL OF Iniured Innocence: UNTO The RELIGIOUS LEARNED and INGENUOUS READER. In a CONTROVERSIECONTROVERSY betwixt the Animadvertor Dr. PETER HEYLYN AND The Author THOMAS FULLER.
Thomas Fuller · The Appeal of Injured Innocence · Open in the reader

The Unreasonableness of Separation A61632

Printed
AN Historical Account OF THE RISE and PROGRESS OF THE CONTROVERSIECONTROVERSY ABOUT Separation.
With rule
AN Historical Account OF THE RISE and PROGRESS OF THE CONTROVERSIECONTROVERSY ABOUT Separation.
Edward Stillingfleet · The Unreasonableness of Separation · p. 1 · Open in the reader

The Controversy About Infants Church Membership and Baptism B23662

Printed
THE CONTROVERSIECONTROVERSY ABOUT Infants Church-Memberſhip and BAPTISM, Epitomized.
With rule
THE CONTROVERSIECONTROVERSY ABOUT Infants Church-Memberſhip and BAPTISM, Epitomized.
Thomas Grantham · The Controversy About Infants Church Membership and Baptism · Open in the reader