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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #3977 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

prosperitieprosperity

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

Puritas changed it
4,501 times in 874 works
Consistency
99.9% (4,501 of 4,502)
Reach if approved
~4,732 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: prosperity
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
4,504 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (4,501 changes in 874 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 4,501)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … The Deuill is a false Sexton, and sets backe the clocke of Time in prosperitieprosperity: in the day of trouble, hee will make it run fast enough. 2. In middle …
    With rule
    … The Deuill is a false Sexton, and sets backe the clocke of Time in prosperitieprosperity: in the day of trouble, hee will make it run fast enough. 2. In middle …

    Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 18 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … of my viſitacion whē aduerſitie ſhal come vpō me, or in ye day of proſperitieprosperity whē theſe flatterers ſhal folow me. I wil regard nothing but the Lord I …
    With rule
    … of my viſitacion whē aduerſitie ſhal come vpō me, or in ye day of proſperitieprosperity whē theſe flatterers ſhal folow me. I wil regard nothing but the Lord I …

    Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … to give over crying to God, and fall a boaſting of it ſelfe. Alas! ProſperitieProsperity hath neither good tongue, nor good eyes; as it made David ſay, hee ſhould …
    With rule
    … to give over crying to God, and fall a boaſting of it ſelfe. Alas! ProſperitieProsperity hath neither good tongue, nor good eyes; as it made David ſay, hee ſhould …

    Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Seven Consolatory Psalms of David · p. 73 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … in all honour it may flourish, your soule by grace, and your estate with prosperitieprosperity; and that those singular gifts wherewith your God hath indued you, may still receiue …
    With rule
    … in all honour it may flourish, your soule by grace, and your estate with prosperitieprosperity; and that those singular gifts wherewith your God hath indued you, may still receiue …

    William Guild · The Elf-Fire of Purgatory · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … onely that dwel vpon the earth, that haue their felicity here, yt séeketh ye prosperitieprosperity of this world, & regardeth nōe other life thē therin is. The lābs of christs …
    With rule
    … onely that dwel vpon the earth, that haue their felicity here, yt séeketh ye prosperitieprosperity of this world, & regardeth nōe other life thē therin is. The lābs of christs …

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … you have the Lord to doe, would you have him give you peace and proſperitieprosperity, to neglect the peace of a good conſcience; by this meanes God ſhould be …
    With rule
    … you have the Lord to doe, would you have him give you peace and proſperitieprosperity, to neglect the peace of a good conſcience; by this meanes God ſhould be …

    Thomas Hooker · Four Learned and Godly Treatises · p. 155 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … one that promised vnto her self nether sorow nor wedowhead, but rather cō …innal prosperitieprosperity, ād might do whatso euer she lyketh, as these wordes followig Taken out of …
    With rule
    … one that promised vnto her self nether sorow nor wedowhead, but rather cō …innal prosperitieprosperity, ād might do whatso euer she lyketh, as these wordes followig Taken out of …

    David Fergusson · Answer to Epistle by Renat Benedict · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … earth, be a Snare vnto vs; and our abundance, an occasion of our falling. ProsperitieProsperity is heartie meat, but not digestible by a weake stomack, strong wine, but naught …
    With rule
    … earth, be a Snare vnto vs; and our abundance, an occasion of our falling. ProsperitieProsperity is heartie meat, but not digestible by a weake stomack, strong wine, but naught …

    Thomas Adams · The City of Peace · p. 153 · 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.

The Whole Armor of God A01979

  • Printed
    PROSPERITIEPROSPERITY.
    With rule
    PROSPERITIEPROSPERITY.

    William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · Open in the reader