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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4008 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vanitievanity

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

Puritas changed it
5,619 times in 1,025 works
Consistency
99.7% (5,619 of 5,631)
Reach if approved
~5,920 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: vanity
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
5,634 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (5,619 changes in 1,025 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 5,619)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    Faſten your thoughts upon the vanitievanity of all things without Chriſt: What is worldly fulneſſe to him that comes not …
    With rule
    Faſten your thoughts upon the vanitievanity of all things without Chriſt: What is worldly fulneſſe to him that comes not …

    Alexander Grosse · The Happiness of Enjoying and Use of Christ · p. 93 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    11. Is there iniquitie in Gilead? are they onely vanitievanity in Gilgall? They ſacrifice bullockes: euen theſe ment altars are as heapes in the …
    With rule
    11. Is there iniquitie in Gilead? are they onely vanitievanity in Gilgall? They ſacrifice bullockes: euen theſe ment altars are as heapes in the …

    Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 227 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … be evidentlie false, what wil you make (Eriphilus) of your man's miserable Conclusion? The vanitievanity, & sophisticall deceit of his Proposition, I will best discover, as I shall answere to …
    With rule
    … be evidentlie false, what wil you make (Eriphilus) of your man's miserable Conclusion? The vanitievanity, & sophisticall deceit of his Proposition, I will best discover, as I shall answere to …

    Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 39 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … a manifest corruption of the text, by leauing out such words as shewe the vanitievanity of this cauill, and ouerthrowe the difference of this distinction: For the wordes of …
    With rule
    … a manifest corruption of the text, by leauing out such words as shewe the vanitievanity of this cauill, and ouerthrowe the difference of this distinction: For the wordes of …

    William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 391 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … friend, It is come indeed and begun; it is not ended: the Lease of VanitieVanity, is but a Day; it may be not a moment, the tenure of this …
    With rule
    … friend, It is come indeed and begun; it is not ended: the Lease of VanitieVanity, is but a Day; it may be not a moment, the tenure of this …

    Thomas Adams · The Gallants Burden · p. 19 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … to ſpeake: as, I beléeued, and therefore I ſpake. This is a moſt ridiculous vanitievanity, for tell me this, when we bring foorth in true praier, matter from the …
    With rule
    … to ſpeake: as, I beléeued, and therefore I ſpake. This is a moſt ridiculous vanitievanity, for tell me this, when we bring foorth in true praier, matter from the …

    George Gifford · Short Treatise Against the Donatists of England · p. 36 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    Let all this declare to men the vanitievanity of their worldly hopes. God is the Preseruer of men, not hils & rocks. The …
    With rule
    Let all this declare to men the vanitievanity of their worldly hopes. God is the Preseruer of men, not hils & rocks. The …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 40 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … led away with it, from the Word vnto worldly lusts, and from vertue vnto vanitievanity. Secondly, wee must be very circumspect in matters of this world, for the ouer …
    With rule
    … led away with it, from the Word vnto worldly lusts, and from vertue vnto vanitievanity. Secondly, wee must be very circumspect in matters of this world, for the ouer …

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 609 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

11 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Works A02178

  • Printed
    VAnitieVanity both of life and religion is deceit. 501
    With rule
    VAnitieVanity both of life and religion is deceit. 501

    Richard Greenham · Works · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount A09432

  • Printed
    VAnitieVanity of the creatures. 346
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    VAnitieVanity of the creatures. 346

    William Perkins · Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount · Open in the reader

Three Treatises A10659

  • Printed
    THE VANITIEVANITY OF THE CREATVRE, AND VEXATION OF THE SPIRIT:
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    THE VANITIEVANITY OF THE CREATVRE, AND VEXATION OF THE SPIRIT:

    Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    THE VANITIEVANITY OF THE CREATVRE.
    With rule
    THE VANITIEVANITY OF THE CREATVRE.

    Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · p. 1 · Open in the reader

The Vanity and Downfall of Superstitious Popish Ceremonies A12324

  • Printed
    THE VANITIEVANITY & DOWNE-FALL OF SVPERSTITIOVS POPISH CEREMONIES: OR, A SERMON PREACHED IN THE Cathedrall Church …
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    THE VANITIEVANITY & DOWNE-FALL OF SVPERSTITIOVS POPISH CEREMONIES: OR, A SERMON PREACHED IN THE Cathedrall Church …

    Peter Smart · The Vanity and Downfall of Superstitious Popish Ceremonies · Open in the reader

Discovery of Jacksons Vanity A14095

  • Printed
    A DISCOVERY OF D. IACKSONS VANITIEVANITY.
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    A DISCOVERY OF D. IACKSONS VANITIEVANITY.

    William Twisse · Discovery of Jacksons Vanity · Open in the reader

Abuses Stripped and Whipped A15623

  • Printed
    THE SECOND BOOKE. Of the VanitieVanity, Inconstancie, Weaknes, and Presumption of MEN. OF VANITIEVANITY.
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    THE SECOND BOOKE. Of the VanitieVanity, Inconstancie, Weaknes, and Presumption of MEN. OF VANITIEVANITY.

    George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

Emblems Ancient and Modern A15631

  • Printed
    VAnitieVanity of earthly things 98
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    VAnitieVanity of earthly things 98

    George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · Open in the reader

A Treasury of Similes A18271

  • Printed
    VAnitieVanity of earthly things. Folio. 286. 597.
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    VAnitieVanity of earthly things. Folio. 286. 597.

    Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · Open in the reader

The Court of the Gentiles Part 3 A41681

  • Printed
    … account of the grand Deſigne, Moment, and Ʋſe of this Third Part, touching the VANITIEVANITY OF PAGAN PHILOSOPHIE, in order to a ſeparation of its Abuſe from the regular …
    With rule
    … account of the grand Deſigne, Moment, and Ʋſe of this Third Part, touching the VANITIEVANITY OF PAGAN PHILOSOPHIE, in order to a ſeparation of its Abuſe from the regular …

    Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 3 · Open in the reader

The Vanity of Man in his Best Estate A57197

  • Printed
    THE VANITIEVANITY OF MAN, IN His beſt ESTATE; A SERMON PREACHED At St. MARIES in Nottingham …
    With rule
    THE VANITIEVANITY OF MAN, IN His beſt ESTATE; A SERMON PREACHED At St. MARIES in Nottingham …

    William Reynolds · The Vanity of Man in his Best Estate · Open in the reader