Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4122 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

mortifiemortify

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

Puritas changed it: 4,440 times in 1,263 works
Consistency: 99.8% (4,440 of 4,447)
Reach if approved: ~4,675 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: mortify
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 4,449 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (4,440 changes in 1,263 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 4,440)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
But why then doth God promiſe life euerlaſting to workes? If ye mortifiemortify the deeds of the fleſh, yee ſhall liue. Rom. 8.13. If yee ſowe to the …
With rule
But why then doth God promiſe life euerlaſting to workes? If ye mortifiemortify the deeds of the fleſh, yee ſhall liue. Rom. 8.13. If yee ſowe to the …
Paul Baynes · The Mirror or Miracle of Gods Love Unto the World of His Elect · p. 60 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a disparatis, If ye liue after the flesh yee shall die: but if you mortifiemortify the deeds of the body by the spirit, yee shall liue. ver. 13.
With rule
… a disparatis, If ye liue after the flesh yee shall die: but if you mortifiemortify the deeds of the body by the spirit, yee shall liue. ver. 13.
James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · p. 207 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they muſt be trulye humbled vnder the burthen of theyr ſinnes, that they muſt mortifiemortify and ſubdue their carnall luſts: this is to hard a cruſt for their old …
With rule
… they muſt be trulye humbled vnder the burthen of theyr ſinnes, that they muſt mortifiemortify and ſubdue their carnall luſts: this is to hard a cruſt for their old …
George Gifford · Sermon on the Parable of the Sower · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſoule, which is the Goſpell, is not mortified of the ſoule, but it doth mortifiemortify the ſoule with all the powers and faculties thereof, conuerting the ſoule into the …
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… ſoule, which is the Goſpell, is not mortified of the ſoule, but it doth mortifiemortify the ſoule with all the powers and faculties thereof, conuerting the ſoule into the …
Thomas Granger · The Bread of Life · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Word to feed us, of his Sacraments to confirme us, of his death to mortifiemortify our luſts, of his reſurrection to quicken our ſoules, of his ſufferings to ſuffer …
With rule
… Word to feed us, of his Sacraments to confirme us, of his death to mortifiemortify our luſts, of his reſurrection to quicken our ſoules, of his ſufferings to ſuffer …
Alexander Grosse · The Happiness of Enjoying and Use of Christ · p. 104 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vnto dutie. Therefore, either bee ſure that thy ſetled reſolution and purpoſe is, to mortifiemortify and ſubdue thine owne corruption, and to ſacrifice euen thy ſweeteſt and beſt pleaſing …
With rule
… vnto dutie. Therefore, either bee ſure that thy ſetled reſolution and purpoſe is, to mortifiemortify and ſubdue thine owne corruption, and to ſacrifice euen thy ſweeteſt and beſt pleaſing …
Samuel Hieron · The Abridgment of the Gospel · p. 59 · Open in the reader
Printed
… God for euer in the long life of his ſaluation. And now and preſently mortifiemortify ſinne in thy earthly members, that thy ſoule may be ſaued in the day …
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… God for euer in the long life of his ſaluation. And now and preſently mortifiemortify ſinne in thy earthly members, that thy ſoule may be ſaued in the day …
Robert Horne · Of the Rich Man and Lazarus · p. 84 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſame, and thereupon groweth griefe and ſorrowe for ſinne, a minde wholly inclined to mortifiemortify it, and then they giue ouer them ſelues wholie to the coūſel of the …
With rule
… ſame, and thereupon groweth griefe and ſorrowe for ſinne, a minde wholly inclined to mortifiemortify it, and then they giue ouer them ſelues wholie to the coūſel of the …
John Knewstubs · Confutation of Monstrous and Horrible Heresies · p. 26 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

7 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.

Sins Overthrow A10024

Printed
HOW TO MORTIFIEMORTIFY FORNICATION.
With rule
HOW TO MORTIFIEMORTIFY FORNICATION.
John Preston · Sins Overthrow · p. 116 · Open in the reader
Printed
HOW TO MORTIFIEMORTIFY UNCLEANNES.
With rule
HOW TO MORTIFIEMORTIFY UNCLEANNES.
John Preston · Sins Overthrow · p. 152 · Open in the reader
Printed
HOVV TO MORTIFIEMORTIFY EVILL CONCVPISCENCE.
With rule
HOVV TO MORTIFIEMORTIFY EVILL CONCVPISCENCE.
John Preston · Sins Overthrow · p. 187 · Open in the reader
Printed
HOW TO MORTIFIEMORTIFY inordinate affection.
With rule
HOW TO MORTIFIEMORTIFY inordinate affection.
John Preston · Sins Overthrow · p. 211 · Open in the reader
Printed
HOW TO MORTIFIEMORTIFY COVETOVSNESSE.
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HOW TO MORTIFIEMORTIFY COVETOVSNESSE.
John Preston · Sins Overthrow · p. 1 · Open in the reader

The Whole Duty of Prayer A23804

Printed
MORTIFIEMORTIFY in me all fleshly Lusts, and let not the heat of unlawful Concupiscence, take …
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MORTIFIEMORTIFY in me all fleshly Lusts, and let not the heat of unlawful Concupiscence, take …
Richard Allestree · The Whole Duty of Prayer · p. 73 · Open in the reader

Two Books A93277

Printed
MOrtifieMortify therefore your deſires after Riches and abundance. Diet your ſelves in theſe things, as …
With rule
MOrtifieMortify therefore your deſires after Riches and abundance. Diet your ſelves in theſe things, as …
Sidrach Simpson · Two Books · p. 256 · Open in the reader