Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4152 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

eternitieeternity

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

Puritas changed it: 2,970 times in 630 works
Consistency: 99.7% (2,970 of 2,979)
Reach if approved: ~3,130 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: eternity
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,979 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,970 changes in 630 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,970)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… his incarnation, as vnto them that are borne sincer therfore the promise of the eternitieeternity of the Church, beginneth not at the natiuitie of Christ, but at the beginning …
With rule
… his incarnation, as vnto them that are borne sincer therfore the promise of the eternitieeternity of the Church, beginneth not at the natiuitie of Christ, but at the beginning …
William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… diej hilaris insanta) the merry madnesse of a day; which to buy with the eternitieeternity of insufferable Torments, is a deare purchase: If they be not short of content …
With rule
… diej hilaris insanta) the merry madnesse of a day; which to buy with the eternitieeternity of insufferable Torments, is a deare purchase: If they be not short of content …
Thomas Adams · The Gallants Burden · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
GOd, who from all eternitieeternity hath had an infinit Maſſe of grace and glory lying by him, to beſtow …
With rule
GOd, who from all eternitieeternity hath had an infinit Maſſe of grace and glory lying by him, to beſtow …
Thomas Goodwin · The Return of Prayers · Open in the reader
Printed
… in face, ſweet in name; for the name Jeſus is ſweet, being conſecrated from eternitieeternity, publiſhed by the Angel, and propheſied by the Oracle of Solomon, who ſaith, Thy …
With rule
… in face, ſweet in name; for the name Jeſus is ſweet, being conſecrated from eternitieeternity, publiſhed by the Angel, and propheſied by the Oracle of Solomon, who ſaith, Thy …
Alexander Grosse · The Happiness of Enjoying and Use of Christ · p. 273 · Open in the reader
Printed
… my selfe was before, sitting with my celestiall father in the seate of his eternitieeternity. And to haue with mée that health, that blessyng, that ioye, that victorie, that …
With rule
… my selfe was before, sitting with my celestiall father in the seate of his eternitieeternity. And to haue with mée that health, that blessyng, that ioye, that victorie, that …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
… to be tormented in hell; both in regard of the extremitie of torment, and eternitieeternity of terme there. Which teacheth that there is no eaſe in hell, nor end …
With rule
… to be tormented in hell; both in regard of the extremitie of torment, and eternitieeternity of terme there. Which teacheth that there is no eaſe in hell, nor end …
Robert Horne · Of the Rich Man and Lazarus · p. 76 · Open in the reader
Printed
… named and not to be named. What are professors nominable or innominable to the eternitieeternity of faith?
With rule
… named and not to be named. What are professors nominable or innominable to the eternitieeternity of faith?
Daniel Featley · The Fisher Catched in his Own Net · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… bee his, before his eyes, includeth the knowledge of our particular perſons from all eternitieeternity, before eyther the worlde or wee were created, whoſe eſtate and condition both in …
With rule
… bee his, before his eyes, includeth the knowledge of our particular perſons from all eternitieeternity, before eyther the worlde or wee were created, whoſe eſtate and condition both in …
John Forbes · The Doctrine of Justification · p. 184 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

8 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.

Pilgrimage A10228

Printed
Addes life to all, and gives ETERNITIEETERNITY.
With rule
Addes life to all, and gives ETERNITIEETERNITY.
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · Open in the reader

Emblems Ancient and Modern A15631

Printed
The firſt, and laſt, is that ETERNITIEETERNITY,
With rule
The firſt, and laſt, is that ETERNITIEETERNITY,
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 102 · Open in the reader
Printed
The Circled-ſnake, ETERNITIEETERNITY declares;
With rule
The Circled-ſnake, ETERNITIEETERNITY declares;
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 102 · Open in the reader
Printed
Vpon the Ring of bleſt ETERNITIEETERNITY.
With rule
Vpon the Ring of bleſt ETERNITIEETERNITY.
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 171 · Open in the reader

Nuptial Poems A15635

Printed
… IOYES, HONOVRS AND FELICITIES OF THIS WORLD IN THIS LIFE, AND THE PERFECTIONS OF ETERNITIEETERNITY IN THE WORLD TO COME.
With rule
… IOYES, HONOVRS AND FELICITIES OF THIS WORLD IN THIS LIFE, AND THE PERFECTIONS OF ETERNITIEETERNITY IN THE WORLD TO COME.
George Wither · Nuptial Poems · Open in the reader

The Equality of the Father Son and Holy Ghost A75804

Printed
ETernitieEternity is an eſſentiall Propertie of God, and is incommunicable to a Creature. Firſt, ſome …
With rule
ETernitieEternity is an eſſentiall Propertie of God, and is incommunicable to a Creature. Firſt, ſome …
Benjamin Austin · The Equality of the Father Son and Holy Ghost · p. 49 · Open in the reader

A Discourse of Eternity B00818

Printed
A DISCOVRSE OF ETERNITIEETERNITY Collected and Compoſed for the Common good, By W. T.
With rule
A DISCOVRSE OF ETERNITIEETERNITY Collected and Compoſed for the Common good, By W. T.
William Tipping · A Discourse of Eternity · Open in the reader
Printed
ETernitieEternity is an infinite, endleſſe, bottomeleſſe gulfe, which no line can faddome, no time can …
With rule
ETernitieEternity is an infinite, endleſſe, bottomeleſſe gulfe, which no line can faddome, no time can …
William Tipping · A Discourse of Eternity · p. 4 · Open in the reader