Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4171 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

qualifiequalify

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

Puritas changed it: 1,279 times in 716 works
Consistency: 98.2% (1,279 of 1,302)
Reach if approved: ~1,368 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: qualify
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,302 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,279 changes in 716 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,279)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… ſharpneſſe of this ſentence, the Prophet, by way of correction of his ſpeech doth qualifiequalify and remper with moſt heauenly comforts, the ſweete promiſes of the Ghoſpell: for,
With rule
… ſharpneſſe of this ſentence, the Prophet, by way of correction of his ſpeech doth qualifiequalify and remper with moſt heauenly comforts, the ſweete promiſes of the Ghoſpell: for,
Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 183 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and holy Function of the Clergy, ought to endeavour by Gods Grace, so to qualifiequalify our selves, that our affections never mistake the true object, nor exceed their due …
With rule
… and holy Function of the Clergy, ought to endeavour by Gods Grace, so to qualifiequalify our selves, that our affections never mistake the true object, nor exceed their due …
Thomas Fuller · Josephs Party-Colored Coat · p. 181 · Open in the reader
Printed
… reaſonable man (as I thinke) may conceiue. Before any qualitie, good or bad, can qualifiequalify any ſubiect, the ſubiect muſt be firſt diſpoſed thereunto, or capable thereof. The Salamander …
With rule
… reaſonable man (as I thinke) may conceiue. Before any qualitie, good or bad, can qualifiequalify any ſubiect, the ſubiect muſt be firſt diſpoſed thereunto, or capable thereof. The Salamander …
James Balmford · Concerning the Plagues Infection · p. 49 · Open in the reader
Printed
… favour: Now he ſheweth the ground of this, viz. It pleaſed God, as to qualifiequalify the Perſon of Chriſt in manner above-named; ſo to doe it, to this …
With rule
… favour: Now he ſheweth the ground of this, viz. It pleaſed God, as to qualifiequalify the Perſon of Chriſt in manner above-named; ſo to doe it, to this …
Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Colossians 1 and 2 · p. 111 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſpiritum meum. But it is not the laſt words a man vtters that doe qualifiequalify his Soule. Remember how in thy life thou haſt entertained Gods Spirit: for as …
With rule
… ſpiritum meum. But it is not the laſt words a man vtters that doe qualifiequalify his Soule. Remember how in thy life thou haſt entertained Gods Spirit: for as …
Henry Montagu · Contemplating Mortality and Immortality · p. 49 · Open in the reader
Printed
… selfe the title of the true catholike church. Some goe about to delay and qualifiequalify the matter, by comparing this church to a man lying sicke full of …oares …
With rule
… selfe the title of the true catholike church. Some goe about to delay and qualifiequalify the matter, by comparing this church to a man lying sicke full of …oares …
William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 1012 · Open in the reader
Printed
… things, this is moderate, when they can yet joy in other things; so we qualifiequalify our griefes with joyes, and our joyes with griefes; we are not inordinate: but …
With rule
… things, this is moderate, when they can yet joy in other things; so we qualifiequalify our griefes with joyes, and our joyes with griefes; we are not inordinate: but …
John Preston · Sins Overthrow · p. 240 · Open in the reader
Printed
… may well consist with the power of lusts still (as Physitians use so to qualifiequalify and allay poison by other correctives, and crosse ingredients, that it shall serve as …
With rule
… may well consist with the power of lusts still (as Physitians use so to qualifiequalify and allay poison by other correctives, and crosse ingredients, that it shall serve as …
Edward Reynolds · Explication of Psalm 110 · p. 205 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (23)

15 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Supplications of Saints A12610

Printed
… thy will, that he may rightly receiue the gracious offers of thy great mercy. QualifieQualify all the troubles which either the grieuouſneſſe of his ſinne remembred, or the bitternes …
With rule
… thy will, that he may rightly receiue the gracious offers of thy great mercy. QualifieQualify all the troubles which either the grieuouſneſſe of his ſinne remembred, or the bitternes …
Thomas Sorocold · Supplications of Saints · p. 232 · Open in the reader

Opposition to Errors of William Sherlock A25202

Printed
… and hales, [the Church taken out of Christs crucified Body] Out on't. Though to QualifieQualify the Matter, he says it was but with a Quasi, as it were, or …
With rule
… and hales, [the Church taken out of Christs crucified Body] Out on't. Though to QualifieQualify the Matter, he says it was but with a Quasi, as it were, or …
Vincent Alsop · Opposition to Errors of William Sherlock · p. 280 · Open in the reader

The Catechizing of Families A26879

Printed
… Christ prayed, Father forgiv them, for they know not what they do; that is, QualifieQualify them for Pardon, and then pardon them: Or give them Repentance and Forgiveness.
With rule
… Christ prayed, Father forgiv them, for they know not what they do; that is, QualifieQualify them for Pardon, and then pardon them: Or give them Repentance and Forgiveness.
Richard Baxter · The Catechizing of Families · p. 224 · Open in the reader

A Paraphrase on the New Testament A26981

Printed
17. QualifieQualify and ſeparate them by thy Truth, to propagate thy Truth, even thy Word which …
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17. QualifieQualify and ſeparate them by thy Truth, to propagate thy Truth, even thy Word which …
Richard Baxter · A Paraphrase on the New Testament · Open in the reader

The History of the Indulgence A29750

Printed
… Act in that function and sphaere; and a Power to Limite, Restrict, Enlarge or QualifieQualify the exercise of that function, as he seeth good: But none of our Orthodox …
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… Act in that function and sphaere; and a Power to Limite, Restrict, Enlarge or QualifieQualify the exercise of that function, as he seeth good: But none of our Orthodox …
John Brown · The History of the Indulgence · p. 62 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the regulating of the Magistratical function, in inferiour Magistrates, than Limite them, Restrict them, QualifieQualify them by such and such Instructions? and what less shall now hereby be granted …
With rule
… the regulating of the Magistratical function, in inferiour Magistrates, than Limite them, Restrict them, QualifieQualify them by such and such Instructions? and what less shall now hereby be granted …
John Brown · The History of the Indulgence · p. 62 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the thing, and the concomitant Acts, made of purpose of Restrick, Limite and QualifieQualify the favour proposed, and to Instruct and Oblige the Receiver, say, that the accepting …
With rule
… of the thing, and the concomitant Acts, made of purpose of Restrick, Limite and QualifieQualify the favour proposed, and to Instruct and Oblige the Receiver, say, that the accepting …
John Brown · The History of the Indulgence · p. 89 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the thing, and the concomitant Acts, made of purpose, to Limite, Restrict and QualifieQualify the thing proposed, and to Instruct and Oblige the receiver, saith, that the accepting …
With rule
… of the thing, and the concomitant Acts, made of purpose, to Limite, Restrict and QualifieQualify the thing proposed, and to Instruct and Oblige the receiver, saith, that the accepting …
John Brown · The History of the Indulgence · p. 125 · Open in the reader

The Practical Believer A47309

Printed
… in the Number of Ministries, ver. 28. Inspiration of Religion was only to fit and QualifieQualify them for that Office. Hence it is, probably, that it is by St. John …
With rule
… in the Number of Ministries, ver. 28. Inspiration of Religion was only to fit and QualifieQualify them for that Office. Hence it is, probably, that it is by St. John …
John Kettlewell · The Practical Believer · p. 126 · Open in the reader

A Communicant Instructed A57383

Printed
1. The Necessitie of New O…edience, to QualifieQualify a Christian for worthy communicating, appears divers wayes. For,
With rule
1. The Necessitie of New O…edience, to QualifieQualify a Christian for worthy communicating, appears divers wayes. For,
Francis Roberts · A Communicant Instructed · p. 139 · Open in the reader
Printed
OBedience. New Obedience is necessary to QualifieQualify for worthy Communicating, in three regards.
With rule
OBedience. New Obedience is necessary to QualifieQualify for worthy Communicating, in three regards.
Francis Roberts · A Communicant Instructed · Open in the reader

Five Disputations of Church Government A69533

Printed
Sect. 16. 1. As God doth plainly describe the persons in the word, so he doth QualifieQualify them accordingly by his Guifts: and that of three sorts: Even, his special Graces …
With rule
Sect. 16. 1. As God doth plainly describe the persons in the word, so he doth QualifieQualify them accordingly by his Guifts: and that of three sorts: Even, his special Graces …
Richard Baxter · Five Disputations of Church Government · p. 145 · Open in the reader

The Middle Things A75287

Printed
QualifieQualify,
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QualifieQualify,
Isaac Ambrose · The Middle Things · p. 166 · Open in the reader
Printed
QualifieQualify,
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QualifieQualify,
Isaac Ambrose · The Middle Things · p. 167 · Open in the reader

A Holy Commonwealth A76178

Printed
Whomsoever I thus and thus QualifieQualify, and declare to be the fittest person, you shall consent to.
With rule
Whomsoever I thus and thus QualifieQualify, and declare to be the fittest person, you shall consent to.
Richard Baxter · A Holy Commonwealth · p. 166 · Open in the reader