Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4177 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

oyloil

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

Puritas changed it: 5,971 times in 1,333 works
Consistency: 99.9% (5,971 of 5,973)
Reach if approved: ~6,277 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: oil
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 5,974 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (5,971 changes in 1,333 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 5,971)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… are to underſtand an outward profeſſion: by Veſſels, the heart; the fooliſh Virgins had oyloil in their Lamps; i. e. they pretended to, and made a profeſſion and ſhew …
With rule
… are to underſtand an outward profeſſion: by Veſſels, the heart; the fooliſh Virgins had oyloil in their Lamps; i. e. they pretended to, and made a profeſſion and ſhew …
Cotton Mather · The Principles of the Protestant Religion Maintained · p. 110 · Open in the reader
Printed
… It is a great folly to cry out of the Heat, and still cast oyloil on the Fire: If it be an Achan's Wedge hidden, search for the Cursed …
With rule
… It is a great folly to cry out of the Heat, and still cast oyloil on the Fire: If it be an Achan's Wedge hidden, search for the Cursed …
Richard Allestree · The Government of the Thoughts · p. 157 · Open in the reader
Printed
… duties than joy doth; it carries on the ſoul more fully: it is as oyloil that cauſeth the wheels of Chriſtian practiſe to go on more freely: we may …
With rule
… duties than joy doth; it carries on the ſoul more fully: it is as oyloil that cauſeth the wheels of Chriſtian practiſe to go on more freely: we may …
Isaac Ambrose · Looking Unto Jesus · p. 199 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that give me my bread and my water, my wool, and my flax, mine oyloil, and my drink. In which reſpect, we may take up againſt theſe malefactours, the …
With rule
… that give me my bread and my water, my wool, and my flax, mine oyloil, and my drink. In which reſpect, we may take up againſt theſe malefactours, the …
Simeon Ashe · Real Thankfulness · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Powder and Bullers, and adding to the Pile of T…pher, and slinging in OylOil to make the flame rage the fiercer. Who would serve such a Master, whose …
With rule
… Powder and Bullers, and adding to the Pile of T…pher, and slinging in OylOil to make the flame rage the fiercer. Who would serve such a Master, whose …
Joseph Alleine · A Sure Guide to Heaven · p. 103 · Open in the reader
Printed
… necessity of a timely preparation for Eternity? 'Tis too late to go to buy OylOil, when the Bridegroom is coming.
With rule
… necessity of a timely preparation for Eternity? 'Tis too late to go to buy OylOil, when the Bridegroom is coming.
William Bates · Spiritual Perfection Unfolded and Enforced from 2 Corinthians 7:1 · p. 338 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the spirite by me…ure vnto him, but he hathe annoynted him with the oyloil of gladnes aboue his fellowes) euē so do I beleue, that out of hym …
With rule
… the spirite by me…ure vnto him, but he hathe annoynted him with the oyloil of gladnes aboue his fellowes) euē so do I beleue, that out of hym …
Thomas Becon · The Sick Mans Salve · p. 231 · Open in the reader
Printed
… then be clothed with humilitie, let it come within thee as water, and like oyloil into thy bones, it will ſoften and mollifie thee; It will make thee fruitfull …
With rule
… then be clothed with humilitie, let it come within thee as water, and like oyloil into thy bones, it will ſoften and mollifie thee; It will make thee fruitfull …
Hezekiah Woodward · A Childs Patrimony · p. 63 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

2 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 Water of Life A30213

Printed
… can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. This is the River of OYLOIL which the Prophet speaks of, the River of Spirit. Were it a River of …
With rule
… can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. This is the River of OYLOIL which the Prophet speaks of, the River of Spirit. Were it a River of …
John Bunyan · The Water of Life · p. 86 · Open in the reader

The Intercourses of Divine Love Betwixt Christ and His Church A69777

Printed
OYLOIL, its ſacred, and civil uſe, 51, 52, 53. the met aphorical ſenſe of it, 52, 53. pouring forth, what …
With rule
OYLOIL, its ſacred, and civil uſe, 51, 52, 53. the met aphorical ſenſe of it, 52, 53. pouring forth, what …
John Collinges · The Intercourses of Divine Love Betwixt Christ and His Church · Open in the reader