Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4298 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

arbitrariearbitrary

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

Puritas changed it: 178 times in 96 works
Consistency: 80.5% (178 of 221)
Reach if approved: ~232 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: arbitrary
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 221 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (178 changes in 96 works, 80.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 178)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… a cheerfull giuer, 2. Corinth. 9. 7. And that we should not thinke these duties to bee arbitrariearbitrary, or the neglect of them not to draw vpon vs either guilt or punishment …
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… a cheerfull giuer, 2. Corinth. 9. 7. And that we should not thinke these duties to bee arbitrariearbitrary, or the neglect of them not to draw vpon vs either guilt or punishment …
George Downame · Lectures on the 25th Psalm · p. 347 · Open in the reader
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… Laſt of all, as to my ſelf, this conjoyned dedication appeares not at all arbitrariearbitrary, but neceſsarie: for as the incitation to publiſh them, was from the ſollicitation of …
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… Laſt of all, as to my ſelf, this conjoyned dedication appeares not at all arbitrariearbitrary, but neceſsarie: for as the incitation to publiſh them, was from the ſollicitation of …
Samuel Fairclough Sr · The Saints Worthiness and the Worlds Worthlessness · Open in the reader
Printed
… consequent to the nature of the thing, which in the later, subject to anothers arbitrariearbitrary interruption, is not to be found; how in the case of this Presidencie, fixedness …
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… consequent to the nature of the thing, which in the later, subject to anothers arbitrariearbitrary interruption, is not to be found; how in the case of this Presidencie, fixedness …
Robert McWard · The Case of The Accommodation Proposed by the Bishop of Dunblane · p. 106 · Open in the reader
Printed
… but it was by a free and voluntary affection and inclining heerevnto, it was arbitrariearbitrary, it was without power, it imported no necessitie of obedience till this time of …
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… but it was by a free and voluntary affection and inclining heerevnto, it was arbitrariearbitrary, it was without power, it imported no necessitie of obedience till this time of …
Henry Jacob · A Declaration and Plainer Opening of Certain Points · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… agreed. But when these voluntarie Seruices began to be drawne into Canons, and of arbitrariearbitrary became necessarie, they were rent into sundrie Sects. Of these and their originall let …
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… agreed. But when these voluntarie Seruices began to be drawne into Canons, and of arbitrariearbitrary became necessarie, they were rent into sundrie Sects. Of these and their originall let …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 117 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſetteth downe the nominatiue caſe patientia: and further to the latin word, which is arbitrariearbitrary according to the minde and vnderſtanding of the tranſlator, I oppoſe the originall Greeke …
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… ſetteth downe the nominatiue caſe patientia: and further to the latin word, which is arbitrariearbitrary according to the minde and vnderſtanding of the tranſlator, I oppoſe the originall Greeke …
Thomas Stoughton · Against Popery · p. 290 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in humane, as the law receiueth life from the Prince, so the punishment is arbitrariearbitrary in him, to be inflicted, or remitted: but in the execution of the diuine …
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… in humane, as the law receiueth life from the Prince, so the punishment is arbitrariearbitrary in him, to be inflicted, or remitted: but in the execution of the diuine …
Andrew Willet · Harmony Upon 1 Samuel · p. 74 · Open in the reader
Printed
… nature of worship, but maketh the one necessarie, because God instituted it, the other arbitrariearbitrary and voluntarie, and consequently will-worship. The same matter, forme, and end is in …
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… nature of worship, but maketh the one necessarie, because God instituted it, the other arbitrariearbitrary and voluntarie, and consequently will-worship. The same matter, forme, and end is in …
David Calderwood · A Reexamination of the Five Articles Enacted at Perth in 1618 · p. 202 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (43)

27 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 25 are listed here. 16 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Question of Tithes A11601

Printed
… of Vowing paſſeth as lawfully, as properly on things commanded, as on thoſe left ArbitrarieArbitrary. What vſe Vowes of inioyned duties haue, you are not to learne; and may …
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… of Vowing paſſeth as lawfully, as properly on things commanded, as on thoſe left ArbitrarieArbitrary. What vſe Vowes of inioyned duties haue, you are not to learne; and may …
William Sclater · The Question of Tithes · p. 35 · Open in the reader

Opening of the Ten Commandments A15011

Printed
1. ArbitrarieArbitrary.
With rule
1. ArbitrarieArbitrary.
William Whately · Opening of the Ten Commandments · p. 98 · Open in the reader
Printed
1. ArbitrarieArbitrary, ſuch as it is in a mans power to haue or not to haue …
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1. ArbitrarieArbitrary, ſuch as it is in a mans power to haue or not to haue …
William Whately · Opening of the Ten Commandments · p. 98 · Open in the reader
Printed
1. ArbitrarieArbitrary, as friendſhip, and the faults of friends, which are both
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1. ArbitrarieArbitrary, as friendſhip, and the faults of friends, which are both
William Whately · Opening of the Ten Commandments · p. 127 · Open in the reader

Against Human Ceremonies in Gods Worship A19142

Printed
… no difference: if hee so holdeth, then it is no instance of a meere ArbitrarieArbitrary Ceremonie. 2. The two tribes had the Lords Altar in present possession, as well as …
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… no difference: if hee so holdeth, then it is no instance of a meere ArbitrarieArbitrary Ceremonie. 2. The two tribes had the Lords Altar in present possession, as well as …
William Ames · Against Human Ceremonies in Gods Worship · p. 325 · Open in the reader

The Form and Order of the Coronation of Charles II A36435

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… Kings are verie deſyrous to have thinges ſpoken and written, to holde up their ArbitrarieArbitrary and unlimited power; but that way doeth exceedinglie wrong them. There is one, a …
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… Kings are verie deſyrous to have thinges ſpoken and written, to holde up their ArbitrarieArbitrary and unlimited power; but that way doeth exceedinglie wrong them. There is one, a …
Robert Douglas · The Form and Order of the Coronation of Charles II · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… but Tyrannie: And in regard of governement, they teach a king to take an ArbitrarieArbitrary power to himſelfe, to doe what hee pleaſeth without controlement. How dangerous this hath …
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… but Tyrannie: And in regard of governement, they teach a king to take an ArbitrarieArbitrary power to himſelfe, to doe what hee pleaſeth without controlement. How dangerous this hath …
Robert Douglas · The Form and Order of the Coronation of Charles II · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… this hath been to kinges, is cleare by ſad experience. Abuſe of Power, and ArbitrarieArbitrary Governement, hath been one of GODS Great Controverſies, with our Kinges Praedeceſſoures, GOD in …
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… this hath been to kinges, is cleare by ſad experience. Abuſe of Power, and ArbitrarieArbitrary Governement, hath been one of GODS Great Controverſies, with our Kinges Praedeceſſoures, GOD in …
Robert Douglas · The Form and Order of the Coronation of Charles II · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… confidentlie ſay, That GODS Controverſie with the kinges of the earth, is for their ArbitrarieArbitrary and Tyrannicall Governement.
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… confidentlie ſay, That GODS Controverſie with the kinges of the earth, is for their ArbitrarieArbitrary and Tyrannicall Governement.
Robert Douglas · The Form and Order of the Coronation of Charles II · p. 20 · Open in the reader

The True Non-Conformist A51082

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… the back of this discourse, you boldly attempt to make even the very Sacraments ArbitrarieArbitrary, by asking why we…se not washing of feet, since there is no Sacrament …
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… the back of this discourse, you boldly attempt to make even the very Sacraments ArbitrarieArbitrary, by asking why we…se not washing of feet, since there is no Sacrament …
Robert McWard · The True Non-Conformist · p. 113 · Open in the reader
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… positively defined, and blessed its Officers, and their power, and not left the matter ArbitrarieArbitrary, to the probable contrivances of apparent benefite, farre less to the dissembling pretenses, of …
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… positively defined, and blessed its Officers, and their power, and not left the matter ArbitrarieArbitrary, to the probable contrivances of apparent benefite, farre less to the dissembling pretenses, of …
Robert McWard · The True Non-Conformist · p. 151 · Open in the reader

Lex Rex A57975

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… raw and often repeated Arguments: to wit, That the Parliaments coercing and restraining of ArbitrarieArbitrary power, is rebellion, and resisting the Ordinance of God. But he dare not looke …
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… raw and often repeated Arguments: to wit, That the Parliaments coercing and restraining of ArbitrarieArbitrary power, is rebellion, and resisting the Ordinance of God. But he dare not looke …
Samuel Rutherford · Lex Rex · p. 244 · Open in the reader
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… the triviall Argument of all Royalists, especially of Barclay, obvious in his 3. Booke. If ArbitrarieArbitrary and Tyrannicall power above any Law that the lawfull Magistrate commandeth under the paine …
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… the triviall Argument of all Royalists, especially of Barclay, obvious in his 3. Booke. If ArbitrarieArbitrary and Tyrannicall power above any Law that the lawfull Magistrate commandeth under the paine …
Samuel Rutherford · Lex Rex · p. 244 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vineyard of one Naboth violently) be lawfull and warrantable by Gods word; then an ArbitrarieArbitrary power above all Divine lawes, is given to the keeping of the Civill Magistrate …
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… vineyard of one Naboth violently) be lawfull and warrantable by Gods word; then an ArbitrarieArbitrary power above all Divine lawes, is given to the keeping of the Civill Magistrate …
Samuel Rutherford · Lex Rex · p. 244 · Open in the reader
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… given to the keeping of the Civill Magistrate. And it is no lesse lawfull ArbitrarieArbitrary, or rather Tyrannicall power, for David to kill all his Subjects, and to plunder …
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… given to the keeping of the Civill Magistrate. And it is no lesse lawfull ArbitrarieArbitrary, or rather Tyrannicall power, for David to kill all his Subjects, and to plunder …
Samuel Rutherford · Lex Rex · p. 244 · Open in the reader
Printed
… King be so above all Lawes, as People and Peeres, in the case of ArbitrarieArbitrary power, may resume their power, and punish a Tyrant? The P. Pr…late draweth …
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… King be so above all Lawes, as People and Peeres, in the case of ArbitrarieArbitrary power, may resume their power, and punish a Tyrant? The P. Pr…late draweth …
Samuel Rutherford · Lex Rex · p. 245 · Open in the reader

God in the Mount A64897

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… and vexations, is alſo, by power of this Parliament, quite taken away, viz. the ArbitrarieArbitrary power pretended to be in his Maieſtie to tax his ſubiects, and charge their …
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… and vexations, is alſo, by power of this Parliament, quite taken away, viz. the ArbitrarieArbitrary power pretended to be in his Maieſtie to tax his ſubiects, and charge their …
John Vicars · God in the Mount · p. 31 · Open in the reader

John Lilb Tried and Cast A86094

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… ſay themſelves) for juſtice and righteouſneſſe without reſpest of perſons, and against illegal and ArbitrarieArbitrary actings: God forbid we ſhould ſpeake againſt them: but if they are (as to …
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… ſay themſelves) for juſtice and righteouſneſſe without reſpest of perſons, and against illegal and ArbitrarieArbitrary actings: God forbid we ſhould ſpeake againſt them: but if they are (as to …
Arthur Hesilrige · John Lilb Tried and Cast · p. 15 · Open in the reader

Beheaded John Hewytts Ghost A91147

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BEHEADED Dr. John Hewytts Ghoſt Pleading, yea crying for EXEMPLARIE JUSTICE AGAINST The ArbitrarieArbitrary, Un-exampled Injuſtice of his late Judges and Executioners in the New High-Commiſsion …
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BEHEADED Dr. John Hewytts Ghoſt Pleading, yea crying for EXEMPLARIE JUSTICE AGAINST The ArbitrarieArbitrary, Un-exampled Injuſtice of his late Judges and Executioners in the New High-Commiſsion …
William Prynne · Beheaded John Hewytts Ghost · Open in the reader

Treatise of Civil Policy A92147

Printed
… raw and often repeated Arguments: to wit, That the Parliaments coercing and reſtraining of ArbitrarieArbitrary power, is rebellion, and reſiſting the Ordinance of God. But he dare not looke …
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… raw and often repeated Arguments: to wit, That the Parliaments coercing and reſtraining of ArbitrarieArbitrary power, is rebellion, and reſiſting the Ordinance of God. But he dare not looke …
Samuel Rutherford · Treatise of Civil Policy · p. 244 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the triviall Argument of all Royaliſts, eſpecially of Barclay, obvious in his 3. Booke. If ArbitrarieArbitrary and Tyrannicall power above any Law that the lawfull Magiſtrate commandeth under the paine …
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… the triviall Argument of all Royaliſts, eſpecially of Barclay, obvious in his 3. Booke. If ArbitrarieArbitrary and Tyrannicall power above any Law that the lawfull Magiſtrate commandeth under the paine …
Samuel Rutherford · Treatise of Civil Policy · p. 244 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vineyard of one Naboth violently) be lawfull and warrantable by Gods word; then an ArbitrarieArbitrary power above all Divine lawes, is given to the keeping of the Civill Magiſtrate …
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… vineyard of one Naboth violently) be lawfull and warrantable by Gods word; then an ArbitrarieArbitrary power above all Divine lawes, is given to the keeping of the Civill Magiſtrate …
Samuel Rutherford · Treatise of Civil Policy · p. 244 · Open in the reader
Printed
… given to the keeping of the Civill Magiſtrate. And it is no leſſe lawfull ArbitrarieArbitrary, or rather Tyrannicall power, for David to kill all his Subjects, and to plunder …
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… given to the keeping of the Civill Magiſtrate. And it is no leſſe lawfull ArbitrarieArbitrary, or rather Tyrannicall power, for David to kill all his Subjects, and to plunder …
Samuel Rutherford · Treatise of Civil Policy · p. 244 · Open in the reader
Printed
… King be ſo above all Lawes, as People and Peeres, in the caſe of ArbitrarieArbitrary power, may reſume their power, and puniſh a Tyrant? The P. Prelate draweth in …
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… King be ſo above all Lawes, as People and Peeres, in the caſe of ArbitrarieArbitrary power, may reſume their power, and puniſh a Tyrant? The P. Prelate draweth in …
Samuel Rutherford · Treatise of Civil Policy · p. 245 · Open in the reader

The Justice Justified A96751

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… of Tyrants, who intended, thereby, to make their Officers the more ſerviceable to their ArbitrarieArbitrary Deſignes; and, therfore, it ought not to be endured in a free and well …
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… of Tyrants, who intended, thereby, to make their Officers the more ſerviceable to their ArbitrarieArbitrary Deſignes; and, therfore, it ought not to be endured in a free and well …
George Wither · The Justice Justified · p. 4 · Open in the reader