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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4366 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

raylingrailing

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

Puritas changed it
1,049 times in 451 works
Consistency
94.2% (1,049 of 1,113)
Reach if approved
~1,169 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: railing
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,113 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,049 changes in 451 works, 94.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,049)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … talke is not corrupt, but tending to the edification of hearers: if it bee raylingrailing, curſing, ſlandering or filthy, the tongue is made a corrupt fountaine, but if it …
    With rule
    … talke is not corrupt, but tending to the edification of hearers: if it bee raylingrailing, curſing, ſlandering or filthy, the tongue is made a corrupt fountaine, but if it …

    John Mayer · The English Catechism Explained · p. 242 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … writinges with iudgement, which doeth not knowe this affirmatiue of yours to be rashe raylingrailing, lincked full of lies. &c.
    With rule
    … writinges with iudgement, which doeth not knowe this affirmatiue of yours to be rashe raylingrailing, lincked full of lies. &c.

    David Fergusson · Answer to Epistle by Renat Benedict · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … banish him from out your Synagogue? why did you dayly exclude him frō thence, raylingrailing cōtinually vpō the Lord with outragious reproches, and taunting blasphemies? What punishment or torture …
    With rule
    … banish him from out your Synagogue? why did you dayly exclude him frō thence, raylingrailing cōtinually vpō the Lord with outragious reproches, and taunting blasphemies? What punishment or torture …

    John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … all Churches both of auncient time, and in theſe dayes, moſt deepely reuiling and raylingrailing at all the moſt excellent inſtruments which God hath raiſed vp vnto his Church …
    With rule
    … all Churches both of auncient time, and in theſe dayes, moſt deepely reuiling and raylingrailing at all the moſt excellent inſtruments which God hath raiſed vp vnto his Church …

    George Gifford · Short Reply to the Donatists · p. 77 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … such as reprove you. Your church (as you all it) cannot pleade ignorance. Your raylingrailing speaches, of blind Schismatiques, Donatists etc. bewray what sweet water is in the heart …
    With rule
    … such as reprove you. Your church (as you all it) cannot pleade ignorance. Your raylingrailing speaches, of blind Schismatiques, Donatists etc. bewray what sweet water is in the heart …

    John Greenwood · More Work for Priests · p. 85 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    Thou fall'ſt now to a raylingrailing vayne,
    With rule
    Thou fall'ſt now to a raylingrailing vayne,

    Samuel Hieron · An Answer to a Popish Rhyme · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … as touching faith and godlynes, but abundantly rich (so to speak) in dissembling, lying, raylingrailing, backbiting &c. and therefore fit witnesses for such an accuser, their owne sayings fit …
    With rule
    … as touching faith and godlynes, but abundantly rich (so to speak) in dissembling, lying, raylingrailing, backbiting &c. and therefore fit witnesses for such an accuser, their owne sayings fit …

    Francis Johnson · Inquiry and Answer of Thomas Whites Discovery of Brownism · p. 48 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … and that read out of a paper booke, and halfe of it commonly was raylingrailing againſt the Puritans. But whē it pleaſed God that ſome of thoſe, that ſpake …
    With rule
    … and that read out of a paper booke, and halfe of it commonly was raylingrailing againſt the Puritans. But whē it pleaſed God that ſome of thoſe, that ſpake …

    John Bastwick · Answer to Exceptions Against His Litany Part 2 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (64)

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

Defense of the Watch-Word Against the Ward-Word A02797

  • Printed
    He proclaimeth Temperance in his title, he pursueth the Art of RaylingRailing in the whole processe following, and in the end of all, he perswadeth ruine …
    With rule
    He proclaimeth Temperance in his title, he pursueth the Art of RaylingRailing in the whole processe following, and in the end of all, he perswadeth ruine …

    Francis Hastings · Defense of the Watch-Word Against the Ward-Word · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … resolute determination, not to follow this fellow (in mine answere) in his vaine of RaylingRailing against me: it shal suffice, that such as be wise, honourable, and honest shall …
    With rule
    … resolute determination, not to follow this fellow (in mine answere) in his vaine of RaylingRailing against me: it shal suffice, that such as be wise, honourable, and honest shall …

    Francis Hastings · Defense of the Watch-Word Against the Ward-Word · p. 28 · Open in the reader

The Isle of Man A09156

  • Printed
    9 In the Bed of Anger doe lye, Impatiencie, RaylingRailing, Back-biting, Quarrellings Murther, and ſuch like.
    With rule
    9 In the Bed of Anger doe lye, Impatiencie, RaylingRailing, Back-biting, Quarrellings Murther, and ſuch like.

    Richard Bernard · The Isle of Man · p. 82 · Open in the reader

Plain Evidences the Church of England is Apostolical A09265

  • Printed
    … in ſome things the Church of England are Noueliſts: and ſome of them vſe RaylingRailing ſpeeches againſt the Preſbyterie.
    With rule
    … in ſome things the Church of England are Noueliſts: and ſome of them vſe RaylingRailing ſpeeches againſt the Preſbyterie.

    Richard Bernard · Plain Evidences the Church of England is Apostolical · p. 43 · Open in the reader

The Players Scourge A10187

  • Printed
    RaylingRailing and Satyrs, especially against goodnesse, and good men, frequent in Stage-playes. p. 120. to …
    With rule
    RaylingRailing and Satyrs, especially against goodnesse, and good men, frequent in Stage-playes. p. 120. to …

    William Prynne · The Players Scourge · Open in the reader

Parallels Censures A12557

  • Printed
    … as you recken them vp, 1. vnthankfulnes, 2. ſpiritual vncharitablenes, 3. abuſing the Scriptures, 4. Obſtinacy in ſchiſme, 5. RaylingRailing & ſcoffing, 6. falſe opinions or Browniſme, & the perſons perſiſting in theſe ſinnes are (you ſay …
    With rule
    … as you recken them vp, 1. vnthankfulnes, 2. ſpiritual vncharitablenes, 3. abuſing the Scriptures, 4. Obſtinacy in ſchiſme, 5. RaylingRailing & ſcoffing, 6. falſe opinions or Browniſme, & the perſons perſiſting in theſe ſinnes are (you ſay …

    John Smyth · Parallels Censures · p. 131 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    5. Synne you caſt vppon vs is RaylingRailing, Scoffing, and blaſpheming, this you exemplify in two particulars, 1. Mr. Barrowes sharp ſpeeches in …
    With rule
    5. Synne you caſt vppon vs is RaylingRailing, Scoffing, and blaſpheming, this you exemplify in two particulars, 1. Mr. Barrowes sharp ſpeeches in …

    John Smyth · Parallels Censures · p. 134 · Open in the reader

The Complaint of a Sanctified Sinner Answered A21258

  • Printed
    … griefe, you ſhall not finde ſuch beaſtly Drunkenneſſe, and ſuch bitterneſſe in Curſing, Swearing, RaylingRailing, and the like, in a Country-Village or Towne, where they ſcarſe heare one …
    With rule
    … griefe, you ſhall not finde ſuch beaſtly Drunkenneſſe, and ſuch bitterneſſe in Curſing, Swearing, RaylingRailing, and the like, in a Country-Village or Towne, where they ſcarſe heare one …

    Edward Elton · The Complaint of a Sanctified Sinner Answered · p. 249 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … rule of thy tongue, but thy mouth runnes ouer and powres out Swearing, Curſing, RaylingRailing, and ſuch like: A man may certainly ſay it, and not erre in ſo …
    With rule
    … rule of thy tongue, but thy mouth runnes ouer and powres out Swearing, Curſing, RaylingRailing, and ſuch like: A man may certainly ſay it, and not erre in ſo …

    Edward Elton · The Complaint of a Sanctified Sinner Answered · p. 429 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … of men, as it is with the moſt, when they are told of Swearing, RaylingRailing, Sabbath-breaking: Oh, ſay they, I hope it is no hanging matter, it is …
    With rule
    … of men, as it is with the moſt, when they are told of Swearing, RaylingRailing, Sabbath-breaking: Oh, ſay they, I hope it is no hanging matter, it is …

    Edward Elton · The Complaint of a Sanctified Sinner Answered · p. 442 · Open in the reader

Opposition to Errors of William Sherlock A25202

  • Printed
    … In which admirable Product of his Wit and Phancy, he brings nothing New, his RaylingRailing faculty like an old Skrub-broom, being worn to the Stumps, and offers as …
    With rule
    … In which admirable Product of his Wit and Phancy, he brings nothing New, his RaylingRailing faculty like an old Skrub-broom, being worn to the Stumps, and offers as …

    Vincent Alsop · Opposition to Errors of William Sherlock · p. 223 · Open in the reader

The Perfect Pharisee Under Monkish Holiness A33735

  • Printed
    … for adding to the Scripture. John Audland▪ a few days since, being for his RaylingRailing, and Publique disturbance, called before the Magistrates, and there pleading against the Ministry, alledging …
    With rule
    … for adding to the Scripture. John Audland▪ a few days since, being for his RaylingRailing, and Publique disturbance, called before the Magistrates, and there pleading against the Ministry, alledging …

    Thomas Weld · The Perfect Pharisee Under Monkish Holiness · p. 27 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Pract. 2. RaylingRailing, &c.
    With rule
    Pract. 2. RaylingRailing, &c.

    Thomas Weld · The Perfect Pharisee Under Monkish Holiness · p. 44 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … shame, &c. though Michael the Aarchangel when disputing with the Devill, durst bring no RaylingRailing accusation against him. But is not the condition of the Ministers of Christ in …
    With rule
    … shame, &c. though Michael the Aarchangel when disputing with the Devill, durst bring no RaylingRailing accusation against him. But is not the condition of the Ministers of Christ in …

    Thomas Weld · The Perfect Pharisee Under Monkish Holiness · p. 44 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Amos 4-9 A45333

  • Printed
    … Libertines, whose Religion is meer Irreligion, make no bones of Blasphemy, Heresie, Lying, Equivocating, RaylingRailing, Witch-craft, &c. God will smite such gross Hipocrites.
    With rule
    … Libertines, whose Religion is meer Irreligion, make no bones of Blasphemy, Heresie, Lying, Equivocating, RaylingRailing, Witch-craft, &c. God will smite such gross Hipocrites.

    Thomas Hall · Exposition of Amos 4-9 · p. 57 · Open in the reader

A Practical and Polemical Commentary Upon 2 Timothy 3-4 A45335

  • Printed
    … dishonour their Parents, out-run their wives, neglect their families, being full of Lying, RaylingRailing, Idlenes…, and all unrighteousnesse. If these be Saints, who are Scythyans? These sin not …
    With rule
    … dishonour their Parents, out-run their wives, neglect their families, being full of Lying, RaylingRailing, Idlenes…, and all unrighteousnesse. If these be Saints, who are Scythyans? These sin not …

    Thomas Hall · A Practical and Polemical Commentary Upon 2 Timothy 3-4 · p. 128 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    The time would fail to tell of the Whoredoms, Adulteries, RaylingRailing, and dissembling of these wretches, which may be seen in the Books I refer …
    With rule
    The time would fail to tell of the Whoredoms, Adulteries, RaylingRailing, and dissembling of these wretches, which may be seen in the Books I refer …

    Thomas Hall · A Practical and Polemical Commentary Upon 2 Timothy 3-4 · p. 225 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … sinning, 1 Corinthians 13.10. Eph. 4.13. The Quakers boast much of this absolute perfection, but alas, their RaylingRailing, Pride, Lying, Blasphemy, Heresie, Ignorance and Obstinacy, shews that they are perfect sinners, rather …
    With rule
    … sinning, 1 Corinthians 13.10. Eph. 4.13. The Quakers boast much of this absolute perfection, but alas, their RaylingRailing, Pride, Lying, Blasphemy, Heresie, Ignorance and Obstinacy, shews that they are perfect sinners, rather …

    Thomas Hall · A Practical and Polemical Commentary Upon 2 Timothy 3-4 · p. 299 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Charitate, Leviticus 19.17. Ministers ex Officio with all authority, Titus 2.25. 1 Timothy, 5.20. Isay 58.1. Many call it RaylingRailing, when it is onely Rebuking: by this means some may be reclaimed, others restrained …
    With rule
    … Charitate, Leviticus 19.17. Ministers ex Officio with all authority, Titus 2.25. 1 Timothy, 5.20. Isay 58.1. Many call it RaylingRailing, when it is onely Rebuking: by this means some may be reclaimed, others restrained …

    Thomas Hall · A Practical and Polemical Commentary Upon 2 Timothy 3-4 · p. 327 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … it is to venture for God. I know the World accounteth this to be RaylingRailing and Indiscretion; then Christ was a Rayler, for he preached against the sinnes of …
    With rule
    … it is to venture for God. I know the World accounteth this to be RaylingRailing and Indiscretion; then Christ was a Rayler, for he preached against the sinnes of …

    Thomas Hall · A Practical and Polemical Commentary Upon 2 Timothy 3-4 · p. 414 · Open in the reader

The Quakers House Built Upon Sand A45480

  • Printed
    In Anſwer to a RaylingRailing Pamphlet, lately put forth by GEORGE WHITHEAD.
    With rule
    In Anſwer to a RaylingRailing Pamphlet, lately put forth by GEORGE WHITHEAD.

    Samuel Hammond · The Quakers House Built Upon Sand · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … but one may ſee to adminiſter civill juſtice. Then he ſhuts up all with RaylingRailing.
    With rule
    … but one may ſee to adminiſter civill juſtice. Then he ſhuts up all with RaylingRailing.

    Samuel Hammond · The Quakers House Built Upon Sand · p. 15 · Open in the reader

History of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland A47584

  • Printed
    … to pick quarrells against the Preachers, alleadging that all their Preaching was turned to RaylingRailing; whereunto one of them gave answer as followeth; It comes to our eares that …
    With rule
    … to pick quarrells against the Preachers, alleadging that all their Preaching was turned to RaylingRailing; whereunto one of them gave answer as followeth; It comes to our eares that …

    John Knox · History of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland · p. 348 · Open in the reader

Canterburys Doom A56144

  • Printed
    … Metropolitan Viſitation, did take care and order for the rayſing of the Chancell and RaylingRailing in the High Altar or Communion Table in the ſaid Church, for the doing …
    With rule
    … Metropolitan Viſitation, did take care and order for the rayſing of the Chancell and RaylingRailing in the High Altar or Communion Table in the ſaid Church, for the doing …

    William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · p. 91 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    To theſe Articles, this Biſhop annexed divers particular Injunctions, preſcribing, RaylingRailing in of Communion-Tables Altar-wiſe, bowing towards them, reading ſecond Service at them …
    With rule
    To theſe Articles, this Biſhop annexed divers particular Injunctions, preſcribing, RaylingRailing in of Communion-Tables Altar-wiſe, bowing towards them, reading ſecond Service at them …

    William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · p. 97 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Thirdly, The RaylingRailing in and placing of Communion Tables Altarwiſe againſt the VVall, like a Dreſſer, or …
    With rule
    Thirdly, The RaylingRailing in and placing of Communion Tables Altarwiſe againſt the VVall, like a Dreſſer, or …

    William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · p. 481 · Open in the reader

Further Discovery of the Quakers A65389

  • Printed
    … not againſt, nor takes any notice of our Arguments, but is full of bitter RaylingRailing.
    With rule
    … not againſt, nor takes any notice of our Arguments, but is full of bitter RaylingRailing.

    Thomas Weld · Further Discovery of the Quakers · p. 5 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Practice 2. RaylingRailing.
    With rule
    Practice 2. RaylingRailing.

    Thomas Weld · Further Discovery of the Quakers · p. 92 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

  • Printed
    ;;2. RaylingRailing slanderous speeches, and wicked blasphemous calumniations and reproaches, where with the Devill endevored to …
    With rule
    ;;2. RaylingRailing slanderous speeches, and wicked blasphemous calumniations and reproaches, where with the Devill endevored to …

    Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 426 · Open in the reader

A Counterpoison A67746

  • Printed
    RaylingRailing. in raylingrailing at us they shame themselves. 147
    With rule
    RaylingRailing. in raylingrailing at us they shame themselves. 147

    Richard Younge · A Counterpoison · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

  • Printed
    … our Lorde Ieſus Chriſt had taken mans fleſh vppon him, to bee made a RaylingRailing ſtocke at thoſe monſters handes which are not woorthie to liue vpon the earth …
    With rule
    … our Lorde Ieſus Chriſt had taken mans fleſh vppon him, to bee made a RaylingRailing ſtocke at thoſe monſters handes which are not woorthie to liue vpon the earth …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 54 · Open in the reader

The Discoverer A79829

  • Printed
    1. It hath been the common practice of ſuch men formerly, wanting Reaſon, to uſe RaylingRailing: as froward men in ſuits of Law when their caſe fails, endeavour to piece …
    With rule
    1. It hath been the common practice of ſuch men formerly, wanting Reaſon, to uſe RaylingRailing: as froward men in ſuits of Law when their caſe fails, endeavour to piece …

    John Canne · The Discoverer · p. 5 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Job 22-26 A81199

  • Printed
    … is beſt to take up that Counſel which good Hezekiah gave in commandement concerning RaylingRailing Rabſakeh, Anſwer them not. Solomon hath given us the full ſtate of this duty …
    With rule
    … is beſt to take up that Counſel which good Hezekiah gave in commandement concerning RaylingRailing Rabſakeh, Anſwer them not. Solomon hath given us the full ſtate of this duty …

    Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 22-26 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Jude 2 A87557

  • Printed
    … and ſo in Babylon, they mock at the Iſraelites for their Hebrew ſongs, Pſal. 137 2. RaylingRailing is properly when any ſin or wickedneſs is objected, as Murder, Uncleanneſs, Sedition: Thus …
    With rule
    … and ſo in Babylon, they mock at the Iſraelites for their Hebrew ſongs, Pſal. 137 2. RaylingRailing is properly when any ſin or wickedneſs is objected, as Murder, Uncleanneſs, Sedition: Thus …

    William Jenkyn · Exposition of Jude 2 · p. 100 · Open in the reader

Unity our Duty A90974

  • Printed
    … a Nabell, not from a David, Scoffs from an Iſmael not from an Iſaack, RaylingRailing from a Rabſheika, not from an Hezekiah, Dungeons from an Ahab, not from a …
    With rule
    … a Nabell, not from a David, Scoffs from an Iſmael not from an Iſaack, RaylingRailing from a Rabſheika, not from an Hezekiah, Dungeons from an Ahab, not from a …

    John Price · Unity our Duty · p. 6 · Open in the reader

The Kings Chronicle A96897

  • Printed
    … the hands of men . Then he wrote letters to raile on the LORD GOD; RaylingRailing letters, and a raylingrailing Rabſhekeh, all raile, and there the charge is alſo, Anſwer …
    With rule
    … the hands of men . Then he wrote letters to raile on the LORD GOD; RaylingRailing letters, and a raylingrailing Rabſhekeh, all raile, and there the charge is alſo, Anſwer …

    Hezekiah Woodward · The Kings Chronicle · p. 96 · Open in the reader

Of the Prelates Intolerable Usurpations B15410

  • Printed
    … thing therein conteined; or any part thereof; (as those doe, who preach for Altars, RaylingRailing in and turning of Communion-Tables Altar-wise, bowing and chringing to Communion Tables …
    With rule
    … thing therein conteined; or any part thereof; (as those doe, who preach for Altars, RaylingRailing in and turning of Communion-Tables Altar-wise, bowing and chringing to Communion Tables …

    William Prynne · Of the Prelates Intolerable Usurpations · p. 108 · Open in the reader