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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4376 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

oftentymesoftentimes

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

Puritas changed it
538 times in 117 works
Consistency
98.3% (538 of 547)
Reach if approved
~575 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: oftentimes
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
547 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (538 changes in 117 works, 98.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 538)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … from your owne ſide, and that the doings of the proteſtant Princes there, haue oftentymesoftentimes beene iuſtified, euen by the Kings owne edictes, and proclamations to haue beene done …
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    … from your owne ſide, and that the doings of the proteſtant Princes there, haue oftentymesoftentimes beene iuſtified, euen by the Kings owne edictes, and proclamations to haue beene done …

    Thomas Sparke · Answer to John De Albines · p. 132 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … they haue gyuen them ſelues thys .xx. yere longe. God gaue vp his Iſraeltites oftentymesoftentimes when they wolde not be ruled nor knowe thē ſelues and theyr dutye to …
    With rule
    … they haue gyuen them ſelues thys .xx. yere longe. God gaue vp his Iſraeltites oftentymesoftentimes when they wolde not be ruled nor knowe thē ſelues and theyr dutye to …

    William Tyndale · Exposition Upon Matthew 27(1) · p. xliii · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … ſo can he not naturally will, nor deſire, the thinges of God. and this oftentymesoftentimes is ſignified in ſcripture, by the hardnes of mans heart that cannot repent: and …
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    … ſo can he not naturally will, nor deſire, the thinges of God. and this oftentymesoftentimes is ſignified in ſcripture, by the hardnes of mans heart that cannot repent: and …

    John Forbes · The Doctrine of Justification · p. 142 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … fruitfull land, abundant in all commodities and pleasures of this lyfe, which GOD professeth oftentymesoftentimes vnto the people, that hee gaue it them, and that without all desert or …
    With rule
    … fruitfull land, abundant in all commodities and pleasures of this lyfe, which GOD professeth oftentymesoftentimes vnto the people, that hee gaue it them, and that without all desert or …

    William Fulke · Sermon Preached 17 March 1577 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … hym ſelf often tymes for vs, for otherwyſe it behoued hym to haue ſuffred oftentymesoftentimes, from the beginning of the worlde. Marke well that Paule maketh, to offre and …
    With rule
    … hym ſelf often tymes for vs, for otherwyſe it behoued hym to haue ſuffred oftentymesoftentimes, from the beginning of the worlde. Marke well that Paule maketh, to offre and …

    John Knox · Letter to Lady Mary · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … not to put any truſt in our ſtrength, but to rule by wiſedome, which oftentymesoftentimes kéepeth all things vpright in a kyngdome, where force and violence marreth all. Why …
    With rule
    … not to put any truſt in our ſtrength, but to rule by wiſedome, which oftentymesoftentimes kéepeth all things vpright in a kyngdome, where force and violence marreth all. Why …

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 125 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … is done only by the deathe of the true shepherd, as it hath ben oftentymesoftentimes sayde.
    With rule
    … is done only by the deathe of the true shepherd, as it hath ben oftentymesoftentimes sayde.

    Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … appetite; and Reason lykewyse hath his, which is will. And lyke as reason doth oftentymesoftentimes ouerrule sence and is contrarie to it; so will correcteth the sensuall appetyte or …
    With rule
    … appetite; and Reason lykewyse hath his, which is will. And lyke as reason doth oftentymesoftentimes ouerrule sence and is contrarie to it; so will correcteth the sensuall appetyte or …

    Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 250 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

9 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 Justification of Man by Faith Only A07407

  • Printed
    … holy ghoſt men are made the ſonnes of God and heyres of lyfe eternal. OftentymesOftentimes therfore vnder the vocable of grace, is ſignified the helpe and woorke of the …
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    … holy ghoſt men are made the ſonnes of God and heyres of lyfe eternal. OftentymesOftentimes therfore vnder the vocable of grace, is ſignified the helpe and woorke of the …

    Philipp Melanchthon · The Justification of Man by Faith Only · p. xxx · Open in the reader

Commentary on Romans A14353

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    … then to make vs to beleue, that God ſaid that, which he ſayd not. OftentymesOftentimes alſo thoſe thinges which are ſpoken of God himſelfe, are by falſe deceauers wreſted …
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    … then to make vs to beleue, that God ſaid that, which he ſayd not. OftentymesOftentimes alſo thoſe thinges which are ſpoken of God himſelfe, are by falſe deceauers wreſted …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentary on Romans · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … matter to blot out infinite ſinnes, then it is to bring in one ſinne. OftentymesOftentimes alſo he expreſſedly vſeth that particle of vniuerſality. And as touching that which moued …
    With rule
    … matter to blot out infinite ſinnes, then it is to bring in one ſinne. OftentymesOftentimes alſo he expreſſedly vſeth that particle of vniuerſality. And as touching that which moued …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentary on Romans · Open in the reader

The Art of Rhetoric A15530

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    OftentymesOftentimes we may graunt to an other, the same that they wil not graunt to …
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    OftentymesOftentimes we may graunt to an other, the same that they wil not graunt to …

    Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … so cōpared and resembled together, that thei bothe in some one propertie seme like. OftentymesOftentimes brute beastes, and thynges that haue no life, minister greate matter in this behalfe …
    With rule
    … so cōpared and resembled together, that thei bothe in some one propertie seme like. OftentymesOftentimes brute beastes, and thynges that haue no life, minister greate matter in this behalfe …

    Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · Open in the reader

The Immortality of the Soul A17654

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    … ſignificatiōs, ſnatch at that which firſt commeth in their braine, and defend it obſtinately. OftentymesOftentimes they haue read this word, ſoule, for the lyfe: and this opinion they haue …
    With rule
    … ſignificatiōs, ſnatch at that which firſt commeth in their braine, and defend it obſtinately. OftentymesOftentimes they haue read this word, ſoule, for the lyfe: and this opinion they haue …

    John Calvin · The Immortality of the Soul · Open in the reader

The Institutes of the Christian Religion A17662

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    … Freedome of election, and he wythholdeth not the vnwilling, but embraceth the willing. Againe, OftentymesOftentimes he that is euell, yf hee wyll, is tourned into good, and he that …
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    … Freedome of election, and he wythholdeth not the vnwilling, but embraceth the willing. Againe, OftentymesOftentimes he that is euell, yf hee wyll, is tourned into good, and he that …

    John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · p. 13 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

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    … brydle, and that nothing is done whiche hee hath not foredetermined in his purpoſe. OftentymesOftentimes wee maye thinke the things to bee verie ſtraunge whiche are done, for our …
    With rule
    … brydle, and that nothing is done whiche hee hath not foredetermined in his purpoſe. OftentymesOftentimes wee maye thinke the things to bee verie ſtraunge whiche are done, for our …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 460 · Open in the reader

Sermon Preached 11 December 1569 A69201

  • Printed
    … the Lord: Yet he meaneth before the altar, a present signe of the Lord. OftentymesOftentimes in the law, the Arke is called the Lord God. Yet the Arke was …
    With rule
    … the Lord: Yet he meaneth before the altar, a present signe of the Lord. OftentymesOftentimes in the law, the Arke is called the Lord God. Yet the Arke was …

    Edward Dering · Sermon Preached 11 December 1569 · Open in the reader