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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4380 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

rejoycesrejoices

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

Puritas changed it
418 times in 243 works
Consistency
97.8% (418 of 427)
Reach if approved
~449 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: rejoices
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
427 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (418 changes in 243 works, 97.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 418)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … great things. This Vapor ſtretches out it ſelf as far as it can; It rejoycesrejoices in its own boaſtings which are evil. In the mean while the moments of …
    With rule
    … great things. This Vapor ſtretches out it ſelf as far as it can; It rejoycesrejoices in its own boaſtings which are evil. In the mean while the moments of …

    Thomas Beverley · The General Inefficacy and Insincerity of a Death-Bed Repentance · p. 20 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … diſtreſſes for Chriſts ſake: for when I am weak, then am I ſtrong. Paul rejoycesrejoices, and glories more in his heavy afflictions, and in his various tribulations, than hee …
    With rule
    … diſtreſſes for Chriſts ſake: for when I am weak, then am I ſtrong. Paul rejoycesrejoices, and glories more in his heavy afflictions, and in his various tribulations, than hee …

    Thomas Brooks · The Crown and Glory of Christianity · p. 600 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … be ſerved: This is abominable, and curſed is that man that wiſhes for, or rejoycesrejoices in, or ſeeks the continuance of diviſions, for theſe baſe ends. Yea that man …
    With rule
    … be ſerved: This is abominable, and curſed is that man that wiſhes for, or rejoycesrejoices in, or ſeeks the continuance of diviſions, for theſe baſe ends. Yea that man …

    Jeremiah Burroughs · Irenicum to the Lover of Truth and Peace · p. 72 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … the Foundation of a Common Work is laid, rejoycesrejoices, and when it is finished rejoycesrejoices, ye may see this clear in Ezra 3. 11. at the laying of the Foundation of …
    With rule
    … the Foundation of a Common Work is laid, rejoycesrejoices, and when it is finished rejoycesrejoices, ye may see this clear in Ezra 3. 11. at the laying of the Foundation of …

    Andrew Cant · Sermon Preached 13 June 1638 · p. 18 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … comes to condemne him, well-come; if Chriſt come to reforme his ſinnes, hee rejoycesrejoices, and would have more of that ſtill; Oh more mercie, and oh more grace …
    With rule
    … comes to condemne him, well-come; if Chriſt come to reforme his ſinnes, hee rejoycesrejoices, and would have more of that ſtill; Oh more mercie, and oh more grace …

    Thomas Hooker · The Souls Vocation · p. 173 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … are divers objects presented to it; when the soule apprehends releafe and ease, it rejoycesrejoices and is glad; but when upon higher considerations and better ends there is paine …
    With rule
    … are divers objects presented to it; when the soule apprehends releafe and ease, it rejoycesrejoices and is glad; but when upon higher considerations and better ends there is paine …

    Richard Sibbes · The Saints Safety in Evil Times · p. 293 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Object it is diverſified; as it cloſes with Chriſt Dying, 'tis Faith; as it rejoycesrejoices in Chriſt Living, it is Love; as it lies at the Feet of Chriſt …
    With rule
    … Object it is diverſified; as it cloſes with Chriſt Dying, 'tis Faith; as it rejoycesrejoices in Chriſt Living, it is Love; as it lies at the Feet of Chriſt …

    Hercules Collins · The Antidote Proved a Counterfeit · p. 3 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    2. His diſpleaſure. The diſpleaſure of men it bears and rejoycesrejoices; the wrath and rage of Sathan, it bears and triumphs? though all the world …
    With rule
    2. His diſpleaſure. The diſpleaſure of men it bears and rejoycesrejoices; the wrath and rage of Sathan, it bears and triumphs? though all the world …

    Richard Alleine · Heaven Opened · p. 154 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Evidence for Heaven A31952

  • Printed
    … faithfullness to the word and will of Christ; and yet with the good Prophet, RejoycesRejoices in the Lord, and joys in the God of his salvation, then may he …
    With rule
    … faithfullness to the word and will of Christ; and yet with the good Prophet, RejoycesRejoices in the Lord, and joys in the God of his salvation, then may he …

    Edmund Calamy · Evidence for Heaven · p. 177 · Open in the reader

A Key to Open Scripture Metaphors A37483

  • Printed
    … is said to Wipe away Tears from off their Faces, when he Comforts and RejoycesRejoices his People. Esa. 25.8. Rev. 7.17.
    With rule
    … is said to Wipe away Tears from off their Faces, when he Comforts and RejoycesRejoices his People. Esa. 25.8. Rev. 7.17.

    Thomas De Laune · A Key to Open Scripture Metaphors · p. 58 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … in the sight of Angels and Men to Eternity, and 'tis that which God RejoycesRejoices in as being exceedingly pleased with it, seeing his honour is made up in …
    With rule
    … in the sight of Angels and Men to Eternity, and 'tis that which God RejoycesRejoices in as being exceedingly pleased with it, seeing his honour is made up in …

    Thomas De Laune · A Key to Open Scripture Metaphors · p. 32 · Open in the reader

Innocency Though Under a Cloud Cleared A44026

  • Printed
    … It rejoycesrejoices not is iniquity. Some reade, and its moſt properly to be read, RejoycesRejoices not in injuſtice, but in the Truth, as the words follow, or with the …
    With rule
    … It rejoycesrejoices not is iniquity. Some reade, and its moſt properly to be read, RejoycesRejoices not in injuſtice, but in the Truth, as the words follow, or with the …

    Paul Hobson · Innocency Though Under a Cloud Cleared · p. 44 · Open in the reader

Christ Alone the Way to Heaven A47437

  • Printed
    … are one, and the same; Christ Sympathizeth with his Saints in their Afflictions, and RejoycesRejoices with them in their Consolations; such a high Priest became us. But, O what …
    With rule
    … are one, and the same; Christ Sympathizeth with his Saints in their Afflictions, and RejoycesRejoices with them in their Consolations; such a high Priest became us. But, O what …

    Benjamin Keach · Christ Alone the Way to Heaven · p. 65 · Open in the reader

Divine Comforts A59579

  • Printed
    … ſelf in Contentation, when God's Children are groaning under the Croſs: Mourns with Mourning, RejoycesRejoices with rejoycing Sion, and uſes its intereſt in Heaven, to work upon the Bowels …
    With rule
    … ſelf in Contentation, when God's Children are groaning under the Croſs: Mourns with Mourning, RejoycesRejoices with rejoycing Sion, and uſes its intereſt in Heaven, to work upon the Bowels …

    Thomas Sharpe · Divine Comforts · p. 73 · Open in the reader