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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4384 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

waytingwaiting

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

Puritas changed it
375 times in 201 works
Consistency
96.4% (375 of 389)
Reach if approved
~409 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: waiting
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
389 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (375 changes in 201 works, 96.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 375)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … to move the waters, to cauſe the ſaid moving of the waters; yet they waytingwaiting, the waters were moved, and ever and anon they that waited, and gave not …
    With rule
    … to move the waters, to cauſe the ſaid moving of the waters; yet they waytingwaiting, the waters were moved, and ever and anon they that waited, and gave not …

    Henry Scudder · The Christians Daily Walk in Holy Security and Peace · p. 773 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … the Apoſtle to bee taken, Rom. chap. 8. ver. 23. VVee doe ſigh in our ſelves, waytingwaiting for our adoption, even the redemption of our bodyes. as may eaſilie bee perceyved …
    With rule
    … the Apoſtle to bee taken, Rom. chap. 8. ver. 23. VVee doe ſigh in our ſelves, waytingwaiting for our adoption, even the redemption of our bodyes. as may eaſilie bee perceyved …

    John Forbes · The Doctrine of Justification · p. 182 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … the worde of God, especially, his promises, and bee still attending vpon the meanes, waytingwaiting when the Lord shall inlarge your heart. Or if this do not help, go …
    With rule
    … the worde of God, especially, his promises, and bee still attending vpon the meanes, waytingwaiting when the Lord shall inlarge your heart. Or if this do not help, go …

    Richard Greenham · Propositions Containing Answers in Divers Spiritual Matters · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    5. Remiſſion of ſinnes and peace of conſcience are fauours worth the waytingwaiting for. p. 186
    With rule
    5. Remiſſion of ſinnes and peace of conſcience are fauours worth the waytingwaiting for. p. 186

    John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … of his Church, and placing them as members in his body; the duties of waytingwaiting on their office, of feeding the flock cō mitted vnto them, of attendance, care …
    With rule
    … of his Church, and placing them as members in his body; the duties of waytingwaiting on their office, of feeding the flock cō mitted vnto them, of attendance, care …

    Francis Johnson · Inquiry and Answer of Thomas Whites Discovery of Brownism · p. 61 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … Neuerthelesse ye Nunnes shoulde be closed aboue in a closet and the men beneath, waytingwaiting vpō the diuine seruice: and that these should tend the altare, and thei the …
    With rule
    … Neuerthelesse ye Nunnes shoulde be closed aboue in a closet and the men beneath, waytingwaiting vpō the diuine seruice: and that these should tend the altare, and thei the …

    Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · p. 74 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … thou neuer be made cleane? when will it once be? Ier. 13. 27. More particularly, Gods waytingwaiting and expecting is set downe in Scripture by sundrie degrees. First, he waiteth all …
    With rule
    … thou neuer be made cleane? when will it once be? Ier. 13. 27. More particularly, Gods waytingwaiting and expecting is set downe in Scripture by sundrie degrees. First, he waiteth all …

    William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 582 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … holding community of all things: the Swenk seldians, and Enthusiasts denying the outward ministery, & waytingwaiting vpon the revelation of the spirit alone: and with these many others, as ill …
    With rule
    … holding community of all things: the Swenk seldians, and Enthusiasts denying the outward ministery, & waytingwaiting vpon the revelation of the spirit alone: and with these many others, as ill …

    John Robinson · Justification of Separation from the Church of England · p. 268 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

9 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture A00415

  • Printed
    WaytingWaiting, was theyr tarrying till he came.
    With rule
    WaytingWaiting, was theyr tarrying till he came.

    George Estey · Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture · p. 136 · Open in the reader

The Souls Conflict With Itself A12198

  • Printed
    WaytingWaiting on God, a necessary duty. 435. What it is to wayte. 437. Be ever in a …
    With rule
    WaytingWaiting on God, a necessary duty. 435. What it is to wayte. 437. Be ever in a …

    Richard Sibbes · The Souls Conflict With Itself · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    WaytingWaiting difficult. Helps to wait on God.
    With rule
    WaytingWaiting difficult. Helps to wait on God.

    Richard Sibbes · The Souls Conflict With Itself · Open in the reader

Commentary on Titus A13535

  • Printed
    … the entertainment of this doctrine we are sure to meete withall? the answer is; WaytingWaiting for the appearance of the mightie God our Sauiour. For first, it is a …
    With rule
    … the entertainment of this doctrine we are sure to meete withall? the answer is; WaytingWaiting for the appearance of the mightie God our Sauiour. For first, it is a …

    Thomas Taylor · Commentary on Titus · p. 491 · Open in the reader

The Institutes of the Christian Religion A17662

  • Printed
    … preuented by grace, in yt respect I geue you leaue to call it a WaytingWaiting maide, but for that beinge reformed, it is the worke of the Lord: this …
    With rule
    … preuented by grace, in yt respect I geue you leaue to call it a WaytingWaiting maide, but for that beinge reformed, it is the worke of the Lord: this …

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

Four Sermons A77486

  • Printed
    Firſt, from a property or effect, namely. WaytingWaiting.
    With rule
    Firſt, from a property or effect, namely. WaytingWaiting.

    Thomas Brightman · Four Sermons · p. 113 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Thirdly, from the end Eternall Life. So that the ſenſe of all is. WaytingWaiting for Eternall Life through the Mercy of Chriſt. Where at the firſt, is diſcovered …
    With rule
    Thirdly, from the end Eternall Life. So that the ſenſe of all is. WaytingWaiting for Eternall Life through the Mercy of Chriſt. Where at the firſt, is diſcovered …

    Thomas Brightman · Four Sermons · p. 113 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    This WaytingWaiting, here expreſſed, is a lively property of true Chriſtian Hope, in part, common to …
    With rule
    This WaytingWaiting, here expreſſed, is a lively property of true Chriſtian Hope, in part, common to …

    Thomas Brightman · Four Sermons · p. 113 · Open in the reader

The Orthodox Evangelist A89737

  • Printed
    WaytingWaiting for the Lord Jeſus in the uſe of means, with preparatory hope, is our …
    With rule
    WaytingWaiting for the Lord Jeſus in the uſe of means, with preparatory hope, is our …

    John Norton · The Orthodox Evangelist · p. 159 · Open in the reader