Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4395 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

emptieempty

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

Puritas changed it: 1,644 times in 656 works
Consistency: 98.8% (1,644 of 1,664)
Reach if approved: ~1,748 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: empty
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,664 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,644 changes in 656 works, 98.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,644)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… a transgression of the second Commandement. Further (though I needed not have followed his emptieempty head, even a cloude without water) yet I proceeded to prove, that no idolater …
With rule
… a transgression of the second Commandement. Further (though I needed not have followed his emptieempty head, even a cloude without water) yet I proceeded to prove, that no idolater …
John Greenwood · More Work for Priests · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… her preſerues, when the childe is ſicke: firſt, when they be moſt humbled and emptieempty of themſelues; therefore after greateſt humiliations come greateſt conſolations, as Dauid, Abraham, and others …
With rule
… her preſerues, when the childe is ſicke: firſt, when they be moſt humbled and emptieempty of themſelues; therefore after greateſt humiliations come greateſt conſolations, as Dauid, Abraham, and others …
Robert Harris · Peters Enlargement · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… takes away at once. VVarre, exile, prison, displeasure of greatnesse, sutes of law, death, emptieempty that Riuer in one moment, that was so many yeares a filling.
With rule
… takes away at once. VVarre, exile, prison, displeasure of greatnesse, sutes of law, death, emptieempty that Riuer in one moment, that was so many yeares a filling.
Thomas Adams · The Black Devil · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… question at the barrell, and you shall finde by the sound, his wits are emptieempty. In al companies, like chaffe he will be vppermost: hee is some surfet in …
With rule
… question at the barrell, and you shall finde by the sound, his wits are emptieempty. In al companies, like chaffe he will be vppermost: hee is some surfet in …
Thomas Adams · Diseases of the Soul · p. 60 · Open in the reader
Printed
… eate of the breade, to drinke of the cuppe, is to bee referred to emptieempty and bare shadowes of bread and wine onely, and not to the naturall breade …
With rule
… eate of the breade, to drinke of the cuppe, is to bee referred to emptieempty and bare shadowes of bread and wine onely, and not to the naturall breade …
John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · Open in the reader
Printed
… where the doctrin is cleane changed, is as folish & ridiculous, as by shewing of emptieempty dishes, to proue abundance of victuals, or showing vessels ful of filthy waters, to …
With rule
… where the doctrin is cleane changed, is as folish & ridiculous, as by shewing of emptieempty dishes, to proue abundance of victuals, or showing vessels ful of filthy waters, to …
William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 275 · Open in the reader
Printed
… us. For as it was ſaid of the Maſſe and Chaos , Tohu, vavohu, an emptieempty, vaſt, ſolitary, ſolitude; 'Twas without forme and voyde, darkneſſe (that is a Privation of …
With rule
… us. For as it was ſaid of the Maſſe and Chaos , Tohu, vavohu, an emptieempty, vaſt, ſolitary, ſolitude; 'Twas without forme and voyde, darkneſſe (that is a Privation of …
William Gilbert · The Art of Building Comfort · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
Verſe 3. If the clouds be full of raine, they emptieempty themſelues vpon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the South, or toward …
With rule
Verſe 3. If the clouds be full of raine, they emptieempty themſelues vpon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the South, or toward …
Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 293 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (20)

16 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Purple Island A00977

Printed
EmptieEmpty their sulphur waves in endlesse night;
With rule
EmptieEmpty their sulphur waves in endlesse night;
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
EmptieEmpty themselves into th' all-drinking main;
With rule
EmptieEmpty themselves into th' all-drinking main;
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 19 · Open in the reader

The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity A03590

Printed
… vnto theirs. In summe, cōcerning his preaching, their very by word was, foreign, Addle speech, EmptieEmpty talke. His writings full of great words, but in the power of miraculous operatiōs …
With rule
… vnto theirs. In summe, cōcerning his preaching, their very by word was, foreign, Addle speech, EmptieEmpty talke. His writings full of great words, but in the power of miraculous operatiōs …
Richard Hooker · The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity · p. 138 · Open in the reader

The Breastplate of Faith and Love A09950

Printed
EmptieEmpty.
With rule
EmptieEmpty.
John Preston · The Breastplate of Faith and Love · Open in the reader

Exposition of 1 Thessalonians A11591

Printed
… the matter of their owne ſaluation, but haue preſently remembred that in the prouerbe, EmptieEmpty veſſels ſound lowdeſt; they moſt vaunt of Faith, that haue leaſt experience in the …
With rule
… the matter of their owne ſaluation, but haue preſently remembred that in the prouerbe, EmptieEmpty veſſels ſound lowdeſt; they moſt vaunt of Faith, that haue leaſt experience in the …
William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · p. 241 · Open in the reader
Printed
Secondly, EmptieEmpty thy heart of inordinate ſelfe-loue; remembring the ſingular commendations of loue extant in …
With rule
Secondly, EmptieEmpty thy heart of inordinate ſelfe-loue; remembring the ſingular commendations of loue extant in …
William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · p. 253 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is, the more are our hearts enlarged to loue God, and his Saints. Secondly, EmptieEmpty thy heart of ſelfe-loue, the bane and breakenecke of Chriſtian Charitie. Thirdly, Be …
With rule
… is, the more are our hearts enlarged to loue God, and his Saints. Secondly, EmptieEmpty thy heart of ſelfe-loue, the bane and breakenecke of Chriſtian Charitie. Thirdly, Be …
William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · p. 307 · Open in the reader

The Spiritual Favorite at the Throne of Grace A12202

Printed
EMptieEmpty relations have no comforts in them: To professe ones self a servant, and not …
With rule
EMptieEmpty relations have no comforts in them: To professe ones self a servant, and not …
Richard Sibbes · The Spiritual Favorite at the Throne of Grace · p. 27 · Open in the reader

Emblems Ancient and Modern A15631

Printed
… which by ſome, are accounted moſt Elegant, are not onely (for the greater part) EmptieEmpty Sounds, and Impertinent Clinches, in themſelves; but, ſuch Inventions, as do ſometime, alſo, obſcure …
With rule
… which by ſome, are accounted moſt Elegant, are not onely (for the greater part) EmptieEmpty Sounds, and Impertinent Clinches, in themſelves; but, ſuch Inventions, as do ſometime, alſo, obſcure …
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · Open in the reader

The Last Battle of the Soul A16539

Printed
O Lord, mould mine heart after the heauenlie modell of thy Law: EmptieEmpty mine head, and disburden mine heart of all earthlie cares, that my thoughts may …
With rule
O Lord, mould mine heart after the heauenlie modell of thy Law: EmptieEmpty mine head, and disburden mine heart of all earthlie cares, that my thoughts may …
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 974 · Open in the reader

Three Sermons A19639

Printed
… in a contrarie ſenſe, loues to haue his houſe alſo emptieempty, ſwept, and garniſhed: EmptieEmpty of pride and vaine-glory, ſwept and ridde of the ſluttiſh corners of vice …
With rule
… in a contrarie ſenſe, loues to haue his houſe alſo emptieempty, ſwept, and garniſhed: EmptieEmpty of pride and vaine-glory, ſwept and ridde of the ſluttiſh corners of vice …
Samuel Crook · Three Sermons · p. 125 · Open in the reader

A Treasury of Ancient Adages and Proverbs A20796

Printed
EmptieEmpty hands deserue no prayer.
With rule
EmptieEmpty hands deserue no prayer.
Thomas Draxe · A Treasury of Ancient Adages and Proverbs · p. 141 · Open in the reader

Westminster Annotations A36467

Printed
waste] EmptieEmpty of inhabitants; and voyd of all those commodities that formerly it either was furnished …
With rule
waste] EmptieEmpty of inhabitants; and voyd of all those commodities that formerly it either was furnished …
John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

The True Non-Conformist A51082

Printed
… to the other, you can for a shift alleviate both Prelacie and Presbytrie to EmptieEmpty names, & shreud your self in the Sanctuary of ease the convenience of your new …
With rule
… to the other, you can for a shift alleviate both Prelacie and Presbytrie to EmptieEmpty names, & shreud your self in the Sanctuary of ease the convenience of your new …
Robert McWard · The True Non-Conformist · p. 77 · Open in the reader

Israels Prayer in Time of Trouble A57143

Printed
… come to Davids resolution, I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgresse. Psal. 17.3. EmptieEmpty velleities, wishings, and wouldings will not keep weak faculties together. Broken bones must have …
With rule
… come to Davids resolution, I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgresse. Psal. 17.3. EmptieEmpty velleities, wishings, and wouldings will not keep weak faculties together. Broken bones must have …
Edward Reynolds · Israels Prayer in Time of Trouble · p. 72 · Open in the reader

Institutes of the Christian Religion Abridged by Edmond Bunnie A69054

Printed
… reprobate) but that leauing the fond opinion of our own ſtrength, being naked and EmptieEmpty, wée may flee to the mercy of God. And howe that may be doone …
With rule
… reprobate) but that leauing the fond opinion of our own ſtrength, being naked and EmptieEmpty, wée may flee to the mercy of God. And howe that may be doone …
John Calvin · Institutes of the Christian Religion Abridged by Edmond Bunnie · p. 62 · Open in the reader