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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4425 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

delaiesdelays

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

Puritas changed it
339 times in 201 works
Consistency
92.3% (339 of 367)
Reach if approved
~386 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: delays
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
367 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (339 changes in 201 works, 92.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 339)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … and sensualitie had so deepely possest and bewitched her, that by her excuses and delaiesdelays she hazards so great saluation and happines, tendered vnto her by her spo…se …
    With rule
    … and sensualitie had so deepely possest and bewitched her, that by her excuses and delaiesdelays she hazards so great saluation and happines, tendered vnto her by her spo…se …

    Robert Bolton · The State of True Happiness · p. 59 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … strange fire or sacrificed their sonnes. 2. When they did anger God by omissions, or delaiesdelays, as when Moses tri…led out the circumcision of his sonne. 3. When they did …
    With rule
    … strange fire or sacrificed their sonnes. 2. When they did anger God by omissions, or delaiesdelays, as when Moses tri…led out the circumcision of his sonne. 3. When they did …

    Nicholas Byfield · An Exposition Upon Colossians · p. 67 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … worthie partakers of the Supper of the great King, to eſchewe all excuſes and delaiesdelays: I haue thereon preſumed and aduentured in this ſort to caſt fourth my bread …
    With rule
    … worthie partakers of the Supper of the great King, to eſchewe all excuſes and delaiesdelays: I haue thereon preſumed and aduentured in this ſort to caſt fourth my bread …

    John Carpenter · A Preparative to Contention · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … and binding it (for better aſſurance) with an Oth, which notwithſtanding becauſe of the delaiesdelays of ſo many yeeres, might ſeeme to bee euen buried in forgetfulneſſe; hee would …
    With rule
    … and binding it (for better aſſurance) with an Oth, which notwithſtanding becauſe of the delaiesdelays of ſo many yeeres, might ſeeme to bee euen buried in forgetfulneſſe; hee would …

    Samuel Hieron · The Abridgment of the Gospel · p. 54 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … publike praier. 253. m. why we pray notwithstanding God knows our wants. 247. m. why God delaiesdelays to graunt our praiers. ibid. why God neuer graunts some men their requests. ibid …
    With rule
    … publike praier. 253. m. why we pray notwithstanding God knows our wants. 247. m. why God delaiesdelays to graunt our praiers. ibid. why God neuer graunts some men their requests. ibid …

    William Perkins · Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … hardly winde and wreſt themſelues out without loſſe of wooll and coat: what with delaiesdelays, demurres, and a thouſand trickes which money will finde out; they loſe their fleece …
    With rule
    … hardly winde and wreſt themſelues out without loſſe of wooll and coat: what with delaiesdelays, demurres, and a thouſand trickes which money will finde out; they loſe their fleece …

    Nehemiah Rogers · A Strange Vineyard in Palestine · p. 308 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    He that will come to Christ, must come at once, without delay, for delaiesdelays (specially in the matter of our saluation) are most dangerous, and repentance may not …
    With rule
    He that will come to Christ, must come at once, without delay, for delaiesdelays (specially in the matter of our saluation) are most dangerous, and repentance may not …

    Henry Smith · Four Sermons · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … the poore (and the greateſt part are poore) and may afflict them by tedious delaiesdelays, when money hangs too long in the hands of ill paymaſters.
    With rule
    … the poore (and the greateſt part are poore) and may afflict them by tedious delaiesdelays, when money hangs too long in the hands of ill paymaſters.

    Henry Wilkinson Sr · The Debt Book · p. 58 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (28)

21 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 15 are listed here. 7 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Tree of Good and Evil A02039

  • Printed
    XXVII. DelaiesDelays in Courts of Iuſtice to the impoueriſhing of our neighbour.
    With rule
    XXVII. DelaiesDelays in Courts of Iuſtice to the impoueriſhing of our neighbour.

    Thomas Granger · The Tree of Good and Evil · p. 55 · Open in the reader

Directions and Persuasions to a Sound Conversion A26915

  • Printed
    … convinced, we can have nothing after all, but wishes, and purposes, and promises, with DelaiesDelays. O what a stomack hath that man, or what a brain, that will snatch …
    With rule
    … convinced, we can have nothing after all, but wishes, and purposes, and promises, with DelaiesDelays. O what a stomack hath that man, or what a brain, that will snatch …

    Richard Baxter · Directions and Persuasions to a Sound Conversion · p. 515 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … hear the cries of those damned Souls, you durst not imitate them by your DelaiesDelays.
    With rule
    … hear the cries of those damned Souls, you durst not imitate them by your DelaiesDelays.

    Richard Baxter · Directions and Persuasions to a Sound Conversion · p. 422 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Why? to let you see how you abuse both God and man, by your DelaiesDelays and disobedience. You cannot possibly do us that are your Teachers, a greater injurie …
    With rule
    … Why? to let you see how you abuse both God and man, by your DelaiesDelays and disobedience. You cannot possibly do us that are your Teachers, a greater injurie …

    Richard Baxter · Directions and Persuasions to a Sound Conversion · p. 423 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    49. Consider also, that DelaiesDelays are contrary to the very nature of the work, and the nature of your …
    With rule
    49. Consider also, that DelaiesDelays are contrary to the very nature of the work, and the nature of your …

    Richard Baxter · Directions and Persuasions to a Sound Conversion · p. 435 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … you are Delaying, your Judgment doth not delay; and that when it comes, these DelaiesDelays will multiply your misery, and the remembrance of them, will be your Everlasting torment …
    With rule
    … you are Delaying, your Judgment doth not delay; and that when it comes, these DelaiesDelays will multiply your misery, and the remembrance of them, will be your Everlasting torment …

    Richard Baxter · Directions and Persuasions to a Sound Conversion · p. 436 · Open in the reader

The Life of Faith A26951

  • Printed
    … the Sun is ſetting, if he have much to do, or far to go. DelaiesDelays which are the great preventers of Repentance, and undoers of the world, do take …
    With rule
    … the Sun is ſetting, if he have much to do, or far to go. DelaiesDelays which are the great preventers of Repentance, and undoers of the world, do take …

    Richard Baxter · The Life of Faith · p. 166 · Open in the reader

The Dead Saint Speaking to Saints and Sinners Living A28620

  • Printed
    1. Long DelaiesDelays,
    With rule
    1. Long DelaiesDelays,

    Samuel Bolton · The Dead Saint Speaking to Saints and Sinners Living · p. 161 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    1. A ſtrong Faith can take long DelaiesDelays well at Gods hand. — Hee that beleeves, makes not haſte. Such a man can …
    With rule
    1. A ſtrong Faith can take long DelaiesDelays well at Gods hand. — Hee that beleeves, makes not haſte. Such a man can …

    Samuel Bolton · The Dead Saint Speaking to Saints and Sinners Living · p. 161 · Open in the reader

Meditations on the History in Exodus A51411

  • Printed
    DelaiesDelays are dangerous, but yet take heed,
    With rule
    DelaiesDelays are dangerous, but yet take heed,

    Charles Morton · Meditations on the History in Exodus · Open in the reader

Knowledge and Practice A80737

  • Printed
    II. DelaiesDelays are exceeding dangerous.
    With rule
    II. DelaiesDelays are exceeding dangerous.

    Samuel Cradock · Knowledge and Practice · p. 510 · Open in the reader

Good Work for a Good Magistrate A90537

  • Printed
    4. DelaiesDelays in ſutes in civil things, prove's great injuſtice, yea, an unjuſt Judgment would not …
    With rule
    4. DelaiesDelays in ſutes in civil things, prove's great injuſtice, yea, an unjuſt Judgment would not …

    Hugh Peters · Good Work for a Good Magistrate · p. 35 · Open in the reader

Two Books A93277

  • Printed
    Again. DelaiesDelays are a kind of denials. And ſo the poor man takes them who cals …
    With rule
    Again. DelaiesDelays are a kind of denials. And ſo the poor man takes them who cals …

    Sidrach Simpson · Two Books · p. 178 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … our Spirits whether we ſhould beleeve or not. That is the ſecond thing, that DelaiesDelays do argue unwillingneſs in the caſes that you have heard
    With rule
    … our Spirits whether we ſhould beleeve or not. That is the ſecond thing, that DelaiesDelays do argue unwillingneſs in the caſes that you have heard

    Sidrach Simpson · Two Books · p. 184 · Open in the reader

Works A97360

  • Printed
    … ſo neceſſary as amendment of life for time to come, therefore do it now: DelaiesDelays in all things are dangerous, in this, often deadly. And this moſt neceſſary buſineſs …
    With rule
    … ſo neceſſary as amendment of life for time to come, therefore do it now: DelaiesDelays in all things are dangerous, in this, often deadly. And this moſt neceſſary buſineſs …

    Thomas Taylor · Works · p. 461 · Open in the reader