Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4474 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

promysespromises

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

Puritas changed it: 463 times in 99 works
Consistency: 98.9% (463 of 468)
Reach if approved: ~492 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: promises
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 468 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (463 changes in 99 works, 98.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 463)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and no better. But thereby shoulde we not obteyne eternall lyfe accordynge to the promysespromises.
With rule
… and no better. But thereby shoulde we not obteyne eternall lyfe accordynge to the promysespromises.
Peter Martyr Vermigli · The Sacrament of the Lords Supper · Open in the reader
Printed
… that the Iſrael bothe by promiſe and by ſede ought not frō ſuch playne promyſespromises to thē made for to be ſecluded. But becauſe I woulde not be the …
With rule
… that the Iſrael bothe by promiſe and by ſede ought not frō ſuch playne promyſespromises to thē made for to be ſecluded. But becauſe I woulde not be the …
Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader
Printed
… me. He receyueth me to ease me of my burdene. He conforteth me wyth promysespromises of euerlastynge lyfe. He kuytteth me vnto hys owne mistycall bodye, makynge me a …
With rule
… me. He receyueth me to ease me of my burdene. He conforteth me wyth promysespromises of euerlastynge lyfe. He kuytteth me vnto hys owne mistycall bodye, makynge me a …
John Bale · A Dialogue to be had at Table Between Two Children · Open in the reader
Printed
… and geue honoure to God: ād ſtedfaſtly beleue y^e he which hath made the promyſespromises vnto you is able alſo to make them good. And geue no hede to …
With rule
… and geue honoure to God: ād ſtedfaſtly beleue y^e he which hath made the promyſespromises vnto you is able alſo to make them good. And geue no hede to …
John Johnsone · An Comfortable Exhortation · Open in the reader
Printed
… there out examples of our fayth, whereby we be aſſured that God kepeth hys promyſespromises. But of hym ſhal nowe be preached, that hath diſſanulled the old Teſtament, and …
With rule
… there out examples of our fayth, whereby we be aſſured that God kepeth hys promyſespromises. But of hym ſhal nowe be preached, that hath diſſanulled the old Teſtament, and …
Martin Luther · Exposition of Jeremiah 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and oure chyldren and cattalle wyth thyrste? The Lorde God styll con…derynge hys promysespromises, and not weyinge their in fidelitie nor vnthanckefulnes, wō derfullye and agaynste all naturall …
With rule
… and oure chyldren and cattalle wyth thyrste? The Lorde God styll con…derynge hys promysespromises, and not weyinge their in fidelitie nor vnthanckefulnes, wō derfullye and agaynste all naturall …
Thomas Becon · The Fortress of the Faithful Against the Cruel Assaults of Poverty and Hunger · Open in the reader
Printed
… is it necessari for the, that thou cleuest with tothe and nayle to the promysespromises, whych are added to thys sygne. For God hathe gyuen thys sygue, that thou …
With rule
… is it necessari for the, that thou cleuest with tothe and nayle to the promysespromises, whych are added to thys sygne. For God hathe gyuen thys sygue, that thou …
Thomas Becon · The Solace of the Soul Against the Bitter Storms of Sickness and Death · Open in the reader
Printed
… prayar ys requered the lawe ād also the gospell / that is to saye the promysespromises of God. The office off the lawe is only to vtter sinne and to …
With rule
… prayar ys requered the lawe ād also the gospell / that is to saye the promysespromises of God. The office off the lawe is only to vtter sinne and to …
William Tyndale · Introduction to the Epistle to the Romans · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

5 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.

Concerning the Doctrine of Faith and of the Law A02604

Printed
In Christ be all the PromysesPromises of God Est and Amen. 2. Cor. 1.
With rule
In Christ be all the PromysesPromises of God Est and Amen. 2. Cor. 1.
Patrick Hamilton · Concerning the Doctrine of Faith and of the Law · Open in the reader

The Sick Mans Salve A07163

Printed
PromysesPromises of God comforteth.
With rule
PromysesPromises of God comforteth.
Thomas Becon · The Sick Mans Salve · Open in the reader

The Solace of the Soul Against the Bitter Storms of Sickness and Death A07355

Printed
… in the faythe valeauntly, and stedfastly. Infyxe and depely engraue in thy breste, the PromysesPromises of Chryste thy redemer. I am the resurrection and lyfe, sayth Christ. He that …
With rule
… in the faythe valeauntly, and stedfastly. Infyxe and depely engraue in thy breste, the PromysesPromises of Chryste thy redemer. I am the resurrection and lyfe, sayth Christ. He that …
Thomas Becon · The Solace of the Soul Against the Bitter Storms of Sickness and Death · Open in the reader

Exposition Upon Matthew 27(1) A14133

Printed
PromyſesPromises, The promyſespromises are made vpon the profeſſion of the lawe of God, ſo that …
With rule
PromyſesPromises, The promyſespromises are made vpon the profeſſion of the lawe of God, ſo that …
William Tyndale · Exposition Upon Matthew 27(1) · Open in the reader

The Practice of Prelates A14151

Printed
… God and hys holye lawe, and fayth vnto our sauiour Iesus Chryst, and the PromysesPromises of Mercye made in hym / and obedyence vnto all that GOD commaūdeth to obey …
With rule
… God and hys holye lawe, and fayth vnto our sauiour Iesus Chryst, and the PromysesPromises of Mercye made in hym / and obedyence vnto all that GOD commaūdeth to obey …
William Tyndale · The Practice of Prelates · Open in the reader