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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4478 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

repayringrepairing

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

Puritas changed it
149 times in 111 works
Consistency
99.3% (149 of 150)
Reach if approved
~158 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: repairing
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
150 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (149 changes in 111 works, 99.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 149)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … ſame is purpoſely intended and meant politikely for the increaſe of Fiſhermen, and Mariners, & repayringrepairing of Port-townes, and nauigation, and not for any ſuperſtition to bee maintained in …
    With rule
    … ſame is purpoſely intended and meant politikely for the increaſe of Fiſhermen, and Mariners, & repayringrepairing of Port-townes, and nauigation, and not for any ſuperſtition to bee maintained in …

    Henry Holland · The Christian Exercise of Fasting · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … his wisedome then in creating vs, so to imploye the same now againe in repayringrepairing vs; and soothly so much the more (if more may bee) because that in …
    With rule
    … his wisedome then in creating vs, so to imploye the same now againe in repayringrepairing vs; and soothly so much the more (if more may bee) because that in …

    Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 479 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … Loue and faith iointly are ſtirred vp and ſtrengthened by repentance, in ye worthy repayringrepairing to, & receiuing at the Lordes table. Wherupon ariſeth theſe three, as agents in this …
    With rule
    … Loue and faith iointly are ſtirred vp and ſtrengthened by repentance, in ye worthy repayringrepairing to, & receiuing at the Lordes table. Wherupon ariſeth theſe three, as agents in this …

    John Prime · The Sacraments Generally and of Baptism and the Supper · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    Secondly, it is confirmed by their repayringrepairing vnto Bethleem (when commaundement was giuen by Augustus Caesar, that euerie one shoulde repayre …
    With rule
    Secondly, it is confirmed by their repayringrepairing vnto Bethleem (when commaundement was giuen by Augustus Caesar, that euerie one shoulde repayre …

    Henry Smith · Gods Arrow Against Atheists · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Zachary a prophecy which he must deliuer vnto the church concerning the building and repayringrepairing of the Citty and Temple, Go tell this young man. But nether of the …
    With rule
    … Zachary a prophecy which he must deliuer vnto the church concerning the building and repayringrepairing of the Citty and Temple, Go tell this young man. But nether of the …

    Thomas Taylor · The Beauties of Bethel · p. 101 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … vrbe fecisse comperio, &c. I doe not finde, that Ezra did any thing in repayringrepairing of the citie, his greatest care seemeth to haue bin to reforme the corrupt …
    With rule
    … vrbe fecisse comperio, &c. I doe not finde, that Ezra did any thing in repayringrepairing of the citie, his greatest care seemeth to haue bin to reforme the corrupt …

    Andrew Willet · Commentary on Daniel · p. 304 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … other for the clergie, the third for the poore, and the fourth for the repayringrepairing of Churches. But there are a great many that ſay that a byſhoppe oughte …
    With rule
    … other for the clergie, the third for the poore, and the fourth for the repayringrepairing of Churches. But there are a great many that ſay that a byſhoppe oughte …

    Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 1119 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … finde and feele it in us as a powerfull seede of life, quickning and repayringrepairing our fainting soules, so that when wee are sunke in the depths of tryall …
    With rule
    … finde and feele it in us as a powerfull seede of life, quickning and repayringrepairing our fainting soules, so that when wee are sunke in the depths of tryall …

    Phineas Fletcher · Joy in Tribulation · p. 71 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 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.

The Healing of Israels Breaches A77502

  • Printed
    … could laid you downe the firſt ſort of Directions, Reſtorative directions, tending to the RepayringRepairing and Healing of Breaches already made.
    With rule
    … could laid you downe the firſt ſort of Directions, Reſtorative directions, tending to the RepayringRepairing and Healing of Breaches already made.

    John Brinsley · The Healing of Israels Breaches · p. 104 · Open in the reader