Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4489 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

certifiecertify

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

Puritas changed it: 963 times in 499 works
Consistency: 97.9% (963 of 983)
Reach if approved: ~1,033 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: certify
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 983 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (963 changes in 499 works, 97.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 963)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
To this ende, they of the house of Cloe doe certifiecertify Paul of the disorders in Corinth. And Ioseph certifieth his father of his brethrens …
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To this ende, they of the house of Cloe doe certifiecertify Paul of the disorders in Corinth. And Ioseph certifieth his father of his brethrens …
William Perkins · The Government of the Tongue · p. 9 · Open in the reader
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… Chriſt be wiſe and of a good Nature. Finally, this onely I am to certifiecertify thee of, that when I penned the fift Chapter of the ſecond Booke; there …
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… Chriſt be wiſe and of a good Nature. Finally, this onely I am to certifiecertify thee of, that when I penned the fift Chapter of the ſecond Booke; there …
Gabriel Powel · The Resolved Christian Exhorting to Resolution · p. 301 · Open in the reader
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… neighbour went to the Conſtables, Robert Marſham and Robert Lawes in the night, to certifiecertify them thereof. For Berrie the Vicar of the Towne did commaund openly to watch …
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… neighbour went to the Conſtables, Robert Marſham and Robert Lawes in the night, to certifiecertify them thereof. For Berrie the Vicar of the Towne did commaund openly to watch …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 250 · Open in the reader
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… and imagining mountaines where scarsely are molehils. Let vs then strengthen our faith, and certifiecertify our soules, that our flesh shall stand before God, which will so worke in …
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… and imagining mountaines where scarsely are molehils. Let vs then strengthen our faith, and certifiecertify our soules, that our flesh shall stand before God, which will so worke in …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 330 · Open in the reader
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… to make their calling and election sure, 2 Pet. 1.10. 2. God hath promised that he will certifiecertify and assure his people of this, Ezek. 34.30. They shall know that I the Lord …
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… to make their calling and election sure, 2 Pet. 1.10. 2. God hath promised that he will certifiecertify and assure his people of this, Ezek. 34.30. They shall know that I the Lord …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 406 · Open in the reader
Printed
… But contrariwiſe the Godlie in all reaſon ſhould first haue had his preſence to certifiecertify them, and then the wicked afterward, if any ſuch locall cōming and going for …
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… But contrariwiſe the Godlie in all reaſon ſhould first haue had his preſence to certifiecertify them, and then the wicked afterward, if any ſuch locall cōming and going for …
Henry Jacob · The Sufferings and Victory of Christ in the Work of Redemption · p. 163 · Open in the reader
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… Plinius …ecundus an heathen testifieth … Traian the Emperour) but his was all hee could certifiecertify …gainst them to the state, that …hey oft times assembled …emselues together before …ay …
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… Plinius …ecundus an heathen testifieth … Traian the Emperour) but his was all hee could certifiecertify …gainst them to the state, that …hey oft times assembled …emselues together before …ay …
William Loe · The Mystery of Mankind · p. 218 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that had labored, but could not finde aſſurance) to commend her vnto her, and certifiecertify her what ioy ſhe had, ſaying that ſhe vndoubtedly ſhould rather haue the like …
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… that had labored, but could not finde aſſurance) to commend her vnto her, and certifiecertify her what ioy ſhe had, ſaying that ſhe vndoubtedly ſhould rather haue the like …
John Mayer · A Pattern for Women · p. 43 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (20)

14 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Baxters Narrative of His Life and Times A27006

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THese are to CertifieCertify, That Richard Baxter, Clerk, hath been Sworn and Admitted Chaplain to the King's Majesty …
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THese are to CertifieCertify, That Richard Baxter, Clerk, hath been Sworn and Admitted Chaplain to the King's Majesty …
Richard Baxter · Baxters Narrative of His Life and Times · p. 229 · Open in the reader

A Case Concerning the Buying of Bishops Land A30253

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WE the Contractors vvhoſe names are ſubſcribed, do hereby CertifieCertify, That we have taken an engagement of Dr Burges purchaſer of the Mannor of …
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WE the Contractors vvhoſe names are ſubſcribed, do hereby CertifieCertify, That we have taken an engagement of Dr Burges purchaſer of the Mannor of …
Cornelius Burges · A Case Concerning the Buying of Bishops Land · p. 49 · Open in the reader
Printed
The ſaid Contractors do further CertifieCertify theſe Particulars wherein they were ſurprized; viz.
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The ſaid Contractors do further CertifieCertify theſe Particulars wherein they were ſurprized; viz.
Cornelius Burges · A Case Concerning the Buying of Bishops Land · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
They CertifieCertify that they never intended, by any words General or Special, to ſell any thing …
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They CertifieCertify that they never intended, by any words General or Special, to ſell any thing …
Cornelius Burges · A Case Concerning the Buying of Bishops Land · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in the ſaid Report, made to the ſaid late Committee there, I do humbly CertifieCertify them, as thoſe which I conceive material for the further clearing of the matter …
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… in the ſaid Report, made to the ſaid late Committee there, I do humbly CertifieCertify them, as thoſe which I conceive material for the further clearing of the matter …
Cornelius Burges · A Case Concerning the Buying of Bishops Land · p. 68 · Open in the reader

Account of the Persecutions of the Protestants in France A33374

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IN. N. of the Pariſh of N. do CertifieCertify all whom it may Concern, That having acknowledged the falſeneſs of the pretended Reformed …
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IN. N. of the Pariſh of N. do CertifieCertify all whom it may Concern, That having acknowledged the falſeneſs of the pretended Reformed …
Jean Claude · Account of the Persecutions of the Protestants in France · p. 56 · Open in the reader

The Journals of Parliaments A35827

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… so upon further perusal thereof, he might again bring it into the House, and CertifieCertify the Lords, if any thing were to be altered or reformed in it.
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… so upon further perusal thereof, he might again bring it into the House, and CertifieCertify the Lords, if any thing were to be altered or reformed in it.
Simonds D Ewes · The Journals of Parliaments · p. 18 · Open in the reader

Abridgment of Ecclesiastical Laws A42925

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… neque Juriſdictionis; But by his Confirmation he hath Poteſtatem Juriſdictionis, as to Excommunicate and CertifieCertify the ſame, 8 Rep. 89. And then the power of the Guardian of the Spiritualties doth …
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… neque Juriſdictionis; But by his Confirmation he hath Poteſtatem Juriſdictionis, as to Excommunicate and CertifieCertify the ſame, 8 Rep. 89. And then the power of the Guardian of the Spiritualties doth …
John Godolphin · Abridgment of Ecclesiastical Laws · p. 29 · Open in the reader
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… But yet the Juſtices, if they ſee cauſe, may write to the Biſhop to CertifieCertify concerning the Inſtitution.
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… But yet the Juſtices, if they ſee cauſe, may write to the Biſhop to CertifieCertify concerning the Inſtitution.
John Godolphin · Abridgment of Ecclesiastical Laws · p. 281 · Open in the reader

The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France A56905

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I … of the Pariſh of … do CertifieCertify unto all whom it may concern, that having acknowledged the falſeneſs of the Pretended …
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I … of the Pariſh of … do CertifieCertify unto all whom it may concern, that having acknowledged the falſeneſs of the Pretended …
John Quick · The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France · p. cxl · Open in the reader
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… of the King's ſaid Attorney-General are Commanded to ſee its Execution, and to CertifieCertify the Court thereof. At Paris in the Chamber of Vacations the two and twentieth …
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… of the King's ſaid Attorney-General are Commanded to ſee its Execution, and to CertifieCertify the Court thereof. At Paris in the Chamber of Vacations the two and twentieth …
John Quick · The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France · p. cli · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

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CertifieCertify]
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CertifieCertify]
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 91 · Open in the reader

Confirmation and Restoration Necessary Means A76157

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… thy favour and gracious goodneſs towards them. And ſure they will not think to CertifieCertify men that know not what Chriſtianity is, or that live not Chriſtian lives, for …
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… thy favour and gracious goodneſs towards them. And ſure they will not think to CertifieCertify men that know not what Chriſtianity is, or that live not Chriſtian lives, for …
Richard Baxter · Confirmation and Restoration Necessary Means · p. 208 · Open in the reader

The Masked Devil B26503

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… Reasons therefore, and many more, I will not carry them. These are therefore to CertifieCertify any person or persons that shall Question them, or any of them, that they …
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… Reasons therefore, and many more, I will not carry them. These are therefore to CertifieCertify any person or persons that shall Question them, or any of them, that they …
Edward Manning · The Masked Devil · p. 12 · Open in the reader