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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4515 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

possibilitiepossibility

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

Puritas changed it
821 times in 338 works
Consistency
97.6% (821 of 841)
Reach if approved
~884 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: possibility
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
841 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (821 changes in 338 works, 97.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 821)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … yt hauing nought yet counterfaite riches. For ſuche are they. Of no ſubſtaūce, leſſe poſſibilitiepossibility baſeſt birth, deſperatſt life, moſt lauiſh tounge. For gaine, ſometime Gnathos, ſomtime Thraſoes, Importunately …
    With rule
    … yt hauing nought yet counterfaite riches. For ſuche are they. Of no ſubſtaūce, leſſe poſſibilitiepossibility baſeſt birth, deſperatſt life, moſt lauiſh tounge. For gaine, ſometime Gnathos, ſomtime Thraſoes, Importunately …

    Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … the faithful man beeing toſſed with the tempeſt vpon the ſea, and ſeeing no poſſibilitiepossibility to eſcape, reſorteth vnto God by prayer, and findeth the fruit thereof. This (as …
    With rule
    … the faithful man beeing toſſed with the tempeſt vpon the ſea, and ſeeing no poſſibilitiepossibility to eſcape, reſorteth vnto God by prayer, and findeth the fruit thereof. This (as …

    John Knewstubs · Lectures Upon Exodus 20 · p. 325 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … peace as the wicked do want it: The wicked want it, and have no poſſibilitiepossibility of having it: they go in ſuch paths as wherein they ſhall never know …
    With rule
    … peace as the wicked do want it: The wicked want it, and have no poſſibilitiepossibility of having it: they go in ſuch paths as wherein they ſhall never know …

    William Fenner · The Souls Looking Glass 2 · p. 146 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    To evince the possibilitiepossibility, it sufficiently meeteth all your Men: who, agaynst our Demonstrations, of GOD His Trueth …
    With rule
    To evince the possibilitiepossibility, it sufficiently meeteth all your Men: who, agaynst our Demonstrations, of GOD His Trueth …

    Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 69 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … of God, he is out of doubt of all damnation, or rather out of possibilitiepossibility to be reiected: and so the case of the forsaken is vtterly remedilesse. And …
    With rule
    … of God, he is out of doubt of all damnation, or rather out of possibilitiepossibility to be reiected: and so the case of the forsaken is vtterly remedilesse. And …

    William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 439 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … oft expreſſely threatned. In regard of Communion with God, there is no hope, no poſſibilitiepossibility of reconciliation and atonement with God for ſuch as are ready to take reuenge …
    With rule
    … oft expreſſely threatned. In regard of Communion with God, there is no hope, no poſſibilitiepossibility of reconciliation and atonement with God for ſuch as are ready to take reuenge …

    William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 166 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    5. The infinite number of the Starres take from them all possibilitiepossibility of infallible predictions. They cannot giue their generall number, and can they giue their …
    With rule
    5. The infinite number of the Starres take from them all possibilitiepossibility of infallible predictions. They cannot giue their generall number, and can they giue their …

    Thomas Adams · The Sacrifice of Thankfulness · p. 67 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … ſuch matter as was promiſed. Thus ſtill may this point be amplified, touching the poſsibilitiepossibility to receiue infection, euen by preaching: to which when we ſhall ioyne our owne …
    With rule
    … ſuch matter as was promiſed. Thus ſtill may this point be amplified, touching the poſsibilitiepossibility to receiue infection, euen by preaching: to which when we ſhall ioyne our owne …

    Samuel Hieron · The Doctrines Trial · p. 20 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (20)

18 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 16 are listed here. 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Law A00741

  • Printed
    … ſhall be by the Merchants. 412 Poſſeſſion what. 104. it preuaileth where the right is equall. 30 PoſſibilitiePossibility, may preſerue an Act from being void. 33 Preſcription, where it maketh right, and where …
    With rule
    … ſhall be by the Merchants. 412 Poſſeſſion what. 104. it preuaileth where the right is equall. 30 PoſſibilitiePossibility, may preſerue an Act from being void. 33 Preſcription, where it maketh right, and where …

    Henry Finch · Law · Open in the reader

Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted A01042

  • Printed
    … the Veritie of the Matter: and, that, how-soever they evince, indeede, clearlie, a PossibilitiePossibility of such a Case: yet, that anie such Case, in trueth, was, they will …
    With rule
    … the Veritie of the Matter: and, that, how-soever they evince, indeede, clearlie, a PossibilitiePossibility of such a Case: yet, that anie such Case, in trueth, was, they will …

    Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 84 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … I sayde before, you seeme still to reason, but A posse, ad esse, from PossibilitiePossibility, to Reall existence, which will not necessarilie follow.
    With rule
    … I sayde before, you seeme still to reason, but A posse, ad esse, from PossibilitiePossibility, to Reall existence, which will not necessarilie follow.

    Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 84 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … of the other. But, (Philomathes) seeing you confesse, That I haue clearlie evinced the PossibilitiePossibility of such Apostasie in the Church, as where-by Errour may take place, in …
    With rule
    … of the other. But, (Philomathes) seeing you confesse, That I haue clearlie evinced the PossibilitiePossibility of such Apostasie in the Church, as where-by Errour may take place, in …

    Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 84 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … our Disputation, we had or could bring no more, but, (as you alleadged) the PossibilitiePossibility of the case: where-of no Evidence might bee produced, that accordinglie it had …
    With rule
    … our Disputation, we had or could bring no more, but, (as you alleadged) the PossibilitiePossibility of the case: where-of no Evidence might bee produced, that accordinglie it had …

    Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 86 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … fallen-out Events, you had the lesse reason to regard them. But, besides the PossibilitiePossibility, which I haue evinced; & besides the vndoubted Trueth it selfe, so clearlie delivered in …
    With rule
    … fallen-out Events, you had the lesse reason to regard them. But, besides the PossibilitiePossibility, which I haue evinced; & besides the vndoubted Trueth it selfe, so clearlie delivered in …

    Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 86 · Open in the reader

The Saints Qualification A10010

  • Printed
    Secondly, no PossibilitiePossibility of it:
    With rule
    Secondly, no PossibilitiePossibility of it:

    John Preston · The Saints Qualification · Open in the reader

The Practice of Repentance A13551

  • Printed
    CAP. 10. Concerning the time of Repentance, both of 1. PossibilitiePossibility, 2. Necessitie.
    With rule
    CAP. 10. Concerning the time of Repentance, both of 1. PossibilitiePossibility, 2. Necessitie.

    Thomas Taylor · The Practice of Repentance · p. 99 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    1. PossibilitiePossibility,
    With rule
    1. PossibilitiePossibility,

    Thomas Taylor · The Practice of Repentance · p. 99 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    The time of PossibilitiePossibility is, the whole time of this life, and onely the time of this life …
    With rule
    The time of PossibilitiePossibility is, the whole time of this life, and onely the time of this life …

    Thomas Taylor · The Practice of Repentance · p. 99 · Open in the reader

The Court of the Gentiles Part 4:2 A41639

  • Printed
    Of Neceſſitie, Impoſſibilitie, PoſſibilitiePossibility. 15
    With rule
    Of Neceſſitie, Impoſſibilitie, PoſſibilitiePossibility. 15

    Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 4:2 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … A true Idea of Libertie. (4) Moral Libertie or Free-wil to good: Neceſſitie, Impoſſibilitie, PoſſibilitiePossibility what. (5) The Wil of God, its Diſtribution into Significative and Decretive. (6) Divine Concurſe, its …
    With rule
    … A true Idea of Libertie. (4) Moral Libertie or Free-wil to good: Neceſſitie, Impoſſibilitie, PoſſibilitiePossibility what. (5) The Wil of God, its Diſtribution into Significative and Decretive. (6) Divine Concurſe, its …

    Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 4:2 · p. 1 · Open in the reader

The True Idea of Jansenism Both Historic and Dogmatic A41769

  • Printed
    … asserting such a sufficient Grace: So Tom. 3. de Grat. lib. 3. cap. 15, &c. That the PossibilitiePossibility of Gods commands, on which the Libertie of Will, and the Reason of sin …
    With rule
    … asserting such a sufficient Grace: So Tom. 3. de Grat. lib. 3. cap. 15, &c. That the PossibilitiePossibility of Gods commands, on which the Libertie of Will, and the Reason of sin …

    Theophilus Gale · The True Idea of Jansenism Both Historic and Dogmatic · p. 138 · Open in the reader

The Casting Down of the Last and Strongest Hold of Satan A83437

  • Printed
    … deprives him of Power in Civill things, and Miniſters in Eccleſiaſtical, becauſe of their PoſſibilitiePossibility of erring in both: By all which the Reader may ſee tis a very …
    With rule
    … deprives him of Power in Civill things, and Miniſters in Eccleſiaſtical, becauſe of their PoſſibilitiePossibility of erring in both: By all which the Reader may ſee tis a very …

    Thomas Edwards · The Casting Down of the Last and Strongest Hold of Satan · p. 134 · Open in the reader

Gods Free Grace and Mans Free Will B15264

  • Printed
    … is euill, was in him before his fall not a gift but onely a PossibilitiePossibility to will euill, if he should cease to do his dutie. And thus had …
    With rule
    … is euill, was in him before his fall not a gift but onely a PossibilitiePossibility to will euill, if he should cease to do his dutie. And thus had …

    William Perkins · Gods Free Grace and Mans Free Will · p. 52 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    The second thing to be considered in the corrupt will, is a PossibilitiePossibility of willing that which is good. This possibilitiepossibility is a certaine condition of the …
    With rule
    The second thing to be considered in the corrupt will, is a PossibilitiePossibility of willing that which is good. This possibilitiepossibility is a certaine condition of the …

    William Perkins · Gods Free Grace and Mans Free Will · p. 67 · Open in the reader