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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4535 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

joynsjoins

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

Puritas changed it
841 times in 493 works
Consistency
98.5% (841 of 853)
Reach if approved
~896 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: joins
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
853 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (841 changes in 493 works, 98.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 841)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … Third Enquiry, and finiſh the firſt Point diſcours'd, viz. its Beginning: And becauſe it joynsjoins in aſſuring this Beginning, I muſt, as I ſay, ſalute it.
    With rule
    … Third Enquiry, and finiſh the firſt Point diſcours'd, viz. its Beginning: And becauſe it joynsjoins in aſſuring this Beginning, I muſt, as I ſay, ſalute it.

    Thomas Beverley · A Scripture Line of Time · p. 62 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … comely, and thy voice is ſweet. When the Diſciples are talking of him, Chriſt joynsjoins himſelf to them. Ergo is the Heart of Chriſt much taken.
    With rule
    … comely, and thy voice is ſweet. When the Diſciples are talking of him, Chriſt joynsjoins himſelf to them. Ergo is the Heart of Chriſt much taken.

    Samuel Bolton · The Dead Saint Speaking to Saints and Sinners Living · p. 48 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … ſaying of one of the Ancients; That is not a death, but life, which joynsjoins the dying man to Chriſt; and that is not a life, but death, which …
    With rule
    … ſaying of one of the Ancients; That is not a death, but life, which joynsjoins the dying man to Chriſt; and that is not a life, but death, which …

    Thomas Brooks · Paradise Opened · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    Priviledg 6. This Freedom brings Union with Chriſt, Eph. 5. 30. it joynsjoins thoſe to him, who are redeemed by an inſeparable bond; Chriſt is in them …
    With rule
    Priviledg 6. This Freedom brings Union with Chriſt, Eph. 5. 30. it joynsjoins thoſe to him, who are redeemed by an inſeparable bond; Chriſt is in them …

    Nathanael Ball · Spiritual Bondage and Freedom · p. 350 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … and ſo to make proud Phariſees, which were indeed penitent Publicans. Briefly, the Scripture joynsjoins both together, Redemption and Interceſſion, to make Chriſt a perfect Saviour: Scriptura a non …
    With rule
    … and ſo to make proud Phariſees, which were indeed penitent Publicans. Briefly, the Scripture joynsjoins both together, Redemption and Interceſſion, to make Chriſt a perfect Saviour: Scriptura a non …

    John Stoughton · Eleven Choice Sermons · p. 125 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … this duty of repentance, fasting is very proper to be annexed. The Scripture usually joynsjoins them together, among the Jews the great day of atonement was to be kept …
    With rule
    … this duty of repentance, fasting is very proper to be annexed. The Scripture usually joynsjoins them together, among the Jews the great day of atonement was to be kept …

    Richard Allestree · The Practice of Christian Graces · p. 132 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Idolatrous ways, the Lord makes an addition to them; there is a fourth that joynsjoins himſelf to them to bear witneſs with them unto the truth of God, which …
    With rule
    … Idolatrous ways, the Lord makes an addition to them; there is a fourth that joynsjoins himſelf to them to bear witneſs with them unto the truth of God, which …

    Timothy Armitage · The Son of God Walking in the Fire with the Servants of God · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    Pag. 112, 113. He joynsjoins with thoſe that would bring us into the Plot, and fathers his Accuſation on …
    With rule
    Pag. 112, 113. He joynsjoins with thoſe that would bring us into the Plot, and fathers his Accuſation on …

    Richard Baxter · A Third Defense of Peace · p. 114 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Several Poems A29149

  • Printed
    JoynsJoins with the Greeks, an… ſo maintain their right,
    With rule
    JoynsJoins with the Greeks, an… ſo maintain their right,

    Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 113 · Open in the reader

The Catholic Doctrine of the Eucharist in All Ages A33378

  • Printed
    … Growth of the Body of Chriſt? Does not Nicolaus Methonienſis tell us, That Chriſt JoynsJoins his Divinity to theſe Things which are familiar to our Natures? And how many …
    With rule
    … Growth of the Body of Chriſt? Does not Nicolaus Methonienſis tell us, That Chriſt JoynsJoins his Divinity to theſe Things which are familiar to our Natures? And how many …

    Jean Claude · The Catholic Doctrine of the Eucharist in All Ages · p. 346 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Virgin, and which he gave to the Apoſtles. For the Divinity fills it, and JOYNSJOINS it to it ſelf, AND MAKES THAT AS IT IS ONE, SO IT BE …
    With rule
    … Virgin, and which he gave to the Apoſtles. For the Divinity fills it, and JOYNSJOINS it to it ſelf, AND MAKES THAT AS IT IS ONE, SO IT BE …

    Jean Claude · The Catholic Doctrine of the Eucharist in All Ages · p. 233 · Open in the reader

Vindication of Ecclesiastical Volume 3 A70866

  • Printed
    … proteſtation againſt it, and grief at Pandulphus trampling the firſt money under his feet, 274, 293, 300. JoynsJoins in a Letter with the Barons for recalling the exiled Biſhops and Stephen Langeton …
    With rule
    … proteſtation againſt it, and grief at Pandulphus trampling the firſt money under his feet, 274, 293, 300. JoynsJoins in a Letter with the Barons for recalling the exiled Biſhops and Stephen Langeton …

    William Prynne · Vindication of Ecclesiastical Volume 3 · Open in the reader

The Works of Jeremiah Burroughs 9-11 A77992

  • Printed
    … and takes pains to know the worst of its self. Secondly, A gracious heart, 1 JoynsJoins and sides with every Truth: 2. It will seek to maintain every Truth: 3 It will …
    With rule
    … and takes pains to know the worst of its self. Secondly, A gracious heart, 1 JoynsJoins and sides with every Truth: 2. It will seek to maintain every Truth: 3 It will …

    Jeremiah Burroughs · The Works of Jeremiah Burroughs 9-11 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … and takes pains to know the worst of its self. Secondly, A gracious heart, 1 JoynsJoins and sides with every Truth: 2 It will seek to maintain every Truth: 3 It will …
    With rule
    … and takes pains to know the worst of its self. Secondly, A gracious heart, 1 JoynsJoins and sides with every Truth: 2 It will seek to maintain every Truth: 3 It will …

    Jeremiah Burroughs · The Works of Jeremiah Burroughs 9-11 · p. 118 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … soul: And that's the second work of one that doth purifie himself; that is, JoynsJoins side with every Truth of God that makes against his corruptions.
    With rule
    … soul: And that's the second work of one that doth purifie himself; that is, JoynsJoins side with every Truth of God that makes against his corruptions.

    Jeremiah Burroughs · The Works of Jeremiah Burroughs 9-11 · p. 120 · Open in the reader