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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4581 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

severitieseverity

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

Puritas changed it
293 times in 156 works
Consistency
93.9% (293 of 312)
Reach if approved
~328 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: severity
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
312 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (293 changes in 156 works, 93.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 293)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … A very artificious & skilful ſpeech for the expreſſing both of the power of Chriſt, & ſeveritieseverity of his iudgement. I, ſaith this great and excellent perſon whom we ſpeake of …
    With rule
    … A very artificious & skilful ſpeech for the expreſſing both of the power of Chriſt, & ſeveritieseverity of his iudgement. I, ſaith this great and excellent perſon whom we ſpeake of …

    John Andrewes · Christs Cross · p. 8 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Law gives him. No outward reſpect muſt move him either to pitie, or to ſeveritieseverity; more then the equitie of the cauſe requires.
    With rule
    … Law gives him. No outward reſpect muſt move him either to pitie, or to ſeveritieseverity; more then the equitie of the cauſe requires.

    Elidad Blackwell · A Caveat for Magistrates · p. 14 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Three dayes after it was concluded, as a necessarie piece of severitieseverity for their defense, to put all the Turks in Jerusalem to death; which was …
    With rule
    Three dayes after it was concluded, as a necessarie piece of severitieseverity for their defense, to put all the Turks in Jerusalem to death; which was …

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Holy War · p. 41 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … that we muſt alwayes ſpeake that which will pleaſe you. There is a wholſome ſeveritieseverity and ſharpneſſe. The Surgion helpes by lancing and applying corroſives, aſwell as by gentle …
    With rule
    … that we muſt alwayes ſpeake that which will pleaſe you. There is a wholſome ſeveritieseverity and ſharpneſſe. The Surgion helpes by lancing and applying corroſives, aſwell as by gentle …

    Thomas Hooker · The Souls Implantation into the Natural Olive · p. 24 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … to be heavie in that it taketh away al libertie of omiſſion. For this ſeveritieseverity, as it is practiſed in viſitations, not onely denyeth libertie to vs, to omit …
    With rule
    … to be heavie in that it taketh away al libertie of omiſſion. For this ſeveritieseverity, as it is practiſed in viſitations, not onely denyeth libertie to vs, to omit …

    Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · p. 26 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … incestuous person, but now penitent, as before delinquent, seriously exhorts them, that look what severitieseverity they had formerly shewed in censuring him for his sin, the like compassion they …
    With rule
    … incestuous person, but now penitent, as before delinquent, seriously exhorts them, that look what severitieseverity they had formerly shewed in censuring him for his sin, the like compassion they …

    John Robinson · Apology of Certain Christians · p. 32 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    Quest. Why? what cause was there of such severitieseverity in this execution?
    With rule
    Quest. Why? what cause was there of such severitieseverity in this execution?

    Thomas Taylor · Two Sermons · p. 7 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … to be rejected and but a few of that nation to be ſaved, which ſeveritieseverity be afterward calleth foreign Rom. 11.22 by a word anſwering to the hebrewe foreign deciſion. The Grecians …
    With rule
    … to be rejected and but a few of that nation to be ſaved, which ſeveritieseverity be afterward calleth foreign Rom. 11.22 by a word anſwering to the hebrewe foreign deciſion. The Grecians …

    Thomas Brightman · Exposition of the Prophecy of Daniel · p. 20 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (19)

9 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 10 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The History of the Holy War A01342

  • Printed
    … whose weaknesse is a shield to defend them against a valiant man. To conclude; SeveritieSeverity hot in the fourth degree, is little better then poyson, and becometh crueltie it …
    With rule
    … whose weaknesse is a shield to defend them against a valiant man. To conclude; SeveritieSeverity hot in the fourth degree, is little better then poyson, and becometh crueltie it …

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Holy War · p. 41 · Open in the reader

The Deprived and Silenced Ministers Arguments A09880

  • Printed
    Now (Right Reuerend and Honorable) there are which greatly complaine of this moderate SeveritieSeverity, and both vnfitly and vndutifully terme it by the moſt hatefull and odious names …
    With rule
    Now (Right Reuerend and Honorable) there are which greatly complaine of this moderate SeveritieSeverity, and both vnfitly and vndutifully terme it by the moſt hatefull and odious names …

    Gabriel Powel · The Deprived and Silenced Ministers Arguments · p. 1 · Open in the reader

A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered A13078

  • Printed
    … to Iustice; and Clemencie to temper some times the strictnesse of Iustice: Clemencie remoueth SeveritieSeverity, least it turne to Crueltie, and Courage remoueth too great Indulgence, least it breed …
    With rule
    … to Iustice; and Clemencie to temper some times the strictnesse of Iustice: Clemencie remoueth SeveritieSeverity, least it turne to Crueltie, and Courage remoueth too great Indulgence, least it breed …

    William Struther · A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered · p. 101 · Open in the reader

Sermons Preached Upon Sundry Occasions A40515

  • Printed
    THE SEVERITIESEVERITY AND IMPARTIALITIE OF DIVINE JUSTICE.
    With rule
    THE SEVERITIESEVERITY AND IMPARTIALITIE OF DIVINE JUSTICE.

    John Frost · Sermons Preached Upon Sundry Occasions · Open in the reader

The Anatomy of Infidelity A41604

  • Printed
    … Mercie, and Compaſſions of God? Is not Mercie clothed with the rough garment of SeveritieSeverity? Is not the ugly vizard of Hatred, and Revenge, put on the beautiful face …
    With rule
    … Mercie, and Compaſſions of God? Is not Mercie clothed with the rough garment of SeveritieSeverity? Is not the ugly vizard of Hatred, and Revenge, put on the beautiful face …

    Theophilus Gale · The Anatomy of Infidelity · p. 143 · Open in the reader

Christs Tears for Jerusalems Unbelief A41628

  • Printed
    … Mercie, and Compaſſions of God? Is not Mercie clothed with the rough garment of SeveritieSeverity? Is not the ugly vizard of Hatred, and Revenge, put on the beautiful face …
    With rule
    … Mercie, and Compaſſions of God? Is not Mercie clothed with the rough garment of SeveritieSeverity? Is not the ugly vizard of Hatred, and Revenge, put on the beautiful face …

    Theophilus Gale · Christs Tears for Jerusalems Unbelief · p. 143 · Open in the reader

The Saints Amity with God in Christ A41751

  • Printed
    … Prudence, with Meeknes; of Wiſdome with Humilitie; of Seriouſnes, with Chearfulnes; of Affabilitie, with SeveritieSeverity; of Solitude, with Service and Activitie? Thus Graces ſeemingly oppoſite, do ſweetly conſpire, and …
    With rule
    … Prudence, with Meeknes; of Wiſdome with Humilitie; of Seriouſnes, with Chearfulnes; of Affabilitie, with SeveritieSeverity; of Solitude, with Service and Activitie? Thus Graces ſeemingly oppoſite, do ſweetly conſpire, and …

    Theophilus Gale · The Saints Amity with God in Christ · p. 164 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … in Hel, are nothing nigh ſo clear, and ample Demonſtrations of God's Juſtice, and SeveritieSeverity againſt ſin, as the ſufferings of our dying Emmanuel. O! come near, and behold …
    With rule
    … in Hel, are nothing nigh ſo clear, and ample Demonſtrations of God's Juſtice, and SeveritieSeverity againſt ſin, as the ſufferings of our dying Emmanuel. O! come near, and behold …

    Theophilus Gale · The Saints Amity with God in Christ · p. 222 · Open in the reader

The Bloody Tenant Yet more Bloody A96610

  • Printed
    For the ſecond, he contents not Himſelfe with the SeveritieSeverity and Crueltie of former times exerciſed by the Emperours profeſſing the Name of Chriſt …
    With rule
    For the ſecond, he contents not Himſelfe with the SeveritieSeverity and Crueltie of former times exerciſed by the Emperours profeſſing the Name of Chriſt …

    Roger Williams · The Bloody Tenant Yet more Bloody · p. 194 · Open in the reader