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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4609 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

blessyngblessing

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

Puritas changed it
190 times in 52 works
Consistency
97.9% (190 of 194)
Reach if approved
~204 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: blessing
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
194 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (190 changes in 52 works, 97.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 190)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … promiſſe of the lande of Canaan, ſeyng that was the earneſt of the heauenly bleſſyngblessing and adoption. It remayneth then that we graunt thée that God alſo loued Eſau …
    With rule
    … promiſſe of the lande of Canaan, ſeyng that was the earneſt of the heauenly bleſſyngblessing and adoption. It remayneth then that we graunt thée that God alſo loued Eſau …

    Theodore Beza · Display of Popish Practices · p. 25 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … hande glad tidings vnto Abraham, ſaying, in thee ſhall all nations be bleſſed. This bleſſyngblessing ſpred not abrode vnto them, bicauſe they had their beginning of the fleſh of …
    With rule
    … hande glad tidings vnto Abraham, ſaying, in thee ſhall all nations be bleſſed. This bleſſyngblessing ſpred not abrode vnto them, bicauſe they had their beginning of the fleſh of …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentary on Romans · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … lawful and Eccleſiaſticall Miniſter. To be briefe, we doo iuſtly eſteeme this conſecratyng and bleſſyngblessing of our high Prieſte Ieſus Chriſt the ſonne of God, more precious than the …
    With rule
    … lawful and Eccleſiaſticall Miniſter. To be briefe, we doo iuſtly eſteeme this conſecratyng and bleſſyngblessing of our high Prieſte Ieſus Chriſt the ſonne of God, more precious than the …

    Henrich Bullinger · Sermon on the Lords Supper · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … did cōsecrate, and that benediction is of more strength than nature For by the blessyngblessing, nature it selfe is also chaunged. Moyses helde a rodde, he cast it from …
    With rule
    … did cōsecrate, and that benediction is of more strength than nature For by the blessyngblessing, nature it selfe is also chaunged. Moyses helde a rodde, he cast it from …

    Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Defense of the True Doctrine of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … of hys keyes and of hys bindyng and excommunicatyng and of his curſyng and bleſſyngblessing with enſamples of euery thyng.
    With rule
    … of hys keyes and of hys bindyng and excommunicatyng and of his curſyng and bleſſyngblessing with enſamples of euery thyng.

    William Tyndale · Whole Works · p. 183 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … God, and all the creatures of God, ioyne with them in confessyng, that al blessyngblessing, glorye, wisedome, thankesgeuyng, honour, might, and power ought to be ascribed to hym for …
    With rule
    … God, and all the creatures of God, ioyne with them in confessyng, that al blessyngblessing, glorye, wisedome, thankesgeuyng, honour, might, and power ought to be ascribed to hym for …

    William Fulke · Sermon Preached 17 March 1577 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … euer suche men were borne. Take hede lest for our rebellion God take hys blessyngblessing a waye from vs. I entred into the place of the kynges pastyme. I …
    With rule
    … euer suche men were borne. Take hede lest for our rebellion God take hys blessyngblessing a waye from vs. I entred into the place of the kynges pastyme. I …

    Hugh Latimer · The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Byeth of hys brother Eſau his fyrſt byrthryght, xxv.d. Stealeth from Eſau the bleſſyngblessing. xxvii.a, Goeth to Laban. xxviii.a. Seeth the ladder and maketh a nowe …
    With rule
    … Byeth of hys brother Eſau his fyrſt byrthryght, xxv.d. Stealeth from Eſau the bleſſyngblessing. xxvii.a, Goeth to Laban. xxviii.a. Seeth the ladder and maketh a nowe …

    Henrich Bullinger · Historical Table of the Bible · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

4 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.

Commentary on Peter and Jude A06502

  • Printed
    … all ours: and at whoſe handes he hath obtained for vs all Grace, and BleſſyngBlessing. All theſe thynges, thou muſte drawe and applie to thy ſelf, and not doubte …
    With rule
    … all ours: and at whoſe handes he hath obtained for vs all Grace, and BleſſyngBlessing. All theſe thynges, thou muſte drawe and applie to thy ſelf, and not doubte …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · Open in the reader

Whole Works A68831

  • Printed
    BleſſyngBlessing. 110. a. of God to Abraham 436. b. of Biſhops. 157. a
    With rule
    BleſſyngBlessing. 110. a. of God to Abraham 436. b. of Biſhops. 157. a

    William Tyndale · Whole Works · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    BleſſyngBlessing what it meaneth. 145. a
    With rule
    BleſſyngBlessing what it meaneth. 145. a

    William Tyndale · Whole Works · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    BleſſyngBlessing, what it is. 154
    With rule
    BleſſyngBlessing, what it is. 154

    William Tyndale · Whole Works · Open in the reader