Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4643 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

obedyenceobedience

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

Puritas changed it: 146 times in 69 works
Consistency: 96.6% (146 of 151)
Reach if approved: ~159 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: obedience
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 151 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (146 changes in 69 works, 96.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 146)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… our selves from that Church: Neyther have we shaken of our alleageance and dutifull obedyenceobedience to our Soveraigne PRINCE, the honorable Counsellers, and other Magistrates set over vs, but …
With rule
… our selves from that Church: Neyther have we shaken of our alleageance and dutifull obedyenceobedience to our Soveraigne PRINCE, the honorable Counsellers, and other Magistrates set over vs, but …
Henry Ainsworth · The Confession of Faith of English People in Exile · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Saul was cast awaye of God for ever for his good entente. God requyreth obedyenceobedience vnto his worde and abhorreth all good ententes and good zeles which are without …
With rule
… Saul was cast awaye of God for ever for his good entente. God requyreth obedyenceobedience vnto his worde and abhorreth all good ententes and good zeles which are without …
William Tyndale · The Obedience of a Christian Man · Open in the reader
Printed
… vp theyr laten prayers, to tak holy water and holy bread, to lyue in obedyenceobedience to the holy father and holye churche, hys ſpouſe. Thys was all they required.
With rule
… vp theyr laten prayers, to tak holy water and holy bread, to lyue in obedyenceobedience to the holy father and holye churche, hys ſpouſe. Thys was all they required.
John Bradford · An Exhortation to the Carrying of Christs Cross · p. 81 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of dyſciplyne / whereby the conſience and inwarde man may bee kept in that willing obedyenceobedience vnto Gods commaundement touching a godlye honeſt and quyet lyfe. And to note the …
With rule
… of dyſciplyne / whereby the conſience and inwarde man may bee kept in that willing obedyenceobedience vnto Gods commaundement touching a godlye honeſt and quyet lyfe. And to note the …
Thomas Cartwright · A Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift · p. 207 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the mortificaciō of our flesh? What other oblacion haue we to make, but of obedyenceobedience, of good liuynge, of good woorkes, and of healpynge oure neyghbours? But as for …
With rule
… the mortificaciō of our flesh? What other oblacion haue we to make, but of obedyenceobedience, of good liuynge, of good woorkes, and of healpynge oure neyghbours? But as for …
Hugh Latimer · A Notable Sermon · Open in the reader
Printed
To God I requyre a perfyght obedyenceobedience
With rule
To God I requyre a perfyght obedyenceobedience
John Bale · Comedy Concerning the Corruption of Laws of Nature Moses and Christ · Open in the reader
Printed
… he receyued comforth at the Aungels hande, as it accordes to oure infirmitie. Hys obedyenceobedience, hys contynaunce, and sufferynge, so pleased the father of heauen, that for hys sonnes …
With rule
… he receyued comforth at the Aungels hande, as it accordes to oure infirmitie. Hys obedyenceobedience, hys contynaunce, and sufferynge, so pleased the father of heauen, that for hys sonnes …
Hugh Latimer · The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty · Open in the reader
Printed
THe fourthe worke of this cōmaūdemēt / is obedyenceobedience of ſeruauntes & craftes men towarde theyr lordes and ladyes, maſters & mayſtres. Of whome / ſpeaketh …
With rule
THe fourthe worke of this cōmaūdemēt / is obedyenceobedience of ſeruauntes & craftes men towarde theyr lordes and ladyes, maſters & mayſtres. Of whome / ſpeaketh …
Martin Luther · Treatise of Good Works · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

5 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.

A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin A02947

Printed
OBedyenceObedience to the romyſhe pope. 24. b. 34. a. 92. a
With rule
OBedyenceObedience to the romyſhe pope. 24. b. 34. a. 92. a
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader
Printed
ObedyenceObedience of mennys lawes: 81. …
With rule
ObedyenceObedience of mennys lawes: 81. …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader

Historical Table of the Bible A06660

Printed
… xviij.a Roma. i.c.d. ij. Theſſ. ij.b. Hebreor. ij.a. ¶ Seke ObedyenceObedience.
With rule
… xviij.a Roma. i.c.d. ij. Theſſ. ij.b. Hebreor. ij.a. ¶ Seke ObedyenceObedience.
Henrich Bullinger · Historical Table of the Bible · Open in the reader

Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels A06932

Printed
… but rather declarethe hymselfe moost cruell, moste fierce, moste churlysshe agaynste hys fellowe seruaunte. ObedyenceObedience towarde the lawe of GOD is wyth a necessarye condytion: and yet it is …
With rule
… but rather declarethe hymselfe moost cruell, moste fierce, moste churlysshe agaynste hys fellowe seruaunte. ObedyenceObedience towarde the lawe of GOD is wyth a necessarye condytion: and yet it is …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · p. 166 · Open in the reader

The Justification of Man by Faith Only A07407

Printed
THE Phyloſophers do call, Iuſtyce, a certayne ObedyenceObedience vniuerſal, as touchyng to al vertues, (that is to ſaye) an outwarde honeſte dyſcyplyne …
With rule
THE Phyloſophers do call, Iuſtyce, a certayne ObedyenceObedience vniuerſal, as touchyng to al vertues, (that is to ſaye) an outwarde honeſte dyſcyplyne …
Philipp Melanchthon · The Justification of Man by Faith Only · p. x · Open in the reader