Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4696 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

faylingfailing

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

Puritas changed it: 377 times in 221 works
Consistency: 99.2% (377 of 380)
Reach if approved: ~399 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: failing
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 380 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (377 changes in 221 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 377)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… that it was concluded, That no man might judge the first Seate. And for faylingfailing in that, and drawing the matter yet more vp-wardes, an elder Councell yet …
With rule
… that it was concluded, That no man might judge the first Seate. And for faylingfailing in that, and drawing the matter yet more vp-wardes, an elder Councell yet …
William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 224 · Open in the reader
Printed
… So that heere this reſtriction and certaine direction is ſet downe expreſly twice for faylingfailing. Wherefore the Lawes intent and meaning is not heere to do beſide, much leſſe …
With rule
… So that heere this reſtriction and certaine direction is ſet downe expreſly twice for faylingfailing. Wherefore the Lawes intent and meaning is not heere to do beſide, much leſſe …
Henry Jacob · Necessity of Reforming Our Churches · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to beleeue in him, but alſo to ſuffer for him: and by his neuer-faylingfailing grace, and euerlaſting loue, we are aſſured that we ſhall perſeuere vnto the end …
With rule
… to beleeue in him, but alſo to ſuffer for him: and by his neuer-faylingfailing grace, and euerlaſting loue, we are aſſured that we ſhall perſeuere vnto the end …
Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 304 · Open in the reader
Printed
… obserued, because there is no great difference betweene his generall carriage, and some particular faylingfailing: but when the Peece is drawne, that is, when Gods Image is stamped vpon …
With rule
… obserued, because there is no great difference betweene his generall carriage, and some particular faylingfailing: but when the Peece is drawne, that is, when Gods Image is stamped vpon …
John Preston · Sermons · p. 74 · Open in the reader
Printed
… iniquitie. In some other cases, ignorance, though it justifie not wholy, yet excuses a faylingfailing in part; and that more, or lesse, as the thing whereof we are ignorant …
With rule
… iniquitie. In some other cases, ignorance, though it justifie not wholy, yet excuses a faylingfailing in part; and that more, or lesse, as the thing whereof we are ignorant …
John Robinson · Observations Divine and Moral · p. 99 · Open in the reader
Printed
… simple soeuer they bee otherwise, will haue of them thrée or foure apéece for faylingfailing. And as though Camericke, Holland, Lawne, and the finest cloth that maye bee got …
With rule
… simple soeuer they bee otherwise, will haue of them thrée or foure apéece for faylingfailing. And as though Camericke, Holland, Lawne, and the finest cloth that maye bee got …
Philip Stubbes · The Anatomy of Abuses · Open in the reader
Printed
… passion, not fit for men of courage. 4. It is so farre from sorrow for faylingfailing in good duties, that it is vnmoouable as a pillar, and can scorne iudgements …
With rule
… passion, not fit for men of courage. 4. It is so farre from sorrow for faylingfailing in good duties, that it is vnmoouable as a pillar, and can scorne iudgements …
Thomas Taylor · The Parable of the Sower and of the Seed · p. 290 · Open in the reader
Printed
… him, that the Fall, or Standing of the Church, had depended, whollie, on the faylingfailing, or stabilitie, of Peter's Fayth; could that Fayth, bee no other-wayes preserved, but …
With rule
… him, that the Fall, or Standing of the Church, had depended, whollie, on the faylingfailing, or stabilitie, of Peter's Fayth; could that Fayth, bee no other-wayes preserved, but …
Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 135 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

3 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.

Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul A10663

Printed
… do, I know not which way to turne my selfe; Trembling of Heart, and FaylingFailing of Eyes, Blindnesse and Astonishment: Ignorance and Feare, doe thus usually accompany each other …
With rule
… do, I know not which way to turne my selfe; Trembling of Heart, and FaylingFailing of Eyes, Blindnesse and Astonishment: Ignorance and Feare, doe thus usually accompany each other …
Edward Reynolds · Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul · p. 283 · Open in the reader

The Unrighteous Mammon Exchanged for the True Riches A44571

Printed
… here how Death is exhibited, and repreſented unto us, and that is as a FaylingFailing, and defection: and ſo indeed it is as to the matters of this preſent …
With rule
… here how Death is exhibited, and repreſented unto us, and that is as a FaylingFailing, and defection: and ſo indeed it is as to the matters of this preſent …
Thomas Horton · The Unrighteous Mammon Exchanged for the True Riches · p. 17 · Open in the reader

The Wonderful Mystery of Spiritual Growth B12200

Printed
… and encreaſe thoſe that are prime and ſimply neceſſarie, as Faith, Repentance, and ſecondly, FaylingFailing in particular duties, proues the meanes to further the more conſtant practiſe of the …
With rule
… and encreaſe thoſe that are prime and ſimply neceſſarie, as Faith, Repentance, and ſecondly, FaylingFailing in particular duties, proues the meanes to further the more conſtant practiſe of the …
Thomas Cooper · The Wonderful Mystery of Spiritual Growth · p. 191 · Open in the reader