Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4713 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

impossibilitieimpossibility

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

Puritas changed it: 374 times in 213 works
Consistency: 93.5% (374 of 400)
Reach if approved: ~420 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: impossibility
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 400 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (374 changes in 213 works, 93.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 374)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… to ſeeke it out, yet ſhall he not finde it. A reaſon of the impoſſibilitieimpossibility. Let a man labour, euen the beſt Emperike in this kinde, by manifold experience …
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… to ſeeke it out, yet ſhall he not finde it. A reaſon of the impoſſibilitieimpossibility. Let a man labour, euen the beſt Emperike in this kinde, by manifold experience …
Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 219 · Open in the reader
Printed
… such as wee haue neither a conceit of abilitie to resist, nor of vtter impossibilitieimpossibility to avoid. That which which we know our selues able to withstand we feare …
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… such as wee haue neither a conceit of abilitie to resist, nor of vtter impossibilitieimpossibility to avoid. That which which we know our selues able to withstand we feare …
Richard Hooker · A Remedy Against Sorrow and Fear · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hath, and when hee ſhall get it againe. Wherefore, let no conceit of an impoſſibilitieimpossibility of recouering it, hinder the Chriſtian from this duty; for then the Diuell hath …
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… hath, and when hee ſhall get it againe. Wherefore, let no conceit of an impoſſibilitieimpossibility of recouering it, hinder the Chriſtian from this duty; for then the Diuell hath …
Thomas Barnes · The Gales of Grace · p. 188 · Open in the reader
Printed
… mainetaine withall possible glosses the absurdities, and shadowes thereof. Besides, if we consider the impossibilitieimpossibility of composing, and reconciling the controuersies of the setimes, by reason of the auerse …
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… mainetaine withall possible glosses the absurdities, and shadowes thereof. Besides, if we consider the impossibilitieimpossibility of composing, and reconciling the controuersies of the setimes, by reason of the auerse …
William Loe · The Mystery of Mankind · Open in the reader
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… and a neceſſity of dying becauſe he ſinned: Our mortall bodies ſhall receiue an impoſſibilitieimpossibility of dying by the Quickning of that Spirit: That as Chriſt dieth no more …
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… and a neceſſity of dying becauſe he ſinned: Our mortall bodies ſhall receiue an impoſſibilitieimpossibility of dying by the Quickning of that Spirit: That as Chriſt dieth no more …
Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 56 · Open in the reader
Printed
… their being of themselves. But besides that negative argument, by bringing it to an impossibilitieimpossibility, that the creatures should be Gods, wee will make it plaine by an affirmative …
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… their being of themselves. But besides that negative argument, by bringing it to an impossibilitieimpossibility, that the creatures should be Gods, wee will make it plaine by an affirmative …
John Preston · Life Eternal · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of all that mischiefe. Which were not onely a manifest lie but an absurde impossibilitieimpossibility also. If any heere, would oppone, that this my distinction is vaine, and, that …
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… of all that mischiefe. Which were not onely a manifest lie but an absurde impossibilitieimpossibility also. If any heere, would oppone, that this my distinction is vaine, and, that …
Patrick Forbes · Defense of the Lawful Calling of Ministers of Reformed Churches · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in the Text it selfe that I presse, concerning the infinite perplexities, yea and impossibilitieimpossibility, which by instances I shew, of making particular actions good, or iustifying of them …
With rule
… in the Text it selfe that I presse, concerning the infinite perplexities, yea and impossibilitieimpossibility, which by instances I shew, of making particular actions good, or iustifying of them …
Thomas Gataker · A Just Defense of Certain Passages · p. 130 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (26)

13 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 13 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted A01042

Printed
… aske you, If in this Case, you thinke her well defended, with the pretended ImpossibilitieImpossibility of Erring? Or, if shee hath not great reason, both to suspect, what possiblie …
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… aske you, If in this Case, you thinke her well defended, with the pretended ImpossibilitieImpossibility of Erring? Or, if shee hath not great reason, both to suspect, what possiblie …
Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 84 · Open in the reader

A Plea for Grace A09277

Printed
2. The ImpossibilitieImpossibility of our recovery out of this damnable condition, by any strength of our owne …
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2. The ImpossibilitieImpossibility of our recovery out of this damnable condition, by any strength of our owne …
William Pemble · A Plea for Grace · p. 38 · Open in the reader

The Practice of Repentance A13551

Printed
ImpossibilitieImpossibility,
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ImpossibilitieImpossibility,
Thomas Taylor · The Practice of Repentance · p. 195 · Open in the reader

A Short Explanation of Hebrews A20414

Printed
… Pryce of Redemption, promised to bee layde downe, is nowe payed. 4. The Difficultie, and ImpossibilitieImpossibility, of bearing the Yoake of GOD'S externall Worship, is remooved; and CHRIST'S easie Yoake …
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… Pryce of Redemption, promised to bee layde downe, is nowe payed. 4. The Difficultie, and ImpossibilitieImpossibility, of bearing the Yoake of GOD'S externall Worship, is remooved; and CHRIST'S easie Yoake …
David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · p. 173 · Open in the reader

The Triumph of a True Christian Described A21269

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ImpoſſibilitieImpossibility in mans iudgement cannot hinder Gods working. p. 68
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ImpoſſibilitieImpossibility in mans iudgement cannot hinder Gods working. p. 68
Edward Elton · The Triumph of a True Christian Described · Open in the reader

The Court of the Gentiles Part 4:2 A41639

Printed
Of Neceſſitie, ImpoſſibilitieImpossibility, Poſſibilitie. 15
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Of Neceſſitie, ImpoſſibilitieImpossibility, Poſſibilitie. 15
Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 4:2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… abuſe: A true Idea of Libertie. (4) Moral Libertie or Free-wil to good: Neceſſitie, ImpoſſibilitieImpossibility, Poſſibilitie what. (5) The Wil of God, its Diſtribution into Significative and Decretive. (6) Divine Concurſe …
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… abuſe: A true Idea of Libertie. (4) Moral Libertie or Free-wil to good: Neceſſitie, ImpoſſibilitieImpossibility, Poſſibilitie what. (5) The Wil of God, its Diſtribution into Significative and Decretive. (6) Divine Concurſe …
Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 4:2 · p. 1 · Open in the reader
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6. The Neceſſitie of conſenting and ImpoſſibilitieImpossibility of reſiſting which attends the wil on the ſuppoſition of Divine concurſe efficaciouſly moving …
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6. The Neceſſitie of conſenting and ImpoſſibilitieImpossibility of reſiſting which attends the wil on the ſuppoſition of Divine concurſe efficaciouſly moving …
Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 4:2 · p. 15 · Open in the reader
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… and abſolute impoſſibilitieimpossibility is, and how it is differenced from a conditionate and limited ImpoſſibilitieImpossibility. A thing is ſaid to be ſimply and abſolutely impoſſible, when it is in …
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… and abſolute impoſſibilitieimpossibility is, and how it is differenced from a conditionate and limited ImpoſſibilitieImpossibility. A thing is ſaid to be ſimply and abſolutely impoſſible, when it is in …
Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 4:2 · p. 15 · Open in the reader
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… venimous darts. And in anſwer to the firſt part of their Objection from the ImpoſſibilitieImpossibility of divine Precepts and Prohibitions, we anſwer, (1) That our Adverſaries greatly pleaſe themſelves in …
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… venimous darts. And in anſwer to the firſt part of their Objection from the ImpoſſibilitieImpossibility of divine Precepts and Prohibitions, we anſwer, (1) That our Adverſaries greatly pleaſe themſelves in …
Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 4:2 · p. 202 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

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SECTION XXII. Of the ImpoſsibilitieImpossibility of the Meanes of Reconciliation.
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SECTION XXII. Of the ImpoſsibilitieImpossibility of the Meanes of Reconciliation.
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 663 · Open in the reader

The Depths of Satan Discovered A78422

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… Propoſitions to the King; and if this might eaſily prevent Force; all pretences of ImpoſſibilitieImpossibility are hereby made voyd. Let all the people heare this. Thus God catches the …
With rule
… Propoſitions to the King; and if this might eaſily prevent Force; all pretences of ImpoſſibilitieImpossibility are hereby made voyd. Let all the people heare this. Thus God catches the …
Daniel Cawdry · The Depths of Satan Discovered · p. 23 · Open in the reader

The Christian Sabbath Vindicated A78427

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… cannot be obſerved by all thoſe whom it concernes, by all Chriſtians. 2. By the ImpoſſibilitieImpossibility, that without a Divine determination, or at leaſt a divine revelation, all Chriſtians could …
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… cannot be obſerved by all thoſe whom it concernes, by all Chriſtians. 2. By the ImpoſſibilitieImpossibility, that without a Divine determination, or at leaſt a divine revelation, all Chriſtians could …
Daniel Cawdry · The Christian Sabbath Vindicated · p. 322 · Open in the reader