Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4861 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

loyterloiter

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

Puritas changed it: 185 times in 148 works
Consistency: 95.8% (185 of 193)
Reach if approved: ~203 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: loiter
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 193 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (185 changes in 148 works, 95.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 185)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… these hearts! When we have time, and health, and opportunity to work, then we loyterloiter, and do our Master but very poor service: But when he layeth Affliction upon …
With rule
… these hearts! When we have time, and health, and opportunity to work, then we loyterloiter, and do our Master but very poor service: But when he layeth Affliction upon …
Richard Baxter · The Saints Everlasting Rest · p. 453 · Open in the reader
Printed
Againe, ſome loyterloiter while they have the day,
With rule
Againe, ſome loyterloiter while they have the day,
Edward Calver · Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed · p. 130 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vainely, proudly, blaſphemouſly, as yee doo without controlement; braue it, ſport it, feaſt it, loyterloiter it, or (if yee will do ſomething) labour, drudge, run, and ride on the …
With rule
… vainely, proudly, blaſphemouſly, as yee doo without controlement; braue it, ſport it, feaſt it, loyterloiter it, or (if yee will do ſomething) labour, drudge, run, and ride on the …
Peter Moffett · The Excellency of the Mystery of Christ Jesus · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſhall receiue an incorruptible Crowne of glory. If wee doe not thus labour but loyterloiter in the Lords Vineyard, wee cannot aſſure our ſelues to bee the Miniſters of …
With rule
… ſhall receiue an incorruptible Crowne of glory. If wee doe not thus labour but loyterloiter in the Lords Vineyard, wee cannot aſſure our ſelues to bee the Miniſters of …
Samuel Smith · Exposition of Hosea 6 · p. 290 · Open in the reader
Printed
… life worthie of Chriſt our Lord. In ſo much as if any one did loyterloiter or neglect their owne duetie, the other biſhops might be readie to help, yea …
With rule
… life worthie of Chriſt our Lord. In ſo much as if any one did loyterloiter or neglect their owne duetie, the other biſhops might be readie to help, yea …
Girolamo Zanchi · Confession of the Christian Religion · p. 341 · Open in the reader
Printed
… laboring man look to haue his wages, and in the meane while loue to loyterloiter and to haue his hand in the platter: surely hee is a theefe, and …
With rule
… laboring man look to haue his wages, and in the meane while loue to loyterloiter and to haue his hand in the platter: surely hee is a theefe, and …
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 231 · Open in the reader
Printed
… groſſe negligence were this in a ſeruant, who hauing done a little worke would loyterloiter and ſurceaſe his paines, becauſe he is aſſured that his Lord is ſo bountifull …
With rule
… groſſe negligence were this in a ſeruant, who hauing done a little worke would loyterloiter and ſurceaſe his paines, becauſe he is aſſured that his Lord is ſo bountifull …
John Downame · The Christian Warfare Part 3 · p. 154 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Think often, what if I ſhould miſcarry in this great work, if I ſhould loyterloiter out, or laugh out, or trifle out ſo much of my time, that when …
With rule
… Think often, what if I ſhould miſcarry in this great work, if I ſhould loyterloiter out, or laugh out, or trifle out ſo much of my time, that when …
Richard Alleine · Instructions About Heart-Work · p. 283 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Divine Life A26919

Printed
… God stands by; In him we live and move and have our Being, Act. 17. 28. LoyterLoiter not till thou canst truly say that God is gone or absent from thee …
With rule
… God stands by; In him we live and move and have our Being, Act. 17. 28. LoyterLoiter not till thou canst truly say that God is gone or absent from thee …
Richard Baxter · The Divine Life · p. 24 · Open in the reader

The Excellency of a Public Spirit A66346

Printed
1. It's a Warning to be useful whiles you live; for Work, or LoyterLoiter you, Death is daily making its Approaches, and when it seizeth, it will be …
With rule
1. It's a Warning to be useful whiles you live; for Work, or LoyterLoiter you, Death is daily making its Approaches, and when it seizeth, it will be …
Daniel Williams · The Excellency of a Public Spirit · p. 131 · Open in the reader

The Christian Mans Calling A94156

Printed
… he had ſaid, Were it a matter of ſmall moment, ye might Laze and LoyterLoiter about it, but it behoves you to beſtir your ſelves luſtily to follow it …
With rule
… he had ſaid, Were it a matter of ſmall moment, ye might Laze and LoyterLoiter about it, but it behoves you to beſtir your ſelves luſtily to follow it …
George Swinnock · The Christian Mans Calling · p. 46 · Open in the reader