Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4932 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

inabilitieinability

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

Puritas changed it: 153 times in 113 works
Consistency: 96.8% (153 of 158)
Reach if approved: ~166 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: inability
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 158 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (153 changes in 113 works, 96.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 153)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… token of his loue vnto vs. Let vs also acknowledge our owne weaknesse, and inabilitieinability to prepare our hearts, our selues to Godward. And most false, and insolent is …
With rule
… token of his loue vnto vs. Let vs also acknowledge our owne weaknesse, and inabilitieinability to prepare our hearts, our selues to Godward. And most false, and insolent is …
William Burton · Davids Thanksgiving · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
… our moſt ardent deſires are ſubiect to contrarie buffetings of feare of our owne inabilitieinability in our ſelues: and therefore,
With rule
… our moſt ardent deſires are ſubiect to contrarie buffetings of feare of our owne inabilitieinability in our ſelues: and therefore,
Thomas Cooper · The Converts First Love · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Hart to the water brookes. Thirdly, wee muſt bee experienced in the inſufficiencie and inabilitieinability of the creature to helpe us, to ſatisfie us, to make us happy. Noah …
With rule
… Hart to the water brookes. Thirdly, wee muſt bee experienced in the inſufficiencie and inabilitieinability of the creature to helpe us, to ſatisfie us, to make us happy. Noah …
Alexander Grosse · The Happiness of Enjoying and Use of Christ · p. 101 · Open in the reader
Printed
… amongs many …hich ly besyde me, and so must do, be reason of my inabilitieinability in mo sortes then one. I hartly salute & take my goodnight, of all the …
With rule
… amongs many …hich ly besyde me, and so must do, be reason of my inabilitieinability in mo sortes then one. I hartly salute & take my goodnight, of all the …
John Knox · Answer to a Jesuit · Open in the reader
Printed
… that if there be iust and necessarie cause, either in respect of his owne inabilitieinability, or in regard of publike imployment, vpon a lawfull calling, whereby he is hindred …
With rule
… that if there be iust and necessarie cause, either in respect of his owne inabilitieinability, or in regard of publike imployment, vpon a lawfull calling, whereby he is hindred …
William Perkins · Christian Economy · p. 172 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ordinarily by the Ministerie of his word, & first of the law: which (through mans inabilitieinability to keep it) convinceth, & condemneth him, & so leaves him vnder Gods curse: from whence …
With rule
… ordinarily by the Ministerie of his word, & first of the law: which (through mans inabilitieinability to keep it) convinceth, & condemneth him, & so leaves him vnder Gods curse: from whence …
John Robinson · Of Religious Communion Private and Public · p. 121 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it farre from grace to annihilate the obligation of obedience, it only heales the inabilitieinability of man, and ſets him in power; but yet obedience now though it be …
With rule
… it farre from grace to annihilate the obligation of obedience, it only heales the inabilitieinability of man, and ſets him in power; but yet obedience now though it be …
John Stoughton · The Righteous Mans Plea to True Happiness · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
… from us, but thrown from us. This is the principall point of confeſſion; our inabilitieinability comes out of our own will originally, we will not be cleanſed; as Th …
With rule
… from us, but thrown from us. This is the principall point of confeſſion; our inabilitieinability comes out of our own will originally, we will not be cleanſed; as Th …
Hezekiah Woodward · A Childs Patrimony · p. 33 · 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 Guide to Go to God A01975

Printed
9. InabilitieInability to ſtand againſt temptations. Of this weakeneſſe of the fleſh doth Chriſt complaine where …
With rule
9. InabilitieInability to ſtand againſt temptations. Of this weakeneſſe of the fleſh doth Chriſt complaine where …
William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 279 · Open in the reader

The Christians Apparelling A04374

Printed
Yet ſuch is the Sloth and Negligence, Ignorance and InabilitieInability, Selfe-loue and Selfe-pride, which raigneth in moſt men, that being diſ-affected …
With rule
Yet ſuch is the Sloth and Negligence, Ignorance and InabilitieInability, Selfe-loue and Selfe-pride, which raigneth in moſt men, that being diſ-affected …
Robert Jenison · The Christians Apparelling · Open in the reader
Printed
… labour of gaining Chriſt, they either through Sloth will not, or through Ignorance and InabilitieInability cannot vndertake it; Beſides, ſuch is their Selfe-loue & Pride, and ouer-weening conceits …
With rule
… labour of gaining Chriſt, they either through Sloth will not, or through Ignorance and InabilitieInability cannot vndertake it; Beſides, ſuch is their Selfe-loue & Pride, and ouer-weening conceits …
Robert Jenison · The Christians Apparelling · Open in the reader

The New Covenant A09990

Printed
… choose. And this is the first direction. The first cause why men misse, is, InabilitieInability to discerne the time, and the season; therefore let them take this Course, and …
With rule
… choose. And this is the first direction. The first cause why men misse, is, InabilitieInability to discerne the time, and the season; therefore let them take this Course, and …
John Preston · The New Covenant · p. 124 · Open in the reader

The Inability of Natural Man to Attain Right Knowledge A45220

Printed
THE InabilitieInability of Nature, beſt improved by learning and education, or what other means you will …
With rule
THE InabilitieInability of Nature, beſt improved by learning and education, or what other means you will …
Henry Hurst · The Inability of Natural Man to Attain Right Knowledge · p. 133 · Open in the reader