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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #5019 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

relyedrelied

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

Puritas changed it
364 times in 236 works
Consistency
98.6% (364 of 369)
Reach if approved
~388 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: relied
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
369 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (364 changes in 236 works, 98.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 364)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … of their occupation diſcrie) for they call all their caſts, chances, as though they relyedrelied not upon God, but upon chance. Therefore if Dice make ſtrife without cauſe, if …
    With rule
    … of their occupation diſcrie) for they call all their caſts, chances, as though they relyedrelied not upon God, but upon chance. Therefore if Dice make ſtrife without cauſe, if …

    Henry Smith · Jonah the Messenger of Ninevehs Repentance · p. 153 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … opposition betweene their worthines, which they disclaymed, and the Lords mercies, which they onely relyedrelied vpon. 6. from the end, he asketh that Gods name thereby might be set forth …
    With rule
    … opposition betweene their worthines, which they disclaymed, and the Lords mercies, which they onely relyedrelied vpon. 6. from the end, he asketh that Gods name thereby might be set forth …

    Andrew Willet · Commentary on Daniel · p. 269 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … Gods people are very often bitterly reproued by Gods true Prophets: for they ſo relyedrelied ſometime vpon the Aegyptians, ſometime vpon the Aſſyrians, that they thought by their helpe …
    With rule
    … Gods people are very often bitterly reproued by Gods true Prophets: for they ſo relyedrelied ſometime vpon the Aegyptians, ſometime vpon the Aſſyrians, that they thought by their helpe …

    Francis Bunny · A Guide Unto Godliness · p. 11 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … ſenſe of miſery, and ſorrow for ſin; yea, I have ſeen, and thirſted, and relyedrelied, and purpoſed univerſal obedience to my Savior, and yet no comfort comes: it may …
    With rule
    … ſenſe of miſery, and ſorrow for ſin; yea, I have ſeen, and thirſted, and relyedrelied, and purpoſed univerſal obedience to my Savior, and yet no comfort comes: it may …

    Isaac Ambrose · The First Things · p. 68 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … in perfect Peace, whoſe mind was ſtaied on him, who truſteth on him. Hee relyedrelied on Christ, and therefore injoyed reſt.
    With rule
    … in perfect Peace, whoſe mind was ſtaied on him, who truſteth on him. Hee relyedrelied on Christ, and therefore injoyed reſt.

    Samuel Bolton · The Dead Saint Speaking to Saints and Sinners Living · p. 84 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … thou haſt not anſwer: haſt thou believed this promiſe in the Text? haſt thou relyedrelied on it? God hath commanded it, and haſt thou done as he commanded with …
    With rule
    … thou haſt not anſwer: haſt thou believed this promiſe in the Text? haſt thou relyedrelied on it? God hath commanded it, and haſt thou done as he commanded with …

    Jeremiah Burroughs · The Saints Inheritance · p. 230 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … cannot rely vpon Chriſt, vnleſſe he be certaine, he is the perſon to be relyedrelied vpon) ſo the former is not rightly and truly apprehended vnleſſe this latter be …
    With rule
    … cannot rely vpon Chriſt, vnleſſe he be certaine, he is the perſon to be relyedrelied vpon) ſo the former is not rightly and truly apprehended vnleſſe this latter be …

    Samuel Hieron · The Baptizing of the Eunuch · p. 39 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … the roome of the Creator by truſt, and confidence, whereby the creature is ſo relyedrelied vpon, as that with it there is totall aſſurance and no feare: but if …
    With rule
    … the roome of the Creator by truſt, and confidence, whereby the creature is ſo relyedrelied vpon, as that with it there is totall aſſurance and no feare: but if …

    John Mayer · The English Catechism Explained · p. 208 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Rising Sun A59622

  • Printed
    … fourfold unsafe Righteousnesse; 1 Seeming, not real▪ 2 Semi-righteousness, not complete: 3 Decaying, not persevered in. 4 RelyedRelied upon, not disclaimed 166
    With rule
    … fourfold unsafe Righteousnesse; 1 Seeming, not real▪ 2 Semi-righteousness, not complete: 3 Decaying, not persevered in. 4 RelyedRelied upon, not disclaimed 166

    John Sheffield · The Rising Sun · Open in the reader