Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #5079 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

earnestlieearnestly

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

Puritas changed it: 287 times in 133 works
Consistency: 98.6% (287 of 291)
Reach if approved: ~306 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: earnestly
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 291 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (287 changes in 133 works, 98.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 287)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
OH (vnſtable man) get the ſtrength by this Spirit, pray him earneſtlieearnestly to ſettle thy ſoule in ſafetie. Make him thy maſter; his motions, thy firſt …
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OH (vnſtable man) get the ſtrength by this Spirit, pray him earneſtlieearnestly to ſettle thy ſoule in ſafetie. Make him thy maſter; his motions, thy firſt …
Richard Bernard · Contemplative Pictures with Wholesome Precepts Part 1 · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
… approued diſcipline and ceremonies of our Church: whom therefore his Highneſſe ſought the more earneſtlieearnestly to reclaime, (as he loued them dearlieſt) by ſome correction of their obſtinacie, by …
With rule
… approued diſcipline and ceremonies of our Church: whom therefore his Highneſſe ſought the more earneſtlieearnestly to reclaime, (as he loued them dearlieſt) by ſome correction of their obſtinacie, by …
Gabriel Powel · The Deprived and Silenced Ministers Arguments · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… haſt gotten all, there are many graces, begge the meanes to effectuate it begge earneſtlieearnestly the …. When thou haſt begged the purpoſe and gotten it, begged the performance, and …
With rule
… haſt gotten all, there are many graces, begge the meanes to effectuate it begge earneſtlieearnestly the …. When thou haſt begged the purpoſe and gotten it, begged the performance, and …
Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 115 · Open in the reader
Printed
… beleeuing Gentiles: to what purpoſe had it beene to labour ſo often and ſo earneſtlieearnestly to driue them from ſeeking iuſtification by ſuch workes of the lawe, whereof they …
With rule
… beleeuing Gentiles: to what purpoſe had it beene to labour ſo often and ſo earneſtlieearnestly to driue them from ſeeking iuſtification by ſuch workes of the lawe, whereof they …
Thomas Sparke · The Highway to Heaven · p. 110 · Open in the reader
Printed
… burning in deſire to knowe what thoſe revelations of his were, preſſed him verie earneſtlieearnestly to tell him. But Hacket, ſeeing him ſo ſharpe ſett, to giue him, as …
With rule
… burning in deſire to knowe what thoſe revelations of his were, preſſed him verie earneſtlieearnestly to tell him. But Hacket, ſeeing him ſo ſharpe ſett, to giue him, as …
Job Throckmorton · Defense of Throckmorton · Open in the reader
Printed
… that they haue their handes full of bloud. So then, if wee will beginne earneſtlieearnestly to ſerue God, we muſte begin firſt to hate idolatrye, following the doctrine that …
With rule
… that they haue their handes full of bloud. So then, if wee will beginne earneſtlieearnestly to ſerue God, we muſte begin firſt to hate idolatrye, following the doctrine that …
John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
… made him worse then a caitife, and to suffer as a Traitour, accusing him earnestlieearnestly in the Starre Chamber, when as Wyat had cleered him. Secondlie, hee demaundeth if …
With rule
… made him worse then a caitife, and to suffer as a Traitour, accusing him earnestlieearnestly in the Starre Chamber, when as Wyat had cleered him. Secondlie, hee demaundeth if …
Francis Hastings · Defense of the Watch-Word Against the Ward-Word · p. 128 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the marriage of Priestes, did afterwarde repeale and call backe againe the same verie earnestlieearnestly, lamenting and repenting verie sore his former doing: because, that sending vpon a time …
With rule
… the marriage of Priestes, did afterwarde repeale and call backe againe the same verie earnestlieearnestly, lamenting and repenting verie sore his former doing: because, that sending vpon a time …
Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · p. 208 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Novelty of Popery Discovered A42313

Printed
… Hypocrisie, than that which is set downe by the Apostle S. IVDE: to wit, EarnestlieEarnestly to contende for that Fayth which was once delyvered to the Saynctes? to wit …
With rule
… Hypocrisie, than that which is set downe by the Apostle S. IVDE: to wit, EarnestlieEarnestly to contende for that Fayth which was once delyvered to the Saynctes? to wit …
William Guild · The Novelty of Popery Discovered · Open in the reader

The Order of Excommunication and Public Repentance A72495

Printed
… so euir. To the which we efter long trawel do rem… this obstinat & impenitēt. EarnestlieEarnestly desiring th… ô father of mercies, first so to peirse his harte… the feir …
With rule
… so euir. To the which we efter long trawel do rem… this obstinat & impenitēt. EarnestlieEarnestly desiring th… ô father of mercies, first so to peirse his harte… the feir …
John Knox · The Order of Excommunication and Public Repentance · Open in the reader