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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #5107 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

inquirieinquiry

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

Puritas changed it
415 times in 254 works
Consistency
93.0% (415 of 446)
Reach if approved
~469 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: inquiry
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
446 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (415 changes in 254 works, 93.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 415)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … the bleſſing of them hereafter. Let this ſuffice to bee ſpoken of the firſt inquirieinquiry concerning the meanes whereby to ſeeke theſe things above.
    With rule
    … the bleſſing of them hereafter. Let this ſuffice to bee ſpoken of the firſt inquirieinquiry concerning the meanes whereby to ſeeke theſe things above.

    Henry Ramsden · A Gleaning in Gods Harvest · p. 222 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    The like inquirieinquiry of the circumſtances ſhall be, if in an aſſiſe brought againſt him he plead …
    With rule
    The like inquirieinquiry of the circumſtances ſhall be, if in an aſſiſe brought againſt him he plead …

    Henry Finch · Law · p. 417 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … and meditation to Iesus Christ and his word, making it their chiefe care and inquirieinquiry to know and practise, how they may attaine vnto eternall life. Blessed is the …
    With rule
    … and meditation to Iesus Christ and his word, making it their chiefe care and inquirieinquiry to know and practise, how they may attaine vnto eternall life. Blessed is the …

    William Guild · A Young Mans Inquisition · p. 35 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … point of doctrine among others, therefore I have cōdeſcended the more willingly (after diligent inquirieinquiry thereinto) to approve the ſaid point of doctrine, viz. that the Church governement ought …
    With rule
    … point of doctrine among others, therefore I have cōdeſcended the more willingly (after diligent inquirieinquiry thereinto) to approve the ſaid point of doctrine, viz. that the Church governement ought …

    Henry Jacob · Attestation of Many Learned Godly and Famous Divines · p. 18 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … part, yet he ſeemeth to haue the better. But his neighbour commeth and maketh inquirieinquiry of him. Afterward, the other partie pleadeth in the ſecond place, and inueigheth againſt …
    With rule
    … part, yet he ſeemeth to haue the better. But his neighbour commeth and maketh inquirieinquiry of him. Afterward, the other partie pleadeth in the ſecond place, and inueigheth againſt …

    Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 154 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … of pleasures, shall in silence turne in upon it selfe, and falling upon the inquirieinquiry after its future estate, conclude after diligent search, that as yet it hath neyther …
    With rule
    … of pleasures, shall in silence turne in upon it selfe, and falling upon the inquirieinquiry after its future estate, conclude after diligent search, that as yet it hath neyther …

    William Pemble · A Plea for Grace · p. 38 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … he find them, he punisheth them in the children. And alwaies Christ first maketh inquirieinquiry; and after search made, he rewardeth accordingly. The like will Christ do with vs …
    With rule
    … he find them, he punisheth them in the children. And alwaies Christ first maketh inquirieinquiry; and after search made, he rewardeth accordingly. The like will Christ do with vs …

    William Perkins · Lectures Upon Revelation 1-3 · p. 258 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    Now there are two things which hinder this search and inquirieinquiry after spirituall life.
    With rule
    Now there are two things which hinder this search and inquirieinquiry after spirituall life.

    John Preston · Four Godly and Learned Treatises · p. 69 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (31)

15 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 16 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Cases of Conscience Part 1 A09364

  • Printed
    … this wōderfull trouble, & distraction of Conscience, two things are to be done: to wit, InquirieInquiry must be made into the next causes, whence this Tentation should arise: and after …
    With rule
    … this wōderfull trouble, & distraction of Conscience, two things are to be done: to wit, InquirieInquiry must be made into the next causes, whence this Tentation should arise: and after …

    William Perkins · Cases of Conscience Part 1 · p. 150 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    In the next place, InquirieInquiry must be made, whether the partie doth approoue, loue, & like these and such like …
    With rule
    In the next place, InquirieInquiry must be made, whether the partie doth approoue, loue, & like these and such like …

    William Perkins · Cases of Conscience Part 1 · p. 152 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    After InquirieInquiry thus made, the Remedie is to be applied. And the first and principall remedic …
    With rule
    After InquirieInquiry thus made, the Remedie is to be applied. And the first and principall remedic …

    William Perkins · Cases of Conscience Part 1 · p. 152 · Open in the reader

Christian Economy A09377

  • Printed
    Answ. InquirieInquiry must be made, whether this absence be voluntarie, or against the will of the …
    With rule
    Answ. InquirieInquiry must be made, whether this absence be voluntarie, or against the will of the …

    William Perkins · Christian Economy · p. 81 · Open in the reader

A Quench-Coal A10197

  • Printed
    A QUENCH-COALE. OR A briefe Disquisition and InquirieInquiry, in what place of the Church or Chancell the Lords-Table ought to be …
    With rule
    A QUENCH-COALE. OR A briefe Disquisition and InquirieInquiry, in what place of the Church or Chancell the Lords-Table ought to be …

    William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    A QUENCH-COALE, OR A breife disquisition, or InquirieInquiry in what place of the Church the Communion Table, ought to bee situated especially …
    With rule
    A QUENCH-COALE, OR A breife disquisition, or InquirieInquiry in what place of the Church the Communion Table, ought to bee situated especially …

    William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Mathew Parker Archbishop of Canterbury, in his Metropoliticall Visitation Anno 1560. had this Article of InquirieInquiry among others, Whether they had a comely and decent Table for the Holy Communion …
    With rule
    … Mathew Parker Archbishop of Canterbury, in his Metropoliticall Visitation Anno 1560. had this Article of InquirieInquiry among others, Whether they had a comely and decent Table for the Holy Communion …

    William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 46 · Open in the reader

Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul A10663

  • Printed
    … were and deciphering delight to the Fancie. And this reason Scaliger gives in his InquirieInquiry, how false Things, such as Plato his Elizium, Homers Fictions, Orph…us his Musick …
    With rule
    … were and deciphering delight to the Fancie. And this reason Scaliger gives in his InquirieInquiry, how false Things, such as Plato his Elizium, Homers Fictions, Orph…us his Musick …

    Edward Reynolds · Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul · p. 20 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … satisfie this Desire; But that still there is both roome for more Knowledge and InquirieInquiry after it: And besides, all the Knowledge of them is accompanied with Vnquietnesse, and …
    With rule
    … satisfie this Desire; But that still there is both roome for more Knowledge and InquirieInquiry after it: And besides, all the Knowledge of them is accompanied with Vnquietnesse, and …

    Edward Reynolds · Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul · p. 450 · Open in the reader

The Righteous Mans Plea to True Happiness A13019

  • Printed
    … according to the true Religion. And that (as I ſaid) leads to the ſecond InquirieInquiry, which is
    With rule
    … according to the true Religion. And that (as I ſaid) leads to the ſecond InquirieInquiry, which is

    John Stoughton · The Righteous Mans Plea to True Happiness · p. 2 · Open in the reader

True Happiness A13083

  • Printed
    … and Inquiring; and offereth to us two kinds of seeking: The first is the InquirieInquiry of happinesse among many things: The second is the suiting of it from God …
    With rule
    … and Inquiring; and offereth to us two kinds of seeking: The first is the InquirieInquiry of happinesse among many things: The second is the suiting of it from God …

    William Struther · True Happiness · p. 23 · Open in the reader

The Scepter of Judah A17243

  • Printed
    Diligent InquirieInquiry to be made, 53.a, b.
    With rule
    Diligent InquirieInquiry to be made, 53.a, b.

    Edmund Bunny · The Scepter of Judah · Open in the reader

The Court of the Gentiles Part 2 A41659

  • Printed
    … aſſerted. So that this being a foreign, or a thing taken for granted; the great InquirieInquiry was, about the firſt matter, out of which the World was formed. Concerning which …
    With rule
    … aſſerted. So that this being a foreign, or a thing taken for granted; the great InquirieInquiry was, about the firſt matter, out of which the World was formed. Concerning which …

    Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 2 · p. 110 · Open in the reader

Christs Coming and the Influence of its Expectation A41706

  • Printed
    … the day of God? The Object here is the ſame as in the former InquirieInquiry, and therefore needs not any further conſideration. the only thing we are to conſider …
    With rule
    … the day of God? The Object here is the ſame as in the former InquirieInquiry, and therefore needs not any further conſideration. the only thing we are to conſider …

    Theophilus Gale · Christs Coming and the Influence of its Expectation · p. 59 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

  • Printed
    … Churches, your own rules would not abide your flight: Vid. IOHNSON Preface to his InquirieInquiry; Eſay 5.20. Hence the Church of England iuſtly matches Separatiſts with the vileſt perſons. God …
    With rule
    … Churches, your own rules would not abide your flight: Vid. IOHNSON Preface to his InquirieInquiry; Eſay 5.20. Hence the Church of England iuſtly matches Separatiſts with the vileſt perſons. God …

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 551 · Open in the reader