Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #5114 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

lenitielenity

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

Puritas changed it: 356 times in 172 works
Consistency: 95.7% (356 of 372)
Reach if approved: ~391 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: lenity
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 372 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (356 changes in 172 works, 95.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 356)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
2 He suffereth them with great lenitielenity and patience, submitting himselfe vnder the hand of God. Yet if they be in …
With rule
2 He suffereth them with great lenitielenity and patience, submitting himselfe vnder the hand of God. Yet if they be in …
William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 610 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſhe permitted onely the exerciſe of true Religion, and tolerated the Papiſtes with vnſpeakeable lenitielenity, expecting that time would worke ſome good effect in them.
With rule
… ſhe permitted onely the exerciſe of true Religion, and tolerated the Papiſtes with vnſpeakeable lenitielenity, expecting that time would worke ſome good effect in them.
Gabriel Powel · Refutation of a Puritan-Papist · p. 82 · Open in the reader
Printed
… otherwiſe) in their fals, from ſuing to God: and yet, not boldly abuſing his lenitielenity, but well encouraged by his great loue to returne to him againe. For although …
With rule
… otherwiſe) in their fals, from ſuing to God: and yet, not boldly abuſing his lenitielenity, but well encouraged by his great loue to returne to him againe. For although …
Richard Rogers · Seven Treatises · p. 415 · Open in the reader
Printed
… eternall condemnation, and in this world (albeit ſuſpended for a time, to ſhew Gods lenitielenity, ſparing reprobates for a ſeaſon) in the end vtter exterminion.
With rule
… eternall condemnation, and in this world (albeit ſuſpended for a time, to ſhew Gods lenitielenity, ſparing reprobates for a ſeaſon) in the end vtter exterminion.
Archibald Simson · Exposition on the Seven Psalms of Repentance · p. 73 · Open in the reader
Printed
This ouer great lenitielenity, & remisse libertie in the educatiō of youthe, in respect of the euent, and successe …
With rule
This ouer great lenitielenity, & remisse libertie in the educatiō of youthe, in respect of the euent, and successe …
Philip Stubbes · The Anatomy of Abuses · Open in the reader
Printed
… must not let if bee sheathed when Gods cause calls for it. It is lenitielenity and conniuence that hath inuited contempt to great places. Did Iustice carrie a seuerer …
With rule
… must not let if bee sheathed when Gods cause calls for it. It is lenitielenity and conniuence that hath inuited contempt to great places. Did Iustice carrie a seuerer …
Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 70 · Open in the reader
Printed
… children in all obedience and reuerence towards them ſelues, leſt by their too much lenitielenity, they bring ſuch an infection into their children, as will not departe from them …
With rule
… children in all obedience and reuerence towards them ſelues, leſt by their too much lenitielenity, they bring ſuch an infection into their children, as will not departe from them …
John Knewstubs · Lectures Upon Exodus 20 · p. 85 · Open in the reader
Printed
… condemne him, but amend him & raiſe him vp againe: and by y^e ſpirit of lenitielenity & mildnes reſtore that which in him is loſt by y^e deceit of the Deuil …
With rule
… condemne him, but amend him & raiſe him vp againe: and by y^e ſpirit of lenitielenity & mildnes reſtore that which in him is loſt by y^e deceit of the Deuil …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (16)

8 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Golden Chain A09339

Printed
LenitieLenity in correction. 72
With rule
LenitieLenity in correction. 72
William Perkins · A Golden Chain · Open in the reader

Lectures Upon Colossians A11011

Printed
… wonderfull to looke on. Mercie, a pleaſant ſight, Bountifulnes pleaſant, Modestie pleaſant, Meekenes pleaſant, LenitieLenity pleaſant; ſo there was neuer ſo pleaſant a garment put vpon the backe of …
With rule
… wonderfull to looke on. Mercie, a pleaſant ſight, Bountifulnes pleaſant, Modestie pleaſant, Meekenes pleaſant, LenitieLenity pleaſant; ſo there was neuer ſo pleaſant a garment put vpon the backe of …
Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon Colossians · p. 312 · Open in the reader

Sermons in One Volume A12406

Printed
… Pauls pollicie to beſeech the Romans, vntill compulſion need, gentlenes is better than bitterneſſe: LenitieLenity deſerues to goe firſt, and correction hath no place if perſwaſion wil ſerue.
With rule
… Pauls pollicie to beſeech the Romans, vntill compulſion need, gentlenes is better than bitterneſſe: LenitieLenity deſerues to goe firſt, and correction hath no place if perſwaſion wil ſerue.
Henry Smith · Sermons in One Volume · p. 956 · Open in the reader

The Sum of Christian Religion 2 A14216

Printed
… haue his miniſterie to bee maintained to the end of the world. Fiftly & laſtly, LenitieLenity and moderation in bearing with ſuch infirmities of the miniſters, as doe not enormouſly …
With rule
… haue his miniſterie to bee maintained to the end of the world. Fiftly & laſtly, LenitieLenity and moderation in bearing with ſuch infirmities of the miniſters, as doe not enormouſly …
Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 951 · Open in the reader

A Preparative to Contention A18015

Printed
… embolden any perſon to preſume againſt the Prince and Ordinance, vppon ſuch Equitie and LenitieLenity of gracious Princes and wiſe Magiſtrates: nor may hinder the noble Prince and Magiſtrate …
With rule
… embolden any perſon to preſume againſt the Prince and Ordinance, vppon ſuch Equitie and LenitieLenity of gracious Princes and wiſe Magiſtrates: nor may hinder the noble Prince and Magiſtrate …
John Carpenter · A Preparative to Contention · p. 298 · Open in the reader

The Sum of Sacred Divinity A20766

Printed
… end, to manifeſt the Glorie of God in them both. His Wiſedome, Power, Truth, LenitieLenity, Patience, Long ſufferance, Hatred of ſinne, loue of Righteouſneſſe and other Vertues, as hath …
With rule
… end, to manifeſt the Glorie of God in them both. His Wiſedome, Power, Truth, LenitieLenity, Patience, Long ſufferance, Hatred of ſinne, loue of Righteouſneſſe and other Vertues, as hath …
John Downame · The Sum of Sacred Divinity · p. 306 · Open in the reader

Sermons A68672

Printed
… faithfull Paſtor, this is not the leaſt to bee endued with lenitielenity and pitie: LenitieLenity, (I ſaye) ariſing not onelie of the conſideration of the miſerie of men, with …
With rule
… faithfull Paſtor, this is not the leaſt to bee endued with lenitielenity and pitie: LenitieLenity, (I ſaye) ariſing not onelie of the conſideration of the miſerie of men, with …
Robert Rollock · Sermons · p. 155 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vngratefull men may be brought to a ſenſe and feeling of ſinne and miſerie. LenitieLenity alone will not ſerue the turne, but with ſweetneſſe ſowreneſſe muſt be mingled, that …
With rule
… vngratefull men may be brought to a ſenſe and feeling of ſinne and miſerie. LenitieLenity alone will not ſerue the turne, but with ſweetneſſe ſowreneſſe muſt be mingled, that …
Robert Rollock · Sermons · p. 159 · Open in the reader