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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #5121 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

malignitiemalignity

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

Puritas changed it
190 times in 99 works
Consistency
88.7% (190 of 214)
Reach if approved
~225 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: malignity
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
214 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (190 changes in 99 works, 88.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 190)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … tis not ſo much the forces of forrain, profeſſed enemies, as the venime and malignitiemalignity of this domeſtic ſin, that brings deſolation to Virgin-churches. The ſleeping Devil doth …
    With rule
    … tis not ſo much the forces of forrain, profeſſed enemies, as the venime and malignitiemalignity of this domeſtic ſin, that brings deſolation to Virgin-churches. The ſleeping Devil doth …

    Theophilus Gale · Christs Tears for Jerusalems Unbelief · p. 29 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Primus non tempore, ſed malignitate) The firſt not in time, but in ſin and malignitiemalignity. This is the truth, which Paul preached, and which he accounted, not onely worthy …
    With rule
    … Primus non tempore, ſed malignitate) The firſt not in time, but in ſin and malignitiemalignity. This is the truth, which Paul preached, and which he accounted, not onely worthy …

    John Simpson · The Herbal of Divinity · p. 21 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … which Barretto refusing, was discomfited, not by the Negro, but by the aire; the malignitiemalignity whereof (the sowre sauce of all these golden Countries in Africa) consumed his people …
    With rule
    … which Barretto refusing, was discomfited, not by the Negro, but by the aire; the malignitiemalignity whereof (the sowre sauce of all these golden Countries in Africa) consumed his people …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 577 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … for the Chriſtians. We deſire not that ye puniſh the accuſers, for their owne malignitiemalignity, and ignorance of good things is enough for them: So may we ſay; no …
    With rule
    … for the Chriſtians. We deſire not that ye puniſh the accuſers, for their owne malignitiemalignity, and ignorance of good things is enough for them: So may we ſay; no …

    Richard Stock · The Churchs Lamentation for the Loss of the Godly · p. 15 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … as by enuie, fraud, or openly, in murther, contention, or both wayes, as in malignitiemalignity, or morositie, Fareus.
    With rule
    … as by enuie, fraud, or openly, in murther, contention, or both wayes, as in malignitiemalignity, or morositie, Fareus.

    Andrew Willet · Commentary on Romans · p. 82 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … a manne for one faulte. On the other ſyde, our natureis ſo inclined vnto malignitiemalignity, that it ſuſpecteth, and geueth raſhe iudgmente, before the thynge be well and ryghtly …
    With rule
    … a manne for one faulte. On the other ſyde, our natureis ſo inclined vnto malignitiemalignity, that it ſuſpecteth, and geueth raſhe iudgmente, before the thynge be well and ryghtly …

    John Calvin · Against the Errors of the Anabaptists · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … an Houre, and how much ſoeuer it were their act, the act of their malignitiemalignity that did it, yet hee calls it his, becauſe it was the act of …
    With rule
    … an Houre, and how much ſoeuer it were their act, the act of their malignitiemalignity that did it, yet hee calls it his, becauſe it was the act of …

    John Donne · Five Sermons 1 · p. 47 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … extraordinarie consolation, and mine enemies of extraordinarie conviction by reason of their arrogance and malignitiemalignity. Therefore, Lord, vouchsafe some notable act of providence, in the behalf of my preservation …
    With rule
    … extraordinarie consolation, and mine enemies of extraordinarie conviction by reason of their arrogance and malignitiemalignity. Therefore, Lord, vouchsafe some notable act of providence, in the behalf of my preservation …

    George Abbot · Notes on the Book of Psalms · p. 395 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (24)

10 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 14 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Plain Mans Spiritual Plow A18014

  • Printed
    The Driuer of thoſe two Horſes, is the Spirit of MalignitieMalignity, who beeing of a nature maleuolent and peruerſe, yerkes them on by Gods permiſſion …
    With rule
    The Driuer of thoſe two Horſes, is the Spirit of MalignitieMalignity, who beeing of a nature maleuolent and peruerſe, yerkes them on by Gods permiſſion …

    John Carpenter · The Plain Mans Spiritual Plow · p. 193 · Open in the reader

Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions A20631

  • Printed
    … generosa, Ministrant Ars, et Natura, instillant. They vse Cordials, to keep the venim and MalignitieMalignity of the disease from the Heart.
    With rule
    … generosa, Ministrant Ars, et Natura, instillant. They vse Cordials, to keep the venim and MalignitieMalignity of the disease from the Heart.

    John Donne · Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions · p. 252 · Open in the reader

The Court of the Gentiles Part 3 A41681

  • Printed
    … mine own Inquiſition herein may be reduced to theſe three Heads: (1) The Vanitie and MalignitieMalignity of the Object. (2) The Vanitie and MalignitieMalignity of the Subject. (3) The Curſe of God …
    With rule
    … mine own Inquiſition herein may be reduced to theſe three Heads: (1) The Vanitie and MalignitieMalignity of the Object. (2) The Vanitie and MalignitieMalignity of the Subject. (3) The Curſe of God …

    Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 3 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … to theſe three Heads: (1) The Vanitie and MalignitieMalignity of the Object. (2) The Vanitie and MalignitieMalignity of the Subject. (3) The Curſe of God on both. 1. The Object, Pagan Philoſophie, conſidered …
    With rule
    … to theſe three Heads: (1) The Vanitie and MalignitieMalignity of the Object. (2) The Vanitie and MalignitieMalignity of the Subject. (3) The Curſe of God on both. 1. The Object, Pagan Philoſophie, conſidered …

    Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 3 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Object, Pagan Philoſophie, conſidered in it ſelf, containes in it much of Vanitie and MalignitieMalignity. This we have ſufficiently demonſtrated, B. 1. throughout, from the Cauſes, Parts, and Adjuncts of …
    With rule
    … Object, Pagan Philoſophie, conſidered in it ſelf, containes in it much of Vanitie and MalignitieMalignity. This we have ſufficiently demonſtrated, B. 1. throughout, from the Cauſes, Parts, and Adjuncts of …

    Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 3 · Open in the reader

The Saints Amity with God in Christ A41751

  • Printed
    … much of the wil, and therefore much of the the formal Nature, Venome, and MalignitieMalignity of ſin in it. And thence it deſerves a remarque, that when Chriſt comes …
    With rule
    … much of the wil, and therefore much of the the formal Nature, Venome, and MalignitieMalignity of ſin in it. And thence it deſerves a remarque, that when Chriſt comes …

    Theophilus Gale · The Saints Amity with God in Christ · p. 253 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … inviolable the Law is, by ſo much the more there is of Obliquitie, and MalignitieMalignity in that ſin, which is the Tranſgreſſion of ſuch a Law. Now the Law …
    With rule
    … inviolable the Law is, by ſo much the more there is of Obliquitie, and MalignitieMalignity in that ſin, which is the Tranſgreſſion of ſuch a Law. Now the Law …

    Theophilus Gale · The Saints Amity with God in Christ · p. 255 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Natures, which are clothed with ſo much Deformitie, and ſtuffed out with ſo much MalignitieMalignity, and Venome of ſin, ſhould be ſo proud as they are? Think on this …
    With rule
    … Natures, which are clothed with ſo much Deformitie, and ſtuffed out with ſo much MalignitieMalignity, and Venome of ſin, ſhould be ſo proud as they are? Think on this …

    Theophilus Gale · The Saints Amity with God in Christ · p. 380 · Open in the reader

Trial of the Charge of High Treason A65962

  • Printed
    … any that ſhall ſo accuſe me, Jt is falſe, J fall not away to MalignitieMalignity, J do retain as great a keenneſs, and ſhall whileſt J live, and as …
    With rule
    … any that ſhall ſo accuſe me, Jt is falſe, J fall not away to MalignitieMalignity, J do retain as great a keenneſs, and ſhall whileſt J live, and as …

    Christopher Love · Trial of the Charge of High Treason · p. 67 · Open in the reader

A Firebrand Plucked out of the Burning A90672

  • Printed
    … Church and choſen: Know I beſeech you, that it is not onely hindered by MalignitieMalignity and Neutralitie: but even the beſt have a hand in ſtopping God, which cauſeth …
    With rule
    … Church and choſen: Know I beſeech you, that it is not onely hindered by MalignitieMalignity and Neutralitie: but even the beſt have a hand in ſtopping God, which cauſeth …

    Benjamin Pickering · A Firebrand Plucked out of the Burning · p. 23 · Open in the reader