Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #5317 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

destroiedestroy

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

Puritas changed it: 157 times in 69 works
Consistency: 96.3% (157 of 163)
Reach if approved: ~171 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: destroy
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 163 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (157 changes in 69 works, 96.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 157)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… beene said before, that the seed of Iacob. should possesse their ancient inheritance, and destroiedestroy their enimies. These points are here againe handled, but so that it is promised …
With rule
… beene said before, that the seed of Iacob. should possesse their ancient inheritance, and destroiedestroy their enimies. These points are here againe handled, but so that it is promised …
John Rainolds · The Prophecy of Obadiah Opened and Applied · p. 128 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Chriſt himſelfe by his word, and by his owne preſence ſhall conſume and quite deſtroiedestroy Antichriſt: he ſhall not need the miniſterie of Elias and Enoch. The prophet Zacharie …
With rule
… Chriſt himſelfe by his word, and by his owne preſence ſhall conſume and quite deſtroiedestroy Antichriſt: he ſhall not need the miniſterie of Elias and Enoch. The prophet Zacharie …
Francis Trigge · The True Catholic · p. 289 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ouer theim, she catcheth theim vp, she hasteneth asmuche as she can possible to destroiedestroy al mankynde▪ & now do we so highly cōmend syngle lyfe and eschewe Mariage? Except …
With rule
… ouer theim, she catcheth theim vp, she hasteneth asmuche as she can possible to destroiedestroy al mankynde▪ & now do we so highly cōmend syngle lyfe and eschewe Mariage? Except …
Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · Open in the reader
Printed
… perſon / and that he ſhould ſtarte vp ſoudenly / &c. that Elias ſhould come to deſtroiedestroy him / that he ſhould be borne of the Iewes / that he ſhould raigne in …
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… perſon / and that he ſhould ſtarte vp ſoudenly / &c. that Elias ſhould come to deſtroiedestroy him / that he ſhould be borne of the Iewes / that he ſhould raigne in …
Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 · p. DVIII · Open in the reader
Printed
… or a belief that there is no God: To multiplie the Deitie is to deſtroiedestroy it, as Gaches l' Atheiſme conſondu, pag. 5. This indeed proved too true by the …
With rule
… or a belief that there is no God: To multiplie the Deitie is to deſtroiedestroy it, as Gaches l' Atheiſme conſondu, pag. 5. This indeed proved too true by the …
Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 3 · p. 108 · Open in the reader
Printed
… at home to defend them, or you whiche helpinge your enemies abrode, labour to deſtroiedestroy your friēdes and countrie at home?
With rule
… at home to defend them, or you whiche helpinge your enemies abrode, labour to deſtroiedestroy your friēdes and countrie at home?
Christopher Goodman · How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects · p. 209 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that I am come to deſtroy the Lawe, for I am not come to deſtroiedestroy, but to fulfill the Lawe: yea and I will giue a ſpirit vnto them …
With rule
… that I am come to deſtroy the Lawe, for I am not come to deſtroiedestroy, but to fulfill the Lawe: yea and I will giue a ſpirit vnto them …
Martin Luther · Collected Sermons · p. 301 · Open in the reader
Printed
… otherwiſe. For (I am affraid) behold that which the Lord hath built, he wil deſtroiedestroy, that which he hath planted he will roote vp. And doe you ſeeke for …
With rule
… otherwiſe. For (I am affraid) behold that which the Lord hath built, he wil deſtroiedestroy, that which he hath planted he will roote vp. And doe you ſeeke for …
John Penry · Equity of a Humble Supplication · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

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

The Bee Hive of the Romish Church A07026

Printed
… a simple permission, and not a speciall commandement: as he saith in another place: DestroieDestroy this temple, and I will builde it vp againe within three dayes: for that …
With rule
… a simple permission, and not a speciall commandement: as he saith in another place: DestroieDestroy this temple, and I will builde it vp againe within three dayes: for that …
Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · p. 116 · Open in the reader

The Sum of Christian Religion 2 A14216

Printed
… the ſonne and Lord of Dauid. Therefore there be diuers natures in him. Iohn. 2.19. DeſtroieDestroy this temple, and in three daies I will raiſe it vp againe. Wherefore there …
With rule
… the ſonne and Lord of Dauid. Therefore there be diuers natures in him. Iohn. 2.19. DeſtroieDestroy this temple, and in three daies I will raiſe it vp againe. Wherefore there …
Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 467 · Open in the reader
Printed
… nature in chriſt, which nether ſuffered nor died, is proued by theſe teſtimonies, Ioh. 2.19. DeſtroieDestroy this Temple, & in three daies I wil raiſe it vp again. 1. Pe. 3.18, was put …
With rule
… nature in chriſt, which nether ſuffered nor died, is proued by theſe teſtimonies, Ioh. 2.19. DeſtroieDestroy this Temple, & in three daies I wil raiſe it vp again. 1. Pe. 3.18, was put …
Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 557 · Open in the reader
Printed
CHRIST roſe, firſt by his owne power, euen by his Godheade. Iohn 2.19. DestroieDestroy this temple, and in three daies I will raiſe it vp againe. Ioh. 10.18. I …
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CHRIST roſe, firſt by his owne power, euen by his Godheade. Iohn 2.19. DestroieDestroy this temple, and in three daies I will raiſe it vp againe. Ioh. 10.18. I …
Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 571 · Open in the reader
Printed
… liue vnto themſelues, but vnto him which died for them, and roſe againe. Iohn. 2.19. DestroieDestroy this temple, and in three daies J will raiſe it vp againe. Iohn. 10.17. I …
With rule
… liue vnto themſelues, but vnto him which died for them, and roſe againe. Iohn. 2.19. DestroieDestroy this temple, and in three daies J will raiſe it vp againe. Iohn. 10.17. I …
Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 653 · Open in the reader