Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #5395 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

jaylorjailor

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

Puritas changed it: 853 times in 457 works
Consistency: 100% (853 of 853)
Reach if approved: ~896 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: jailor
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 853 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (853 changes in 457 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 853)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
The JaylorJailor is promiſed, Act. 16.31. that if he …ll believe on the Lord Jeſus Chriſt he …
With rule
The JaylorJailor is promiſed, Act. 16.31. that if he …ll believe on the Lord Jeſus Chriſt he …
Richard Baxter · The Safe Religion · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… baptized in Scripture; as the Samaritans, the Eunuch, the three thouſand, Acts 24.2. Lydia, the JaylorJailor, &c. never asked any of the diſpenſers of Baptiſme (though ſtrangers to them) whether …
With rule
… baptized in Scripture; as the Samaritans, the Eunuch, the three thouſand, Acts 24.2. Lydia, the JaylorJailor, &c. never asked any of the diſpenſers of Baptiſme (though ſtrangers to them) whether …
Christopher Blackwood · A Soul-Searching Catechism · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
… pride of the heart of Paul, and that brake the heart of the bloudy jaylorjailor, that ſtood it out a long time, the earth ſhooke, and the priſon ſhooke …
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… pride of the heart of Paul, and that brake the heart of the bloudy jaylorjailor, that ſtood it out a long time, the earth ſhooke, and the priſon ſhooke …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Exaltation · p. 66 · Open in the reader
Printed
… from the paine and sting of sinne. So the converts Act. 2: and so the JaylorJailor, What shall I do to be saved?
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… from the paine and sting of sinne. So the converts Act. 2: and so the JaylorJailor, What shall I do to be saved?
Thomas Taylor · Christ Revealed · p. 329 · Open in the reader
Printed
… men are in temporall feares, and dangers, they are ready to ſay as the JaylorJailor in his ſpirituall feares, Act. 16. 30. Sirs, what muſt I doe to be ſaved? So …
With rule
… men are in temporall feares, and dangers, they are ready to ſay as the JaylorJailor in his ſpirituall feares, Act. 16. 30. Sirs, what muſt I doe to be ſaved? So …
Jeremiah Dyke · The Righteous Mans Tower · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… were fast shut up in prison, in the prison of which Satan was the JaylorJailor: and there was no possibility of getting loose from him. We were laid up …
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… were fast shut up in prison, in the prison of which Satan was the JaylorJailor: and there was no possibility of getting loose from him. We were laid up …
Joseph Alleine · Remains of Joseph Alleine · p. 122 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Prison, an Earth quake sets them free, and prepareth for the Conversion of the JaylorJailor and his House. And Christ himself had before appeared to Paul in glory when …
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… Prison, an Earth quake sets them free, and prepareth for the Conversion of the JaylorJailor and his House. And Christ himself had before appeared to Paul in glory when …
Richard Baxter · The Catechizing of Families · p. 45 · Open in the reader
Printed
… I do to be ſaved? As the re…nting Jews, and Paul, and the JaylorJailor … ▪ Acts 2.37. & Acts 8. & 16.
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… I do to be ſaved? As the re…nting Jews, and Paul, and the JaylorJailor … ▪ Acts 2.37. & Acts 8. & 16.
Richard Baxter · The Life of Faith · p. 354 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.