Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #559 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

foreuerforever

u and v used by position, not sound: haue → have, vnto → unto.

Puritas changed it: 128 times in 94 works
Consistency: 99.2% (128 of 129)
Reach if approved: ~136 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: forever
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 129 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (128 changes in 94 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 128)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… louing him, and lamenting, becauſe wee loue him no more, but that he wil foreuerforever loue vs? Hee that giueth the more to his enemies, will not he giue …
With rule
… louing him, and lamenting, becauſe wee loue him no more, but that he wil foreuerforever loue vs? Hee that giueth the more to his enemies, will not he giue …
John Bradford · A Double Summons to Repentance and Worthy Receiving the Lords Supper · p. 68 · Open in the reader
Printed
… satisfied with nothing better then with it, it is the reliefe of their hearts foreuerforever.
With rule
… satisfied with nothing better then with it, it is the reliefe of their hearts foreuerforever.
Nicholas Byfield · The Signs · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſinne; yet as ſmall as it is, it is able to damne the ſoule foreuerforever.
With rule
… ſinne; yet as ſmall as it is, it is able to damne the ſoule foreuerforever.
Henry Greenwood · Works · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… following, y^t his heauēly doctrine is not sent in vaine. To him be glorie foreuerforever. Now to y^t that followeth in your booke.
With rule
… following, y^t his heauēly doctrine is not sent in vaine. To him be glorie foreuerforever. Now to y^t that followeth in your booke.
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 216 · Open in the reader
Printed
… die, but they are in peace. Againe in another place. The righteous shall liue foreuerforever more: their reward is also with the Lorde, and their remembraunce with the highest …
With rule
… die, but they are in peace. Againe in another place. The righteous shall liue foreuerforever more: their reward is also with the Lorde, and their remembraunce with the highest …
Thomas Becon · The Sick Mans Salve · p. 152 · Open in the reader
Printed
… delights in mercy, () hee will not alwaies chide them, neither keepeth hee his anger foreuerforever hee will not deale with them after their sinnes, nor yet reward them according …
With rule
… delights in mercy, () hee will not alwaies chide them, neither keepeth hee his anger foreuerforever hee will not deale with them after their sinnes, nor yet reward them according …
William Prynne · The Perpetuity of a Regenerate Mans Estate · p. 333 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his (b) Chriſt; with the (c) Angels and all the (d) Saints of God foreuerforever. (a) Theſ. 4, 17. Reu. 22, 3, 4, 5, & 7, 15 & 21, 3. (b) Phil. 1, 23. Ioh. 12, 26, & 17, 24. Luc. 33, 43, 46. Reu. 7, 17, & 22, 3. (c) Heb. 12, 22. Matth. 22, 30. Reuelat. 5, 11. (d) 1, Theſſalon …
With rule
… his (b) Chriſt; with the (c) Angels and all the (d) Saints of God foreuerforever. (a) Theſ. 4, 17. Reu. 22, 3, 4, 5, & 7, 15 & 21, 3. (b) Phil. 1, 23. Ioh. 12, 26, & 17, 24. Luc. 33, 43, 46. Reu. 7, 17, & 22, 3. (c) Heb. 12, 22. Matth. 22, 30. Reuelat. 5, 11. (d) 1, Theſſalon …
John Sprint · The Sum of the Christian Religion · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which think sauing grace may be wholy lost for a time, or finally, and foreuerforever.
With rule
… which think sauing grace may be wholy lost for a time, or finally, and foreuerforever.
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 141 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 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.