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Waiting for reviewi / jCandidate #5695 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ioyfuljoyful

i standing for j: Iesus → Jesus, iudge → judge.

Puritas changed it
229 times in 136 works
Consistency
94.6% (229 of 242)
Reach if approved
~254 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: joyful
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
242 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (229 changes in 136 works, 94.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 229)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … God appoynted hys ministers to open & declare vnto men those excellent misteries, those confortable & ioyfuljoyful promyses of Gods mercy and good wil towarde mankynde, that they maye perceyue, learne …
    With rule
    … God appoynted hys ministers to open & declare vnto men those excellent misteries, those confortable & ioyfuljoyful promyses of Gods mercy and good wil towarde mankynde, that they maye perceyue, learne …

    Thomas Becon · The Castle of Comfort · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … so great, yt it coulde not be expressed. B…t let vs hear mo ioyfuljoyful tidīges.
    With rule
    … so great, yt it coulde not be expressed. B…t let vs hear mo ioyfuljoyful tidīges.

    Thomas Becon · News Out of Heaven · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … That though afflictions be long and tedious, yet God will at length giue a ioyfuljoyful & comfortable issue. For so himselfe hath promised, Math. 5. 4. Blessed are they that mourne, for …
    With rule
    … That though afflictions be long and tedious, yet God will at length giue a ioyfuljoyful & comfortable issue. For so himselfe hath promised, Math. 5. 4. Blessed are they that mourne, for …

    William Perkins · Cases of Conscience Part 1 · p. 125 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … moſt fit for him that hath learned the former: namely, that he cauſeth moſt ioyfuljoyful and glad tidings of a full and ſufficient remedie againſt all ſuch miſerie to …
    With rule
    … moſt fit for him that hath learned the former: namely, that he cauſeth moſt ioyfuljoyful and glad tidings of a full and ſufficient remedie againſt all ſuch miſerie to …

    Richard Rogers · Seven Treatises · p. 6 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … conſtantly to ſtand by their profeſsion: which to the ſpirite notwithſtanding is eaſie and ioyfuljoyful. For thogh the fleſhe be frayle, the ſpirite is prompte and redy. Wherof (prayſed …
    With rule
    … conſtantly to ſtand by their profeſsion: which to the ſpirite notwithſtanding is eaſie and ioyfuljoyful. For thogh the fleſhe be frayle, the ſpirite is prompte and redy. Wherof (prayſed …

    Christopher Goodman · How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects · p. 222 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    The ioyfuljoyful dayes of peace draw on, the time is nie at hand
    With rule
    The ioyfuljoyful dayes of peace draw on, the time is nie at hand

    John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · p. 21 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … of his ſynnes is awaye. And he hath peace that is to ſaye / an ioyfuljoyful reeſt and quyetnes in his conſcience. Of the whiche ſayeth Chriſte. Come vnto me …
    With rule
    … of his ſynnes is awaye. And he hath peace that is to ſaye / an ioyfuljoyful reeſt and quyetnes in his conſcience. Of the whiche ſayeth Chriſte. Come vnto me …

    John Johnsone · An Comfortable Exhortation · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … the Angelles of reuerent loue, dooe thy will and commaundement, with comfortable courage, and ioyfuljoyful pleasure: in hell the wicked spirites through malice and enuie, repinyng and grudgyng, do …
    With rule
    … the Angelles of reuerent loue, dooe thy will and commaundement, with comfortable courage, and ioyfuljoyful pleasure: in hell the wicked spirites through malice and enuie, repinyng and grudgyng, do …

    Thomas Lever · Meditation Upon the Lords Prayer 2 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (13)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 13 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.