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Waiting for reviewi / jCandidate #5696 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ioyousjoyous

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

Puritas changed it
156 times in 108 works
Consistency
97.5% (156 of 160)
Reach if approved
~168 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: joyous
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
160 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (156 changes in 108 works, 97.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 156)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … be partakers of his holineſſe. Now no chaſtening for the preſent ſeemeth to bee ioyousjoyous, but grieuous: neuertheleſſe afterwards it yeeldeth the peaceable fruit of righteouſneſſe, vnto them which …
    With rule
    … be partakers of his holineſſe. Now no chaſtening for the preſent ſeemeth to bee ioyousjoyous, but grieuous: neuertheleſſe afterwards it yeeldeth the peaceable fruit of righteouſneſſe, vnto them which …

    Nehemiah Rogers · The Wild Vine · p. 236 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … all our actions, and labours, and afflictions, which before were tedious and irkesome, become ioyousjoyous, and pleasaunt, and comfortable, after wee are once bathed in the loue of God …
    With rule
    … all our actions, and labours, and afflictions, which before were tedious and irkesome, become ioyousjoyous, and pleasaunt, and comfortable, after wee are once bathed in the loue of God …

    Henry Smith · The Layers Question · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … that he can deuise to vexe him in the same, to make it lesse ioyousjoyous vnto him, and to bring him, (if it were possible) to thincke his condition …
    With rule
    … that he can deuise to vexe him in the same, to make it lesse ioyousjoyous vnto him, and to bring him, (if it were possible) to thincke his condition …

    John Udall · The Combat Betwixt Christ and the Devil · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … then a serious consideration of that which hath been spoken, can possibly be more ioyousjoyous and comfortable vnto all Gods Children, who truely and faithfully beleeue in Christ, then …
    With rule
    … then a serious consideration of that which hath been spoken, can possibly be more ioyousjoyous and comfortable vnto all Gods Children, who truely and faithfully beleeue in Christ, then …

    John Frewen · Choice Grounds and Principles of our Christian Religion · p. 141 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … sonne, and the holy ghost. This signified the Angels and Sainctes euermore to be ioyousjoyous as any thinge is done in the creatures to the manyfest glory of God.
    With rule
    … sonne, and the holy ghost. This signified the Angels and Sainctes euermore to be ioyousjoyous as any thinge is done in the creatures to the manyfest glory of God.

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · p. 68 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … water under it. No chaſtening (ſaith the Spirit) for the preſent ſeemeth to be ioyousjoyous but grievous. Againe if we reſpect our ſelues, eyther in our weakneſſe, or our …
    With rule
    … water under it. No chaſtening (ſaith the Spirit) for the preſent ſeemeth to be ioyousjoyous but grievous. Againe if we reſpect our ſelues, eyther in our weakneſſe, or our …

    Alexander Leighton · The Looking Glass of the Holy War · p. 290 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … sayeth to the Hebrues. No maner chastisynge for the present tyme semeth to be ioyousjoyous but greuous; neuerthelesse afterwarde it bringeth the quiet fruite of righteousnes vnto them, whiche …
    With rule
    … sayeth to the Hebrues. No maner chastisynge for the present tyme semeth to be ioyousjoyous but greuous; neuerthelesse afterwarde it bringeth the quiet fruite of righteousnes vnto them, whiche …

    Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … waite for his good time and pleasure; and then will the issue be both ioyousjoyous and comfortable vnto their soules.
    With rule
    … waite for his good time and pleasure; and then will the issue be both ioyousjoyous and comfortable vnto their soules.

    William Perkins · A Cloud of Faithful Witnesses · p. 342 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Works A05537

  • Printed
    Leue ane Iuſt lyfe, and wt ane IoyousJoyous hart,
    With rule
    Leue ane Iuſt lyfe, and wt ane IoyousJoyous hart,

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader