Waiting for reviewi / jCandidate #5755 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

iestingjesting

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

Puritas changed it: 279 times in 165 works
Consistency: 88.5% (279 of 315)
Reach if approved: ~331 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: jesting
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 315 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (279 changes in 165 works, 88.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 279)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
The ieſtingjesting lye is meere vanity; the officious lye, or lye for profit or aduantage, is …
With rule
The ieſtingjesting lye is meere vanity; the officious lye, or lye for profit or aduantage, is …
Henry Greenwood · The Prisoners Prayers · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
… likelihood muſt loſe thine. Therefore bee aduiſed what thou wilt doe: theſe are no ieſtingjesting matters: Heare what the Apoſtle ſaith, Reſiſt the deuill, and for time to come …
With rule
… likelihood muſt loſe thine. Therefore bee aduiſed what thou wilt doe: theſe are no ieſtingjesting matters: Heare what the Apoſtle ſaith, Reſiſt the deuill, and for time to come …
William Jemmat · A Spiritual Trumpet Sounded to Christian Warfare · p. 165 · Open in the reader
Printed
… amōg vs, as it be cōmeth saints nether filthi thīgs neither folish talking, nether iestingjesting, which are not comly, but rather geuing of thākes. Put vpon vs tender mercy …
With rule
… amōg vs, as it be cōmeth saints nether filthi thīgs neither folish talking, nether iestingjesting, which are not comly, but rather geuing of thākes. Put vpon vs tender mercy …
Thomas Becon · The Flower of Godly Prayers · Open in the reader
Printed
… naughtines. We are then charged to take heed of blaſphemy, hereſie, periurie, lying, curſing, ieſtingjesting, backebiting, brawling, fooliſh ſpeaking, boaſting, and infinit other ſuch deformities of the mouth and …
With rule
… naughtines. We are then charged to take heed of blaſphemy, hereſie, periurie, lying, curſing, ieſtingjesting, backebiting, brawling, fooliſh ſpeaking, boaſting, and infinit other ſuch deformities of the mouth and …
Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
… reading of toyes and wanton bookes, seeing of plaies and enterluds, wanton communication, foolish iestingjesting, & effeminate thoughts and talking of couetousnes, which Paul forbiddeth Eph. 5. magnifying of worldly promotions …
With rule
… reading of toyes and wanton bookes, seeing of plaies and enterluds, wanton communication, foolish iestingjesting, & effeminate thoughts and talking of couetousnes, which Paul forbiddeth Eph. 5. magnifying of worldly promotions …
William Perkins · Whether Man Be in the Estate of Damnation or Grace · p. 157 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be willing to ſee this firſt letting looſe their hearts to ſundry ſinnes (as ieſtingjesting, vaine laughter, light and looſe talke, iarring, contention, depth of worldlineſſe, and ſuch like …
With rule
… be willing to ſee this firſt letting looſe their hearts to ſundry ſinnes (as ieſtingjesting, vaine laughter, light and looſe talke, iarring, contention, depth of worldlineſſe, and ſuch like …
Richard Rogers · Seven Treatises · p. 347 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which maketh not vnto edifying, and to doing good to other: yea, from fooliſh ieſtingjesting, whereby to ſhew our wit we either gall and diſgrace our neighbours; or to …
With rule
… which maketh not vnto edifying, and to doing good to other: yea, from fooliſh ieſtingjesting, whereby to ſhew our wit we either gall and diſgrace our neighbours; or to …
Thomas Stoughton · The Christians Sacrifice Better than all the Legal Sacrifices of Jews · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… was in a good way: and ſo, notwithſtanding his recantation, he was hanged for ieſtingjesting againſt the friers. Pantal.
With rule
… was in a good way: and ſo, notwithſtanding his recantation, he was hanged for ieſtingjesting againſt the friers. Pantal.
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 460 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (36)

10 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 26 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Golden Chain A09339

Printed
IestingJesting at scripture. 58
With rule
IestingJesting at scripture. 58
William Perkins · A Golden Chain · Open in the reader
Printed
… and consider howe Swearing, Blaspheming, Cursed speaking, Ra…ling, Backbiting, Slandering, Chiding, Quarrelling, Cōtending, IestingJesting, Mocking, Flattering, Lying, Dissembling, Vaine and idle talking ouerflow in all place…, so as …
With rule
… and consider howe Swearing, Blaspheming, Cursed speaking, Ra…ling, Backbiting, Slandering, Chiding, Quarrelling, Cōtending, IestingJesting, Mocking, Flattering, Lying, Dissembling, Vaine and idle talking ouerflow in all place…, so as …
William Perkins · A Golden Chain · Open in the reader

The Players Scourge A10187

Printed
… and disswade others from Dancing, Dicing, Health-drinking, or resort to Playes. Ibidem. Scurrilous IestingJesting, Dancing, Dicing, Play-acting, or Play-haunting Ministers to bee suspended and deprived. Ibidem …
With rule
… and disswade others from Dancing, Dicing, Health-drinking, or resort to Playes. Ibidem. Scurrilous IestingJesting, Dancing, Dicing, Play-acting, or Play-haunting Ministers to bee suspended and deprived. Ibidem …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · Open in the reader

A Sinners Indictment A14766

Printed
A Merry or IestingJesting Lye; when a man of purpose telles a Lie, to delight, and make them …
With rule
A Merry or IestingJesting Lye; when a man of purpose telles a Lie, to delight, and make them …
William Ward · A Sinners Indictment · p. 90 · Open in the reader

The State of True Happiness A16317

Printed
… poysonous and pestilent roots; as Adulterie, from idlenesse; Faction, from discontent; Murder, from malice; IestingJesting out of the word of God, from a a prophane heart; the Killing of …
With rule
… poysonous and pestilent roots; as Adulterie, from idlenesse; Faction, from discontent; Murder, from malice; IestingJesting out of the word of God, from a a prophane heart; the Killing of …
Robert Bolton · The State of True Happiness · p. 26 · Open in the reader

An Exposition Upon Colossians A17389

Printed
… the Apostle hauing dehorted the Ephesians from Fornication and all Vncleannesse, and Couetousnesse, Filthinesse, IestingJesting, and foolish Talking; hee addeth, but rather vse giuing of thankes . As if hee …
With rule
… the Apostle hauing dehorted the Ephesians from Fornication and all Vncleannesse, and Couetousnesse, Filthinesse, IestingJesting, and foolish Talking; hee addeth, but rather vse giuing of thankes . As if hee …
Nicholas Byfield · An Exposition Upon Colossians · p. 19 · Open in the reader

The Sum of Sacred Divinity A20766

Printed
Secondly, IeſtingJesting with the Scripture, or the Phraſes of it, The Prophet, or the Prieſt, or …
With rule
Secondly, IeſtingJesting with the Scripture, or the Phraſes of it, The Prophet, or the Prieſt, or …
John Downame · The Sum of Sacred Divinity · p. 163 · Open in the reader

A Treasury of Ancient Adages and Proverbs A20796

Printed
¶ IestingJesting.
With rule
¶ IestingJesting.
Thomas Draxe · A Treasury of Ancient Adages and Proverbs · p. 98 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Philemon A22481

Printed
Idle perſons haue their gifts diminiſhed, 13…. Idolatry of Gentiles, and Papiſt, alike. 64. IeſtingJesting at ſin. 72
With rule
Idle perſons haue their gifts diminiſhed, 13…. Idolatry of Gentiles, and Papiſt, alike. 64. IeſtingJesting at ſin. 72
William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · Open in the reader

Seven Godly and Fruitful Sermons A73836

Printed
IeſtingJesting and ſcoffing at Gods children, is a grieuous kinde of perſecution, and ſuch as …
With rule
IeſtingJesting and ſcoffing at Gods children, is a grieuous kinde of perſecution, and ſuch as …
John Dod · Seven Godly and Fruitful Sermons · p. 101 · Open in the reader