Waiting for reviewi / jCandidate #5760 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

iollyjolly

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

Puritas changed it: 162 times in 91 works
Consistency: 97.0% (162 of 167)
Reach if approved: ~175 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: jolly
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 167 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (162 changes in 91 works, 97.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 162)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and diſcourſe of matters of religion, and commend the Preacher, they do thinke themſelues iollyjolly fellowes and good Chriſtians. But I ſay, vnleſſe the Spirit of God teach thee …
With rule
… and diſcourſe of matters of religion, and commend the Preacher, they do thinke themſelues iollyjolly fellowes and good Chriſtians. But I ſay, vnleſſe the Spirit of God teach thee …
Samuel Smith · Davids Repentance · p. 247 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of bread, and wakes hungry. In these times you shall see the merry and iollyjolly worldling hang the head like a Bul-rush, and the Ruffians brags lagge like …
With rule
… of bread, and wakes hungry. In these times you shall see the merry and iollyjolly worldling hang the head like a Bul-rush, and the Ruffians brags lagge like …
Samuel Ward · Balm from Gilead to Recover Conscience · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
… reason of manne, as we see the wicked contemners of God, doe take a iollyjolly occasion to barke out, that God, as some cruell tyrant, should delight himselfe in …
With rule
… reason of manne, as we see the wicked contemners of God, doe take a iollyjolly occasion to barke out, that God, as some cruell tyrant, should delight himselfe in …
John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 622 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for the present runnne currant, and answere his desire, then he thinkes himselfe a iollyjolly fellow: and who but he, with such and such that haue taken good liking …
With rule
… for the present runnne currant, and answere his desire, then he thinkes himselfe a iollyjolly fellow: and who but he, with such and such that haue taken good liking …
William Burton · Ten Sermons Upon Matthew 6:1-4 · p. 84 · Open in the reader
Printed
… from vs, as that wee ſhall neuer thinke more of it. We ſee howe iollyjolly and friſking our feete and handes are, when as wee heare any talke of …
With rule
… from vs, as that wee ſhall neuer thinke more of it. We ſee howe iollyjolly and friſking our feete and handes are, when as wee heare any talke of …
John Calvin · Twenty-Two Sermons on Psalm 119 · p. 150 · Open in the reader
Printed
… this preſent yeare of Grace 1624. is the Eeue or Vigill of the b…th iollyjolly yeare of Iubilee, beginning In die Natalis Domini prox. when the grand Mart of …
With rule
… this preſent yeare of Grace 1624. is the Eeue or Vigill of the b…th iollyjolly yeare of Iubilee, beginning In die Natalis Domini prox. when the grand Mart of …
John Gee · New Shreds of the Old Snare · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
Yes verily: for howſoeuer men think themſelues iollyjolly fellowes, becauſe they can ſeeme to contemne all gouernement, yet in indeed of all …
With rule
Yes verily: for howſoeuer men think themſelues iollyjolly fellowes, becauſe they can ſeeme to contemne all gouernement, yet in indeed of all …
Samuel Hieron · The Preachers Plea · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… feare? What then? But I pray you, in the meane time were not theſe iollyjolly-fellowes, and conſtant Popes? The one was rotten at the hart, and had a …
With rule
… feare? What then? But I pray you, in the meane time were not theſe iollyjolly-fellowes, and conſtant Popes? The one was rotten at the hart, and had a …
John Prime · Exposition of Galatians · p. 73 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Fire of the Sanctuary Newly Uncovered A17270

Printed
More diſcreet, in their owne opinions, was IollyJolly Amaziah, and the reſt of Ieroboams Trencher-Chaplaines, who would haue ſuffered this gulfe …
With rule
More diſcreet, in their owne opinions, was IollyJolly Amaziah, and the reſt of Ieroboams Trencher-Chaplaines, who would haue ſuffered this gulfe …
Cornelius Burges · The Fire of the Sanctuary Newly Uncovered · p. 204 · Open in the reader