Waiting for reviewi / jCandidate #5764 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

iustifyjustify

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

Puritas changed it: 279 times in 108 works
Consistency: 93.3% (279 of 299)
Reach if approved: ~314 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: justify
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 299 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 108 works, 93.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 279)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… they muſt be cut of: ſo is this naught alſo: The lawe dothe not iuſtifyjustify, therfore it is vnprofitable: for we muſt attribute vnto euery thinge his proper effect …
With rule
… they muſt be cut of: ſo is this naught alſo: The lawe dothe not iuſtifyjustify, therfore it is vnprofitable: for we muſt attribute vnto euery thinge his proper effect …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · p. 143 · Open in the reader
Printed
By the knowledge of him, whiche is my righteous seruaunt, he shal iustifyjustify the multitude.
With rule
By the knowledge of him, whiche is my righteous seruaunt, he shal iustifyjustify the multitude.
Thomas Becon · The Sick Mans Salve · p. 262 · Open in the reader
Printed
Good workes iustifyjustify not.
With rule
Good workes iustifyjustify not.
John Preston · The Breastplate of Faith and Love · Open in the reader
Printed
This Chaleng I answered even now; & shall further hereafter iustifyjustify (the L: assisting me) the reteyning our outward washing without repetition: as I have …
With rule
This Chaleng I answered even now; & shall further hereafter iustifyjustify (the L: assisting me) the reteyning our outward washing without repetition: as I have …
John Robinson · Of Religious Communion Private and Public · p. 49 · Open in the reader
Printed
… away of his mony? Wilt thou condemn him that ſtealeth away thy beaſt, and iuſtifyjustify him that robbeth thee of thy daughter? The law of God appointeth death vnto …
With rule
… away of his mony? Wilt thou condemn him that ſtealeth away thy beaſt, and iuſtifyjustify him that robbeth thee of thy daughter? The law of God appointeth death vnto …
John Stockwood · A Bartholomew Fairing for Parents to Bestow · p. 87 · Open in the reader
Printed
… knowe, and your owne mouthes haue confeſſed it, that ye are not able to iuſtifyjustify your religion therby, yet nil ye will ye, ye ſhalbe iudged by the ſame …
With rule
… knowe, and your owne mouthes haue confeſſed it, that ye are not able to iuſtifyjustify your religion therby, yet nil ye will ye, ye ſhalbe iudged by the ſame …
John Welch · Reply Against Gilbert Brown · p. 58 · Open in the reader
Printed
… other 7th day, it muſt be our Sabbath day: and thus all Diuines doe iuſtifyjustify my Major, w…ither hey hold a 7th parte of time, to be Morall …
With rule
… other 7th day, it muſt be our Sabbath day: and thus all Diuines doe iuſtifyjustify my Major, w…ither hey hold a 7th parte of time, to be Morall …
Theophilus Brabourne · A Defense of the Sabbath Day · p. 416 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and ſhifting anſweres. Nor, if wee leave Scruples & Difficulties in that we ſpeake. To iuſtifyjustify the Calling of our Miniſterie in England and to prove the lawfulnes thereof, wee …
With rule
… and ſhifting anſweres. Nor, if wee leave Scruples & Difficulties in that we ſpeake. To iuſtifyjustify the Calling of our Miniſterie in England and to prove the lawfulnes thereof, wee …
Henry Jacob · Attestation of Many Learned Godly and Famous Divines · p. 161 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (20)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 14 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Commentary on Romans A15525

Printed
… were worthy of aeternall damnation, so farre off was it, that their woorkes could IustifyJustify and giue them life eternall. For the maine points of this Chapter, they be …
With rule
… were worthy of aeternall damnation, so farre off was it, that their woorkes could IustifyJustify and giue them life eternall. For the maine points of this Chapter, they be …
Thomas Wilson · Commentary on Romans · p. 7 · Open in the reader

A Defense of the Sabbath Day A16567

Printed
… barely auowch it, that they then kept the Sabbath day; but moreouer, he doth IuſtifyJustify & defend their keeping of it: for whereas ſome might obiect vnto him ſaying, but …
With rule
… barely auowch it, that they then kept the Sabbath day; but moreouer, he doth IuſtifyJustify & defend their keeping of it: for whereas ſome might obiect vnto him ſaying, but …
Theophilus Brabourne · A Defense of the Sabbath Day · p. 488 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

Printed
… there lyeth the right examination of our sins. When a man goeth about to IustifyJustify himself because he hath committed no murther, theft, or whoredome in actuall deede, & yet …
With rule
… there lyeth the right examination of our sins. When a man goeth about to IustifyJustify himself because he hath committed no murther, theft, or whoredome in actuall deede, & yet …
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 689 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

Printed
IuſtifyJustify.
With rule
IuſtifyJustify.
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader

Meaning of Romans 4:3-9 A71284

Printed
… is it imputed to them by God for Iustification: for they say, God cannot IustifyJustify one by the righteousnes of another, and therefore he cannot IustifyJustify us, by Christs …
With rule
… is it imputed to them by God for Iustification: for they say, God cannot IustifyJustify one by the righteousnes of another, and therefore he cannot IustifyJustify us, by Christs …
George Walker · Meaning of Romans 4:3-9 · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… say, God cannot IustifyJustify one by the righteousnes of another, and therefore he cannot IustifyJustify us, by Christs righteousnes. What is this but an expresse denyall of the union …
With rule
… say, God cannot IustifyJustify one by the righteousnes of another, and therefore he cannot IustifyJustify us, by Christs righteousnes. What is this but an expresse denyall of the union …
George Walker · Meaning of Romans 4:3-9 · p. 22 · Open in the reader