Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6196 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

mercifullmerciful

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 12,233 times in 2,073 works
Consistency: 99.9% (12,233 of 12,239)
Reach if approved: ~12,870 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: merciful
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 12,249 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (12,233 changes in 2,073 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 12,233)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the advice of his ſervants, who told him that the Kings of Iſrael were mercifullmerciful, hee ſent them clothed with ſackcloth, with ropes upon their heads, to entreat for …
With rule
… the advice of his ſervants, who told him that the Kings of Iſrael were mercifullmerciful, hee ſent them clothed with ſackcloth, with ropes upon their heads, to entreat for …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 39 · Open in the reader
Printed
… on that condition. Hee did so, and found himselfe still the richer for his mercifullmerciful deedes. She may offer her selfe long enough in these dayes ere she be …
With rule
… on that condition. Hee did so, and found himselfe still the richer for his mercifullmerciful deedes. She may offer her selfe long enough in these dayes ere she be …
Thomas Adams · Diseases of the Soul · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
… name of God, ſaying: God be merciful to me a ſinner: God be me mercifullmerciful to me a ſinner.
With rule
… name of God, ſaying: God be merciful to me a ſinner: God be me mercifullmerciful to me a ſinner.
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 258 · Open in the reader
Printed
… mee, thou shalt finde, that this is the onely remembrance which may make GOD mercifullmerciful to men. Marke (saith Sander) this propitiatorie kinde of remembrance. Naye, marke the treacherie …
With rule
… mee, thou shalt finde, that this is the onely remembrance which may make GOD mercifullmerciful to men. Marke (saith Sander) this propitiatorie kinde of remembrance. Naye, marke the treacherie …
William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 625 · Open in the reader
Printed
A To ſhew that wee reſt wholly vpon God, as vpon our mercifullmerciful and louing Father in Ieſus Chriſt, and therefore doubt not, but hee will do …
With rule
A To ſhew that wee reſt wholly vpon God, as vpon our mercifullmerciful and louing Father in Ieſus Chriſt, and therefore doubt not, but hee will do …
Richard Gawton · Short Instruction for those Admitted to the Lords Supper · Open in the reader
Printed
… Lord, that requires of his ſervant that which hee cannot performe. Therefore the moſt mercifullmerciful God requires of man no other ſatisfaction then that which man is able to …
With rule
… Lord, that requires of his ſervant that which hee cannot performe. Therefore the moſt mercifullmerciful God requires of man no other ſatisfaction then that which man is able to …
Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 124 · Open in the reader
Printed
… or flaw, to ſay they are no graces; and that hee will never bee mercifullmerciful. You abuſe him when you do ſo: Take heed of it.
With rule
… or flaw, to ſay they are no graces; and that hee will never bee mercifullmerciful. You abuſe him when you do ſo: Take heed of it.
Thomas Goodwin · A Child of Light Walking in Darkness · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
The Lord God mercifullmerciful and gratious, long ſuffering, and abundant in goodnes & truth, keeping mercy for thouſands, forgiuing …
With rule
The Lord God mercifullmerciful and gratious, long ſuffering, and abundant in goodnes & truth, keeping mercy for thouſands, forgiuing …
William Gouge · A Short Catechism · p. 3 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Short Catechism A01982

Printed
MErcifullMerciful Father, Lord of heauen & earth, by thy good prouidence haue wee been ſafely kept …
With rule
MErcifullMerciful Father, Lord of heauen & earth, by thy good prouidence haue wee been ſafely kept …
William Gouge · A Short Catechism · Open in the reader

The English Catechism Explained A07350

Printed
MErcifullMerciful Father, who neuer ceaſeſt to do good vnto vs, though wee neuer ceaſe offending …
With rule
MErcifullMerciful Father, who neuer ceaſeſt to do good vnto vs, though wee neuer ceaſe offending …
John Mayer · The English Catechism Explained · p. 575 · Open in the reader

Catechism Abridged A07354

Printed
MErcifullMerciful Father, who neuer ceaſeſt to doe good vnto vs, though we neuer ceaſe offending …
With rule
MErcifullMerciful Father, who neuer ceaſeſt to doe good vnto vs, though we neuer ceaſe offending …
John Mayer · Catechism Abridged · Open in the reader

A Manual for True Catholics A19583

Printed
MErcifullMerciful God and Father wee beſeech thee for the multitudes of thy mercies, look fauourably …
With rule
MErcifullMerciful God and Father wee beſeech thee for the multitudes of thy mercies, look fauourably …
William Crashaw · A Manual for True Catholics · p. 92 · Open in the reader

The Resurrection Revealed A44277

Printed
… aſſurance whereof the cloſe of the Pſalme hath three weighty clauſes. Firſt, That the MERCIFULLMERCIFUL KINDNESSE of Jehovah to the ſonnes of men is great. Secondly, The TRUTH of …
With rule
… aſſurance whereof the cloſe of the Pſalme hath three weighty clauſes. Firſt, That the MERCIFULLMERCIFUL KINDNESSE of Jehovah to the ſonnes of men is great. Secondly, The TRUTH of …
Nathanael Homes · The Resurrection Revealed · p. 163 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

Printed
MErcifullMerciful God and father, to whome oure sauiour Christ approched in his feare and neede …
With rule
MErcifullMerciful God and father, to whome oure sauiour Christ approched in his feare and neede …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1830 · Open in the reader