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wilfullywillfully

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
5,927 times in 2,059 works
Consistency
99.6% (5,927 of 5,951)
Reach if approved
~6,253 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: wilfully
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
5,951 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (5,927 changes in 2,059 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 5,927)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    1. 'Tis evident to any man that wilfullywillfully shuts not his eyes, that this in the 29. ver. hath reference to this in …
    With rule
    1. 'Tis evident to any man that wilfullywillfully shuts not his eyes, that this in the 29. ver. hath reference to this in …

    Daniel Featley · Transubstantiation Exploded · p. 201 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    Thirdly, the holy Ghost testifieth against these wicked Iewes, misconstruing Christs words, and wilfullywillfully persisting in their scandalous obtrectation and obloquie. Thou art not yet 50. yeares old, and …
    With rule
    Thirdly, the holy Ghost testifieth against these wicked Iewes, misconstruing Christs words, and wilfullywillfully persisting in their scandalous obtrectation and obloquie. Thou art not yet 50. yeares old, and …

    James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · p. 107 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … the vulgar tounge. Good Lord into what foollishnes doth satan carry their minds, that wilfullywillfully striue against the truth? For what reason is this? Christ in his priuate praier …
    With rule
    … the vulgar tounge. Good Lord into what foollishnes doth satan carry their minds, that wilfullywillfully striue against the truth? For what reason is this? Christ in his priuate praier …

    William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 149 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … figuratiuely, (which how pregnantly they doe prooue, he cannot but see, that will not wilfullywillfully win…ke) he can giue no answer vnto; but saith onely they may be …
    With rule
    … figuratiuely, (which how pregnantly they doe prooue, he cannot but see, that will not wilfullywillfully win…ke) he can giue no answer vnto; but saith onely they may be …

    Thomas Gataker · Discussion of the Popish Doctrine of Transubstantiation · p. 79 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … it to Dauid. I doubt not but whosoeuer considereth these thinges, and is not wilfullywillfully bent to maintaine his owne conceite, hee will confesse that this was the Deuill …
    With rule
    … it to Dauid. I doubt not but whosoeuer considereth these thinges, and is not wilfullywillfully bent to maintaine his owne conceite, hee will confesse that this was the Deuill …

    George Gifford · Discourse of the Subtle Practices of Devils · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … the errour of his judgement betweene good and bad; ſo no man doth erre wilfullywillfully, but onely by miſtaking of falſhood for the truth. Anſwer. Saint Paul ſaith that …
    With rule
    … the errour of his judgement betweene good and bad; ſo no man doth erre wilfullywillfully, but onely by miſtaking of falſhood for the truth. Anſwer. Saint Paul ſaith that …

    Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 177 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … of the Lord, verſ. 14. Secondly, becauſe of the penalty laid vpon thoſe that ſhould wilfullywillfully neglect, or contemne it, verſ. 15. for although onely this particular Rite of vnleauened bread …
    With rule
    … of the Lord, verſ. 14. Secondly, becauſe of the penalty laid vpon thoſe that ſhould wilfullywillfully neglect, or contemne it, verſ. 15. for although onely this particular Rite of vnleauened bread …

    William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 187 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … acknowledge it not, hauing his word regard it not, enioying his mercies inful measure, wilfullywillfully resist them all▪ If we so lie vnder sinne, and fancie to our selues …
    With rule
    … acknowledge it not, hauing his word regard it not, enioying his mercies inful measure, wilfullywillfully resist them all▪ If we so lie vnder sinne, and fancie to our selues …

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 692 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (24)

19 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Whole Armor of God A01979

  • Printed
    … deſpitefull reiecting of the Goſpell againſt conſcience: which the Apoſtle implieth vnder this word WilfullyWillfully.
    With rule
    … deſpitefull reiecting of the Goſpell againſt conſcience: which the Apoſtle implieth vnder this word WilfullyWillfully.

    William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 603 · Open in the reader

Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England A04215

  • Printed
    … ſo euidentlie proue this Propoſition, as none can denie it, but ſuch as are WilfullyWillfully blinded, and ſtriue againſt the light of their owne cōſciences But what ſaith he …
    With rule
    … ſo euidentlie proue this Propoſition, as none can denie it, but ſuch as are WilfullyWillfully blinded, and ſtriue againſt the light of their owne cōſciences But what ſaith he …

    Henry Jacob · Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 28 · Open in the reader

The Sin Unto Death A07496

  • Printed
    WilfullyWillfully resisting.
    With rule
    WilfullyWillfully resisting.

    Thomas Bedford · The Sin Unto Death · Open in the reader

Exposition of 2 Thessalonians A11588

  • Printed
    … much to the degree of the tranſgreſſion. 1 Knowledge. See Iames 4. vlt. Iohn 9.41. & 15.22, 24. Luke 12.47. Rom. 1.21, 32. 2 WilfullyWillfully, and halfe preſumptuouſly, ſuch are interperted to ſinne.
    With rule
    … much to the degree of the tranſgreſſion. 1 Knowledge. See Iames 4. vlt. Iohn 9.41. & 15.22, 24. Luke 12.47. Rom. 1.21, 32. 2 WilfullyWillfully, and halfe preſumptuouſly, ſuch are interperted to ſinne.

    William Sclater · Exposition of 2 Thessalonians · p. 257 · Open in the reader

Reproof of Howlets Untimely Shrieking A15295

  • Printed
    … in euerie thing with her Maiestie, as though your saying were some heauenly Oracle. WilfullyWillfully funne not headlong into moe, and greater afflictions, and calamities, then her Maiestie, and …
    With rule
    … in euerie thing with her Maiestie, as though your saying were some heauenly Oracle. WilfullyWillfully funne not headlong into moe, and greater afflictions, and calamities, then her Maiestie, and …

    Perceval Wiburn · Reproof of Howlets Untimely Shrieking · Open in the reader

The Institutes of the Christian Religion A17662

  • Printed
    … purpose of wickednesse, in an other place afterwarde he addeth this worde by name, WilfullyWillfully. For when he sayth, that there is left no sacrifice for them that sinne …
    With rule
    … purpose of wickednesse, in an other place afterwarde he addeth this worde by name, WilfullyWillfully. For when he sayth, that there is left no sacrifice for them that sinne …

    John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

Scripture Light the Most Sure Light A29371

  • Printed
    … is a wilful Sin. Now a man is ſaid to ſin Wittingly, Willingly, and WilfullyWillfully; Wittingly, in oppoſition to Ignorance; Willingly, in oppoſition to Force, and Conſtraint; WilfullyWillfully, in …
    With rule
    … is a wilful Sin. Now a man is ſaid to ſin Wittingly, Willingly, and WilfullyWillfully; Wittingly, in oppoſition to Ignorance; Willingly, in oppoſition to Force, and Conſtraint; WilfullyWillfully, in …

    William Bridge · Scripture Light the Most Sure Light · p. 358 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … and WilfullyWillfully; Wittingly, in oppoſition to Ignorance; Willingly, in oppoſition to Force, and Conſtraint; WilfullyWillfully, in oppoſition to Light, Knowledg, and Reaſon, and ſo he that ſins againſt the …
    With rule
    … and WilfullyWillfully; Wittingly, in oppoſition to Ignorance; Willingly, in oppoſition to Force, and Conſtraint; WilfullyWillfully, in oppoſition to Light, Knowledg, and Reaſon, and ſo he that ſins againſt the …

    William Bridge · Scripture Light the Most Sure Light · p. 358 · Open in the reader

Death Improved and Immoderate Sorrow Reproved A30673

  • Printed
    … ſo it blinds the Mind, which by reaſon of ſin is Naturally, Judicially, and WilfullyWillfully blind; the Image of God conſiſted in Knowledge, Righteouſneſs, and true Holineſs; theſe by …
    With rule
    … ſo it blinds the Mind, which by reaſon of ſin is Naturally, Judicially, and WilfullyWillfully blind; the Image of God conſiſted in Knowledge, Righteouſneſs, and true Holineſs; theſe by …

    Edward Bury · Death Improved and Immoderate Sorrow Reproved · p. 73 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Judgment giving them up to ſtrong deluſion, to believe lies, Mat. 13.13, &c. They are WilfullyWillfully blind, and God will not Cure them; like Hagar, they cannot ſee the Well …
    With rule
    … Judgment giving them up to ſtrong deluſion, to believe lies, Mat. 13.13, &c. They are WilfullyWillfully blind, and God will not Cure them; like Hagar, they cannot ſee the Well …

    Edward Bury · Death Improved and Immoderate Sorrow Reproved · p. 73 · Open in the reader

Sufferings and Oppressions of Many Christians in Devon A43688

  • Printed
    … the Face of the Court, that he did not Neglect his Duty Wittingly, and WilfullyWillfully (which are the expreſs Words of the Act againſt Conventicles) for he could aſwel …
    With rule
    … the Face of the Court, that he did not Neglect his Duty Wittingly, and WilfullyWillfully (which are the expreſs Words of the Act againſt Conventicles) for he could aſwel …

    John Hickes · Sufferings and Oppressions of Many Christians in Devon · p. 28 · Open in the reader

Sure Footing in Christianity A44897

  • Printed
    … maintains the written Truth of God to be the Rule of faith than He. WilfullyWillfully therefore must this man mistake him under the notion of Tradition which with that …
    With rule
    … maintains the written Truth of God to be the Rule of faith than He. WilfullyWillfully therefore must this man mistake him under the notion of Tradition which with that …

    George Hughes · Sure Footing in Christianity · p. 290 · Open in the reader

Believers Evidences for Eternal Life A57373

  • Printed
    … blessings abused; whereupon he encourages himselfe to go on in wayes of sin, (2.) Securely, (3.) WilfullyWillfully, (4.) Haughtily, & (5.) Contemptuously against God; his Word, and judgements; it seems to be made up …
    With rule
    … blessings abused; whereupon he encourages himselfe to go on in wayes of sin, (2.) Securely, (3.) WilfullyWillfully, (4.) Haughtily, & (5.) Contemptuously against God; his Word, and judgements; it seems to be made up …

    Francis Roberts · Believers Evidences for Eternal Life · p. 43 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    WilfullyWillfully, what to sin wilfullywillfully, p. 106, 107.
    With rule
    WilfullyWillfully, what to sin wilfullywillfully, p. 106, 107.

    Francis Roberts · Believers Evidences for Eternal Life · p. 240 · Open in the reader

A Preservative Against Deism A64234

  • Printed
    … if one word were exactly tranſlated. For whereas we render it, If we ſin WilfullyWillfully, according to the Original it ſhould be tranſlated, If we ſin Willingly, which is …
    With rule
    … if one word were exactly tranſlated. For whereas we render it, If we ſin WilfullyWillfully, according to the Original it ſhould be tranſlated, If we ſin Willingly, which is …

    Nathanael Taylor · A Preservative Against Deism · p. 50 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … tho' in the other place it be called only in the General a Sinning WilfullyWillfully or Willingly, yet thereby the ſame thing is meant. For juſt before the Apoſtle …
    With rule
    … tho' in the other place it be called only in the General a Sinning WilfullyWillfully or Willingly, yet thereby the ſame thing is meant. For juſt before the Apoſtle …

    Nathanael Taylor · A Preservative Against Deism · p. 58 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

  • Printed
    Naturally, Lev. 19. 14. Spiritually, Isa. 35. 5. WilfullyWillfully, Isa. 42. 19. & 58. 4.
    With rule
    Naturally, Lev. 19. 14. Spiritually, Isa. 35. 5. WilfullyWillfully, Isa. 42. 19. & 58. 4.

    Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 144 · Open in the reader

A Discourse of the Sin Against the Holy Ghost A73546

  • Printed
    9 WilfullyWillfully; againſt all good means to the contrary.
    With rule
    9 WilfullyWillfully; againſt all good means to the contrary.

    William Bradshaw · A Discourse of the Sin Against the Holy Ghost · p. 62 · Open in the reader

The Nature and Use of Things Indifferent B15350

  • Printed
    15 IV. WilfullyWillfully or careleſly to neglect and omit thoſe indifferent ceremonies, which the Church hath lawfully …
    With rule
    15 IV. WilfullyWillfully or careleſly to neglect and omit thoſe indifferent ceremonies, which the Church hath lawfully …

    Gabriel Powel · The Nature and Use of Things Indifferent · p. 8 · Open in the reader