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wilswills

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
2,871 times in 880 works
Consistency
99.9% (2,871 of 2,872)
Reach if approved
~3,019 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: wills
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
2,873 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,871 changes in 880 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,871)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … by their conſcience witneſſing, and their thoughts accuſing or excuſing one another, and their wilswills grudging and rebelling againſt the tenor of it: So doe they vnderſtand the Morall …
    With rule
    … by their conſcience witneſſing, and their thoughts accuſing or excuſing one another, and their wilswills grudging and rebelling againſt the tenor of it: So doe they vnderſtand the Morall …

    William Hinde · The Office and Use of the Moral Law · p. 117 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … grace, not hee that ſaith and profeſſeth that he hath grace, but hee that wilswills it: you muſt not bring your tongues to talke of grace, and your heads …
    With rule
    … grace, not hee that ſaith and profeſſeth that he hath grace, but hee that wilswills it: you muſt not bring your tongues to talke of grace, and your heads …

    Thomas Hooker · The Unbelievers Preparing for Christ · p. 41 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … from this land of Goshen, where is light, and let us (though against our wilswills) looke downe unto Sodom, Seboim, Adama, and Gomorrha covered with stinking Sulphur.
    With rule
    … from this land of Goshen, where is light, and let us (though against our wilswills) looke downe unto Sodom, Seboim, Adama, and Gomorrha covered with stinking Sulphur.

    William Loe · The Incomparable Jewel · p. 14 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … all as their owne inheritance. There be extant at this day many Teſtaments and WilsWills, that giue faith to this report. But that which is worſe then all, is …
    With rule
    … all as their owne inheritance. There be extant at this day many Teſtaments and WilsWills, that giue faith to this report. But that which is worſe then all, is …

    Thomas Beard · Antichrist the Pope of Rome · p. 333 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    Such WilsWills made by any woman couert, or perſon within xxj yeares of age, Ideot, or …
    With rule
    Such WilsWills made by any woman couert, or perſon within xxj yeares of age, Ideot, or …

    Henry Finch · Law · p. 170 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    Thirdly, to en…re vs to patience, and holy obedience, and submission of our wilswills to the good pleasure of God. As a father sometime will crosse his childe …
    With rule
    Thirdly, to en…re vs to patience, and holy obedience, and submission of our wilswills to the good pleasure of God. As a father sometime will crosse his childe …

    Thomas Gataker · Two Sermons for the Direction for Christian Carriage · p. 18 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … ſaued, and ſuch as are neuer forgiuen, but are damned. Thoſe mens minds and wilswills are altered, and they truly repent of their ſinnes paſt, and deſire and endeauour …
    With rule
    … ſaued, and ſuch as are neuer forgiuen, but are damned. Thoſe mens minds and wilswills are altered, and they truly repent of their ſinnes paſt, and deſire and endeauour …

    William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 620 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … thine are led by thy Spirit; Oh teach vs to forget that we haue wilswills of our owne. The ſpirit led thee; thine inuin…ible ſtrength did not animate …
    With rule
    … thine are led by thy Spirit; Oh teach vs to forget that we haue wilswills of our owne. The ſpirit led thee; thine inuin…ible ſtrength did not animate …

    Joseph Hall · History of the Old Testament Volume 5 · p. 383 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 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.

The Kings Chronicle A96897

  • Printed
    … the first ways of David [thoſe were good wayes, when David fullfilled all GODS WILSWILLS] and ſought to the LORD GOD of his Fathers. [There is the firſt ſeeking …
    With rule
    … the first ways of David [thoſe were good wayes, when David fullfilled all GODS WILSWILLS] and ſought to the LORD GOD of his Fathers. [There is the firſt ſeeking …

    Hezekiah Woodward · The Kings Chronicle · p. 64 · Open in the reader