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Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6409 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

meerelymerely

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
2,702 times in 833 works
Consistency
99.4% (2,702 of 2,717)
Reach if approved
~2,857 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: merely
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
2,719 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,702 changes in 833 works, 99.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,702)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … it were preſumption in any to have moved God in it, unleſſe God ſhould meerelymerely upon his owne free love and good will have offered it.
    With rule
    … it were preſumption in any to have moved God in it, unleſſe God ſhould meerelymerely upon his owne free love and good will have offered it.

    Thomas Hooker · The Christians Two Chief Lessons · p. 299 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … the Papiſt: I come now in the laſt place to diſcipline our Diſciplinarians, whether meerelymerely preciſians, or brethren of the conciſion; to both whom the ſymbolicall Croſſe in baptiſme …
    With rule
    … the Papiſt: I come now in the laſt place to diſcipline our Diſciplinarians, whether meerelymerely preciſians, or brethren of the conciſion; to both whom the ſymbolicall Croſſe in baptiſme …

    Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 157 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … doe they break? 1. The knowledge of an hypocrite is, at least in some points, meerelymerely speculative, ann workes not upon the will, and affection to chose, and love the …
    With rule
    … doe they break? 1. The knowledge of an hypocrite is, at least in some points, meerelymerely speculative, ann workes not upon the will, and affection to chose, and love the …

    Phineas Fletcher · Joy in Tribulation · p. 267 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … who those cards to make his Game with, and the like) are not things meerelymerely indifferent. If they be such, and there be controuersie there-about, then by Mr …
    With rule
    … who those cards to make his Game with, and the like) are not things meerelymerely indifferent. If they be such, and there be controuersie there-about, then by Mr …

    Thomas Gataker · A Just Defense of Certain Passages · p. 82 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … by vertue of their Princely vocation, any precedencie or chiefe place, the action beeing meerelymerely Ecclesiasticall. For, howbeit Kings may convocate a Councell, preside also and governe the same …
    With rule
    … by vertue of their Princely vocation, any precedencie or chiefe place, the action beeing meerelymerely Ecclesiasticall. For, howbeit Kings may convocate a Councell, preside also and governe the same …

    George Gillespie · Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies · p. 179 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … but it was far from me. But how much I thought my ſelfe more meerelymerely to haue attained to wiſedome, by ſo much the more was I further off …
    With rule
    … but it was far from me. But how much I thought my ſelfe more meerelymerely to haue attained to wiſedome, by ſo much the more was I further off …

    Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 193 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    The ſecond momentany: when a man with ſome howerly delight imbraceth the Word, meerelymerely for knowledge ſake and no further, and ſuffers not the power of it to …
    With rule
    The ſecond momentany: when a man with ſome howerly delight imbraceth the Word, meerelymerely for knowledge ſake and no further, and ſuffers not the power of it to …

    Henry Greenwood · The Jailors Jail · p. 17 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … your correction) ſeemeth to be no rocke, but a ſand, becauſe that law was meerelymerely ceremoniall.
    With rule
    … your correction) ſeemeth to be no rocke, but a ſand, becauſe that law was meerelymerely ceremoniall.

    James Balmford · Concerning the Plagues Infection · p. 33 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (15)

11 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.

A Guide to Go to God A01975

  • Printed
    A. MeerelyMerely on the free grace of God. This word GIVE doth import as much. For …
    With rule
    A. MeerelyMerely on the free grace of God. This word GIVE doth import as much. For …

    William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 108 · Open in the reader

Twenty-Three Sermons A10398

  • Printed
    … commits ſinne, is the ſeruant of ſinne, Iohn 8.34. And how comes this to paſſe? MeerelyMerely by the rigour of the Law, puniſhing ſinne paſt, by a ſubiection to ſin …
    With rule
    … commits ſinne, is the ſeruant of ſinne, Iohn 8.34. And how comes this to paſſe? MeerelyMerely by the rigour of the Law, puniſhing ſinne paſt, by a ſubiection to ſin …

    John Randall · Twenty-Three Sermons · p. 147 · Open in the reader

A Treatise of Justification A16621

  • Printed
    MeerelyMerely
    With rule
    MeerelyMerely

    William Bradshaw · A Treatise of Justification · Open in the reader

Against Human Ceremonies in Gods Worship A19142

  • Printed
    … they have not the same opinion, or the consideration of that opinion set apart. MeerelyMerely doeth not alwayes signifie onely; nor can it so stand in the Def. his …
    With rule
    … they have not the same opinion, or the consideration of that opinion set apart. MeerelyMerely doeth not alwayes signifie onely; nor can it so stand in the Def. his …

    William Ames · Against Human Ceremonies in Gods Worship · p. 438 · Open in the reader

Two Treatises A21059

  • Printed
    … or lye ſottiſhly and ſenſleſly, no ſenſe of any thing but paine and ſickneſſe? MeerelyMerely from the want of a good conſcience, they have laid up no Cordial, no …
    With rule
    … or lye ſottiſhly and ſenſleſly, no ſenſe of any thing but paine and ſickneſſe? MeerelyMerely from the want of a good conſcience, they have laid up no Cordial, no …

    Jeremiah Dyke · Two Treatises · p. 160 · Open in the reader

The Doctrine of the Saints Perseverance A53688

  • Printed
    … us so to do; and how doth it do that in Mr Goodwin's judgement? MeerelyMerely by perswading of us so to do; so that to have the flesh prevaile …
    With rule
    … us so to do; and how doth it do that in Mr Goodwin's judgement? MeerelyMerely by perswading of us so to do; so that to have the flesh prevaile …

    John Owen · The Doctrine of the Saints Perseverance · p. 332 · Open in the reader

A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic A56191

  • Printed
    MeerelyMerely becauſe of his humanity,
    With rule
    MeerelyMerely becauſe of his humanity,

    William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 164 · Open in the reader

The Sum of Christian Religion A64611

  • Printed
    … no ſatiſfaction for two reaſons. 112. No other creature could ſatisfie for man, but man. 113. MeerelyMerely God could not ſatisfie for man. 114. Chriſts ſatisfaction is made ours two waies. 383. When …
    With rule
    … no ſatiſfaction for two reaſons. 112. No other creature could ſatisfie for man, but man. 113. MeerelyMerely God could not ſatisfie for man. 114. Chriſts ſatisfaction is made ours two waies. 383. When …

    Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion · Open in the reader

Gospel-Repentance Floweth from Faith A80581

  • Printed
    7. MeerelyMerely, or primarily to believe, and be perswaded of blessednesse, or of remission of sinnes …
    With rule
    7. MeerelyMerely, or primarily to believe, and be perswaded of blessednesse, or of remission of sinnes …

    Francis Cornwell · Gospel-Repentance Floweth from Faith · p. 15 · Open in the reader

Good Conscience B01215

  • Printed
    … What is the reaſon they barke not, but are dumbe, and are thus quiet? MeerelyMerely becauſe they are blind and ignorant.
    With rule
    … What is the reaſon they barke not, but are dumbe, and are thus quiet? MeerelyMerely becauſe they are blind and ignorant.

    Jeremiah Dyke · Good Conscience · p. 29 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … or lye ſottiſhly and ſenſeleſly, no ſenſe of any thing but paine, and ſicknes? MeerelyMerely from the want of a good Conſcience, they haue laid vp no Cordiall, no …
    With rule
    … or lye ſottiſhly and ſenſeleſly, no ſenſe of any thing but paine, and ſicknes? MeerelyMerely from the want of a good Conſcience, they haue laid vp no Cordiall, no …

    Jeremiah Dyke · Good Conscience · p. 184 · Open in the reader