Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6530 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

brightnesbrightness

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 745 times in 321 works
Consistency: 97.3% (745 of 765)
Reach if approved: ~804 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: brightness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 765 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (745 changes in 321 works, 97.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 745)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Salomon, As they, that looke vpon the ſunne, ought not onely to conſider the brightnesbrightness of his face, when it is orientall, but alſo ſometimes bend themſelues to conſider …
With rule
… Salomon, As they, that looke vpon the ſunne, ought not onely to conſider the brightnesbrightness of his face, when it is orientall, but alſo ſometimes bend themſelues to conſider …
Thomas Holland · Sermon 17 November 1599 · Open in the reader
Printed
… when it comes neere and in ſight, the very claſhing of the armour, the brightnesbrightness of the ſwords, the noiſe of Drummes and Trumpets, yea the very roaring of …
With rule
… when it comes neere and in ſight, the very claſhing of the armour, the brightnesbrightness of the ſwords, the noiſe of Drummes and Trumpets, yea the very roaring of …
Robert Jenison · The Christians Apparelling · p. 185 · Open in the reader
Printed
… places of his kingdome? Doe …ou expect that he ſhall be aboliſhed by the brightnesbrightness of the …omming of him, who…e Trumpet ſoundeth already in our …res, Behold …
With rule
… places of his kingdome? Doe …ou expect that he ſhall be aboliſhed by the brightnesbrightness of the …omming of him, who…e Trumpet ſoundeth already in our …res, Behold …
Thomas Beard · Antichrist the Pope of Rome · p. 106 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Angell. For the shepheardes sawe not y^e Angels, only they dyd see a light & brightnesbrightness, they heard the words of the Angels, whiche yet are rehersed in sermons, and …
With rule
… Angell. For the shepheardes sawe not y^e Angels, only they dyd see a light & brightnesbrightness, they heard the words of the Angels, whiche yet are rehersed in sermons, and …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
… quafi ſtellae in perpetuas aeternitates. And they that be vviſe ſhal ſhine as the brightnesbrightness of the firmament, & they that … …e many to righteouſnes, ſhal ſhine as the ſtarres …
With rule
… quafi ſtellae in perpetuas aeternitates. And they that be vviſe ſhal ſhine as the brightnesbrightness of the firmament, & they that … …e many to righteouſnes, ſhal ſhine as the ſtarres …
John Napier · The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises · p. 257 · Open in the reader
Printed
First stands an Arch, pale Cynthia's brightnesbrightness shaming,
With rule
First stands an Arch, pale Cynthia's brightnesbrightness shaming,
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all whiche semed to bee lyke sackeclothe of heare to them, whose eyes the brightnesbrightness of this worlde had so tied and bounde that they were blinde euen in …
With rule
… all whiche semed to bee lyke sackeclothe of heare to them, whose eyes the brightnesbrightness of this worlde had so tied and bounde that they were blinde euen in …
William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
… see how bright the Sunne is, and doe we not cōsider how great his brightnesbrightness is, that made the Sunne? Doe we see how glorious the heavens are, and …
With rule
… see how bright the Sunne is, and doe we not cōsider how great his brightnesbrightness is, that made the Sunne? Doe we see how glorious the heavens are, and …
Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Lords Prayer · p. 65 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (20)

14 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 are listed here. 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Choice Grounds and Principles of our Christian Religion A01263

Printed
… that shineth in the Firmament, although three distinct things be perceiued in it: Light, BrightnesBrightness, & Heat. For these thrée, as they rise all together, so they cease all at …
With rule
… that shineth in the Firmament, although three distinct things be perceiued in it: Light, BrightnesBrightness, & Heat. For these thrée, as they rise all together, so they cease all at …
John Frewen · Choice Grounds and Principles of our Christian Religion · p. 82 · Open in the reader

The Saints Amity with God in Christ A41751

Printed
… Deſcription is here? how weighty, and wonderful is every word hereof? (1.) Who being the BrightnesBrightness: foreign, the Effulgence, Splendor, Luſtre or ſhining brightnesbrightness. Some take it to be a figurative …
With rule
… Deſcription is here? how weighty, and wonderful is every word hereof? (1.) Who being the BrightnesBrightness: foreign, the Effulgence, Splendor, Luſtre or ſhining brightnesbrightness. Some take it to be a figurative …
Theophilus Gale · The Saints Amity with God in Christ · p. 196 · Open in the reader
Printed
… little examine the following notion [Glorie] Chriſt, as God-man, is not only the BrightnesBrightness of God the Father, but the BrightnesBrightness of his Glorie. Glorie imports theſe ſeverals …
With rule
… little examine the following notion [Glorie] Chriſt, as God-man, is not only the BrightnesBrightness of God the Father, but the BrightnesBrightness of his Glorie. Glorie imports theſe ſeverals …
Theophilus Gale · The Saints Amity with God in Christ · p. 201 · Open in the reader
Printed
… theſe ſeveral aſcents, and raiſures of created Glorie, come infinitely ſhort of that ſhining BrightnesBrightness of the Father's Glorie, which manifeſts it ſelf on the Theatre of our Emmanuel …
With rule
… theſe ſeveral aſcents, and raiſures of created Glorie, come infinitely ſhort of that ſhining BrightnesBrightness of the Father's Glorie, which manifeſts it ſelf on the Theatre of our Emmanuel …
Theophilus Gale · The Saints Amity with God in Christ · p. 201 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſhew in what follows, on 2 Cor. 4.6. Now, doth nor this effulgence, ſplendor, luſtre or BrightnesBrightness of the Father's Glorie, which ſhines in Chriſt, render him infinitely eligible for himſelf …
With rule
… ſhew in what follows, on 2 Cor. 4.6. Now, doth nor this effulgence, ſplendor, luſtre or BrightnesBrightness of the Father's Glorie, which ſhines in Chriſt, render him infinitely eligible for himſelf …
Theophilus Gale · The Saints Amity with God in Christ · p. 201 · Open in the reader
Printed
… what is manifeſt in al the other works of God? Does not the ſhining BrightnesBrightness of God's wiſdome, in this great plot of Redemtion by Chriſt, much out-ſhine …
With rule
… what is manifeſt in al the other works of God? Does not the ſhining BrightnesBrightness of God's wiſdome, in this great plot of Redemtion by Chriſt, much out-ſhine …
Theophilus Gale · The Saints Amity with God in Christ · p. 220 · Open in the reader

The Resurrection Revealed A44277

Printed
… ſtand up, and deliver his people, they that be wiſe ſhall ſhine as the BRIGHTNESBRIGHTNESS OF THE FIRMAMENT, and they that turne many to righteouſneſs, AS THE STARS FOR …
With rule
… ſtand up, and deliver his people, they that be wiſe ſhall ſhine as the BRIGHTNESBRIGHTNESS OF THE FIRMAMENT, and they that turne many to righteouſneſs, AS THE STARS FOR …
Nathanael Homes · The Resurrection Revealed · p. 508 · Open in the reader