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Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6582 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

bablingbabbling

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
681 times in 407 works
Consistency
94.3% (681 of 722)
Reach if approved
~759 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: babbling
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
722 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (681 changes in 407 works, 94.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 681)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … preaching is a scandall, to a Greek Phylosopher it is folly, to an Atheist bablingbabbling, to a Papist praching, to an Infidell intol…erable tediousnesse, to the desperately damned …
    With rule
    … preaching is a scandall, to a Greek Phylosopher it is folly, to an Atheist bablingbabbling, to a Papist praching, to an Infidell intol…erable tediousnesse, to the desperately damned …

    William Loe · The Mystery of Mankind · p. 171 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … of God, should give warning vnto others; that as the foolish womā is troublesome, bablingbabbling & lowd, inviting her ghests to the depth of hel: so the maidens of wisdom …
    With rule
    … of God, should give warning vnto others; that as the foolish womā is troublesome, bablingbabbling & lowd, inviting her ghests to the depth of hel: so the maidens of wisdom …

    Henry Ainsworth · An Epistle Unto Two Daughters of Warwick · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … pray one day together without many repetitions. Here then by vaine repetitions is meant bablingbabbling; that is, a desire and affectation to vse and speake many words in praier …
    With rule
    … pray one day together without many repetitions. Here then by vaine repetitions is meant bablingbabbling; that is, a desire and affectation to vse and speake many words in praier …

    William Perkins · Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount · p. 242 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … made in an vnknowne tongue, as it is in Popery: and we diſhonour God, bablingbabbling and prattling to him we know not what: Let the Scripture bee free and …
    With rule
    … made in an vnknowne tongue, as it is in Popery: and we diſhonour God, bablingbabbling and prattling to him we know not what: Let the Scripture bee free and …

    John Randall · Twenty-Nine Lectures · p. 210 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … good argument to proue that Christ is onely in heauen, he vseth much foolish bablingbabbling, as though that saying onely were brought for an argument, or that saying of …
    With rule
    … good argument to proue that Christ is onely in heauen, he vseth much foolish bablingbabbling, as though that saying onely were brought for an argument, or that saying of …

    William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 480 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … vtter the wordes of chriſt the ſone of God, much more wiſelie by hys bablingbabbling. Yet am I cōtent to let his own gloſe be his owne iudge in …
    With rule
    … vtter the wordes of chriſt the ſone of God, much more wiſelie by hys bablingbabbling. Yet am I cōtent to let his own gloſe be his owne iudge in …

    Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … not thinke but he would haue condemnned the preacher and that worthely for his bablingbabbling. For there he might haue heard him fetch many vagaries, and spend the most …
    With rule
    … not thinke but he would haue condemnned the preacher and that worthely for his bablingbabbling. For there he might haue heard him fetch many vagaries, and spend the most …

    Job Throckmorton · Some Laid Open in his Colors · p. 18 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … and speak vnto him in our prayers, propoūding our requests holily, carefully, reverendly, without bablingbabbling, according to our severall occasions &c. And so meeteth with the manifold errours that …
    With rule
    … and speak vnto him in our prayers, propoūding our requests holily, carefully, reverendly, without bablingbabbling, according to our severall occasions &c. And so meeteth with the manifold errours that …

    Francis Johnson · Inquiry and Answer of Thomas Whites Discovery of Brownism · p. 31 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (41)

25 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 24 are listed here. 16 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
    BAblingBabbling in prayer. 499
    With rule
    BAblingBabbling in prayer. 499

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

A Golden Chain A09339

  • Printed
    BablingBabbling. 97
    With rule
    BablingBabbling. 97

    William Perkins · A Golden Chain · Open in the reader

Sermons in One Volume A12406

  • Printed
    … to eate, and riſe vp to plaie, that as Chriſt calleth the Phariſies praier BablingBabbling, Matth. 6. 7. ſo their receiuing may bee called dallying.
    With rule
    … to eate, and riſe vp to plaie, that as Chriſt calleth the Phariſies praier BablingBabbling, Matth. 6. 7. ſo their receiuing may bee called dallying.

    Henry Smith · Sermons in One Volume · p. 155 · Open in the reader

Reproof of Howlets Untimely Shrieking A15295

  • Printed
    … danger you will put your selues into for the trial of Gods trueth, &c, BablingBabbling and vaine folly as all the rest. This is the matter, eyther you would …
    With rule
    … danger you will put your selues into for the trial of Gods trueth, &c, BablingBabbling and vaine folly as all the rest. This is the matter, eyther you would …

    Perceval Wiburn · Reproof of Howlets Untimely Shrieking · p. 102 · Open in the reader

The Light of Faith A17419

  • Printed
    BablingBabbling in word.
    With rule
    BablingBabbling in word.

    Richard Byfield · The Light of Faith · p. 351 · Open in the reader

A Treasury of Similes A18271

  • Printed
    BablingBabbling of Fooliſh men and women.
    With rule
    BablingBabbling of Fooliſh men and women.

    Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 280 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    BAblingBabbling. Folio. 280.
    With rule
    BAblingBabbling. Folio. 280.

    Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · Open in the reader

The Court of the Gentiles Part 3 A41681

  • Printed
    foreign, vain BablingBabbling 20, 121
    With rule
    foreign, vain BablingBabbling 20, 121

    Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 3 · Open in the reader

Satans Temptations in Three Parts A42781

  • Printed
    … aſperſed with the like ſcoffs and flouts; it was frequently called a Sect, a BablingBabbling and ſtrange and uncouth Doctrine: beſides, a great many lies and forgeries that were …
    With rule
    … aſperſed with the like ſcoffs and flouts; it was frequently called a Sect, a BablingBabbling and ſtrange and uncouth Doctrine: beſides, a great many lies and forgeries that were …

    Richard Gilpin · Satans Temptations in Three Parts · p. 139 · Open in the reader

Exposition on the Lords Prayer A44434

  • Printed
    … with new Affections and Deſires. No Prayer therefore ought to be accuſed of idle BablingBabbling and vain Repetitions; but thoſe that Pray may (I fear) too often be charged …
    With rule
    … with new Affections and Deſires. No Prayer therefore ought to be accuſed of idle BablingBabbling and vain Repetitions; but thoſe that Pray may (I fear) too often be charged …

    Ezekiel Hopkins · Exposition on the Lords Prayer · p. 3 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Job A45240

  • Printed
    … is this that is ſo preſumptuous, as to obſcure thy deep Counſels, by their BablingBabbling? For I am now of the ſame opinion, that they do but hide Counſel …
    With rule
    … is this that is ſo preſumptuous, as to obſcure thy deep Counſels, by their BablingBabbling? For I am now of the ſame opinion, that they do but hide Counſel …

    George Hutcheson · Exposition of Job · p. 45 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Psalm 119 A51842

  • Printed
    … this Holy Skil and Wisdom, how often is Conference turned into Jangling, or meer BablingBabbling.
    With rule
    … this Holy Skil and Wisdom, how often is Conference turned into Jangling, or meer BablingBabbling.

    Thomas Manton · Sermons on Psalm 119 · p. 1068 · Open in the reader

Practical Exposition of the Lords Prayer A51845

  • Printed
    … their Vain-Glory, he cometh here to dissuade from another Abuse, and that is BablingBabbling and Liplabour: They pray'd to be seen of Men, but the Heathens were guilty …
    With rule
    … their Vain-Glory, he cometh here to dissuade from another Abuse, and that is BablingBabbling and Liplabour: They pray'd to be seen of Men, but the Heathens were guilty …

    Thomas Manton · Practical Exposition of the Lords Prayer · p. 40 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … it a little further. There are two Extremes; the slight and careless Spirit, and BablingBabbling.
    With rule
    … it a little further. There are two Extremes; the slight and careless Spirit, and BablingBabbling.

    Thomas Manton · Practical Exposition of the Lords Prayer · p. 43 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … all Repetitions are not vain, nor is all Length in Prayer to be accounted BablingBabbling.
    With rule
    … all Repetitions are not vain, nor is all Length in Prayer to be accounted BablingBabbling.

    Thomas Manton · Practical Exposition of the Lords Prayer · p. 44 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … our Affection to God: Longer than they serve that End in Prayer, they are BablingBabbling, and vain Repetitions, and much speaking, which Christ here forbids. Consider, there is not …
    With rule
    … our Affection to God: Longer than they serve that End in Prayer, they are BablingBabbling, and vain Repetitions, and much speaking, which Christ here forbids. Consider, there is not …

    Thomas Manton · Practical Exposition of the Lords Prayer · p. 52 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Eloquence in Prayer, and tunable Expressions, is a Sin of the same nature with BablingBabbling. Tho Men should have the Wit to avoid impertinent Expressions, and Repetitions; yet when …
    With rule
    … Eloquence in Prayer, and tunable Expressions, is a Sin of the same nature with BablingBabbling. Tho Men should have the Wit to avoid impertinent Expressions, and Repetitions; yet when …

    Thomas Manton · Practical Exposition of the Lords Prayer · p. 58 · Open in the reader

Exposition Upon Ecclesiastes A52356

  • Printed
    … their want of prudence even in common things by their much ſpeaking, ſo vain BablingBabbling, and a multitude of words unadviſedly uttered to God in Prayer, doth bewray a …
    With rule
    … their want of prudence even in common things by their much ſpeaking, ſo vain BablingBabbling, and a multitude of words unadviſedly uttered to God in Prayer, doth bewray a …

    Alexander Nisbet · Exposition Upon Ecclesiastes · p. 231 · Open in the reader

A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic A56191

  • Printed
    O Monſtrous BablingBabbling and Battologie!
    With rule
    O Monſtrous BablingBabbling and Battologie!

    William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 13 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Vaine BablingBabbling, and your Bedes quite to put by,
    With rule
    Vaine BablingBabbling, and your Bedes quite to put by,

    William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 21 · Open in the reader

Transubstantiation Examined and Confuted A60427

  • Printed
    … to eat and rise up to play, that as Christ calleth the Pharisees Prayer BablingBabbling, Matth. 6. 7. so their receiving may be called Dallying.
    With rule
    … to eat and rise up to play, that as Christ calleth the Pharisees Prayer BablingBabbling, Matth. 6. 7. so their receiving may be called Dallying.

    Henry Smith · Transubstantiation Examined and Confuted · p. 44 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

  • Printed
    BablingBabbling]
    With rule
    BablingBabbling]

    Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 39 · Open in the reader

Meditations Upon the Lords Prayer A66758

  • Printed
    … Generation, by meer Formalites, and by multiplying ſuch vain words as our Saviour terms BablingBabbling; and in regard, ſome alſo (in other reſpects good and Pious men) have totally …
    With rule
    … Generation, by meer Formalites, and by multiplying ſuch vain words as our Saviour terms BablingBabbling; and in regard, ſome alſo (in other reſpects good and Pious men) have totally …

    George Wither · Meditations Upon the Lords Prayer · Open in the reader

The Sin and Folly of Drunkenness Considered B08586

  • Printed
    (1.) BablingBabbling, (Prov. 23.29.) When a ſwoln Tongue ſhall be ſet a running by an intoxicated brain …
    With rule
    (1.) BablingBabbling, (Prov. 23.29.) When a ſwoln Tongue ſhall be ſet a running by an intoxicated brain …

    Edward Buckler · The Sin and Folly of Drunkenness Considered · p. 15 · Open in the reader