Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6615 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

witholdwithhold

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 190 times in 157 works
Consistency: 94.0% (190 of 202)
Reach if approved: ~213 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: withhold
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 203 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (190 changes in 157 works, 94.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 190)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… will ſoon find a God who is delighted with ſuch frames, and cannot long witholdwithhold himſelf from the Soul: When our hearts are enflamed with love to him in …
With rule
… will ſoon find a God who is delighted with ſuch frames, and cannot long witholdwithhold himſelf from the Soul: When our hearts are enflamed with love to him in …
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 174 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of thine only Son. O my God, it is not poſſible for me to witholdwithhold my complaints, ſuppreſs my groans, and to dry up this torrent of Tears; my …
With rule
… of thine only Son. O my God, it is not poſſible for me to witholdwithhold my complaints, ſuppreſs my groans, and to dry up this torrent of Tears; my …
Charles Drelincourt · The Christians Defense Against the Fears of Death · p. 292 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fear in the heart of a good Christian, and such a fear as may witholdwithhold him from sin. The more love and affection that men bear to any ones …
With rule
… fear in the heart of a good Christian, and such a fear as may witholdwithhold him from sin. The more love and affection that men bear to any ones …
Thomas Horton · Choice and Practical Expositions on Four Select Psalms · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
… way to be fruitful, by his owne example. He owes vs nothing: if he witholdwithhold good things, we cannot chalenge him: if he ſends vs good things, we are …
With rule
… way to be fruitful, by his owne example. He owes vs nothing: if he witholdwithhold good things, we cannot chalenge him: if he ſends vs good things, we are …
Thomas Adams · The Barren Tree · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they would breake their Sabboth day: What might be the cause that God should witholdwithhold the open manifestation of the Messias, whom they affirme to haue bene borne at …
With rule
… they would breake their Sabboth day: What might be the cause that God should witholdwithhold the open manifestation of the Messias, whom they affirme to haue bene borne at …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 539 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them in ſtore to their owne priuate vſe, doe little conſider what benefite they witholdwithhold from the church of god, whiche if they ſhall yet brotherly communicate, there ſhall …
With rule
… them in ſtore to their owne priuate vſe, doe little conſider what benefite they witholdwithhold from the church of god, whiche if they ſhall yet brotherly communicate, there ſhall …
John Bradford · Godly Meditations Upon the Lords Prayer · Open in the reader
Printed
… made in that reſpect. If it be a marke of a damnable perſon to witholdwithhold mercie from the ſorrowfull and heauie hearted, then what ſhall become of them that …
With rule
… made in that reſpect. If it be a marke of a damnable perſon to witholdwithhold mercie from the ſorrowfull and heauie hearted, then what ſhall become of them that …
John Dod · Ten Sermons for the Worthy Receiving of the Lords Supper · p. 84 · Open in the reader
Printed
11 Thy tender mercies from me Lord, witholdwithhold not, let me have
With rule
11 Thy tender mercies from me Lord, witholdwithhold not, let me have
Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter with the Prose Interlined · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Family Well-Ordered A50129

Printed
… and let not thy Soul spare for his Crying; and that word, in Prov. 23.13, 14. WitholdWithhold not Correction from the Child; for if thou beatest him with the Rod, he …
With rule
… and let not thy Soul spare for his Crying; and that word, in Prov. 23.13, 14. WitholdWithhold not Correction from the Child; for if thou beatest him with the Rod, he …
Cotton Mather · A Family Well-Ordered · p. 22 · Open in the reader

Sermon 17 July 1700 A50459

Printed
… So… while there is hope, and let not thy So… ſpare for his crying. WitholdWithhold not Correction from the Child: For if thou beateſt him with the Rod he …
With rule
… So… while there is hope, and let not thy So… ſpare for his crying. WitholdWithhold not Correction from the Child: For if thou beateſt him with the Rod he …
Daniel Mayo · Sermon 17 July 1700 · p. 20 · Open in the reader

A Plain Discourse on Vain Thoughts N01938

Printed
… The Command of GOD is that in Mic. 6.8. Do Juſtly; and that in Prov 3.27. WitholdWithhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the …
With rule
… The Command of GOD is that in Mic. 6.8. Do Juſtly; and that in Prov 3.27. WitholdWithhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the …
Nehemiah Walter · A Plain Discourse on Vain Thoughts · p. 59 · Open in the reader

A Call to Parents and Children N03376

Printed
… needeth it, that thou mayest preserve him, from the greatest of Miseries. Prov. XXIII.13, 14. WitholdWithhold not Correction from the Child; for if thou beatest him with the Rod, he …
With rule
… needeth it, that thou mayest preserve him, from the greatest of Miseries. Prov. XXIII.13, 14. WitholdWithhold not Correction from the Child; for if thou beatest him with the Rod, he …
John Barnard · A Call to Parents and Children · p. 32 · Open in the reader