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Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6638 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

gentlenesgentleness

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
348 times in 168 works
Consistency
93.5% (348 of 372)
Reach if approved
~391 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: gentleness
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
372 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (348 changes in 168 works, 93.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 348)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … their blyndnes, yea and after their horrible falles and offenses with great lenitie and gentlenesgentleness, to the end that afterward they may repent, I do aggre with you. for …
    With rule
    … their blyndnes, yea and after their horrible falles and offenses with great lenitie and gentlenesgentleness, to the end that afterward they may repent, I do aggre with you. for …

    John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 179 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    Nowe we beynge no lesse bound vnto God for his gentlenesgentleness thā Da uid was, ought to shewe our selues no lesse thankefull agayne to …
    With rule
    Nowe we beynge no lesse bound vnto God for his gentlenesgentleness thā Da uid was, ought to shewe our selues no lesse thankefull agayne to …

    Thomas Becon · Davids Harp · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … discipline. In the kyngdome of Christ, there is no place for anger, but for gentlenesgentleness and loue, that the verie hearte maie bee quiete, and without bitternesse towarde all …
    With rule
    … discipline. In the kyngdome of Christ, there is no place for anger, but for gentlenesgentleness and loue, that the verie hearte maie bee quiete, and without bitternesse towarde all …

    Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … though (then) our Reverend Fathers haue a power to exact theſe things: doth not gentlenesgentleness intreate them, not to vſe this power of theirs, rather then to encōber & burthen …
    With rule
    … though (then) our Reverend Fathers haue a power to exact theſe things: doth not gentlenesgentleness intreate them, not to vſe this power of theirs, rather then to encōber & burthen …

    Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · p. 16 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … them, and rewarding them as they deale with vs: but with all patience, weekeneſſe, gentlenesgentleness, courage, forgiuing of our aduerſaries, and praying for them: conſtantly to endure whatſoeuer the …
    With rule
    … them, and rewarding them as they deale with vs: but with all patience, weekeneſſe, gentlenesgentleness, courage, forgiuing of our aduerſaries, and praying for them: conſtantly to endure whatſoeuer the …

    Oliver Pigg · Treatise on 1 Peter 4 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … to him? not boaſtingly, Art thou one of this ſeducers ſeruants? but in ſimplicitie & gentlenesgentleness, Art thou one of this mans diſciples? So, whether we looke to the tempter …
    With rule
    … to him? not boaſtingly, Art thou one of this ſeducers ſeruants? but in ſimplicitie & gentlenesgentleness, Art thou one of this mans diſciples? So, whether we looke to the tempter …

    Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 25 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … saued vs by the lauer of regeneration: The text is, when the louing kindnesse & gentlenesgentleness of God our sauiour appeared, not of the works of righteousnes, which we wrought …
    With rule
    … saued vs by the lauer of regeneration: The text is, when the louing kindnesse & gentlenesgentleness of God our sauiour appeared, not of the works of righteousnes, which we wrought …

    William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 141 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … will come to paſſe, that we ſhall do more good by the way of gentlenesgentleness and clemencie, than by the rigor of puniſhments. Therefore according to the opinion of …
    With rule
    … will come to paſſe, that we ſhall do more good by the way of gentlenesgentleness and clemencie, than by the rigor of puniſhments. Therefore according to the opinion of …

    François Hotman · The Brutish Thunderbolt · p. 159 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (24)

12 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 11 are listed here. 12 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Exposition on John 5 A01972

  • Printed
    … be performed to the wife: the duty is, That in all things he vſe GentlenesGentleness, Mildeneſſe, Amiablenes, and Familiarity: Whereunto is that bitterneſſe mentioned, Col. 3.19. oppoſed, where a metaphor …
    With rule
    … be performed to the wife: the duty is, That in all things he vſe GentlenesGentleness, Mildeneſſe, Amiablenes, and Familiarity: Whereunto is that bitterneſſe mentioned, Col. 3.19. oppoſed, where a metaphor …

    William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 41 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Galatians A06492

  • Printed
    GentlenesGentleness.
    With rule
    GentlenesGentleness.

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · p. 262 · Open in the reader

A Golden Chain A09339

  • Printed
    The Iustice of God, is either his GentlenesGentleness, or Anger.
    With rule
    The Iustice of God, is either his GentlenesGentleness, or Anger.

    William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 5 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Gods GentlenesGentleness, is that by which he freely bestoweth vpon his creature a reward. 2. Thess. 1. 5. Which …
    With rule
    Gods GentlenesGentleness, is that by which he freely bestoweth vpon his creature a reward. 2. Thess. 1. 5. Which …

    William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 5 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Galatians 1-5 A09383

  • Printed
    GentlenesGentleness, what? 445. 29
    With rule
    GentlenesGentleness, what? 445. 29

    William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

  • Printed
    An exhortation to GentlenesGentleness vnto our neighbors, & vpon what reasons the same is grounded.
    With rule
    An exhortation to GentlenesGentleness vnto our neighbors, & vpon what reasons the same is grounded.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    To what intent God draweth vs vnto him by GentlenesGentleness.
    With rule
    To what intent God draweth vs vnto him by GentlenesGentleness.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    There is nothing wherein men resemble God more than GentlenesGentleness & louing kindnes.
    With rule
    There is nothing wherein men resemble God more than GentlenesGentleness & louing kindnes.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    The abuse of Gods fauour & GentlenesGentleness.
    With rule
    The abuse of Gods fauour & GentlenesGentleness.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Iudges must match their stoutnes with GentlenesGentleness.
    With rule
    Iudges must match their stoutnes with GentlenesGentleness.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

Commentaries A68840

  • Printed
    GentlenesGentleness praepoſterus 101. b
    With rule
    GentlenesGentleness praepoſterus 101. b

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · Open in the reader