Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6678 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

casuallcasual

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 720 times in 277 works
Consistency: 96.5% (720 of 746)
Reach if approved: ~784 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: casual
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 746 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (720 changes in 277 works, 96.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 720)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… haue offered that man into the hand of the ſlayer; what can be more caſuallcasual in reſpect of the meanes, and yet hath Gods prouidence a ſtroke therein.
With rule
… haue offered that man into the hand of the ſlayer; what can be more caſuallcasual in reſpect of the meanes, and yet hath Gods prouidence a ſtroke therein.
William Sclater · Three Sermons · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… good to know the casuallcasual beginnings of things▪ it is better to know their casuallcasual ends. It is good to be a naturall Philosopher, but better to bee a …
With rule
… good to know the casuallcasual beginnings of things▪ it is better to know their casuallcasual ends. It is good to be a naturall Philosopher, but better to bee a …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 219 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Lord, Pro. 16. 33. So as there is nothing done, ſeeme it to us never ſo caſuallcasual, but God either doth it or ſuffereth it to be done. Fortune, as oppoſed …
With rule
… Lord, Pro. 16. 33. So as there is nothing done, ſeeme it to us never ſo caſuallcasual, but God either doth it or ſuffereth it to be done. Fortune, as oppoſed …
William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · p. 381 · Open in the reader
Printed
… strongest in this kind which comprehendeth onely the signes and tokens of goodnesse. Things casuallcasual do varie, and that which a man doth but chaunce to thinke well of …
With rule
… strongest in this kind which comprehendeth onely the signes and tokens of goodnesse. Things casuallcasual do varie, and that which a man doth but chaunce to thinke well of …
Richard Hooker · The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity · p. 60 · Open in the reader
Printed
… at the time appointed by the Lord, and ſuch iudgements as happen are not caſuallcasual, but by him determined and appointed in reſpect of all circumſtances.
With rule
… at the time appointed by the Lord, and ſuch iudgements as happen are not caſuallcasual, but by him determined and appointed in reſpect of all circumſtances.
John Mayer · Exposition on the Catholic Epistles · p. 460 · Open in the reader
Printed
… What good or euill things soeuer are in the world, they happen not by casuallcasual chance, and without the prouidence of God, but by his pleasure. Hugo saith: Men …
With rule
… What good or euill things soeuer are in the world, they happen not by casuallcasual chance, and without the prouidence of God, but by his pleasure. Hugo saith: Men …
William Perkins · Predestination · p. 47 · Open in the reader
Printed
… particular cases: First, when as the evils which men see or heare are meerely casuallcasual, not run unto of set purpose upon deliberation. Secondly, when men are necessitated to …
With rule
… particular cases: First, when as the evils which men see or heare are meerely casuallcasual, not run unto of set purpose upon deliberation. Secondly, when men are necessitated to …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 961 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as to read divine service &c. so are other workes or partes thereof but casuallcasual, & arbytrary, as is this of preaching, as the person can, or will. It is …
With rule
… as to read divine service &c. so are other workes or partes thereof but casuallcasual, & arbytrary, as is this of preaching, as the person can, or will. It is …
John Robinson · A Manumission to a Manuduction · p. 12 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (26)

20 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 18 are listed here. 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Just Defense of Certain Passages A01540

Printed
… ouerthrow mine Arguments against it, hee must affirme such an immediate prouidence in euery CasuallCasual Occurrent: as also a naturall power in man to make God worke immediately, and …
With rule
… ouerthrow mine Arguments against it, hee must affirme such an immediate prouidence in euery CasuallCasual Occurrent: as also a naturall power in man to make God worke immediately, and …
Thomas Gataker · A Just Defense of Certain Passages · Open in the reader

Nature and Use of Lots A01545

Printed
CHAP. 2. Of Chance or Casualtie; and of CasuallCasual Euents.
With rule
CHAP. 2. Of Chance or Casualtie; and of CasuallCasual Euents.
Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · Open in the reader
Printed
§ 1. NOw because Chance or Casualty beareth much sway in Lotery; CasuallCasual Euents being the subiect matter of Lots; the due consideration thereof will help not …
With rule
§ 1. NOw because Chance or Casualty beareth much sway in Lotery; CasuallCasual Euents being the subiect matter of Lots; the due consideration thereof will help not …
Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it, and as Christian Writers in these Questions most vsually vnderstand it, for a CasuallCasual Euent, that is, an Euent contingent, not directed or determined by any fore-cast …
With rule
… it, and as Christian Writers in these Questions most vsually vnderstand it, for a CasuallCasual Euent, that is, an Euent contingent, not directed or determined by any fore-cast …
Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to three heads: They are either Necessary, Contingent but not CasuallCasual, or Contingent and CasuallCasual.
With rule
… to three heads: They are either Necessary, Contingent but not CasuallCasual, or Contingent and CasuallCasual.
Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
… then shall suffice to haue spoken of the definition of a Lot, and of CasuallCasual Euents, whereof a Lot is one, in generall: we will now proceed to consider …
With rule
… then shall suffice to haue spoken of the definition of a Lot, and of CasuallCasual Euents, whereof a Lot is one, in generall: we will now proceed to consider …
Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 31 · Open in the reader

Eight Sermons at the University of Oxford A08356

Printed
Things CaſuallCasual and contingent in reſpect of vs. 33
With rule
Things CaſuallCasual and contingent in reſpect of vs. 33
Sebastian Benefield · Eight Sermons at the University of Oxford · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount A09432

Printed
CasuallCasual killing, commonly called chance medlie, is when a man killeth an other, hauing no …
With rule
CasuallCasual killing, commonly called chance medlie, is when a man killeth an other, hauing no …
William Perkins · Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount · p. 98 · Open in the reader

Display of Popish Practices A09918

Printed
… that we maye will effectuallye. But thou wilte ſay, wherefore is any thing called CaſuallCasual, ſéeing it is already decréed of God into the one parte, and ſo is …
With rule
… that we maye will effectuallye. But thou wilte ſay, wherefore is any thing called CaſuallCasual, ſéeing it is already decréed of God into the one parte, and ſo is …
Theodore Beza · Display of Popish Practices · p. 235 · Open in the reader

Lifes Preservative Against Self-Killing A13280

Printed
CaſuallCasual, or accidentall is; when, beſides the intenſion of the agent, and proper nature and …
With rule
CaſuallCasual, or accidentall is; when, beſides the intenſion of the agent, and proper nature and …
John Sym · Lifes Preservative Against Self-Killing · p. 44 · Open in the reader

Discovery of Jacksons Vanity A14095

Printed
… whence you digressed, but you seeme to bring it in by the eares. For CasuallCasual thinges are suchas fall out praeter intentionem, besides intention which is an action of …
With rule
… whence you digressed, but you seeme to bring it in by the eares. For CasuallCasual thinges are suchas fall out praeter intentionem, besides intention which is an action of …
William Twisse · Discovery of Jacksons Vanity · p. 259 · Open in the reader

Emblems Ancient and Modern A15631

Printed
And, ſuch a Prince is not a CaſuallCasual-thing,
With rule
And, ſuch a Prince is not a CaſuallCasual-thing,
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 32 · Open in the reader

The Sum of Christian Religion A64611

Printed
1. CaſuallCasual,
With rule
1. CaſuallCasual,
Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion · p. 204 · Open in the reader

Of Domestical Duties A68107

Printed
A parents Neceſſity may be through Naturall infirmities. CaſuallCasual extremities.
With rule
A parents Neceſſity may be through Naturall infirmities. CaſuallCasual extremities.
William Gouge · Of Domestical Duties · p. 470 · Open in the reader
Printed
CaſuallCasual extremities, are all manner of croſſes which by the prouidence of God are laid …
With rule
CaſuallCasual extremities, are all manner of croſſes which by the prouidence of God are laid …
William Gouge · Of Domestical Duties · p. 472 · Open in the reader

A Parley with the Sword About a Cessation A77506

Printed
… Chance and Fortune. True, the iſſu…s of Warre to us they may be CaſuallCasual, not ſo to God. Even thoſe Bullets which in the heat of ſervice are …
With rule
… Chance and Fortune. True, the iſſu…s of Warre to us they may be CaſuallCasual, not ſo to God. Even thoſe Bullets which in the heat of ſervice are …
John Brinsley · A Parley with the Sword About a Cessation · p. 21 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ezekiel 1-5 A85666

Printed
CaſuallCasual. Nothing is ſo. 155
With rule
CaſuallCasual. Nothing is ſo. 155
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 1-5 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ezekiel 6-13 A85667

Printed
CaſuallCasual, motions heere below not caſuallcasual. 310
With rule
CaſuallCasual, motions heere below not caſuallcasual. 310
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 6-13 · Open in the reader