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readinesreadiness

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
583 times in 292 works
Consistency
98.4% (583 of 592)
Reach if approved
~622 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: readiness
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
592 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (583 changes in 292 works, 98.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 583)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … all his brethren with the ſword. See, God had a croſſe for him in readinesreadiness; for he ſmote his people, his children, his wiues, and all his ſubſtance, with …
    With rule
    … all his brethren with the ſword. See, God had a croſſe for him in readinesreadiness; for he ſmote his people, his children, his wiues, and all his ſubſtance, with …

    Sebastian Benefield · Eight Sermons at the University of Oxford · p. 22 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … the other. What? can Chriſt be there where there is not a deſire, & a readinesreadiness to labour, that the glorie of God may ſhine vpon earth, by the ſauing …
    With rule
    … the other. What? can Chriſt be there where there is not a deſire, & a readinesreadiness to labour, that the glorie of God may ſhine vpon earth, by the ſauing …

    John Penry · Reformation Unjustly Charged as Enemies · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … a continuall warfare against sinne and Satan: & therfore we must euer be in a readinesreadiness to encounter with our enemie.
    With rule
    … a continuall warfare against sinne and Satan: & therfore we must euer be in a readinesreadiness to encounter with our enemie.

    William Perkins · Satans Sophistry Answered · p. 55 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … state belonging. And good reason it is, that these delicate doctors hauing euer in readinesreadiness pillowes for their friendes ease, should want whole coutches for their owne.
    With rule
    … state belonging. And good reason it is, that these delicate doctors hauing euer in readinesreadiness pillowes for their friendes ease, should want whole coutches for their owne.

    William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 16 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    Stand. We must alwaies be in a readinesreadiness, and at the first call, what time of yeere, moneth, day, or night soeuer …
    With rule
    Stand. We must alwaies be in a readinesreadiness, and at the first call, what time of yeere, moneth, day, or night soeuer …

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 314 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    39 VVhy we ought to haue a will in readinesreadiness. Pag. 148
    With rule
    39 VVhy we ought to haue a will in readinesreadiness. Pag. 148

    Robert Hill · The Pathway to Prayer and Piety · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … the mater, for it should come to passe that they which were in a readinesreadiness in Franconia shall come nerer to Turingia. In the meane time Phifer that loued …
    With rule
    … the mater, for it should come to passe that they which were in a readinesreadiness in Franconia shall come nerer to Turingia. In the meane time Phifer that loued …

    John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 408 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … it is but superfluous for me to write vnto you: for I know the readinesreadiness of your mind. &c. Yet this I say: he that soweth little, shall reape …
    With rule
    … it is but superfluous for me to write vnto you: for I know the readinesreadiness of your mind. &c. Yet this I say: he that soweth little, shall reape …

    Thomas Becon · The Principles of Christian Religion · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

To Prince James A04219

  • Printed
    … Number, Strength, Dependancie at home and abroad not to be contemned: for Watchfulnes and ReadinesReadiness to take the advantage of all occurrents and tymes, not vnworthy to be carefully …
    With rule
    … Number, Strength, Dependancie at home and abroad not to be contemned: for Watchfulnes and ReadinesReadiness to take the advantage of all occurrents and tymes, not vnworthy to be carefully …

    Henry Jacob · To Prince James · p. 30 · Open in the reader

Observations Divine and Moral A10839

  • Printed
    ReadinesReadiness to take offence, and exception at, and against other men in their faylings, shews …
    With rule
    ReadinesReadiness to take offence, and exception at, and against other men in their faylings, shews …

    John Robinson · Observations Divine and Moral · p. 237 · Open in the reader

The Whole Sum of Christian Religion A17244

  • Printed
    … he ſtyrreth vp or bringeth forth, firſt the Motion: ſecondarily the lyking: thirdly a ReadinesReadiness to do it: laſt of all, the Committing of the acte it ſelfe.
    With rule
    … he ſtyrreth vp or bringeth forth, firſt the Motion: ſecondarily the lyking: thirdly a ReadinesReadiness to do it: laſt of all, the Committing of the acte it ſelfe.

    Edmund Bunny · The Whole Sum of Christian Religion · Open in the reader

The Christians Daily Sacrifice A19284

  • Printed
    10 ReadinesReadiness and patience to and vnder the Crosse Rom. 5.
    With rule
    10 ReadinesReadiness and patience to and vnder the Crosse Rom. 5.

    Thomas Cooper · The Christians Daily Sacrifice · p. 14 · Open in the reader

An Exposition of Genesis A44894

  • Printed
    D. 2. ReadinesReadiness and pains to shew kindnes unto friends in the flesh becommeth both grace and …
    With rule
    D. 2. ReadinesReadiness and pains to shew kindnes unto friends in the flesh becommeth both grace and …

    George Hughes · An Exposition of Genesis · p. 362 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    D. 5. ReadinesReadiness in convening becomes Gods servants at the earnestness of his call.
    With rule
    D. 5. ReadinesReadiness in convening becomes Gods servants at the earnestness of his call.

    George Hughes · An Exposition of Genesis · p. 580 · Open in the reader