Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6710 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

saphirasapphira

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 659 times in 396 works
Consistency: 99.8% (659 of 660)
Reach if approved: ~693 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 660 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (659 changes in 396 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 659)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… but afterward dyed a miserable death, his bellye bursting & his bowels gushing out. Ananias & SaphiraSapphira his wi…e, for couetousnes, in cōcealing part of y^• price of ther lāds …
With rule
… but afterward dyed a miserable death, his bellye bursting & his bowels gushing out. Ananias & SaphiraSapphira his wi…e, for couetousnes, in cōcealing part of y^• price of ther lāds …
Philip Stubbes · The Anatomy of Abuses · Open in the reader
Printed
… not in the ſame manner, nor meaſure of inquity: In Cain, Saul, Ananias and SaphiraSapphira, it proceeded from profane and unſanctified hearts filled with malice, pride, and coveteouſnes, but …
With rule
… not in the ſame manner, nor meaſure of inquity: In Cain, Saul, Ananias and SaphiraSapphira, it proceeded from profane and unſanctified hearts filled with malice, pride, and coveteouſnes, but …
John Forbes · A Fruitful Sermon · p. 69 · Open in the reader
Printed
… if ye will touche your matter a ryghte. For the story of Ananias and SaphiraSapphira, is in the. v. chaptre of the Apostles actes, whych boke lacketh. xxii. chapters …
With rule
… if ye will touche your matter a ryghte. For the story of Ananias and SaphiraSapphira, is in the. v. chaptre of the Apostles actes, whych boke lacketh. xxii. chapters …
John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · Open in the reader
Printed
… regard the father of luſts and lyes: for ſo he alſo tempted Ananias and SaphiraSapphira: ſo to couetouſnes, by which he is ſaid to enter into Judas: ſo, to …
With rule
… regard the father of luſts and lyes: for ſo he alſo tempted Ananias and SaphiraSapphira: ſo to couetouſnes, by which he is ſaid to enter into Judas: ſo, to …
Robert Jenison · The Christians Apparelling · p. 284 · Open in the reader
Printed
… matter to Eliſhah his maiſter, ſaying, thy ſeruant went no whither, and Ananias and SaphiraSapphira ſought thus to colour ouer their ſacriledge, but it turned to their greater ſinne …
With rule
… matter to Eliſhah his maiſter, ſaying, thy ſeruant went no whither, and Ananias and SaphiraSapphira ſought thus to colour ouer their ſacriledge, but it turned to their greater ſinne …
John Mayer · The English Catechism Explained · p. 390 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with Caine and Iudas, he may be stricken with sodaine death with Ananias and SaphiraSapphira his wife, he may be eaten of wormes with Herode, hee may bee smitten …
With rule
… with Caine and Iudas, he may be stricken with sodaine death with Ananias and SaphiraSapphira his wife, he may be eaten of wormes with Herode, hee may bee smitten …
William Perkins · Whether Man Be in the Estate of Damnation or Grace · p. 108 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Cain, of Esau, of Corah, Dathan & Abiram, of Zimri. of Acan, of Ananias & SaphiraSapphira, of sinfinit other, that haue either presētly dyed in their innes, or had sentence …
With rule
… of Cain, of Esau, of Corah, Dathan & Abiram, of Zimri. of Acan, of Ananias & SaphiraSapphira, of sinfinit other, that haue either presētly dyed in their innes, or had sentence …
John Rainolds · Defense of Divorce and Remarriage · p. 80 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and hereupon be those phrases in the Scripture of tempting the Spirit, Ananias and SaphiraSapphira tempted the Spirit, that is, when men will doe that which is naught, and …
With rule
… and hereupon be those phrases in the Scripture of tempting the Spirit, Ananias and SaphiraSapphira tempted the Spirit, that is, when men will doe that which is naught, and …
Richard Sibbes · Beams of Divine Light · p. 60 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Discourse Concerning Ananias and Sapphira A44606

Printed
A Diſcourſe concerning ANANIAS and SAPHIRASAPPHIRA.
With rule
A Diſcourſe concerning ANANIAS and SAPHIRASAPPHIRA.
William Houghton · Discourse Concerning Ananias and Sapphira · p. 1 · Open in the reader