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Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6724 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

willingneswillingness

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
303 times in 191 works
Consistency
98.7% (303 of 307)
Reach if approved
~323 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: willingness
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
307 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (303 changes in 191 works, 98.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 303)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … third, and that is for direction: which for satisfaction of those men that pretend willingneswillingness, but plead ignorance, I should also prosecute, if I had so much time to …
    With rule
    … third, and that is for direction: which for satisfaction of those men that pretend willingneswillingness, but plead ignorance, I should also prosecute, if I had so much time to …

    Robert Sanderson · Two Sermons at Pauls Cross · p. 61 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … reuerence him, ſuffer your ſelues to be inſtructed, and catechized with all readineſſe and willingneswillingness, acknowledge and confeſſe your ſinnes, that you would be ſo farre from oppreſſing one …
    With rule
    … reuerence him, ſuffer your ſelues to be inſtructed, and catechized with all readineſſe and willingneswillingness, acknowledge and confeſſe your ſinnes, that you would be ſo farre from oppreſſing one …

    Thomas Granger · Pauls Crown of Rejoicing · p. 31 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … ouercome naturall paſſions, and an vtter and wel-aduiſed forſaking of r groſſer ſins, willingneswillingness ſ to be ſtrengthened in faith, and a t longing deſire for the good …
    With rule
    … ouercome naturall paſſions, and an vtter and wel-aduiſed forſaking of r groſſer ſins, willingneswillingness ſ to be ſtrengthened in faith, and a t longing deſire for the good …

    John Ball · A Short Catechism · p. 27 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … your grace we doe and will attend. And ſo together wee offer with all willingneswillingness to receive the oath of your Supremacie, and that of Alleagiance likewiſe. Sixtly, Your …
    With rule
    … your grace we doe and will attend. And ſo together wee offer with all willingneswillingness to receive the oath of your Supremacie, and that of Alleagiance likewiſe. Sixtly, Your …

    Henry Jacob · Confession of the Faith of Certain Christians in England · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … neceſſitie and neede of our neighbour requireth, it ſuffreth and doth them with great willingneswillingness & ioy. Theſe he that is endued with faith, counteth his workes, hauing in the …
    With rule
    … neceſſitie and neede of our neighbour requireth, it ſuffreth and doth them with great willingneswillingness & ioy. Theſe he that is endued with faith, counteth his workes, hauing in the …

    Martin Luther · Collected Sermons · p. 308 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … meaſure of conjugall affection unto the husband, and with the more cheereful alacritie and willingneswillingness to ſubmit and yeeld unto his deſires and reaſonable commands. But and if ſhe …
    With rule
    … meaſure of conjugall affection unto the husband, and with the more cheereful alacritie and willingneswillingness to ſubmit and yeeld unto his deſires and reaſonable commands. But and if ſhe …

    Richard Bernard · The Ready Way to Good Works · p. 83 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … in himselfe, yet let him not bee discouraged. For if any man haue a willingneswillingness, & a desire to obey Gods commandements, he hath the spirit, and he who hath …
    With rule
    … in himselfe, yet let him not bee discouraged. For if any man haue a willingneswillingness, & a desire to obey Gods commandements, he hath the spirit, and he who hath …

    William Perkins · Whether Man Be in the Estate of Damnation or Grace · p. 76 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Gods hand: but it ſetteth downe the reſemblaunce thereof after a ſort, and our willingneswillingness therevnto.
    With rule
    … Gods hand: but it ſetteth downe the reſemblaunce thereof after a ſort, and our willingneswillingness therevnto.

    Theodore Beza · Propositions and Principles of Divinity Disputed · p. 218 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

An Exposition of the Lords Prayer A17326

  • Printed
    1. WillingnesWillingness without …udging▪
    With rule
    1. WillingnesWillingness without …udging▪

    William Burton · An Exposition of the Lords Prayer · p. 135 · Open in the reader

A Help to Better Hearts for Better Times A25423

  • Printed
    1. WillingnesWillingness, or deſire, makes any action ſtrongly to be performed, when there is a ſutablenes …
    With rule
    1. WillingnesWillingness, or deſire, makes any action ſtrongly to be performed, when there is a ſutablenes …

    John Angier · A Help to Better Hearts for Better Times · p. 335 · Open in the reader

An Exposition of Genesis A44894

  • Printed
    D. 10. WillingnesWillingness to Gods Ordinances is under Gods Law of admission thereunto.
    With rule
    D. 10. WillingnesWillingness to Gods Ordinances is under Gods Law of admission thereunto.

    George Hughes · An Exposition of Genesis · p. 796 · Open in the reader