Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6782 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

overcommethovercometh

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 285 times in 127 works
Consistency: 98.9% (285 of 288)
Reach if approved: ~303 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: overcometh
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 288 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (285 changes in 127 works, 98.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 285)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Hee that overcommethovercometh, shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and hee shall bee …
With rule
Hee that overcommethovercometh, shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and hee shall bee …
Robert Bolton · Comforting Afflicted Consciences · p. 388 · Open in the reader
Printed
… whom, and upon what conditions? That is expreſſed there, Vincenti dabe, To hin… that overcommethovercometh I will give the Morning-ſtar. Our life is a warfare, our whole life …
With rule
… whom, and upon what conditions? That is expreſſed there, Vincenti dabe, To hin… that overcommethovercometh I will give the Morning-ſtar. Our life is a warfare, our whole life …
John Donne · Eighty Sermons · p. 809 · Open in the reader
Printed
… theſe it followes, that faith is an overcomming grace: this is the victory that overcommethovercometh the world, even our faith, ſaith Saint John, Epiſtle 1 chap. 5. v. 4.
With rule
… theſe it followes, that faith is an overcomming grace: this is the victory that overcommethovercometh the world, even our faith, ſaith Saint John, Epiſtle 1 chap. 5. v. 4.
Jeremiah Burroughs · Moses Self-Denial · p. 183 · Open in the reader
Printed
… moſt men is for contempt of meanes; but this helpeth him not, becauſe he overcommethovercometh his Elect notwithſtanding contempt of meanes; therefore he denies that grace to one which …
With rule
… moſt men is for contempt of meanes; but this helpeth him not, becauſe he overcommethovercometh his Elect notwithſtanding contempt of meanes; therefore he denies that grace to one which …
Obadiah Howe · The Universalist Examined and Convicted · Open in the reader
Printed
… is the victory that overcommethovercometh the world, even our faith▪ who is he that overcommethovercometh the world but he that beleeveth? He and none but he. See the force …
With rule
… is the victory that overcommethovercometh the world, even our faith▪ who is he that overcommethovercometh the world but he that beleeveth? He and none but he. See the force …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 326 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of perfection and perſeverance, ſhall enter the inheritance of the bleſſed, Ezech. 9.4. foreign, he that overcommethovercometh, ſhall never be hurt of the ſecond death.
With rule
… of perfection and perſeverance, ſhall enter the inheritance of the bleſſed, Ezech. 9.4. foreign, he that overcommethovercometh, ſhall never be hurt of the ſecond death.
Sebastian Benefield · The Sin Against the Holy Ghost · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the affections, there is no dispossessing of him again. A fire in the heart overcommethovercometh all fires without.
With rule
… the affections, there is no dispossessing of him again. A fire in the heart overcommethovercometh all fires without.
Richard Sibbes · The Bruised Reed · p. 273 · Open in the reader
Printed
1. The morning starre, Revel. 2. 28. And the bright morning starre, Rev. 21. 16. He that overcommethovercometh, I will give him the morning starre, that is, I will communicate my selfe …
With rule
1. The morning starre, Revel. 2. 28. And the bright morning starre, Rev. 21. 16. He that overcommethovercometh, I will give him the morning starre, that is, I will communicate my selfe …
Thomas Taylor · A Man in Christ · p. 63 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

3 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.

A Ready Way to Remember the Scriptures A19692

Printed
Chap. 27 Iotham proſpereth, 6. OvercommethOvercometh the Ammonits, Ʋerſ. 5.
With rule
Chap. 27 Iotham proſpereth, 6. OvercommethOvercometh the Ammonits, Ʋerſ. 5.
Ezekiel Culverwell · A Ready Way to Remember the Scriptures · p. 29 · Open in the reader

The Bibles Abstract and Epitome A27502

Printed
OvercommethOvercometh in keeping Gods Word: hee shall have power to overcome.
With rule
OvercommethOvercometh in keeping Gods Word: hee shall have power to overcome.
Richard Bernard · The Bibles Abstract and Epitome · p. 101 · Open in the reader
Printed
OvercommethOvercometh▪
With rule
OvercommethOvercometh▪
Richard Bernard · The Bibles Abstract and Epitome · p. 101 · Open in the reader