Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6809 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

unskilfulunskillful

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 625 times in 374 works
Consistency: 95.5% (625 of 654)
Reach if approved: ~687 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: unskilful
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 654 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (625 changes in 374 works, 95.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 625)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… much the more any amongſt Chriſtians are like you, by ſo much the more unskilfulunskillful are they like to be at the work of God.
With rule
… much the more any amongſt Chriſtians are like you, by ſo much the more unskilfulunskillful are they like to be at the work of God.
Richard Alleine · Godly Fear · p. 373 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of their mind that anathematized the Nestorians, Eutychians, Monothelites as damn'd Hereticks, for their unskilfulunskillful words, I should much more Hereticate a Doctor in our Age, that will say …
With rule
… of their mind that anathematized the Nestorians, Eutychians, Monothelites as damn'd Hereticks, for their unskilfulunskillful words, I should much more Hereticate a Doctor in our Age, that will say …
Richard Baxter · Catholic Communion Defended Against Both Extremes · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… lead you into Error and Heresie and sin before you are aware: As an unskilfulunskillful Coachman may soon overturn you, or an unskilfulunskillful Waterman may drown you: yea though …
With rule
… lead you into Error and Heresie and sin before you are aware: As an unskilfulunskillful Coachman may soon overturn you, or an unskilfulunskillful Waterman may drown you: yea though …
Richard Baxter · Directions for Weak Distempered Christians · p. 132 · Open in the reader
Printed
Direct. 1. Diſtinguiſh of the ſeveral Cauſes of theſe troubles; and take heed of thoſe unskilfulunskillful Mountebanks, who have the ſame cure for every ſuch diſeaſe, and ſpeak preſent comfort …
With rule
Direct. 1. Diſtinguiſh of the ſeveral Cauſes of theſe troubles; and take heed of thoſe unskilfulunskillful Mountebanks, who have the ſame cure for every ſuch diſeaſe, and ſpeak preſent comfort …
Richard Baxter · The Life of Faith · p. 504 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and proclaim the rare effects of this Medicament, and the admirable skil of this unskilfulunskillful Sect, to the enſnaring of others, eſpecially that are in the like diſtreſs. Eſpecially …
With rule
… and proclaim the rare effects of this Medicament, and the admirable skil of this unskilfulunskillful Sect, to the enſnaring of others, eſpecially that are in the like diſtreſs. Eſpecially …
Richard Baxter · The Right Method for a Settled Peace of Conscience · Open in the reader
Printed
But to the unskilfulunskillful or unwary reader your conclusion seemeth to import, that [the being in such a …
With rule
But to the unskilfulunskillful or unwary reader your conclusion seemeth to import, that [the being in such a …
Richard Baxter · The Successive Visibility of the Church · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he that goes before al theſe, comes after the Pope, as none is ſo unskilfulunskillful but ſeeth, in whom the Maieſtie of the Empire truly reſideth.
With rule
… he that goes before al theſe, comes after the Pope, as none is ſo unskilfulunskillful but ſeeth, in whom the Maieſtie of the Empire truly reſideth.
Thomas Brightman · A Revelation of the Apocalypse · p. 527 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and brought it upon the most precious part of us, our Souls; like an unskilfulunskillful Physician, that to remove a pain from the finger strikes it to the heart …
With rule
… and brought it upon the most precious part of us, our Souls; like an unskilfulunskillful Physician, that to remove a pain from the finger strikes it to the heart …
Richard Allestree · The Whole Duty of Man · p. 26 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (29)

13 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 16 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Compassionate Counsel to All Young Men A26903

Printed
Wo, wo, wo, to that Church, that hath Hypocrites, Ungodly, Unexperienced, Proud, Worldly, Fleshly, UnskilfulUnskillful, unfaithful and Malignant Pastors, and that hath Wolves instead of Shepherds; wo to the …
With rule
Wo, wo, wo, to that Church, that hath Hypocrites, Ungodly, Unexperienced, Proud, Worldly, Fleshly, UnskilfulUnskillful, unfaithful and Malignant Pastors, and that hath Wolves instead of Shepherds; wo to the …
Richard Baxter · Compassionate Counsel to All Young Men · p. 129 · Open in the reader

Discourse of Mental Errors A39674

Printed
… word Primitively signifies to deviate or decline from the true Scope or path, as UnskilfulUnskillful Marks-men, or Ignorant and Inadvertent Travellers use to do. The least variation or …
With rule
… word Primitively signifies to deviate or decline from the true Scope or path, as UnskilfulUnskillful Marks-men, or Ignorant and Inadvertent Travellers use to do. The least variation or …
John Flavel · Discourse of Mental Errors · p. 2 · Open in the reader

The Holy Arbor A42920

Printed
4. UnskilfulUnskillful; not being able to divide the word of Truth aright, yet uſurping the Pulpit …
With rule
4. UnskilfulUnskillful; not being able to divide the word of Truth aright, yet uſurping the Pulpit …
John Godolphin · The Holy Arbor · p. 31 · Open in the reader

View of the Admiral Jurisdiction A42930

Printed
… his Lord Admiral; Caſters of Ballaſts into Ports or Harbours, to the prejudice thereof; UnskilfulUnskillful Pilots, whereby ſhip or man periſh; Unlawful Nets, or other prohibited Engines for Fiſh …
With rule
… his Lord Admiral; Caſters of Ballaſts into Ports or Harbours, to the prejudice thereof; UnskilfulUnskillful Pilots, whereby ſhip or man periſh; Unlawful Nets, or other prohibited Engines for Fiſh …
John Godolphin · View of the Admiral Jurisdiction · p. 43 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Psalm 119 A51842

Printed
… another title given to the Word in this Psalm: It is so called, Heb. 5. 13. UnskilfulUnskillful in the word of righteousness. And 2 Tim. 3. 16, 17. It is profitable for instruction in righteousness …
With rule
… another title given to the Word in this Psalm: It is so called, Heb. 5. 13. UnskilfulUnskillful in the word of righteousness. And 2 Tim. 3. 16, 17. It is profitable for instruction in righteousness …
Thomas Manton · Sermons on Psalm 119 · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and unstable wrest, as they do also the other Scriptures, to their own destruction. UnskilfulUnskillful and unsetled Christians lye open to every fancy, they have not such a stock …
With rule
… and unstable wrest, as they do also the other Scriptures, to their own destruction. UnskilfulUnskillful and unsetled Christians lye open to every fancy, they have not such a stock …
Thomas Manton · Sermons on Psalm 119 · p. 170 · Open in the reader

The Grace and Duty of Being Spiritually Minded A53719

Printed
… all other things, cannot conceive how heavenly Glory and Blessedness should consist in them. UnskilfulUnskillful men may cast away rough unwrought Diamonds as useless Stones; they know not what …
With rule
… all other things, cannot conceive how heavenly Glory and Blessedness should consist in them. UnskilfulUnskillful men may cast away rough unwrought Diamonds as useless Stones; they know not what …
John Owen · The Grace and Duty of Being Spiritually Minded · p. 109 · Open in the reader

Tropes and Figures B25425

Printed
… Reader.) It being our great Deſign to endeavour the Help and Eſtabliſhment of the UnskilfulUnskillful, and to aſſiſt weak Chriſtians; knowing, that if Satan can once bring them into …
With rule
… Reader.) It being our great Deſign to endeavour the Help and Eſtabliſhment of the UnskilfulUnskillful, and to aſſiſt weak Chriſtians; knowing, that if Satan can once bring them into …
Benjamin Keach · Tropes and Figures · p. i · Open in the reader

Sermon Before the General Assembly of Connecticut N00669

Printed
… of Rule are wanting; and ſuch as have the managing of it, are either UnskilfulUnskillful, & know not; or Weak, and cannot; or perverſe and will not conſult the Peace …
With rule
… of Rule are wanting; and ſuch as have the managing of it, are either UnskilfulUnskillful, & know not; or Weak, and cannot; or perverſe and will not conſult the Peace …
Gurdon Saltonstall · Sermon Before the General Assembly of Connecticut · p. 7 · Open in the reader

A Guide to Christ N01446

Printed
… Sermon-wiſe, preached by him, here in England, yet having been taken by an UnskilfulUnskillful Hand, which upon his receſs into thoſe remoter parts of the World, was bold …
With rule
… Sermon-wiſe, preached by him, here in England, yet having been taken by an UnskilfulUnskillful Hand, which upon his receſs into thoſe remoter parts of the World, was bold …
Solomon Stoddard · A Guide to Christ · p. ix · Open in the reader
Printed
… a little trouble are comforted under a notion of being at peace with God. UnskilfulUnskillful Chyrurgeons make a palliate cure, and perſwade them that the bitterneſs of Death is …
With rule
… a little trouble are comforted under a notion of being at peace with God. UnskilfulUnskillful Chyrurgeons make a palliate cure, and perſwade them that the bitterneſs of Death is …
Solomon Stoddard · A Guide to Christ · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… venture his Ship with … unskilfulunskillful Pilot? Who would venture his wounded Body with an UnskilfulUnskillful Chyrurgeon? Who would willingly put his diſtreiſed Soul into the hands of an UnskilfulUnskillful …
With rule
… venture his Ship with … unskilfulunskillful Pilot? Who would venture his wounded Body with an UnskilfulUnskillful Chyrurgeon? Who would willingly put his diſtreiſed Soul into the hands of an UnskilfulUnskillful …
Solomon Stoddard · A Guide to Christ · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… UnskilfulUnskillful Chyrurgeon? Who would willingly put his diſtreiſed Soul into the hands of an UnskilfulUnskillful Miniſter? Men ſhould not ſatisſie themſelves with other points of learning, but labour after …
With rule
… UnskilfulUnskillful Chyrurgeon? Who would willingly put his diſtreiſed Soul into the hands of an UnskilfulUnskillful Miniſter? Men ſhould not ſatisſie themſelves with other points of learning, but labour after …
Solomon Stoddard · A Guide to Christ · p. 8 · Open in the reader