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Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6829 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

wellfarewelfare

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
294 times in 203 works
Consistency
86.4% (294 of 340)
Reach if approved
~357 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: welfare
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
340 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (294 changes in 203 works, 86.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 294)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … rule well, and uſe their office, power, diligently, faithfully and profitably, for the peace, wellfarewelfare and proſperity of the Church, the encouragement of the Miniſtry, propagation of the Goſpel …
    With rule
    … rule well, and uſe their office, power, diligently, faithfully and profitably, for the peace, wellfarewelfare and proſperity of the Church, the encouragement of the Miniſtry, propagation of the Goſpel …

    Stephen Ford · A Gospel Church · p. 174 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … bee found loyall; neither do they seeke any thing more then the peac… and wellfarewelfare of the Church, & the good of this commonwealth… And therefore if there be any …
    With rule
    … bee found loyall; neither do they seeke any thing more then the peac… and wellfarewelfare of the Church, & the good of this commonwealth… And therefore if there be any …

    John Bastwick · Answer to John Banks · p. 22 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … behauiour of the greateſt part of the world, concerning their ſoules and the eternall wellfarewelfare of the ſame after this life, ſauoureth of an opinion, that it is either …
    With rule
    … behauiour of the greateſt part of the world, concerning their ſoules and the eternall wellfarewelfare of the ſame after this life, ſauoureth of an opinion, that it is either …

    Samuel Smith · The Admirable Convert · p. 387 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … they doe moſt offend, in hindering the honour of God thereby, or their neighbours wellfarewelfare, or their own ſalvation. What are the waters of thine own ſinns ſo low …
    With rule
    … they doe moſt offend, in hindering the honour of God thereby, or their neighbours wellfarewelfare, or their own ſalvation. What are the waters of thine own ſinns ſo low …

    Richard Younge · Sin Stigmatized · p. 532 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … of the Lord become a ſnare, and the Sacrament wch is appointed for our wellfarewelfare, to become a trap; what judgement can be imagined heavier? And yet this is …
    With rule
    … of the Lord become a ſnare, and the Sacrament wch is appointed for our wellfarewelfare, to become a trap; what judgement can be imagined heavier? And yet this is …

    Jeremiah Dyke · A Worthy Communicant · p. 28 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    THere is another sort of Helpers, on whom the wellfarewelfare of Youth much depends; even the Ministers of Christ. But I presume not here …
    With rule
    THere is another sort of Helpers, on whom the wellfarewelfare of Youth much depends; even the Ministers of Christ. But I presume not here …

    Richard Baxter · Compassionate Counsel to All Young Men · p. 190 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … innocent Servants of Chriſt are impriſoned and uſed as Rogues, meerely for ſeeking Mens wellfarewelfare.
    With rule
    … innocent Servants of Chriſt are impriſoned and uſed as Rogues, meerely for ſeeking Mens wellfarewelfare.

    Richard Baxter · A Paraphrase on the New Testament · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … the divine will; I am ſure that hee was tender of the honor and wellfarewelfare of the Sonne of God and his members: therfore no doubt but God will …
    With rule
    … the divine will; I am ſure that hee was tender of the honor and wellfarewelfare of the Sonne of God and his members: therfore no doubt but God will …

    John Cook · Monarchy No Creature of Gods Making · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (46)

15 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 31 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Answer to John Banks A05555

  • Printed
    … when he hath so graciously made knowne his pious intentions for the good… and WellfareWelfare of Church and State, in that his Majesties Declaration to all his loving Subjects …
    With rule
    … when he hath so graciously made knowne his pious intentions for the good… and WellfareWelfare of Church and State, in that his Majesties Declaration to all his loving Subjects …

    John Bastwick · Answer to John Banks · p. 3 · Open in the reader

Comforting Afflicted Consciences A16330

  • Printed
    … is weary of his sinnes, to relie upon the Lord of life for everlasting WellfareWelfare?
    With rule
    … is weary of his sinnes, to relie upon the Lord of life for everlasting WellfareWelfare?

    Robert Bolton · Comforting Afflicted Consciences · p. 418 · Open in the reader

The Ancient Christian Religion A41775

  • Printed
    … say a Priviledge] of convocating her Spiritual Pastors, to consult of things concerning their WellfareWelfare, though none of the Princes of this World do favour her. And though we …
    With rule
    … say a Priviledge] of convocating her Spiritual Pastors, to consult of things concerning their WellfareWelfare, though none of the Princes of this World do favour her. And though we …

    Thomas Grantham · The Ancient Christian Religion · p. 139 · Open in the reader

One Hundred Select Sermons A44565

  • Printed
    … and Correcting of his People, wherein this is ſtill Predominant: Namely the Good and WellfareWelfare of their Souls, that he may ſpare them the better hereafter, and in another …
    With rule
    … and Correcting of his People, wherein this is ſtill Predominant: Namely the Good and WellfareWelfare of their Souls, that he may ſpare them the better hereafter, and in another …

    Thomas Horton · One Hundred Select Sermons · p. 186 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … for Citizens, then as much as in them lies to ſtuddy the Peace, and WellfareWelfare, and Happineſs, and Proſperity of the City whereunto they belong conſidered in General, and …
    With rule
    … for Citizens, then as much as in them lies to ſtuddy the Peace, and WellfareWelfare, and Happineſs, and Proſperity of the City whereunto they belong conſidered in General, and …

    Thomas Horton · One Hundred Select Sermons · p. 196 · Open in the reader

The Peaceable Design A45150

  • Printed
    … St. Paul once fixed on Timothy, that he naturally careth for the Peace and WellfareWelfare of the Church of Chriſt, and in that part eſpecially which God hath ſeated …
    With rule
    … St. Paul once fixed on Timothy, that he naturally careth for the Peace and WellfareWelfare of the Church of Chriſt, and in that part eſpecially which God hath ſeated …

    John Humfrey · The Peaceable Design · Open in the reader

Paraphrase Upon the Books of the Psalms A45442

  • Printed
    for their WellfareWelfare pag. 342. col. 2
    With rule
    for their WellfareWelfare pag. 342. col. 2

    Henry Hammond · Paraphrase Upon the Books of the Psalms · Open in the reader

Truth Held Forth and Maintained A50325

  • Printed
    … to grow more and more in Grace, to the Honour of God, and everlaſting WellfareWelfare of his immortal Soul, which will never witneſs Salvation, but by true Faith in …
    With rule
    … to grow more and more in Grace, to the Honour of God, and everlaſting WellfareWelfare of his immortal Soul, which will never witneſs Salvation, but by true Faith in …

    Thomas Mall · Truth Held Forth and Maintained · p. 25 · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Right and Power of the People Over Tyrants A50940

  • Printed
    … of Wicked Men, and their Mercies (we read) are Cruelties, who would hazard the WellfareWelfare of a whole Nation to ſave him, who rather than have fail'd in the …
    With rule
    … of Wicked Men, and their Mercies (we read) are Cruelties, who would hazard the WellfareWelfare of a whole Nation to ſave him, who rather than have fail'd in the …

    John Milton · The Sovereign Right and Power of the People Over Tyrants · p. 4 · Open in the reader

A New Martyrology A63966

  • Printed
    … Prince had all intrusted with him that was necessary, either for the advancing the WellfareWelfare of the People, or for his own Protection in the discharge of his Office …
    With rule
    … Prince had all intrusted with him that was necessary, either for the advancing the WellfareWelfare of the People, or for his own Protection in the discharge of his Office …

    John Tutchin · A New Martyrology · p. 417 · Open in the reader

First Epistle of John Applied Part 1 A87095

  • Printed
    … ſurely then Moſes his Law did require to prefer the puhlique, before the private WellfareWelfare, a Generall before a Particular good.
    With rule
    … ſurely then Moſes his Law did require to prefer the puhlique, before the private WellfareWelfare, a Generall before a Particular good.

    Nathaniel Hardy · First Epistle of John Applied Part 1 · p. 106 · Open in the reader

Sermon Preached 27 April 1690 B26742

  • Printed
    … such a complication of Interests, betwixt Soveraign and People, Ruler and Ruled, as the WellfareWelfare and hurt of the one might depend on the wellfarewelfare and hurt of the …
    With rule
    … such a complication of Interests, betwixt Soveraign and People, Ruler and Ruled, as the WellfareWelfare and hurt of the one might depend on the wellfarewelfare and hurt of the …

    George Meldrum · Sermon Preached 27 April 1690 · p. 8 · Open in the reader

The Just Mans Prerogative N01078

  • Printed
    … Phyſitian to Surgeon, when he does the beſt he can, for their Health and WellfareWelfare. Tis more unreaſonable, that Chriſtians ſhould Murmur againſt Afflictive Providences, ſince God is thereby …
    With rule
    … Phyſitian to Surgeon, when he does the beſt he can, for their Health and WellfareWelfare. Tis more unreaſonable, that Chriſtians ſhould Murmur againſt Afflictive Providences, ſince God is thereby …

    Samuel Willard · The Just Mans Prerogative · p. 14 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … that Chriſtians ſhould Murmur againſt Afflictive Providences, ſince God is thereby promoting their Spiritual WellfareWelfare, and that in thoſe methods, which infinite Wiſdom and Grace know to be the …
    With rule
    … that Chriſtians ſhould Murmur againſt Afflictive Providences, ſince God is thereby promoting their Spiritual WellfareWelfare, and that in thoſe methods, which infinite Wiſdom and Grace know to be the …

    Samuel Willard · The Just Mans Prerogative · p. 14 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … which would heal us; nor Spurn at thoſe bowels, which compaſſionately yern for our WellfareWelfare. Perſons will ſometimes ſuffer great Inciſions to be made in their Fleſh, yea, ſuffer …
    With rule
    … which would heal us; nor Spurn at thoſe bowels, which compaſſionately yern for our WellfareWelfare. Perſons will ſometimes ſuffer great Inciſions to be made in their Fleſh, yea, ſuffer …

    Samuel Willard · The Just Mans Prerogative · p. 14 · Open in the reader