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Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6920 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

swadlingswaddling

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
356 times in 228 works
Consistency
87.2% (356 of 408)
Reach if approved
~429 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: swaddling
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
408 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (356 changes in 228 works, 87.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 356)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … a beginning of life the Sonne of God hadde, and in what place and swadlingswaddling clowtes he was entertained. And the maner of his birthe was suche, because that …
    With rule
    … a beginning of life the Sonne of God hadde, and in what place and swadlingswaddling clowtes he was entertained. And the maner of his birthe was suche, because that …

    John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 71 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Forſooth they found him lodged in a Manger, and ſwadled in poore and ſimple ſwadlingswaddling clouts, according to the ſigne which the Angel had geuen them. Now, this ſtraunge …
    With rule
    … Forſooth they found him lodged in a Manger, and ſwadled in poore and ſimple ſwadlingswaddling clouts, according to the ſigne which the Angel had geuen them. Now, this ſtraunge …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Divinity Humanity and Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … as they began with nothing: end with a winding ſhéet, as they began with ſwadlingswaddling clouts. For what is become of the greateſt Monarchs, Kings, Princes, Potentates, and Magnificoes …
    With rule
    … as they began with nothing: end with a winding ſhéet, as they began with ſwadlingswaddling clouts. For what is become of the greateſt Monarchs, Kings, Princes, Potentates, and Magnificoes …

    Arthur Dent · The Plain Mans Pathway to Heaven · p. 79 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … this ſhall be a ſign unto you: ye ſhall find the babe wrapped in ſwadlingswaddling cloths, lying a [manger.]
    With rule
    … this ſhall be a ſign unto you: ye ſhall find the babe wrapped in ſwadlingswaddling cloths, lying a [manger.]

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

  5. Printed
    … he onely eates and growes, and ſo it is with little children in their ſwadlingswaddling cloathes, afterwards when he comes into further yeares, when he comes to be ten …
    With rule
    … he onely eates and growes, and ſo it is with little children in their ſwadlingswaddling cloathes, afterwards when he comes into further yeares, when he comes to be ten …

    Thomas Hooker · The Unbelievers Preparing for Christ · p. 188 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … the flouds, ſprings & ſeas, binding vp the waters herein as it were in certaine ſwadlingswaddling bands. Laſt of all, he layd the earth at the beginning, as the ground …
    With rule
    … the flouds, ſprings & ſeas, binding vp the waters herein as it were in certaine ſwadlingswaddling bands. Laſt of all, he layd the earth at the beginning, as the ground …

    Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 75 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … any of the former therein) that when God hath brought them out of their ſwadlingswaddling cloutes, after they came naked into the world, wherein they were like to haue …
    With rule
    … any of the former therein) that when God hath brought them out of their ſwadlingswaddling cloutes, after they came naked into the world, wherein they were like to haue …

    Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 27 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … ſelues to the ſpeedy learning thereof, & ſuppoſe that theſe our ſimple writings are the ſwadlingswaddling clouts wherein Chriſt as it were ſwathed will be found of vs. You ſee …
    With rule
    … ſelues to the ſpeedy learning thereof, & ſuppoſe that theſe our ſimple writings are the ſwadlingswaddling clouts wherein Chriſt as it were ſwathed will be found of vs. You ſee …

    Zacharias Ursinus · Collection of Discourses · p. 86 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (52)

15 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 37 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Existence and Attributes of God A32723

  • Printed
    … fuller and ſtronger; yet the Believers under the Old Teſtament, ſaw Chriſt in the SwadlingSwaddling Bands of Legal Ceremonies, and the Lattice of Prophetical Writings; they could not elſe …
    With rule
    … fuller and ſtronger; yet the Believers under the Old Teſtament, ſaw Chriſt in the SwadlingSwaddling Bands of Legal Ceremonies, and the Lattice of Prophetical Writings; they could not elſe …

    Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 335 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Job 38-42 A35538

  • Printed
    SwadlingSwaddling-band of the Sea, what. 101
    With rule
    SwadlingSwaddling-band of the Sea, what. 101

    Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 38-42 · Open in the reader

Sermons Volume 4 A51840

  • Printed
    … Cause to complain if we be reduced to course Apparel, when we remember the SwadlingSwaddling cloaths of Christ; or to complain of a hard Bed and Prison, when Christ …
    With rule
    … Cause to complain if we be reduced to course Apparel, when we remember the SwadlingSwaddling cloaths of Christ; or to complain of a hard Bed and Prison, when Christ …

    Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 4 · p. 346 · Open in the reader

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

  • Printed
    … an unknown Myſtery, wrap'd up in Types and Figures, the Holy Child Jeſus in SwadlingSwaddling Bands, yet is God manifeſt in the Fleſh, 1 Tim. 3.16. when thoſe ſhadows (wherewith he …
    With rule
    … an unknown Myſtery, wrap'd up in Types and Figures, the Holy Child Jeſus in SwadlingSwaddling Bands, yet is God manifeſt in the Fleſh, 1 Tim. 3.16. when thoſe ſhadows (wherewith he …

    Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 20 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Cell or Hole was the World's Creator Born, Swathed, Viſited, Adorned, Circumciſed, &c. His SwadlingSwaddling Cloaths were poor and ragged, (as foreign ſignifies) wherewith he was wrapped, and then he …
    With rule
    … Cell or Hole was the World's Creator Born, Swathed, Viſited, Adorned, Circumciſed, &c. His SwadlingSwaddling Cloaths were poor and ragged, (as foreign ſignifies) wherewith he was wrapped, and then he …

    Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 17 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … ſuch love for her Son, as be at the pains to wrap him in SwadlingSwaddling clothes to keep him warm, Luk. 2.7. this was the badge of his Poverty, for …
    With rule
    … ſuch love for her Son, as be at the pains to wrap him in SwadlingSwaddling clothes to keep him warm, Luk. 2.7. this was the badge of his Poverty, for …

    Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 215 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … as the Mother or Nurſe can her ſucking Infant, when 'tis ſwathed up with SwadlingSwaddling-bands, verſe 9. This is a work of God's great Power, and is therefore inſtanced …
    With rule
    … as the Mother or Nurſe can her ſucking Infant, when 'tis ſwathed up with SwadlingSwaddling-bands, verſe 9. This is a work of God's great Power, and is therefore inſtanced …

    Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 357 · Open in the reader

The Signs of the Times A52817

  • Printed
    … to the Saints, Jude 3. Mark 16.17.18.20. and Hebr. 2.4. Thoſe extraordinary Signs, are well called, the SwadlingSwaddling-bands of the Infant Church, therefore was ſhe principally Dignified and Fortified with Miracles …
    With rule
    … to the Saints, Jude 3. Mark 16.17.18.20. and Hebr. 2.4. Thoſe extraordinary Signs, are well called, the SwadlingSwaddling-bands of the Infant Church, therefore was ſhe principally Dignified and Fortified with Miracles …

    Christopher Ness · The Signs of the Times · p. 10 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … was upon the Waters, clove them in twain, and bound them up with his SwadlingSwaddling Band (as eaſily as a Nurſe doth her Infant) Job 38.9. ſo that they could …
    With rule
    … was upon the Waters, clove them in twain, and bound them up with his SwadlingSwaddling Band (as eaſily as a Nurſe doth her Infant) Job 38.9. ſo that they could …

    Christopher Ness · The Signs of the Times · p. 78 · Open in the reader

The Parable of the Ten Virgins A59665

  • Printed
    … without Christ himself, and divide between them two, that strip Christ of these his SwadlingSwaddling-clouts, make their gain of these, and let himself go. I confesse all a …
    With rule
    … without Christ himself, and divide between them two, that strip Christ of these his SwadlingSwaddling-clouts, make their gain of these, and let himself go. I confesse all a …

    Thomas Shepard · The Parable of the Ten Virgins · p. 81 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … ease, nor Heaven, but him, and that not only in Heaven, but in his SwadlingSwaddling-clouts, his Ordinances here, beleeve it salvation is at your doors. Zacheus being a …
    With rule
    … ease, nor Heaven, but him, and that not only in Heaven, but in his SwadlingSwaddling-clouts, his Ordinances here, beleeve it salvation is at your doors. Zacheus being a …

    Thomas Shepard · The Parable of the Ten Virgins · p. 109 · Open in the reader

The Incomparableness of God A62054

  • Printed
    … ſo tempeſtuous: When I made the Cloud the Garment thereof, and thick Darkneſs its SwadlingSwaddling-Band, Job 38.9. Some earthly Princes heated with Paſſion, and drunk with Pride, have caſt …
    With rule
    … ſo tempeſtuous: When I made the Cloud the Garment thereof, and thick Darkneſs its SwadlingSwaddling-Band, Job 38.9. Some earthly Princes heated with Paſſion, and drunk with Pride, have caſt …

    George Swinnock · The Incomparableness of God · p. 118 · Open in the reader

Second Vindication of the Protestant Grounds of Faith A71073

  • Printed
    … and in favour to him told him, that she gave him some of the SwadlingSwaddling Clouts Jesus was wrapt in, and a Vial full of her Sons Blood (such …
    With rule
    … and in favour to him told him, that she gave him some of the SwadlingSwaddling Clouts Jesus was wrapt in, and a Vial full of her Sons Blood (such …

    Edward Stillingfleet · Second Vindication of the Protestant Grounds of Faith · p. 635 · Open in the reader

Christ Crucified A81890

  • Printed
    … Serpents and Ravenous Birds, becauſe they are come of ſuch a kind; In our SwadlingSwaddling-clouts we have the venomous and Ravenous Nature, to wit, Original ſin in us …
    With rule
    … Serpents and Ravenous Birds, becauſe they are come of ſuch a kind; In our SwadlingSwaddling-clouts we have the venomous and Ravenous Nature, to wit, Original ſin in us …

    James Durham · Christ Crucified · p. 174 · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Apostles Creed B27417

  • Printed
    … were enough that saw him, Angels, Shepherds, Wisemen, lying in a Cratch, crying in SwadlingSwaddling Cloaths, an infant of a Span long. And thus much Apostles, Disciples after affirmed …
    With rule
    … were enough that saw him, Angels, Shepherds, Wisemen, lying in a Cratch, crying in SwadlingSwaddling Cloaths, an infant of a Span long. And thus much Apostles, Disciples after affirmed …

    William Nicholson · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 149 · Open in the reader