Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6991 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

emptinesemptiness

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 130 times in 71 works
Consistency: 96.3% (130 of 135)
Reach if approved: ~142 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: emptiness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 135 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (130 changes in 71 works, 96.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 130)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… thy ſelfe, as thou ſhalt find might and power in him; not ſo much emptinesemptiness in thy ſelfe, as fulneſſe in him; not ſo much pouerty in thy ſelfe …
With rule
… thy ſelfe, as thou ſhalt find might and power in him; not ſo much emptinesemptiness in thy ſelfe, as fulneſſe in him; not ſo much pouerty in thy ſelfe …
Samuel Hieron · The Abridgment of the Gospel · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his sacred body are to one another; and therfore whosoever commeth to him, with emptinesemptiness, and hunger, and faith, he will in no wise cast them out▪ it is …
With rule
… his sacred body are to one another; and therfore whosoever commeth to him, with emptinesemptiness, and hunger, and faith, he will in no wise cast them out▪ it is …
Edward Reynolds · Explication of Psalm 110 · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
… things, poperie hath indeede no matter at all, but is a meere vacuitie or emptinesemptiness for the moſt part. For may it be ſaide that poperie is knowledge, and …
With rule
… things, poperie hath indeede no matter at all, but is a meere vacuitie or emptinesemptiness for the moſt part. For may it be ſaide that poperie is knowledge, and …
Thomas Stoughton · Against Popery · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it were breathe vpon them. And what els doth this shewe but a great emptinesemptiness in the knowledge? there is no preseruatiue of the word against the infection.
With rule
… it were breathe vpon them. And what els doth this shewe but a great emptinesemptiness in the knowledge? there is no preseruatiue of the word against the infection.
William Burton · The Rousing of the Sluggard · Open in the reader
Printed
… will fill you with all the fulneſs of God, you complain of barrennes and emptinesemptiness in your hearts and lives, it is becauſe you exerciſe ſo little Faith in …
With rule
… will fill you with all the fulneſs of God, you complain of barrennes and emptinesemptiness in your hearts and lives, it is becauſe you exerciſe ſo little Faith in …
Jeremiah Burroughs · An Exposition of Hosea 1-3 · p. 463 · Open in the reader
Printed
… here ſet downe, affirming that a man ſhall find in the end even an emptinesemptiness and wearineſſe, and trouble in the very fulneſſe of all ſuch pleaſing and fugitive …
With rule
… here ſet downe, affirming that a man ſhall find in the end even an emptinesemptiness and wearineſſe, and trouble in the very fulneſſe of all ſuch pleaſing and fugitive …
Christopher Jelinger · The Excellency of Christ · p. 143 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Thoſe that forget God by reaſon of their fulneſſe, he will cauſe them through emptinesemptiness and want, to call him to their remembrance. Where wee may note how the …
With rule
… Thoſe that forget God by reaſon of their fulneſſe, he will cauſe them through emptinesemptiness and want, to call him to their remembrance. Where wee may note how the …
John Downame · Lectures Upon Hosea 1-4 · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… laſt will not be the leaſt, but the greateſt (O) the ſence of this emptinesemptiness thorough the diſcovery of Gods fullnes, makes the heart exceeding reſtles, till it is …
With rule
… laſt will not be the leaſt, but the greateſt (O) the ſence of this emptinesemptiness thorough the diſcovery of Gods fullnes, makes the heart exceeding reſtles, till it is …
Paul Hobson · Treatise on Three Things · p. 82 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The New Covenant A09990

Printed
… seeing all would be vnprofitable, that is, they should finde nothing but vanitie and EmptinesEmptiness, and vexation of spirit in it.
With rule
… seeing all would be vnprofitable, that is, they should finde nothing but vanitie and EmptinesEmptiness, and vexation of spirit in it.
John Preston · The New Covenant · p. 76 · Open in the reader

An Exposition of Genesis A44894

Printed
Answ. It carrieth in it. 1. EmptinesEmptiness, nothing, Ps. 39.5. 2, A lye, Ps. 4.2.3. Fruitlesnes, without any good issue Isai. 30.7.4. All manner of …
With rule
Answ. It carrieth in it. 1. EmptinesEmptiness, nothing, Ps. 39.5. 2, A lye, Ps. 4.2.3. Fruitlesnes, without any good issue Isai. 30.7.4. All manner of …
George Hughes · An Exposition of Genesis · p. 895 · Open in the reader

Instructions About Right Believing A75538

Printed
… his overweaning opiniōs of their excellēcy, are rectified, and he is made ſee, the EmptinesEmptiness, Uncertainty, Inſufficiency of them; that he cannot much regard them. 2. Cor. 5. 16. Knowe (that is …
With rule
… his overweaning opiniōs of their excellēcy, are rectified, and he is made ſee, the EmptinesEmptiness, Uncertainty, Inſufficiency of them; that he cannot much regard them. 2. Cor. 5. 16. Knowe (that is …
Henry Archer · Instructions About Right Believing · p. 58 · Open in the reader