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Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6998 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

frowardnesfrowardness

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
306 times in 145 works
Consistency
95.6% (306 of 320)
Reach if approved
~336 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: forwardness
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
320 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (306 changes in 145 works, 95.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 306)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … as they do rather thinke) that it is a counter, whiche after their damnable frowardnesfrowardness muſte ſignifie accordinge as they caſte or laye it vpō the rule. Euen ſo …
    With rule
    … as they do rather thinke) that it is a counter, whiche after their damnable frowardnesfrowardness muſte ſignifie accordinge as they caſte or laye it vpō the rule. Euen ſo …

    Martin Luther · The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … will beare with thy dulnes: beare with his ficklenes, he will beare with thy frowardnesfrowardness: beare with his hastines, he will beare with thy selfe-conceitdenes. For it is …
    With rule
    … will beare with thy dulnes: beare with his ficklenes, he will beare with thy frowardnesfrowardness: beare with his hastines, he will beare with thy selfe-conceitdenes. For it is …

    William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 488 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … Puritans condemne these Healthes, and that not out of iudgement, but of pe…uish frowardnesfrowardness.) Yet questionlesse it will be acceptable and pleasing vnto many: not only for the …
    With rule
    … Puritans condemne these Healthes, and that not out of iudgement, but of pe…uish frowardnesfrowardness.) Yet questionlesse it will be acceptable and pleasing vnto many: not only for the …

    William Prynne · Healths Sickness · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … he which worketh in you both the will and the deed. The corruption and frowardnesfrowardness of the will, and of the motions thereof, is teſtified by many ſcriptures. As …
    With rule
    … he which worketh in you both the will and the deed. The corruption and frowardnesfrowardness of the will, and of the motions thereof, is teſtified by many ſcriptures. As …

    Robert Rollock · Gods Effectual Calling · p. 138 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … them according to their foolish disposition or prouocation, nor to be like them in frowardnesfrowardness or stifnes, in heat and peruersnes, but to answer them with words of wisdom …
    With rule
    … them according to their foolish disposition or prouocation, nor to be like them in frowardnesfrowardness or stifnes, in heat and peruersnes, but to answer them with words of wisdom …

    Thomas Taylor · Christs Combat and Conquest · p. 337 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … their actions to bee well directed, and without ſinne, but rather hee accuſeth the frowardnesfrowardness of men, who goe about to oppreſſe and put out euen that light which …
    With rule
    … their actions to bee well directed, and without ſinne, but rather hee accuſeth the frowardnesfrowardness of men, who goe about to oppreſſe and put out euen that light which …

    Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 185 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … one Molitius, who did leaue a certaine Church in Armenia, beeing offended with the frowardnesfrowardness and disobedience of the people; who afterward was chosen Bishop of Antioch, and for …
    With rule
    … one Molitius, who did leaue a certaine Church in Armenia, beeing offended with the frowardnesfrowardness and disobedience of the people; who afterward was chosen Bishop of Antioch, and for …

    Andrew Willet · Commentary on Romans · p. 530 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … not ſpoken here of S. Peter to incourage or mayntayne frowarde Maſters in their frowardnesfrowardness, nor yet to forbid the ſeruantes which feare God to ſeke after lawful remedie …
    With rule
    … not ſpoken here of S. Peter to incourage or mayntayne frowarde Maſters in their frowardnesfrowardness, nor yet to forbid the ſeruantes which feare God to ſeke after lawful remedie …

    Christopher Goodman · How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects · p. 117 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

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

A Golden Chain A09339

  • Printed
    … the Viole, &c. but no man is s…rry for the affliction of Ioseph. 6. FrowardnesFrowardness, when we will not be reconciled to our neighbour. Rom. 1.30. Such as can neuer …
    With rule
    … the Viole, &c. but no man is s…rry for the affliction of Ioseph. 6. FrowardnesFrowardness, when we will not be reconciled to our neighbour. Rom. 1.30. Such as can neuer …

    William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 73 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    FrowardnesFrowardness. 74
    With rule
    FrowardnesFrowardness. 74

    William Perkins · A Golden Chain · Open in the reader

Seven Treatises A10945

  • Printed
    … gratiouſly, if wee be not vnſetled from willingnes to dutie by ſome of them: FrowardnesFrowardness, impatience and forgetting our ſelues being ſo readie, by the ſmalleſt occaſions, to breake …
    With rule
    … gratiouſly, if wee be not vnſetled from willingnes to dutie by ſome of them: FrowardnesFrowardness, impatience and forgetting our ſelues being ſo readie, by the ſmalleſt occaſions, to breake …

    Richard Rogers · Seven Treatises · p. 247 · Open in the reader

Harmony of the Gospels A16078

  • Printed
    FrowardnesFrowardness condemned, 505. 21.
    With rule
    FrowardnesFrowardness condemned, 505. 21.

    John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · Open in the reader

The Marrow of the Oracles of God A17397

  • Printed
    … lifted off from the benefit of setled assurance, by their own habituall discont…nts. FrowardnesFrowardness is a mischieuous distemp…r, that weakens both body and minde; and assurance and …
    With rule
    … lifted off from the benefit of setled assurance, by their own habituall discont…nts. FrowardnesFrowardness is a mischieuous distemp…r, that weakens both body and minde; and assurance and …

    Nicholas Byfield · The Marrow of the Oracles of God · p. 206 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

  • Printed
    FrowardnesFrowardness.
    With rule
    FrowardnesFrowardness.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    We as well as the Iewes are inclined to FrowardnesFrowardness. Read the place.
    With rule
    We as well as the Iewes are inclined to FrowardnesFrowardness. Read the place.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    The desperate FrowardnesFrowardness of the Iewes noted.
    With rule
    The desperate FrowardnesFrowardness of the Iewes noted.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    What FrowardnesFrowardness there is in all men by reason of originall sinne.
    With rule
    What FrowardnesFrowardness there is in all men by reason of originall sinne.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Of wilfull FrowardnesFrowardness to withstande God, and driuing back his grace.
    With rule
    Of wilfull FrowardnesFrowardness to withstande God, and driuing back his grace.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

A Brief Explanation of the Whole Book of Proverbs A18960

  • Printed
    14. FrowardnesFrowardness is in his heart, he deuiſeth miſchiefe continually, he ſoweth diſcord.
    With rule
    14. FrowardnesFrowardness is in his heart, he deuiſeth miſchiefe continually, he ſoweth diſcord.

    Robert Cleaver · A Brief Explanation of the Whole Book of Proverbs · p. 100 · Open in the reader