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lawfulneslawfulness

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
284 times in 162 works
Consistency
96.2% (284 of 295)
Reach if approved
~310 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: lawfulness
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
295 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (284 changes in 162 works, 96.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 284)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … I once liked them, and their verie wicked dealings made mee looke into the lawfulneslawfulness of their calling, which I see now to be meere Antichristian: but shall I …
    With rule
    … I once liked them, and their verie wicked dealings made mee looke into the lawfulneslawfulness of their calling, which I see now to be meere Antichristian: but shall I …

    John Udall · The State of the Church of England · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … have then bene the very Antichrist) derogateth so litle either to the dignity or lawfulneslawfulness of thē: as, though it were granted that not only not from him, but …
    With rule
    … have then bene the very Antichrist) derogateth so litle either to the dignity or lawfulneslawfulness of thē: as, though it were granted that not only not from him, but …

    Patrick Forbes · Defense of the Lawful Calling of Ministers of Reformed Churches · p. 17 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … it may be) among whom thou liveſt may remaine vnreſolved, and vnſatisfied, touching the lawfulneslawfulness of them, pag. 267. I deſire the ſame, and therewith a ſuſpending thy judgment vntill …
    With rule
    … it may be) among whom thou liveſt may remaine vnreſolved, and vnſatisfied, touching the lawfulneslawfulness of them, pag. 267. I deſire the ſame, and therewith a ſuſpending thy judgment vntill …

    James Balmford · Reply to Answers of Mr Gataker · p. 35 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … like a wiſe man, preſsing all mē to keepe the peace, ſecludes not the lawfulneslawfulness of war, if neceſsitic inforce it. Good men (ſaith he, if neceſsitie inforce them …
    With rule
    … like a wiſe man, preſsing all mē to keepe the peace, ſecludes not the lawfulneslawfulness of war, if neceſsitic inforce it. Good men (ſaith he, if neceſsitie inforce them …

    Alexander Leighton · The Looking Glass of the Holy War · p. 6 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … the 28. laying the foundation of the reaſons you vſe againſt mee, to prooue the lawfulneslawfulness of communicatinge with dum miniſters, you handle two neadles points. Firſt that they which …
    With rule
    … the 28. laying the foundation of the reaſons you vſe againſt mee, to prooue the lawfulneslawfulness of communicatinge with dum miniſters, you handle two neadles points. Firſt that they which …

    John Penry · Defense of Writings on the Ignorant Ministry · p. 6 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … Diſputare contra id quod tota per orbem frequentas eccleſia inſolentiſſimae dementiae eſt, To calthe lawfulneslawfulness of that into queſtion, which the whole Church frequenteth throughout the worlde is moſt …
    With rule
    … Diſputare contra id quod tota per orbem frequentas eccleſia inſolentiſſimae dementiae eſt, To calthe lawfulneslawfulness of that into queſtion, which the whole Church frequenteth throughout the worlde is moſt …

    Gabriel Powel · The Papists Reasons of State and Religion · p. 113 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    But he gives a 2d ▪ answer, vppon which also the lawfulneslawfulness of the Byshops authority is much pleaded, throughout the whole book. Which by the …
    With rule
    But he gives a 2d ▪ answer, vppon which also the lawfulneslawfulness of the Byshops authority is much pleaded, throughout the whole book. Which by the …

    John Robinson · A Manumission to a Manuduction · p. 14 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    Chap. 16. Of the lawfulneslawfulness of tranſlating the Scriptures, & the vſe of tranſlations in our account. pag. 17.
    With rule
    Chap. 16. Of the lawfulneslawfulness of tranſlating the Scriptures, & the vſe of tranſlations in our account. pag. 17.

    John Smyth · The Differences of the Churches of the Separation · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Nature and Use of Lots A01545

  • Printed
    CHAP. 5. Of the LawfulnesLawfulness of such Lots: with Cautions to be obserued in the vse of them.
    With rule
    CHAP. 5. Of the LawfulnesLawfulness of such Lots: with Cautions to be obserued in the vse of them.

    Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    CHAP. 6. Of Ordinarie Lots Lusorious: and of the LawfulnesLawfulness of them.
    With rule
    CHAP. 6. Of Ordinarie Lots Lusorious: and of the LawfulnesLawfulness of them.

    Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · Open in the reader

The Bridegroom A03274

  • Printed
    The next generall thing is the LawfulnesLawfulness of reioycing, when we are called to the company of the Bridegroome. Our Sauiour …
    With rule
    The next generall thing is the LawfulnesLawfulness of reioycing, when we are called to the company of the Bridegroome. Our Sauiour …

    Samuel Hieron · The Bridegroom · p. 25 · Open in the reader

A Quench-Coal A10197

  • Printed
    … with some late Paradoxes in Edmond Reeve, printed by License, to prove the necessity & LawfulnesLawfulness of bowīg to and towards the Altar and Communion. Table at our entring in …
    With rule
    … with some late Paradoxes in Edmond Reeve, printed by License, to prove the necessity & LawfulnesLawfulness of bowīg to and towards the Altar and Communion. Table at our entring in …

    William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 53 · Open in the reader

The Christians Daily Sacrifice A19284

  • Printed
    LawfulnesLawfulness.
    With rule
    LawfulnesLawfulness.

    Thomas Cooper · The Christians Daily Sacrifice · Open in the reader

The Banders Disbanded A51043

  • Printed
    … manifest from these two: 1. That they did coram Consult and Assembly-wayes Conclude the LawfulnesLawfulness of this Bonding yea & some of them did actually accept of the Liberty granted …
    With rule
    … manifest from these two: 1. That they did coram Consult and Assembly-wayes Conclude the LawfulnesLawfulness of this Bonding yea & some of them did actually accept of the Liberty granted …

    Robert McWard · The Banders Disbanded · p. 31 · Open in the reader

Gospel Liberty A80742

  • Printed
    … Saints under the new Teſtament, they are not ſo ſtrictly bound in point of LAWFULNESLAWFULNESS as the Saints were in the old Teſtament.
    With rule
    … Saints under the new Teſtament, they are not ſo ſtrictly bound in point of LAWFULNESLAWFULNESS as the Saints were in the old Teſtament.

    Walter Cradock · Gospel Liberty · p. 7 · Open in the reader