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Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #7279 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

litterallyliterally

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
410 times in 242 works
Consistency
92.3% (410 of 444)
Reach if approved
~467 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: literally
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
444 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (410 changes in 242 works, 92.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 410)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … of the whole Iſrael of God, ſo nothing hindereth, but that this may be litterallyliterally ment of the Conuerſion of that people, and of their happy condition vnder Chriſt …
    With rule
    … of the whole Iſrael of God, ſo nothing hindereth, but that this may be litterallyliterally ment of the Conuerſion of that people, and of their happy condition vnder Chriſt …

    Richard Bernard · The Seven Golden Candlesticks · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … of Chriſt after the letter? Melchiſedec without beginning or end of dayes: this alſo litterallyliterally verified. Though then all things true of the Type materialiter ſumpto, are not neceſſarily …
    With rule
    … of Chriſt after the letter? Melchiſedec without beginning or end of dayes: this alſo litterallyliterally verified. Though then all things true of the Type materialiter ſumpto, are not neceſſarily …

    William Sclater · The Question of Tithes · p. 24 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … the old Testament, and from that servile bondage and rigorous rest which the law litterallyliterally and carnally vnderstood did impose on them, or rather they by their carnal exposition …
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    … the old Testament, and from that servile bondage and rigorous rest which the law litterallyliterally and carnally vnderstood did impose on them, or rather they by their carnal exposition …

    George Walker · The Doctrine of the Sabbath · p. 138 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … in this Text Exod. 35.3. ye ſhall kindle no fyer; this canſt needes be vnderſtood litterallyliterally and generally, as if the Iewe might in no caſe kindle any fyer, without …
    With rule
    … in this Text Exod. 35.3. ye ſhall kindle no fyer; this canſt needes be vnderſtood litterallyliterally and generally, as if the Iewe might in no caſe kindle any fyer, without …

    Theophilus Brabourne · A Discourse Upon the Sabbath Day · p. 105 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    These and all other like sentences may be vnderstanded of Christes humanity, litterallyliterally & carnally, as the words in cōmō spech do properly signifye (for so dooth no …
    With rule
    These and all other like sentences may be vnderstanded of Christes humanity, litterallyliterally & carnally, as the words in cōmō spech do properly signifye (for so dooth no …

    Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Answer unto a Crafy and Sophistical Cavillation · p. 139 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … theſe words are … & euident, yet muſt they be vnderſtood metaphorically, not properly: ſpiritually, not litterallyliterally. So to come to the words of inſtitution, What did Chriſt take in his …
    With rule
    … theſe words are … & euident, yet muſt they be vnderſtood metaphorically, not properly: ſpiritually, not litterallyliterally. So to come to the words of inſtitution, What did Chriſt take in his …

    William Attersoll · The New Covenant · p. 339 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    45. The 88 Hereſie thought that the Levitical Feaſts were litterallyliterally to be underſtood, not knowing that it was the 8 Feaſts of the Church that …
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    45. The 88 Hereſie thought that the Levitical Feaſts were litterallyliterally to be underſtood, not knowing that it was the 8 Feaſts of the Church that …

    Richard Baxter · The True History of Councils · p. 108 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … be put in the vnderstanding of the Scriptures, but that if one be vnderstood litterallyliterally, then must all other likewise. He might aswell have told vs, we read not …
    With rule
    … be put in the vnderstanding of the Scriptures, but that if one be vnderstood litterallyliterally, then must all other likewise. He might aswell have told vs, we read not …

    Francis Johnson · Inquiry and Answer of Thomas Whites Discovery of Brownism · p. 89 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (34)

11 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 23 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

An Exposition Upon Colossians A17389

  • Printed
    … explication whereof wee must know that watching is taken 2. waies, either litterallyliterally or metaphorically; LitterallyLiterally and so is either a Iudgement or a Dutie, watching as a iudgement, is …
    With rule
    … explication whereof wee must know that watching is taken 2. waies, either litterallyliterally or metaphorically; LitterallyLiterally and so is either a Iudgement or a Dutie, watching as a iudgement, is …

    Nicholas Byfield · An Exposition Upon Colossians · p. 160 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ezekiel 30-48 A42016

  • Printed
    … ſhowers of bleſſings; and the tree of the field ſhall yield her fruit, &c. LitterallyLiterally theſe words are true, and ſpiritually alſo, and ſet out the fruitfulneſs of thoſe …
    With rule
    … ſhowers of bleſſings; and the tree of the field ſhall yield her fruit, &c. LitterallyLiterally theſe words are true, and ſpiritually alſo, and ſet out the fruitfulneſs of thoſe …

    William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 30-48 · p. 551 · Open in the reader

A Century of Sermons A43515

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    … of Man, that whoſoever believeth in him ſhould not periſh, but have life everlaſting. LitterallyLiterally theſe earthen Altars made of ſods of graſs, Temeraria de ceſpite altaria, as Tertullian …
    With rule
    … of Man, that whoſoever believeth in him ſhould not periſh, but have life everlaſting. LitterallyLiterally theſe earthen Altars made of ſods of graſs, Temeraria de ceſpite altaria, as Tertullian …

    John Hacket · A Century of Sermons · p. 790 · Open in the reader

An Exposition of Genesis A44894

  • Printed
    … Which was a royal seed issuing from such a Princesse, and this was acted. (1) LitterallyLiterally in the Kingdoms from her. (2) Spiritually in the King Christ which was the main …
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    … Which was a royal seed issuing from such a Princesse, and this was acted. (1) LitterallyLiterally in the Kingdoms from her. (2) Spiritually in the King Christ which was the main …

    George Hughes · An Exposition of Genesis · p. 208 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    1. LitterallyLiterally, & so they say Iacob took Shechem by the sword of his sons, which was …
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    1. LitterallyLiterally, & so they say Iacob took Shechem by the sword of his sons, which was …

    George Hughes · An Exposition of Genesis · p. 578 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    2. LitterallyLiterally, and that is expressed.
    With rule
    2. LitterallyLiterally, and that is expressed.

    George Hughes · An Exposition of Genesis · p. 779 · Open in the reader

Of Christian Communion A47305

  • Printed
    … they are observing Oaths, tho, all the while at their extream Peril, they are LitterallyLiterally Forswearing themselves. And under Shelter of the aforesaid Providential Right, to what an Invader …
    With rule
    … they are observing Oaths, tho, all the while at their extream Peril, they are LitterallyLiterally Forswearing themselves. And under Shelter of the aforesaid Providential Right, to what an Invader …

    John Kettlewell · Of Christian Communion · p. 25 · Open in the reader

The Wise Gospel Preacher A51323

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    … either are to be taken literally and ſtrictly; or, ſecondly, more largely and figuratively. LitterallyLiterally, by Proverbs, are intended any pithy, ſhort, witty, or ſignificant kind of Expreſſion. Thus …
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    … either are to be taken literally and ſtrictly; or, ſecondly, more largely and figuratively. LitterallyLiterally, by Proverbs, are intended any pithy, ſhort, witty, or ſignificant kind of Expreſſion. Thus …

    Stephen More · The Wise Gospel Preacher · p. 150 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Psalm 119 A51842

  • Printed
    … that can render a reason. Mark, as Solomons fool is not to be taken LitterallyLiterally but Spiritually, so Solomons sluggard is not to be taken Morally but Spiritually. They …
    With rule
    … that can render a reason. Mark, as Solomons fool is not to be taken LitterallyLiterally but Spiritually, so Solomons sluggard is not to be taken Morally but Spiritually. They …

    Thomas Manton · Sermons on Psalm 119 · p. 406 · Open in the reader

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

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    … put upon this Ladder by Rabbies, the Fathers, and Modern Divines, ſome taking it LitterallyLiterally, ſome Myſtically, others Allegorically, and in a Tropological Acception, &c.
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    … put upon this Ladder by Rabbies, the Fathers, and Modern Divines, ſome taking it LitterallyLiterally, ſome Myſtically, others Allegorically, and in a Tropological Acception, &c.

    Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 256 · Open in the reader

The Disabled Debtor Discharged A57544

  • Printed
    Text. LitterallyLiterally this teacheth Creditors a Chriſtian duty, To deale mercifully with ſuch as are diſabled …
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    Text. LitterallyLiterally this teacheth Creditors a Chriſtian duty, To deale mercifully with ſuch as are diſabled …

    Nehemiah Rogers · The Disabled Debtor Discharged · p. 61 · Open in the reader