Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7482 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

certaynecertain

Two or more mechanical changes in one word: sinne → sin, vnderstande → understand.

Puritas changed it: 3,495 times in 363 works
Consistency: 99.8% (3,495 of 3,500)
Reach if approved: ~3,679 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: certain
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 3,501 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (3,495 changes in 363 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 3,495)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… in truth to lay ought to his charge they cannot, for it is moſt certaynecertain that a pure practiſe flowes from a pure hearte, that there can be no …
With rule
… in truth to lay ought to his charge they cannot, for it is moſt certaynecertain that a pure practiſe flowes from a pure hearte, that there can be no …
John Forbes · Four Sermons · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… but let vs heare the probation. As for example, in the ende of a certaynecertain Geneua Psalme. They praye to GOD to keepe them from Pope, Turke, and Papistrie …
With rule
… but let vs heare the probation. As for example, in the ende of a certaynecertain Geneua Psalme. They praye to GOD to keepe them from Pope, Turke, and Papistrie …
William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · p. 38 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Father, for our instruction. Thy worde is the trueth, if there bée not a certaynecertain and perpetuall testimony of that worde, which is alwayes lyke it selfe, alwayes the …
With rule
… Father, for our instruction. Thy worde is the trueth, if there bée not a certaynecertain and perpetuall testimony of that worde, which is alwayes lyke it selfe, alwayes the …
William Fulke · Sermon Preached 12 March 1581 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is an other: for, the knowledge and insight which the godly haue receaued, is certaynecertain and distinct: therfore in particuler thinges, they be able to apply the threatning of …
With rule
… is an other: for, the knowledge and insight which the godly haue receaued, is certaynecertain and distinct: therfore in particuler thinges, they be able to apply the threatning of …
Richard Greenham · Two Learned and Godly Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
He wyll requyre it, at a certaynecertain daye, no dought,
With rule
He wyll requyre it, at a certaynecertain daye, no dought,
John Bale · Brief Comedy Concerning the Temptation of Jesus Christ by Satan · Open in the reader
Printed
… Rothaeris in S. Iohn Baptistes churche: for (sayth he) they were wonte to burie certaynecertain precious thinges with kinges bodies. The like thing happened of late tyme to Cardinall …
With rule
… Rothaeris in S. Iohn Baptistes churche: for (sayth he) they were wonte to burie certaynecertain precious thinges with kinges bodies. The like thing happened of late tyme to Cardinall …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… your ſelf can not deny but your corruptions are of Antichriſt, and it is certaynecertain that Antichriſts Church even through the corruptions of their conſtitution is aboliſhed from being …
With rule
… your ſelf can not deny but your corruptions are of Antichriſt, and it is certaynecertain that Antichriſts Church even through the corruptions of their conſtitution is aboliſhed from being …
Francis Johnson · Answer to Mr Jacobs Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 74 · Open in the reader
Printed
… tyme) the lyuynge of poore men therby minished and takē awai. But afterwarde a certaynecertain noble man sayed to me, what haste thou to do wyth the kinges horses …
With rule
… tyme) the lyuynge of poore men therby minished and takē awai. But afterwarde a certaynecertain noble man sayed to me, what haste thou to do wyth the kinges horses …
Hugh Latimer · First Sermon to His Majesty · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Character of the Beast A12552

Printed
THE CHARACTER OF THE BEAST OR THE FALSE CONSTITVTION OF THE CHVRCH.Diſcovered IN CERTAYNECERTAIN PASSAGES BETWIXT Mr. R. CLIFTON & Iohn Smyth, concerning true Chriſtian baptiſme of New Creatures …
With rule
THE CHARACTER OF THE BEAST OR THE FALSE CONSTITVTION OF THE CHVRCH.Diſcovered IN CERTAYNECERTAIN PASSAGES BETWIXT Mr. R. CLIFTON & Iohn Smyth, concerning true Chriſtian baptiſme of New Creatures …
John Smyth · The Character of the Beast · Open in the reader
Printed
CERTAYNECERTAIN REASONS PROPOVNDED TO Mr. Rich. Clifton: concerning the two propoſitions following.
With rule
CERTAYNECERTAIN REASONS PROPOVNDED TO Mr. Rich. Clifton: concerning the two propoſitions following.
John Smyth · The Character of the Beast · p. 1 · Open in the reader

The Golden Book of Christian Matrimony A17171

Printed
CErtayneCertain poyntes now shall I set forth, to the whiche those faythefull Christen men must …
With rule
CErtayneCertain poyntes now shall I set forth, to the whiche those faythefull Christen men must …
Henrich Bullinger · The Golden Book of Christian Matrimony · p. vii · Open in the reader

Not Lawful to Hear of Have Spiritual Communion With the Church of England A68281

Printed
CERTAYNECERTAIN REASONS and Arguments Proving that it is not lawfull to heare or have any …
With rule
CERTAYNECERTAIN REASONS and Arguments Proving that it is not lawfull to heare or have any …
Francis Johnson · Not Lawful to Hear of Have Spiritual Communion With the Church of England · Open in the reader