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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7624 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

woorkework

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

Puritas changed it
1,344 times in 189 works
Consistency
98.9% (1,344 of 1,359)
Reach if approved
~1,428 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: work
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,359 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,344 changes in 189 works, 98.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,344)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … vnto God, as can be againſt his will, therfore no ſinne can be hys woorkework. Neyther canne he bée the aucthor of euill, whiche therefore is called God, bycauſe …
    With rule
    … vnto God, as can be againſt his will, therfore no ſinne can be hys woorkework. Neyther canne he bée the aucthor of euill, whiche therefore is called God, bycauſe …

    Anthony Gilby · Of Election and Reprobation · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … deſire of vaine glory, or at the motion and inſtinct of nature, iudging that woorkework to bee lawfull and honeſt. For it is fayth that doth purifie the heart …
    With rule
    … deſire of vaine glory, or at the motion and inſtinct of nature, iudging that woorkework to bee lawfull and honeſt. For it is fayth that doth purifie the heart …

    John Knewstubs · Lectures Upon Exodus 20 · p. 278 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … and exhortations, in Dutch on this wyſe: woulde to God it went ſo to woorkework.
    With rule
    … and exhortations, in Dutch on this wyſe: woulde to God it went ſo to woorkework.

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 175 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … hath not in vayne created both ſexe, we muſt acknowledge that it is the woorkework of God, and an ordinaunce to be highly eſteemed of. Neyther is the infir …
    With rule
    … hath not in vayne created both ſexe, we muſt acknowledge that it is the woorkework of God, and an ordinaunce to be highly eſteemed of. Neyther is the infir …

    Philipp Melanchthon · In Defense of the True Church of God · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … by Saint Paul, the bleſſed ſeruant of Chriſt: The myſterie of iniquitie doth alreadie woorkework. Therfore one of their owne popes, Gregorie (whom they call) the great, the firſt …
    With rule
    … by Saint Paul, the bleſſed ſeruant of Chriſt: The myſterie of iniquitie doth alreadie woorkework. Therfore one of their owne popes, Gregorie (whom they call) the great, the firſt …

    Josias Nichols · Abrahams Faith · p. 199 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … mans ſelfe: nor after the maner of hipocriticall monks, as if it were a woorkework of perfection to forſake father and mother to retire a mans ſelfe into a …
    With rule
    … mans ſelfe: nor after the maner of hipocriticall monks, as if it were a woorkework of perfection to forſake father and mother to retire a mans ſelfe into a …

    Theodore Beza · Sermons on Three Chapters of Song of Songs · p. 68 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … you may perceyue (my deare brethren) howe the inestimable mercie of God doeth miraculously woorkework in mans election, beyonde all hope and capacitie of man, who hath compassion on …
    With rule
    … you may perceyue (my deare brethren) howe the inestimable mercie of God doeth miraculously woorkework in mans election, beyonde all hope and capacitie of man, who hath compassion on …

    John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … ver. 17. That the man of God foreign may be perfect and prepared to euery good woorkework. These places and an hundreth more which might bee brought, doe proue, howe vaine …
    With rule
    … ver. 17. That the man of God foreign may be perfect and prepared to euery good woorkework. These places and an hundreth more which might bee brought, doe proue, howe vaine …

    William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 288 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (15)

13 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.

Commentary on Peter and Jude A06502

  • Printed
    … verie torment of mynde. But if thei would haue regard, and reſpect vnto the WoorkeWork and will of God, and thither directe all their reaſons and accoumptes, thei ſhould …
    With rule
    … verie torment of mynde. But if thei would haue regard, and reſpect vnto the WoorkeWork and will of God, and thither directe all their reaſons and accoumptes, thei ſhould …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 72 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Wee can not all of vs doe one and the ſelf ſame WoorkeWork: euery one muſt worke for hymſelf, and in that vocation wherein it hath pleaſed …
    With rule
    Wee can not all of vs doe one and the ſelf ſame WoorkeWork: euery one muſt worke for hymſelf, and in that vocation wherein it hath pleaſed …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 73 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    But if one ſhould preache vnto theim, that no WoorkeWork before GOD excelleth other, but that all thynges by Faithe are made equall, that …
    With rule
    But if one ſhould preache vnto theim, that no WoorkeWork before GOD excelleth other, but that all thynges by Faithe are made equall, that …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 74 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … to gouerne the Churche of God, without the warrant of Gods owne Woorde and WoorkeWork, and therefore ſainct Peter ſawe greate reaſon to adde this muche, therby to teache …
    With rule
    … to gouerne the Churche of God, without the warrant of Gods owne Woorde and WoorkeWork, and therefore ſainct Peter ſawe greate reaſon to adde this muche, therby to teache …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 100 · Open in the reader

Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion A07769

  • Printed
    A WoorkeWork concerning the trewnesse of the Christian Religion, written in French:
    With rule
    A WoorkeWork concerning the trewnesse of the Christian Religion, written in French:

    Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · Open in the reader

Sermons in One Volume A12406

  • Printed
    … wherein you ſhould worke. What worke haue you to doo? The Apoſtle tels you, WoorkeWork out your ſaluation. This is a long taske, therefore we had neede to number …
    With rule
    … wherein you ſhould worke. What worke haue you to doo? The Apoſtle tels you, WoorkeWork out your ſaluation. This is a long taske, therefore we had neede to number …

    Henry Smith · Sermons in One Volume · p. 546 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Romans A14353

  • Printed
    … worke we get much profit. So ment Paule vnto the Philippians, when he ſayd, WoorkeWork your ſaluation with feare, and with trembling. And if thou contend that in this …
    With rule
    … worke we get much profit. So ment Paule vnto the Philippians, when he ſayd, WoorkeWork your ſaluation with feare, and with trembling. And if thou contend that in this …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentary on Romans · Open in the reader

A Wholesome Antidote Against Anabaptists A17186

  • Printed
    … doeth reuiue, and floriſh agayne: Fare well, and pray, that we may performe the WoorkeWork that we haue in haude.
    With rule
    … doeth reuiue, and floriſh agayne: Fare well, and pray, that we may performe the WoorkeWork that we haue in haude.

    Henrich Bullinger · A Wholesome Antidote Against Anabaptists · Open in the reader

Of the Head Cornerstone A17242

  • Printed
    … the Priestes and Leuites were not charged withall; and therefore that Salomon made the WoorkeWork-men to set them vp in theyr places as they were made, to bee …
    With rule
    … the Priestes and Leuites were not charged withall; and therefore that Salomon made the WoorkeWork-men to set them vp in theyr places as they were made, to bee …

    Edmund Bunny · Of the Head Cornerstone · p. 348 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … that it was liked by him: and so on all handes concluded among them. WoorkeWork-men are presently set on woorkework to make the Gibbet: they were nowe to …
    With rule
    … that it was liked by him: and so on all handes concluded among them. WoorkeWork-men are presently set on woorkework to make the Gibbet: they were nowe to …

    Edmund Bunny · Of the Head Cornerstone · p. 557 · Open in the reader

A Treasury of Similes A18271

  • Printed
    … done of thoſe, which before were made righteous through Grace. So that a good WoorkeWork maketh not a good man, but a good man maketh a good Worke. Math. 7.17, 18. & 12.33.
    With rule
    … done of thoſe, which before were made righteous through Grace. So that a good WoorkeWork maketh not a good man, but a good man maketh a good Worke. Math. 7.17, 18. & 12.33.

    Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 833 · Open in the reader

Answer unto a Crafy and Sophistical Cavillation A19563

  • Printed
    … cast into euerlasting fyre I haue a meat to eat, which you know not WoorkeWork not meat that perisheth, but that indureth vnto euerlasting life I am a good …
    With rule
    … cast into euerlasting fyre I haue a meat to eat, which you know not WoorkeWork not meat that perisheth, but that indureth vnto euerlasting life I am a good …

    Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Answer unto a Crafy and Sophistical Cavillation · p. 136 · Open in the reader

Defense of the True Doctrine of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper A19571

  • Printed
    … caste into euerlastyng fyre. I haue a meate to eate, whiche you knowe not. WoorkeWork not meate that perisheth, but that endureth vnto euerlastyng life. I am good shepherd …
    With rule
    … caste into euerlastyng fyre. I haue a meate to eate, whiche you knowe not. WoorkeWork not meate that perisheth, but that endureth vnto euerlastyng life. I am good shepherd …

    Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Defense of the True Doctrine of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper · Open in the reader