Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7694 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

godlynessegodliness

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

Puritas changed it: 521 times in 185 works
Consistency: 99.8% (521 of 522)
Reach if approved: ~548 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: godliness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 522 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (521 changes in 185 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 521)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… so that we see nothing, but the oppression of good men, and of all godlynessegodliness, and wicked men without God, to raigne aboue vs: Let vs accuse and condempne …
With rule
… so that we see nothing, but the oppression of good men, and of all godlynessegodliness, and wicked men without God, to raigne aboue vs: Let vs accuse and condempne …
John Knox · Sermon in Edinburgh · Open in the reader
Printed
Without doubt great is thys mystery of godlynessegodliness, God was shewed in the fleshe, was iustified in the spirite, was sene of …
With rule
Without doubt great is thys mystery of godlynessegodliness, God was shewed in the fleshe, was iustified in the spirite, was sene of …
Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… or vnſewed, doth ſignifie y^t thoſe doe ſhew in their outward apparayle a certeine godlyneſſegodliness: and it is vnder the coulour that they doe forſake and renounce all tranſitory …
With rule
… or vnſewed, doth ſignifie y^t thoſe doe ſhew in their outward apparayle a certeine godlyneſſegodliness: and it is vnder the coulour that they doe forſake and renounce all tranſitory …
Philipp Melanchthon · Of Two Popish Monsters – A Popish Ass and a Monkish Calf · Open in the reader
Printed
… good, for the workes of God are good And if vngodlyneſſe be good, then godlyneſſegodliness is euill, for it is contrarie to vngodlyneſſe. Therfore when the holy Scriptures ſay …
With rule
… good, for the workes of God are good And if vngodlyneſſe be good, then godlyneſſegodliness is euill, for it is contrarie to vngodlyneſſe. Therfore when the holy Scriptures ſay …
Theodore Beza · Display of Popish Practices · p. 226 · Open in the reader
Printed
… you way whether you be not as well willing to embrace thoſe poyntes of godlyneſſegodliness whiche are moſt diſpiſed amongſt mē, as thoſe that he highlieſt eſtéemed, you can …
With rule
… you way whether you be not as well willing to embrace thoſe poyntes of godlyneſſegodliness whiche are moſt diſpiſed amongſt mē, as thoſe that he highlieſt eſtéemed, you can …
Thomas Sparke · To All Christians Troubled and Disquieted · Open in the reader
Printed
… to ſuche images to their great hynderance both of god / of fayth / and of godlyneſſegodliness. For (I praye you) tell me what other thīge ſhal a man fynde in …
With rule
… to ſuche images to their great hynderance both of god / of fayth / and of godlyneſſegodliness. For (I praye you) tell me what other thīge ſhal a man fynde in …
Martin Bucer · Pictures not to be Worshiped · Open in the reader
Printed
… comfort of theyr Soules: for how ſhall he puniſh all euill, and mayntayne all GodlyneſſeGodliness by the Sword, but by eſtabliſhing Chriſtes holie Religion? Therefore this Magiſtrate is to …
With rule
… comfort of theyr Soules: for how ſhall he puniſh all euill, and mayntayne all GodlyneſſeGodliness by the Sword, but by eſtabliſhing Chriſtes holie Religion? Therefore this Magiſtrate is to …
George Gifford · Short Treatise Against the Donatists of England · p. 104 · Open in the reader
Printed
… nede of reforma macyon / lete them thynke this to be one which myndeth anye godlynessegodliness / for neuer ded cruell Pharao holde the people of Israel in so wycked a …
With rule
… nede of reforma macyon / lete them thynke this to be one which myndeth anye godlynessegodliness / for neuer ded cruell Pharao holde the people of Israel in so wycked a …
John Bale · Exhortation of an English Christian unto his Beloved Country · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 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.