Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7701 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

flessheflesh

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

Puritas changed it: 270 times in 34 works
Consistency: 99.2% (270 of 272)
Reach if approved: ~286 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: flesh
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 272 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (270 changes in 34 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 270)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… anoy the Churche of Christ. These are not the giftes of nature, or of flessheflesh and bloud, but of the spirite of God, giuen for the mainteyning of his …
With rule
… anoy the Churche of Christ. These are not the giftes of nature, or of flessheflesh and bloud, but of the spirite of God, giuen for the mainteyning of his …
William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
But it grudgeth the fleſſheflesh (ſaye you) for feare of the torment / let it do the owne nature and …
With rule
But it grudgeth the fleſſheflesh (ſaye you) for feare of the torment / let it do the owne nature and …
John Knox · A Godly Letter to the Faithful in London · Open in the reader
Printed
… fleſſheflesh, by eatynge of fyſſhe / than by egges & fleſſheflesh. He than oughte to eate fleſſheflesh & no fyſſhe. And agayne yf he feale his heade to be corrupte, and his …
With rule
… fleſſheflesh, by eatynge of fyſſhe / than by egges & fleſſheflesh. He than oughte to eate fleſſheflesh & no fyſſhe. And agayne yf he feale his heade to be corrupte, and his …
Martin Luther · Treatise of Good Works · Open in the reader
Printed
… aright, cōt… meth worldly thinges, despiseth pleasure, hateth rytches, abhorrethe th… workes of the flessheflesh, mortifyeth carnall affectes, & is vtterly giuen, fyxed & bent to the fruytes of y^e spirite …
With rule
… aright, cōt… meth worldly thinges, despiseth pleasure, hateth rytches, abhorrethe th… workes of the flessheflesh, mortifyeth carnall affectes, & is vtterly giuen, fyxed & bent to the fruytes of y^e spirite …
Thomas Becon · A New Pathway Unto Prayer · Open in the reader
Printed
… holye Ghoſt caſt of, as to the Romaynes viii. If ye lyue after the fleſſheflesh ye ſhall dye. Example we haue in Mathewe .xii. The Deuyll returnynge backe agayne …
With rule
… holye Ghoſt caſt of, as to the Romaynes viii. If ye lyue after the fleſſheflesh ye ſhall dye. Example we haue in Mathewe .xii. The Deuyll returnynge backe agayne …
Philipp Melanchthon · The Justification of Man by Faith Only · p. lxv · Open in the reader
Printed
… gyuē this lawe which is ſo burdenous & ſo weighty? And on this facyon the fleſſheflesh ſore greued with the weight of y^e law / whiche is more than he can …
With rule
… gyuē this lawe which is ſo burdenous & ſo weighty? And on this facyon the fleſſheflesh ſore greued with the weight of y^e law / whiche is more than he can …
William Tyndale · A Pathway Into the Holy Scripture · Open in the reader
Printed
… eat the flessheflesh of foure feted beastes, and byrdes, in lyke maner as the flessheflesh of fyshe: or yf a preest or monasticall parson marye a wyfe, thoughe in …
With rule
… eat the flessheflesh of foure feted beastes, and byrdes, in lyke maner as the flessheflesh of fyshe: or yf a preest or monasticall parson marye a wyfe, thoughe in …
Martin Bucer · Gratulation · Open in the reader
Printed
… kepe him ſelf in fauour of the worlde, and for the feare of hys fleſſheflesh, dyd vſe ſuch diſſymulation, he ſhoulde be the firſt that wolde reproue hym ſelfe …
With rule
… kepe him ſelf in fauour of the worlde, and for the feare of hys fleſſheflesh, dyd vſe ſuch diſſymulation, he ſhoulde be the firſt that wolde reproue hym ſelfe …
John Calvin · What a Faithful Man Dwelling Among Papists Ought to Do · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

News Out of Heaven A06966

Printed
FlessheFlesh and bloud can not possesse y^• kyngedome of God. They that are flesshly, regarde …
With rule
FlessheFlesh and bloud can not possesse y^• kyngedome of God. They that are flesshly, regarde …
Thomas Becon · News Out of Heaven · Open in the reader

Introduction to the Epistle to the Romans A14132

Printed
FlessheFlesh and spirite mayste thou not here vndstond / as though flessheflesh were ōly that which …
With rule
FlessheFlesh and spirite mayste thou not here vndstond / as though flessheflesh were ōly that which …
William Tyndale · Introduction to the Epistle to the Romans · Open in the reader