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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7731 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vnworthieunworthy

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

Puritas changed it
976 times in 290 works
Consistency
99.2% (976 of 983)
Reach if approved
~1,033 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: unworthy
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
983 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (976 changes in 290 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 976)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … greater and more pretious, then is the bodie: then shall we easely espye how vnworthieunworthy of auctoritie be those, that this day debarre theyre subiectes from the hearing of …
    With rule
    … greater and more pretious, then is the bodie: then shall we easely espye how vnworthieunworthy of auctoritie be those, that this day debarre theyre subiectes from the hearing of …

    John Knox · Appellation from the Cruel and Unjust Sentence Against Him · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … reuenues and rents, and take their delight and pleaſure, thinking that it is an vnworthieunworthy thinge that they ſhould labour, for they are ſhauen, weare long gownes, and crie …
    With rule
    … reuenues and rents, and take their delight and pleaſure, thinking that it is an vnworthieunworthy thinge that they ſhould labour, for they are ſhauen, weare long gownes, and crie …

    Martin Luther · Collected Sermons · p. 330 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … this, but the life of a man? yea and of a most wicked man, vnworthieunworthy, not to reigne in heauen, but euen to goe vpon the earth? Neuerthelesse, because …
    With rule
    … this, but the life of a man? yea and of a most wicked man, vnworthieunworthy, not to reigne in heauen, but euen to goe vpon the earth? Neuerthelesse, because …

    Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 383 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … miraculous narration out of Saint Cyprian: that when a woman had gone about with vnworthieunworthy hands to open her Coffer, where the holy thing of our Lord was laid …
    With rule
    … miraculous narration out of Saint Cyprian: that when a woman had gone about with vnworthieunworthy hands to open her Coffer, where the holy thing of our Lord was laid …

    Daniel Featley · The Grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome · p. 181 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … God, when they come forth to glorify hys name, which if they vnderstoode howe vnworthieunworthy they are to take so excellent a thinge vpon them, euen for this cause …
    With rule
    … God, when they come forth to glorify hys name, which if they vnderstoode howe vnworthieunworthy they are to take so excellent a thinge vpon them, euen for this cause …

    William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … vnto thoſe which haue no fruite thereby; how ſhould the receiuers which are vtterly vnworthieunworthy, be guiltie of the body and blood of our Lord? Alſo when a man …
    With rule
    … vnto thoſe which haue no fruite thereby; how ſhould the receiuers which are vtterly vnworthieunworthy, be guiltie of the body and blood of our Lord? Alſo when a man …

    George Gifford · Short Reply to the Donatists · p. 47 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    THe Elect hee preventeth with grace, being altogether vnworthieunworthy of mercie (ſayth Fulgentius, lib. 1. ad Monimum, f. 5.) with whom homologateth Auguſtine enchiridio ad …
    With rule
    THe Elect hee preventeth with grace, being altogether vnworthieunworthy of mercie (ſayth Fulgentius, lib. 1. ad Monimum, f. 5.) with whom homologateth Auguſtine enchiridio ad …

    William Guild · A Compend of the Controversies of Religion · p. 103 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … ſhallow, our memorie ſhort, and wee are vnworthy to pray vnto thée, and moſt vnworthieunworthy to receiue the things which we haue prayed for: therefore we commend our perſons …
    With rule
    … ſhallow, our memorie ſhort, and wee are vnworthy to pray vnto thée, and moſt vnworthieunworthy to receiue the things which we haue prayed for: therefore we commend our perſons …

    Robert Hill · The Pathway to Prayer and Piety · p. 275 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

6 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.

Virtues History A11081

  • Printed
    VnworthieUnworthy loadstarre of so fayre a Sunne,
    With rule
    VnworthieUnworthy loadstarre of so fayre a Sunne,

    Francis Rous · Virtues History · Open in the reader

Christs Last Supper A12509

  • Printed
    Doct. 5 Wee may yet further take notice of the miſerable eſtate o… wicked men. VnworthieUnworthy communicants, euen whileſt they are perfourming of this duty, of receiuing of the Lords …
    With rule
    Doct. 5 Wee may yet further take notice of the miſerable eſtate o… wicked men. VnworthieUnworthy communicants, euen whileſt they are perfourming of this duty, of receiuing of the Lords …

    Samuel Smith · Christs Last Supper · p. 268 · Open in the reader

The Doctrine and Use of Repentance A12982

  • Printed
    VnworthieUnworthy man muſt not deſpaire for his vnworthineſſe. Page 323
    With rule
    VnworthieUnworthy man muſt not deſpaire for his vnworthineſſe. Page 323

    Richard Stock · The Doctrine and Use of Repentance · Open in the reader

Of Domestical Duties A68107

  • Printed
    VnworthieUnworthy therefore they are of the name of Chriſtians, who ſo wholly and only aime …
    With rule
    VnworthieUnworthy therefore they are of the name of Chriſtians, who ſo wholly and only aime …

    William Gouge · Of Domestical Duties · p. 139 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

  • Printed
    … WAS openly arraigned: J. H. HVMBLY DEDICATES THIS PVBLIKE LIFE OF HIS WEAKE AND VNWORTHIEUNWORTHY LABOVR.
    With rule
    … WAS openly arraigned: J. H. HVMBLY DEDICATES THIS PVBLIKE LIFE OF HIS WEAKE AND VNWORTHIEUNWORTHY LABOVR.

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 499 · Open in the reader

The Nature and Use of Things Indifferent B15350

  • Printed
    … the Ministers Arguments for their Reſtitution; and they irrefutably euinced to be properly SCHISMATIQVES, VnworthieUnworthy to be restored againe to the vſe and libertie of their Ministerie;
    With rule
    … the Ministers Arguments for their Reſtitution; and they irrefutably euinced to be properly SCHISMATIQVES, VnworthieUnworthy to be restored againe to the vſe and libertie of their Ministerie;

    Gabriel Powel · The Nature and Use of Things Indifferent · Open in the reader