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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7734 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

woorkesworks

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

Puritas changed it
1,845 times in 159 works
Consistency
98.0% (1,845 of 1,882)
Reach if approved
~1,977 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: works
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,882 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,845 changes in 159 works, 98.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,845)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    ¶ I know thy woorkesworks. &c.
    With rule
    ¶ I know thy woorkesworks. &c.

    William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · p. 21 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … but vppon our works, yea, and in a more tickle eſtate, euen vppon the woorkesworks of other whome we muſt iudge. Therefore the Browniſts mayntayne verie wicked hereſie, when …
    With rule
    … but vppon our works, yea, and in a more tickle eſtate, euen vppon the woorkesworks of other whome we muſt iudge. Therefore the Browniſts mayntayne verie wicked hereſie, when …

    George Gifford · Short Treatise Against the Donatists of England · p. 63 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … is a free gratifiyng. For the wages that are growing vnto vs for our woorkesworks are called due debt, and claymed in equitie by iuſt title, and when they …
    With rule
    … is a free gratifiyng. For the wages that are growing vnto vs for our woorkesworks are called due debt, and claymed in equitie by iuſt title, and when they …

    John Knewstubs · Confutation of Monstrous and Horrible Heresies · p. 48 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … it rageth, and vttereth all her malice againſt God, ſaying: Are then my good woorkesworks nothing? Haue I then laboured and borne the burden and heate of the day …
    With rule
    … it rageth, and vttereth all her malice againſt God, ſaying: Are then my good woorkesworks nothing? Haue I then laboured and borne the burden and heate of the day …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    Antichrist saieth, that the woorkesworks of penaunce do satisfy the diuine iustice, and appeace his wrath kindled against vs …
    With rule
    Antichrist saieth, that the woorkesworks of penaunce do satisfy the diuine iustice, and appeace his wrath kindled against vs …

    Thomas Becon · The Acts of Christ and Antichrist · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … Christ was followed by infinite folk dying and suffering aduersitie for his sake. The woorkesworks of Mahomet were such as euery man can do; and doeth dayly: the woorkesworks …
    With rule
    … Christ was followed by infinite folk dying and suffering aduersitie for his sake. The woorkesworks of Mahomet were such as euery man can do; and doeth dayly: the woorkesworks …

    Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 623 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … proceeded from vs. In a woord that he accepteth of and crowneth the beſt woorkesworks of the holyeſt as rightlie good, and ſmelleth vnto the odor of our ſpike …
    With rule
    … proceeded from vs. In a woord that he accepteth of and crowneth the beſt woorkesworks of the holyeſt as rightlie good, and ſmelleth vnto the odor of our ſpike …

    Theodore Beza · Sermons on Three Chapters of Song of Songs · p. 189 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … their ſonnes. 7. And they may ſette their hope on God, nor might forget the woorkesworks of the ſtrong God: but keepe his commandements. 8. Nor that they bee not as …
    With rule
    … their ſonnes. 7. And they may ſette their hope on God, nor might forget the woorkesworks of the ſtrong God: but keepe his commandements. 8. Nor that they bee not as …

    Dudley Fenner · Godly and Learned Treatises · p. 14 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (37)

37 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 22 are listed here. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Christ Jesus Triumphant A01118

  • Printed
    … he were pure, or rather not vnpure, and vnprofitable euen in his most holy WoorkesWorks. Christ onely is great and mighty in & through his Workes. Workes therefore properly pertaine …
    With rule
    … he were pure, or rather not vnpure, and vnprofitable euen in his most holy WoorkesWorks. Christ onely is great and mighty in & through his Workes. Workes therefore properly pertaine …

    John Foxe · Christ Jesus Triumphant · Open in the reader

A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel A01304

  • Printed
    … autem gratia, tuaeqús misericordia, mihi stillet profano, quam solam miseris rex praebuisti spem peccatoribus. WoorkesWorks shall not saue me, but lette thy grace and thy mercie droppe vppon mée …
    With rule
    … autem gratia, tuaeqús misericordia, mihi stillet profano, quam solam miseris rex praebuisti spem peccatoribus. WoorkesWorks shall not saue me, but lette thy grace and thy mercie droppe vppon mée …

    William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · p. 90 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Peter and Jude A06502

  • Printed
    … thoſe bookes are to bee loathed, and miſliked, whiche hauyng gaie titles of good WoorkesWorks, Praiers, Indulgences, Pardons and ſuche like, are not plainlie, directlie, and ſoundlie grounded vpon …
    With rule
    … thoſe bookes are to bee loathed, and miſliked, whiche hauyng gaie titles of good WoorkesWorks, Praiers, Indulgences, Pardons and ſuche like, are not plainlie, directlie, and ſoundlie grounded vpon …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 6 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … taught, how that we muſt all doe the ſame thynges, and woorke the ſame WoorkesWorks. Of this ſtampe are thoſe dreaming Popelinges, that are ſtill beatyng into our heades …
    With rule
    … taught, how that we muſt all doe the ſame thynges, and woorke the ſame WoorkesWorks. Of this ſtampe are thoſe dreaming Popelinges, that are ſtill beatyng into our heades …

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

  • Printed
    … Creatour. Thei ſtill continue in well dooyng, thei perſeuere and goe forwarde in good WoorkesWorks, thei ſhrinke not backe for afflictions, but committe and commende their Soules to hym …
    With rule
    … Creatour. Thei ſtill continue in well dooyng, thei perſeuere and goe forwarde in good WoorkesWorks, thei ſhrinke not backe for afflictions, but committe and commende their Soules to hym …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 104 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … are brought to an ouerweenyng and ſelflikyng of theimſelues, truſtyng in their owne Merites, WoorkesWorks, and rotten Ceremonies. Thei beleeue that Chriſt the Sonne of God, in his humanitie …
    With rule
    … are brought to an ouerweenyng and ſelflikyng of theimſelues, truſtyng in their owne Merites, WoorkesWorks, and rotten Ceremonies. Thei beleeue that Chriſt the Sonne of God, in his humanitie …

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

  • Printed
    … dirtie dreames and triflyng toyes, vnto Faithe and Baptiſme, whiche bee Gods owne proper WoorkesWorks and inſtitution. Who hauyng the Spirite of GOD in hym, and hearyng theſe horrible …
    With rule
    … dirtie dreames and triflyng toyes, vnto Faithe and Baptiſme, whiche bee Gods owne proper WoorkesWorks and inſtitution. Who hauyng the Spirite of GOD in hym, and hearyng theſe horrible …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 152 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Romans A14353

  • Printed
    … he, that the kyngdome was prepared for vs, from the beginninge of the worlde. WoorkesWorks in deede are to be had, but not as cauſes. Therefore Chriſt admoniſhed vs …
    With rule
    … he, that the kyngdome was prepared for vs, from the beginninge of the worlde. WoorkesWorks in deede are to be had, but not as cauſes. Therefore Chriſt admoniſhed vs …

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

  • Printed
    … is a certaine ſlender imitation of that doctrine which is ſet foorth vnto vs. WoorkesWorks of this kinde, come not of the impreſſion of the lawe in the harts …
    With rule
    … is a certaine ſlender imitation of that doctrine which is ſet foorth vnto vs. WoorkesWorks of this kinde, come not of the impreſſion of the lawe in the harts …

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

Commentary on Romans A15525

  • Printed
    … Paul the Apostle framed this Epistle; First, shewing that neyther Gentiles by their naturall WoorkesWorks, or Iewes by their Legall deeds, could be Iustified: for somuch as the one …
    With rule
    … Paul the Apostle framed this Epistle; First, shewing that neyther Gentiles by their naturall WoorkesWorks, or Iewes by their Legall deeds, could be Iustified: for somuch as the one …

    Thomas Wilson · Commentary on Romans · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … following to the end of the 11. Chapter, to wit; That by Faith alone (without WoorkesWorks) elect sinners be Iustified, before the iudgement of God. Which is proued by a …
    With rule
    … following to the end of the 11. Chapter, to wit; That by Faith alone (without WoorkesWorks) elect sinners be Iustified, before the iudgement of God. Which is proued by a …

    Thomas Wilson · Commentary on Romans · p. 49 · Open in the reader

Questions of Religion A17219

  • Printed
    The fithe Common place. Of Fayth and good WoorkesWorks.
    With rule
    The fithe Common place. Of Fayth and good WoorkesWorks.

    Henrich Bullinger · Questions of Religion · p. 46 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … And thys beholding of Jesus Chryste is fayth, yea fayth onely. For as no WoorkesWorks, no Prayers, Fastings, Almes, Sacrifices, or any thing else, whatsoeuer coulde helpe the stynging …
    With rule
    … And thys beholding of Jesus Chryste is fayth, yea fayth onely. For as no WoorkesWorks, no Prayers, Fastings, Almes, Sacrifices, or any thing else, whatsoeuer coulde helpe the stynging …

    Henrich Bullinger · Questions of Religion · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … to woorkesworks, but also wherefore wée suffer not parte thereof to bée attributed to WoorkesWorks, and parte to Faythe, but saye playnely, that wée are iustified onely by Faythe …
    With rule
    … to woorkesworks, but also wherefore wée suffer not parte thereof to bée attributed to WoorkesWorks, and parte to Faythe, but saye playnely, that wée are iustified onely by Faythe …

    Henrich Bullinger · Questions of Religion · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Faythe, but saye playnely, that wée are iustified onely by Faythe, and not by WoorkesWorks. Firste, for that God wyll in no wyse haue vs to glorye and truste …
    With rule
    … Faythe, but saye playnely, that wée are iustified onely by Faythe, and not by WoorkesWorks. Firste, for that God wyll in no wyse haue vs to glorye and truste …

    Henrich Bullinger · Questions of Religion · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Secondely, all good WoorkesWorks are wrought of good men. Wherefore it is of necessitie that the trée bee …
    With rule
    Secondely, all good WoorkesWorks are wrought of good men. Wherefore it is of necessitie that the trée bee …

    Henrich Bullinger · Questions of Religion · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

  • Printed
    Of such as conclude that faith should proceede of mens WoorkesWorks.
    With rule
    Of such as conclude that faith should proceede of mens WoorkesWorks.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

A Treasury of Similes A18271

  • Printed
    … as purged, and holie, by reaſon it had touched the holie place: So our WoorkesWorks, albeit they be verie faultie, yet become they cleane, and apt for holie ſacrifice …
    With rule
    … as purged, and holie, by reaſon it had touched the holie place: So our WoorkesWorks, albeit they be verie faultie, yet become they cleane, and apt for holie ſacrifice …

    Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 858 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

  • Printed
    WoorkesWorks of manne vnperfecte .23. in what respect called good. 26.
    With rule
    WoorkesWorks of manne vnperfecte .23. in what respect called good. 26.

    John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · Open in the reader

Whole Works A68831

  • Printed
    A generall collection out of Doctour Barnes WoorkesWorks of all the teſtimonyes, auncient fathers, Councels, and of the Popes owne lawes, alleaged …
    With rule
    A generall collection out of Doctour Barnes WoorkesWorks of all the teſtimonyes, auncient fathers, Councels, and of the Popes owne lawes, alleaged …

    William Tyndale · Whole Works · p. 358 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

  • Printed
    Looke more in Iudgementes, woordes, WoorkesWorks.
    With rule
    Looke more in Iudgementes, woordes, WoorkesWorks.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader

Sermons Upon Romans 11:2-8 A72114

  • Printed
    … compasse by their proud and arrogant opinion of merriting Gods loue, and in ioyning WoorkesWorks with Fayth, that is; themselues and their owne Righteousnesse, with Christ and his Righteousnesse …
    With rule
    … compasse by their proud and arrogant opinion of merriting Gods loue, and in ioyning WoorkesWorks with Fayth, that is; themselues and their owne Righteousnesse, with Christ and his Righteousnesse …

    John Frewen · Sermons Upon Romans 11:2-8 · Open in the reader