Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7794 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

figgesfigs

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

Puritas changed it: 357 times in 202 works
Consistency: 100% (357 of 357)
Reach if approved: ~375 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: figs
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 357 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (357 changes in 202 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 357)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… truth, that naturally a man converſeth, and maketh a trade of evill workes; for figgesfigs cannot bee gathered from thornes, nor an evill tree cannot doe other than bring …
With rule
… truth, that naturally a man converſeth, and maketh a trade of evill workes; for figgesfigs cannot bee gathered from thornes, nor an evill tree cannot doe other than bring …
Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Colossians 1 and 2 · p. 124 · Open in the reader
Printed
… againſt the courſe of nature, that either thornes ſhould bring forth grapes, or thiſtles figgesfigs.
With rule
… againſt the courſe of nature, that either thornes ſhould bring forth grapes, or thiſtles figgesfigs.
Sebastian Benefield · Seventeen Sermons on Amos 3 · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… longer, he was thereby assured of recouerie, and yet hee vsed a bunch of figgesfigs as a meanes thereof: as also food and rayment to preserue his life afterward.
With rule
… longer, he was thereby assured of recouerie, and yet hee vsed a bunch of figgesfigs as a meanes thereof: as also food and rayment to preserue his life afterward.
William Perkins · Exposition of Revelation 1-3 · p. 85 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fruites and hansell of it; in those few clusters of grapes, and bunches of figgesfigs, those Graces of Christs Spirit, that peace, comfort, serenitie, which is shed forth into …
With rule
… fruites and hansell of it; in those few clusters of grapes, and bunches of figgesfigs, those Graces of Christs Spirit, that peace, comfort, serenitie, which is shed forth into …
Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · p. 429 · Open in the reader
Printed
… eat grapes] and so if hee labour upon the fig-tree, he may eat figgesfigs; and all the like: but hee may not eat (they say) save of that …
With rule
… eat grapes] and so if hee labour upon the fig-tree, he may eat figgesfigs; and all the like: but hee may not eat (they say) save of that …
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 103 · Open in the reader
Printed
The Protasis or simile is, Do men gather grapes of thornes, or figgesfigs of thistles. ver. 16. As if he should say, look for no pleasant or commfortable …
With rule
The Protasis or simile is, Do men gather grapes of thornes, or figgesfigs of thistles. ver. 16. As if he should say, look for no pleasant or commfortable …
James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · p. 208 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Hebrewes writ, that it was made of the palme tree branches, or of dry figgesfigs, or of raysens, which they stamped and mixed with vinegar, till it was thick …
With rule
… Hebrewes writ, that it was made of the palme tree branches, or of dry figgesfigs, or of raysens, which they stamped and mixed with vinegar, till it was thick …
George Gillespie · Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hath a facultie to produce its kinde: (Doe men gather grapes of thornes, or figgesfigs of thiſtles? Matth. 6. 16. No, Thornes produce thornes) ſo a ſanctified & a gracious heart brings …
With rule
… hath a facultie to produce its kinde: (Doe men gather grapes of thornes, or figgesfigs of thiſtles? Matth. 6. 16. No, Thornes produce thornes) ſo a ſanctified & a gracious heart brings …
Adam Harsnett · A Touch-Stone of Grace · p. 44 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.