Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7832 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

seueritieseverity

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

Puritas changed it: 829 times in 275 works
Consistency: 98.9% (829 of 838)
Reach if approved: ~881 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: severity
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 838 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (829 changes in 275 works, 98.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 829)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… which seemeth ouer-harsh, and to sauour rather of Stoicall austeritie, then of Christian seueritieseverity.
With rule
… which seemeth ouer-harsh, and to sauour rather of Stoicall austeritie, then of Christian seueritieseverity.
Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 192 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by corrupting his religion, or flatly denying him, and al religion, may either by ſeueritieseverity of lawe be corrected, and reformed, or elſe by chriſtian iuſtice be remoued from …
With rule
… by corrupting his religion, or flatly denying him, and al religion, may either by ſeueritieseverity of lawe be corrected, and reformed, or elſe by chriſtian iuſtice be remoued from …
Francis Hastings · A Watch-Word to All Religious and True Hearted Englishmen · p. 125 · Open in the reader
Printed
… owne ſacrifices, Luke 13.1. becauſe they ſtroke others in the application as ſinners, with the ſeueritieseverity of that horrible death; not themſelues, verſe 2. But Iob, a man of another ſpirit …
With rule
… owne ſacrifices, Luke 13.1. becauſe they ſtroke others in the application as ſinners, with the ſeueritieseverity of that horrible death; not themſelues, verſe 2. But Iob, a man of another ſpirit …
Robert Horne · The Shield of Righteousness · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… pleasure, without all punishment. Is it not the iust rigor of iustice, and the seueritieseverity of discipline executed therein, in such sort, that no manifest offender, where so euer …
With rule
… pleasure, without all punishment. Is it not the iust rigor of iustice, and the seueritieseverity of discipline executed therein, in such sort, that no manifest offender, where so euer …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 195 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vppon them their Cato his countenaunce, appointing tymes, places, perſons, and other rules of ſeueritieseverity, which is the propertie of hipocrites, and but a vanitie. They wil haue vs …
With rule
… vppon them their Cato his countenaunce, appointing tymes, places, perſons, and other rules of ſeueritieseverity, which is the propertie of hipocrites, and but a vanitie. They wil haue vs …
Martin Luther · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
Goodneſſe and ſeueritieseverity. Who haue goodneſſe? and who ſeueritieseverity? I will tell thee: if thou repenteſt and …
With rule
Goodneſſe and ſeueritieseverity. Who haue goodneſſe? and who ſeueritieseverity? I will tell thee: if thou repenteſt and …
Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 87 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is, to let them haue their will from the beginninge, to diſcourage them by ſeueritieseverity, to let the common ignorance of the worde to be rooted in them, and …
With rule
… is, to let them haue their will from the beginninge, to diſcourage them by ſeueritieseverity, to let the common ignorance of the worde to be rooted in them, and …
Dudley Fenner · The Arts of Logic and Rhetoric · Open in the reader
Printed
… were discouered by others, rather thē by their own open professiō, that indured the seueritieseverity of those lawes. Yet were those times more likely to haue yéelded thousands of …
With rule
… were discouered by others, rather thē by their own open professiō, that indured the seueritieseverity of those lawes. Yet were those times more likely to haue yéelded thousands of …
William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · p. 2 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Exposition of Romans 8-11 A09031

Printed
… matter to be conſidered: Goodneſſe and ſeueritieseverity. both theſe determined by their proper ſubiects. SeueritieSeverity, generally to all, perſonally to the Iew: Goodneſſe perſonally to the Gentile, To thee …
With rule
… matter to be conſidered: Goodneſſe and ſeueritieseverity. both theſe determined by their proper ſubiects. SeueritieSeverity, generally to all, perſonally to the Iew: Goodneſſe perſonally to the Gentile, To thee …
Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 85 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Jonah A16485

Printed
… in wantonnesse, in securitie and vnthankfulnes, haue called on him for a shorter time. SeueritieSeverity might haue said, Fortie yeares I haue bene grieued or contended with this generation …
With rule
… in wantonnesse, in securitie and vnthankfulnes, haue called on him for a shorter time. SeueritieSeverity might haue said, Fortie yeares I haue bene grieued or contended with this generation …
Archbishop George Abbot · Sermons on Jonah · p. 391 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Isaiah A17640

Printed
SeueritieSeverity in Paſtors 58. 1
With rule
SeueritieSeverity in Paſtors 58. 1
John Calvin · Commentary on Isaiah · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

Printed
… ſeueritieseverity and fauour in one act? fauour to the ſonne ſeueritieseverity to the father: SeueritieSeverity to the father, that hee muſt leeſe ſuch a ſonne, fauour to the ſonne …
With rule
… ſeueritieseverity and fauour in one act? fauour to the ſonne ſeueritieseverity to the father: SeueritieSeverity to the father, that hee muſt leeſe ſuch a ſonne, fauour to the ſonne …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 1326 · Open in the reader

The Great Assize B08096

Printed
For firſt, if you would know with what Maieſtie, Power, Integritie, SeueritieSeverity, and Terrour, this great Iudge will come, you may ſee the perſon of the …
With rule
For firſt, if you would know with what Maieſtie, Power, Integritie, SeueritieSeverity, and Terrour, this great Iudge will come, you may ſee the perſon of the …
Samuel Smith · The Great Assize · p. 4 · Open in the reader