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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7882 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

carelesnessecarelessness

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

Puritas changed it
988 times in 499 works
Consistency
94.5% (988 of 1,045)
Reach if approved
~1,098 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: carelessness
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,045 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (988 changes in 499 works, 94.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 988)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … of his goodnesse, by this fall hath helped vs forward. Contrariwise, if our former carelesnessecarelessness do make vs more carelesse, if our slippes or sinnes doe make the word …
    With rule
    … of his goodnesse, by this fall hath helped vs forward. Contrariwise, if our former carelesnessecarelessness do make vs more carelesse, if our slippes or sinnes doe make the word …

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 613 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … our negligence, but our Damnation ſleepeth not , and wee ſhall ſurely periſh in our careleſneſſecarelessness. Thou wilt ſay (perhaps) vnto me; You ſpeake much of my negligence, you blame …
    With rule
    … our negligence, but our Damnation ſleepeth not , and wee ſhall ſurely periſh in our careleſneſſecarelessness. Thou wilt ſay (perhaps) vnto me; You ſpeake much of my negligence, you blame …

    Samuel Hieron · The Abridgment of the Gospel · p. 100 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … have beene abused and despised by that unkinde dealing of ours, and that marvelous carelesnessecarelessness, those duties, God hath required of us, the height of Gods goodnesse to us …
    With rule
    … have beene abused and despised by that unkinde dealing of ours, and that marvelous carelesnessecarelessness, those duties, God hath required of us, the height of Gods goodnesse to us …

    Thomas Hooker · The Souls Preparation for Christ · p. 100 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … but out and in, off and on, never ſtaied; and becauſe of the contrary careleſneſſecarelessness and ſecurity, many, not evill men are plunged into ſundry noyſome temptations, finde many …
    With rule
    … but out and in, off and on, never ſtaied; and becauſe of the contrary careleſneſſecarelessness and ſecurity, many, not evill men are plunged into ſundry noyſome temptations, finde many …

    Paul Baynes · Brief Directions Unto a Godly Life · p. 123 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … enemies that labour to keepe vs the bondſlaues of ſinne, put away ſecurity and careleſneſſecarelessness from vs, let vs alwayes watch and prepare to fight againſt them. Arme vs …
    With rule
    … enemies that labour to keepe vs the bondſlaues of ſinne, put away ſecurity and careleſneſſecarelessness from vs, let vs alwayes watch and prepare to fight againſt them. Arme vs …

    John Mayer · The English Catechism Explained · p. 563 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … is conſcience deadneſſe, the iudgements blindneſſe, the wils peruerſeneſſe, affections diſorderlineſſe, and a reſolued careleſneſſecarelessness. Tho ſinne haue ſuch a ſleepe, yet ſometime vpon a fearefull terror, it will …
    With rule
    … is conſcience deadneſſe, the iudgements blindneſſe, the wils peruerſeneſſe, affections diſorderlineſſe, and a reſolued careleſneſſecarelessness. Tho ſinne haue ſuch a ſleepe, yet ſometime vpon a fearefull terror, it will …

    Richard Bernard · Contemplative Pictures with Wholesome Precepts Part 1 · p. 67 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … them, and forbiddeth to doe in like maner to any beſides him. The great careleſneſſecarelessness and negligence in theſe, and the fruite of the lippes in prayer, and prayſe …
    With rule
    … them, and forbiddeth to doe in like maner to any beſides him. The great careleſneſſecarelessness and negligence in theſe, and the fruite of the lippes in prayer, and prayſe …

    Dudley Fenner · Brief Treatise Upon the First Table of the Law · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … care not to know what they ought to know: this is a ſinne with careleſneſſecarelessness, and excuſes not from the fewer ſtripes, Luk. 12.48. But wilfull ignorance is in them …
    With rule
    … care not to know what they ought to know: this is a ſinne with careleſneſſecarelessness, and excuſes not from the fewer ſtripes, Luk. 12.48. But wilfull ignorance is in them …

    Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 109 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (57)

26 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 31 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Purple Island A00977

  • Printed
    Blinde CarelesnesseCarelessness before would lead the dance;
    With rule
    Blinde CarelesnesseCarelessness before would lead the dance;

    Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 110 · Open in the reader

Exposition on John 5 A01972

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    1 CareleſneſſeCarelessness of thoſe that thinke it enough to haue beſtowed education vpon their children; and …
    With rule
    1 CareleſneſſeCarelessness of thoſe that thinke it enough to haue beſtowed education vpon their children; and …

    William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 77 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    1 CareleſneſſeCarelessness in prouiding marriage, letting them paſſe the flowre of their age.
    With rule
    1 CareleſneſſeCarelessness in prouiding marriage, letting them paſſe the flowre of their age.

    William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 78 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … this trembling in the defect is, 1 Too much familiarity. 2. Anſwering againe, murmuring and repining. 3 CareleſneſſeCarelessness in prouoking their maſter, thinking with themſelues, it can bee but a beating, &c …
    With rule
    … this trembling in the defect is, 1 Too much familiarity. 2. Anſwering againe, murmuring and repining. 3 CareleſneſſeCarelessness in prouoking their maſter, thinking with themſelues, it can bee but a beating, &c …

    William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 94 · Open in the reader

A Direction for Weaker Christians A16603

  • Printed
    5. CarelesnesseCarelessness and securitie, which is when a man commeth with an affection and disposition vnto …
    With rule
    5. CarelesnesseCarelessness and securitie, which is when a man commeth with an affection and disposition vnto …

    William Bradshaw · A Direction for Weaker Christians · p. 52 · Open in the reader

The Marrow of the Oracles of God A17397

  • Printed
    8 CarelesnesseCarelessness of thy wayes.
    With rule
    8 CarelesnesseCarelessness of thy wayes.

    Nicholas Byfield · The Marrow of the Oracles of God · p. 440 · Open in the reader

The Rules of a Holy Life A17410

  • Printed
    Eightly & lastly, CarelesnesseCarelessness of thy waies; be not secure in sinning, but let thy crosses melt off …
    With rule
    Eightly & lastly, CarelesnesseCarelessness of thy waies; be not secure in sinning, but let thy crosses melt off …

    Nicholas Byfield · The Rules of a Holy Life · p. 321 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Isaiah A17640

  • Printed
    CareleſneſſeCarelessness 1. 7. and 28. 9
    With rule
    CareleſneſſeCarelessness 1. 7. and 28. 9

    John Calvin · Commentary on Isaiah · Open in the reader

Two Treatises A21041

  • Printed
    … made known. Therefore let vs take heede of theſe three impediments, Feare, Baſhfulneſſe, and CareleſneſſeCarelessness. Let vs indeuour, not ſo much in word, which is Phariſaicall, but ſpecially indeed …
    With rule
    … made known. Therefore let vs take heede of theſe three impediments, Feare, Baſhfulneſſe, and CareleſneſſeCarelessness. Let vs indeuour, not ſo much in word, which is Phariſaicall, but ſpecially indeed …

    Daniel Dyke · Two Treatises · p. 139 · Open in the reader

A Worthy Communicant A21060

  • Printed
    … when he eates, his phyſicke will not kindly worke, nor doe him any good. CareleſneſſeCarelessness in dyet, in taking cold afterwards may dead, and kill the force of the …
    With rule
    … when he eates, his phyſicke will not kindly worke, nor doe him any good. CareleſneſſeCarelessness in dyet, in taking cold afterwards may dead, and kill the force of the …

    Jeremiah Dyke · A Worthy Communicant · p. 587 · Open in the reader

Christ the Way and the Truth and the Life A29748

  • Printed
    … carefully guaird against the evils formerly mentioned, which brought on this distemper; such as CarelesnesseCarelessness, Untendernesse▪ Unwatchfulnesse, Lazynesse, carnal Security, Formality, and want of Seriousnesse, &c.
    With rule
    … carefully guaird against the evils formerly mentioned, which brought on this distemper; such as CarelesnesseCarelessness, Untendernesse▪ Unwatchfulnesse, Lazynesse, carnal Security, Formality, and want of Seriousnesse, &c.

    John Brown · Christ the Way and the Truth and the Life · p. 342 · Open in the reader

A Practical Discourse of Prayer A33525

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    3. CareleſneſſeCarelessness and ſlightineſſe in prayer, breedeth and feedeth inconſtancy, and inſtability in prayer. Any, yea …
    With rule
    3. CareleſneſſeCarelessness and ſlightineſſe in prayer, breedeth and feedeth inconſtancy, and inſtability in prayer. Any, yea …

    Thomas Cobbet · A Practical Discourse of Prayer · p. 192 · Open in the reader

The Appeal of Injured Innocence A40651

  • Printed
    … when as the IN-ANIMADVERTOR (for now I must so call him for his CarelesnesseCarelessness,) citeth a place in my Book, viz. [Lib. 2. Fol. 63.] that I make J. Monmouth …
    With rule
    … when as the IN-ANIMADVERTOR (for now I must so call him for his CarelesnesseCarelessness,) citeth a place in my Book, viz. [Lib. 2. Fol. 63.] that I make J. Monmouth …

    Thomas Fuller · The Appeal of Injured Innocence · p. 67 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    3. CarelesnesseCarelessness of what I write.
    With rule
    3. CarelesnesseCarelessness of what I write.

    Thomas Fuller · The Appeal of Injured Innocence · p. 21 · Open in the reader

A Body of Divinity A64622

  • Printed
    CarelesnesseCarelessness in performing those former duties.
    With rule
    CarelesnesseCarelessness in performing those former duties.

    James Ussher · A Body of Divinity · p. 266 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    CarelesnesseCarelessness.
    With rule
    CarelesnesseCarelessness.

    James Ussher · A Body of Divinity · Open in the reader

Of Domestical Duties A68107

  • Printed
    Such miniſters alſo as through CareleſneſſeCarelessness, not taking due account of the parties whom they marie, whether they haue their …
    With rule
    Such miniſters alſo as through CareleſneſſeCarelessness, not taking due account of the parties whom they marie, whether they haue their …

    William Gouge · Of Domestical Duties · p. 452 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … to ſeruants fidelitie in ſafe keeping their maſters goods committed to their charge is CareleſneſſeCarelessness and negligence in ſuffering loſſe and dammage come to their maſters as in the …
    With rule
    … to ſeruants fidelitie in ſafe keeping their maſters goods committed to their charge is CareleſneſſeCarelessness and negligence in ſuffering loſſe and dammage come to their maſters as in the …

    William Gouge · Of Domestical Duties · p. 624 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

  • Printed
    CareleſneſſeCarelessness of his eſtate.
    With rule
    CareleſneſſeCarelessness of his eſtate.

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 221 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    CareleſneſſeCarelessness: Of an holy careleſneſſecarelessness. 64
    With rule
    CareleſneſſeCarelessness: Of an holy careleſneſſecarelessness. 64

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · Open in the reader

The Case and Cure of a Deserted Soul A68795

  • Printed
    2. Of CareleſneſſeCarelessness. pag. 151
    With rule
    2. Of CareleſneſſeCarelessness. pag. 151

    Joseph Symonds · The Case and Cure of a Deserted Soul · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    2 CareleſneſſeCarelessness.
    With rule
    2 CareleſneſſeCarelessness.

    Joseph Symonds · The Case and Cure of a Deserted Soul · p. 151 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

  • Printed
    CareleſneſſeCarelessness.
    With rule
    CareleſneſſeCarelessness.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    The inconuenience that commeth of Mens CareleſneſſeCarelessness in this life. 84. a 49.
    With rule
    The inconuenience that commeth of Mens CareleſneſſeCarelessness in this life. 84. a 49.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader

Knowledge and Practice A80737

  • Printed
    1. CareleſneſſeCarelessness, want of conſideration, and laying to heart the things that moſt concern them; going …
    With rule
    1. CareleſneſſeCarelessness, want of conſideration, and laying to heart the things that moſt concern them; going …

    Samuel Cradock · Knowledge and Practice · p. 520 · Open in the reader

England Faithfully Watched A88417

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    … enough. Yea 'tis enough, well enough, to be called wicked enough, to judge you. CareleſneſſeCarelessness is a graduall thing, man begins to be remiſſe a little about his worke …
    With rule
    … enough. Yea 'tis enough, well enough, to be called wicked enough, to judge you. CareleſneſſeCarelessness is a graduall thing, man begins to be remiſſe a little about his worke …

    Nicholas Lockyer · England Faithfully Watched · p. 232 · Open in the reader