Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7927 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

miseryesmiseries

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

Puritas changed it: 125 times in 69 works
Consistency: 94.7% (125 of 132)
Reach if approved: ~139 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: miseries
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 132 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (125 changes in 69 works, 94.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 125)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of the ground of God's controverſie and the procuring cauſe of the miſchiefs and miſeryesmiseries which befel that People, verſ. 9, 10, 11. From whence he proceeds to an enumeration of ſundry …
With rule
… of the ground of God's controverſie and the procuring cauſe of the miſchiefs and miſeryesmiseries which befel that People, verſ. 9, 10, 11. From whence he proceeds to an enumeration of ſundry …
Samuel Willard · Covenant Keeping the Way to Blessedness · p. 132 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of ones ſelfe, and all imaginable diſtreſſes are but conſequences of that miſery of miſeryesmiseries, to be hated of God and hate him for ever.
With rule
… of ones ſelfe, and all imaginable diſtreſſes are but conſequences of that miſery of miſeryesmiseries, to be hated of God and hate him for ever.
Peter du Moulin Jr · Of Peace and Contentment of Mind · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the world) men in the world, of the world, subject to the iniquityes, and miseryesmiseries of the world, lying in the their bloud, having nothing to render them commendable …
With rule
… the world) men in the world, of the world, subject to the iniquityes, and miseryesmiseries of the world, lying in the their bloud, having nothing to render them commendable …
John Owen · The Death of Death in the Death of Christ · p. 203 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to the King or Kingdome true peace and ſecurity: but may iuſtly looke for miſeryesmiseries one after an other, and extreme calamityes. For King Iames ſayes of that generation …
With rule
… to the King or Kingdome true peace and ſecurity: but may iuſtly looke for miſeryesmiseries one after an other, and extreme calamityes. For King Iames ſayes of that generation …
John Bastwick · Answer to Exceptions Against His Litany Part 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… was (you say) to have men capable of Heaven and Hell, of joyes and miseryesmiseries immortall. This cannot be understoode of Gods consequent will; for this absolute will is …
With rule
… was (you say) to have men capable of Heaven and Hell, of joyes and miseryesmiseries immortall. This cannot be understoode of Gods consequent will; for this absolute will is …
William Twisse · Discovery of Jacksons Vanity · p. 679 · Open in the reader
Printed
… perfectly awaked from oure dull drowſineſſe, maye grone and ſobbe: not onelye for the miſeryesmiseries that we ſee in the world throughe our ſynnes: but alſo bycauſe we ceaſe …
With rule
… perfectly awaked from oure dull drowſineſſe, maye grone and ſobbe: not onelye for the miſeryesmiseries that we ſee in the world throughe our ſynnes: but alſo bycauſe we ceaſe …
John Calvin · Sermons on the Song of Hezekiah · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the lighteſt burden, and are not ſo much humbled by all the diſtempers an… miſeryesmiseries of their ſoules, as they would … by a leproſie, an impriſonment or diſgra… that …
With rule
… the lighteſt burden, and are not ſo much humbled by all the diſtempers an… miſeryesmiseries of their ſoules, as they would … by a leproſie, an impriſonment or diſgra… that …
Richard Baxter · The Mischiefs of Self-Ignorance · p. 47 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſpeak. To wit, as the day of Death put an end to thoſe worldly miſeryesmiseries, which Birth makes a man capable off, and further as to the Children of …
With rule
… ſpeak. To wit, as the day of Death put an end to thoſe worldly miſeryesmiseries, which Birth makes a man capable off, and further as to the Children of …
Thomas Horton · One Hundred Select Sermons · p. 107 · 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.

One Hundred Select Sermons A44565

Printed
… to further good. Now thus does a perſon reconciled, upon all the troubles, and MiſeryesMiseries, and Calamities which he meets with here below, he looks upon them all as …
With rule
… to further good. Now thus does a perſon reconciled, upon all the troubles, and MiſeryesMiseries, and Calamities which he meets with here below, he looks upon them all as …
Thomas Horton · One Hundred Select Sermons · p. 90 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſelf in the Judgments which here fall upon them. This is conſiderable in the MiſeryesMiseries which they indure, not onely the Evil of the Affliction in its own Nature …
With rule
… ſelf in the Judgments which here fall upon them. This is conſiderable in the MiſeryesMiseries which they indure, not onely the Evil of the Affliction in its own Nature …
Thomas Horton · One Hundred Select Sermons · p. 130 · Open in the reader

Concerning Comets A50213

Printed
… viz. Prodigious Signs. These things are mentioned as the more immediate Presages of those MiseryesMiseries that were coming upon Jerusalem, with the whole Jewish Nation.
With rule
… viz. Prodigious Signs. These things are mentioned as the more immediate Presages of those MiseryesMiseries that were coming upon Jerusalem, with the whole Jewish Nation.
Increase Mather · Concerning Comets · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Day, will the great Redemption be to the Saints of God, and the greatest MiseryesMiseries to the Wicked that ever were thought of. And Signs in heaven shall precede …
With rule
… Day, will the great Redemption be to the Saints of God, and the greatest MiseryesMiseries to the Wicked that ever were thought of. And Signs in heaven shall precede …
Increase Mather · Concerning Comets · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… at several times and places been observed in the World; and the Judgements and MiseryesMiseries which have followed.
With rule
… at several times and places been observed in the World; and the Judgements and MiseryesMiseries which have followed.
Increase Mather · Concerning Comets · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Protestants there. Forty of late starved to death in one Prison, besides many other MiseryesMiseries, doleful to relate. And what a fearful Inundation was that which hapned in the …
With rule
… Protestants there. Forty of late starved to death in one Prison, besides many other MiseryesMiseries, doleful to relate. And what a fearful Inundation was that which hapned in the …
Increase Mather · Concerning Comets · p. 25 · Open in the reader