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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7964 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vnworthinesseunworthiness

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

Puritas changed it
615 times in 263 works
Consistency
97.4% (615 of 631)
Reach if approved
~663 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: unworthiness
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
631 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (615 changes in 263 works, 97.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 615)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … ſtand with Gods infinite iuſtice, with mans diſabilitie to any good thing, with mans vnworthineſſeunworthiness, and with the imperfection of mans beſt workes? Then may light and darkneſſe in …
    With rule
    … ſtand with Gods infinite iuſtice, with mans diſabilitie to any good thing, with mans vnworthineſſeunworthiness, and with the imperfection of mans beſt workes? Then may light and darkneſſe in …

    William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 149 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … by him: when hee that is poore in spirit, and priuy to his owne vnworthinesseunworthiness, is at peace with all men, disquiets none.
    With rule
    … by him: when hee that is poore in spirit, and priuy to his owne vnworthinesseunworthiness, is at peace with all men, disquiets none.

    Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 52 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … we come, and seriously meditating on Gods goodnesse in Christ, and our owne great vnworthinesseunworthiness when we are come.
    With rule
    … we come, and seriously meditating on Gods goodnesse in Christ, and our owne great vnworthinesseunworthiness when we are come.

    Robert Horne · Points of Instruction for the Ignorant · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … conſcience that lieth in ſome ſinne, of which it will not bee reformed: another vnworthineſſeunworthiness of a good conſcience, which deſireth and endeauoureth to be diſburthened of ſinne, but …
    With rule
    … conſcience that lieth in ſome ſinne, of which it will not bee reformed: another vnworthineſſeunworthiness of a good conſcience, which deſireth and endeauoureth to be diſburthened of ſinne, but …

    Paul Baynes · The Spiritual Armor · p. 232 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … neuer flattering herſelfe with any thing which ſhee had done, but alwayes bewailing her vnworthineſſeunworthiness and ſinnes, with which ſhe ſayd, that ſhe alwayes found herſelfe compaſſed about. 5 Becauſe …
    With rule
    … neuer flattering herſelfe with any thing which ſhee had done, but alwayes bewailing her vnworthineſſeunworthiness and ſinnes, with which ſhe ſayd, that ſhe alwayes found herſelfe compaſſed about. 5 Becauſe …

    John Mayer · A Pattern for Women · p. 19 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … Publicane and crying, Lord haue mercie vpon me a ſinner, acknoledging with Eſra our vnworthineſſeunworthiness, ſaying, O my God I am confounded, and aſhamed to lift vp mine eies …
    With rule
    … Publicane and crying, Lord haue mercie vpon me a ſinner, acknoledging with Eſra our vnworthineſſeunworthiness, ſaying, O my God I am confounded, and aſhamed to lift vp mine eies …

    Richard Bernard · The Sinners Safety if Here He Look for Assurance · p. 39 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    IT will seeme strange to those, that better know my vnworthinesseunworthiness then your merits, that I should administer Physicke to a Physician. But my Apologie …
    With rule
    IT will seeme strange to those, that better know my vnworthinesseunworthiness then your merits, that I should administer Physicke to a Physician. But my Apologie …

    Thomas Adams · Diseases of the Soul · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … is not straitned through our weakness, so, nor is his mercy lessened through our vnworthinesseunworthiness. Therefore as Paul had his, Vae mihi si non praedicauero; Woe vnto mee, if …
    With rule
    … is not straitned through our weakness, so, nor is his mercy lessened through our vnworthinesseunworthiness. Therefore as Paul had his, Vae mihi si non praedicauero; Woe vnto mee, if …

    Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 11 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (16)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 15 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

  • Printed
    … of God, no not vnder the Law, to tie himſelfe vnto places and perſons: VnworthineſſeUnworthiness was euer a ſufficient cauſe of exchange. It was not yet his time to …
    With rule
    … of God, no not vnder the Law, to tie himſelfe vnto places and perſons: VnworthineſſeUnworthiness was euer a ſufficient cauſe of exchange. It was not yet his time to …

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 1050 · Open in the reader