Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7979 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

dulnessedullness

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

Puritas changed it: 1,146 times in 522 works
Consistency: 97.6% (1,146 of 1,174)
Reach if approved: ~1,234 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: dulness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,174 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: dulness (28)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,146 changes in 522 works, 97.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,146)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… it be ſin againſt conſcience, drowſineſſe in thy profeſſion, wandering of the minde, and dulneſſedullness of apprehenſion and attention in the hearing of the Word) which hath beene the …
With rule
… it be ſin againſt conſcience, drowſineſſe in thy profeſſion, wandering of the minde, and dulneſſedullness of apprehenſion and attention in the hearing of the Word) which hath beene the …
Thomas Barnes · The Gales of Grace · p. 193 · Open in the reader
Printed
… into the ſame preſence of glory. Diſpell in vs the thicke clouds of natural dulneſſedullness, that ouer-ſpread the eye of our mind, ſo that the light, though moſt …
With rule
… into the ſame preſence of glory. Diſpell in vs the thicke clouds of natural dulneſſedullness, that ouer-ſpread the eye of our mind, ſo that the light, though moſt …
John Mayer · The English Catechism Explained · p. 569 · Open in the reader
Printed
… reproofe, and to admit of admonitions and exhortations, as ſpurres to take off our dulneſſedullness. Seuenthly, to keepe in remembrance our duties, and to lay vp in our hearts …
With rule
… reproofe, and to admit of admonitions and exhortations, as ſpurres to take off our dulneſſedullness. Seuenthly, to keepe in remembrance our duties, and to lay vp in our hearts …
Richard Bernard · Christian See to Thy Conscience · p. 151 · Open in the reader
Printed
Take from me, blindneſſe of mind, dulneſſedullness of wit, diſorderlines of affections, deadneſſe of ſpirit, hardneſſe of heart, vnbeleefe, pride, ſelfeconceit …
With rule
Take from me, blindneſſe of mind, dulneſſedullness of wit, diſorderlines of affections, deadneſſe of ſpirit, hardneſſe of heart, vnbeleefe, pride, ſelfeconceit …
Richard Bernard · A Weeks Work and a Work for Every Week · p. 154 · Open in the reader
Printed
… requital, nor bee enduced to any couenable thankfulnesse: what? shal we beleeue that the dulnessedullness of mens natures will be sooner reclaimed with seuere a…steritie of disicpline, and …
With rule
… requital, nor bee enduced to any couenable thankfulnesse: what? shal we beleeue that the dulnessedullness of mens natures will be sooner reclaimed with seuere a…steritie of disicpline, and …
John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · p. 62 · Open in the reader
Printed
The best Saints are ſubject to dulneſſedullness in pious duties. Hereof before in §. 45.
With rule
The best Saints are ſubject to dulneſſedullness in pious duties. Hereof before in §. 45.
William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · p. 274 · Open in the reader
Printed
A. It wil ſtirre vp the heart to ^g thankfulneſſe, remoue dulneſſedullness ^h & negligence in this dutie, ſtrengthen our ⁱ faith, and in flame our hearts …
With rule
A. It wil ſtirre vp the heart to ^g thankfulneſſe, remoue dulneſſedullness ^h & negligence in this dutie, ſtrengthen our ⁱ faith, and in flame our hearts …
John Ball · A Short Catechism · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and comfortably as he was wont; grieuing for his decaies, and striuing against his dulnessedullness, and this God greatly delighteth in euen in this Labour of loue, as the …
With rule
… and comfortably as he was wont; grieuing for his decaies, and striuing against his dulnessedullness, and this God greatly delighteth in euen in this Labour of loue, as the …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 483 · 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.