Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7987 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

lyppeslips

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

Puritas changed it: 112 times in 62 works
Consistency: 97.3% (112 of 115)
Reach if approved: ~121 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: lips
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 115 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (112 changes in 62 works, 97.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 112)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… as a messenger and mediator of saluation, to honour him not onely with the lyppeslips, but sincrelye to desire that hee maye bring vs and all the worlde in …
With rule
… as a messenger and mediator of saluation, to honour him not onely with the lyppeslips, but sincrelye to desire that hee maye bring vs and all the worlde in …
John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 629 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is prayſed, and yet goeth coldly forward. For many thinke it ſufficient with theyr lyppeslips and toungs to do their office. Howbeit though Nebuchadnezer dyd ſéeme to hymſelfe to …
With rule
… is prayſed, and yet goeth coldly forward. For many thinke it ſufficient with theyr lyppeslips and toungs to do their office. Howbeit though Nebuchadnezer dyd ſéeme to hymſelfe to …
John Calvin · Commentary on Daniel · Open in the reader
Printed
… and ſuch one ſhall be no lōger hys prieſte. Malachie ſayeth alſo, that the lyppeslips of the prieſte muſt be ſure of knowledge, that men maye ſeke the lawe …
With rule
… and ſuch one ſhall be no lōger hys prieſte. Malachie ſayeth alſo, that the lyppeslips of the prieſte muſt be ſure of knowledge, that men maye ſeke the lawe …
Robert Crowley · The Confutation of the 13 Articles · Open in the reader
Printed
… waſted foorth of the earthe. Euery manne telleth hys brother a lye, wyth deſceytefull lyppeslips and doble hartes. I wil deſtroy a… their lying lips and theſe tunges that …
With rule
… waſted foorth of the earthe. Euery manne telleth hys brother a lye, wyth deſceytefull lyppeslips and doble hartes. I wil deſtroy a… their lying lips and theſe tunges that …
Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader
Printed
… strength to his lawes and norryshe vp his kyngedome / whom ye saye with youre lyppeslips that ye haue refused / youre pestilent Pope of Rome.
With rule
… strength to his lawes and norryshe vp his kyngedome / whom ye saye with youre lyppeslips that ye haue refused / youre pestilent Pope of Rome.
John Bale · Exhortation of an English Christian unto his Beloved Country · Open in the reader
Printed
… not breake my conuenaunte not diſanulle the thynge that is gone out of my lyppeslips.
With rule
… not breake my conuenaunte not diſanulle the thynge that is gone out of my lyppeslips.
Martin Luther · Exposition of Psalm 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thou thynkest. For they thē selues also do not knowe what they saye. Theyr lyppeslips are moued only, but theyr mide is without fruyte, & therfore are y^• eares of …
With rule
… thou thynkest. For they thē selues also do not knowe what they saye. Theyr lyppeslips are moued only, but theyr mide is without fruyte, & therfore are y^• eares of …
Thomas Becon · A New Pathway Unto Prayer · Open in the reader
Printed
… and the poore vncherished, and the Gospell of Trueth as a shaddowe, with the lyppeslips professed, but in effect, little followed? Nay, rather the more is the pittie, Exhortations …
With rule
… and the poore vncherished, and the Gospell of Trueth as a shaddowe, with the lyppeslips professed, but in effect, little followed? Nay, rather the more is the pittie, Exhortations …
Philip Stubbes · The Approaching Judgment of the Lord · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.