Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7988 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

merytesmerits

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

Puritas changed it: 133 times in 51 works
Consistency: 100% (133 of 133)
Reach if approved: ~140 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: merits
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 133 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (133 changes in 51 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 133)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… wittes, & in euery thing to animaduert & take hede their peculyar vertue to conſyder the merytesmerits, the wyttes, the maners of other, that we may ſet euery man in his …
With rule
… wittes, & in euery thing to animaduert & take hede their peculyar vertue to conſyder the merytesmerits, the wyttes, the maners of other, that we may ſet euery man in his …
Philipp Melanchthon · A Civil Nosegay · Open in the reader
Printed
… ar playne repugnant to the ſcripture for they do teache to truſt vnto the merytesmerits and interceſſyon of ſayntes. And (whiche thinge is mooſt hyghlye to be abhorred) where …
With rule
… ar playne repugnant to the ſcripture for they do teache to truſt vnto the merytesmerits and interceſſyon of ſayntes. And (whiche thinge is mooſt hyghlye to be abhorred) where …
Martin Bucer · Pictures not to be Worshiped · Open in the reader
Printed
… and sure: for if the certayntie of our saluaciō did hā ge on our merytesmerits ād worthines of our worckes / it sholde alwaies stumble / and be in daūgier of …
With rule
… and sure: for if the certayntie of our saluaciō did hā ge on our merytesmerits ād worthines of our worckes / it sholde alwaies stumble / and be in daūgier of …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · The Cohabitation of the Faithful with the Unfaithful · Open in the reader
Printed
… oure hope, and hathe geuen it vs throughe hys grace, and not for our merytesmerits: that is to ſaye, that we myght lyue euermore. He wyſheth vnto them (I …
With rule
… oure hope, and hathe geuen it vs throughe hys grace, and not for our merytesmerits: that is to ſaye, that we myght lyue euermore. He wyſheth vnto them (I …
Henrich Bullinger · Commentary on 2 Thessalonians · Open in the reader
Printed
… except God for his mercy and grace, accoumpte them woorthye for the woorthinesse and merytesmerits of Christ Iesus.
With rule
… except God for his mercy and grace, accoumpte them woorthye for the woorthinesse and merytesmerits of Christ Iesus.
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1706 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hys ennemye (who once had ouercome hym) by the bleſſed ſeede whych not by merytesmerits, but by mercye and grace, and therfore of hys free purpoſe before appoynted, ſhoulde …
With rule
… hys ennemye (who once had ouercome hym) by the bleſſed ſeede whych not by merytesmerits, but by mercye and grace, and therfore of hys free purpoſe before appoynted, ſhoulde …
Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Malachi · Open in the reader
Printed
… of his ſinnes / thinkinge neuertheleſſe to obtayne theſame by his owne workes / papiſtical pardōs / merytesmerits of maſſes / or whatſoeuer other meanes / dothe mocke God / and in ſuche cauſes doth …
With rule
… of his ſinnes / thinkinge neuertheleſſe to obtayne theſame by his owne workes / papiſtical pardōs / merytesmerits of maſſes / or whatſoeuer other meanes / dothe mocke God / and in ſuche cauſes doth …
John Knox · A Godly Letter to the Faithful in London · Open in the reader
Printed
… of ſynnes, reſyſt the deuell & all miſfortune, ouercome ſynne and death by our owne merytesmerits: Then muſt all the ſcripture be falſe, which teſtifyeth of vs, how that of …
With rule
… of ſynnes, reſyſt the deuell & all miſfortune, ouercome ſynne and death by our owne merytesmerits: Then muſt all the ſcripture be falſe, which teſtifyeth of vs, how that of …
Martin Luther · Exposition of Psalm 22 · 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.