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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8057 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

chayneschains

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

Puritas changed it
148 times in 100 works
Consistency
91.9% (148 of 161)
Reach if approved
~169 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: chains
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
161 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (148 changes in 100 works, 91.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 148)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … also that thou in the selfe …ame manner art bound and tied with the chayneschains of thine owne sinnes, and that by nature thy will, affections, and whole spirit …
    With rule
    … also that thou in the selfe …ame manner art bound and tied with the chayneschains of thine owne sinnes, and that by nature thy will, affections, and whole spirit …

    William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 827 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … mee; but there wantes power to effect it, by reason of the loade and chayneschains of sinne which hinder the affecting. For here they say St. Paul spake of …
    With rule
    … mee; but there wantes power to effect it, by reason of the loade and chayneschains of sinne which hinder the affecting. For here they say St. Paul spake of …

    Francis Rous · The Doctrine of King James · p. 99 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … and knyt faſter vnto the wyll of the deuyll / thā coude an hūdreth thouſande chayneschains bynde a man vnto a poſt. Unto the deuyls wyll conſent we with all …
    With rule
    … and knyt faſter vnto the wyll of the deuyll / thā coude an hūdreth thouſande chayneschains bynde a man vnto a poſt. Unto the deuyls wyll conſent we with all …

    William Tyndale · A Pathway Into the Holy Scripture · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … it, but esteemed themselues more beautified with that, than with many Iewels, borders and chayneschains, garnished with Pearle and pretious stones.
    With rule
    … it, but esteemed themselues more beautified with that, than with many Iewels, borders and chayneschains, garnished with Pearle and pretious stones.

    Anthony Wotton · Defense of Perkins Book Called a Reformed Catholic · p. 538 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … the ſtate and condition, in which the wicked Spirites and ſoules are in eternall chayneschains, and darknes with paynes: which ſtate as they …hought not off, they had no …
    With rule
    … the ſtate and condition, in which the wicked Spirites and ſoules are in eternall chayneschains, and darknes with paynes: which ſtate as they …hought not off, they had no …

    Hugh Broughton · To the Learned Nobility of England Touching Bible Translation · p. 33 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … binde vs, but wee must be hampered with many cordes, nay wee must haue chayneschains and fetters layde on vs? So then let vs know that our willes and …
    With rule
    … binde vs, but wee must be hampered with many cordes, nay wee must haue chayneschains and fetters layde on vs? So then let vs know that our willes and …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 885 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … good Angels: but his face is terrible vnto Sathan, for the Lord curbs him, chayneschains him, and limits him whereſoeuer he goes.
    With rule
    … good Angels: but his face is terrible vnto Sathan, for the Lord curbs him, chayneschains him, and limits him whereſoeuer he goes.

    Henry Holland · The Christian Exercise of Fasting · p. 144 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … before there feete. And they were caryed awaye lyke wylde beaſtes, and drawen wyth chayneschains, ſome were bounde to toppes of ſhippes by the neck and other were fetered …
    With rule
    … before there feete. And they were caryed awaye lyke wylde beaſtes, and drawen wyth chayneschains, ſome were bounde to toppes of ſhippes by the neck and other were fetered …

    Henrich Bullinger · Historical Table of the Bible · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (13)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 9 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Godly Prayers out of Davids Psalms A14352

  • Printed
    … mercifull to ſuch as flie vnto thée for ſuccour, and loſen vs from the ChaynesChains of our gréeuous ſinnes wherewith we are faſt bound, ſo that we maye be …
    With rule
    … mercifull to ſuch as flie vnto thée for ſuccour, and loſen vs from the ChaynesChains of our gréeuous ſinnes wherewith we are faſt bound, ſo that we maye be …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Godly Prayers out of Davids Psalms · Open in the reader

To the Learned Nobility of England Touching Bible Translation A16976

  • Printed
    … which would iudge by eares as the palate by taſte. And nowe by three ChaynesChains, as Maiſter Caluin marked, no moderate men can miſſe for the time, from ſince …
    With rule
    … which would iudge by eares as the palate by taſte. And nowe by three ChaynesChains, as Maiſter Caluin marked, no moderate men can miſſe for the time, from ſince …

    Hugh Broughton · To the Learned Nobility of England Touching Bible Translation · p. 24 · Open in the reader

Six Evangelical Histories of Water Turned into Wine A21036

  • Printed
    … elect: Lye they where they will, bound with neuer so many, and so strong ChaynesChains (as here Nicodemus with the chaines of Pharisaisme, and his authoritie) the drawing force …
    With rule
    … elect: Lye they where they will, bound with neuer so many, and so strong ChaynesChains (as here Nicodemus with the chaines of Pharisaisme, and his authoritie) the drawing force …

    Daniel Dyke · Six Evangelical Histories of Water Turned into Wine · p. 87 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

  • Printed
    … cuſtodie: & as for thoſe that are damned, they be reſerued as it were in ChaynesChains vntill the day of executing the ſentence. Ye ſee then that God doth alwayes …
    With rule
    … cuſtodie: & as for thoſe that are damned, they be reſerued as it were in ChaynesChains vntill the day of executing the ſentence. Ye ſee then that God doth alwayes …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 280 · Open in the reader