Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8086 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

grieuousnessegrievousness

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

Puritas changed it: 153 times in 88 works
Consistency: 99.3% (153 of 154)
Reach if approved: ~162 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: grievousness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 154 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (153 changes in 88 works, 99.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 153)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… that meaſure and great abundance of the former, doth much encreaſe the quantity and grieuouſneſſegrievousness of the latter. As is the caſe of that whoriſh Babel, In as much …
With rule
… that meaſure and great abundance of the former, doth much encreaſe the quantity and grieuouſneſſegrievousness of the latter. As is the caſe of that whoriſh Babel, In as much …
Robert Cleaver · A Brief Explanation of the Whole Book of Proverbs · p. 403 · Open in the reader
Printed
2 Application of the knowledge of the grieuouſneſſegrievousness of ſinnes to our owne ſelues, wherein eſpecially conſiſteth acknowledging. This is harder then …
With rule
2 Application of the knowledge of the grieuouſneſſegrievousness of ſinnes to our owne ſelues, wherein eſpecially conſiſteth acknowledging. This is harder then …
George Estey · Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
… enemies, his redemption being both pretious and plentifull. And therefore though the multitude and grieuouſneſſegrievousness of our ſinnes ſhould encreaſe our repentance, yet they ſhould not diminiſh our faith …
With rule
… enemies, his redemption being both pretious and plentifull. And therefore though the multitude and grieuouſneſſegrievousness of our ſinnes ſhould encreaſe our repentance, yet they ſhould not diminiſh our faith …
John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 157 · Open in the reader
Printed
… from your euil intent, and your conſcience did pricke you, and ſhew you the grieuouſneſſegrievousness of the fact, notwithſtanding you gaue no eare to Ioab, to the ſpirit, and …
With rule
… from your euil intent, and your conſcience did pricke you, and ſhew you the grieuouſneſſegrievousness of the fact, notwithſtanding you gaue no eare to Ioab, to the ſpirit, and …
Gabriel Powel · The Resolved Christian Exhorting to Resolution · p. 192 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are his fatherly chaſtiſments, to teach them the better to ſee the vileneſſe and grieuouſneſſegrievousness of ſinne, and ſerue both them and other as Gods ſanctified meanes to warne …
With rule
… are his fatherly chaſtiſments, to teach them the better to ſee the vileneſſe and grieuouſneſſegrievousness of ſinne, and ſerue both them and other as Gods ſanctified meanes to warne …
Thomas Sparke · The Highway to Heaven · p. 95 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſorowes with his, and ſee what compariſon there is betwixt them for greatneſſe and grieuouſneſſegrievousness. And if the Lord bleſſed his laſt daies more then the firſt in goods …
With rule
… ſorowes with his, and ſee what compariſon there is betwixt them for greatneſſe and grieuouſneſſegrievousness. And if the Lord bleſſed his laſt daies more then the firſt in goods …
Henry Airay · Lectures Upon Philippians · p. 702 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for the weaknesse and wickednesse of our brethren. Thirdly, to demonstrate the greatnesse and grieuousnessegrievousness of sinne, which is not cured but by the sighing and suffering of the …
With rule
… for the weaknesse and wickednesse of our brethren. Thirdly, to demonstrate the greatnesse and grieuousnessegrievousness of sinne, which is not cured but by the sighing and suffering of the …
John Boys · The Autumn Part from the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and by whom wee come to the knowledge of fiue speciall things: First, the grieuousnessegrievousness of our sinnes, and our miserie in regard of them, for if wee consider …
With rule
… and by whom wee come to the knowledge of fiue speciall things: First, the grieuousnessegrievousness of our sinnes, and our miserie in regard of them, for if wee consider …
William Burton · The Christians Heavenly Treasure · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Davids Learning A13538

Printed
2. GrieuousnesseGrievousness: by
With rule
2. GrieuousnesseGrievousness: by
Thomas Taylor · Davids Learning · Open in the reader