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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8090 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

implyesimplies

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

Puritas changed it
1,142 times in 462 works
Consistency
99.2% (1,142 of 1,151)
Reach if approved
~1,209 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: implies
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,151 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,142 changes in 462 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,142)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … and wee but creatures; and yet he is willing to enter into Couenant, which implyesimplies kinde of equality▪ betweene vs; as when Ionathan and Dauid made a Couenant, though …
    With rule
    … and wee but creatures; and yet he is willing to enter into Couenant, which implyesimplies kinde of equality▪ betweene vs; as when Ionathan and Dauid made a Couenant, though …

    John Preston · The New Covenant · p. 84 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … promise is made, in any such sense as carries contradiction unto, and by consequence implyesimplies abrogation of the Promise before made. Therefore if it be not to stand in …
    With rule
    … promise is made, in any such sense as carries contradiction unto, and by consequence implyesimplies abrogation of the Promise before made. Therefore if it be not to stand in …

    Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · p. 377 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … there, but sure it is more excellent than that that is here, therefore this implyesimplies imperfection.
    With rule
    … there, but sure it is more excellent than that that is here, therefore this implyesimplies imperfection.

    Richard Sibbes · The Excellency of the Gospel Above the Law · p. 283 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … flesh, which is a great enemy to religious thoughts and exercises. So the Apostle implyesimplies, the more care of the flesh, the lesse of putting on Christ Iesus. 3. Long …
    With rule
    … flesh, which is a great enemy to religious thoughts and exercises. So the Apostle implyesimplies, the more care of the flesh, the lesse of putting on Christ Iesus. 3. Long …

    Thomas Taylor · Christ Revealed · p. 153 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … word had been plainly translated as it is in other places, verbatim, willing: It implyesimplies first; that hee that hath a good Conscience, doth not onely doe well, but …
    With rule
    … word had been plainly translated as it is in other places, verbatim, willing: It implyesimplies first; that hee that hath a good Conscience, doth not onely doe well, but …

    Samuel Ward · Balm from Gilead to Recover Conscience · p. 39 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … have come of that blood, if it had not beene ſhed; which being ſo, implyesimplies that a man may kill a thouſand, in killing of one.
    With rule
    … have come of that blood, if it had not beene ſhed; which being ſo, implyesimplies that a man may kill a thouſand, in killing of one.

    Richard Younge · Sin Stigmatized · p. 402 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … mourning case, is an happy man; not simply for that he mournes (for that implyesimplies a contradiction) but in a sense, namely, as it presupposes some good, and promiseth …
    With rule
    … mourning case, is an happy man; not simply for that he mournes (for that implyesimplies a contradiction) but in a sense, namely, as it presupposes some good, and promiseth …

    Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 58 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    Act 1 Firſt, it implyesimplies a going out of the ſoule to Chriſt, that the ſoule runnes and reacheth …
    With rule
    Act 1 Firſt, it implyesimplies a going out of the ſoule to Chriſt, that the ſoule runnes and reacheth …

    Thomas Hooker · The Souls Vocation · p. 296 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

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

The Orphans Legacy A42922

  • Printed
    … Releaſe of one Joynt-Debtor is the Diſcharge of all the reſt. Which plainly ImplyesImplies there is but one Debt in the Caſe; and if that be bequeathed twice …
    With rule
    … Releaſe of one Joynt-Debtor is the Diſcharge of all the reſt. Which plainly ImplyesImplies there is but one Debt in the Caſe; and if that be bequeathed twice …

    John Godolphin · The Orphans Legacy · p. 325 · Open in the reader

The Parable of the Kingdom of Heaven A47568

  • Printed
    To buy this spiritual Oyle, ImplyesImplies three things, 1. A sense of want and need of it, which the foolish Virgins …
    With rule
    To buy this spiritual Oyle, ImplyesImplies three things, 1. A sense of want and need of it, which the foolish Virgins …

    Hanserd Knollys · The Parable of the Kingdom of Heaven · p. 108 · Open in the reader

The Riches of Grace Displayed A77300

  • Printed
    1. ImplyesImplies His being a ſufferer, and that unto Death.
    With rule
    1. ImplyesImplies His being a ſufferer, and that unto Death.

    William Bagshawe · The Riches of Grace Displayed · p. 12 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Job 22-26 A81199

  • Printed
    … grant mee this or that, O that I knew &c. And it Intimates or ImplyesImplies two things.
    With rule
    … grant mee this or that, O that I knew &c. And it Intimates or ImplyesImplies two things.

    Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 22-26 · p. 313 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Secondly, It ImplyesImplies ſelfe-Inability, or ſelfe-Inſufficiency to attaine and reach the thing deſiered. As if …
    With rule
    Secondly, It ImplyesImplies ſelfe-Inability, or ſelfe-Inſufficiency to attaine and reach the thing deſiered. As if …

    Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 22-26 · p. 313 · Open in the reader