Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8223 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

blyndnesblindness

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

Puritas changed it: 129 times in 64 works
Consistency: 97.7% (129 of 132)
Reach if approved: ~139 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: blindness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 132 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (129 changes in 64 works, 97.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 129)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… doo euyll, and reioyceth to behold vs wallowe in the puddle of errour and blyndnesblindness, ſinylyng at oure deſtruction, he ſpendeth oyle and toil to enflame and ſturre vp …
With rule
… doo euyll, and reioyceth to behold vs wallowe in the puddle of errour and blyndnesblindness, ſinylyng at oure deſtruction, he ſpendeth oyle and toil to enflame and ſturre vp …
Philipp Melanchthon · History of Three Renowned Reformers · Open in the reader
Printed
… honour ſayntes as the gentyles and heathen worſhiped / ther ydolles / and ar drowned in blyndnesblindness and knowe not of the teſtament that God hath made to manwarde in Chriſtes …
With rule
… honour ſayntes as the gentyles and heathen worſhiped / ther ydolles / and ar drowned in blyndnesblindness and knowe not of the teſtament that God hath made to manwarde in Chriſtes …
William Tyndale · Faith Justifies Us Before We Can Bring Forth any Good Work · p. xxxvj · Open in the reader
Printed
… that the earth bare Iapheth, Cham, and the buylders againſt Heauen. Such was their blyndnesblindness. Moſes knowyng very well how the Gods of the Heathen, and their moſt ancient …
With rule
… that the earth bare Iapheth, Cham, and the buylders againſt Heauen. Such was their blyndnesblindness. Moſes knowyng very well how the Gods of the Heathen, and their moſt ancient …
Hugh Broughton · A Treatise Proving Melchizedek to be Shem · Open in the reader
Printed
… doeth it not: ſhal be depriued of that he hath, and turned ouer into blyndnesblindness of ignoraunce. Doeth not. S Iohn ſaye in the .ii. Chapter of hys fyrſt …
With rule
… doeth it not: ſhal be depriued of that he hath, and turned ouer into blyndnesblindness of ignoraunce. Doeth not. S Iohn ſaye in the .ii. Chapter of hys fyrſt …
Robert Crowley · The Confutation of the 13 Articles · Open in the reader
Printed
… to bryng ȝour L. and the people of this Countrie, fra the errour and blyndnesblindness that this lytle buik of ȝours, hes haldin ȝow and thaim baith in. Be …
With rule
… to bryng ȝour L. and the people of this Countrie, fra the errour and blyndnesblindness that this lytle buik of ȝours, hes haldin ȝow and thaim baith in. Be …
John Davidson · Answer to the Tractive by Master Kennedy · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
… If you vnderstand that God suffered his elect, euen in the tyme of their blyndnesblindness, yea and after their horrible falles and offenses with great lenitie and gentlenes, to …
With rule
… If you vnderstand that God suffered his elect, euen in the tyme of their blyndnesblindness, yea and after their horrible falles and offenses with great lenitie and gentlenes, to …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 179 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Pſal. li. Ro. v. Exo. xxxiii. Gene. iii. Therfore is it nothynge but errour & blyndnesblindness, contrary to this Article, whatſoeuer Theologiens haue taught.
With rule
… Pſal. li. Ro. v. Exo. xxxiii. Gene. iii. Therfore is it nothynge but errour & blyndnesblindness, contrary to this Article, whatſoeuer Theologiens haue taught.
Martin Luther · The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith · Open in the reader
Printed
… wyth the greasy fleshe pottes of Egipte. Thā fall they agen vnto theyr olde blyndnesblindness, so that this cōmon sayeng may wel be verefyed of them: The dogge is …
With rule
… wyth the greasy fleshe pottes of Egipte. Thā fall they agen vnto theyr olde blyndnesblindness, so that this cōmon sayeng may wel be verefyed of them: The dogge is …
Thomas Becon · The New Policy of War · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

3 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.

The Justification of Man by Faith Only A07407

Printed
… other vices are puniſhed with plages in this lyfe, and with paynes to come. BlyndnesBlindness, and ſinne are great plages to vs: althoughe there were none other. Furthermore it …
With rule
… other vices are puniſhed with plages in this lyfe, and with paynes to come. BlyndnesBlindness, and ſinne are great plages to vs: althoughe there were none other. Furthermore it …
Philipp Melanchthon · The Justification of Man by Faith Only · p. lx · Open in the reader

A Hundred Sermons on Revelation B11837

Printed
BlyndnesBlindness. 128
With rule
BlyndnesBlindness. 128
Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
BlyndnesBlindness cured. 132
With rule
BlyndnesBlindness cured. 132
Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · Open in the reader