Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8236 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

flatteflat

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

Puritas changed it: 139 times in 92 works
Consistency: 97.8% (139 of 142)
Reach if approved: ~149 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: flat
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 142 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (139 changes in 92 works, 97.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 139)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… besides that they prouoke others to sinne in the like, and set themselues a flatteflat Backe-byas against Repentance and this Christian examination; they seeme to renewe the decayed …
With rule
… besides that they prouoke others to sinne in the like, and set themselues a flatteflat Backe-byas against Repentance and this Christian examination; they seeme to renewe the decayed …
Richard Greenham · Two Treatises Comforting an Afflicted Conscience · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… declare himſelfe to haue a contrarie ſpirite to H.N. in that hee is flatteflat contrarie in ſpeach. For he affirmeth Chriſt, to be a ſinner in vs, and …
With rule
… declare himſelfe to haue a contrarie ſpirite to H.N. in that hee is flatteflat contrarie in ſpeach. For he affirmeth Chriſt, to be a ſinner in vs, and …
John Knewstubs · Confutation of Monstrous and Horrible Heresies · Open in the reader
Printed
… foolish talking, and …esting, as things vncomely, Eph. 5. 4. Therefore they are not beside, but flatteflat against the lawe. Secondly, they answer, that these places and the like are to …
With rule
… foolish talking, and …esting, as things vncomely, Eph. 5. 4. Therefore they are not beside, but flatteflat against the lawe. Secondly, they answer, that these places and the like are to …
William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 502 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wonder; because this conuersion was wrought by the preaching of the gospel, which is flatteflat against the naturall reason and will of man, and therefore vnfit to perswade: and …
With rule
… wonder; because this conuersion was wrought by the preaching of the gospel, which is flatteflat against the naturall reason and will of man, and therefore vnfit to perswade: and …
William Perkins · The True Gain More in Worth Than All the Goods in the World · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that we are enimies vnto good works, whereas in very déede, we doe the flatteflat contrarie. We will menne to beware, that they vſe not the libertie of the …
With rule
… that we are enimies vnto good works, whereas in very déede, we doe the flatteflat contrarie. We will menne to beware, that they vſe not the libertie of the …
John Stockwood · Sermon 24 August 1578 · p. 102 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wherein our ſaluation wholy doth conſiſt. Let no man therefore through va…ne and flatteflat…ing words deceiue you, as if you your ſelues were ſomewhat, when indeed you …
With rule
… wherein our ſaluation wholy doth conſiſt. Let no man therefore through va…ne and flatteflat…ing words deceiue you, as if you your ſelues were ſomewhat, when indeed you …
Henry Airay · Lectures Upon Philippians · p. 72 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is greater then your hearts, and will pay you home: be not deceived, nor flatteflat your selves with any ungrounded selfe conceit. It is a principle, even in morall …
With rule
… is greater then your hearts, and will pay you home: be not deceived, nor flatteflat your selves with any ungrounded selfe conceit. It is a principle, even in morall …
Robert Bolton · Two Sermons Preached at Northampton · p. 100 · Open in the reader
Printed
Their affirmation that Freers, Monkes, and Nonnes, maie mary together, is a flatteflat deniyng of the vowe of chastetie, which by sainct Paules iudgemente is farre better.
With rule
Their affirmation that Freers, Monkes, and Nonnes, maie mary together, is a flatteflat deniyng of the vowe of chastetie, which by sainct Paules iudgemente is farre better.
William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.