Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8284 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vncertaintieuncertainty

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

Puritas changed it: 327 times in 167 works
Consistency: 98.7% (327 of 331)
Reach if approved: ~348 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: uncertainty
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 331 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (327 changes in 167 works, 98.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 327)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the accuſation thereof, but is at the leaſt wiſe enforced to ſtande in an vncertaintieuncertainty, being wholy wrapped in douting. But if it dout, then is it by and …
With rule
… the accuſation thereof, but is at the leaſt wiſe enforced to ſtande in an vncertaintieuncertainty, being wholy wrapped in douting. But if it dout, then is it by and …
Martin Luther · Collected Sermons · p. 199 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thee to ſpeake: this is Religion, this is reaſon. Leſt beginning of an ignorant vncertaintieuncertainty, thou mayſt loſe the fruite of thy labours, and be condemned as a buſie …
With rule
… thee to ſpeake: this is Religion, this is reaſon. Leſt beginning of an ignorant vncertaintieuncertainty, thou mayſt loſe the fruite of thy labours, and be condemned as a buſie …
Richard Bernard · The Seven Golden Candlesticks · Open in the reader
Printed
… A trueth so euident, that it hath obtained the Aduersaries ingenuous confession: For the vncertaintieuncertainty of our own righteousnesse, saith Bellarmine, and the perill of vaineglory, it is most …
With rule
… A trueth so euident, that it hath obtained the Aduersaries ingenuous confession: For the vncertaintieuncertainty of our own righteousnesse, saith Bellarmine, and the perill of vaineglory, it is most …
John Phillips · The Way to Heaven · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
… articles now again (alas) another greater / but wurse part / hath restored. O what an vncertaintieuncertainty is this? But after this sort most commonly are mans procedings. God be mercifull …
With rule
… articles now again (alas) another greater / but wurse part / hath restored. O what an vncertaintieuncertainty is this? But after this sort most commonly are mans procedings. God be mercifull …
Nicholas Ridley · Conferences Between Two Fathers and Martyrs · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Day of the Lords ſecond Comming is vncertaine, ſudden, and vnreuealed; and that vncertaintieuncertainty and ſuddenneſſe thereof is ſet out in a double ſimilitude; the one of a …
With rule
… the Day of the Lords ſecond Comming is vncertaine, ſudden, and vnreuealed; and that vncertaintieuncertainty and ſuddenneſſe thereof is ſet out in a double ſimilitude; the one of a …
William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · p. 383 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be made sure by grace which otherwyse woulde bee alwaies whirled aboute in vnstable vncertaintieuncertainty, if it rested wholy vppon perfection of workes: and by the same meanes woulde …
With rule
… be made sure by grace which otherwyse woulde bee alwaies whirled aboute in vnstable vncertaintieuncertainty, if it rested wholy vppon perfection of workes: and by the same meanes woulde …
John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · Open in the reader
Printed
… by their owne wit, haue erred therein. Their errors haue not riſen from any vncertaintieuncertainty and variableneſſe in the Goſpell, but from the ſhallowneſſe of their owne conceit. God …
With rule
… by their owne wit, haue erred therein. Their errors haue not riſen from any vncertaintieuncertainty and variableneſſe in the Goſpell, but from the ſhallowneſſe of their owne conceit. God …
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 531 · Open in the reader
Printed
Anſw. Yea verily: for it is compared, to a pilgrimage, in which is vncertaintieuncertainty: Geneſ. 47.9.
With rule
Anſw. Yea verily: for it is compared, to a pilgrimage, in which is vncertaintieuncertainty: Geneſ. 47.9.
Robert Hill · The Pathway to Prayer and Piety · p. 115 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Exposition of the Dominical Epistles and Gospels A16549

Printed
Especiallie, to wit, the VncertaintieUncertainty Of Christs second comming.
With rule
Especiallie, to wit, the VncertaintieUncertainty Of Christs second comming.
John Boys · Exposition of the Dominical Epistles and Gospels · p. 29 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

Printed
… rigour is my peace. Before, I could not be well, either full or faſting. VncertaintieUncertainty is much paine, euen in a more tolerable action. Neither is it (I thinke …
With rule
… rigour is my peace. Before, I could not be well, either full or faſting. VncertaintieUncertainty is much paine, euen in a more tolerable action. Neither is it (I thinke …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 93 · Open in the reader
Printed
5 VncertaintieUncertainty.
With rule
5 VncertaintieUncertainty.
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 207 · Open in the reader