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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8311 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

pennespens

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

Puritas changed it
164 times in 136 works
Consistency
85.8% (164 of 191)
Reach if approved
~201 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: pens
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
191 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (164 changes in 136 works, 85.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 164)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … preached, the receiving the Sacraments, &c. are but dead letters, they are but as pennespens without inke, God must put inke into them if ever they be effectuall: and …
    With rule
    … preached, the receiving the Sacraments, &c. are but dead letters, they are but as pennespens without inke, God must put inke into them if ever they be effectuall: and …

    John Preston · A Lifeless Life · p. 19 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … that they finde ſmall leaſure to looke into Gods kingdome within them: their tongues, pennespens, practiſe are carried this way together with their hearts, ſo that they commonly neglect …
    With rule
    … that they finde ſmall leaſure to looke into Gods kingdome within them: their tongues, pennespens, practiſe are carried this way together with their hearts, ſo that they commonly neglect …

    John Sprint · Showing the Necessity of Conformity · p. 39 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … thing which hath exerciſed the minds of moſt men in all ages, but the pennespens of verie fewe in this kind wherein I handle it. The Ciuilians I know …
    With rule
    … thing which hath exerciſed the minds of moſt men in all ages, but the pennespens of verie fewe in this kind wherein I handle it. The Ciuilians I know …

    Henry Wilkinson Sr · The Debt Book · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … to desire no more then they haue set downe. Especially for asmuch as their pennespens were guided by the certaine and sure prouidence of God, least they shoulde leade …
    With rule
    … to desire no more then they haue set downe. Especially for asmuch as their pennespens were guided by the certaine and sure prouidence of God, least they shoulde leade …

    John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 464 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Perfection it selfe was the finger th…t wrote it: neither could the instrumentall pennespens blot it with any corruption: the Spirit of Grace giuing inspiration, instruction, limitation: that …
    With rule
    … Perfection it selfe was the finger th…t wrote it: neither could the instrumentall pennespens blot it with any corruption: the Spirit of Grace giuing inspiration, instruction, limitation: that …

    Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 279 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … of your owne eloquence with God, that whatsoeuer the most eloquēt toungs, or happiest pennespens can say, or write of you, it is farre beneath your worth. Happie is …
    With rule
    … of your owne eloquence with God, that whatsoeuer the most eloquēt toungs, or happiest pennespens can say, or write of you, it is farre beneath your worth. Happie is …

    Walter Balcanquhall · Sermon Preached 14 April 1623 · p. 69 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … acquainted with the will & meaning of our Savior, and to have their mouthes and pennespens directed and guided by the holy Ghoſt into all truth aswell of doctrine as …
    With rule
    … acquainted with the will & meaning of our Savior, and to have their mouthes and pennespens directed and guided by the holy Ghoſt into all truth aswell of doctrine as …

    Henry Jacob · Attestation of Many Learned Godly and Famous Divines · p. 303 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … I wiſh that men were more modest this way, and would keepe in their pennespens from blotting ſo much paper in vaine; moſt excellent is the rule of Euripides …
    With rule
    … I wiſh that men were more modest this way, and would keepe in their pennespens from blotting ſo much paper in vaine; moſt excellent is the rule of Euripides …

    Thomas Newhouse · Certain Sermons · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (27)

10 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 17 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Devils Banket Described A00888

  • Printed
    … vaunts of some hereticall Goliah shall draw vs forth to encounter him with our PennesPens, against whom wee cannot draw the sword of our tonges: vvhen the greater businesse …
    With rule
    … vaunts of some hereticall Goliah shall draw vs forth to encounter him with our PennesPens, against whom wee cannot draw the sword of our tonges: vvhen the greater businesse …

    Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 320 · Open in the reader

The Fullness of Christ for Us A09967

  • Printed
    … given. Not onely Fathers, and Councels, but Historians, have beene stuffed from other mens PennesPens with adulterine conceits. The Divell knowes that as Labans sheepe have conceived by the …
    With rule
    … given. Not onely Fathers, and Councels, but Historians, have beene stuffed from other mens PennesPens with adulterine conceits. The Divell knowes that as Labans sheepe have conceived by the …

    John Preston · The Fullness of Christ for Us · Open in the reader

Answers to the Replies of Aberdeen A20388

  • Printed
    … are sparing to believe, and wish, that the not imploying of your Tongues and PennesPens, in defence of the Service booke, and Canons, which are so pestred with Poperie …
    With rule
    … are sparing to believe, and wish, that the not imploying of your Tongues and PennesPens, in defence of the Service booke, and Canons, which are so pestred with Poperie …

    Alexander Henderson · Answers to the Replies of Aberdeen · Open in the reader

A Reply to a Relation A69024

  • Printed
    L. ibid. How of late I have been used by the Scandalous and Scurrilous PennesPens of some bitter men ( whom I heartily beseech God to forgive) the world knoweth …
    With rule
    L. ibid. How of late I have been used by the Scandalous and Scurrilous PennesPens of some bitter men ( whom I heartily beseech God to forgive) the world knoweth …

    Henry Burton · A Reply to a Relation · p. 3 · Open in the reader

A Model of the Primitive Congregational Way A78217

  • Printed
    … and reach of the ignorant, (a diſtemper that ſticks too cloſe the tongues and PennesPens of many men, forgetting that of the Apoſtle, 1 Cor. 14.19. That in the Church he …
    With rule
    … and reach of the ignorant, (a diſtemper that ſticks too cloſe the tongues and PennesPens of many men, forgetting that of the Apoſtle, 1 Cor. 14.19. That in the Church he …

    William Bartlet · A Model of the Primitive Congregational Way · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … which at this preſent time, do not a little ſuffer, from the tongues and PennesPens of multitudes in this Kingdome, and other parts of the world.
    With rule
    … which at this preſent time, do not a little ſuffer, from the tongues and PennesPens of multitudes in this Kingdome, and other parts of the world.

    William Bartlet · A Model of the Primitive Congregational Way · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … to cloſe this Chapter, however wee ſhall be dealt withall by the Tongues and PennesPens (or any other wayes) of our oppoſers, wee ſhall not be diſcouraged, but ſit …
    With rule
    … to cloſe this Chapter, however wee ſhall be dealt withall by the Tongues and PennesPens (or any other wayes) of our oppoſers, wee ſhall not be diſcouraged, but ſit …

    William Bartlet · A Model of the Primitive Congregational Way · p. 29 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … and I ſuppoſe to this day, (notwithſtanding all the aſperſions of malevolent tongues and PennesPens) Authority hath found the truth of this we now ſpeake of in abundance, and …
    With rule
    … and I ſuppoſe to this day, (notwithſtanding all the aſperſions of malevolent tongues and PennesPens) Authority hath found the truth of this we now ſpeake of in abundance, and …

    William Bartlet · A Model of the Primitive Congregational Way · p. 137 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … to this holy way of the Lord, and deſperately ſet your ſelves, by your PennesPens and tongues to hinder the progreſſe and proſperity of it, let me tell you …
    With rule
    … to this holy way of the Lord, and deſperately ſet your ſelves, by your PennesPens and tongues to hinder the progreſſe and proſperity of it, let me tell you …

    William Bartlet · A Model of the Primitive Congregational Way · p. 142 · Open in the reader

A Survey of the Sum of Church Discipline A86533

  • Printed
    … Reader to confute it, which hath been done to our hands, by many judicious PennesPens of Baynes, Bucer, &c. whose arguments never yet had, nor will have answer; when …
    With rule
    … Reader to confute it, which hath been done to our hands, by many judicious PennesPens of Baynes, Bucer, &c. whose arguments never yet had, nor will have answer; when …

    Thomas Hooker · A Survey of the Sum of Church Discipline · p. 76 · Open in the reader