Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8428 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvorkesworks

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

Puritas changed it: 475 times in 103 works
Consistency: 98.7% (475 of 481)
Reach if approved: ~505 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: works
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 481 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: workes (6)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (475 changes in 103 works, 98.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 475)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and lustes. VVe are the vvorkmanship of God, created in Christ Iesu vnto good vvorkesworks, vvhich God hath ordayned, that vve should vvalke in them. Let our eares learne …
With rule
… and lustes. VVe are the vvorkmanship of God, created in Christ Iesu vnto good vvorkesworks, vvhich God hath ordayned, that vve should vvalke in them. Let our eares learne …
Thomas Becon · The Demands of Holy Scripture · Open in the reader
Printed
… one (Sathan) and slew his brother: and vvherefore slew he him? because his owne vvorkesworks vvere euil, and his brothers good.
With rule
… one (Sathan) and slew his brother: and vvherefore slew he him? because his owne vvorkesworks vvere euil, and his brothers good.
William Perkins · How a Man May Know Whether he be a Son of God · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for ornament then necessitie, they had Gold-Smithes, Painters, Potters, and Weauers of curious vvorkesworks for Noble men, and so of the rest. No man might change the fashion …
With rule
… for ornament then necessitie, they had Gold-Smithes, Painters, Potters, and Weauers of curious vvorkesworks for Noble men, and so of the rest. No man might change the fashion …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 723 · Open in the reader
Printed
Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderous vvorkesworks, which thou hast done, and thy thoughts vvhich are towards vs, they cannot hee …
With rule
Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderous vvorkesworks, which thou hast done, and thy thoughts vvhich are towards vs, they cannot hee …
William Struther · Christian Observations and Resolutions · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
… do glory in vayne of their good harte and of their faithe, if their vvorkesworks beare not vvitneſſe of it, and for vvhat cauſe the iudgement shal be giuen …
With rule
… do glory in vayne of their good harte and of their faithe, if their vvorkesworks beare not vvitneſſe of it, and for vvhat cauſe the iudgement shal be giuen …
Pierre Viret · A Christian Instruction Containing the Law and the Gospel · p. 463 · Open in the reader
Printed
VVorkesWorks. The works of God are not subiect to the iudgementes of men. 5. 4.
With rule
VVorkesWorks. The works of God are not subiect to the iudgementes of men. 5. 4.
John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · Open in the reader
Printed
… great and swelling Entrances, but, malo sine clauduntur, they halt in the conclusion. The vvorkesworks of God, from a most slender beginning haue a most glorious issue. The vvord …
With rule
… great and swelling Entrances, but, malo sine clauduntur, they halt in the conclusion. The vvorkesworks of God, from a most slender beginning haue a most glorious issue. The vvord …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 272 · Open in the reader
Printed
¶ 1 And more ouer ageynſt good vvorkesworks / 2 ſpecyallye 3 faſtīge / prayer almes dede 4 ageynſt auriculer cō feſſyon / 5 ageynſt the vovve of chaſtyte …
With rule
¶ 1 And more ouer ageynſt good vvorkesworks / 2 ſpecyallye 3 faſtīge / prayer almes dede 4 ageynſt auriculer cō feſſyon / 5 ageynſt the vovve of chaſtyte …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.