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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8497 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

infirmityesinfirmities

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

Puritas changed it
93 times in 42 works
Consistency
93.0% (93 of 100)
Reach if approved
~105 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: infirmities
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
100 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (93 changes in 42 works, 93.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 93)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … approching, then to underſtand the delay thereof for a long ſeaſon, conſidering the great infirmityesinfirmities of us all, yea the wiſe virgines alſo ſleepe whilſt the Bridegrome tarryeth, And …
    With rule
    … approching, then to underſtand the delay thereof for a long ſeaſon, conſidering the great infirmityesinfirmities of us all, yea the wiſe virgines alſo ſleepe whilſt the Bridegrome tarryeth, And …

    Thomas Brightman · Exposition of the Prophecy of Daniel · p. 88 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    To ſpeake more playnlye therfore, as in the bodilye diſeaſes and infirmityesinfirmities of thoſe men which our Sauiour cured, a cauſe of the ſame was, that …
    With rule
    To ſpeake more playnlye therfore, as in the bodilye diſeaſes and infirmityesinfirmities of thoſe men which our Sauiour cured, a cauſe of the ſame was, that …

    John Darrell · Narration of the Strange and Grievous Vexation by the Devil · p. 31 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … batteryes of such infinite love, and unspeakable mercy. Pardon my obstinacyes, and heale my infirmityesinfirmities, and cover my deformities, and make mee all that which may make mee meete …
    With rule
    … batteryes of such infinite love, and unspeakable mercy. Pardon my obstinacyes, and heale my infirmityesinfirmities, and cover my deformities, and make mee all that which may make mee meete …

    Simon Ford · The Practical Use of Infant Baptism Part 2 · p. 74 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … small things, let the righteous smite you, and the word of God wound your infirmityesinfirmities, least you fall into their hands.
    With rule
    … small things, let the righteous smite you, and the word of God wound your infirmityesinfirmities, least you fall into their hands.

    Thomas Taylor · Peters Repentance · p. 49 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Ceremonies, God is ſaid more to ſtoup to our capacityes, and to help our infirmityesinfirmities; ſeeing hereby he teacheth us, not onely by the ear, but by other ſenſes …
    With rule
    … Ceremonies, God is ſaid more to ſtoup to our capacityes, and to help our infirmityesinfirmities; ſeeing hereby he teacheth us, not onely by the ear, but by other ſenſes …

    Stephen Geree · The Golden Mean · p. 74 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … and ſecurity doth ſupport mens ſpirit and makes it eaſy to ſuſtain its greateſt infirmityesinfirmities from without, when it is a friend; yea, thus upholds the oppreſt with unſpeakable …
    With rule
    … and ſecurity doth ſupport mens ſpirit and makes it eaſy to ſuſtain its greateſt infirmityesinfirmities from without, when it is a friend; yea, thus upholds the oppreſt with unſpeakable …

    Robert Flemming · The Confirming Work of Religion · p. 64 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … like the worse of them for so sayinge, nor the better of our owne infirmityesinfirmities. Nowe concerning the Papistes, if they speake of our sinnes for that they hate …
    With rule
    … like the worse of them for so sayinge, nor the better of our owne infirmityesinfirmities. Nowe concerning the Papistes, if they speake of our sinnes for that they hate …

    John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    As we are not for infirmityesinfirmities, & corruptions to refuse the fellowship… a true Christian Ch: in things lawfull, but by …
    With rule
    As we are not for infirmityesinfirmities, & corruptions to refuse the fellowship… a true Christian Ch: in things lawfull, but by …

    John Robinson · Of Religious Communion Private and Public · p. 16 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Harmony of the Gospels A39227

  • Printed
    … publick Miniſtry, ſuch was this point, in this Section touched on, viz. his bodily InfirmityesInfirmities, mentioned by Mathew, which words are recited out of Iſai. 53.4. ſurely he hath born …
    With rule
    … publick Miniſtry, ſuch was this point, in this Section touched on, viz. his bodily InfirmityesInfirmities, mentioned by Mathew, which words are recited out of Iſai. 53.4. ſurely he hath born …

    John Eliot · The Harmony of the Gospels · p. 46 · Open in the reader

Comfort for Believers About their Sins and Troubles A75536

  • Printed
    … to all Beleevers; And by the Coherence, the Apoſtle there ſeemes to meane, ſinnfull InfirmityesInfirmities againſt which the Spirit helpes, as well as other more outward Troubles: Wherefore, there …
    With rule
    … to all Beleevers; And by the Coherence, the Apoſtle there ſeemes to meane, ſinnfull InfirmityesInfirmities againſt which the Spirit helpes, as well as other more outward Troubles: Wherefore, there …

    Henry Archer · Comfort for Believers About their Sins and Troubles · p. 51 · Open in the reader

The Fast Friend A91943

  • Printed
    InfirmityesInfirmities what they are, page 327
    With rule
    InfirmityesInfirmities what they are, page 327

    Nehemiah Rogers · The Fast Friend · Open in the reader