Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8544 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

reynesreins

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

Puritas changed it: 228 times in 145 works
Consistency: 90.8% (228 of 251)
Reach if approved: ~264 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: reins
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 251 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (228 changes in 145 works, 90.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 228)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… alſo riding them himſelfe, hauing their wils ſubiugated vnder him, holding and guiding the reynesreins of their affections whither he will, ſpurring them to death, and violently driuing them …
With rule
… alſo riding them himſelfe, hauing their wils ſubiugated vnder him, holding and guiding the reynesreins of their affections whither he will, ſpurring them to death, and violently driuing them …
Robert Jenison · The Height of Israels Heathenish Idolatry · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… maladies are thorowly knowen, which ſercheth with y^e inſtrument of his ſpirite, y^e very reynesreins of our backes, ye the depeſt thoughtes and cogitations of our hertꝭ declared the …
With rule
… maladies are thorowly knowen, which ſercheth with y^e inſtrument of his ſpirite, y^e very reynesreins of our backes, ye the depeſt thoughtes and cogitations of our hertꝭ declared the …
Philipp Melanchthon · The Justification of Man by Faith Only · p. lxxxvi · Open in the reader
Printed
… after mee, parched and broyled as I am through heauines and languiſhing. Alas, my reynesreins howe they burne, To be ſhort, O my God, what ſhal I ſaye? I …
With rule
… after mee, parched and broyled as I am through heauines and languiſhing. Alas, my reynesreins howe they burne, To be ſhort, O my God, what ſhal I ſaye? I …
Theodore Beza · Meditations Upon Eight Psalms · Open in the reader
Printed
… a Diuine propertie; to ſee in ſecret, to diſcerne thoughts, and to try the reynesreins.
With rule
… a Diuine propertie; to ſee in ſecret, to diſcerne thoughts, and to try the reynesreins.
William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · p. 79 · Open in the reader
Printed
… but he shall not doe so, Isa. 11. 3. For he shall try and discerne the reynesreins, and secrets of all hearts, and shall judge things as they be, not as …
With rule
… but he shall not doe so, Isa. 11. 3. For he shall try and discerne the reynesreins, and secrets of all hearts, and shall judge things as they be, not as …
Thomas Taylor · Christ Revealed · p. 71 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and easie athing? May we now sing a Requiem to our Soules, lay the reynesreins on our neckes cast care away, and doe what we list? I feare not …
With rule
… and easie athing? May we now sing a Requiem to our Soules, lay the reynesreins on our neckes cast care away, and doe what we list? I feare not …
Samuel Ward · Balm from Gilead to Recover Conscience · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is good furniture: In such an occasion who would willingly set out without strong reynesreins, a sharpe snaffle, a spur and switch to quicken his slow beast. Oh then …
With rule
… is good furniture: In such an occasion who would willingly set out without strong reynesreins, a sharpe snaffle, a spur and switch to quicken his slow beast. Oh then …
Phineas Fletcher · Joy in Tribulation · p. 86 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the office of his spirite upon you, who searcheth the heartes and knoweth the reynesreins, and teacheth his people how and when to aske, according to his will and …
With rule
… the office of his spirite upon you, who searcheth the heartes and knoweth the reynesreins, and teacheth his people how and when to aske, according to his will and …
John Greenwood · More Work for Priests · p. 64 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (23)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 19 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Commentary on Peter and Jude A06502

Printed
… Faithfulneſſe ſhalbe the girdle of his reynesreins. This is the true Cataplaſme, wherewith the ReynesReins are to be girded: whoſe ſoundneſſe muſt proceede from the inner thinges to the …
With rule
… Faithfulneſſe ſhalbe the girdle of his reynesreins. This is the true Cataplaſme, wherewith the ReynesReins are to be girded: whoſe ſoundneſſe muſt proceede from the inner thinges to the …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 29 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Revelation 1-3 A09443

Printed
… Christ is he which doth indeed search the reynesreins and the hearts: where, by ReynesReins and hearts wee must vnderstand the same things, namely, the thoughts and affections of …
With rule
… Christ is he which doth indeed search the reynesreins and the hearts: where, by ReynesReins and hearts wee must vnderstand the same things, namely, the thoughts and affections of …
William Perkins · Exposition of Revelation 1-3 · p. 147 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Job 15-17 A35473

Printed
ReynesReins, what they ſignifie in Scripture, 298. To cleave the reynesreins, what, 299.
With rule
ReynesReins, what they ſignifie in Scripture, 298. To cleave the reynesreins, what, 299.
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 15-17 · Open in the reader

Three Decades of Sermons A96523

Printed
… it is in vaine, to ſerve the Lord; Hence they give to themſelves the ReynesReins, and ſlacken the pace of their duties: whereas on the contrary had men their …
With rule
… it is in vaine, to ſerve the Lord; Hence they give to themſelves the ReynesReins, and ſlacken the pace of their duties: whereas on the contrary had men their …
Dean Henry Wilkinson · Three Decades of Sermons · p. 182 · Open in the reader