Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8552 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

senselesnessesenselessness

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

Puritas changed it: 121 times in 85 works
Consistency: 98.3% (121 of 123)
Reach if approved: ~129 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: senselessness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 123 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (121 changes in 85 works, 98.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 121)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… wee will finde an euill diſpoſition of the ſoule, a deafneſſe, a blindneſſe, and ſenſeleſneſſesenselessness, Take this conſolation, Be not diſcouraged altogether: Let not the Miniſter leaue off to …
With rule
… wee will finde an euill diſpoſition of the ſoule, a deafneſſe, a blindneſſe, and ſenſeleſneſſesenselessness, Take this conſolation, Be not diſcouraged altogether: Let not the Miniſter leaue off to …
Robert Rollock · Twenty-Five Lectures Upon the Lords Last Sermon and Conference · p. 68 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and obedience vnto God. This is propounded in a precept dehortatorie, disswading from brutish senselesnessesenselessness and peruerse obstinacy, which are two mayne lets to repentance and godly sorrow: and …
With rule
… and obedience vnto God. This is propounded in a precept dehortatorie, disswading from brutish senselesnessesenselessness and peruerse obstinacy, which are two mayne lets to repentance and godly sorrow: and …
Thomas Taylor · Davids Learning · p. 342 · Open in the reader
Printed
… trueth of his owne eſtate, or his heart were either poſſeſſed with ſuch a ſenſeleſneſſesenselessness that it could feele no ſinne, or elſe ſo bent to reſiſt the truth …
With rule
… trueth of his owne eſtate, or his heart were either poſſeſſed with ſuch a ſenſeleſneſſesenselessness that it could feele no ſinne, or elſe ſo bent to reſiſt the truth …
Francis Bunny · Truth and Falsehood · p. 68 · Open in the reader
Printed
9 By stupiditie and senselesnessesenselessness.
With rule
9 By stupiditie and senselesnessesenselessness.
Thomas Cooper · The Christians Daily Sacrifice · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
… The peace of a good conſcience proceedeth from ſpirituall life: of an euill, from ſenſeleſneſſesenselessness and deadneſſe.
With rule
… The peace of a good conſcience proceedeth from ſpirituall life: of an euill, from ſenſeleſneſſesenselessness and deadneſſe.
John Downame · A Guide to Godliness · p. 74 · Open in the reader
Printed
He wanteth grace, that is not ſenſible of ſin: but, he that makes ſuch ſenſeleſneſſesenselessness his commendation, doth (as the wiſe man in another caſe ſpeaketh) exalt folly . He …
With rule
He wanteth grace, that is not ſenſible of ſin: but, he that makes ſuch ſenſeleſneſſesenselessness his commendation, doth (as the wiſe man in another caſe ſpeaketh) exalt folly . He …
Samuel Crook · Divine Characters in Two Parts · p. 565 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that branch of it that moſt offended him: and that was their ſtupidity and ſenſeleſneſſesenselessness either of their ſin, or danger. This is a God-provoking evill, oft complain'd …
With rule
… that branch of it that moſt offended him: and that was their ſtupidity and ſenſeleſneſſesenselessness either of their ſin, or danger. This is a God-provoking evill, oft complain'd …
John Trapp · Commentary on the Minor Prophets · p. 633 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is it fit for a man to beare up himſelfe, in a kinde of ſenſeleſneſſesenselessness of the hand of the Almightie? or, is it not rather fit to ſee …
With rule
… is it fit for a man to beare up himſelfe, in a kinde of ſenſeleſneſſesenselessness of the hand of the Almightie? or, is it not rather fit to ſee …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Humiliation · p. 186 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 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.

Spiritual Refining A30243

Printed
The cauſes of the SenſeleſneſſeSenselessness, Silence, and Stupidity of the Conſciences of most Men.
With rule
The cauſes of the SenſeleſneſſeSenselessness, Silence, and Stupidity of the Conſciences of most Men.
Anthony Burgess · Spiritual Refining · p. 339 · Open in the reader