Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8599 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvayesways

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

Puritas changed it: 226 times in 117 works
Consistency: 100% (226 of 226)
Reach if approved: ~237 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: ways
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 226 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (226 changes in 117 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 226)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… curch hath tryed all, and ſerched all to perfection, ſo as they haue no vvayesways erred? more humble thoughts of our church doth better become vs: all that I …
With rule
… curch hath tryed all, and ſerched all to perfection, ſo as they haue no vvayesways erred? more humble thoughts of our church doth better become vs: all that I …
Theophilus Brabourne · A Discourse Upon the Sabbath Day · p. 60 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the vviſdome and knovvledge of God! Hovve vnſearcheable are his iudgements, and his vvayesways paſt finding out.
With rule
… of the vviſdome and knovvledge of God! Hovve vnſearcheable are his iudgements, and his vvayesways paſt finding out.
John Calvin · Thirteen Sermons on Free Election in Jacob and Reprobation in Esau · Open in the reader
Printed
… of ſolitarineſſe; and lamentable experience teacheth vs, that thoſe who make conſcience of their vvayesways, and deſire to carry themſelues in all places as in Gods preſence, doe more …
With rule
… of ſolitarineſſe; and lamentable experience teacheth vs, that thoſe who make conſcience of their vvayesways, and deſire to carry themſelues in all places as in Gods preſence, doe more …
John Downame · A Guide to Godliness · p. 304 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for God, be Publick for him, Stand up for him, Own him in his VVayesWays, VVorships and Appointments.
With rule
… for God, be Publick for him, Stand up for him, Own him in his VVayesWays, VVorships and Appointments.
Edward Delamaine · Gods Loud Call from Heaven · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Lord vvas ſtill admonishing them, & with long forbearance correcting and punishing them ſundry vvayesways from time to time. And ſo this Scripture is not unto the point of …
With rule
… the Lord vvas ſtill admonishing them, & with long forbearance correcting and punishing them ſundry vvayesways from time to time. And ſo this Scripture is not unto the point of …
Francis Johnson · A Christian Plea · p. 101 · Open in the reader
Printed
… any thing of the Lorde. A vvauering minded man, is vnstable in all his vvayesways.
With rule
… any thing of the Lorde. A vvauering minded man, is vnstable in all his vvayesways.
Thomas Becon · The Demands of Holy Scripture · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſure to have God goe along vvith him in all his vvayesways. In Gods vvayesways expect Gods company: therefore they are the ſafeſt and the moſt pleaſant vvayesways.
With rule
… ſure to have God goe along vvith him in all his vvayesways. In Gods vvayesways expect Gods company: therefore they are the ſafeſt and the moſt pleaſant vvayesways.
Richard Sibbes · The Returning Backslider · p. 473 · Open in the reader
Printed
Therefore, Gods vvayesways being the safest, cleanest, rightest, shortest, and lightsomest vvayesways, vve must be carefull to vvalke in them.
With rule
Therefore, Gods vvayesways being the safest, cleanest, rightest, shortest, and lightsomest vvayesways, vve must be carefull to vvalke in them.
Thomas Taylor · Davids Learning · p. 329 · 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.