Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8636 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

adversaryesadversaries

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

Puritas changed it: 110 times in 34 works
Consistency: 77.4% (110 of 142)
Reach if approved: ~149 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: adversaries
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 142 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (110 changes in 34 works, 77.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 110)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… could only be from ane immediat divine power. VII. That ſuch as were greateſt adverſaryesadversaries to the truth, have been made no leſſe eminent inſtruments in the ſervice of …
With rule
… could only be from ane immediat divine power. VII. That ſuch as were greateſt adverſaryesadversaries to the truth, have been made no leſſe eminent inſtruments in the ſervice of …
Robert Flemming · The Confirming Work of Religion · p. 60 · Open in the reader
Printed
… called Brownists. It is one thing to be rayled vpon and miscalled by the adversaryesadversaries of the truth: another to borrow from them and retayne with them theyr names …
With rule
… called Brownists. It is one thing to be rayled vpon and miscalled by the adversaryesadversaries of the truth: another to borrow from them and retayne with them theyr names …
Francis Johnson · The Ministry of the Church of England · p. 94 · Open in the reader
Printed
M^r Cluses forenamed adversaryesadversaries demaund touching a prayer of his in …he end of his book, whether any …
With rule
M^r Cluses forenamed adversaryesadversaries demaund touching a prayer of his in …he end of his book, whether any …
John Robinson · Of Religious Communion Private and Public · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by our vice-Chancelour, although written in generall words, yet hath so hearted our adversaryesadversaries, that wee are now no more cōpted brethren & friends but enimies: & syth the old …
With rule
… by our vice-Chancelour, although written in generall words, yet hath so hearted our adversaryesadversaries, that wee are now no more cōpted brethren & friends but enimies: & syth the old …
William Ames · Against Human Ceremonies in Gods Worship · p. 269 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a certain, fearful looking for of Judgment, and fiery indignation that shall devour the adversaryesadversaries. Heb. 10. 26. 27.
With rule
… a certain, fearful looking for of Judgment, and fiery indignation that shall devour the adversaryesadversaries. Heb. 10. 26. 27.
John Bunyan · The Strait Gate · p. 61 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not the question? the disputant hath but a mean labour in trying whether his adversaryesadversaries conclusion is deducd according … rules, and followes on the premises, when the conclusion it …
With rule
… not the question? the disputant hath but a mean labour in trying whether his adversaryesadversaries conclusion is deducd according … rules, and followes on the premises, when the conclusion it …
Thomas Forrester · Review and Examination of the Doctrine · Open in the reader
Printed
… by him, which Book was strangely preserved from falling into the hands of the adversaryesadversaries, by means of a redoubled dream of Mr. Roughs, the Pastor of that Church …
With rule
… by him, which Book was strangely preserved from falling into the hands of the adversaryesadversaries, by means of a redoubled dream of Mr. Roughs, the Pastor of that Church …
Increase Mather · Renewal of Covenant · Open in the reader
Printed
… God himſelf will interpoſe and ingage for your ſouls, his ſpirit againſt your ſpiritual adverſaryesadversaries, and the wonders of his providence againſt your outward enemies. When he ſaw that …
With rule
… God himſelf will interpoſe and ingage for your ſouls, his ſpirit againſt your ſpiritual adverſaryesadversaries, and the wonders of his providence againſt your outward enemies. When he ſaw that …
Thomas Thacher · A Fast of Gods Choosing · p. 16 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (32)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 27 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
… aſperſions as they caſt upon him, and he ſaw plainly that it was his AdverſaryesAdversaries malice, and not his deſert, Math. 27.18. for he knew that it was for envy …
With rule
… aſperſions as they caſt upon him, and he ſaw plainly that it was his AdverſaryesAdversaries malice, and not his deſert, Math. 27.18. for he knew that it was for envy …
John Eliot · The Harmony of the Gospels · p. 55 · Open in the reader

Review and Examination of the Doctrine A39999

Printed
… of controverted texts be evinced from parallels, and the scope and contexture, and the AdversaryesAdversaries argument repelled, the humane testimony or sense of some Interpreters must vail to this …
With rule
… of controverted texts be evinced from parallels, and the scope and contexture, and the AdversaryesAdversaries argument repelled, the humane testimony or sense of some Interpreters must vail to this …
Thomas Forrester · Review and Examination of the Doctrine · Open in the reader

The Peoples Right to Defend Themselves and their Covenanted Religion A61509

Printed
Three Arguments propoſed, taken I. from the Conceſſions of AdverſaryesAdversaries. 2 The reſiſtence of Parliaments: 3. The Light & Law of Nature.
With rule
Three Arguments propoſed, taken I. from the Conceſſions of AdverſaryesAdversaries. 2 The reſiſtence of Parliaments: 3. The Light & Law of Nature.
James Stewart · The Peoples Right to Defend Themselves and their Covenanted Religion · p. 22 · Open in the reader

The Fast Friend A91943

Printed
… and thoſe Watchmen who ſhould have ſecured her by their vigilancy, have proved her AdverſaryesAdversaries, they have fallen upon her and wounded her, greater cruelty ſhe mett not with …
With rule
… and thoſe Watchmen who ſhould have ſecured her by their vigilancy, have proved her AdverſaryesAdversaries, they have fallen upon her and wounded her, greater cruelty ſhe mett not with …
Nehemiah Rogers · The Fast Friend · p. 282 · Open in the reader
Printed
… caſe) to walk in the feare of God, becauſe of the reproach of our AdverſaryesAdversaries: ſo, ought we not to be of one mind, in reſpect of thoſe who …
With rule
… caſe) to walk in the feare of God, becauſe of the reproach of our AdverſaryesAdversaries: ſo, ought we not to be of one mind, in reſpect of thoſe who …
Nehemiah Rogers · The Fast Friend · p. 288 · Open in the reader