Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8789 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

remisnesseremissness

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

Puritas changed it: 121 times in 85 works
Consistency: 88.9% (121 of 136)
Reach if approved: ~143 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: remissness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 136 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, 88.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 121)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of the precept vpon the prohibition noteth out another extreme, which is ouer-much-remiſneſſeremissness.
With rule
… of the precept vpon the prohibition noteth out another extreme, which is ouer-much-remiſneſſeremissness.
William Gouge · Of Domestical Duties · p. 497 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that ſeuerely (wherein they doe that which is iuſt and equall) ſhall condemne their remiſneſſeremissness in ſuffering blaſphemies againſt the great and glorious name of God to goe vnpuniſhed.
With rule
… that ſeuerely (wherein they doe that which is iuſt and equall) ſhall condemne their remiſneſſeremissness in ſuffering blaſphemies againſt the great and glorious name of God to goe vnpuniſhed.
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 581 · Open in the reader
Printed
… man sets his heart and mind upon earthly things, they will worke carelesnesse and remisnesseremissness of better things; it so possesseth his heart with feare, that hee altogether neglecteth …
With rule
… man sets his heart and mind upon earthly things, they will worke carelesnesse and remisnesseremissness of better things; it so possesseth his heart with feare, that hee altogether neglecteth …
John Preston · Sins Overthrow · p. 75 · Open in the reader
Printed
… where God will punish, as as Sauls cruell mercy: A glasse for Magistrates, whose remisnesseremissness can swallow any thing, and punish nothing, neither drunkennesse, nor prophanation of the Sabbath …
With rule
… where God will punish, as as Sauls cruell mercy: A glasse for Magistrates, whose remisnesseremissness can swallow any thing, and punish nothing, neither drunkennesse, nor prophanation of the Sabbath …
Thomas Taylor · Circumspect Walking · p. 116 · Open in the reader
Printed
… grace and acceptance. And all this through thine owne want of care, slacknesse, and remisnesseremissness in thy noble resolution, to doe nothing vnworthy thy person and profession. Tell me …
With rule
… grace and acceptance. And all this through thine owne want of care, slacknesse, and remisnesseremissness in thy noble resolution, to doe nothing vnworthy thy person and profession. Tell me …
Henry Burton · Conflicts and Comforts of Conscience · p. 210 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to leaue his ſtandard, and ſomewhat to incline to the enemies part by our remiſneſſeremissness in fighting or faintneſſe in yeelding; it is a righteous thing with our Lord …
With rule
… to leaue his ſtandard, and ſomewhat to incline to the enemies part by our remiſneſſeremissness in fighting or faintneſſe in yeelding; it is a righteous thing with our Lord …
John Downame · The Christian Warfare Part 3 · p. 382 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Adam the more to obedience. For, howſoever there was no ſin in Adam, or remiſneſſeremissness: yet this might ſerve as a meanes to preſerve him in his obedience to …
With rule
… Adam the more to obedience. For, howſoever there was no ſin in Adam, or remiſneſſeremissness: yet this might ſerve as a meanes to preſerve him in his obedience to …
Anthony Burgess · A Vindication of the Moral Law and the Covenants · p. 128 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hath pulled the ſting of ſin out of our ſoules, and what coldneſſe or remiſneſſeremissness of love, and zeale for him, and his love, have wee anſwered it with …
With rule
… hath pulled the ſting of ſin out of our ſoules, and what coldneſſe or remiſneſſeremissness of love, and zeale for him, and his love, have wee anſwered it with …
Henry Jeanes · The Works of Heaven Upon Earth · p. 53 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (15)

9 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Sum of Christian Religion 2 A14216

Printed
… men, namely a wil to hurt men, and al vniuſt endammaging, hurting, or iniuring. 2. RemiſneſſeRemissness, when they are not hurt, who are to be hurt, by them vnto whom …
With rule
… men, namely a wil to hurt men, and al vniuſt endammaging, hurting, or iniuring. 2. RemiſneſſeRemissness, when they are not hurt, who are to be hurt, by them vnto whom …
Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 980 · Open in the reader
Printed
… whereof it is ſaide, Extreme right is extreme wrong, likewiſe, cruelty, and vniuſt ſeuerity. 2. RemiſneſſeRemissness, that is, not to be moued at ſuch things, whereat we ought to be …
With rule
… whereof it is ſaide, Extreme right is extreme wrong, likewiſe, cruelty, and vniuſt ſeuerity. 2. RemiſneſſeRemissness, that is, not to be moued at ſuch things, whereat we ought to be …
Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 980 · Open in the reader
Printed
Vnto peaceableneſſe is oppoſed, 1. Jn the exceſſe, RemiſneſſeRemissness, when as thou ſo coueteſt to keepe peace, that thou doeſt not reſpect Gods …
With rule
Vnto peaceableneſſe is oppoſed, 1. Jn the exceſſe, RemiſneſſeRemissness, when as thou ſo coueteſt to keepe peace, that thou doeſt not reſpect Gods …
Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 980 · Open in the reader
Printed
Vnto indignation are contrary, 1. Vniuſt anger. 2. RemiſneſſeRemissness and ſlowneſſe, when there is no ſharpneſſe or earneſtnes ſhewed in being iuſtly offended …
With rule
Vnto indignation are contrary, 1. Vniuſt anger. 2. RemiſneſſeRemissness and ſlowneſſe, when there is no ſharpneſſe or earneſtnes ſhewed in being iuſtly offended …
Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 980 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Reioicing at another mans harme, and vncompaſſionateneſſe voide of al griefe. In the exceſſe, RemiſneſſeRemissness, when they are ſpared whom God wil not haue ſpared, which is cruel pitty …
With rule
… Reioicing at another mans harme, and vncompaſſionateneſſe voide of al griefe. In the exceſſe, RemiſneſſeRemissness, when they are ſpared whom God wil not haue ſpared, which is cruel pitty …
Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · Open in the reader

A Brief Exposition of the Book of Ecclesiastes A34666

Printed
… due ſeaſon, for ſtrength, not for exceſſe, v. 17. Thirdly, by the effects; which are, 1. RemiſneſſeRemissness in government, called here, much ſlothfulneſſe and idleneſſe of bands. And (that which eaſily …
With rule
… due ſeaſon, for ſtrength, not for exceſſe, v. 17. Thirdly, by the effects; which are, 1. RemiſneſſeRemissness in government, called here, much ſlothfulneſſe and idleneſſe of bands. And (that which eaſily …
John Cotton · A Brief Exposition of the Book of Ecclesiastes · p. 227 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of childiſh government to a State, as alſo of riotous government. Which dangers be 1. RemiſneſſeRemissness of government or ſlothfulneſſe, whence the decay of all good in a Commonwealth, as …
With rule
… of childiſh government to a State, as alſo of riotous government. Which dangers be 1. RemiſneſſeRemissness of government or ſlothfulneſſe, whence the decay of all good in a Commonwealth, as …
John Cotton · A Brief Exposition of the Book of Ecclesiastes · p. 228 · Open in the reader

The Doubting Believer A59036

Printed
2. RemiſneſſeRemissness and careleſneſſe in our eſteems and affections towards him in his Ordinances. When Chriſtians …
With rule
2. RemiſneſſeRemissness and careleſneſſe in our eſteems and affections towards him in his Ordinances. When Chriſtians …
Obadiah Sedgwick · The Doubting Believer · p. 287 · Open in the reader

Three Decades of Sermons A96523

Printed
… them. Job makes it the character of a wicked man not to pray alwaies. RemiſneſſeRemissness and negligence in Duty is an Argument of a rotten heart; Though there be …
With rule
… them. Job makes it the character of a wicked man not to pray alwaies. RemiſneſſeRemissness and negligence in Duty is an Argument of a rotten heart; Though there be …
Dean Henry Wilkinson · Three Decades of Sermons · p. 182 · Open in the reader