Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8792 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

restraynerestrain

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

Puritas changed it: 156 times in 89 works
Consistency: 99.3% (156 of 157)
Reach if approved: ~165 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: restrain
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 157 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (156 changes in 89 works, 99.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 156)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… all meanes possible, how he maye represse that synne, and be able to tame & restraynerestrain that wicked fleshe. Again, if he truly beleue, howe louinge, merciful and gētle god …
With rule
… all meanes possible, how he maye represse that synne, and be able to tame & restraynerestrain that wicked fleshe. Again, if he truly beleue, howe louinge, merciful and gētle god …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · p. 204 · Open in the reader
Printed
But doeſt thou reſtraynerestrain this our vniting with Chriſt, to the only myſtery of the Lordes ſupper, as …
With rule
But doeſt thou reſtraynerestrain this our vniting with Chriſt, to the only myſtery of the Lordes ſupper, as …
Theodore Beza · Christian Questions and Answers Part 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
The third rule is, how wee may reſtraynerestrain our ſelues when wee are about to vndertake any ſinfull action: and that is …
With rule
The third rule is, how wee may reſtraynerestrain our ſelues when wee are about to vndertake any ſinfull action: and that is …
Henry Tozer · Directions for a Godly Life · p. 186 · Open in the reader
Printed
… holy feare, humility, and duetifull thankfulnes, yea, if the preaching of the word, doe reſtraynerestrain the moſt wicked and reprobate themſelues, that they bite in their lips, hold their …
With rule
… holy feare, humility, and duetifull thankfulnes, yea, if the preaching of the word, doe reſtraynerestrain the moſt wicked and reprobate themſelues, that they bite in their lips, hold their …
William Bradshaw · A Mild and Just Defense of Certain Arguments · p. 153 · Open in the reader
Printed
… we may learne to reteyne our ſelues in that meane ſtate whereunto thou doeſt reſtraynerestrain vs: and that we being contēt with our pouerty, may the rather endeuour our …
With rule
… we may learne to reteyne our ſelues in that meane ſtate whereunto thou doeſt reſtraynerestrain vs: and that we being contēt with our pouerty, may the rather endeuour our …
John Calvin · Commentary on Daniel · p. 97 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it is almoſt impoſsible to bring them to any good paſſe, or yet to reſtraynerestrain them. For when we thinke to haue ſureſt hold on them, then are they …
With rule
… it is almoſt impoſsible to bring them to any good paſſe, or yet to reſtraynerestrain them. For when we thinke to haue ſureſt hold on them, then are they …
John Calvin · Twenty-Two Sermons on Psalm 119 · Open in the reader
Printed
THe Papiſtes doe reſtraynerestrain this worde of concupiſcence, to thoſe euill affections & deſires which import a reſolute will …
With rule
THe Papiſtes doe reſtraynerestrain this worde of concupiſcence, to thoſe euill affections & deſires which import a reſolute will …
John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 122 · Open in the reader
Printed
… those wayes? ) vve learne that it is the dutie of a good Ruler, to restraynerestrain offenders vvith his owne eye, Pro. 20.8. His lookes must be terrible to them, and …
With rule
… those wayes? ) vve learne that it is the dutie of a good Ruler, to restraynerestrain offenders vvith his owne eye, Pro. 20.8. His lookes must be terrible to them, and …
Robert Horne · The Christian Governor in the Commonwealth and Private Families · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 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.