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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8830 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

stoppesstops

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

Puritas changed it
94 times in 68 works
Consistency
100% (94 of 94)
Reach if approved
~99 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: stops
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
94 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (94 changes in 68 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 94)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … of the glorious Goſpell of Chriſt Ieſus ſhould not ſhine vnto them; ſo hee ſtoppesstops their eares, as with clay, and with earth, that they can liſten after nothing …
    With rule
    … of the glorious Goſpell of Chriſt Ieſus ſhould not ſhine vnto them; ſo hee ſtoppesstops their eares, as with clay, and with earth, that they can liſten after nothing …

    William Negus · Mans Active Obedience · p. 42 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … ſure I am, he was not preſent with vs, at that time. Many ſtrange ſtoppesstops and pawſes he had in his prayer…, and that a preatie while togither, ſaying …
    With rule
    … ſure I am, he was not preſent with vs, at that time. Many ſtrange ſtoppesstops and pawſes he had in his prayer…, and that a preatie while togither, ſaying …

    Job Throckmorton · Defense of Throckmorton · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … what they can to hinder and trouble the reformation of religion: and amonge other ſtoppesstops this is one of the greateſt, that no ſmall number, euē of the wiſeſt …
    With rule
    … what they can to hinder and trouble the reformation of religion: and amonge other ſtoppesstops this is one of the greateſt, that no ſmall number, euē of the wiſeſt …

    Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 599 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    I know well inough the euils, difficulties, and ſtoppesstops wherin thei be wrapt emōg the papiſts, I do not ſpeake vnto them, as …
    With rule
    I know well inough the euils, difficulties, and ſtoppesstops wherin thei be wrapt emōg the papiſts, I do not ſpeake vnto them, as …

    John Calvin · Four Sermons Against the Pollution of Idolatries · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    from partiall hands, which in the courſe ſoone ſtoppesstops.
    With rule
    from partiall hands, which in the courſe ſoone ſtoppesstops.

    John Andrewes · The Anatomy of Baseness · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … it runs out into our very ornaments and excrements, our apparell and haire. Neither ſtoppesstops it here, but is extended further, even unto all bleſſings whatſoever, that are without …
    With rule
    … it runs out into our very ornaments and excrements, our apparell and haire. Neither ſtoppesstops it here, but is extended further, even unto all bleſſings whatſoever, that are without …

    Henry Jeanes · The Works of Heaven Upon Earth · p. 43 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … any thing, but that in ſharpely chaſtiſing themſelues, they ſhould trauell to ouercome thoſe ſtoppesstops.
    With rule
    … any thing, but that in ſharpely chaſtiſing themſelues, they ſhould trauell to ouercome thoſe ſtoppesstops.

    John Calvin · Institutes of the Christian Religion Abridged by Edmond Bunnie · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … God is often better to vs then wee would; and with his preuenting grace stoppesstops the precipitation of erring nature. So sweete is the ordination of the Diuine prouidence …
    With rule
    … God is often better to vs then wee would; and with his preuenting grace stoppesstops the precipitation of erring nature. So sweete is the ordination of the Diuine prouidence …

    Thomas Adams · The Sacrifice of Thankfulness · p. 11 · 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.