Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #889 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vncertainuncertain

u and v used by position, not sound: haue → have, vnto → unto.

Puritas changed it: 172 times in 121 works
Consistency: 95.0% (172 of 181)
Reach if approved: ~190 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: uncertain
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 181 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (172 changes in 121 works, 95.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 172)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… are not durable, neither can we haue any certaintie in them, Trust not in vncertainuncertain riches, 1 Timothie 6. 17. But Gods fauour and grace is euerlasting, The feare of the Lord …
With rule
… are not durable, neither can we haue any certaintie in them, Trust not in vncertainuncertain riches, 1 Timothie 6. 17. But Gods fauour and grace is euerlasting, The feare of the Lord …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 439 · Open in the reader
Printed
… al. Beſydes that, that it is a thing not neceſſary, not cōmaunded not counſaylled vncertainuncertain, & alſo perillous: therfore is here alſo no ſhrynkyng, or geuyng ouer. And let thys …
With rule
… al. Beſydes that, that it is a thing not neceſſary, not cōmaunded not counſaylled vncertainuncertain, & alſo perillous: therfore is here alſo no ſhrynkyng, or geuyng ouer. And let thys …
Martin Luther · The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith · Open in the reader
Printed
… This life is a wretched life, a life that will soon fade awai, an vncertainuncertain life a painfull life, an vnclean life, a life that wurthely may be called …
With rule
… This life is a wretched life, a life that will soon fade awai, an vncertainuncertain life a painfull life, an vnclean life, a life that wurthely may be called …
Thomas Becon · The Pomander of Prayer · Open in the reader
Printed
… do the present duties of our calling. As for feare and hope (which are vncertainuncertain) of things to come, refer thē to God. We must not feede our selues …
With rule
… do the present duties of our calling. As for feare and hope (which are vncertainuncertain) of things to come, refer thē to God. We must not feede our selues …
William Perkins · The Reformation of Covetousness · p. 258 · Open in the reader
Printed
… beleeveth that Mephiboſheth would interpriſe ſome thing againſt the kingdome, and therefore hee was vncertainuncertain, whether he ſhould haue his ſon to be his ſucceſſor, or any other whoſoever …
With rule
… beleeveth that Mephiboſheth would interpriſe ſome thing againſt the kingdome, and therefore hee was vncertainuncertain, whether he ſhould haue his ſon to be his ſucceſſor, or any other whoſoever …
Robert Rollock · Exposition Upon Select Psalms · p. 204 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſerue what a hope the hope of the faithfull is, namely not …doubtfull and vncertainuncertain hope, but a ſtrong and ſure hope, …ereby they do as certainly aſſure themſelues …
With rule
… ſerue what a hope the hope of the faithfull is, namely not …doubtfull and vncertainuncertain hope, but a ſtrong and ſure hope, …ereby they do as certainly aſſure themſelues …
Henry Airay · Lectures Upon Philippians · p. 193 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them, sayth he, that they be not high minded, nor put their trust in vncertainuncertain riches: Surely it had been a more compēdious way to wish them at once …
With rule
… them, sayth he, that they be not high minded, nor put their trust in vncertainuncertain riches: Surely it had been a more compēdious way to wish them at once …
Andrew Willet · A General View of Papistry · p. 245 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to be conuenient for their instruction: So y^e they shoulde not depend vpō the vncertainuncertain credit of mē, but alwaies haue the touchstone of Gods word contained in his …
With rule
… to be conuenient for their instruction: So y^e they shoulde not depend vpō the vncertainuncertain credit of mē, but alwaies haue the touchstone of Gods word contained in his …
William Fulke · Sermon Preached 12 March 1581 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Strange and Wonderful Trinity A52819

Printed
… Matth, 24, 36. Acts 3, 21. The Truth is Certain, that it ſhall be, but the Time is VncertainUncertain, when it will be: for the Scripture is ſilent upon a 2 fold account (1) to …
With rule
… Matth, 24, 36. Acts 3, 21. The Truth is Certain, that it ſhall be, but the Time is VncertainUncertain, when it will be: for the Scripture is ſilent upon a 2 fold account (1) to …
Christopher Ness · A Strange and Wonderful Trinity · p. 39 · Open in the reader